Full Text of HB3106 101st General Assembly
HB3106ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Deb Conroy Filed: 3/6/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3106
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3106 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 1A-16.5 and 3-6 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5) | 7 | | Sec. 1A-16.5. Online voter registration. | 8 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and | 9 | | maintain a system for online voter registration that permits a | 10 | | person to apply to register to vote or to update his or her | 11 | | existing voter registration. In accordance with technical | 12 | | specifications provided by the State Board of Elections, each | 13 | | election authority shall maintain a voter registration system | 14 | | capable of receiving and processing voter registration | 15 | | application information, including electronic signatures, from | 16 | | the online voter registration system established by the State |
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| 1 | | Board of Elections. | 2 | | (b) The online voter registration system shall employ | 3 | | security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter | 4 | | registration applications submitted electronically pursuant to | 5 | | this Section. | 6 | | (c) The Board may receive voter registration information | 7 | | provided by applicants using electronic voter registration | 8 | | portals the State Board of Elections' website , may cross | 9 | | reference that information with data or information contained | 10 | | in the Secretary of State's database in order to match the | 11 | | information submitted by applicants, and may receive from the | 12 | | Secretary of State the applicant's digitized signature upon a | 13 | | successful match of that applicant's information with that | 14 | | contained in the Secretary of State's database. | 15 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 16 | | who is qualified to register to vote and who has an authentic | 17 | | Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued | 18 | | by the Secretary of State may submit an application to register | 19 | | to vote electronically on a website maintained by the State | 20 | | Board of Elections. | 21 | | (e) An online voter registration application shall contain | 22 | | all of the information that is required for a paper application | 23 | | as provided in Section 1A-16 of this Code, except that the | 24 | | applicant shall be required to provide: | 25 | | (1) the applicant's full Illinois driver's license or | 26 | | State identification card number; |
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| 1 | | (2) the last 4 digits of the applicant's social | 2 | | security number; and | 3 | | (3) the date the Illinois driver's license or State | 4 | | identification card was issued. | 5 | | (f) For an applicant's registration or change in | 6 | | registration to be accepted, the applicant shall mark the box | 7 | | associated with the following statement included as part of the | 8 | | online voter registration application: | 9 | | "By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of the | 10 | | following: | 11 | | (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information | 12 | | is provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote in | 13 | | the State of Illinois. | 14 | | (2) All the information I have provided on this form is | 15 | | true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form. | 16 | | (3) I authorize the Secretary of State to transmit to the | 17 | | State Board of Elections my signature that is on file with the | 18 | | Secretary of State and understand that such signature will be | 19 | | used by my local election authority on this online voter | 20 | | registration application for admission as an elector as if I | 21 | | had signed this form personally.". | 22 | | (g) Immediately upon receiving a completed online voter | 23 | | registration application, the online voter registration system | 24 | | shall send, by electronic mail, a confirmation notice that the | 25 | | application has been received. Within 48 hours of receiving | 26 | | such an application, the online voter registration system shall |
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| 1 | | send by electronic mail, a notice informing the applicant of | 2 | | whether the following information has been matched with the | 3 | | Secretary of State database: | 4 | | (1) that the applicant has an authentic Illinois | 5 | | driver's license or State identification card issued by the | 6 | | Secretary of State and that the driver's license or State | 7 | | identification number provided by the applicant matches | 8 | | the driver's license or State identification card number | 9 | | for that person on file with the Secretary of State; | 10 | | (2) that the date of issuance of the Illinois driver's | 11 | | license or State identification card listed on the | 12 | | application matches the date of issuance of that card for | 13 | | that person on file with the Secretary of State; | 14 | | (3) that the date of birth provided by the applicant | 15 | | matches the date of birth for that person on file with the | 16 | | Secretary of State; and | 17 | | (4) that the last 4 digits of the applicant's social | 18 | | security number matches the last 4 digits for that person | 19 | | on file with the Secretary of State. | 20 | | (h) If the information provided by the applicant matches | 21 | | the information on the Secretary of State's databases for any | 22 | | driver's license and State identification card holder and is | 23 | | matched as provided in subsection (g) above, the online voter | 24 | | registration system shall: | 25 | | (1) retrieve from the Secretary of State's database | 26 | | files an electronic copy of the applicant's signature from |
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| 1 | | his or her Illinois driver's license or State | 2 | | identification card and such signature shall be deemed to | 3 | | be the applicant's signature on his or her online voter | 4 | | registration application; | 5 | | (2) within 2 days of receiving the application, forward | 6 | | to the county clerk or board of election commissioners | 7 | | having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter | 8 | | registration: (i) the application, along with the | 9 | | applicant's relevant data that can be directly loaded into | 10 | | the jurisdiction's voter registration system and (ii) a | 11 | | copy of the applicant's electronic signature and a | 12 | | certification from the State Board of Elections that the | 13 | | applicant's driver's license or State identification card | 14 | | number, driver's license or State identification card date | 15 | | of issuance, and date of birth and social security | 16 | | information have been successfully matched. | 17 | | (i) Upon receipt of the online voter registration | 18 | | application, the county clerk or board of election | 19 | | commissioners having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter | 20 | | registration shall promptly search its voter registration | 21 | | database to determine whether the applicant is already | 22 | | registered to vote at the address on the application and | 23 | | whether the new registration would create a duplicate | 24 | | registration. If the applicant is already registered to vote at | 25 | | the address on the application, the clerk or board, as the case | 26 | | may be, shall send the applicant by first class mail, and |
