Bill Text: IL SB0250 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the nomination of candidates for the General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 75-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-12-01 - Total Veto Stands [SB0250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0250-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the nomination of candidates for the General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 75-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-12-01 - Total Veto Stands [SB0250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0250-Engrossed.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 | Sections 1A-16.6 and 1A-16.8 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.6) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 1A-16.6. Government agency voter registration. | ||||||
8 | (a) The By April 1, 2016, the State Board of Elections | ||||||
9 | shall establish and maintain a portal for automatic government | ||||||
10 | agency registration that permits an eligible person to | ||||||
11 | electronically apply to register to vote or to update his or | ||||||
12 | her existing voter registration whenever he or she conducts | ||||||
13 | business, either online or in person, with a designated | ||||||
14 | government agency. The portal shall interface with the online | ||||||
15 | voter registration system established in Section 1A-16.5 of | ||||||
16 | this Code and shall be capable of receiving and processing | ||||||
17 | voter registration application information, including | ||||||
18 | electronic signatures, from a designated government agency. | ||||||
19 | The State Board of Elections shall modify the online voter | ||||||
20 | registration system as necessary to implement this Section. | ||||||
21 | Voter registration data received from a designated | ||||||
22 | government agency through the online registration application | ||||||
23 | system shall be processed as provided for in Section 1A-16.5 of |
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1 | this Code. | ||||||
2 | Whenever the registration interface is accessible to the | ||||||
3 | general public, including, but not limited to, online | ||||||
4 | transactions, the interface shall allow the applicant to | ||||||
5 | complete the process as provided for in Section 1A-16.5 of this | ||||||
6 | Code. The online interface shall be capable of providing the | ||||||
7 | applicant with the applicant's voter registration status with | ||||||
8 | the State Board of Elections and, if registered, the | ||||||
9 | applicant's current registration address. The applicant shall | ||||||
10 | not be required to re-enter any registration data, such as | ||||||
11 | name, address, and birth date, if the designated government | ||||||
12 | agency already has that information on file. The applicant | ||||||
13 | shall be informed that by choosing to register to vote or to | ||||||
14 | update his or her existing voter registration, the applicant | ||||||
15 | consents to the transfer of the applicant's personal | ||||||
16 | information to the State Board of Elections. | ||||||
17 | (a-5) Whenever an employee of a designated government | ||||||
18 | agency serves a member of the public a government employee is | ||||||
19 | accessing the registration system while servicing the | ||||||
20 | applicant , the agency shall inform the individual in writing of | ||||||
21 | the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois and of the | ||||||
22 | penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter | ||||||
23 | registration application and shall provide an opportunity to | ||||||
24 | attest to meeting those qualifications under penalty of | ||||||
25 | perjury. The agency shall notify the individual that his or her | ||||||
26 | personal information shall be transferred to the State Board of |
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1 | Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter | ||||||
2 | registration application, and that the individual will only be | ||||||
3 | registered to vote if he or she meets the qualifications to | ||||||
4 | register to vote in Illinois. The agency shall not require the | ||||||
5 | individual to provide duplicate information, including, but | ||||||
6 | not limited to, any information he or she has already provided | ||||||
7 | as part of the underlying service transaction, except for a | ||||||
8 | signature. The agency shall inform the individual in writing | ||||||
9 | that declining to transfer his or her personal information for | ||||||
10 | voter registration purposes is confidential and will not affect | ||||||
11 | any services the individual may be seeking from the agency. The | ||||||
12 | individual shall not be required to disclose the reason for | ||||||
13 | declining, including his or her citizenship status. After each | ||||||
14 | transaction, the agency shall electronically transfer to the | ||||||
