Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2023	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

10 ILCS 5/19-7

from Ch. 46, par. 19-7

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority shall appoint panels as needed of 3 election judges from the list of election judges submitted by the county parties to compare the voter's signature on the certification envelope of the vote by mail ballot with the signature of the voter on file in the office of the election authority. Provides the procedure for verifying or rejecting the signature. Provides that if a vote by mail ballot is rejected, the election authority shall notify the voter within 2 days after the rejection or within one day if the rejection occurs after election day and in all cases before the close of the period for counting provisional ballots. Allows a voter to submit a statement confirming the vote if the signature was rejected. Allows a voter to cast a new ballot if the vote by mail ballot was rejected because the envelope was delivered opened.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/17/2021	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain
2/19/2021	House	First Reading
2/19/2021	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/9/2021	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections Committee
3/18/2021	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
3/27/2021	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/6/2021	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
11/4/2021	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
2/10/2022	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
2/24/2022	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
1/10/2023	House	Session Sine Die

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