Full Text of SB1466 96th General Assembly
SB1466eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 19-3, 20-2, 20-2.1, 20-2.2, 20-2.3, and 20-3 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
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| Sec. 19-3. Application for such ballot shall be made on | 9 |
| blanks to be
furnished by the election authority and | 10 |
| duplication of such application
for ballot is prohibited, | 11 |
| except by the election authority. The
application for ballot | 12 |
| shall be substantially in the
following form:
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR WHO EXPECTS TO BE
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| ABSENT FROM COUNTY
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 17 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 18 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 20 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 21 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 22 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | 23 |
| address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully |
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| entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 2 |
| held therein on ....; that I expect to be absent
from the | 3 |
| county of my residence on the date of holding such election,
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| and that I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that | 5 |
| day.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 7 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the | 8 |
| county of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return such | 9 |
| ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same prior to the | 10 |
| closing of the polls on the date
of the election or, if | 11 |
| returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 12 |
| election day, for counting no later than during the period for | 13 |
| counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 14 |
| day following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 16 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 17 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| However, if application is made for a primary election | 23 |
| ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the | 24 |
| political party with which
the applicant is affiliated.
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR WHO IS JUDGE OF ELECTION
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| IN A PRECINCT OTHER THAN THE PRECINCT
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| IN WHICH HE RESIDES
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 4 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 5 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 7 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 8 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 9 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 10 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 11 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | 12 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | 13 |
| to be held therein on ....; that I am a judge of election
in | 14 |
| .... precinct or the (1) *.... ward in the city of .... or (2)
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| *township of .... or (3) *city, village or incorporated town of | 16 |
| .... in such
county and that I will have no opportunity of | 17 |
| voting in person on that day:
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 19 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I serve as a judge of | 20 |
| election in such
last named precinct, and I agree that I shall | 21 |
| return such ballot or
ballots to the official issuing the same | 22 |
| prior to the closing of the
polls on the date of the election | 23 |
| or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight | 24 |
| preceding election day, for counting no later than during the | 25 |
| period for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which | 26 |
| is the 14th day following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 2 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 3 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| ....
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED ELECTOR
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 11 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 12 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 14 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 15 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 16 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 17 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 18 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | 19 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | 20 |
| to be held therein on ....; that I shall be physically
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| incapable of being present at the polls of such precinct on the | 22 |
| date of
holding such election for the following reasons:
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 24 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am so physically | 25 |
| incapacitated, and I
agree that I shall return such ballot or | 26 |
| ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing |
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| of the polls on the date of election or, if returned by mail, | 2 |
| postmarked no later than midnight preceding election day, for | 3 |
| counting no later than during the period for counting | 4 |
| provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | 5 |
| following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 7 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 8 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT | 14 |
| BY CHILD SEX OFFENDER ELECTOR | 15 |
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 16 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 17 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | 18 |
| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | 19 |
| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 20 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 21 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 22 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 23 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | 24 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | 25 |
| to be held therein on ....; that
my assigned precinct polling | 26 |
| place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the polling |
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| place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of | 2 |
| 1961. | 3 |
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 4 |
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voted by me at such election because my assigned precinct | 5 |
| polling place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the | 6 |
| polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal | 7 |
| Code of 1961, and I
agree that I shall return such ballot or | 8 |
| ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing | 9 |
| of the polls on the date of election or, if returned by mail, | 10 |
| postmarked no later than midnight preceding election day, for | 11 |
| counting no later than during the period for counting | 12 |
| provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | 13 |
| following election day . | 14 |
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 15 |
| 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 16 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | 17 |
| .... | 18 |
| *fill in either (1), (2), or (3). | 19 |
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | 20 |
| ...............
