Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3032 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3032 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2 Amends the Election Code. Provides that voting by physically incapacitated electors who have made proper application to the election authority not later than 5 days before the regular primary and general election shall be conducted either through vote by mail procedures or on specified premises (rather than only on specified premises). Effective Immediately. LRB103 26254 BMS 52614 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3032 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2 10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2 Amends the Election Code. Provides that voting by physically incapacitated electors who have made proper application to the election authority not later than 5 days before the regular primary and general election shall be conducted either through vote by mail procedures or on specified premises (rather than only on specified premises). Effective Immediately. LRB103 26254 BMS 52614 b LRB103 26254 BMS 52614 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3032 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2 10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2
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5	5	Amends the Election Code. Provides that voting by physically incapacitated electors who have made proper application to the election authority not later than 5 days before the regular primary and general election shall be conducted either through vote by mail procedures or on specified premises (rather than only on specified premises). Effective Immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 19-12.2 as follows:
16	16	6 (10 ILCS 5/19-12.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2)
17	17	7 Sec. 19-12.2. Voting by physically incapacitated electors
18	18	8 who have made proper application to the election authority not
19	19	9 later than 5 days before the regular primary and general
20	20	10 election of 1980 and before each election thereafter shall be
21	21	11 conducted either through the vote by mail procedures as
22	22	12 detailed in this Article or on the premises of (i) federally
23	23	13 operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in
24	24	14 Illinois or (ii) facilities licensed or certified pursuant to
25	25	15 the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health
26	26	16 Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or
27	27	17 the MC/DD Act for the sole benefit of residents of such homes,
28	28	18 hospitals, and facilities. For the purposes of this Section,
29	29	19 "federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility"
30	30	20 means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA
31	31	21 Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr.
32	32	22 VA Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, and Captain James A.
33	33	23 Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Such voting shall be
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3032 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2 10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2
39	39	10 ILCS 5/19-12.2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2
40	40	Amends the Election Code. Provides that voting by physically incapacitated electors who have made proper application to the election authority not later than 5 days before the regular primary and general election shall be conducted either through vote by mail procedures or on specified premises (rather than only on specified premises). Effective Immediately.
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68	68	1 conducted during any continuous period sufficient to allow all
69	69	2 applicants to cast their ballots between the hours of 9 a.m.
70	70	3 and 7 p.m. either on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday
71	71	4 immediately preceding the regular election. This vote by mail
72	72	5 voting on one of said days designated by the election
73	73	6 authority shall be supervised by two election judges who must
74	74	7 be selected by the election authority in the following order
75	75	8 of priority: (1) from the panel of judges appointed for the
76	76	9 precinct in which such home, hospital, or facility is located,
77	77	10 or from a panel of judges appointed for any other precinct
78	78	11 within the jurisdiction of the election authority in the same
79	79	12 ward or township, as the case may be, in which the home,
80	80	13 hospital, or facility is located or, only in the case where a
81	81	14 judge or judges from the precinct, township or ward are
82	82	15 unavailable to serve, (3) from a panel of judges appointed for
83	83	16 any other precinct within the jurisdiction of the election
84	84	17 authority. The two judges shall be from different political
85	85	18 parties. Not less than 30 days before each regular election,
86	86	19 the election authority shall have arranged with the chief
87	87	20 administrative officer of each home, hospital, or facility in
88	88	21 his or its election jurisdiction a mutually convenient time
89	89	22 period on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately
90	90	23 preceding the election for such voting on the premises of the
91	91	24 home, hospital, or facility and shall post in a prominent
92	92	25 place in his or its office a notice of the agreed day and time
93	93	26 period for conducting such voting at each home, hospital, or
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104	104	1 facility; provided that the election authority shall not later
105	105	2 than noon on the Thursday before the election also post the
106	106	3 names and addresses of those homes, hospitals, and facilities
107	107	4 from which no applications were received and in which no
108	108	5 supervised vote by mail voting will be conducted. All
109	109	6 provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers shall be
110	110	7 applicable herein. To the maximum extent feasible, voting
111	111	8 booths or screens shall be provided to insure the privacy of
112	112	9 the voter. Voting procedures shall be as described in Article
113	113	10 17 of this Code, except that ballots shall be treated as vote
114	114	11 by mail ballots and shall not be counted until the close of the
115	115	12 polls on the following day. After the last voter has concluded
116	116	13 voting, the judges shall seal the ballots in an envelope and
117	117	14 affix their signatures across the flap of the envelope.
118	118	15 Immediately thereafter, the judges shall bring the sealed
119	119	16 envelope to the office of the election authority who shall
120	120	17 deliver such ballots to the election authority's central
121	121	18 ballot counting location prior to the closing of the polls on
122	122	19 the day of election. The judges of election shall also report
123	123	20 to the election authority the name of any applicant in the
124	124	21 home, hospital, or facility who, due to unforeseen
125	125	22 circumstance or condition or because of a religious holiday,
126	126	23 was unable to vote. In this event, the election authority may
127	127	24 appoint a qualified person from his or its staff to deliver the
128	128	25 ballot to such applicant on the day of election. This staff
129	129	26 person shall follow the same procedures prescribed for judges
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140	140	1 conducting vote by mail voting in such homes, hospitals, or
141	141	2 facilities and shall return the ballot to the central ballot
142	142	3 counting location before the polls close. However, if the
143	143	4 home, hospital, or facility from which the application was
144	144	5 made is also used as a regular precinct polling place for that
145	145	6 voter, voting procedures heretofore prescribed may be
146	146	7 implemented by 2 of the election judges of opposite party
147	147	8 affiliation assigned to that polling place during the hours of
148	148	9 voting on the day of the election. Judges of election shall be
149	149	10 compensated not less than $25.00 for conducting vote by mail
150	150	11 voting in such homes, hospitals, or facilities.
151	151	12 Not less than 120 days before each regular election, the
152	152	13 Department of Public Health shall certify to the State Board
153	153	14 of Elections a list of the facilities licensed or certified
154	154	15 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
155	155	16 Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care
156	156	17 Act, or the MC/DD Act. The lists shall indicate the approved
157	157	18 bed capacity and the name of the chief administrative officer
158	158	19 of each such home, hospital, or facility, and the State Board
159	159	20 of Elections shall certify the same to the appropriate
160	160	21 election authority within 20 days thereafter.
161	161	22 (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15;
162	162	23 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
163	163	24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
164	164	25 becoming law.
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