HB4276 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4276

Introduced , by Rep. Carol A. Sente

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/3-6

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who is 17 years old on the date of a consolidated primary election is qualified to vote at that primary if he or she will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following regular election (now, general election). Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 3-6 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/3-6)

Sec. 3-6. Voting age. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a consolidated primary election or general primary election and who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that primary, including voting an absentee, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following regular general election.

References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted in accordance with this Section.

For the purposes of this Act, an individual who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.

(Source: P.A. 98-51, eff. 1-1-14.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.