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR OBSERVING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
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| To be voted at the .... election in the county of .... | 24 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct (1) *township of .... | 25 |
| (2) *City of ....
or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be |
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| used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | 2 |
| precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | 3 |
| *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | 4 |
| town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | 5 |
| lived at such address for .... month(s)
past, that I am | 6 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the ....
election | 7 |
| to be held therein on ....; that I shall be unable to be
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| present at the polls of such precinct on the date of holding | 9 |
| such
election because of the tenets of my religion in the | 10 |
| observance of a
religious holiday.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 12 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am so unable to be | 13 |
| present at the
polls of such precinct on the date of the | 14 |
| election because of the tenets
of my religion in the observance | 15 |
| of a religious holiday, and I agree
that I shall return the | 16 |
| ballot or ballots to the official issuing the
same prior to the | 17 |
| closing of the polls on the date of the election or, if | 18 |
| returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 19 |
| election day, for counting no later than during the period for | 20 |
| counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 21 |
| day following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 23 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 24 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| BY ELECTOR WHO IS AN ELECTION EMPLOYEE
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| OF STATE'S ATTORNEY, COUNTY CLERK OR
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| BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 8 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 9 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 11 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 12 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 13 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | 14 |
| address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | 15 |
| entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 16 |
| held therein on ....; that I am employed in the
office of the | 17 |
| (State's Attorney of .... County) (County Clerk of ....
County) | 18 |
| (Board of Election Commissioners of the (City) (County) of ....
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| and that because of election duties on the date of holding such | 20 |
| election
I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that | 21 |
| day.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 23 |
| to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | 24 |
| return such
ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same | 25 |
| prior to the closing
of the polls on the date of the election | 26 |
| or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight |
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| preceding election day, for counting no later than during the | 2 |
| period for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which | 3 |
| is the 14th day following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 5 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 6 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ....
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| Provided, that if application be made for a primary | 12 |
| election ballot,
such application shall designate the name of | 13 |
| the political party with
which the applicant is affiliated.
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| APPLICATION FOR
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| TEMPORARILY ABSENT STUDENT BALLOT
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| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 17 |
| State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 18 |
| .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
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| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 20 |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 21 |
| the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 22 |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | 23 |
| address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | 24 |
| entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 25 |
| held therein on ....; that I am temporarily abiding
outside | 26 |
| such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... in |
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| the
county of .... and State of .... due to the fact I am a | 2 |
| student attending an
institution of higher education, and for | 3 |
| that reason do not expect to have
an opportunity to vote in | 4 |
| person on that day.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 6 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the | 7 |
| precinct of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return such | 8 |
| ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same prior to the | 9 |
| closing of the polls on the date
of the election or, if | 10 |
| returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 11 |
| election day, for counting no later than during the period for | 12 |
| counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 13 |
| day following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 15 |
| 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 16 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| .........................
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
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| .............................................................
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| However, if application is made for a primary election | 22 |
| ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the | 23 |
| political party with which
the applicant is affiliated.
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| In lieu of the separate application blanks heretofore | 25 |
| prescribed, the
election authority may adopt a standard | 26 |
| application blank in
substantially the following form for all |
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| categories of absentee voters:
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| APPLICATION FOR
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| ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOT
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| To be voted at the ....... election in the County of | 5 |
| ....... and
State of Illinois, in the ...... precinct of the | 6 |
| (1) *township of ......
(2) *City of ...... or (3) *...... ward | 7 |
| in the City of ............
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| I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the | 9 |
| (1)
*township of ...... (2) *City of ........ or (3) *........ | 10 |
| ward in the
City of ...... residing at .......... in such city | 11 |
| or town in the county
of ...... and State of Illinois; that I | 12 |
| have lived at such address for
...... months last past; that I | 13 |
| am lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at a ...... | 14 |
| election to be held therein on ......; and that I
will be | 15 |
| unable to vote in person at the polls of such precinct for the
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| following reasons:
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| (Check One)
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| I expect to be absent from my county of residence.
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| I expect to be temporarily absent from the country.
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| I shall be serving as a judge of election in the
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| ........ precinct which is not my precinct of
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| residence.
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| I shall be observing a religious holiday in
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| accordance with the tenets of my religion.
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| I shall be performing official election duties
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| for an Election Authority ....................,
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| (election authority)
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| .................... or the State Board of | 3 |
| Elections.
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| (location)
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| I shall be performing election law enforcement
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| duties in the employment of ......................,
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| (law enforcement agency)
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| ................
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| (location)
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| I am temporarily abiding in the (1) *township of
.... | 11 |
| (2) *city of .... in the county of .... and
State of .... due to | 12 |
| the fact I am a student
attending an institution of higher | 13 |
| education.
