95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0413

 

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. David Luechtefeld

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/3-1   from Ch. 46, par. 3-1
10 ILCS 5/4-50
10 ILCS 5/5-50
10 ILCS 5/6-100

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that an otherwise qualified person who has returned from service with the United States armed forces, merchant marines, or the federal government outside the United States within 30 days before an election may register to vote up to 5 days before that election. Permits the same registration for the otherwise qualified spouse and dependents living with or accompanying the member of the armed forces or the merchant marine. Extends grace period voting until the 5th day before an election or primary for those voters only.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 3-1, 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/3-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1)
7     Sec. 3-1. Every person (i) who has resided in this State
8 and in the election district 30 days next preceding any
9 election therein, or (ii) who has resided in and is registered
10 to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any
11 election therein and has moved to another election district in
12 this State within said 30 days and has made and subscribed to
13 the affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of
14 this Act, or (iii) who has resided in and is registered to vote
15 from the election district 30 days next preceding any election
16 therein and has not moved to another residence but whose
17 address has changed as a result of implementation of a 9-1-1
18 emergency telephone system and has made and subscribed to the
19 affidavit provided in subsection (a) of Section 17-10, or (iv)
20 who has resided in this State and in the election district
21 fewer than 30 days next preceding any election therein but who
22 was a member of the United States service, as defined in
23 Section 20-1, within 30 days next preceding that election and

 

 

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1 who is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 or more
2 years is entitled to vote at such election for all offices and
3 on all propositions; provided that a person described in item
4 (iv) must register to vote in accordance with Section 4-50,
5 5-50, or 6-100. Any military establishment within the
6 boundaries of Illinois is "in this State" even though the
7 government of the United States may have exclusive jurisdiction
8 over such establishment.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
10     (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
11     Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
12 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
13 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
14 for change of address during the period from the close of
15 registration for a primary or election and until (i) the 14th
16 day before the primary or election and (ii) for persons
17 described in item (iv) of Section 3-1, the 5th day before the
18 primary or election. During this grace period, an unregistered
19 qualified elector may register to vote, and until the 14th day
20 before the primary or election a registered voter may submit a
21 change of address form, in person in the office of the election
22 authority or at a voter registration location specifically
23 designated for this purpose by the election authority. The
24 election authority shall register that individual, or change a
25 registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise

 

 

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1 provided by this Article for registration and change of
2 address.
3     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
4 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
5 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
6 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
7 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
8 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
9 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
10 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
11 19.
12     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
13 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
14 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
15 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
16 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
17 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
18 State and local political committees. The name of each person
19 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
20 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
21 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
22 and 18-5.
23     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
24 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
25 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
26 who register or change address during the grace period must be

 

 

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1 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
2 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
3 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
4 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
5 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
6 the ballots were opened.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/5-50)
9     Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
10 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
11 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
12 for change of address during the period from the close of
13 registration for a primary or election and until (i) the 14th
14 day before the primary or election and (ii) for persons
15 described in item (iv) of Section 3-1, the 5th day before the
16 primary or election. During this grace period, an unregistered
17 qualified elector may register to vote, and until the 14th day
18 before the primary or election a registered voter may submit a
19 change of address form, in person in the office of the election
20 authority or at a voter registration location specifically
21 designated for this purpose by the election authority. The
22 election authority shall register that individual, or change a
23 registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise
24 provided by this Article for registration and change of
25 address.

 

 

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1      If a voter who registers or changes address during this
2 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
3 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
4 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
5 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
6 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
7 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
8 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
9 19.
10     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
11 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
12 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
13 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
14 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
15 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
16 State and local political committees. The name of each person
17 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
18 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
19 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
20 and 18-5.
21     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
22 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
23 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
24 who register or change address during the grace period must be
25 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
26 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and

 

 

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1 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
2 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
3 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
4 the ballots were opened.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/6-100)
7     Sec. 6-100. 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
11 registration for a primary or election and until (i) the 14th
12 day before the primary or election and (ii) for persons
13 described in item (iv) of Section 3-1, the 5th day before the
14 primary or election. During this grace period, an unregistered
15 qualified elector may register to vote, and until the 14th day
16 before the primary or election a registered voter may submit a
17 change of address form, in person in the office of the election
18 authority or at a voter registration location specifically
19 designated for this purpose by the election authority. The
20 election authority shall register that individual, or change a
21 registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise
22 provided by this Article for registration and change of
23 address.
24     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
25 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary

 

 

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1 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
2 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
3 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
4 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
5 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
6 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
7 19.
8     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
9 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
10 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
11 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
12 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
13 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
14 State and local political committees. The name of each person
15 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
16 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
17 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
18 and 18-5.
19     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
20 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
21 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
22 who register or change address during the grace period must be
23 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
24 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
25 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
26 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for

 

 

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1 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
2 the ballots were opened.
3 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)