Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3542 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3542 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot electronically or by mail no less than 60 days before an election (rather than 5 days). Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot in person no less than 60 days before an election (rather than one day). Makes conforming changes. LRB103 29849 BMS 56258 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3542 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot electronically or by mail no less than 60 days before an election (rather than 5 days). Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot in person no less than 60 days before an election (rather than one day). Makes conforming changes. LRB103 29849 BMS 56258 b LRB103 29849 BMS 56258 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3542 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4
4	4	10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2
5	5	10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4
6	6	Amends the Election Code. Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot electronically or by mail no less than 60 days before an election (rather than 5 days). Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot in person no less than 60 days before an election (rather than one day). Makes conforming changes.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
16	16	5 Sections 19-2 and 19-4 as follows:
17	17	6 (10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
18	18	7 Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
19	19	8 elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or
20	20	9 electronically on the website of the appropriate election
21	21	10 authority, not more than 90 nor less than 60 5 days prior to
22	22	11 the date of such election, or by personal delivery not more
23	23	12 than 90 nor less than 60 days one day prior to the date of such
24	24	13 election, make application to the county clerk or to the Board
25	25	14 of Election Commissioners for an official ballot for the
26	26	15 voter's precinct to be voted at such election. Such a ballot
27	27	16 shall be delivered to the elector only upon separate
28	28	17 application by the elector for each election. Voters who make
29	29	18 an application for permanent vote by mail ballot status shall
30	30	19 follow the procedures specified in Section 19-3 and may apply
31	31	20 year round. Voters whose application for permanent vote by
32	32	21 mail status is accepted by the election authority shall remain
33	33	22 on the permanent vote by mail list until the voter requests to
34	34	23 be removed from permanent vote by mail status, the voter
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38	38	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3542 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2 10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4
40	40	10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2
41	41	10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4
42	42	Amends the Election Code. Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot electronically or by mail no less than 60 days before an election (rather than 5 days). Provides that an elector may apply for a vote by mail ballot in person no less than 60 days before an election (rather than one day). Makes conforming changes.
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71	71	1 provides notice to the election authority of a change in
72	72	2 registration that affects their registration status, or the
73	73	3 election authority receives confirmation that the voter has
74	74	4 subsequently registered to vote in another election authority
75	75	5 jurisdiction. The URL address at which voters may
76	76	6 electronically request a vote by mail ballot shall be fixed no
77	77	7 later than 90 calendar days before an election and shall not be
78	78	8 changed until after the election.
79	79	9 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
80	80	10 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
81	81	11 (10 ILCS 5/19-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
82	82	12 Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time.
83	83	13 Immediately upon the receipt of such application either by
84	84	14 mail or electronic means, not more than 90 days nor less than
85	85	15 60 5 days prior to such election, or by personal delivery not
86	86	16 more than 90 days nor less than 60 days one day prior to such
87	87	17 election, at the office of such election authority, it shall
88	88	18 be the duty of such election authority to examine the records
89	89	19 to ascertain whether or not such applicant is lawfully
90	90	20 entitled to vote as requested, including a verification of the
91	91	21 applicant's signature by comparison with the signature on the
92	92	22 official registration record card, and if found so to be
93	93	23 entitled to vote, to post within one business day thereafter
94	94	24 the name, street address, ward and precinct number or township
95	95	25 and district number, as the case may be, of such applicant
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106	106	1 given on a list, the pages of which are to be numbered
107	107	2 consecutively to be kept by such election authority for such
108	108	3 purpose in a conspicuous, open and public place accessible to
109	109	4 the public at the entrance of the office of such election
110	110	5 authority, and in such a manner that such list may be viewed
111	111	6 without necessity of requesting permission therefor. Within
112	112	7 one day after posting the name and other information of an
113	113	8 applicant for a vote by mail ballot, the election authority
114	114	9 shall transmit by electronic means pursuant to a process
115	115	10 established by the State Board of Elections that name and
116	116	11 other posted information to the State Board of Elections,
117	117	12 which shall maintain those names and other information in an
118	118	13 electronic format on its website, arranged by county and
119	119	14 accessible to State and local political committees. Within 2
120	120	15 business days after posting a name and other information on
121	121	16 the list within its office, but no sooner than 40 days before