15 | State Board of Elections personal information relevant to voter | ||||||
16 | registration, including all records of documents relating to | ||||||
17 | identity, address, and citizenship, for every applicant, | ||||||
18 | regardless of whether or not the individual executed an | ||||||
19 | attestation. The State Board of Elections shall electronically | ||||||
20 | transfer to the appropriate election authority all voter | ||||||
21 | registration information required for each voter registration | ||||||
22 | application it creates government employee shall notify the | ||||||
23 | applicant of the applicant's registration status with the State | ||||||
24 | Board of Elections and, if registered, the applicant's current | ||||||
25 | registration address. If the applicant elects to register to | ||||||
26 | vote or to update his or her existing voter registration, the |
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1 | government employee shall collect the needed information and | ||||||
2 | assist the applicant with his or her registration. The | ||||||
3 | applicant shall be informed that by choosing to register to | ||||||
4 | vote or to update his or her existing voter registration, the | ||||||
5 | applicant consents to the transfer of the applicant's personal | ||||||
6 | information to the State Board of Elections . | ||||||
7 | (a-10) Upon receipt of personal information collected and | ||||||
8 | transferred by a designated government agency, the State Board | ||||||
9 | of Elections shall check the information against the statewide | ||||||
10 | voter registration database. The State Board of Elections shall | ||||||
11 | create and electronically transmit to the appropriate election | ||||||
12 | authority a voter registration application for all individuals | ||||||
13 | who are not registered to vote in Illinois and are not | ||||||
14 | disqualified as provided in subsection (a-15) of this Section | ||||||
15 | or whose information reliably indicates a more recent update to | ||||||
16 | the name or address of a person already included in the | ||||||
17 | statewide voter database, regardless of whether they provided | ||||||
18 | an attestation during the agency transaction. The election | ||||||
19 | authority shall process the application accordingly. If an | ||||||
20 | individual did not provide an attestation during the agency | ||||||
21 | transaction, the election authority shall not treat the | ||||||
22 | application as complete or add the individual to the voter | ||||||
23 | registration list until the expiration of a period of time | ||||||
24 | established by rule for declining registration. | ||||||
25 | (a-15) If the State Board of Elections determines that | ||||||
26 | personal information collected and transferred by the |
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1 | designated government agency includes a green card or other | ||||||
2 | legal proof that the person is not a United States citizen, | ||||||
3 | then the State Board of Elections shall not create a voter | ||||||
4 | registration application and shall notify the person of the | ||||||
5 | reason his or her voter registration application is incomplete. | ||||||
6 | (a-20) Unless the application is incomplete pursuant to | ||||||
7 | subsection (a-15), the State Board of Elections shall create | ||||||
8 | and electronically transmit to the appropriate election | ||||||
9 | authority a voter registration application for any individual | ||||||
10 | who has attested to meeting voter registration applications. If | ||||||
11 | the personal information collected and transferred by the | ||||||
12 | designated government agency does not make it clear whether or | ||||||
13 | not a person is qualified to register to vote in Illinois, the | ||||||
14 | person's attestation that he or she is so qualified shall be | ||||||
15 | deemed sufficient evidence of meeting qualifications to | ||||||
16 | register to vote and the election authority shall process the | ||||||
17 | application accordingly. | ||||||
18 | (a-25) The appropriate election authority shall ensure | ||||||
19 | that any applicant who is registered to vote or whose existing | ||||||
20 | voter registration is updated under this Section is promptly | ||||||
21 | sent written notice of the change. The notice may be sent by | ||||||
22 | electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic | ||||||
23 | mail address on the voter registration form. The notice | ||||||
24 | required by this subsection (a-25) may be sent or combined with | ||||||
25 | other notices required or permitted by law, including, but not | ||||||
26 | limited to, any notices sent pursuant to Section 1A-16.5 of |
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1 | this Code. Any notice required by this subsection (a-25) shall | ||||||
2 | contain, at a minimum: | ||||||
3 | (1) the applicant's name, date of birth, and | ||||||
4 | residential address as reflected on the voter registration | ||||||
