96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2022

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/19-1   from Ch. 46, par. 19-1
10 ILCS 5/19-2   from Ch. 46, par. 19-2
10 ILCS 5/19-3   from Ch. 46, par. 19-3
10 ILCS 5/19-5   from Ch. 46, par. 19-5

    Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to request and vote an absentee ballot without specifying a reason for the absence from the polling place on election day. Effective immediately.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 19-1, 19-2, 19-3, and 19-5 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/19-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-1)
7     Sec. 19-1. Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois
8 having duly registered where such registration is required who
9 will be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place
10 without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
11 or who expects to be absent from the county in which he is a
12 qualified elector or who because of being appointed a judge of
13 election in a precinct other than the precinct in which he
14 resides or who because of physical incapacity or the tenets of
15 his religion in the observance of a religious holiday or who
16 because of election duties for the office of an Election
17 Authority or the State Board of Elections or who because of
18 election duties for a law enforcement agency, including but not
19 limited to the offices of the Attorney General, a State's
20 Attorney, a United States Attorney, or a State, county, or
21 municipal police department, or who, because he is temporarily
22 abiding outside the precinct in which he is registered to vote
23 due to the fact he is a student attending an institution of

 

 

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1 higher education or who is serving as a sequestered juror on a
2 State or federal jury, or who because of his or her confinement
3 or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a
4 crime, will be unable to be present at the polls on the day of
5 holding any special, general or primary election at which any
6 presidential preference is indicated or any candidates are
7 chosen or elected, for any congressional, State, district,
8 county, town, city, village, precinct or judicial offices or at
9 which questions of public policy are submitted, may vote at
10 such election as hereinafter in this Article provided.
11     Each Election Authority, law enforcement agency, and the
12 State Board of Elections shall compile and keep current a list
13 of his or its officers or employees who are eligible to vote
14 under this Article by reason of election duties.
15     For purposes of this Article 19, a physically incapacitated
16 voter marks his or her ballot "personally" when the voter
17 exercises his or her physical abilities to their reasonable
18 limit in marking the ballot, and marking personally may include
19 instructing the person assisting the incapacitated voter when
20 giving such instruction represents the reasonable limit of the
21 physical abilities.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-637, eff. 1-1-06; 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/19-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
24     Sec. 19-2. Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 who will
25 be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place without

 

 

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1 violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or who is
2 expecting to be absent from the county of his residence or any
3 such elector who because of being appointed a judge of election
4 in a precinct other than the precinct in which he resides or
5 who because of physical incapacity or the tenets of his
6 religion in the observance of a religious holiday or who
7 because of election duties for the office of an Election
8 Authority, the State Board of Elections, or a law enforcement
9 agency, or who because of his or her confinement or detention
10 in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime, will be
11 unable to be present at the polls on the day of such election
12 may by mail, not more than 40 nor less than 5 days prior to the
13 date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 40
14 nor less than one day prior to the date of such election, make
15 application to the county clerk or to the Board of Election
16 Commissioners for an official ballot for the voter's precinct
17 to be voted at such election.
18 (Source: P.A. 94-637, eff. 1-1-06; 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/19-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
20     Sec. 19-3. Application for such ballot shall be made on
21 blanks to be furnished by the election authority and
22 duplication of such application for ballot is prohibited,
23 except by the election authority. The application for ballot
24 shall be substantially in the following form:
25
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT

 

 

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1
BY ELECTOR WHO EXPECTS TO BE
2
ABSENT FROM COUNTY
3     To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
4 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
5 .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
6     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
7 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
8 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
9 county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
10 address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
11 entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
12 held therein on ....; and that I with to vote by absentee
13 ballot expect to be absent from the county of my residence on
14 the date of holding such election, and that I will have no
15 opportunity to vote in person on that day.
16     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
17 to be voted by me at such election if I am absent from the
18 county of my residence, and I agree that I shall return such
19 ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the
20 closing of the polls on the date of the election.
21     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
22 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
23 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
24
....
25
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
26
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:

 

 

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1 .............................................................
2     However, if application is made for a primary election
3 ballot, such application shall designate the name of the
4 political party with which the applicant is affiliated.
5
APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
6
BY ELECTOR WHO IS JUDGE OF ELECTION
7
IN A PRECINCT OTHER THAN THE PRECINCT
8
IN WHICH HE RESIDES
9     To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
10 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
11 .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
12     I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be
13 used in primary elections) and that I am a resident of the ....
14 precinct of the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3)
15 *.... ward in the city of .... residing at .... in such city or
16 town in the county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have
17 lived at such address for .... month(s) last past; that I am
18 lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election
19 to be held therein on ....; that I am a judge of election in
20 .... precinct or the (1) *.... ward in the city of .... or (2)
21 *township of .... or (3) *city, village or incorporated town of
22 .... in such county and that I will have no opportunity of
23 voting in person on that day:
24     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
25 to be voted by me at such election if I serve as a judge of
26 election in such last named precinct, and I agree that I shall

