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 1        AN ACT concerning voter registration.

 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 adding Section
 5    1A-16 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/1A-16 new)
 7        Sec.  1A-16.   Voter  registration  information; Internet
 8    posting.  The State Board of Elections must post on its World
 9    Wide Web site the following information:
10             (1)  A  full  description  of  the  National   Voter
11        Registration  Act of 1993, including a description of how
12        the Act is implemented in Illinois.
13             (2)  A comprehensive list of the  names,  addresses,
14        phone numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county
15        clerks,   election  officials,  and  boards  of  election
16        commissioners in Illinois.
17             (3)  A downloadable,  printable  voter  registration
18        form,  in  English  and  in  Spanish,  that a citizen may
19        complete  and  mail  to  the  appropriate  county  clerk,
20        election official, or board  of  election  commissioners.
21        Any   forms   provided  under  this  paragraph  (3)  must
22        prominently inform the person using the form that  he  or
23        she  must cast his or her votes in person, whether or not
24        the person is voting by absentee ballot, the  first  time
25        the  person  votes  following  his or her registration by
26        mail.

27        Section 10.  The Secretary of State  Act  is  amended  by
28    adding Section 14 as follows:

29        (15 ILCS 305/14 new)
 
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 1        Sec.  14.  Voter registration information.  The Secretary
 2    of State must post on the World Wide Web site of  the  Office
 3    of the Secretary of State the following information:
 4             (1)  A   full  description  of  the  National  Voter
 5        Registration Act of 1993, including a description of  how
 6        the Act is implemented in Illinois.
 7             (2)  A  comprehensive  list of the names, addresses,
 8        phone numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county
 9        clerks,  election  officials,  and  boards  of   election
10        commissioners in Illinois.
11             (3)  A  downloadable,  printable  voter registration
12        form, in English and  in  Spanish,  that  a  citizen  may
13        complete  and  mail  to  the  appropriate  county  clerk,
14        election  official,  or  board of election commissioners.
15        Any  forms  provided  under  this  paragraph   (3)   must
16        prominently  inform  the person using the form that he or
17        she must cast his or her votes in person, whether or  not
18        the  person  is voting by absentee ballot, the first time
19        the person votes following his  or  her  registration  by
20        mail.
21        The  required  information may be obtained from the State
22    Board of Elections.

23        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
24    becoming law.

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