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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB3540 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall work with election authorities and the disability community to develop and implement procedures and technologies to provide vote by mail ballots, upon request, in alternative formats that allow all voters to cast a secret, independent, and verifiable vote by mail ballot without the assistance of another person. Requires the procedures and technologies to include an accessible electronic ballot marking tool that enables voters to mark their ballots privately and independently. Requires that each election authority provide the option of a fully electronic ballot with both electronic marking and electronic return that allows voters having a disability to vote a secret ballot without assistance by January 1, 2023.
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| | HB3540 | | LRB102 13491 SMS 18838 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 19-13.5 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-13.5 new) |
7 | | Sec. 19-13.5. Accessibility of vote by mail ballots. |
8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "electronic ballot marking |
9 | | tool" means a system that allows a voter to receive a blank |
10 | | ballot to mark electronically, print, and then cast by |
11 | | returning the printed ballot to the election authority. |
12 | | (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that voting by |
13 | | mail shall be fully accessible to all voters, including voters |
14 | | having a disability, pursuant to all applicable federal and |
15 | | State laws. |
16 | | (c) The State Board of Elections shall work with election |
17 | | authorities and the disability community to develop and |
18 | | implement procedures and technologies to provide vote by mail |
19 | | ballots, upon request, in alternative formats that allow all |
20 | | voters to cast a secret, independent, and verifiable vote by |
21 | | mail ballot without the assistance of another person. These |
22 | | procedures and technologies shall include, but not be limited |
23 | | to, an accessible electronic ballot marking tool that enables |