Bill Text: IL HB2935 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall create a policy to be instituted by each election authority concerning the chain of custody and secure storage of vote by mail ballots. Provides that the policy shall include procedures to destroy a ballot if a voter returns a vote by mail ballot and votes in person at the same election; reporting requirements of the number of vote by mail ballots received, rejected, or destroyed due to in-person voting; and the creation of a public database to publish data provided by election authorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-29 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant [HB2935 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2935-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2935 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Bos SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-60 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall create a policy to be instituted by each election authority concerning the chain of custody and secure storage of vote by mail ballots. Provides that the policy shall include procedures to destroy a ballot if a voter returns a vote by mail ballot and votes in person at the same election; reporting requirements of the number of vote by mail ballots received, rejected, or destroyed due to in-person voting; and the creation of a public database to publish data provided by election authorities.
LRB102 12349 SMS 17686 b
A BILL FOR
HB2935 LRB102 12349 SMS 17686 b
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
1A-60 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-60 new)
Sec. 1A-60. Vote by mail ballots; chain of custody;
security. The State Board of Elections shall create a policy
to be instituted by each election authority concerning the
chain of custody and secure storage of vote by mail ballots.
The policy shall include:
(1) procedures to destroy a ballot if a voter returns
a vote by mail ballot and votes in person at the same
election;
(2) reporting requirements of the number of vote by
mail ballots received, rejected, or destroyed due to
in-person voting; and
(3) the creation of a public database to publish data
provided by election authorities.