Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/9/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3669

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3669 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 7-41, 17-29, 19-2.2, and 19A-70 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/7-41)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-41)
7    Sec. 7-41. (a) All officers upon whom is imposed by law the
8duty of designating and providing polling places for general
9elections, shall provide in each such polling place so
10designated and provided, a sufficient number of booths for such
11primary election, which booths shall be provided with shelves,
12such supplies and pencils as will enable the voter to prepare
13his ballot for voting and in which voters may prepare their
14ballots screened from all observation as to the manner in which
15they do so. Such booths shall be within plain view of the
16election officers and both they and the ballot boxes shall be

 

 

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1within plain view of those within the proximity of the voting
2booths. No person other than election officers and the
3challengers allowed by law and those admitted for the purpose
4of voting, as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted within
5the proximity of the voting booths, except by authority of the
6primary officers to keep order and enforce the law.
7    (b) The number of such voting booths shall not be less than
8one to every seventy-five voters or fraction thereof, who voted
9at the last preceding election in the precinct or election
10district.
11    (c) No person shall do any electioneering or soliciting of
12votes on primary day within any polling place or within one
13hundred feet of any polling place, or, at the option of a
14church or private school, on any of the property of that church
15or private school that is a polling place. Election officers
16shall place 2 or more cones, small United States national
17flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet
18from each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in
19voting, which shall be known as the polling room. If the
20polling room is located within a building that is a private
21business, a public or private school, or a church or other
22organization founded for the purpose of religious worship and
23the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior of
24the building, then the markers shall be placed outside of the
25building at each entrance used by voters to enter that building
26on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare or walkway. If the

 

 

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1polling room is located within a public or private building
2with 2 or more floors and the polling room is located on the
3ground floor, then the markers shall be placed 100 horizontal
4feet from each entrance to the polling room used by voters to
5engage in voting. If the polling room is located in a public or
6private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
7located on a floor above or below the ground floor, then the
8markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet from the nearest
9elevator or staircase used by voters on the ground floor to
10access the floor where the polling room is located. The area
11within where the markers are placed shall be known as a
12campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited pursuant
13to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
14Section, a church or private school may choose to apply the
15campaign free zone to its entire property, and, if so, the
16markers shall be placed near the boundaries on the grounds
17adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading to the
18entrances used by the voters. At or near the door of each
19polling place, the election judges shall place signage
20indicating the proper entrance to the polling place. In
21addition, the election judges shall ensure that a sign
22identifying the location of the polling place is placed on a
23nearby public roadway. The State Board of Elections shall
24establish guidelines for the placement of polling place
25signage.
26    The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free

 

 

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1zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
2for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
3request of election officers any publicly owned building must
4be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
5have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on
6any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the
7campaign free zone, including, but not limited to, the
8placement of temporary signs. This subsection shall be
9construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
10electioneering on all polling place property beyond the
11campaign free zone for the time that the polls are open on an
12election day.
13    (d) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
14property on an election day, including but not limited to the
15placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
16function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
17electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
18subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
19limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
20(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
21(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/17-29)  (from Ch. 46, par. 17-29)
23    Sec. 17-29. (a) No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other
24person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering
25or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion

 

 

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1within any polling place, within 100 feet of any polling place,
2or, at the option of a church or private school, on any of the
3property of that church or private school that is a polling
4place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any voter
5while approaching within those areas for the purpose of voting.
6Judges of election shall enforce the provisions of this
7Section.
8    (b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small
9United States national flags, or some other marker a distance
10of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by
11voters to engage in voting, which shall be known as the polling
12room. If the polling room is located within a building that is
13a private business, a public or private school, or a church or
14other organization founded for the purpose of religious worship
15and the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the
16interior of the building, then the markers shall be placed
17outside of the building at each entrance used by voters to
18enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare
19or walkway. If the polling room is located within a public or
20private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
21located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed
22100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used
23by voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is located
24in a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the
25polling room is located on a floor above or below the ground
26floor, then the markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet

