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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0715
Introduced 02/01/05, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/4-105 new |
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10 ILCS 5/5-105 new |
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10 ILCS 5/6-105 new |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires each public university and college in Illinois, at the beginning of each academic year, to ask each student who is an Illinois registered voter if the student wishes to change his or her voter registration address. If so, requires the school to submit those changes to the appropriate election authorities electronically. Requires election authorities to accept such changes of student address and waives any signature requirement for a change of address with respect to those students.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0715 |
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LRB094 05479 JAM 35526 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Sections |
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| 4-105, 5-105, and 6-105 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/4-105 new) |
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| Sec. 4-105. College student change of address. At the |
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| beginning of each academic year, each public university or |
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| college in Illinois must ask each student who is an Illinois |
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| registered voter whether the student wishes to change his or |
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| her voter registration address. If the student wishes to change |
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| his or her address, the university or college shall promptly |
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| electronically transmit the change to the appropriate election |
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| authority. |
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the |
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| contrary, each election authority shall accept as valid a |
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| change of voter registration address submitted by a university |
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| or college under this Section, and any signature requirement |
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| for a change of voter registration address is waived with |
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| respect to students whose changes of address are submitted |
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| under this Section. Each election authority shall by rule |
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| provide for the implementation of this Section.
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| (10 ILCS 5/5-105 new) |
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| Sec. 5-105. College student change of address. At the |
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| beginning of each academic year, each public university or |
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| college in Illinois must ask each student who is an Illinois |
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| registered voter whether the student wishes to change his or |
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| her voter registration address. If the student wishes to change |
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| his or her address, the university or college shall promptly |
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| electronically transmit the change to the appropriate election |
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| authority. |