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Illinois House Bill HB2825

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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2825 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3 10 ILCS 5/1-1310 ILCS 5/1-13.5 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that, no later than 183 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules authorizing election authorities and local election officials to establish procedures under which digital voter signatures may be collected for nominating, candidate, and referendum petitions. Provides that those rules shall provide that any election authority or local election official may provide or supply electronic devices for the collection of digital voter signatures on petitions. Provides that the electronic devices, whether or not they are supplied by an election authority or local election official, may be capable of allowing a person to access and use the online voter registration system established under specified provisions of the Code. Makes conforming changes. LRB103 27257 BMS 57419 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2825 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3 10 ILCS 5/1-1310 ILCS 5/1-13.5 new 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3 10 ILCS 5/1-13 10 ILCS 5/1-13.5 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that, no later than 183 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules authorizing election authorities and local election officials to establish procedures under which digital voter signatures may be collected for nominating, candidate, and referendum petitions. Provides that those rules shall provide that any election authority or local election official may provide or supply electronic devices for the collection of digital voter signatures on petitions. Provides that the electronic devices, whether or not they are supplied by an election authority or local election official, may be capable of allowing a person to access and use the online voter registration system established under specified provisions of the Code. Makes conforming changes. LRB103 27257 BMS 57419 b LRB103 27257 BMS 57419 b A BILL FOR
22 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2825 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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77 Amends the Election Code. Provides that, no later than 183 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules authorizing election authorities and local election officials to establish procedures under which digital voter signatures may be collected for nominating, candidate, and referendum petitions. Provides that those rules shall provide that any election authority or local election official may provide or supply electronic devices for the collection of digital voter signatures on petitions. Provides that the electronic devices, whether or not they are supplied by an election authority or local election official, may be capable of allowing a person to access and use the online voter registration system established under specified provisions of the Code. Makes conforming changes.
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1313 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
1414 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1515 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1616 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
1717 5 Sections 1-3 and 1-13 and by adding Section 1-13.5 as follows:
1818 6 (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
1919 7 Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
2020 8 otherwise requires:
2121 9 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions of
2222 10 public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
2323 11 popular vote, and includes primary elections when so indicated
2424 12 by the context.
2525 13 2. "Regular election" means the general, general primary,
2626 14 consolidated and consolidated primary elections regularly
2727 15 scheduled in Article 2A. The even numbered year municipal
2828 16 primary established in Article 2A is a regular election only
2929 17 with respect to those municipalities in which a primary is
3030 18 required to be held on such date.
3131 19 3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
3232 20 recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
3333 21 held at the same time and place and by the same election
3434 22 officers as a regular election.
3535 23 4. "General election" means the biennial election at which
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4444 Amends the Election Code. Provides that, no later than 183 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules authorizing election authorities and local election officials to establish procedures under which digital voter signatures may be collected for nominating, candidate, and referendum petitions. Provides that those rules shall provide that any election authority or local election official may provide or supply electronic devices for the collection of digital voter signatures on petitions. Provides that the electronic devices, whether or not they are supplied by an election authority or local election official, may be capable of allowing a person to access and use the online voter registration system established under specified provisions of the Code. Makes conforming changes.
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7474 1 members of the General Assembly are elected. "General primary
7575 2 election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated primary
7676 3 election" mean the respective elections or the election dates
7777 4 designated and established in Article 2A of this Code.
7878 5 5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
7979 6 either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
8080 7 incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
8181 8 village or incorporated town.
8282 9 6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any unit
8383 10 of local government, or school district in which elections are
8484 11 or may be held. "Political or governmental subdivision" also
8585 12 includes, for election purposes, Regional Boards of School
8686 13 Trustees, and Township Boards of School Trustees.
8787 14 7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
8888 15 interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
8989 16 established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
9090 17 Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
9191 18 referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
9292 19 Code, as now or hereafter amended.
9393 20 8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board of
9494 21 Election Commissioners.
9595 22 9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county, in
9696 23 the case of a county in which no city board of election
9797 24 commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction of
9898 25 a county board of election commissioners; (b) the territorial
9999 26 jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners; and
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110110 1 (c) the territory in a county outside of the jurisdiction of a
111111 2 city board of election commissioners. In each instance
112112 3 election jurisdiction shall be determined according to which
113113 4 election authority maintains the permanent registration
114114 5 records of qualified electors.
