Full Text of HB1138 94th General Assembly
HB1138 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1138
Introduced 02/08/05, by Rep. Mike Boland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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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 |
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Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to vote by absentee ballot on the
basis that he or she is 65 years old or older.
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 19-1, 19-2,
19-3, and 19-5 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-1)
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| Sec. 19-1. Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois | 8 |
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duly registered where such registration is required who | 9 |
| is of the age of 65
or more years or who expects to be
absent | 10 |
| from the county in which he is a qualified elector or who | 11 |
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of being appointed a judge of election in a precinct | 12 |
| other than the
precinct in which he resides or who because of | 13 |
| physical incapacity or
the tenets of his religion in the | 14 |
| observance of a religious holiday or
who because of election | 15 |
| duties for the office of an Election Authority
or the State | 16 |
| Board of Elections or who because of election duties for a
law | 17 |
| enforcement agency, including but not limited to the offices of | 18 |
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Attorney General, a State's Attorney, a United States | 19 |
| Attorney, or a
State, county, or municipal police department, | 20 |
| or who, because he is
temporarily abiding outside the precinct | 21 |
| in which he is registered to vote
due to the fact he is a | 22 |
| student attending an institution of higher
education or who
is | 23 |
| serving as a sequestered
juror on a State or federal jury, will | 24 |
| be unable to be present at
the polls on the day of holding any | 25 |
| special, general or
primary election at which any presidential | 26 |
| preference is indicated or
any candidates are chosen or | 27 |
| elected, for any congressional, State,
district, county, town, | 28 |
| city, village, precinct or judicial offices or
at which | 29 |
| questions of public policy are submitted, may vote at such
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| election as hereinafter in this Article provided.
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| Each Election Authority, law enforcement agency, and the | 32 |
| State Board
of Elections shall compile and keep current a list |
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| of his or its
officers or employees who are eligible to vote | 2 |
| under this Article by
reason of election duties.
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| For purposes of this Article 19, a physically incapacitated | 4 |
| voter marks
his or her ballot "personally" when the voter | 5 |
| exercises his or her physical
abilities to their reasonable | 6 |
| limit in marking the ballot, and marking
personally may include | 7 |
| instructing the person assisting the incapacitated
voter when | 8 |
| giving such instruction represents the reasonable limit of the
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| physical abilities.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
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| Sec. 19-2. Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 who is of | 13 |
| the age of 65
or older or who is expecting to be
absent from the | 14 |
| county of his residence or any such elector who because
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| being appointed a judge of election in a precinct other than | 16 |
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precinct in which he resides or who because of physical | 17 |
| incapacity or
the tenets of his religion in the observance of a | 18 |
| religious holiday or
who because of election duties for the | 19 |
| office of an Election Authority,
the State Board of Elections, | 20 |
| or a law enforcement
agency will be unable to be present at the | 21 |
| polls on the day of such
election may by mail, not more than 40 | 22 |
| nor less than 5 days prior to the
date of such election, or by | 23 |
| personal delivery not more than 40 nor less
than one day prior | 24 |
| to the date of such election, make application to the
county | 25 |
| clerk or to the Board of Election Commissioners for an official
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| ballot for the voter's precinct to be voted at such election.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-808.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
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| Sec. 19-3. Application for such ballot shall be made on | 30 |
| blanks to be
furnished by the election authority and | 31 |
| duplication of such application
for ballot is prohibited, | 32 |
| except by the election authority. The
application for ballot | 33 |
| shall be substantially in the
following form:
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR WHO EXPECTS TO BE
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| ABSENT FROM COUNTY
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| 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 ....
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| 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 ....; that I expect to be absent
from the | 13 |
| county of my residence on the date of holding such election,
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| and that I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that | 15 |
| day.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 17 |
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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.
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| 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.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| However, if application is made for a primary election | 29 |
| ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the | 30 |
| political party with which
the applicant is affiliated.
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR WHO IS JUDGE OF ELECTION
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| IN A PRECINCT OTHER THAN THE PRECINCT
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| IN WHICH HE RESIDES
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 36 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of |
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| .... (2) *City of
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| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 3 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 4 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 5 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 6 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 7 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | 8 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | 9 |
| to be held therein on ....; that I am a judge of election
in | 10 |
| .... precinct or the (1) *.... ward in the city of .... or (2)
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| *township of .... or (3) *city, village or incorporated town of | 12 |
| .... in such
county and that I will have no opportunity of | 13 |
| voting in person on that day:
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 15 |
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voted by me at such election if I serve as a judge of | 16 |
| election in such
last named precinct, and I agree that I shall | 17 |
| return such ballot or
ballots to the official issuing the same | 18 |
| prior to the closing of the
polls on the date of the election.
