Bill Text: IL HB3078 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk shall send a copy of the abstract by precinct or ward and result to the State Board of Elections within 24 hours after receiving the abstract from the election authority.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3078 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3078-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB3078 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/22-9 from Ch. 46, par. 22-9
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk shall send a copy of the abstract by precinct or ward and result to the State Board of Elections within 24 hours after receiving the abstract from the election authority.
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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
22-9 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/22-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-9)
Sec. 22-9. It shall be the duty of the election authority
to canvass and add up and declare the result of every election
hereafter held within the boundaries of such city, village or
incorporated town operating under Article 6 of this Act. The
election authority shall file a certified copy of the record
with the County Clerk of the county immediately upon completion
of the record; and such abstracts or results shall be treated,
by the County Clerk in all respects, as if made by the election
authority now provided by the foregoing sections of this law,
and he shall transmit the same, by facsimile, e-mail, or other
electronic means, to the State Board of Elections, or other
proper officer, as required hereinabove. Within 24 hours after
receiving the abstract, the The county clerk or board of
election commissioners, as the case may be, shall also send the
abstract by precinct or ward and result in a sealed envelope
addressed to the State Board of Elections via overnight mail so
it arrives at the address the following calendar day. And such

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abstracts or results so declared, and a certified copy thereof,
shall be treated everywhere within the state, and by all public
officers, with the same binding force and effect as the
abstract of votes now authorized by the foregoing provisions of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06;
95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)