SB3429 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3429

Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. John Connor

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/1-4.5 new

Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop a program or enter into a contract with a third-party developer to create a program that allows petition signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic devices. Provides that the program shall be made available, free of charge, to all political committees that have filed statements of organization with the Board. Provides the requirements for the program.

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 adding Section 1-4.5 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1-4.5 new)

Sec. 1-4.5. Digital petition signatures. The Board shall either develop a program or enter into a contract with a third-party developer to create a program that allows petition signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic devices.

The program shall be made available, free of charge, to all political committees that have filed statements of organization with the Board.

The user facing portion of the program shall be downloadable in the form of a mobile or tablet application. The application must be downloadable from at least the 2 largest digital distribution platforms for mobile applications.

The program, at a minimum, must be able to:

(1) determine whether a signer is already registered;

(2) allow the signer to register or update his or her registration;

(3) determine whether a signer lives in the jurisdiction of the petition for which he or she is signing;

(4) determine if the signer has already signed another petition for the same office if that office precludes signing multiple petitions;

(5) collect the signature of the signer;

(6) record the date and time of the signature;

(7) record the circulators information; and

(8) email the signer a confirmation of his or her signature, the date and time, what petition he or she signed for, and a list of all the other petitions the signer has signed during that election cycle using the program.