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 20 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 21 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| ....
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED ELECTOR
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 29 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 30 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 32 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 33 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 34 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 35 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 36 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am |
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| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
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| to be held therein on ....; that I shall be physically
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| incapable of being present at the polls of such precinct on the | 4 |
| date of
holding such election for the following reasons:
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 6 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am so physically | 7 |
| incapacitated, and I
agree that I shall return such ballot or | 8 |
| ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing | 9 |
| of the polls on the date of election.
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 11 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 12 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT | 18 |
| BY ELECTOR 65 YEARS OLD OR OLDER | 19 |
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 20 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 21 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | 22 |
| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 23 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 24 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 25 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 26 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 27 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | 28 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | 29 |
| to be held therein on ....; that
I am (or will be on the date of | 30 |
| said election) 65 years old or older. | 31 |
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 32 |
| to be
voted by me at such election because I am (or will be on | 33 |
| the date of said
election) 65 years old or older, and I
agree | 34 |
| that I shall return such ballot or ballots to the official | 35 |
| issuing
the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date | 36 |
| of election. |
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 2 |
| 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 3 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | 4 |
| .... | 5 |
| *fill in either (1), (2), or (3). | 6 |
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | 7 |
| .............................................................
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR OBSERVING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
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| To be voted at the .... election in the county of .... | 11 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct (1) *township of .... | 12 |
| (2) *City of ....
or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 14 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 15 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 16 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 17 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 18 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
past, that I am | 19 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the ....
election | 20 |
| to be held therein on ....; that I shall be unable to be
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| present at the polls of such precinct on the date of holding | 22 |
| such
election because of the tenets of my religion in the | 23 |
| observance of a
religious holiday.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 25 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am so unable to be | 26 |
| present at the
polls of such precinct on the date of the | 27 |
| election because of the tenets
of my religion in the observance | 28 |
| of a religious holiday, and I agree
that I shall return the | 29 |
| ballot or ballots to the official issuing the
same prior to the | 30 |
| closing of the polls on the date of the election.
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 32 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 33 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR WHO IS AN ELECTION EMPLOYEE
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| OF STATE'S ATTORNEY, COUNTY CLERK OR
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| BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 7 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 8 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 10 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 11 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 12 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | 13 |
| address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | 14 |
| entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 15 |
| held therein on ....; that I am employed in the
office of the | 16 |
| (State's Attorney of .... County) (County Clerk of ....
County) | 17 |
| (Board of Election Commissioners of the (City) (County) of ....
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| and that because of election duties on the date of holding such | 19 |
| election
I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that | 20 |
| day.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 22 |
| to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | 23 |
| return such
ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same | 24 |
| prior to the closing
of the polls on the date of the election.
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 26 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 27 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| Provided, that if application be made for a primary | 33 |
| election ballot,
such application shall designate the name of | 34 |
| the political party with
which the applicant is affiliated.
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| APPLICATION FOR
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| TEMPORARILY ABSENT STUDENT BALLOT
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 2 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 3 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| 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 .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | 9 |
| entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 10 |
| held therein on ....; that I am temporarily abiding
outside | 11 |
| such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... in | 12 |
| the
county of .... and State of .... due to the fact I am a | 13 |
| student attending an
institution of higher education, and for | 14 |
| that reason do not expect to have
an opportunity to vote in | 15 |
| person on that day.
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| 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 |
| precinct 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.
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| 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.
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| .........................
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| However, if application is made for a primary election | 29 |
| ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the | 30 |
| political party with which
the applicant is affiliated.
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| In lieu of the separate application blanks heretofore | 32 |
| prescribed, the
election authority may adopt a standard | 33 |
| application blank in
substantially the following form for all | 34 |
| categories of absentee voters:
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| APPLICATION FOR
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| ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOT
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| To be voted at the ....... election in the County of | 2 |
| ....... and
State of Illinois, in the ...... precinct of the | 3 |
| (1) *township of ......
(2) *City of ...... or (3) *...... ward | 4 |
| in the City of ............
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| I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the | 6 |
| (1)
*township of ...... (2) *City of ........ or (3) *........ | 7 |
| ward in the
City of ...... residing at .......... in such city | 8 |
| or town in the county
of ...... and State of Illinois; that I | 9 |
| have lived at such address for
...... months last past; that I | 10 |
| am lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at a ...... | 11 |
| election to be held therein on ......; and that I
will be | 12 |
| unable to vote in person at the polls of such precinct for the
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| following reasons:
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| (Check One)
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| I expect to be absent from my county of residence.