 

 

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1 return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same
2 prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election.
3     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
4 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
5 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
6
....
7
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
8
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
9
....
10
APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
11
BY PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED ELECTOR
12     To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
13 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
14 .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
15     I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be
16 used in primary elections) and that I am a resident of the ....
17 precinct of the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3)
18 *.... ward in the city of .... residing at .... in such city or
19 town in the county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have
20 lived at such address for .... month(s) last past; that I am
21 lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election
22 to be held therein on ....; that I shall be physically
23 incapable of being present at the polls of such precinct on the
24 date of holding such election for the following reasons:
25     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
26 to be voted by me at such election if I am so physically

 

 

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1 incapacitated, and I agree that I shall return such ballot or
2 ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing
3 of the polls on the date of election.
4     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
5 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
6 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
7
....
8
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
9
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
10 .............................................................
11
APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
12
BY CHILD SEX OFFENDER ELECTOR
13     To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
14 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
15 .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
16     I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be
17 used in primary elections) and that I am a resident of the ....
18 precinct of the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3)
19 *.... ward in the city of .... residing at .... in such city or
20 town in the county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have
21 lived at such address for .... month(s) last past; that I am
22 lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election
23 to be held therein on ....; that my assigned precinct polling
24 place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the polling
25 place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of
26 1961.

 

 

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1     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
2 to be voted by me at such election because my assigned precinct
3 polling place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the
4 polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal
5 Code of 1961, and I agree that I shall return such ballot or
6 ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing
7 of the polls on the date of election.
8     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
9 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
10 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
11
....
12
*fill in either (1), (2), or (3).
13
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
14 ...............
15
APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
16
BY ELECTOR OBSERVING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
17     To be voted at the .... election in the county of ....
18 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct (1) *township of ....
19 (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
20     I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be
21 used in primary elections) and that I am a resident of the ....
22 precinct of the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3)
23 *.... ward in the city of .... residing at .... in such city or
24 town in the county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have
25 lived at such address for .... month(s) past, that I am
26 lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election

 

 

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1 to be held therein on ....; that I shall be unable to be
2 present at the polls of such precinct on the date of holding
3 such election because of the tenets of my religion in the
4 observance of a religious holiday.
5     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
6 to be voted by me at such election if I am so unable to be
7 present at the polls of such precinct on the date of the
8 election because of the tenets of my religion in the observance
9 of a religious holiday, and I agree that I shall return the
10 ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the
11 closing of the polls on the date of the election.
12     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
13 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
14 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
15
....
16
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
17
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
18 .............................................................
19
APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
20
BY ELECTOR WHO IS AN ELECTION EMPLOYEE
21
OF STATE'S ATTORNEY, COUNTY CLERK OR
22
BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
23     To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
24 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
25 .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
26     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the

 

 

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1 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
2 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
3 county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
4 address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
5 entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
6 held therein on ....; that I am employed in the office of the
7 (State's Attorney of .... County) (County Clerk of .... County)
8 (Board of Election Commissioners of the (City) (County) of ....
9 and that because of election duties on the date of holding such
10 election I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that
11 day.
12     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
13 to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall
14 return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same
15 prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election.
16     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
17 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
18 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
19
....
20
* fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
21
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
22 .............................................................
23     Provided, that if application be made for a primary
24 election ballot, such application shall designate the name of
25 the political party with which the applicant is affiliated.
26
APPLICATION FOR

 

 

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1
TEMPORARILY ABSENT STUDENT BALLOT
2     To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
3 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
4 .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
5     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
6 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
7 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
8 county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
9 address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
10 entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
11 held therein on ....; that I am temporarily abiding outside
12 such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... in
13 the county of .... and State of .... due to the fact I am a
14 student attending an institution of higher education, and for
15 that reason do not expect to have an opportunity to vote in
16 person on that day.
17     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
18 to be voted by me at such election if I am absent from the
19 precinct of my residence, and I agree that I shall return such
20 ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the
21 closing of the polls on the date of the election.
22     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
23 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
24 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
25
.........................
26
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).

