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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4857 Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority does not need to notify a voter by mail before a general election (currently, general or consolidated election) if the voter applied for permanent vote by mail status or the voter submitted a written request to be excluded from the permanent vote by mail status.
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| | HB4857 | | LRB102 24038 AWJ 33254 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 changing |
| 5 | | Section 19-2.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 19-2.5. Notice for vote by mail ballot. An election |
| 8 | | authority shall notify all qualified voters, except voters who |
| 9 | | have applied for permanent vote by mail status under |
| 10 | | subsection (b) of Section 19-3 or voters who submit by written |
| 11 | | request to be excluded from the permanent vote by mail status, |
| 12 | | not more than 90 days nor less than 45 days before a general or |
| 13 | | consolidated election, of the option for permanent vote by |
| 14 | | mail status using the following notice and including the |
| 15 | | application for permanent vote by mail status in subsection |
| 16 | | (b) of Section 19-3: |
| 17 | | "You may apply to permanently be placed on vote by mail |
| 18 | | status using the attached application.".
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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