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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2212 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/4-50 | | 10 ILCS 5/5-50 | | 10 ILCS 5/6-100 | | 10 ILCS 5/19A-15 | |
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Amends the Election Code. Permits grace period voting and early voting until the day before the primary or election (now, the 3rd day before the primary or election).
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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 | | Sections 4-50, 5-50, 6-100, and 19A-15 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-50) |
7 | | Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other |
8 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority |
9 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and |
10 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
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11 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day |
12 | | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an |
13 | | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a |
14 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person |
15 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter |
16 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose |
17 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
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18 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's |
19 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this |
20 | | Article for registration and change of address. |
21 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this |
22 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary |
23 | | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace |
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1 | | period voting, either in person in the office of the election |
2 | | authority or at a location specifically designated for this |
3 | | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the |
4 | | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall |
5 | | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article |
6 | | 19. |
7 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, |
8 | | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street |
9 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as |
10 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall |
11 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic |
12 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to |
13 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person |
14 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the |
15 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early |
16 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 |
17 | | and 18-5. |
18 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be |
19 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with |
20 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons |
21 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be |
22 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central |
23 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and |
24 | | counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots |
25 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for |
26 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which |
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1 | | the ballots were opened.
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2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) |
3 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-50) |
4 | | Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other |
5 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority |
6 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and |
7 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
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8 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day |
9 | | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an |
10 | | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a |
11 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person |
12 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter |
13 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose |
14 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
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15 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's |
16 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this |
17 | | Article for registration and change of address. |
18 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this |
19 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary |
20 | | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace |
21 | | period voting, either in person in the office of the election |
22 | | authority or at a location specifically designated for this |
23 | | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the |
24 | | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall |
25 | | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article |
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1 | | 19. |
2 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, |
3 | | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street |
4 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as |
5 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall |
6 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic |
7 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to |
8 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person |
9 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the |
10 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early |
11 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 |
12 | | and 18-5. |
13 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be |
14 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with |
15 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons |
16 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be |
17 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central |
18 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and |
19 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots |
20 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for |
21 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which |
22 | | the ballots were opened.
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23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) |
24 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-100) |
25 | | Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other |
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1 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority |
2 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and |
3 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
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4 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day |
5 | | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an |
6 | | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a |
7 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person |
8 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter |
9 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose |
10 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
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11 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's |
12 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this |
13 | | Article for registration and change of address. |
14 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this |
15 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary |
16 | | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace |
17 | | period voting, either in person in the office of the election |
18 | | authority or at a location specifically designated for this |
19 | | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the |
20 | | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall |
21 | | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article |
22 | | 19. |
23 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, |
24 | | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street |
25 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as |
26 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall |
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1 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic |
2 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to |
3 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person |
4 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the |
5 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early |
6 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 |
7 | | and 18-5. |
8 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be |
9 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with |
10 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons |
11 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be |
12 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central |
13 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and |
14 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots |
15 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for |
16 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which |
17 | | the ballots were opened.
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18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) |
19 | | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
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20 | | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
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21 | | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance |
22 | | begins the 15th day preceding a general primary, consolidated |
23 | | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through |
24 | | the 3rd day before election day.
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25 | | (b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain |
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1 | | open during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. |
2 | | to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on |
3 | | Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to |
4 | | the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting |
5 | | polling place designated by an election authority under |
6 | | subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total |
7 | | of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting |
8 | | period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend |
9 | | during the early voting period.
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10 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election |
11 | | authority may close an early voting polling place if the |
12 | | building in which the polling place is located has been closed |
13 | | by the State or unit of local government in response to a |
14 | | severe weather emergency. In the event of a closure, the |
15 | | election authority shall conduct early voting on the 2nd day |
16 | | before election day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to |
17 | | 5:00 p.m. The election authority shall notify the State Board |
18 | | of Elections of any closure and shall make reasonable efforts |
19 | | to provide notice to the public of the extended early voting |
20 | | period. |
21 | | (Source: P.A. 96-637, eff. 1-1-10; 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, |
22 | | eff. 7-6-12.)
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