 

 

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1
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
2 .............................................................
3     However, if application is made for a primary election
4 ballot, such application shall designate the name of the
5 political party with which the applicant is affiliated.
6     In lieu of the separate application blanks heretofore
7 prescribed, the election authority may adopt a standard
8 application blank in substantially the following form for all
9 categories of absentee voters:
10
APPLICATION FOR
11
ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOT
12     To be voted at the ....... election in the County of
13 ....... and State of Illinois, in the ...... precinct of the
14 (1) *township of ...... (2) *City of ...... or (3) *...... ward
15 in the City of ............
16     I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the
17 (1) *township of ...... (2) *City of ........ or (3) *........
18 ward in the City of ...... residing at .......... in such city
19 or town in the county of ...... and State of Illinois; that I
20 have lived at such address for ...... months last past; that I
21 am lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at a ......
22 election to be held therein on ......; and that I will be
23 unable to vote in person at the polls of such precinct for the
24 following reasons:
25 (Check One)
26          I expect to be absent from my county of residence.

 

 

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1          I expect to be temporarily absent from the country.
2          I shall be serving as a judge of election in the
3          ........ precinct which is not my precinct of
4          residence.
5          I shall be observing a religious holiday in
6          accordance with the tenets of my religion.
7          I shall be performing official election duties
8          for an Election Authority ....................,
9                                    (election authority) 
10          .................... or the State Board of 
11 Elections.
12          (location)
13         I shall be performing election law enforcement
14          duties in the employment of ......................,
15                                     (law enforcement agency)
16          ................
17          (location)
18         I am temporarily abiding in the (1) *township of ....
19 (2) *city of .... in the county of .... and State of .... due to
20 the fact I am a student attending an institution of higher
21 education.
22         I am physically incapacitated.
23         Reason(s):
24          I have been called for jury duty on said day by
25         ..................
26         (court jurisdiction)

 

 

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1     I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
2 to be voted by me at such election and agree that I shall
3 return the ballot or ballots to the election official issuing
4 the same in sufficient time for such official to deliver the
5 ballot or ballots to the proper polling place prior to the
6 closing of the polls on the date of the election.
7     Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
8 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
9 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
10
........................
11 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). Post office address to which
12 ballot is mailed:
13
........................
14     Provided, that if application is made for a primary
15 election, such application shall designate the name of the
16 political party with which applicant is affiliated.
17 (Source: P.A. 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
 
18     (10 ILCS 5/19-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-5)
19     Sec. 19-5. It shall be the duty of the election authority
20 to fold the ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the
21 statute for folding ballots prior to their deposit in the
22 ballot box, and to enclose such ballot or ballots in an
23 envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which envelope shall
24 bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and post
25 office address of the election authority, and upon the other

 

 

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1 side if the ballot is to go to an elector who is to be out of
2 the county on the day of the election a printed certification
3 in substantially the following form:
4     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
5 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
6 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
7 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
8 address for .... months last past; and that I am lawfully
9 entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
10 held on ....; and I expect to be absent from the county of my
11 residence on the date of such election.
12 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
13     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
14 ballot in secret.
15     Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
16 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
17 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
18 and correct.
19
.......................
20     If the ballot is to go to an elector who is physically
21 incapacitated the envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a
22 certification in substantially the following form:
23     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
24 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
25 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
26 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such

 

 

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1 address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
2 to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
3 ....; that I shall be physically incapable of being present at
4 the polls of such precinct on the date of holding such
5 election.
6 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
7     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
8 ballot in secret. If I received assistance in casting my
9 ballot, I further attest that, due to physical incapacity, I
10 marked the enclosed ballot in secret with the assistance of
11
.................................
12
(Individual rendering assistance)
13
.................................
14
(Residence Address)
15     Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
16 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
17 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
18 and correct.
19
.......................
20     In the case of a voter who is voting absentee by reason of
21 physical incapacity, marking a ballot in secret includes
22 marking a ballot with the assistance of another individual,
23 other than a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless
24 the voter is the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister
25 of the candidate), the voter's employer, an agent of that
26 employer or an officer or agent of the voter's union, when the

 

 

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1 voter's physical incapacity necessitates such assistance.
2     If the ballot is to go to an elector who will be unable to
3 enter his or her precinct polling place without violating
4 Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the envelope shall
5 bear upon the back thereof a certification in substantially the
6 following form:
7     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
8 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
9 the city of .... residing at .... in said city or town in the
10 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
11 address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
12 to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
13 ....; that my assigned precinct polling place is in a school
14 and I will be unable to enter the polling place without
15 violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
16 *fill in either (1), (2), or (3).
17     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
18 ballot in secret.
19     Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
20 Section 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies
21 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
22 and correct.
23
......................
24     If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be
25 present at the polls on the date of the election because of the
26 observance of a religious holiday, the envelope shall bear upon

