Full Text of HB2446 103rd General Assembly
HB2446 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2446 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Allows the State Board of Elections to receive voter registration information provided by applicants using electronic voter registration portals (rather than the Board's website). Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until that individual attains the required age to vote. Requires preregistration to be completed using the online voter registration system or an electronic voter registration portal. Provides that for the purposes of the Code, an individual who is 16 years of age or older (rather than who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general or consolidated election) shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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 | 17 | | Board of Elections. | 18 | | (b) The online voter registration system shall employ | 19 | | security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of | 20 | | voter registration applications submitted electronically | 21 | | pursuant to this Section. | 22 | | (c) The Board may receive voter registration information | 23 | | provided by applicants using electronic voter registration |
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| 1 | | portals the State Board of Elections' website , may cross | 2 | | reference that information with data or information contained | 3 | | in the Secretary of State's database in order to match the | 4 | | information submitted by applicants, and may receive from the | 5 | | Secretary of State the applicant's digitized signature upon a | 6 | | successful match of that applicant's information with that | 7 | | contained in the Secretary of State's database. | 8 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 9 | | who is qualified to register to vote and who has an authentic | 10 | | Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued | 11 | | by the Secretary of State may submit an application to | 12 | | register to vote electronically on a website maintained by the | 13 | | State Board of Elections. | 14 | | (e) An online voter registration application shall contain | 15 | | all of the information that is required for a paper | 16 | | application as provided in Section 1A-16 of this Code, except | 17 | | that the applicant shall be required to provide: | 18 | | (1) the applicant's full Illinois driver's license or | 19 | | State identification card number; | 20 | | (2) the last 4 digits of the applicant's social | 21 | | security number; and | 22 | | (3) the date the Illinois driver's license or State | 23 | | identification card was issued. | 24 | | (f) For an applicant's registration or change in | 25 | | registration to be accepted, the applicant shall mark the box | 26 | | associated with the following statement included as part of |
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| 1 | | the online voter registration application: | 2 | | "By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of the | 3 | | following: | 4 | | (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information | 5 | | is provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote in | 6 | | the State of Illinois. | 7 | | (2) All the information I have provided on this form is | 8 | | true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form. | 9 | | (3) I authorize the Secretary of State to transmit to the | 10 | | State Board of Elections my signature that is on file with the | 11 | | Secretary of State and understand that such signature will be | 12 | | used by my local election authority on this online voter | 13 | | registration application for admission as an elector as if I | 14 | | had signed this form personally.". | 15 | | (g) Immediately upon receiving a completed online voter | 16 | | registration application, the online voter registration system | 17 | | shall send, by electronic mail, a confirmation notice that the | 18 | | application has been received. Within 48 hours of receiving | 19 | | such an application, the online voter registration system | 20 | | shall send by electronic mail, a notice informing the | 21 | | applicant of whether the following information has been | 22 | | matched with the Secretary of State database: | 23 | | (1) that the applicant has an authentic Illinois | 24 | | driver's license or State identification card issued by | 25 | | the Secretary of State and that the driver's license or | 26 | | State identification number provided by the applicant |
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| 1 | | matches the driver's license or State identification card | 2 | | number for that person on file with the Secretary of | 3 | | State; | 4 | | (2) that the date of issuance of the Illinois driver's | 5 | | license or State identification card listed on the | 6 | | application matches the date of issuance of that card for | 7 | | that person on file with the Secretary of State; | 8 | | (3) that the date of birth provided by the applicant | 9 | | matches the date of birth for that person on file with the | 10 | | Secretary of State; and | 11 | | (4) that the last 4 digits of the applicant's social | 12 | | security number matches the last 4 digits for that person | 13 | | on file with the Secretary of State. | 14 | | (h) If the information provided by the applicant matches | 15 | | the information on the Secretary of State's databases for any | 16 | | driver's license and State identification card holder and is | 17 | | matched as provided in subsection (g) above, the online voter | 18 | | registration system shall: | 19 | | (1) retrieve from the Secretary of State's database | 20 | | files an electronic copy of the applicant's signature from | 21 | | his or her Illinois driver's license or State | 22 | | identification card and such signature shall be deemed to | 23 | | be the applicant's signature on his or her online voter | 24 | | registration application; | 25 | | (2) within 2 days of receiving the application, | 26 | | forward to the county clerk or board of election |
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| 1 | | commissioners having jurisdiction over the applicant's | 2 | | voter registration: (i) the application, along with the | 3 | | applicant's relevant data that can be directly loaded into | 4 | | the jurisdiction's voter registration system and (ii) a | 5 | | copy of the applicant's electronic signature and a | 6 | | certification from the State Board of Elections that the | 7 | | applicant's driver's license or State identification card | 8 | | number, driver's license or State identification card date | 9 | | of issuance, and date of birth and social security | 10 | | information have been successfully matched. | 11 | | (i) Upon receipt of the online voter registration | 12 | | application, the county clerk or board of election | 13 | | commissioners having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter | 14 | | registration shall promptly search its voter registration | 15 | | database to determine whether the applicant is already | 16 | | registered to vote at the address on the application and | 17 | | whether the new registration would create a duplicate | 18 | | registration. If the applicant is already registered to vote | 19 | | at the address on the application, the clerk or board, as the | 20 | | case may be, shall send the applicant by first class mail, and | 21 | | electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic | 22 | | mail address on the original voter registration form for that | 23 | | address, a disposition notice as otherwise required by law | 24 | | informing the applicant that he or she is already registered | 25 | | to vote at such address. If the applicant is not already | 26 | | registered to vote at the address on the application and the |
