Bill Text: IL HB0499 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Specifies that the spouse or dependent of a member of the armed forces or merchant marine, residing with or accompanying the member, need not have resided in Illinois in order to vote a military or overseas absentee ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo [HB0499 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0499-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 20-1 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/20-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-1)
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7 | Sec. 20-1.
The following words and phrases contained in | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | this Article
shall be construed as follows:
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9 | 1. "Territorial limits of the United States" means each of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the several
States of the United States and includes the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the Virgin Islands; but does not
include American Samoa, the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands or any | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | other territory or possession of the United States.
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15 | 2. "Member of the United States Service" means (a) members | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | of the Armed
Forces while on active duty and their spouses and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | dependents of voting
age when residing with or accompanying | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | them, (b) members of the Merchant
Marine of the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | and their spouses and dependents when residing
with or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | accompanying them and (c) United States government employees | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | serving
outside the territorial limits of the United States. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | For the purposes of this definition, nothing in this Code shall | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | be construed to require that the spouse or voting age dependent |
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1 | of a member of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine must have | ||||||
2 | ever resided in Illinois.
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3 | 3. "Citizens of the United States temporarily residing | ||||||
4 | outside the
territorial limits of the United States" means | ||||||
5 | civilian citizens of the
United States and their spouses and | ||||||
6 | dependents of voting age when residing
with or accompanying | ||||||
7 | them, who maintain a precinct residence in a county in
this | ||||||
8 | State and whose intent to return may be ascertained.
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9 | 4. "Non-Resident Civilian Citizens" means civilian | ||||||
10 | citizens of the United
States (a) who reside outside the | ||||||
11 | territorial limits of the United States,
(b) who had maintained | ||||||
12 | a precinct residence in a county in this State
immediately | ||||||
13 | prior to their departure from the United States, (c) who do not
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14 | maintain a residence and are not registered to vote in any | ||||||
15 | other State, and
(d) whose intent to return to this State may | ||||||
16 | be uncertain.
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17 | 5. "Official postcard" means the postcard application for | ||||||
18 | registration
to vote or for an absentee ballot in the form | ||||||
19 | provided in Section 204(c)
of the Federal Voting Rights Act of | ||||||
20 | 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1973cc-14(c)).
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21 | 6. "Federal office" means the offices of President and | ||||||
22 | Vice-President
of the United States, United States Senator, | ||||||
23 | Representative in Congress,
delegates and alternate delegates | ||||||
24 | to the national nominating conventions
and candidates for the | ||||||
25 | Presidential Preference Primary.
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26 | 7. "Federal election" means any general, primary or special |
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1 | election at
which candidates are nominated or elected to | ||||||
2 | Federal office.
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3 | 8. "Dependent", for purposes of this Article, shall mean a | ||||||
4 | father, mother,
brother, sister, son or daughter.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 81-953.)
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