98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2370

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5 new

    Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to establish and maintain a system for online voter registration, which will allow applicants to register to vote and to change their existing registration.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
51A-16.5 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5 new)
7    Sec. 1A-16.5. Online registration.
8    (a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and
9maintain a system for online voter registration. Such system
10shall also permit a registered elector to apply for changes to
11such elector's existing registration. An applicant may
12register to vote through this system, provided the applicant's
13(1) registration information is verifiable in the manner
14described in subsection (b) of this Section, and (2) signature
15is in a database described in said subsection (b) and such
16signature may be imported into such system for online voter
17registration.
18    (b) A State agency, upon the request of the State Board of
19Elections, shall provide any information, if available, to the
20Board that the Board deems necessary to maintain the system for
21online voter registration. The Board may cross reference the
22information input into the system by applicants with data or
23information contained in any State agency's database or a

 

 

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1database administered by the federal government, or any voter
2registration database of another state, in order to verify the
3information submitted by applicants. The Board shall not use
4the information obtained from any such database except to
5verify information submitted by the applicant, provided the
6applicant's signature, if part of data contained in the State
7agency's database, shall be included as part of the applicant's
8information contained in the system for online voter
9registration.
10    (c) The submission of an online application shall contain
11all of the information that is required for a paper
12application, except that a signature may be obtained from
13another State agency's database pursuant to subsection (b) of
14this Section.
15    (d) In order for an applicant's registration or change in
16registration to be approved, the applicant shall mark the box
17associated with the following statement included as part of the
18online application:
19    "By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of the
20following under penalty of perjury:
21    (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information
22is provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote in
23the State of Illinois.
24    (2) All of the information I have provided on this form is
25true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form.
26    (3) I authorize the Secretary of State or other Illinois

 

 

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1State agency to transmit to the State Board of Elections or my
2local election authority my signature that is on file with such
3agency and understand that such signature will be used by the
4Board of Elections or my local election authority on this
5online application for admission as an elector as if I had
6signed this form personally.".