Full Text of HB2808 102nd General Assembly
HB2808 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB2808 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires a grace period registrant to also present identification upon which his or her date of birth appears.
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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 | | Section 4-50 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-50) | 7 | | Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 8 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election | 9 | | authority shall
establish procedures for the registration of | 10 | | voters and for change of address during the period from the | 11 | | close of
registration for an election until and including the | 12 | | day of the election. During this grace period, an unregistered | 13 | | qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter | 14 | | may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of | 15 | | the election
authority, at a permanent polling place | 16 | | established under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting | 17 | | site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling | 18 | | place on election day, or at a voter registration location | 19 | | specifically designated for this
purpose by the election | 20 | | authority. In addition to the registration requirements in | 21 | | Section 4-10, a grace period registrant must present | 22 | | identification upon which the registrant's date of birth | 23 | | appears. Grace period registration and changes of address |
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| 1 | | shall also be conducted for eligible residents in connection | 2 | | with voting at facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code. | 3 | | The election authority shall
register that individual, or | 4 | | change a registered voter's address, in the same manner as | 5 | | otherwise provided by this Article for registration and change | 6 | | of address. | 7 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 8 | | grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary | 9 | | occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by | 10 | | grace period voting. The election authority shall offer | 11 | | in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any | 12 | | permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and | 13 | | at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the | 14 | | election, at a polling place on election day, where grace | 15 | | period registration is required by this Section; and may offer | 16 | | in-person grace period voting at additional hours and | 17 | | locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace | 18 | | period voting by the election authority. The election | 19 | | authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the | 20 | | election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's | 21 | | office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially | 22 | | similar to voting under Article 19A. | 23 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 24 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 25 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 26 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic |
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| 1 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 2 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, | 3 | | and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the | 4 | | case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 5 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 6 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 7 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person | 8 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 9 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom vote by mail and | 10 | | early ballots have been issued, for use as provided in | 11 | | Sections 17-9 and 18-5. | 12 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 13 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 14 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 15 | | who register or change address during the grace period at a | 16 | | location other than their designated polling place on election | 17 | | day must be transmitted to and counted at the election | 18 | | authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be | 19 | | transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places.
The | 20 | | grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to | 21 | | the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in | 22 | | the order in which the ballots were opened. | 23 | | In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do | 24 | | not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt | 25 | | out of registration in the polling place if the election | 26 | | authority establishes grace period registration and voting at |
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| 1 | | other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the | 2 | | election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in | 3 | | each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents | 4 | | reside if the election authority's main office is not located | 5 | | in that municipality. The election authority may establish | 6 | | other grace period registration and voting sites on election | 7 | | day provided that the election authority has met the notice | 8 | | requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary | 9 | | early voting sites.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 100-442, eff. 8-25-17.)
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