Elections & Campaign Reform Committee

Filed: 3/10/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 267

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 267 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
7     Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
8 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
9 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
10 for change of address during the period from the close of
11 registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th
12 day before the primary or election. During this grace period,
13 an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
14 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
15 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
16 registration location specifically designated for this purpose

 

 

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1 by the election authority. The election authority shall
2 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
3 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
4 Article for registration and change of address.
5     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
6 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
7 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
8 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
9 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
10 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
11 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
12 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
13 19.
14     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
15 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
16 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
17 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
18 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
19 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
20 State and local political committees. The name of each person
21 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
22 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
23 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
24 and 18-5.
25     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
26 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with

 

 

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1 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
2 who register or change address during the grace period must be
3 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
4 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
5 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
6 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
7 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
8 the ballots were opened.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
10     (10 ILCS 5/5-50)
11     Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
12 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
13 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
14 for change of address during the period from the close of
15 registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th
16 day before the primary or election. During this grace period,
17 an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
18 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
19 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
20 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
21 by the election authority. The election authority shall
22 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
23 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
24 Article for registration and change of address.
25      If a voter who registers or changes address during this

 

 

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1 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
2 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
3 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
4 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
5 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
6 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
7 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
8 19.
9     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
10 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
11 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
12 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
13 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
14 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
15 State and local political committees. The name of each person
16 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
17 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
18 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
19 and 18-5.
20     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
21 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
22 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
23 who register or change address during the grace period must be
24 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
25 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
26 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots

 

 

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1 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
2 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
3 the ballots were opened.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
5     (10 ILCS 5/6-100)
6     Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
7 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
8 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
9 for change of address during the period from the close of
10 registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th
11 day before the primary or election. During this grace period,
12 an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
13 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
14 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
15 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
16 by the election authority. The election authority shall
17 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
18 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
19 Article for registration and change of address.
20     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
21 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
22 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
23 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
24 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
25 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the

 

 

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1 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
2 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
3 19.
4     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
5 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
6 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
7 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
8 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
9 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
10 State and local political committees. The name of each person
11 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
12 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
13 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
14 and 18-5.
15     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
16 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
17 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
18 who register or change address during the grace period must be
19 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
20 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
21 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
22 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
23 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
24 the ballots were opened.
25 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)".