Public Act 100-0442
 
SB1479 EnrolledLRB100 06968 MLM 17019 b


  
    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 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
    Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority 
shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and 
for change of address during the period from the close of

registration for an election until and including the day of the 
election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified

elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit 
a change of address form, in person in the office of the 
election
authority, at a permanent polling place established 
under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning 
15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election 
day, or at a voter registration location specifically 
designated for this
purpose by the election authority. Grace 
period registration and changes of address shall also be 
conducted for eligible residents in connection with voting at 
facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code. The election 
authority shall
register that individual, or change a 
registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise 
provided by this Article for registration and change of 
address.
    If a voter who registers or changes address during this 
grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary 
occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by 
grace period voting. The election authority shall offer 
in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any 
permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and 
at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the 
election, at a polling place on election day, where grace 
period registration is required by this Section; and may offer 
in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations 
specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting 
by the election authority.  The election authority may allow 
grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has 
no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period 
voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting 
under Article 19A. 
    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, 
or within one day after the ballot is received by the election 
authority if the election authority allows grace period voting 
by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic 
means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of 
Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and 
precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may 
be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those 
names and that information in an electronic format on its 
website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local 
political committees.  The name of each person issued a grace 
period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct 
list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have 
been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
    A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be 
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with 
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons 
who register or change address during the grace period at a 
location other than their designated polling place on election 
day must be transmitted to and counted at the election 
authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be 
transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places.
The 
grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to 
the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in 
the order in which the ballots were opened.
    In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do 
not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt 
out of registration in the polling place if the election 
authority establishes grace period registration and voting at 
other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the 
election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in 
each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents 
reside if the election authority's main office is not located 
in that municipality. The election authority may establish 
other grace period registration and voting sites on election 
day provided that the election authority has met the notice 
requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary 
early voting sites.


(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 
98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/5-50)
    Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority 
shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and 
for change of address during the period from the close of

registration for an election until and including the day of the 
election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified

elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit 
a change of address form, in person in the office of the 
election
authority, at a permanent polling place established 
under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning 
15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election 
day, or at a voter registration location specifically 
designated for this
purpose by the election authority. Grace 
period registration and changes of address shall also be 
conducted for eligible residents in connection with voting at 
facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code. The election 
authority shall
register that individual, or change a 
registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise 
provided by this Article for registration and change of 
address.
    If a voter who registers or changes address during this 
grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary 
occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by 
grace period voting. The election authority shall offer 
in-person grace period voting at his or her office, any 
permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and 
at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the 
election, at a polling place on election day, where grace 
period registration is required by this Section; and may offer 
in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations 
specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting 
by the election authority.  The election authority may allow 
grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has 
no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period 
voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting 
under Article 19A.
    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, 
or within one day after the ballot is received by the election 
authority if the election authority allows grace period voting 
by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic 
means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of 
Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and 
precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may 
be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those 
names and that information in an electronic format on its 
website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local 
political committees.  The name of each person issued a grace 
period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct 
list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have 
been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
    A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be 
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with 
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons 
who register or change address during the grace period at a 
location other than their designated polling place on election 
day must be transmitted to and counted at the election 
authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be 
transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The 
grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to 
the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in 
the order in which the ballots were opened.

    In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do 
not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt 
out of registration  in the polling place if the election 
authority establishes grace period registration and voting at 
other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the 
election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in 
each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents 
reside if the election authority's main office is not located 
in that municipality. The election authority may establish 
other grace period registration and voting sites on election 
day provided that the election authority has met the notice 
requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary 
early voting sites.

(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 
98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/6-100)
    Sec. 6-100. Grace period.  Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority 
shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and 
for change of address during the period from the close of

registration for an election until and including the day of the 
election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified

elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit 
a change of address form, in person in the office of the 
election
authority, at a permanent polling place established 
under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning 
15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election 
day, or at a voter registration location specifically 
designated for this
purpose by the election authority. Grace 
period registration and changes of address shall also be 
conducted for eligible residents in connection with voting at 
facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code. The election 
authority shall
register that individual, or change a 
registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise 
provided by this Article for registration and change of 
address.
    If a voter who registers or changes address during this 
grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary 
occurring during the grace period. The election authority shall 
offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, 
any permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, 
and at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to 
the election, at a polling place on election day, where grace 
period registration is required by this Section; and may offer 
in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations 
specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting 
by the election authority.  The election authority may allow 
grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has 
no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period 
voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting 
under Article 19A. 
    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, 
or within one day after the ballot is received by the election 
authority if the election authority allows grace period voting 
by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic 
means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of 
Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and 
precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may 
be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those 
names and that information in an electronic format on its 
website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local 
political committees.  The name of each person issued a grace 
period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct 
list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have 
been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
    A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be 
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with 
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons 
who register or change address during the grace period at a 
location other than their designated polling place on election 
day must be transmitted to and counted at the election 
authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be 
transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The 
grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to 
the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in 
the order in which the ballots were opened.
    In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do 
not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt 
out of registration in the polling place if the election 
authority establishes grace period registration and voting at 
other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the 
election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in 
each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents 
reside if the election authority's main office is not located 
in that municipality. The election authority may establish 
other grace period registration and voting sites on election 
day provided that the election authority has met the notice 
requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary 
early voting sites.


(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 
98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  8/25/2017