Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3657 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3657 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6 Amends the Election Code. Provides that collection sites for vote by mail ballots shall be established only on the grounds of a public building in which a unit of local government conducts its ordinary business and in which there are no residential dwelling units. Provides that those collection sites shall be recorded by security cameras, and the security camera recordings shall be retained by the election authority for a period of 90-days after each election. Provides that the State's Attorney shall confirm that the security cameras are working at least once per week until election day starting when the first vote by mail ballots have been mailed. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that those recordings are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public during that 90-day period. Effective immediately. LRB103 05872 AWJ 50893 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3657 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6 5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6 Amends the Election Code. Provides that collection sites for vote by mail ballots shall be established only on the grounds of a public building in which a unit of local government conducts its ordinary business and in which there are no residential dwelling units. Provides that those collection sites shall be recorded by security cameras, and the security camera recordings shall be retained by the election authority for a period of 90-days after each election. Provides that the State's Attorney shall confirm that the security cameras are working at least once per week until election day starting when the first vote by mail ballots have been mailed. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that those recordings are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public during that 90-day period. Effective immediately. LRB103 05872 AWJ 50893 b LRB103 05872 AWJ 50893 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3657 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6 5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6
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6	6	Amends the Election Code. Provides that collection sites for vote by mail ballots shall be established only on the grounds of a public building in which a unit of local government conducts its ordinary business and in which there are no residential dwelling units. Provides that those collection sites shall be recorded by security cameras, and the security camera recordings shall be retained by the election authority for a period of 90-days after each election. Provides that the State's Attorney shall confirm that the security cameras are working at least once per week until election day starting when the first vote by mail ballots have been mailed. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that those recordings are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public during that 90-day period. Effective immediately.
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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 Freedom of Information Act is amended by
16	16	5 adding Section 2.23 as follows:
17	17	6 (5 ILCS 140/2.23 new)
18	18	7 Sec. 2.23. Ballot box recordings. Recordings of collection
19	19	8 sites for vote by mail ballots are public records subject to
20	20	9 inspection and copying by the public as provided in Section
21	21	10 19-6 of the Election Code.
22	22	11 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
23	23	12 Section 19-6 as follows:
24	24	13 (10 ILCS 5/19-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-6)
25	25	14 Sec. 19-6. Such vote by mail voter shall make and
26	26	15 subscribe to the certifications provided for in the
27	27	16 application and on the return envelope for the ballot, and
28	28	17 such ballot or ballots shall be folded by such voter in the
29	29	18 manner required to be folded before depositing the same in the
30	30	19 ballot box, and be deposited in such envelope and the envelope
31	31	20 securely sealed. The voter shall then endorse his certificate
32	32	21 upon the back of the envelope and the envelope shall be mailed
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36	36	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3657 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
37	37	5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6 5 ILCS 140/2.23 new 10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6
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39	39	10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6
40	40	Amends the Election Code. Provides that collection sites for vote by mail ballots shall be established only on the grounds of a public building in which a unit of local government conducts its ordinary business and in which there are no residential dwelling units. Provides that those collection sites shall be recorded by security cameras, and the security camera recordings shall be retained by the election authority for a period of 90-days after each election. Provides that the State's Attorney shall confirm that the security cameras are working at least once per week until election day starting when the first vote by mail ballots have been mailed. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that those recordings are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public during that 90-day period. Effective immediately.
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69	69	1 in person by such voter, postage prepaid, to the election
70	70	2 authority issuing the ballot or, if more convenient, it may be
71	71	3 delivered in person, by either the voter or by any person
72	72	4 authorized by the voter, or by a company licensed as a motor
73	73	5 carrier of property by the Illinois Commerce Commission under
74	74	6 the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law, which is engaged
75	75	7 in the business of making deliveries.
76	76	8 Election authorities shall accept any vote by mail ballot
77	77	9 returned, including ballots returned with insufficient or no
78	78	10 postage. Election authorities may maintain one or more secure
79	79	11 collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail
80	80	12 ballots. Any election authority with collection sites shall
81	81	13 collect all ballots returned each day and process them as
82	82	14 required by this Code, including noting the day on which the
83	83	15 ballot was collected. Ballots returned to such collection
84	84	16 sites after close of business shall be dated as delivered the
85	85	17 next day, with the exception of ballots delivered on election
86	86	18 day, which shall be dated as received on election day.
87	87	19 Election authorities shall permit electors to return vote by
88	88	20 mail ballots at any collection site it has established through
89	89	21 the close of polls on election day. Collection sites shall be
90	90	22 established only on the grounds of a public building in which a
91	91	23 unit of local government conducts its ordinary business and in
92	92	24 which there are no residential dwelling units. All collection
93	93	25 sites shall be secured by locks that may be opened only by
94	94	26 election authority personnel. All collection sites shall be
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105	105	1 recorded by security cameras. The security camera recordings
106	106	2 shall be retained by the election authority for 90 days after
107	107	3 each election and shall be available for inspection and
108	108	4 copying under the Freedom of Information Act during that
109	109	5 90-day period. The State's Attorney shall confirm that the
110	110	6 security cameras are working at least once per week until
111	111	7 election day starting when the first vote by mail ballots have
112	112	8 been mailed. The State Board of Elections shall establish
113	113	9 additional guidelines for the security of collection sites.
114	114	10 It shall be unlawful for any person not the voter or a
115	115	11 person authorized by the voter to take the ballot and ballot
116	116	12 envelope of a voter for deposit into the mail unless the ballot
117	117	13 has been issued pursuant to application by a physically
118	118	14 incapacitated elector under Section 3-3 or a hospitalized
119	119	15 voter under Section 19-13, in which case any employee or
120	120	16 person under the direction of the facility in which the
121	121	17 elector or voter is located may deposit the ballot and ballot
122	122	18 envelope into the mail. If the voter authorized a person to
123	123	19 deliver the ballot to the election authority, the voter and
124	124	20 the person authorized to deliver the ballot shall complete the
125	125	21 authorization printed on the exterior envelope supplied by an
126	126	22 election authority for the return of the vote by mail ballot.
127	127	23 The exterior of the envelope supplied by an election authority
128	128	24 for the return of the vote by mail ballot shall include an
129	129	25 authorization in substantially the following form:
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140	140	1 I ............ (voter) authorize ............... to take
141	141	2 the necessary steps to have this ballot delivered promptly to
142	142	3 the office of the election authority.
143	143	4 ....................... ........................
144	144	5 Date Signature of voter
145	145	6 ...............................................
146	146	7 Printed Name of Authorized Delivery Agent
147	147	8 ...............................................
148	148	9 Signature of Authorized Delivery Agency
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150	150	11 Date Delivered to the Election Authority
151	151	12 (Source: P.A. 102-1, eff. 4-2-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
152	152	13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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