5 | list; | ||||||
6 | (2) a statement that the applicant will be registered | ||||||
7 | to vote or will have his or her voter registration updated | ||||||
8 | unless he or she declines registration within a period of | ||||||
9 | time established by rule; | ||||||
10 | (3) a statement of the qualifications to be a voter; | ||||||
11 | (4) a statement that it is illegal for a person who is | ||||||
12 | not qualified to be a voter to vote in an election, which | ||||||
13 | shall be printed in larger text than the rest of the | ||||||
14 | notice; | ||||||
15 | (5) a statement notifying the applicant to contact the | ||||||
16 | appropriate election authority if he or she does not meet | ||||||
17 | the qualifications to be a voter and stating that the | ||||||
18 | applicant does not have to provide a reason he or she is | ||||||
19 | not qualified to vote or disclose citizenship status; | ||||||
20 | (6) a statement notifying the applicant to contact the | ||||||
21 | appropriate election authority if his or her voter | ||||||
22 | registration has been updated in error; | ||||||
23 | (7) a statement notifying the applicant that he or she | ||||||
24 | may opt out of voter registration, or request a change to | ||||||
25 | registration information, at any time by contacting an | ||||||
26 | election official; |
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1 | (8) a prepaid postcard allowing the applicant to opt | ||||||
2 | out of voter registration or update his or her voter | ||||||
3 | registration information, or directions for opting out of | ||||||
4 | voter registration or updating voter registration | ||||||
5 | information online; | ||||||
6 | (9) contact information for the appropriate election | ||||||
7 | authority, including a phone number, address, electronic | ||||||
8 | mail address, and website address; | ||||||
9 | (10) a statement notifying the applicant that some | ||||||
10 | personal information related to voter registration may be | ||||||
11 | subject to public disclosure for purposes related to the | ||||||
12 | electoral process unless protected under an address | ||||||
13 | confidentiality program; and | ||||||
14 | (11) any other information necessary to fulfill the | ||||||
15 | obligations of this Section or local, State, or federal | ||||||
16 | law. | ||||||
17 | (a-30) The appropriate election authority shall ensure | ||||||
18 | that any applicant whose voter registration application is not | ||||||
19 | accepted or deemed incomplete is promptly sent written notice | ||||||
20 | of the application's status. The notice may be sent by | ||||||
21 | electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic | ||||||
22 | mail address on the voter registration form. The notice | ||||||
23 | required by this subsection (a-30) may be sent or combined with | ||||||
24 | other notices required or permitted by law, including, but not | ||||||
25 | limited to, any notices sent pursuant to Section 1A-16.5 of | ||||||
26 | this Code. Any notice required by this subsection (a-30) shall |
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1 | contain, at a minimum, the reason the application was not | ||||||
2 | accepted or deemed incomplete and contact information for the | ||||||
3 | appropriate election authority including a phone number, | ||||||
4 | address, electronic mail address, and website address. | ||||||
5 | (a-35) If a designated government agency transfers | ||||||
6 | information, or if the State Board of Elections creates and | ||||||
7 | transmits a voter registration application, for a person who | ||||||
8 | does not qualify as an eligible voter, it shall not constitute | ||||||
9 | a completed voter registration form, and the person shall not | ||||||
10 | be considered to have registered to vote. If the registration | ||||||
11 | is processed by any election authority, it shall be presumed to | ||||||
12 | have been effected and officially authorized by the State and | ||||||
13 | that person shall not be found on that basis to have made a | ||||||
14 | false claim to citizenship or to have committed an act of moral | ||||||
15 | turpitude, nor shall that person be subject to penalty under | ||||||
16 | any relevant laws, including, but not limited to, Sections | ||||||
17 | 29-10 and 29-19 of this Code. This subsection (a-35) does not | ||||||
18 | apply to any person who knows that he or she is ineligible to | ||||||
19 | register to vote but who knowingly and willfully registers to | ||||||
20 | vote or attests under penalty of perjury that he or she is | ||||||
21 | eligible to register to vote. | ||||||
22 | (a-40) No employee of a designated government agency shall | ||||||
23 | transmit to the State Board of Elections personal information | ||||||
24 | for any person who applies for or is issued a temporary | ||||||
25 | visitor's driver's license pursuant to Section 6-105.1 of the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Vehicle Code. |
