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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sections 19-2 and 19-3 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 19-2. Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | mail or electronically on the website of the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | election authority, not more than 90 nor less than 5 days prior | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to the
date of such election, or by personal delivery not more | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | than 90 nor less
than one day prior to the date of such | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | election, make application to the
county clerk or to the Board | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | of Election Commissioners for an official
ballot for the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | voter's precinct to be voted at such election, or be added to a | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | list of permanent vote by mail status voters who receive an | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | official vote by mail ballot for all subsequent elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Voters who make an application for permanent vote by mail | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | ballot status shall follow the procedures specified herein. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Voters whose application for permanent vote by mail status is | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | accepted by the election authority shall remain on the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | permanent vote by mail list until either the voter requests to | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | be removed from permanent vote by mail status or provides | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | notice to the election authority of a change in registration. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | The URL address at which voters may electronically request a | ||||||
| 2 | vote by mail ballot shall be fixed no later than 90 calendar | ||||||
| 3 | days before an election and shall not be changed until after | ||||||
| 4 | the election.
Such a ballot shall be delivered to the elector | ||||||
| 5 | only upon separate application by the elector for each | ||||||
| 6 | election.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, | ||||||
| 8 | eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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| 9 | (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3) | ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 19-3. The
application for vote by mail ballot shall be | ||||||
| 11 | substantially in the
following form: | ||||||
| 12 | APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT | ||||||
| 13 | To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | ||||||
| 14 | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | ||||||
| 15 | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | ||||||
| 16 | I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | ||||||
| 17 | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | ||||||
| 18 | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | ||||||
| 19 | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | ||||||
| 20 | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | ||||||
| 21 | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | ||||||
| 22 | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail | ||||||
| 23 | ballot. | ||||||
| 24 | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | ||||||
| 25 | to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | ||||||
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| 1 | return such ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same | ||||||
| 2 | prior to the closing of the polls on the date
of the election | ||||||
| 3 | or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than election day, | ||||||
| 4 | for counting no later than during the period for counting | ||||||
| 5 | provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | ||||||
| 6 | following election day. | ||||||
| 7 | I understand that this application is made for an official | ||||||
| 8 | vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the | ||||||
| 9 | election specified in this application and that I must submit a | ||||||
| 10 | separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or | ||||||
| 11 | ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election. | ||||||
| 12 | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | ||||||
| 13 | 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||||||
| 14 | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | ||||||
| 15 | .... | ||||||
| 16 | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | ||||||
| 17 | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | ||||||
| 18 | ............... | ||||||
| 19 | The application for a permanent vote by mail ballot shall | ||||||
| 20 | be substantially in the following form: | ||||||
| 21 | APPLICATION FOR A PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT | ||||||
| 22 | I am currently a registered voter and wish to apply for | ||||||
| 23 | permanent vote by mail status. | ||||||
| 24 | I state that I am a resident of the ....precinct of the (1) | ||||||
| 25 | *township of .... (2) *City of ....or (3) *.... ward in the | ||||||
| 26 | city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the | ||||||
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| 1 | county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | ||||||
| 2 | address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully | ||||||
| 3 | entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be | ||||||
| 4 | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail | ||||||
| 5 | ballot in all subsequent elections. | ||||||
| 6 | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | ||||||
| 7 | to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | ||||||
| 8 | return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same | ||||||
| 9 | prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election | ||||||
| 10 | or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than election day, | ||||||
| 11 | for counting no later than during the period for counting | ||||||
| 12 | provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | ||||||
| 13 | following election day. | ||||||
| 14 | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | ||||||
| 15 | 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||||||
| 16 | statements set forth in this application are true and correct. | ||||||
| 17 | .... | ||||||
| 18 | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | ||||||
| 19 | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | ||||||
| 20 | ............... | ||||||
| 21 | However, if application is made for a primary election | ||||||
| 22 | ballot, such
application shall require the applicant to | ||||||
| 23 | designate the name of the political party with which
the | ||||||
| 24 | applicant is affiliated. | ||||||
| 25 | If application is made electronically, the applicant shall | ||||||
| 26 | mark the box associated with the above described statement | ||||||
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| 1 | included as part of the online application certifying that the | ||||||
| 2 | statements set forth in this application are true and correct, | ||||||
| 3 | and a signature is not required. | ||||||
| 4 | Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to | ||||||
| 5 | an election authority the application for vote by mail ballot. | ||||||
| 6 | If applications are sent to a post office box controlled by any | ||||||
| 7 | individual or organization that is not an election authority, | ||||||
| 8 | those applications shall (i) include a valid and current phone | ||||||
| 9 | number for the individual or organization controlling the post | ||||||
| 10 | office box and (ii) be turned over to the appropriate election | ||||||
| 11 | authority within 7 days of receipt or, if received within 2 | ||||||
| 12 | weeks of the election in which an applicant intends to vote, | ||||||
| 13 | within 2 days of receipt. Failure to turn over the applications | ||||||
| 14 | in compliance with this paragraph shall constitute a violation | ||||||
| 15 | of this Code and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a | ||||||
| 16 | fine of $100 per application. Removing, tampering with, or | ||||||
| 17 | otherwise knowingly making the postmark on the application | ||||||
| 18 | unreadable by the election authority shall establish a | ||||||
| 19 | rebuttable presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon | ||||||
| 20 | receipt, the appropriate election authority shall accept and | ||||||
| 21 | promptly process any application for vote by mail ballot | ||||||
| 22 | submitted in a form substantially similar to that required by | ||||||
| 23 | this Section, including any substantially similar production | ||||||
| 24 | or reproduction generated by the applicant. | ||||||
| 25 | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-623, eff. 7-20-18.)
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