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| I expect to be temporarily absent from the country.
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| I shall be serving as a judge of election in the
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| ........ precinct which is not my precinct of
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| residence.
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| I shall be observing a religious holiday in
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| accordance with the tenets of my religion.
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| I shall be performing official election duties
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| for an Election Authority ....................,
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| (election authority)
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| .................... or the State Board of | 26 |
| Elections.
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| (location)
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| I shall be performing election law enforcement
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| duties in the employment of ......................,
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| (law enforcement agency)
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| ................
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| (location)
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| I am temporarily abiding in the (1) *township | 34 |
| of
.... (2) *city of ....in the county of .... | 35 |
| and
State of .... due to the fact I am a | 36 |
| student
attending an institution of higher education.
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| I am physically incapacitated.
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| Reason(s):
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| I have been called for jury duty on said day by
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| ..................
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| (court jurisdiction)
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 7 |
| to be
voted by me at such election and agree that I shall | 8 |
| return the ballot or
ballots to the election official issuing | 9 |
| the same in sufficient time for
such official to deliver the | 10 |
| ballot or ballots to the proper polling
place prior to the | 11 |
| closing of the polls on the date of the election.
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| 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.
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| ........................
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which | 17 |
| ballot is mailed:
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| ........................
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| Provided, that if application is made for a primary | 20 |
| election, such
application shall designate the name of the | 21 |
| political party with which
applicant is affiliated.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028 .)
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-5)
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| Sec. 19-5. It shall be the duty of the election authority | 25 |
| to fold the
ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the | 26 |
| statute for folding
ballots prior to their deposit in the | 27 |
| ballot box, and to enclose such
ballot or ballots in an | 28 |
| envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which
envelope shall | 29 |
| bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and
post | 30 |
| office address of the election authority, and upon the other | 31 |
| side
if the ballot is to go to an elector who is to be out of | 32 |
| the county on
the day of the election a printed certification | 33 |
| in substantially the
following form:
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 35 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in |
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| the city of
.... residing at .... in such 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 |
| ....; and I expect to be absent from the
county of my residence | 6 |
| on the date of such election.
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | 9 |
| ballot in secret.
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| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | 11 |
| Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | 12 |
| that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | 13 |
| and correct.
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| .......................
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| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is physically | 16 |
| incapacitated
the envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a | 17 |
| certification in
substantially the following form:
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 19 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 20 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 21 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | 22 |
| address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | 23 |
| to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | 24 |
| ....; that I shall be physically incapable
of being present at | 25 |
| the polls of such precinct on the date of holding
such | 26 |
| election.
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | 29 |
| ballot in secret.
If I received assistance in casting my | 30 |
| ballot, I further attest that, due
to physical incapacity, I | 31 |
| marked the enclosed
ballot in secret with the assistance of
| 32 |
| .................................
| 33 |
| (Individual rendering assistance)
| 34 |
| .................................
| 35 |
| (Residence Address)
| 36 |
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to |
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| Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | 2 |
| that the statements set forth
in this certification are true | 3 |
| and correct.
| 4 |
| .......................
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| In the case of a voter who is voting absentee by reason of | 6 |
| physical
incapacity, marking a ballot in secret includes | 7 |
| marking a ballot with the
assistance of another individual, | 8 |
| other than a candidate
whose name appears on the ballot (unless | 9 |
| the voter is the spouse or a
parent, child, brother, or sister | 10 |
| of the candidate),
the voter's employer, an
agent of that | 11 |
| employer or an officer or agent of the voter's union, when
the | 12 |
| voter's physical incapacity necessitates such assistance.
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| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is
65 years old or
| 14 |
| older, the envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a
| 15 |
| certification in substantially the following form:
| 16 |
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 17 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 18 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in said city or town in the | 19 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | 20 |
| address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | 21 |
| to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | 22 |
| ....; that I
am (or will be on the date of said election) 65 | 23 |
| years old or older.
| 24 |
| *fill in either (1), (2), or (3).
| 25 |
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | 26 |
| ballot in secret.
| 27 |
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | 28 |
| Section 29-10
of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies | 29 |
| that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | 30 |
| and correct.
| 31 |
| ......................