 

 

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1from the nearest elevator or staircase used by voters on the
2ground floor to access the floor where the polling room is
3located. The area within where the markers are placed shall be
4known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited
5pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other
6provision of this Section, a church or private school may
7choose to apply the campaign free zone to its entire property,
8and, if so, the markers shall be placed near the boundaries on
9the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading
10to the entrances used by the voters.
11    The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free
12zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
13for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
14request of election officers any publicly owned building must
15be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
16have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on
17any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the
18campaign free zone, including, but not limited to, the
19placement of temporary signs. This subsection shall be
20construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
21electioneering on all polling place property beyond the
22campaign free zone for the time that the polls are open on an
23election day. At or near the door of each polling place, the
24election judges shall place signage indicating the proper
25entrance to the polling place. In addition, the election judges
26shall ensure that a sign identifying the location of the

 

 

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1polling place is placed on a nearby public roadway. The State
2Board of Elections shall establish guidelines for the placement
3of polling place signage.
4    (c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
5property on an election day, including but not limited to the
6placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
7function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
8electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
9subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
10limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
11(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
12(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/19-2.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2.2)
14    Sec. 19-2.2. (a) During the period beginning on the 40th
15day preceding an election and continuing through the day
16preceding such election, no advertising pertaining to any
17candidate or proposition to be voted upon shall be displayed in
18or within 100 feet of any room used by voters pursuant to this
19Article, or, at the option of a church or private school, on
20any of the property of that church or private school that is a
21polling place; nor shall any person engage in electioneering in
22or within 100 feet of any such room, or, at the option of a
23church or private school, on any of the property of that church
24or private school that is a polling place. Any person who
25violates this Section may be punished as for contempt of court.

 

 

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1    (b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small
2United States national flags, or some other marker a distance
3of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by
4voters to engage in voting, or, at the option of a church or
5private school, on any of the property of that church or
6private school that is a polling place, which shall be known as
7the polling room. If the polling room is located within a
8building that is a private business, a public or private
9school, or a church or other organization founded for the
10purpose of religious worship and the distance of 100 horizontal
11feet ends within the interior of the building, then the markers
12shall be placed outside of the building at each entrance used
13by voters to enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the
14thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling room is located within
15a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the
16polling room is located on the ground floor, then the markers
17shall be placed 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the
18polling room used by voters to engage in voting. If the polling
19room is located in a public or private building with 2 or more
20floors and the polling room is located on a floor above or
21below the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed a
22distance of 100 feet from the nearest elevator or staircase
23used by voters on the ground floor to access the floor where
24the polling room is located. The area within where the markers
25are placed shall be known as a campaign free zone, and
26electioneering is prohibited pursuant to this subsection.

 

 

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1Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a church
2or private school may choose to apply the campaign free zone to
3its entire property, and, if so, the markers shall be placed
4near the boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the
5thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used by the
6voters.
7    The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free
8zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
9for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
10request of election officers any publicly owned building must
11be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
12have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on
13any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the
14campaign free zone, including, but not limited to, the
15placement of temporary signs. This subsection shall be
16construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
17electioneering on all polling place property beyond the
18campaign free zone for the time that the polls are open on an
19election day.
20    (c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
21property on an election day, including but not limited to the
22placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
23function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
24electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
25subsection (b) is declared void. This is a denial and
26limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection

 

 

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1(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
2(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/19A-70)
4    Sec. 19A-70. Advertising or campaigning in proximity of
5polling place; penalty. During the period prescribed in Section
619A-15 for early voting by personal appearance, the provisions
7of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 shall apply. no advertising
8pertaining to any candidate or proposition to be voted on may
9be displayed in or within 100 feet of any polling place used by
10voters under this Article. No person may engage in
11electioneering in or within 100 feet of any polling place used
12by voters under this Article. The provisions of Section 17-29
13with respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to
14polling places under this Article.
15    Any person who violates this Section may be punished for
16contempt of court.
17(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.".