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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4678 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Election Code. Provides that, to encourage youth voter participation, each high school in the State shall hold at least 2 nonpartisan voter registration days per year: (i) one nonpartisan voter registration day shall be held on the second Tuesday in October or the first day thereafter that school is in session; and (ii) the other shall be held on the second Tuesday in February or the first day thereafter that school is in session. |
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| | HB4678 | | LRB103 37013 SPS 67128 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 1A-60 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-60) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1A-60. High school voter registration. |
| 8 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall prepare a one page |
| 9 | | document explaining the process to register to vote to be |
| 10 | | disseminated to high school age students. Every high school |
| 11 | | must provide students with that document, which may be |
| 12 | | disseminated electronically. |
| 13 | | (b) No high school may prohibit nonpartisan voter |
| 14 | | registration activities on its premises. A high school may |
| 15 | | adopt reasonable regulations restricting nonpartisan voter |
| 16 | | registration activities. |
| 17 | | (c) To encourage youth voter participation, each high |
| 18 | | school in this State shall hold at least 2 nonpartisan voter |
| 19 | | registration days per year: (i) one nonpartisan voter |
| 20 | | registration day shall be held on the second Tuesday in |
| 21 | | October or the first day thereafter that school is in session; |
| 22 | | and (ii) the other shall be held on the second Tuesday in |
| 23 | | February or the first day thereafter that school is in |