Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3831 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3831 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-50 Amends the Election Code. Requires a grace period registrant to also present identification upon which his or her date of birth appears. LRB103 25440 BMS 51788 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3831 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-50 10 ILCS 5/4-50 Amends the Election Code. Requires a grace period registrant to also present identification upon which his or her date of birth appears. LRB103 25440 BMS 51788 b LRB103 25440 BMS 51788 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3831 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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 4-50 as follows:
16	16	6 (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
17	17	7 Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
18	18	8 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election
19	19	9 authority shall establish procedures for the registration of
20	20	10 voters and for change of address during the period from the
21	21	11 close of registration for an election until and including the
22	22	12 day of the election. During this grace period, an unregistered
23	23	13 qualified elector may register to vote, and a registered voter
24	24	14 may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of
25	25	15 the election authority, at a permanent polling place
26	26	16 established under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting
27	27	17 site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling
28	28	18 place on election day, or at a voter registration location
29	29	19 specifically designated for this purpose by the election
30	30	20 authority. In addition to the registration requirements in
31	31	21 Section 4-10, a grace period registrant must present
32	32	22 identification upon which the registrant's date of birth
33	33	23 appears. Grace period registration and changes of address
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3831 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Election Code. Requires a grace period registrant to also present identification upon which his or her date of birth appears.
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68	68	1 shall also be conducted for eligible residents in connection
69	69	2 with voting at facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code.
70	70	3 The election authority shall register that individual, or
71	71	4 change a registered voter's address, in the same manner as
72	72	5 otherwise provided by this Article for registration and change
73	73	6 of address.
74	74	7 If a voter who registers or changes address during this
75	75	8 grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary
76	76	9 occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by
77	77	10 grace period voting. The election authority shall offer
78	78	11 in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any
79	79	12 permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and
80	80	13 at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the
81	81	14 election, at a polling place on election day, where grace
82	82	15 period registration is required by this Section; and may offer
83	83	16 in-person grace period voting at additional hours and
84	84	17 locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace
85	85	18 period voting by the election authority. The election
86	86	19 authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the
87	87	20 election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's
88	88	21 office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially
89	89	22 similar to voting under Article 19A.
90	90	23 Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
91	91	24 or within one day after the ballot is received by the election
92	92	25 authority if the election authority allows grace period voting
93	93	26 by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic
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104	104	1 means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of
105	105	2 Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address,
106	106	3 and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the
107	107	4 case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
108	108	5 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
109	109	6 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
110	110	7 State and local political committees. The name of each person
111	111	8 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
112	112	9 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom vote by mail and
113	113	10 early ballots have been issued, for use as provided in
114	114	11 Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
115	115	12 A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
116	116	13 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
117	117	14 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
118	118	15 who register or change address during the grace period at a
119	119	16 location other than their designated polling place on election
120	120	17 day must be transmitted to and counted at the election
121	121	18 authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be
122	122	19 transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The
123	123	20 grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to
124	124	21 the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in
125	125	22 the order in which the ballots were opened.
126	126	23 In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do
127	127	24 not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt
128	128	25 out of registration in the polling place if the election
129	129	26 authority establishes grace period registration and voting at
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140	140	1 other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the
141	141	2 election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in
142	142	3 each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents
143	143	4 reside if the election authority's main office is not located
144	144	5 in that municipality. The election authority may establish
145	145	6 other grace period registration and voting sites on election
146	146	7 day provided that the election authority has met the notice
147	147	8 requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary
148	148	9 early voting sites.
149	149	10 (Source: P.A. 100-442, eff. 8-25-17.)
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