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| I am physically incapacitated.
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| Reason(s):
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| I have been called for jury duty on said day by
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| ..................
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| (court jurisdiction)
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 20 |
| to be
voted by me at such election and agree that I shall | 21 |
| return the ballot or
ballots to the election official issuing | 22 |
| the same in sufficient time for
such official to deliver the | 23 |
| ballot or ballots to the proper polling
place prior to the | 24 |
| closing of the polls on the date of the election or, if | 25 |
| returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 26 |
| election day, for counting no later than during the period for |
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| counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 2 |
| day following election day .
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 4 |
| 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 5 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| ........................
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| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which | 8 |
| ballot is mailed:
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| ........................
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| Provided, that if application is made for a primary | 11 |
| election, such
application shall designate the name of the | 12 |
| political party with which
applicant is affiliated.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2)
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| Sec. 20-2. Any member of the United States Service, | 16 |
| otherwise qualified
to vote, who expects in the course of his | 17 |
| duties to be absent from the
county in which he resides on the | 18 |
| day of holding any election may make
application for an | 19 |
| absentee ballot to the election authority having
jurisdiction | 20 |
| over his precinct of residence on the official postcard or on
a | 21 |
| form furnished by the election authority as prescribed by | 22 |
| Section 20-3 of
this Article not less than 10 days before the | 23 |
| election. A request pursuant
to this Section shall entitle the | 24 |
| applicant to an absentee ballot for every
election in one | 25 |
| calendar year. The original application for ballot shall be
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| kept in the office of the election authority for one year as | 2 |
| authorization
to send a ballot to the voter for each election | 3 |
| to be held within that
calendar year. A certified copy of such | 4 |
| application for ballot shall be
sent each election with the | 5 |
| absentee ballot to the election authority's central ballot | 6 |
| counting location to be used
in lieu of the original | 7 |
| application for ballot. No registration shall be
required in | 8 |
| order to vote pursuant to this Section.
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| Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election | 10 |
| authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this | 11 |
| Article and not otherwise.
Ballots voted under this Section | 12 |
| must be returned postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 13 |
| election day and received for counting at the central ballot | 14 |
| counting location of the election authority during the period | 15 |
| for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | 16 |
| 14th day following election day. Ballots voted under this | 17 |
| Section must be returned to the election authority
in | 18 |
| sufficient time for delivery to the election authority's | 19 |
| central ballot counting location before
the closing of the | 20 |
| polls on the day of the election.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.1)
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| Sec. 20-2.1. Citizens of the United States temporarily | 24 |
| residing outside
the territorial limits of the United States | 25 |
| who are not registered but
otherwise qualified to vote and who |
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| expect to be absent from their county
of residence during the | 2 |
| periods of voter registration provided for in
Articles 4, 5 or | 3 |
| 6 of this Code and on the day of holding any election, may
make | 4 |
| simultaneous application to the election authority having | 5 |
| jurisdiction
over their precinct of residence for an absentee | 6 |
| registration and absentee
ballot not less than 30 days before | 7 |
| the election. Such application may be
made on the official | 8 |
| postcard or on a form furnished by the election
authority as | 9 |
| prescribed by Section 20-3 of this Article. A request pursuant
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| to this Section shall entitle the applicant to an absentee | 11 |
| ballot for every
election in one calendar year. The original | 12 |
| application for ballot shall be
kept in the office of the | 13 |
| election authority for one year as authorization
to send a | 14 |
| ballot to the voter for each election to be held within that
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| calendar year. A certified copy of such application for ballot | 16 |
| shall be
sent each election with the absentee ballot to the | 17 |
| election authority's central ballot counting location to be | 18 |
| used
in lieu of the original application for ballot.
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| Registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to | 20 |
| this Section.
However, if the election authority receives one | 21 |
| of such applications after
30 days but not less than 10 days | 22 |
| before a Federal election, said applicant
shall be sent a | 23 |
| ballot containing the Federal offices only and registration
for | 24 |
| that election shall be waived.
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| Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election | 26 |
| authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this |
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| Article and not otherwise.
