Full Text of HB6167 99th General Assembly
HB6167sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 5/17/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6167
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6167 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 3-1.2 and 3-6 and by adding Sections 4-8.5, 5-8.5, and | 6 | | 6-35.5 as follows:
| 7 | | (10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2)
| 8 | | Sec. 3-1.2. Eligibility to sign and circulate petition. For | 9 | | the purpose
of
determining eligibility to sign and circulate a | 10 | | nominating
petition or a petition proposing a public question | 11 | | the terms "voter",
"registered
voter", "qualified voter", | 12 | | "legal voter", "elector", "qualified elector",
"primary | 13 | | elector" and "qualified primary elector" as used in this Code | 14 | | or
in another Statute shall mean a person who is registered to | 15 | | vote at the
address shown opposite his signature on the | 16 | | petition or was registered to
vote at such address when he |
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| 1 | | signed or circulated the petition.
Any person, otherwise | 2 | | qualified under this Section, who has not moved to
another | 3 | | residence but whose address has changed as a result of | 4 | | implementation
of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system shall be | 5 | | considered a "voter",
"registered voter", "qualified voter", | 6 | | "legal voter", "elector", "qualified
elector", "primary | 7 | | elector", and "qualified primary elector".
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 92-129, eff. 7-20-01.)
| 9 | | (10 ILCS 5/3-6) | 10 | | Sec. 3-6. Voting age. Notwithstanding any other provision | 11 | | of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a general | 12 | | primary election or consolidated primary election and who is | 13 | | otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that | 14 | | general primary or consolidated primary , including voting a | 15 | | vote by mail, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect | 16 | | to that general primary or consolidated primary , if that person | 17 | | will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following | 18 | | general election or consolidated election for which those | 19 | | offices are nominated at that primary . | 20 | | References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement | 21 | | that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted | 22 | | in accordance with this Section. | 23 | | For the purposes of this Act, an individual who is 17 years | 24 | | of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the | 25 | | general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to |
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| 1 | | execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-51, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .) | 3 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-8.5 new) | 4 | | Sec. 4-8.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise | 5 | | provided by law, an individual that is 17 years old or older | 6 | | who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to | 7 | | serve as a deputy registrar. | 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-8.5 new) | 9 | | Sec. 5-8.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise | 10 | | provided by law, an individual that is 17 years old or older | 11 | | who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to | 12 | | serve as a deputy registrar. | 13 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-35.5 new) | 14 | | Sec. 6-35.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless | 15 | | otherwise provided by law, an individual that is 17 years old | 16 | | or older who is registered to vote in this State shall be | 17 | | eligible to serve as a deputy registrar. ".
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