115115 6 10. "Local election official" means the clerk or secretary
116116 7 of a unit of local government or school district, as the case
117117 8 may be, the treasurer of a township board of school trustees,
118118 9 and the regional superintendent of schools with respect to the
119119 10 various school officer elections and school referenda for
120120 11 which the regional superintendent is assigned election duties
121121 12 by The School Code, as now or hereafter amended.
122122 13 11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
123123 14 terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
124124 15 when used in connection with duties at an election during the
125125 16 hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
126126 17 election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
127127 18 reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
128128 19 the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after the
129129 20 closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
130130 21 pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
131131 22 after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
132132 23 performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
133133 24 performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
134134 25 holdover judges.
135135 26 12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
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146146 1 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
147147 2 statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures of
148148 3 qualified primary electors bound together.
149149 4 13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
150150 5 reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
151151 6 smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
152152 7 unit at the same polling place in any election governed by this
153153 8 Act.
154154 9 14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for the
155155 10 election of any officer, other than the State or a unit of
156156 11 local government or school district, and includes, but is not
157157 12 limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial districts,
158158 13 judicial circuits, county board districts, municipal and
159159 14 sanitary district wards, school board districts, and
160160 15 precincts.
161161 16 15. "Question of public policy" or "public question" means
162162 17 any question, proposition or measure submitted to the voters
163163 18 at an election dealing with subject matter other than the
164164 19 nomination or election of candidates and shall include, but is
165165 20 not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and questions
166166 21 relating to the Constitution.
167167 22 16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
168168 23 municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
169169 24 Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
170170 25 adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
171171 26 government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
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182182 1 of office of officers of such municipality or county, pursuant
183183 2 to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article VII of the
184184 3 Constitution.
185185 4 17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
186186 5 6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
187187 6 or other electronic data processing information containing
188188 7 voter information.
189189 8 18. "Accessible" means accessible to persons with
190190 9 disabilities and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting
191191 10 or registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
192192 11 Elections.
193193 12 19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
194194 13 20. "Person with a disability" means a person having a
195195 14 temporary or permanent physical disability.
196196 15 21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
197197 16 political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
198198 17 recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
199199 18 highest or second highest average number of votes. The
200200 19 political party whose candidates for governor received the
201201 20 highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
202202 21 leading political party and the political party whose
203203 22 candidates for governor received the second highest average
204204 23 number of votes shall be known as the second leading political
205205 24 party.
206206 25 22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of an
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218218 1 of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7 hours.
219219 2 23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
220220 3 nontraditional residence, including, but not limited to, a
221221 4 shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
222222 5 under a bridge.
223223 6 24. "Signature" means a name signed in ink or in digitized
224224 7 form. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-13.5, this
225225 8 This definition does not apply to a nominating or candidate
226226 9 petition or a referendum petition.
227227 10 25. "Intelligent mail barcode tracking system" means a
228228 11 printed trackable barcode attached to the return business
229229 12 reply envelope for mail-in ballots under Article 19 or Article
230230 13 20 that allows an election authority to determine the date the
231231 14 envelope was mailed in absence of a postmark.
232232 15 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
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234234 17 Sec. 1-13. Forms of signature. The making and signing of
235235 18 any form, including an application to register, a certificate
236236 19 authorizing cancellation of a registration or authorizing a
237237 20 transfer of registration, an application to vote, a
238238 21 provisional ballot, or affidavit, but not including a
239239 22 nominating or candidate petition or a referendum petition, may
240240 23 be by a signature written in ink or in digitized form. Except
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242242 25 signing of forms under this Section does not include the
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253253 1 signing of a nominating or candidate petition or a referendum
254254 2 petition.
255255 3 (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
256256 4 (10 ILCS 5/1-13.5 new)
257257 5 Sec. 1-13.5. Authorization of digital signatures on
258258 6 nominating, candidate, and referendum petitions. No later than
259259 7 183 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
260260 8 103rd General Assembly, the State Board of Elections shall
261261 9 adopt rules authorizing election authorities and local
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264264 12 and referendum petitions. Those rules shall provide that any
265265 13 election authority or local election official may provide or
266266 14 supply electronic devices for the collection of digital voter
267267 15 signatures on petitions. The electronic devices, whether or
268268 16 not they are supplied by an election authority or local
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