Rep. Deb Conroy

Filed: 3/6/2020

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3106

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3106 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1A-16.5 and 3-6 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5)
7    Sec. 1A-16.5. Online voter registration.
8    (a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and
9maintain a system for online voter registration that permits a
10person to apply to register to vote or to update his or her
11existing voter registration. In accordance with technical
12specifications provided by the State Board of Elections, each
13election authority shall maintain a voter registration system
14capable of receiving and processing voter registration
15application information, including electronic signatures, from
16the online voter registration system established by the State

 

 

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1Board of Elections.
2    (b) The online voter registration system shall employ
3security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter
4registration applications submitted electronically pursuant to
5this Section.
6    (c) The Board may receive voter registration information
7provided by applicants using electronic voter registration
8portals the State Board of Elections' website, may cross
9reference that information with data or information contained
10in the Secretary of State's database in order to match the
11information submitted by applicants, and may receive from the
12Secretary of State the applicant's digitized signature upon a
13successful match of that applicant's information with that
14contained in the Secretary of State's database.
15    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
16who is qualified to register to vote and who has an authentic
17Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued
18by the Secretary of State may submit an application to register
19to vote electronically on a website maintained by the State
20Board of Elections.
21    (e) An online voter registration application shall contain
22all of the information that is required for a paper application
23as provided in Section 1A-16 of this Code, except that the
24applicant shall be required to provide:
25        (1) the applicant's full Illinois driver's license or
26    State identification card number;

 

 

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1        (2) the last 4 digits of the applicant's social
2    security number; and
3        (3) the date the Illinois driver's license or State
4    identification card was issued.
5    (f) For an applicant's registration or change in
6registration to be accepted, the applicant shall mark the box
7associated with the following statement included as part of the
8online voter registration application:
9    "By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of the
10following:
11    (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information
12is provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote in
13the State of Illinois.
14    (2) All the information I have provided on this form is
15true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form.
16    (3) I authorize the Secretary of State to transmit to the
17State Board of Elections my signature that is on file with the
18Secretary of State and understand that such signature will be
19used by my local election authority on this online voter
20registration application for admission as an elector as if I
21had signed this form personally.".
22    (g) Immediately upon receiving a completed online voter
23registration application, the online voter registration system
24shall send, by electronic mail, a confirmation notice that the
25application has been received. Within 48 hours of receiving
26such an application, the online voter registration system shall

 

 

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1send by electronic mail, a notice informing the applicant of
2whether the following information has been matched with the
3Secretary of State database:
4        (1) that the applicant has an authentic Illinois
5    driver's license or State identification card issued by the
6    Secretary of State and that the driver's license or State
7    identification number provided by the applicant matches
8    the driver's license or State identification card number
9    for that person on file with the Secretary of State;
10        (2) that the date of issuance of the Illinois driver's
11    license or State identification card listed on the
12    application matches the date of issuance of that card for
13    that person on file with the Secretary of State;
14        (3) that the date of birth provided by the applicant
15    matches the date of birth for that person on file with the
16    Secretary of State; and
17        (4) that the last 4 digits of the applicant's social
18    security number matches the last 4 digits for that person
19    on file with the Secretary of State.
20    (h) If the information provided by the applicant matches
21the information on the Secretary of State's databases for any
22driver's license and State identification card holder and is
23matched as provided in subsection (g) above, the online voter
24registration system shall:
25        (1) retrieve from the Secretary of State's database
26    files an electronic copy of the applicant's signature from

 

 

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1    his or her Illinois driver's license or State
2    identification card and such signature shall be deemed to
3    be the applicant's signature on his or her online voter
4    registration application;
5        (2) within 2 days of receiving the application, forward
6    to the county clerk or board of election commissioners
7    having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter
8    registration: (i) the application, along with the
9    applicant's relevant data that can be directly loaded into
10    the jurisdiction's voter registration system and (ii) a
11    copy of the applicant's electronic signature and a
12    certification from the State Board of Elections that the
13    applicant's driver's license or State identification card
14    number, driver's license or State identification card date
15    of issuance, and date of birth and social security
16    information have been successfully matched.
17    (i) Upon receipt of the online voter registration
18application, the county clerk or board of election
19commissioners having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter
20registration shall promptly search its voter registration
21database to determine whether the applicant is already
22registered to vote at the address on the application and
23whether the new registration would create a duplicate
24registration. If the applicant is already registered to vote at
25the address on the application, the clerk or board, as the case
26may be, shall send the applicant by first class mail, and

