101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3408

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/19-10  from Ch. 46, par. 19-10

    Amends the Election Code. Requires the election authority to maintain a list of vote by mail ballots that are challenged and the names of those voters. Provides that after the period for counting provisional ballots cast at that election has closed, the election authority shall provide the list of voters whose vote by mail ballots were challenged, upon request.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
519-10 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/19-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-10)
7    Sec. 19-10. Pollwatchers may be appointed to observe early
8voting procedures and view all reasonably requested records
9relating to the conduct of the election, provided the secrecy
10of the ballot is not impinged, at the office of the election
11authority as well as at municipal, township or road district
12clerks' offices where such early voting is conducted. Such
13pollwatchers shall qualify and be appointed in the same manner
14as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23, except each candidate,
15political party or organization of citizens may appoint only
16one pollwatcher for each location where early voting is
17conducted. Pollwatchers must be registered to vote in Illinois
18and possess valid pollwatcher credentials.
19    Where certain vote by mail voters' ballots are counted on
20the day of the election in the office of the election authority
21as provided in Section 19-8 of this Act, each political party,
22candidate and qualified civic organization shall be entitled to
23have present one pollwatcher for each panel of election judges

 

 

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1therein assigned. Such pollwatchers shall be subject to the
2same provisions as are provided for pollwatchers in Sections
37-34 and 17-23 of this Code, and shall be permitted to observe
4the election judges making the signature comparison between
5that which is on the ballot envelope and that which is on the
6permanent voter registration record card taken from the master
7file.
8    The election authority shall maintain a list of vote by
9mail ballots that are challenged and the names of those voters.
10After the period for counting provisional ballots cast at that
11election has closed, the election authority shall provide the
12list of voters whose vote by mail ballots were challenged, upon
13request.
14(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)