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| 1 | | electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic | 2 | | mail address on the original voter registration form for that | 3 | | address, a disposition notice as otherwise required by law | 4 | | informing the applicant that he or she is already registered to | 5 | | vote at such address. If the applicant is not already | 6 | | registered to vote at the address on the application and the | 7 | | applicant is otherwise eligible to register to vote, the clerk | 8 | | or board, as the case may be, shall: | 9 | | (1) enter the name and address of the applicant on the | 10 | | list of registered voters in the jurisdiction; and | 11 | | (2) send by mail, and electronic mail if the applicant | 12 | | has provided an electronic mail address on the voter | 13 | | registration form, a disposition notice to the applicant as | 14 | | otherwise provided by law setting forth the applicant's | 15 | | name and address as it appears on the application and | 16 | | stating that the person is registered to vote. | 17 | | (j) An electronic signature of the person submitting a | 18 | | duplicate registration application or a change of address form | 19 | | that is retrieved and imported from the Secretary of State's | 20 | | driver's license or State identification card database as | 21 | | provided herein may, in the discretion of the clerk or board, | 22 | | be substituted for and replace any existing signature for that | 23 | | individual in the voter registration database of the county | 24 | | clerk or board of election commissioners. | 25 | | (k) Any new registration or change of address submitted | 26 | | electronically as provided in this Section shall become |
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| 1 | | effective as of the date it is received by the county clerk or | 2 | | board of election commissioners having jurisdiction over said | 3 | | registration. Disposition notices prescribed in this Section | 4 | | shall be sent within 5 business days of receipt of the online | 5 | | application or change of address by the county clerk or board | 6 | | of election commissioners. | 7 | | (l) All provisions of this Code governing voter | 8 | | registration and applicable thereto and not inconsistent with | 9 | | this Section shall apply to online voter registration under | 10 | | this Section. All applications submitted on a website | 11 | | maintained by the State Board of Elections shall be deemed | 12 | | timely filed if they are submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on | 13 | | the 16th day prior to an election. After the registration | 14 | | period for an upcoming election has ended and until the 2nd day | 15 | | following such election, the web page containing the online | 16 | | voter registration form on the State Board of Elections website | 17 | | shall inform users of the procedure for grace period voting. | 18 | | (m) The State Board of Elections shall maintain a list of | 19 | | the name, street address, e-mail address, and likely precinct, | 20 | | ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, of | 21 | | people who apply to vote online through the voter registration | 22 | | system and those names and that information shall be stored in | 23 | | an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and | 24 | | accessible to State and local political committees. | 25 | | (n) The Illinois State Board of Elections shall develop or | 26 | | cause to be developed an online voter registration system able |
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| 1 | | to be accessed by at least the top two most used mobile | 2 | | electronic operating systems by January 1, 2016. | 3 | | (o) (Blank).
| 4 | | (p) Each State department that maintains an Internet | 5 | | website must include a hypertext link to the homepage website | 6 | | maintained and operated pursuant to this Section 1A-16.5. For | 7 | | the purposes of this Section, "State department" means the | 8 | | departments of State Government listed in Section 5-15 of the | 9 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (General Provisions and | 10 | | Departments of State Government). | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; | 12 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.) | 13 | | (10 ILCS 5/3-6) | 14 | | Sec. 3-6. Voting and registration age. | 15 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 16 | | who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on | 17 | | or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration | 18 | | held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until | 19 | | that individual attains the required age to vote. | 20 | | Preregistration under this subsection (a) shall be completed | 21 | | using the online voter registration system, as provided in | 22 | | Section 16.7, or an electronic voter registration portal, as | 23 | | provided in Section 1A-16.5. | 24 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 25 | | who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary |
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| 1 | | election, or consolidated primary election and who is otherwise | 2 | | qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that caucus, general | 3 | | primary, or consolidated primary, including voting a vote by | 4 | | mail, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that | 5 | | general primary or consolidated primary, if that person will be | 6 | | 18 years old on the date of the immediately following general | 7 | | election or consolidated election for which candidates are | 8 | | nominated at that primary. | 9 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an | 10 | | individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on | 11 | | the date of the immediately following general or consolidated | 12 | | election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed | 13 | | eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition | 14 | | proposing a public question. | 15 | | (d) For the purposes of this Code, a person who is 16 years | 16 | | of age or older shall be deemed competent to execute and attest | 17 | | to any voter registration forms. | 18 | | (e) References in this Code and elsewhere to the | 19 | | requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be | 20 | | interpreted in accordance with this Section. | 21 | | For the purposes of this Code, an individual who is 17 | 22 | | years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the | 23 | | general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to | 24 | | execute and attest to any voter registration forms. An | 25 | | individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on | 26 | | the date of the immediately following general or consolidated |
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| 1 | | election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed | 2 | | eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition | 3 | | proposing a public question.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)".
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