HB4077ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Elections & Campaign Reform Committee

Filed: 3/10/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4077

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4077 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Sections 4-105, 5-105, and 6-105 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/4-105)

Sec. 4-105. First time voting.

(a) A person must vote for the first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license number or State identification card number or, if the person does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document that shows the person's name and address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the election authority that the registration has not been fully completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such proof is presented.

(b) The following forms of identification and proof of residency shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this Section and for persons voting for the first time after registering at a Secretary of State driver's license facility: (i) a university or college issued photo identification card, with either a copy of the applicant's lease or any mail, showing the delivery address, delivered to the applicant at that address, or (ii) a government issued photo identification card. The State Board shall post a list of these specific forms of identification and proof of residency on its official website, and printed copies shall be distributed at the time of registration to each person who registers by mail or at a Secretary of State driver's license facility.

(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-105)

Sec. 5-105. First time voting.

(a) A person must vote for the first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license number or State identification card number or, if the person does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document that shows the person's name and address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the election authority that the registration has not been fully completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such proof is presented.

(b) The following forms of identification and proof of residency shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this Section and for persons voting for the first time after registering at a Secretary of State driver's license facility: (i) a university or college issued photo identification card, with either a copy of the applicant's lease or any mail, showing the delivery address, delivered to the applicant at that address, or (ii) a government issued photo identification card. The State Board shall post a list of these specific forms of identification and proof of residency on its official website, and printed copies shall be distributed at the time of registration to each person who registers by mail or at a Secretary of State driver's license facility.

(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-105)

Sec. 6-105. First time voting.

(a) A person must vote for the first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license number or State identification card number or, if the person does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document that shows the person's name and address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the election authority that the registration has not been fully completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such proof is presented.

(b) The following forms of identification and proof of residency shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this Section and for persons voting for the first time after registering at a Secretary of State driver's license facility: (i) a university or college issued photo identification card, with either a copy of the applicant's lease or any mail, showing the delivery address, delivered to the applicant at that address, or (ii) a government issued photo identification card. The State Board shall post a list of these specific forms of identification and proof of residency on its official website, and printed copies shall be distributed at the time of registration to each person who registers by mail or at a Secretary of State driver's license facility.

(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".