Full Text of SB0593 102nd General Assembly
SB0593ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Terra Costa Howard Filed: 5/10/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 593
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 593 on page 9, | 3 | | line 10, after "19-1," by inserting "19-4,"; and | 4 | | on page 16, immediately below line 13, by inserting the | 5 | | following:
| 6 | | "(10 ILCS 5/19-4)
(from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time. | 8 | | Immediately upon
the receipt of such application either by | 9 | | mail or electronic means, not more than 90 days
nor less than 5 | 10 | | days prior to such election, or by personal delivery not
more | 11 | | than 90 days nor less than one day prior to such election, at | 12 | | the
office of such election authority, it shall be the duty of | 13 | | such election
authority to examine the records to ascertain | 14 | | whether or not such
applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as
| 15 | | requested, including a verification of the applicant's | 16 | | signature by comparison with the signature on the official |
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| 1 | | registration record card, and if found so to be entitled to | 2 | | vote, to post within one business day thereafter
the name, | 3 | | street address,
ward and precinct number or township and | 4 | | district number, as the case may be,
of such applicant given on | 5 | | a list, the pages of which are to be numbered
consecutively to | 6 | | be kept by such election authority for such purpose in a
| 7 | | conspicuous, open and public place accessible to the public at | 8 | | the entrance of
the office of such election authority, and in | 9 | | such a manner that such list may
be viewed without necessity of | 10 | | requesting permission therefor. Within one
day after posting | 11 | | the name and other information of an applicant for a vote by | 12 | | mail
ballot, the election authority shall transmit by | 13 | | electronic means pursuant to a process established by the | 14 | | State Board of Elections that name and other
posted | 15 | | information to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 16 | | maintain those
names and other information in an electronic | 17 | | format on its website, arranged by
county and accessible to | 18 | | State and local political committees. Within 2
business days | 19 | | after posting a name and other information on the list within
| 20 | | its
office, but no sooner than 40 days before an election, the | 21 | | election authority shall mail,
postage prepaid, or deliver in | 22 | | person in such office an official ballot
or ballots if more | 23 | | than one are to be voted at said election. Mail delivery
of | 24 | | Temporarily Absent Student ballot applications pursuant to | 25 | | Section
19-12.3 shall be by nonforwardable mail. However,
for | 26 | | the consolidated election, vote by mail ballots for certain |
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| 1 | | precincts may
be delivered to applicants not less than 25 days | 2 | | before the election if
so much time is required to have | 3 | | prepared and printed the ballots containing
the names of | 4 | | persons nominated for offices at the consolidated primary.
The | 5 | | election authority shall enclose with each vote by mail ballot | 6 | | or
application written instructions on how voting assistance | 7 | | shall be provided
pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, | 8 | | written and approved by the State
Board of Elections, | 9 | | informing the vote by mail voter of the required postage for | 10 | | returning the application and ballot, and
enumerating
the | 11 | | circumstances under which a person is authorized to vote by | 12 | | vote by mail
ballot pursuant to this Article; such document | 13 | | shall also include a
statement informing the applicant that if | 14 | | he or she falsifies or is
solicited by another to falsify his | 15 | | or her
eligibility to cast a vote by mail ballot, such | 16 | | applicant or other is subject
to
penalties pursuant to Section | 17 | | 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election Code.
Each election | 18 | | authority shall maintain a list of the name, street address,
| 19 | | ward and
precinct, or township and district number, as the | 20 | | case may be, of all
applicants who have returned vote by mail | 21 | | ballots to such authority, and the name of such vote by mail | 22 | | voter shall be added to such list
within one business day from | 23 | | receipt of such ballot.
If the vote by mail ballot envelope | 24 | | indicates that the voter was assisted in
casting the ballot, | 25 | | the name of the person so assisting shall be included on
the | 26 | | list. The list, the pages of which are to be numbered |
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| 1 | | consecutively,
shall be kept by each election authority in a | 2 | | conspicuous, open, and public
place accessible to the public | 3 | | at the entrance of the office of the election
authority and in | 4 | | a manner that the list may be viewed without necessity of
| 5 | | requesting permission for viewing.
| 6 | | Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 7 | | election
of the
voters to whom it has issued vote by mail | 8 | | ballots. The list shall be
maintained for each precinct within | 9 | | the jurisdiction of the election
authority. Prior to the | 10 | | opening of the polls on election day, the
election authority | 11 | | shall deliver to the judges of election in each
precinct the | 12 | | list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail
| 13 | | ballots have been issued by mail.
| 14 | | Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 15 | | election of
voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent | 16 | | student ballots. The list
shall be maintained for each | 17 | | election jurisdiction within which such voters
temporarily | 18 | | abide. Immediately after the close of the period during which
| 19 | | application may be made by mail or electronic means for vote by | 20 | | mail ballots, each election
authority shall mail to each other | 21 | | election authority within the State a
certified list of all | 22 | | such voters temporarily abiding within the
jurisdiction of the | 23 | | other election authority.
| 24 | | In the event that the return address of an
application for | 25 | | ballot by a physically incapacitated elector
is that of a | 26 | | facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
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| 1 | | Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, | 2 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, within the | 3 | | jurisdiction of the election authority, and the applicant
is a | 4 | | registered voter in the precinct in which such facility is | 5 | | located,
the ballots shall be prepared and transmitted to a | 6 | | responsible judge of
election no later than 9 a.m. on the | 7 | | Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday immediately
preceding the | 8 | | election as designated by the election authority under
Section | 9 | | 19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the designated | 10 | | day
the ballot to the applicant on the premises of the facility | 11 | | from which
application was made. The election authority shall | 12 | | by mail notify the
applicant in such facility that the ballot | 13 | | will be delivered by a judge of
election on the designated day.
| 14 | | All applications for vote by mail ballots shall be | 15 | | available at the office
of the election authority for public | 16 | | inspection upon request from the
time of receipt thereof by | 17 | | the election authority until 30 days after the
election, | 18 | | except during the time such applications are kept in the
| 19 | | office of the election authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and | 20 | | except during
the time such applications are in the possession | 21 | | of the judges of election.
| 22 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 23 | | contrary, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 30 of the | 24 | | Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, | 25 | | Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, neither | 26 | | the name nor the address of a program participant under that |
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| 1 | | Act shall be included in any list of registered voters | 2 | | available to the public, including the lists referenced in | 3 | | this Section. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 5 | | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. | 6 | | 7-29-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)".
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