122	122	17 an election, the election authority shall mail, postage
123	123	18 prepaid, or deliver in person in such office, or deliver via
124	124	19 electronic transmission pursuant to Section 19-2.6, an
125	125	20 official ballot or ballots if more than one are to be voted at
126	126	21 said election. Mail delivery of Temporarily Absent Student
127	127	22 ballot applications pursuant to Section 19-12.3 shall be by
128	128	23 nonforwardable mail. However, for the consolidated election,
129	129	24 vote by mail ballots for certain precincts may be delivered to
130	130	25 applicants not less than 25 days before the election if so much
131	131	26 time is required to have prepared and printed the ballots
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142	142	1 containing the names of persons nominated for offices at the
143	143	2 consolidated primary. The election authority shall enclose
144	144	3 with each vote by mail ballot or application written
145	145	4 instructions on how voting assistance shall be provided
146	146	5 pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, written and approved
147	147	6 by the State Board of Elections, informing the vote by mail
148	148	7 voter of the required postage for returning the application
149	149	8 and ballot, and enumerating the circumstances under which a
150	150	9 person is authorized to vote by vote by mail ballot pursuant to
151	151	10 this Article; such document shall also include a statement
152	152	11 informing the applicant that if he or she falsifies or is
153	153	12 solicited by another to falsify his or her eligibility to cast
154	154	13 a vote by mail ballot, such applicant or other is subject to
155	155	14 penalties pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the
156	156	15 Election Code. Each election authority shall maintain a list
157	157	16 of the name, street address, ward and precinct, or township
158	158	17 and district number, as the case may be, of all applicants who
159	159	18 have returned vote by mail ballots to such authority, and the
160	160	19 name of such vote by mail voter shall be added to such list
161	161	20 within one business day from receipt of such ballot. If the
162	162	21 vote by mail ballot envelope indicates that the voter was
163	163	22 assisted in casting the ballot, the name of the person so
164	164	23 assisting shall be included on the list. The list, the pages of
165	165	24 which are to be numbered consecutively, shall be kept by each
166	166	25 election authority in a conspicuous, open, and public place
167	167	26 accessible to the public at the entrance of the office of the
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178	178	1 election authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed
179	179	2 without necessity of requesting permission for viewing.
180	180	3 Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
181	181	4 election of the voters to whom it has issued vote by mail
182	182	5 ballots. The list shall be maintained for each precinct within
183	183	6 the jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the
184	184	7 opening of the polls on election day, the election authority
185	185	8 shall deliver to the judges of election in each precinct the
186	186	9 list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail
187	187	10 ballots have been issued by mail.
188	188	11 Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
189	189	12 election of voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent
190	190	13 student ballots. The list shall be maintained for each
191	191	14 election jurisdiction within which such voters temporarily
192	192	15 abide. Immediately after the close of the period during which
193	193	16 application may be made by mail or electronic means for vote by
194	194	17 mail ballots, each election authority shall mail to each other
195	195	18 election authority within the State a certified list of all
196	196	19 such voters temporarily abiding within the jurisdiction of the
197	197	20 other election authority.
198	198	21 In the event that the return address of an application for
199	199	22 ballot by a physically incapacitated elector is that of a
200	200	23 facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
201	201	24 Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013,
202	202	25 the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, within the
203	203	26 jurisdiction of the election authority, and the applicant is a
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214	214	1 registered voter in the precinct in which such facility is
215	215	2 located, the ballots shall be prepared and transmitted to a
216	216	3 responsible judge of election no later than 9 a.m. on the
217	217	4 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday immediately preceding the
218	218	5 election as designated by the election authority under Section
219	219	6 19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the designated
220	220	7 day the ballot to the applicant on the premises of the facility
221	221	8 from which application was made. The election authority shall
222	222	9 by mail notify the applicant in such facility that the ballot
223	223	10 will be delivered by a judge of election on the designated day.
224	224	11 All applications for vote by mail ballots shall be
225	225	12 available at the office of the election authority for public
226	226	13 inspection upon request from the time of receipt thereof by
227	227	14 the election authority until 30 days after the election,
228	228	15 except during the time such applications are kept in the
229	229	16 office of the election authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and
230	230	17 except during the time such applications are in the possession
231	231	18 of the judges of election.
232	232	19 Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
233	233	20 contrary, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 30 of the
234	234	21 Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence,
235	235	22 Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, neither
236	236	23 the name nor the address of a program participant under that
237	237	24 Act shall be included in any list of registered voters
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