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1 | (a-45) In the event that the registration of a voter is | ||||||
2 | changed from one address to another within the State and the | ||||||
3 | voter appears at the polls and offers to vote from the prior | ||||||
4 | registration address, attesting that the prior registration | ||||||
5 | address is the true current address, the voter, if confirmed by | ||||||
6 | the election authority as having been registered at the prior | ||||||
7 | registration address and canceled only by the process | ||||||
8 | authorized by this Section, shall be issued a regular ballot, | ||||||
9 | and the change of registration address shall be canceled. If | ||||||
10 | the election authority is unable to immediately confirm the | ||||||
11 | registration, the voter shall be permitted to register and vote | ||||||
12 | a regular ballot, provided that he or she meets the documentary | ||||||
13 | requirements for same-day registration. If the election | ||||||
14 | authority is unable to confirm the registration and the voter | ||||||
15 | does not meet the requirements for same-day registration, the | ||||||
16 | voter shall be issued a provisional ballot and the provisional | ||||||
17 | ballot shall be counted as provided for under Article 18A of | ||||||
18 | this Code. No voter shall be disqualified from voting due to an | ||||||
19 | error relating to an update of registration made under this | ||||||
20 | Section. | ||||||
21 | (a-50) In accordance with technical specifications | ||||||
22 | provided by the State Board of Elections, each designated | ||||||
23 | government agency shall maintain a data transfer mechanism | ||||||
24 | capable of transmitting voter registration application | ||||||
25 | information, including electronic signatures where available, | ||||||
26 | to the online voter registration system established in Section |
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1 | 1A-16.5 of this Code. Each designated government agency shall | ||||||
2 | establish and operate a voter registration system capable of | ||||||
3 | transmitting voter registration application information to the | ||||||
4 | portal as described in this Section by July 1, 2016. | ||||||
5 | (b) Whenever an applicant's data is transferred from a | ||||||
6 | designated government agency, the agency must transmit a | ||||||
7 | signature image if available. If no signature image was | ||||||
8 | provided by the agency or if no signature image is available in | ||||||
9 | the Secretary of State's database or the statewide voter | ||||||
10 | registration database, the applicant must be notified that | ||||||
11 | their registration will remain in a pending status and the | ||||||
12 | applicant will be required to provide identification and a | ||||||
13 | signature to the election authority on Election Day in the | ||||||
14 | polling place or during early voting. | ||||||
15 | (b-5) The State Board of Elections and designated | ||||||
16 | government agencies shall implement policies and procedures to | ||||||
17 | protect the privacy and security of voter information as it is | ||||||
18 | acquired, stored, and transmitted among agencies, including | ||||||
19 | policies for the retention and preservation of voter | ||||||
20 | information. Information designated as confidential under this | ||||||
21 | Section may be recorded and shared among the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Elections, election authorities, and designated government | ||||||
23 | agencies, but shall be used only for voter registration | ||||||
24 | purposes, shall not be disclosed to the public except in the | ||||||
25 | aggregate as required by subsection (d) of this Section, and | ||||||
26 | shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The |
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1 | following information shall be designated as confidential: any | ||||||
2 | portion of an applicant's Social Security number, any portion | ||||||
3 | of an applicant's motor vehicle driver's license number or | ||||||
4 | State identification number, an applicant's decision to | ||||||
5 | decline voter registration, the identity of the designated | ||||||
6 | government agency providing information relating to a specific | ||||||
7 | applicant, and the personal residence and contact information | ||||||
8 | of any applicant for whom local, State, or federal law requires | ||||||
9 | confidentiality, including, but not limited to, a victim of | ||||||
10 | domestic violence pursuant to the Address Confidentiality for | ||||||
11 | Victims of Domestic Violence Act or a victim of stalking | ||||||
12 | pursuant to the Stalking No Contact Order Act. This subsection | ||||||
13 | (b-5) shall not apply to information the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Elections is required to share with the Electronic Registration | ||||||
15 | Information Center. | ||||||
