Bill Text: IL HB4368 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that voter preregistration may be completed on a paper application provided by the State Board of Elections. Provides that, if an election authority receives a paper application for preregistration, it shall promptly forward the application to the State Board of Elections for processing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4368 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4368-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3-6 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/3-6) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-6. Voting and registration age. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | election, or consolidated primary election and who is | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | caucus, general primary, or consolidated primary, including | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | voting a vote by mail, grace period, or early voting ballot | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | with respect to that general primary or consolidated primary, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | immediately following general election or consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | election for which candidates are nominated at that primary. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | application held in abeyance by the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | until that individual attains the required age to vote, at | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | which time the State Board of Elections shall transmit the |
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