 

 

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1electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic
2mail address on the original voter registration form for that
3address, a disposition notice as otherwise required by law
4informing the applicant that he or she is already registered to
5vote at such address. If the applicant is not already
6registered to vote at the address on the application and the
7applicant is otherwise eligible to register to vote, the clerk
8or board, as the case may be, shall:
9        (1) enter the name and address of the applicant on the
10    list of registered voters in the jurisdiction; and
11        (2) send by mail, and electronic mail if the applicant
12    has provided an electronic mail address on the voter
13    registration form, a disposition notice to the applicant as
14    otherwise provided by law setting forth the applicant's
15    name and address as it appears on the application and
16    stating that the person is registered to vote.
17    (j) An electronic signature of the person submitting a
18duplicate registration application or a change of address form
19that is retrieved and imported from the Secretary of State's
20driver's license or State identification card database as
21provided herein may, in the discretion of the clerk or board,
22be substituted for and replace any existing signature for that
23individual in the voter registration database of the county
24clerk or board of election commissioners.
25    (k) Any new registration or change of address submitted
26electronically as provided in this Section shall become

 

 

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1effective as of the date it is received by the county clerk or
2board of election commissioners having jurisdiction over said
3registration. Disposition notices prescribed in this Section
4shall be sent within 5 business days of receipt of the online
5application or change of address by the county clerk or board
6of election commissioners.
7    (l) All provisions of this Code governing voter
8registration and applicable thereto and not inconsistent with
9this Section shall apply to online voter registration under
10this Section. All applications submitted on a website
11maintained by the State Board of Elections shall be deemed
12timely filed if they are submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on
13the 16th day prior to an election. After the registration
14period for an upcoming election has ended and until the 2nd day
15following such election, the web page containing the online
16voter registration form on the State Board of Elections website
17shall inform users of the procedure for grace period voting.
18    (m) The State Board of Elections shall maintain a list of
19the name, street address, e-mail address, and likely precinct,
20ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, of
21people who apply to vote online through the voter registration
22system and those names and that information shall be stored in
23an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and
24accessible to State and local political committees.
25    (n) The Illinois State Board of Elections shall develop or
26cause to be developed an online voter registration system able

 

 

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1to be accessed by at least the top two most used mobile
2electronic operating systems by January 1, 2016.
3    (o) (Blank).
4    (p) Each State department that maintains an Internet
5website must include a hypertext link to the homepage website
6maintained and operated pursuant to this Section 1A-16.5. For
7the purposes of this Section, "State department" means the
8departments of State Government listed in Section 5-15 of the
9Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (General Provisions and
10Departments of State Government).
11(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14;
1298-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/3-6)
14    Sec. 3-6. Voting and registration age.
15    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
16who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on
17or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration
18held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until
19that individual attains the required age to vote.
20Preregistration under this subsection (a) shall be completed
21using the online voter registration system, as provided in
22Section 16.7, or an electronic voter registration portal, as
23provided in Section 1A-16.5.
24    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
25who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary

 

 

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1election, or consolidated primary election and who is otherwise
2qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that caucus, general
3primary, or consolidated primary, including voting a vote by
4mail, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that
5general primary or consolidated primary, if that person will be
618 years old on the date of the immediately following general
7election or consolidated election for which candidates are
8nominated at that primary.
9    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
10individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on
11the date of the immediately following general or consolidated
12election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed
13eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition
14proposing a public question.
15    (d) For the purposes of this Code, a person who is 16 years
16of age or older shall be deemed competent to execute and attest
17to any voter registration forms.
18    (e) References in this Code and elsewhere to the
19requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be
20interpreted in accordance with this Section.
21    For the purposes of this Code, an individual who is 17
22years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the
23general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to
24execute and attest to any voter registration forms. An
25individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on
26the date of the immediately following general or consolidated

 

 

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1election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed
2eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition
3proposing a public question.
4(Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)".