16 | (c) The voter registration procedures implemented under | ||||||
17 | this Section shall comport with the federal National Voter | ||||||
18 | Registration Act of 1993, as amended, and shall specifically | ||||||
19 | require that the The State Board of Elections shall track | ||||||
20 | registration data received through the online registration | ||||||
21 | system that originated from a designated government agency for | ||||||
22 | the purposes of maintaining statistics required by the federal | ||||||
23 | National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as amended . | ||||||
24 | (c-5) No later than September 1, 2016, designated | ||||||
25 | government agencies under this Section shall transfer all | ||||||
26 | personal information contained in relevant agency databases |
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1 | and collected since September 1, 2015 to the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Elections for cross-reference against the statewide voter | ||||||
3 | registration database. The State Board of Elections shall | ||||||
4 | create voter registration applications for all persons who are | ||||||
5 | not registered to vote in Illinois and are not disqualified as | ||||||
6 | provided in subsection (a-15) of this Section or whose records | ||||||
7 | indicate a more recent update to an existing voter | ||||||
8 | registration, and shall transmit these voter registration | ||||||
9 | applications to the appropriate election authorities for | ||||||
10 | processing and registration. | ||||||
11 | (d) The State Board of Elections shall submit an annual | ||||||
12 | public a report to the General Assembly and the Governor by | ||||||
13 | December 1, 2015 detailing the progress made to implement the | ||||||
14 | government agency voter registration portal described in this | ||||||
15 | Section. The report shall include all of the following: the | ||||||
16 | number of records transferred under this Section by agency, the | ||||||
17 | number of voters newly added to the statewide voter | ||||||
18 | registration list because of records transferred under this | ||||||
19 | Section by agency, the number of updated registrations under | ||||||
20 | this Section by agency, the number of persons who opted out of | ||||||
21 | voter registration, and the number of voters who submitted | ||||||
22 | voter registration forms using the online procedure described | ||||||
23 | in Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any report produced under this | ||||||
24 | subsection (d) shall exclude any information that identifies | ||||||
25 | any individual personally. | ||||||
26 | (d-5) The State Board of Elections, each election authority |
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1 | that maintains a website, and each designated government agency | ||||||
2 | that maintains a website shall provide information on their | ||||||
3 | websites informing the public about the new registration | ||||||
4 | procedures described in this Section. Each designated | ||||||
5 | government agency shall display signage or provide literature | ||||||
6 | for the public containing information about the new | ||||||
7 | registration procedures described in this Section. | ||||||
8 | (d-10) No later than January 1, 2017, the State Board of | ||||||
9 | Elections shall hold at least one public hearing on | ||||||
10 | implementing this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly | ||||||
11 | at which the public may provide input. | ||||||
12 | (e) The State Board of Elections, in consultation with | ||||||
13 | election authorities, the Secretary of State, designated | ||||||
14 | government agencies, and community organizations, shall adopt | ||||||
15 | rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this Section | ||||||
16 | , in consultation with the impacted agencies . | ||||||
17 | (e-5) Subsection (c-5) of this Section shall be implemented | ||||||
18 | no later than September 1, 2016. Subsections (a-5) through | ||||||
19 | (a-45) and subsection (b-5) of this Section shall be | ||||||
20 | implemented no later than July 1, 2017 for all designated | ||||||
21 | government agencies maintained by the Secretary of State and no | ||||||
22 | later than January 1, 2018 for all other designated government | ||||||
23 | agencies. | ||||||
24 | (f) As used in this Section, a "designated government | ||||||
25 | agency" means the Secretary of State's Driver Services and | ||||||
26 | Vehicle Services Departments, the Department of Human |
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1 | Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the | ||||||
2 | Department of Employment Security, and the Department on Aging , | ||||||
3 | any federal source that agrees to submit personal | ||||||
4 | identification information to the State for voter registration | ||||||
5 | purposes, and any other reliable State government source the | ||||||
6 | State Board of Elections may designate .