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| Ballots voted under this Section must be returned | 3 |
| postmarked no later than midnight preceding election day and | 4 |
| received for counting at the central ballot counting location | 5 |
| of the election authority during the period for counting | 6 |
| provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | 7 |
| following election day. | 8 |
| Ballots under this Section must be returned to the election | 9 |
| authority in
sufficient time for delivery to the election | 10 |
| authority's central ballot counting location before
the | 11 |
| closing of the polls on the day of the election.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.2)
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| Sec. 20-2.2. Any non-resident civilian citizen, otherwise | 15 |
| qualified to
vote, may make application to the election | 16 |
| authority having jurisdiction
over his precinct of former | 17 |
| residence for an absentee ballot containing
the Federal offices | 18 |
| only not less than 10 days before a Federal election.
Such | 19 |
| application may be made only on the official postcard. A | 20 |
| request
pursuant to this Section shall entitle the applicant to | 21 |
| an absentee ballot
for every election in one calendar year at | 22 |
| which Federal offices are
filled. The original application for | 23 |
| ballot shall be kept in the office of
the election authority | 24 |
| for one year as authorization to send a ballot to
the voter for | 25 |
| each election to be held within that calendar year at which
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| Federal offices are filled. A certified copy of such | 2 |
| application for
ballot shall be sent each election with the | 3 |
| absentee ballot to the election authority's central ballot | 4 |
| counting location to be used in lieu of the original | 5 |
| application for ballot.
No registration shall be required in | 6 |
| order to vote pursuant to this Section.
Ballots under this | 7 |
| Section shall be mailed by the election authority in
the manner | 8 |
| prescribed by Section 20-5 of this Article and not otherwise.
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| Ballots voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no | 10 |
| later than midnight preceding election day and received for | 11 |
| counting at the central ballot counting location of the | 12 |
| election authority during the period for counting provisional | 13 |
| ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day following | 14 |
| election day. Ballots under this Section must be returned to | 15 |
| the election authority in
sufficient time for delivery to the | 16 |
| election authority's central ballot counting location before
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| the closing of the polls on the day of the election.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-2.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.3)
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| Sec. 20-2.3. Members of the Armed Forces. Any member of the | 21 |
| United
States Armed Forces while on active duty, otherwise | 22 |
| qualified to vote, who
expects in the course of his or her | 23 |
| duties to be absent from the county in
which he or she resides | 24 |
| on the day of holding any election, in addition to any
other | 25 |
| method of making application for an absentee ballot under this
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| Article, may make application for an absentee ballot to the | 2 |
| election
authority having jurisdiction over his or her precinct | 3 |
| of residence by a
facsimile machine or electronic transmission | 4 |
| not less than 10 days before
the election.
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| Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election | 6 |
| authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this | 7 |
| Article and not otherwise.
Ballots voted under this Section | 8 |
| must be returned postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 9 |
| election day and received for counting at the central ballot | 10 |
| counting location of the election authority during the period | 11 |
| for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | 12 |
| 14th day following election day. Ballots voted under this | 13 |
| Section must be returned to the election authority
before the | 14 |
| closing of the polls on the day of election and must be counted | 15 |
| at the election authority's central ballot counting location.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-3)
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| Sec. 20-3.
The election authority shall furnish the | 19 |
| following
applications for absentee registration or absentee | 20 |
| ballot which shall be
considered a method of application in | 21 |
| lieu of the official postcard.
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| 1. Members of the United States Service, citizens of the | 23 |
| United
States temporarily residing outside the territorial | 24 |
| limits of the United
States, and certified program participants | 25 |
| under the Address Confidentiality
for Victims of Domestic |
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| Violence Act may make application within the periods
prescribed | 2 |
| in Sections
20-2 or 20-2.1, as the case may be. Such | 3 |
| application shall be
substantially in the following form:
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| "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
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| To be voted at the............ election in the precinct in | 6 |
| which is
located my residence at..............., in the | 7 |
| city/village/township of
............(insert home address) | 8 |
| County of........... and State of
Illinois.
