Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4892 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election. LRB103 34231 AWJ 64056 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election. LRB103 34231 AWJ 64056 b LRB103 34231 AWJ 64056 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
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6	6	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election.
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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 Section 16-5.01 and by adding Section 1-26 as follows:
17	17	6 (10 ILCS 5/1-26 new)
18	18	7 Sec. 1-26. Ranked-choice voting prohibited.
19	19	8 (a) A ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to
20	20	9 rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has
21	21	10 ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds
22	22	11 following the elimination of a candidate until a single
23	23	12 candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining
24	24	13 the election or nomination of any candidate to any local,
25	25	14 state, or federal elective office in this State.
26	26	15 (b) An ordinance existing on the effective date of this
27	27	16 amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or adopted after
28	28	17 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
29	29	18 Assembly by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of
30	30	19 local government that is in conflict with this Section is
31	31	20 void.
32	32	21 (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
33	33	22 Sec. 16-5.01. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
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41	41	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election.
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70	70	1 Code, the election authority shall, at least 46 days prior to
71	71	2 the date of any election at which federal officers are elected
72	72	3 and 45 days prior to any other regular election, have a
73	73	4 sufficient number of ballots printed so that such ballots will
74	74	5 be available for mailing 45 days prior to the date of the
75	75	6 election to persons who have filed application for a ballot
76	76	7 under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
77	77	8 (b) If at any election at which federal offices are
78	78	9 elected or nominated the election authority is unable to
79	79	10 comply with the provisions of subsection (a), the election
80	80	11 authority shall mail to each such person, in lieu of the
81	81	12 ballot, a Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot.
82	82	13 The Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot shall
83	83	14 be used at all elections at which federal officers are elected
84	84	15 or nominated and shall be prepared by the election authority
85	85	16 in substantially the following form:
86	86	17 Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot
87	87	18 (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and
88	88	19 his or her name on the lines provided. Place to the left of and
89	89	20 opposite the title of office a square and place a cross (X) in
90	90	21 the square.)
91	91	22 Title of Office Name of Candidate
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108	108	3 The election authority shall send with the Special
109	109	4 Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all
110	110	5 referenda for which the voter is qualified to vote and all
111	111	6 candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
112	112	7 whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
113	113	8 entitled to write in the name of any candidate seeking
114	114	9 election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
115	115	10 vote.
116	116	11 On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when
117	117	12 folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot", the date
118	118	13 of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the
119	119	14 election authority who has caused the ballot to be printed.
120	120	15 The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be
121	121	16 applicable to the Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank
122	122	17 Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
123	123	18 (c) (Blank). Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or
124	124	19 other law to the contrary, the governing body of a
125	125	20 municipality may adopt, upon submission of a written statement
126	126	21 by the municipality's election authority attesting to the
127	127	22 administrative ability of the election authority to administer
128	128	23 an election using a ranked ballot to the municipality's
129	129	24 governing body, an ordinance requiring, and that
130	130	25 municipality's election authority shall prepare, a ranked vote
131	131	26 by mail ballot for municipal and township office candidates to
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142	142	1 be voted on in the consolidated election. This ranked ballot
143	143	2 shall be for use only by a qualified voter who either is a
144	144	3 member of the United States military or will be outside of the
145	145	4 United States on the consolidated primary election day and the
146	146	5 consolidated election day. The ranked ballot shall contain a
147	147	6 list of the titles of all municipal and township offices
148	148	7 potentially contested at both the consolidated primary
149	149	8 election and the consolidated election and the candidates for
150	150	9 each office and shall permit the elector to vote in the
151	151	10 consolidated election by indicating his or her order of
152	152	11 preference for each candidate for each office. To indicate his
153	153	12 or her order of preference for each candidate for each office,
154	154	13 the voter shall put the number one next to the name of the
155	155	14 candidate who is the voter's first choice, the number 2 for his
156	156	15 or her second choice, and so forth so that, in consecutive
157	157	16 numerical order, a number indicating the voter's preference is
158	158	17 written by the voter next to each candidate's name on the
159	159	18 ranked ballot. The voter shall not be required to indicate his
160	160	19 or her preference for more than one candidate on the ranked
161	161	20 ballot. The voter may not cast a write-in vote using the ranked
162	162	21 ballot for the consolidated election. The election authority
163	163	22 shall, if using the ranked vote by mail ballot authorized by
164	164	23 this subsection, also prepare instructions for use of the
165	165	24 ranked ballot. The ranked ballot for the consolidated election
166	166	25 shall be mailed to the voter at the same time that the ballot
167	167	26 for the consolidated primary election is mailed to the voter
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