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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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