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| 1 | | applicant is otherwise eligible to register to vote, the clerk | 2 | | or board, as the case may be, shall: | 3 | | (1) enter the name and address of the applicant on the | 4 | | list of registered voters in the jurisdiction; and | 5 | | (2) send by mail, and electronic mail if the applicant | 6 | | has provided an electronic mail address on the voter | 7 | | registration form, a disposition notice to the applicant | 8 | | as otherwise provided by law setting forth the applicant's | 9 | | name and address as it appears on the application and | 10 | | stating that the person is registered to vote. | 11 | | (j) An electronic signature of the person submitting a | 12 | | duplicate registration application or a change of address form | 13 | | that is retrieved and imported from the Secretary of State's | 14 | | driver's license or State identification card database as | 15 | | provided herein may, in the discretion of the clerk or board, | 16 | | be substituted for and replace any existing signature for that | 17 | | individual in the voter registration database of the county | 18 | | clerk or board of election commissioners. | 19 | | (k) Any new registration or change of address submitted | 20 | | electronically as provided in this Section shall become | 21 | | effective as of the date it is received by the county clerk or | 22 | | board of election commissioners having jurisdiction over said | 23 | | registration. Disposition notices prescribed in this Section | 24 | | shall be sent within 5 business days of receipt of the online | 25 | | application or change of address by the county clerk or board | 26 | | of election commissioners. |
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| 1 | | (l) All provisions of this Code governing voter | 2 | | registration and applicable thereto and not inconsistent with | 3 | | this Section shall apply to online voter registration under | 4 | | this Section. All applications submitted on a website | 5 | | maintained by the State Board of Elections shall be deemed | 6 | | timely filed if they are submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on | 7 | | the 16th day prior to an election. After the registration | 8 | | period for an upcoming election has ended and until the 2nd day | 9 | | following such election, the web page containing the online | 10 | | voter registration form on the State Board of Elections | 11 | | website shall inform users of the procedure for grace period | 12 | | voting. | 13 | | (m) The State Board of Elections shall maintain a list of | 14 | | the name, street address, e-mail address, and likely precinct, | 15 | | ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, of | 16 | | people who apply to vote online through the voter registration | 17 | | system and those names and that information shall be stored in | 18 | | an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and | 19 | | accessible to State and local political committees. | 20 | | (n) The Illinois State Board of Elections shall develop or | 21 | | cause to be developed an online voter registration system able | 22 | | to be accessed by at least the top two most used mobile | 23 | | electronic operating systems by January 1, 2016. | 24 | | (o) (Blank).
| 25 | | (p) Each State department that maintains an Internet | 26 | | website must include a hypertext link to the homepage website |
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| 1 | | maintained and operated pursuant to this Section 1A-16.5. For | 2 | | the purposes of this Section, "State department" means the | 3 | | departments of State Government listed in Section 5-15 of the | 4 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (General Provisions and | 5 | | Departments of State Government). | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; | 7 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.) | 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/3-6) | 9 | | Sec. 3-6. Voting and registration age. | 10 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 11 | | who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on | 12 | | or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration | 13 | | held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until | 14 | | that individual attains the required age to vote. | 15 | | Preregistration under this subsection (a) shall be completed | 16 | | using the online voter registration system, as provided in | 17 | | Section 1A-16.5, or an electronic voter registration portal, | 18 | | as provided in Section 1A-16.7. | 19 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 20 | | who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary | 21 | | election, or consolidated primary election and who is | 22 | | otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that | 23 | | caucus, general primary, or consolidated primary, including | 24 | | voting a vote by mail, grace period, or early voting ballot | 25 | | with respect to that general primary or consolidated primary, |
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| 1 | | if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the | 2 | | immediately following general election or consolidated | 3 | | election for which candidates are nominated at that primary. | 4 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an | 5 | | individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on | 6 | | the date of the immediately following general or consolidated | 7 | | election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed | 8 | | eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition | 9 | | proposing a public question. | 10 | | (d) For the purposes of this Code, a person who is 16 years | 11 | | of age or older shall be deemed competent to execute and attest | 12 | | to any voter registration forms. | 13 | | (e) References in this Code and elsewhere to the | 14 | | requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be | 15 | | interpreted in accordance with this Section. | 16 | | For the purposes of this Code, an individual who is 17 | 17 | | years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the | 18 | | general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to | 19 | | execute and attest to any voter registration forms. An | 20 | | individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on | 21 | | the date of the immediately following general or consolidated | 22 | | election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed | 23 | | eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition | 24 | | proposing a public question.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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