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| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be | 33 |
| present at
the polls on the date of the election because of the | 34 |
| observance of a
religious holiday, the envelope shall bear upon | 35 |
| the back thereof a
certification in substantially the following | 36 |
| form:
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 2 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 3 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in said city or town in the | 4 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | 5 |
| address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | 6 |
| to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | 7 |
| ....; that I shall be unable to be present
at the polls of such | 8 |
| precinct on the date of holding such election
because of the | 9 |
| tenets of my religion in the observance of a religious
holiday.
| 10 |
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| 11 |
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | 12 |
| ballot in secret.
| 13 |
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | 14 |
| Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | 15 |
| that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | 16 |
| and correct.
| 17 |
| ......................
| 18 |
| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is temporarily | 19 |
| abiding outside
the precinct in which he is registered to vote | 20 |
| due to the fact he is a
student attending an institution of | 21 |
| higher education the envelope shall
bear upon the back thereof | 22 |
| a 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 | 27 |
| address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | 28 |
| to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | 29 |
| ....; and I expect to be absent from the
precinct of my | 30 |
| residence on the date of such election because I am
temporarily | 31 |
| abiding outside such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2)
| 32 |
| *city of .... in the county of .... and State of .... due to the | 33 |
| fact I am
a student attending an institution of higher | 34 |
| education.
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed |
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| ballot in secret.
| 2 |
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | 3 |
| Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | 4 |
| that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | 5 |
| and correct.
| 6 |
| .......................
| 7 |
| If the election authority adopts the standard absentee | 8 |
| ballot application
blank provided in Section 19-3, the printed | 9 |
| certification on the absentee
ballot envelope shall be in | 10 |
| substantially the following form:
| 11 |
| I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the | 12 |
| (1) *township
of..... (2) *City of ..... or (3) *....... ward | 13 |
| in the city of .......
residing at ..... in said city or town | 14 |
| in the county of ...... and State
of Illinois, that I have | 15 |
| lived at such address for .... months last past;
that I shall | 16 |
| be unable to be present at the polls of such precinct on the
| 17 |
| date of holding such election for the reason indicated on the | 18 |
| application
for ballot enclosed herein.
| 19 |
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| 20 |
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | 21 |
| ballot in secret.
If I received assistance in casting my | 22 |
| ballot, I further attest that, due
to physical incapacity, I | 23 |
| marked the enclosed
ballot in secret with the assistance of
| 24 |
| .................................
| 25 |
| (Individual rendering assistance)
| 26 |
| .................................
| 27 |
| (Residence Address)
| 28 |
| Under penalties of perjury provided by law pursuant to | 29 |
| Section 29-10 of the
Election
Code, the undersigned certifies | 30 |
| that the statements set forth in this
certification are true | 31 |
| and correct.
| 32 |
| .......................
| 33 |
| In the case of a voter who is voting absentee by reason of | 34 |
| physical
incapacity, marking a ballot in secret includes | 35 |
| marking a ballot with the
assistance of another individual, | 36 |
| other than a candidate
whose name appears on the ballot (unless |
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| the voter is the spouse or a
parent, child, brother, or sister | 2 |
| of the candidate), the voter's
employer, an
agent of that | 3 |
| employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union, when
the | 4 |
| voter's physical incapacity necessitates such assistance.
| 5 |
| Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a | 6 |
| primary
election, the certification shall designate the name of | 7 |
| the political
party with which the voter is affiliated.
| 8 |
| In addition to the above, the election authority shall | 9 |
| provide
printed slips giving full instructions regarding the | 10 |
| manner of marking
and returning the ballot in order that the | 11 |
| same may be counted, and
shall furnish one of such printed | 12 |
| slips to each of such applicants at
the same time the ballot is | 13 |
| delivered to him.
Such instructions shall include the following | 14 |
| statement: "In signing the
certification on the absentee ballot | 15 |
| envelope, you are attesting that you
personally marked this | 16 |
| absentee ballot in secret. If you are physically
unable to mark | 17 |
| the ballot, a friend or relative may assist you after
| 18 |
| completing the enclosed affidavit. Federal and State laws | 19 |
| prohibit a
candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless | 20 |
| you
are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of | 21 |
| the candidate), your
employer, your employer's agent or an | 22 |
| officer or agent of your union
from assisting physically | 23 |
| disabled voters."
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| In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an | 25 |
| elector
pursuant to this Section contains a public question | 26 |
| described in subsection
(b) of Section 28-6 and the territory | 27 |
| concerning which the question is
to be submitted is not | 28 |
| described on the ballot due to the space limitations
of such | 29 |
| ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
| 30 |
| a notice of the public question, which shall include a | 31 |
| description of the
territory in the manner required by Section | 32 |
| 16-7. The notice shall be
furnished to the elector at the same | 33 |
| time the ballot is delivered to the
elector.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
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