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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2302 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority shall notify all qualified voters not more than 90 days nor less than 45 days before a general election (rather than a general or consolidated election) of the option for permanent vote by mail status using specified language. Provides an exception to the requirement to notify all qualified voters for voters who have applied for permanent vote by mail status under specified provisions or voters who submit a written request to be excluded from the permanent vote by mail status.
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| | SB2302 | | LRB103 26257 BMS 52617 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 a 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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