HB2457 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2457

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Dan Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/4-14.1	from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
10 ILCS 5/5-9.1	from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1
10 ILCS 5/6-55	from Ch. 46, par. 6-55

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to use newspaper obituaries, if confirmed as accurate, to purge voter registration records.

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 Sections 4-14.1, 5-9.1, and 6-55 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)

Sec. 4-14.1. It is the duty of the county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any person so discovered to have who has died during the preceding month.

In addition, the election authority may examine obituaries in a newspaper having general circulation throughout a municipality or county where the decedents named in the obituaries lived immediately prior to death. The election authority may cancel the registration of such a decedent after the authenticity and accuracy of the obituary have been confirmed to the election authority in writing by a funeral director of the funeral home or other location where the memorial service, wake, funeral, or similar service for the decedent was held.

(Source: P.A. 87-895.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)

Sec. 5-9.1. It is the duty of the county clerk to examine monthly the records deposited in his office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county and, to cancel the registration of any person so discovered to have who has died during the preceding month.

In addition, the election authority may examine obituaries in a newspaper having general circulation throughout a municipality or county where the decedents named in the obituaries lived immediately prior to death. The election authority may cancel the registration of such a decedent after the authenticity and accuracy of the obituary have been confirmed to the election authority in writing by a funeral director of the funeral home or other location where the memorial service, wake, funeral, or similar service for the decedent was held.

It is the duty of the election authority , and to cause the name of each such deceased person whose registration is canceled under this Section to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered.

(Source: P.A. 87-895.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-55) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-55)

Sec. 6-55. The board of election commissioners shall obtain the reports provided for by sections 6-61 and 6-62 of this Article and shall cancel the registration of criminals and of deceased persons whose names are so reported to it.

In addition, the board of election commissioners may examine obituaries in a newspaper having general circulation throughout a municipality or county where the decedents named in the obituaries lived immediately prior to death. The board of election commissioners may cancel the registration of such a decedent after the authenticity and accuracy of the obituary have been confirmed to the board of election commissioners in writing by a funeral director of the funeral home or other location where the memorial service, wake, funeral, or similar service for the decedent was held.

(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)