HB2602 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2602

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Ryan Spain

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/22-6

from Ch. 46, par. 22-6

Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority shall include the methods of voting used when providing the State Board of Elections unit-by-unit vote totals within 22 days after each election.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 22-6 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/22-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-6)

Sec. 22-6. E-Canvass.

(a) Within 22 days after each election, each Election Authority shall provide unit-by-unit vote totals to the State Board of Elections in an electronic format to be prescribed by the State Board of Elections. The election authority shall include the methods of voting used in its unit-by-unit vote totals to the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this Section.

(b) Beginning with the November 2014 general election and every primary, consolidated, general, and special election thereafter, within 52 days after each election, the State Board of Elections shall publish the precinct-by-precinct vote totals on its website and make them available in a downloadable form.

(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)