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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Sections
5 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/4-50 new)
7     Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
8 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
9 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
10 for change of address during the period from the close of
11 registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day
12 before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
13 unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
14 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
15 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
16 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
17 by the election authority. The election authority shall
18 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
19 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
20 Article for registration and change of address.
21     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
22 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
23 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
24 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
25 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
26 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
27 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
28 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
29 19. Ballots cast by persons who register or change address
30 during the grace period must be transmitted to and counted at
31 the election authority's central ballot counting location and
32 shall not be transmitted to and counted at precinct polling

 

 

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1 places.
 
2     (10 ILCS 5/5-50 new)
3     Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
4 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
5 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
6 for change of address during the period from the close of
7 registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day
8 before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
9 unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
10 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
11 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
12 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
13 by the election authority. The election authority shall
14 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
15 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
16 Article for registration and change of address.
17      If a voter who registers or changes address during this
18 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
19 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
20 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
21 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
22 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
23 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
24 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
25 19. Ballots cast by persons who register or change address
26 during the grace period must be transmitted to and counted at
27 the election authority's central ballot counting location and
28 shall not be transmitted to and counted at precinct polling
29 places.
 
30     (10 ILCS 5/6-100 new)
31     Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
32 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
33 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
34 for change of address during the period from the close of

 

 

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1 registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day
2 before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
3 unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
4 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
5 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
6 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
7 by the election authority. The election authority shall
8 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
9 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
10 Article for registration and change of address.
11     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
12 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
13 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
14 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
15 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
16 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
17 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
18 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
19 19. Ballots cast by persons who register or change address
20 during the grace period must be transmitted to and counted at
21 the election authority's central ballot counting location and
22 shall not be transmitted to and counted at precinct polling
23 places.
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
25 2005.