Bill Text: IL HB0257 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that for the 2020 general primary election and each election thereafter, each election authority shall mail to every registered voter within that election authority's jurisdiction a vote by mail ballot. Provides that ballots under the provisions must be sent to voters in a reasonable amount of time before the date of the election. Provides that the receipt of a ballot 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 [HB0257 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0257-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0257 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 and each election thereafter, each election authority shall mail to every registered voter within that election authority's jurisdiction a vote by mail ballot. Provides that ballots under the provisions must be sent to voters in a reasonable amount of time before the date of the election. Provides that the receipt of a ballot 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 and each election
thereafter, 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) Ballots mailed under this Section must be sent to
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.
(c) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules
necessary to implement this Section.