Bill Text: IL HB0195 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that for the 2020 general primary election, each election authority shall mail to every registered voter within that election authority's jurisdiction a vote by mail ballot. Provides that this provision is inoperative the day after the date of the 2020 general primary election. Provides that for any local election following the 2020 general primary election, a city may adopt an ordinance or resolution permitting the election authority with jurisdiction over the city to send every registered voter residing within that city a vote by mail ballot. Provides that if a city adopts the ordinance or resolution, then the election authority with jurisdiction over the city must mail every registered voter residing within that city a vote by mail ballot. Provides that ballots under the provisions must be mailed to voters a reasonable amount of time before the date of the election. Provides that the receipt of a ballot under the provisions does not prevent a voter from instead casting a ballot in person. Provides that the State Board of Elections may adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0195 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0195-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0195 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/19-2.3 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that for the 2020 general primary election, each election authority shall mail to every registered voter within that election authority's jurisdiction a vote by mail ballot. Provides that this provision is inoperative the day after the date of the 2020 general primary election. Provides that for any local election following the 2020 general primary election, a city may adopt an ordinance or resolution permitting the election authority with jurisdiction over the city to send every registered voter residing within that city a vote by mail ballot. Provides that if a city adopts the ordinance or resolution, then the election authority with jurisdiction over the city must mail every registered voter residing within that city a vote by mail ballot. Provides that ballots under the provisions must be mailed to voters a reasonable amount of time before the date of the election. Provides that the receipt of a ballot under the provisions does not prevent a voter from instead casting a ballot in person. Provides that the State Board of Elections may adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
19-2.3 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/19-2.3 new)
Sec. 19-2.3. All-mail elections.
(a) For the 2020 general primary election, each election
authority shall mail to every registered voter within that
election authority's jurisdiction a vote by mail ballot that
meets the requirements of this Article.
(b) Subsection (a) is inoperative the day after the date of
the 2020 general primary election.
(c) For any local election following the 2020 general
primary election, a city may adopt an ordinance or resolution
permitting the election authority with jurisdiction over the
city to send every registered voter residing within that city a
vote by mail ballot. If a city adopts an ordinance or
resolution under this subsection, then the election authority
with jurisdiction over the city must mail every registered
voter residing within that city a vote by mail ballot that
meets the requirements of this Article.
(d) Ballots mailed under this Section must be sent to

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voters in a reasonable amount of time before the date of the
election. The receipt of a ballot under this Section does not
prevent a voter from instead casting a ballot in person.
(e) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules
necessary to implement this Section.