103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1369

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Kam Buckner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/29-9  from Ch. 46, par. 29-9

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that any person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot is guilty of a Class 4 felony. 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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 29-9 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/29-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
7    Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting; photographs of
8ballots.
9    (a) Except as permitted by this Code, any person who
10knowingly marks his ballot or casts his vote on a voting
11machine or voting device so that it can be observed by another
12person, and any person who knowingly observes another person
13lawfully marking a ballot or lawfully casting his vote on a
14voting machine or voting device, shall be guilty of a Class 4
15felony. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a person from
16photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the
17voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or
18partially completed ballot.
19    (b) Any person who gives, promises to give, or receives
20any money or other valuable consideration in connection with
21the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or
22partially completed ballot shall be guilty of a Class 4
23felony.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 78-887.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.