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| I state that I am a citizen of the United States; that on | 10 |
| (insert
date of election) I shall have resided in the State of | 11 |
| Illinois and in
the election precinct for 30 days; that on the | 12 |
| above date I shall be the
age of 18 years or above; that I am | 13 |
| lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at that election; | 14 |
| that I am (check category 1, 2, or 3
below):
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| 1. ( ) a member of the United States Service,
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| 2. ( ) a citizen of the United States temporarily residing | 17 |
| outside
the territorial limits of the United States and that I | 18 |
| expect to be
absent from the said county of my residence on the | 19 |
| date of holding such
election, and that I will have no | 20 |
| opportunity to vote in person on that
day.
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| 3. ( ) a certified program participant under the Address
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| Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act.
| 23 |
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 24 |
| to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the said | 25 |
| county of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return said | 26 |
| ballot or ballots to the
election authority postmarked no later |
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| than midnight preceding election day, for counting no later | 2 |
| than during the period for counting provisional ballots, the | 3 |
| last day of which is the 14th day following election day prior | 4 |
| to the closing of the polls on the date of the
election or | 5 |
| shall destroy said ballot or ballots.
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| (Check below only if category 2 or 3 and not previously | 7 |
| registered)
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| ( ) I hereby make application to become registered as a | 9 |
| voter and
agree to return the forms and affidavits for | 10 |
| registration to the
election authority not later than 30 days | 11 |
| before the election.
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 13 |
| of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 14 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 15 |
| .........................
| 16 |
| Post office address or service address to which | 17 |
| registration
materials or ballot should be mailed
| 18 |
| .........................
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| .........................
| 20 |
| .........................
| 21 |
| ........................"
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| If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 23 |
| application shall designate the name of the political party | 24 |
| with which
the applicant is affiliated.
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| Such applications may be obtained from the election | 26 |
| authority having
jurisdiction over the person's precinct of |
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| residence.
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| 2. A spouse or dependent of a member of the United States | 3 |
| Service,
said spouse or dependent being a registered voter in | 4 |
| the county, may
make application on behalf of said person in | 5 |
| the office of the election
authority within the periods | 6 |
| prescribed in Section 20-2 which shall be
substantially in the | 7 |
| following form:
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| "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT to be voted at the........... election | 9 |
| in
the precinct in which is located the residence of the person | 10 |
| for whom
this application is made at.............(insert | 11 |
| residence address) in
the city/village/township of......... | 12 |
| County of.......... and State
of Illinois.
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| I certify that the following named person................ | 14 |
| (insert
name of person) is a member of the United States | 15 |
| Service.
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| I state that said person is a citizen of the United States; | 17 |
| that on
(insert date of election) said person shall have | 18 |
| resided in the State of
Illinois and in the election precinct | 19 |
| for which this application is made
for 30 days; that on the | 20 |
| above date said person shall be the age of 18
years or above; | 21 |
| that said person is lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct | 22 |
| at that election; that said person is a member of the United
| 23 |
| States Service, and that in the course of his duties said | 24 |
| person expects
to be absent from his county of residence on the | 25 |
| date of holding such
election, and that said person will have | 26 |
| no opportunity to vote in
person on that day.
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| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 2 |
| to be
voted by said person at such election and said person | 3 |
| agrees that he
shall return said ballot or ballots to the | 4 |
| election authority postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 5 |
| election day, for counting no later than during the period for | 6 |
| counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 7 |
| day following election day prior to
the closing of the polls on | 8 |
| the day of the election , or shall destroy
said ballot or | 9 |
| ballots.
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| I hereby certify that I am the (mother, father, sister, | 11 |
| brother,
husband or wife) of the said elector, and that I am a | 12 |
| registered voter
in the election precinct for which this | 13 |
| application is made. (Strike all
but one that is applicable.)
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| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 15 |
| of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 16 |
| statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 17 |
| Name of applicant ......................
| 18 |
| Residence address ........................
| 19 |
| City/village/township........................
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| Service address to which ballot should be mailed:
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| .........................
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| .........................
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| .........................
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| ........................"
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| If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
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| application shall designate the name of the political party |
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| with which
the person for whom application is made is | 2 |
| affiliated.
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| Such applications may be obtained from the election | 4 |
| authority having
jurisdiction over the voting precinct in which | 5 |
| the person for whom
application is made is entitled to vote.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-494, eff. 1-1-00.)
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