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7 | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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8 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based | ||||||
10 | upon information from the National Change of Address database | ||||||
11 | and designated government agencies, as defined in Section | ||||||
12 | 1A-16.6 of this Code . The State Board of Elections shall | ||||||
13 | cross-reference the statewide voter registration database | ||||||
14 | against the United States Postal Service's National Change of | ||||||
15 | Address database twice each calendar year, April 15 and October | ||||||
16 | 1 in odd-numbered years and April 15 and December 1 in | ||||||
17 | even-numbered years, and shall share the findings with the | ||||||
18 | election authorities. In addition, beginning no later than | ||||||
19 | September 1, 2016, the State Board of Elections shall utilize | ||||||
20 | data provided as part of its membership in the Electronic | ||||||
21 | Registration Information Center in order to cross-reference | ||||||
22 | the statewide voter registration database against databases of | ||||||
23 | relevant personal information kept by designated government | ||||||
24 | agencies, including, but not limited to, driver's license | ||||||
25 | information kept by the Secretary of State, at least 6 times |
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1 | each calendar year and shall share the findings with election | ||||||
2 | authorities. An election authority shall automatically | ||||||
3 | register any voter who has moved into its jurisdiction from | ||||||
4 | another jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved within its | ||||||
5 | jurisdiction provided that: | ||||||
6 | (1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes | ||||||
7 | the new registration address provides the voter an | ||||||
8 | opportunity to reject the change in registration address | ||||||
9 | through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the new | ||||||
10 | registration address, and | ||||||
11 | (2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction | ||||||
12 | includes the previous registration address is a different | ||||||
13 | election authority, then that election authority provides | ||||||
14 | the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by forwardable | ||||||
15 | mail, to the previous registration address. | ||||||
16 | This change in registration shall trigger the same | ||||||
17 | inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if | ||||||
18 | the voter completed a new registration card, including the | ||||||
19 | cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the | ||||||
20 | registration of a voter be changed from one address to another | ||||||
21 | within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and | ||||||
22 | offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting | ||||||
23 | that the prior registration address is the true current | ||||||
24 | address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as | ||||||
25 | having been registered at the prior registration address and | ||||||
26 | canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall |
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1 | be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration | ||||||
2 | address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable | ||||||
3 | to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be | ||||||
4 | permitted to register and vote a regular ballot, provided that | ||||||
5 | he or she meets the documentary requirements for same-day | ||||||
6 | registration. If the election authority is unable to confirm | ||||||
7 | the registration and the voter does not meet the requirements | ||||||
8 | for same-day registration, the voter shall be issued a | ||||||
9 | provisional ballot and the provisional ballot shall be counted | ||||||
10 | as provided under Article 18A of this Code . No voter shall be | ||||||
11 | disqualified from voting due to an error relating to an update | ||||||
12 | of registration under this Section.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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14 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
15 | changing Section 2-105 as follows:
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16 | (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
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17 | Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State. | ||||||
18 | (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the | ||||||
19 | State capital and
in such other places in the State as he may | ||||||
20 | deem necessary to properly
carry out the powers and duties | ||||||
21 | vested in him.
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22 | (b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or | ||||||
23 | more buildings in
the State of Illinois outside of the County | ||||||
24 | of Sangamon as he deems
necessary to properly carry out the |
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1 | powers and duties vested in him. The
Secretary of State may, on | ||||||
2 | behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public
or private | ||||||
3 | property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
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4 | The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings | ||||||
5 | constructed
thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State. | ||||||
6 | Expenditures for the
construction and equipping of any of such | ||||||
7 | buildings upon premises owned by
another public entity shall | ||||||
8 | not be subject to the provisions of any State
law requiring | ||||||
9 | that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
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10 | premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary | ||||||
11 | of State by
this Section is subject to the appropriation of the | ||||||
12 | necessary funds.
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13 | (c) Pursuant to Sections 1A-16.6 and Section 1A-25 of the | ||||||
14 | Election Code,
the Secretary of State shall make driver | ||||||
15 | services facilities available for use as places of accepting | ||||||
16 | applications for voter registration.
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17 | (d) (Blank).
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18 | (e) Each person applying at a driver services facility for | ||||||
19 | a driver's
license or permit, a corrected driver's license or | ||||||
20 | permit, an Illinois
identification card or a corrected Illinois | ||||||
21 | identification card
shall be notified , under the procedures set | ||||||
22 | forth in Section 1A-16.6 of the Election Code, that unless he | ||||||
23 | or she opts out that the person shall be registered may apply | ||||||
24 | to register to vote , and if his or her address has changed, his | ||||||
25 | or her voter registration information shall be updated to the | ||||||
26 | new address within this State at such station and may also |
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1 | apply to
transfer his or her voter registration at such station | ||||||
2 | to a different address in the
State . Such notification may be | ||||||
3 | made in
writing or verbally issued by an employee or the | ||||||
4 | Secretary of State.
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5 | The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may | ||||||
6 | be necessary
for the efficient execution of his duties and the | ||||||
7 | duties of his employees
under this Section.
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8 | (f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for | ||||||
9 | issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois | ||||||
10 | Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a | ||||||
11 | brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial | ||||||
12 | identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
13 | Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to | ||||||
14 | the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall | ||||||
15 | (i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be | ||||||
16 | an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft, | ||||||
17 | (ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader | ||||||
18 | believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity | ||||||
19 | theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone | ||||||
20 | numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that | ||||||
21 | provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
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