Bill Text: IL HB0431 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that a person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a photograph is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-08-24 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi [HB0431 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0431-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB0431 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29-9 from Ch. 46, par. 29-9
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that a person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a photograph is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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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 changing Section
29-9 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting. Except as
permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his
ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device
so that it can be observed by another person, and any person
who knowingly observes another person lawfully marking a ballot
or lawfully casting his vote on a voting machine or voting
device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Nothing in this
Section shall prohibit a person from photographing his or her
own ballot at any time during the voting process or from
viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed
ballot; however, a person who gives, promises to give, or
receives any money or other valuable consideration in
connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a
photograph shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 78-887.)