SB0250ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robyn Gabel

Filed: 5/29/2016

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 250

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 250 as follows:

on page 3, line 11, after "agency.", by inserting "The agency shall inform the individual that the identity of the designated government agency transferring voter registration information is confidential."; and

on page 3, line 13, after "status." by inserting "The agency shall collect all needed information for voter registration."; and

on page 3, by replacing lines 17 through 19 with "identity, address, and citizenship. The Secretary of State's Driver Services Department shall send this information to the State Board of Elections for every applicant, regardless of whether or not the individual attested to his or her eligibility to register to vote. All other designated government agencies shall send this information to the State Board of Elections only if the individual attested that he or she is eligible to register to vote. The State Board of Elections shall electronically"; and

on page 4, line 12, by replacing "all individuals" with "any individual"; and

on page 4, line 13, by replacing "are" each time it appears with "is"; and

on page 4, lines 17 and 18, by replacing "they provided an attestation" with "the individual attested to his or her eligibility to register to vote"; and

on page 4, by replacing lines 19 through 24 with "authority shall process the application accordingly."; and

on page 5, line 1, after "agency", by inserting "of an individual who attested to his or her eligibility to register to vote"; and

on page 5, line 10, by replacing "registration applications" with "eligibility requirements"; and

on page 5, line 13, after "Illinois," by inserting "then"; and

on page 6, by replacing lines 8 and 9 with "unless he or she declines registration;"; and

on page 6, by replacing lines 15 through 19 with the following:

"(5) a statement (i) notifying the applicant to opt out if he or she does not meet the qualifications to be a voter by returning a prepaid postcard, opting out online, or otherwise contacting the appropriate election authority and (ii) stating that the applicant does not have to provide a reason he or she is declining voter registration or disclose citizenship status."; and

on page 8, line 8, after "voter,", by inserting "then"; and

on page 8, line 11, after "authority,", by inserting "then"; and

on page 9, line 11, after "registration,", by inserting "then"; and

on page 9, line 15, after "registration,", by inserting "then"; and

on page 10, line 11, by replacing "their" with "his or her their"; and

on page 10, line 12, immediately after "identification", by adding "that complies with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002"; and

by deleting line 24 on page 11 through line 10 on page 12; and

on page 13, lines 17 and 18, by deleting "Subsection (c-5) of this Section shall be implemented no later than September 1, 2016."; and

on page 13, by replacing lines 20 through 23 with "implemented no later than January 1, 2018."; and

by replacing line 21 on page 17 through line 4 on page 18 with the following: "identification card shall be notified, under the procedures set forth in Section 1A.16.6 of the Election Code, that his or her personal information shall be transferred to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter registration application, and that the individual will only be registered to vote if he or she meets the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois. that the person may apply to register to vote at such station and may also apply to transfer his or her voter registration at such station to a different address in the State. Such notification may be made in writing or verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of State.".