98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3079

 

Introduced , by Rep. Deborah Mell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/4-50
10 ILCS 5/5-50
10 ILCS 5/6-100

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that grace period voting may be conducted until the day of the primary or election.


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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
5Sections 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
7    Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
8provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
9shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
10for change of address during the period from the close of
11registration for a primary or election and until the day of 3rd
12day before the primary or election. During this grace period,
13an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
14registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
15in the office of the election authority or at a voter
16registration location specifically designated for this purpose
17by the election authority. The election authority shall
18register that individual, or change a registered voter's
19address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
20Article for registration and change of address.
21    If a voter who registers or changes address during this
22grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
23occurring on or after the last day of the grace period, he or

 

 

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1she must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the
2office of the election authority or at a location specifically
3designated for this purpose by the election authority. Grace
4period voting may be conducted , or by mail, at the discretion
5of the election authority; however, ballots that are
6transmitted by mail must be postmarked no later than 3 days
7prior to the primary or election. Grace period voting shall be
8in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19.
9    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
10but not later than the day of the primary or election, the
11election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
12address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
13the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
14maintain those names and that information in an electronic
15format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
16State and local political committees. The name of each person
17issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
18appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
19ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
20and 18-5.
21    A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
22permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
23respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
24who register or change address during the grace period must be
25transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
26ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and

 

 

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1counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
2determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
3the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
4the ballots were opened.
5(Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/5-50)
7    Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
8provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
9shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
10for change of address during the period from the close of
11registration for a primary or election and until the day of 3rd
12day before the primary or election. During this grace period,
13an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
14registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
15in the office of the election authority or at a voter
16registration location specifically designated for this purpose
17by the election authority. The election authority shall
18register that individual, or change a registered voter's
19address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
20Article for registration and change of address.
21    If a voter who registers or changes address during this
22grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
23occurring on or after the last day of the grace period, he or
24she must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the
25office of the election authority or at a location specifically

 

 

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1designated for this purpose by the election authority. Grace
2period voting may be conducted , or by mail, at the discretion
3of the election authority; however, ballots that are
4transmitted by mail must be postmarked no later than 3 days
5prior to the primary or election. Grace period voting shall be
6in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19.
7    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
8but not later than the day of the primary or election, the
9election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
10address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
11the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
12maintain those names and that information in an electronic
13format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
14State and local political committees. The name of each person
15issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
16appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
17ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
18and 18-5.
19    A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
20permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
21respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
22who register or change address during the grace period must be
23transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
24ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
25counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
26determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for

 

 

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1the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
2the ballots were opened.
3(Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/6-100)
5    Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
6provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
7shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
8for change of address during the period from the close of
9registration for a primary or election and until the day of 3rd
10day before the primary or election. During this grace period,
11an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
12registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
13in the office of the election authority or at a voter
14registration location specifically designated for this purpose
15by the election authority. The election authority shall
16register that individual, or change a registered voter's
17address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
18Article for registration and change of address.
19    If a voter who registers or changes address during this
20grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
21occurring on or after the last day of the grace period, he or
22she must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the
23office of the election authority or at a location specifically
24designated for this purpose by the election authority. Grace
25period voting may be conducted , or by mail, at the discretion

 

 

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1of the election authority; however, ballots that are
2transmitted by mail must be postmarked no later than 3 days
3prior to the primary or election. Grace period voting shall be
4in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19.
5    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
6but not later than the day of the primary or election, the
7election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
8address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
9the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
10maintain those names and that information in an electronic
11format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
12State and local political committees. The name of each person
13issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
14appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
15ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
16and 18-5.
17    A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
18permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
19respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
20who register or change address during the grace period must be
21transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
22ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
23counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
24determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
25the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
26the ballots were opened.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)