HB5249 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5249

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new
10 ILCS 5/4-14.1	from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
10 ILCS 5/5-9.1	from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1
10 ILCS 5/6-63	from Ch. 46, par. 6-63
10 ILCS 5/17-22.5 new

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall establish by rule a system for the publication and certification of elections results to be used by all election authorities. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month. Provides that every quarter, the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall confirm that all deceased voters and voters who have changed their addresses out of the county or municipality are no longer registered to vote in that county or municipality. Requires county clerks to update vote totals a minimum of every 24 hours after election day and to report the total uncounted ballots on hand, total provisional ballots on hand (including ballots counted and uncounted), and all outstanding vote by mail ballots.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Sections 4-14.1, 5-9.1, and 6-63 and by adding Sections 1A-70 and 17-22.5 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new)

Sec. 1A-70. Election results. The State Board of Elections shall by rule establish a system for the publication and certification of elections results to be used by all election authorities.

(10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)

Sec. 4-14.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue certifications of death records from that system and shall may use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Regardless of whether or not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month.

Every quarter, the county clerk shall confirm that all deceased voters and voters who have changed their addresses out of the county are no longer registered to vote in that county.

(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)

Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue certifications of death records from that system and shall may use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered. Regardless of whether or not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine monthly the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered.

Every quarter, the county clerk shall confirm that all deceased voters and voters who have changed their addresses out of the county are no longer registered to vote in that county.

(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-63)

Sec. 6-63. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners to strike the names of all such criminals and of all such deceased persons from the registers of the precinct in which any such person is registered, noting opposite such name the cause for which it was stricken.

Every quarter, the board of election commissioners shall confirm that all deceased voters and voters who have changed their addresses out of the municipality are no longer registered to vote in that municipality.

(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)

(10 ILCS 5/17-22.5 new)

Sec. 17-22.5. Ballot updates; county clerk. County clerks shall update vote totals a minimum of every 24 hours after election day. The updates must include: total uncounted ballots on hand, total provisional ballots on hand, including ballots counted and uncounted, and all outstanding vote by mail ballots.