Illinois House Bill 3656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority shall appoint 3-person vote by mail election judge panels from a supplemental list of election judges submitted by each county central committee, township committeeperson, or ward committeeperson to compare the voter's signature on the certification envelope of the vote by mail ballot with the signature of the voter on file in the office of the election authority. Modifies the procedure for verifying or rejecting the signature on vote by mail ballots. Allows a voter to submit a statement confirming the vote if the signature was rejected. Allows a voter to cast a new ballot if the vote by mail ballot was rejected because the envelope was delivered opened. Makes conforming changes.

ELEC CD-VOTE BY MAIL

Rep. Ryan Spain [R]

Rep. Tony McCombie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2023-10-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-17	House	First Reading
2023-02-17	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	13-1.2	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	14-3.3	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	19-8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3656&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3656.htm