 

 

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1 the back thereof a certification in substantially the following
2 form:
3     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
4 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
5 the city of .... residing at .... in said city or town in the
6 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
7 address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
8 to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
9 ....; that I shall be unable to be present at the polls of such
10 precinct on the date of holding such election because of the
11 tenets of my religion in the observance of a religious holiday.
12 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
13     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
14 ballot in secret.
15     Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
16 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
17 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
18 and correct.
19
......................
20     If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be
21 present at the polls on the date of the election because he or
22 she is confined or detained in jail pending acquittal or
23 conviction of a crime, the envelope shall bear upon the back
24 thereof a certification in substantially the following form:
25     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
26 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of.... or (3) *.... ward in the

 

 

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1 city of .... residing at .... in that city or town in the
2 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
3 address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
4 to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
5 ....; that I shall be unable to be present at the polls of such
6 precinct on the date of holding such election because of my
7 confinement or detention in jail pending acquittal or
8 conviction of a crime.
9 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
10     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
11 ballot in secret.
12     Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
13 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
14 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
15 and correct.
16
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17     If the ballot is to go to an elector who is temporarily
18 abiding outside the precinct in which he is registered to vote
19 due to the fact he is a student attending an institution of
20 higher education the envelope shall bear upon the back thereof
21 a certification in substantially the following form:
22     I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
23 (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
24 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
25 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
26 address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled

 

 

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1 to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
2 ....; and I expect to be absent from the precinct of my
3 residence on the date of such election because I am temporarily
4 abiding outside such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2)
5 *city of .... in the county of .... and State of .... due to the
6 fact I am a student attending an institution of higher
7 education.
8 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
9     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
10 ballot in secret.
11     Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
12 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
13 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
14 and correct.
15
.......................
16     If the election authority adopts the standard absentee
17 ballot application blank provided in Section 19-3, the printed
18 certification on the absentee ballot envelope shall be in
19 substantially the following form:
20     I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the
21 (1) *township of..... (2) *City of ..... or (3) *....... ward
22 in the city of ....... residing at ..... in said city or town
23 in the county of ...... and State of Illinois, that I have
24 lived at such address for .... months last past; that I shall
25 be unable to be present at the polls of such precinct on the
26 date of holding such election for the reason indicated on the

 

 

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1 application for ballot enclosed herein.
2 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
3     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
4 ballot in secret. If I received assistance in casting my
5 ballot, I further attest that, due to physical incapacity, I
6 marked the enclosed ballot in secret with the assistance of
7
.................................
8
(Individual rendering assistance)
9
.................................
10
(Residence Address)
11     Under penalties of perjury provided by law pursuant to
12 Section 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies
13 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
14 and correct.
15
.......................
16     In the case of a physically incapacitated voter voter who
17 is voting absentee by reason of physical incapacity, marking a
18 ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the assistance
19 of another individual, other than a candidate whose name
20 appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
21 parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the
22 voter's employer, an agent of that employer, or an officer or
23 agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical
24 incapacity necessitates such assistance.
25     Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a
26 primary election, the certification shall designate the name of

 

 

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1 the political party with which the voter is affiliated.
2     In addition to the above, the election authority shall
3 provide printed slips giving full instructions regarding the
4 manner of marking and returning the ballot in order that the
5 same may be counted, and shall furnish one of such printed
6 slips to each of such applicants at the same time the ballot is
7 delivered to him. Such instructions shall include the following
8 statement: "In signing the certification on the absentee ballot
9 envelope, you are attesting that you personally marked this
10 absentee ballot in secret. If you are physically unable to mark
11 the ballot, a friend or relative may assist you after
12 completing the enclosed affidavit. Federal and State laws
13 prohibit a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless
14 you are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of
15 the candidate), your employer, your employer's agent or an
16 officer or agent of your union from assisting physically
17 disabled voters."
18     In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an
19 elector pursuant to this Section contains a public question
20 described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory
21 concerning which the question is to be submitted is not
22 described on the ballot due to the space limitations of such
23 ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
24 a notice of the public question, which shall include a
25 description of the territory in the manner required by Section
26 16-7. The notice shall be furnished to the elector at the same

 

 

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1 time the ballot is delivered to the elector.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-637, eff. 1-1-06; 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.