Bill Amendment: IL SB2821 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: ELEC CD-VOTE CENTERS

Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2821 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2821-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 4/20/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2821
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2821 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
1-17 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-17 new)
Sec. 1-17. Vote centers.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Board" means:
(1) the board of election commissioners; or
(2) if no board of election commissioners exists, the
county board for the county coterminous with the election
jurisdiction.
"Vote center" means a polling place where a voter who
resides in the county in which the vote center is located may
vote without regard to which precinct the voter resides in.

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(b) A board may establish vote centers in an election
jurisdiction by doing the following:
(1) the board shall hold an initial public hearing
where a draft plan shall be presented by the election
authority for administration of vote centers in the
election jurisdiction;
(2) after presentation of the draft plan, the board
shall accept written public comments for at least 14 days;
(3) at least 14 days after presentation of the draft
plan, the board shall hold a final public hearing to
consider the draft plan, the written public comments, and
any other public comment that the board may permit on the
draft plan; the most frequently submitted public comments
and questions must be addressed at this hearing, and posted
online by the board;
(4) after consideration of the draft plan and the
public comments, the board may:
(A) vote to adopt an order approving the draft
plan; or
(B) amend the draft plan and then vote to adopt an
order approving the amended draft plan.
The board may adopt the order to approve a plan by a
three-fifths vote of the board. The order and adopted plan must
be filed with the State Board of Elections and made available
to the public.
Following the adoption of a plan establishing vote centers

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by three-fifths vote of the board, the election authority may
submit a revised draft plan to the board. In order to adopt the
revised draft plan, the board shall consider the plan according
to subsections (1) through (4), unless the revised plan changes
only the location of vote centers in the jurisdiction. If the
revised plan changes the location of vote centers and makes no
other changes to the existing plan, then the board may adopt
the new plan with a three-fifths vote at its meeting without
requiring the public comment period described in subsections
(2) and (3).
(c) The plan required by subsection (b) must include the
following:
(1) The total number of vote centers to be established.
(2) The location of each vote center.
(3) The total number of voters within the election
jurisdiction.
(4) The number of active voters within the election
jurisdiction.
(5) The number of inactive voters within the election
jurisdiction.
(6) For each vote center designated under paragraph
(2):
(A) a description of how the vote center will
ensure every ballot style appearing in the
jurisdiction will be available to voters at the vote
center; and

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(B) certification that at least 3 poll workers will
be present at each vote center on election day.
(7) A certification that the proposed vote centers are
accessible to disabled voters and comply with the
accessibility requirements applicable to polling places.
(8) The total number and locations of early voting
locations to be established at vote center locations
designated under paragraph (2).
(9) A plan to educate voters on the transition to vote
centers.
(10) A plan and allocation request to send a one-time
vote by mail application to all registered voters prior to
the first election where vote centers are used.
(11) Consideration of the following accommodations for
accessibility and placement:
(A) vote center proximity to public
transportation;
(B) vote center proximity to communities with
historically low vote by mail usage;
(C) vote center location proximity to population
centers;
(D) vote center proximity to language minority
communities;
(E) vote center proximity to voters with
disabilities;
(F) vote center location proximity to low-income

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communities;
(G) vote center proximity to communities of
eligible voters who are not registered to vote and may
need access to same day voter registration; and
(H) proximity to accessible and free parking at
vote centers.
(d) Except as provided otherwise in this subsection, a plan
must provide a vote center for use by voters residing within
the election jurisdiction for use in a primary election,
general election, special election, municipal primary, or
municipal election conducted on or after the effective date of
the board's order.
(1) The plan must provide for at least one vote center
for each 7,500 active voters who are eligible to vote in
the election in which the vote centers are used.
(2) In addition to the vote centers designated in
paragraph (1), the plan must provide for a vote center for
any remaining fraction of 7,500 active voters who are
eligible to vote in the election in which the vote centers
are used.
(e) Before adopting an order establishing vote centers in
an election jurisdiction in accordance with this Section, the
election authority must determine that:
(1) the secure electronic connection at each vote
center is sufficient to prevent:
(A) any voter from voting more than once; and

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(B) unauthorized access by any person to the
computerized list of voters in the election
jurisdiction;
(2) the planned design and location of the equipment
and precinct officers will provide the most efficient
access for:
(A) voters to enter the polls, cast their ballots,
and leave the vote center; and
(B) precinct election officials, watchers,
challengers, and poll book holders to exercise their
and perform their duties within the vote center;
(3) the planned design does not have a
disproportionately negative effect on racial or language
minority voters, based on 52 U.S.C. 10301; and
(4) the planned design includes one vote center per
each 7,500 voters eligible to vote in the election on
Election Day, and one vote center per each 10,000
registered voters eligible to vote in the election for at
least 8 hours on each of the 3 days before election day;
and
(5) distributes the vote centers equitably across the
jurisdiction so as to afford maximally convenient options
for voters.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (h) or as specified
otherwise by the board, an order establishing vote centers in
an election jurisdiction in accordance with subsection (b)

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takes effect immediately upon the filing of the order with the
State Board of Elections, after local approval. The State Board
of Elections shall publish the plan on its website once it is
filed.
(g) An order filed with the State Board of Elections in
accordance with subsection (b) during the final 60 days before
an election becomes effective on the day following the
election. An order filed with the State Board of Elections in
accordance with subsection (b) remains in effect until the
board, by a three-fifths vote, rescinds the order establishing
vote centers in the election jurisdiction and files a copy of
the document rescinding the order with the State Board of
Elections.
(h) Each election authority in a county with a vote center
and the State Board of Elections shall publish notice of the
location of each vote center. Each election authority shall
publish the location of the vote centers electronically on its
website, if the election authority has a website, as well as in
the manner prescribed for the publication of other polling
places under Article 12 of this Code. For the first election
after the establishment of vote centers under subsection (b),
the election authority shall mail to each voter a notice of the
vote center locations, and notice that the voter may vote in
person at any vote center in the election jurisdiction. The
notice shall also include information regarding which early
voting locations will also serve as election day vote centers.

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(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
election authority shall administer an election conducted at a
vote center in accordance with federal law, this Code, and the
plan adopted with the board's order under subsection (b).
(j) A vote center shall replace a polling place when used
on election day and shall serve as a temporary early voting
site before election day.
(k) This Section shall apply only to election jurisdictions
with less than 1,000,000 residents.
(l) Within 2 years of the adoption of a vote center plan
under this Section, the election jurisdiction shall hold public
meetings to consider revising the plan with the public's
input.".