Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3969 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3969 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/17-13.5 Amends the Conduct of Elections and Making Returns Article of the Election Code. Provides that in the case of an emergency or if the State Board of Elections determines that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the election authority and that no accessible polling place is available within a precinct nor is the election authority able to make a polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the Board is authorized to grant an exemption from the voting accessibility requirements under specified federal law. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who is unable to access or enter the polling place may request that 2 judges of election of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion toward the polling place. Provides that a ballot shall not be delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the polling place is located. Makes other changes. LRB103 30117 BMS 56541 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3969 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/17-13.5 10 ILCS 5/17-13.5 Amends the Conduct of Elections and Making Returns Article of the Election Code. Provides that in the case of an emergency or if the State Board of Elections determines that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the election authority and that no accessible polling place is available within a precinct nor is the election authority able to make a polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the Board is authorized to grant an exemption from the voting accessibility requirements under specified federal law. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who is unable to access or enter the polling place may request that 2 judges of election of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion toward the polling place. Provides that a ballot shall not be delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the polling place is located. Makes other changes. LRB103 30117 BMS 56541 b LRB103 30117 BMS 56541 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Conduct of Elections and Making Returns Article of the Election Code. Provides that in the case of an emergency or if the State Board of Elections determines that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the election authority and that no accessible polling place is available within a precinct nor is the election authority able to make a polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the Board is authorized to grant an exemption from the voting accessibility requirements under specified federal law. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who is unable to access or enter the polling place may request that 2 judges of election of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion toward the polling place. Provides that a ballot shall not be delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the polling place is located. Makes other changes.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
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 17-13.5 as follows:
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17	17	7 Sec. 17-13.5. Curbside voting.
18	18	8 (a) Election authorities may establish curbside voting for
19	19	9 individuals to cast a ballot during early voting or on
20	20	10 election day. An election authority's curbside voting program
21	21	11 shall designate at least 2 election judges from opposite
22	22	12 parties per vehicle, and the individual shall have the
23	23	13 opportunity to mark the ballot without interference from the
24	24	14 election judges.
25	25	15 After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed it
26	26	16 in the ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner prescribed
27	27	17 for paper ballots), the 2 judges of election shall return the
28	28	18 ballot to the polling place and give it to the judge in charge
29	29	19 of the ballot box who shall deposit it therein.
30	30	20 Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 shall
31	31	21 be permitted to accompany the judges and observe the above
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33	33	23 No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his or
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3969 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Conduct of Elections and Making Returns Article of the Election Code. Provides that in the case of an emergency or if the State Board of Elections determines that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the election authority and that no accessible polling place is available within a precinct nor is the election authority able to make a polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the Board is authorized to grant an exemption from the voting accessibility requirements under specified federal law. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who is unable to access or enter the polling place may request that 2 judges of election of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion toward the polling place. Provides that a ballot shall not be delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the polling place is located. Makes other changes.
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68	68	1 her ballot, unless the voter requests assistance and completes
69	69	2 the affidavit required by Section 17-14.
70	70	3 (b) In the case of an emergency, as determined by the State
71	71	4 Board of Elections, or if the Board determines that all
72	72	5 potential polling places have been surveyed by the election
73	73	6 authority and that no accessible polling place, as defined by
74	74	7 rule of the State Board of Elections, is available within a
75	75	8 precinct nor is the election authority able to make a polling
76	76	9 place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the Board,
77	77	10 upon written application by the election authority, is
78	78	11 authorized to grant an exemption from the accessibility
79	79	12 requirements of the federal Voting Accessibility for the
80	80	13 Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-435). Such
81	81	14 exemption shall be valid for a period of 2 years.
82	82	15 (c) Any voter with a temporary or permanent disability
83	83	16 who, because of structural features of the building in which
84	84	17 the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the
85	85	18 polling place may request that 2 judges of election of
86	86	19 opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at
87	87	20 the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion
88	88	21 toward the polling place; but in no case shall a ballot be
89	89	22 delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the
90	90	23 building in which the polling place is located. Such request
91	91	24 shall be made to the election authority not later than the
92	92	25 close of business at the election authority's office on the
93	93	26 day before the election and on a form prescribed by the State
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104	104	1 Board of Elections. The election authority shall notify the
105	105	2 judges of election for the appropriate precinct polling places
106	106	3 of such requests.
107	107	4 Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to
108	108	5 the voter with a disability the ballot with which the voter
109	109	6 with a disability is entitled to vote, a portable voting booth
110	110	7 or other enclosure that will allow such voter to mark the
111	111	8 ballot in secrecy, and a marking device.
112	112	9 (d) The voter must complete the entire voting process,
113	113	10 including the application for ballot from which the judges of
114	114	11 election shall compare the voter's signature with the
115	115	12 signature on the voter's registration record card in the
116	116	13 precinct binder.
117	117	14 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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