Bill Text: IL SB1503 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that by January 31 of each year, each election authority shall submit a form with specified information to the State Board of Elections. Provides that the Board, in coordination with advocacy groups, shall develop the form an election authority shall use to submit the specified information. Provides that the Board shall provide a way for an election authority to submit the form online, by mail, or by facsimile. Provides that the Board shall make the information collected available to the public on request. Provides that the information submitted by an election authority to the State Board of Elections shall include any testing documents used to certify poll workers, the number of early voting sites, and the location and hours of operation for each early voting site.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1503 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1503-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1503 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1-18 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that by January 31 of each year, each election authority shall submit a form with specified information to the State Board of Elections. Provides that the Board, in coordination with advocacy groups, shall develop the form an election authority shall use to submit the specified information. Provides that the Board shall provide a way for an election authority to submit the form online, by mail, or by facsimile. Provides that the Board shall make the information collected available to the public on request. Provides that the information submitted by an election authority to the State Board of Elections shall include any testing documents used to certify poll workers, the number of early voting sites, and the location and hours of operation for each early voting site.
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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 adding Section
1-18 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-18 new)
Sec. 1-18. Election authorities; annual submission to
State Board of Elections. By January 31 of each year, each
election authority shall submit a form with the following
information to the State Board of Elections:
(1) the methods the jurisdiction uses for outreach to
populations who may have difficulty voting or accessing
polling places;
(2) the training materials for poll workers,
including, but not limited to, any testing documents used
to certify poll workers;
(3) the methods the jurisdiction engages in to recruit
poll workers, the jurisdiction's number of poll workers,
and the compensation levels for poll workers; and
(4) the communication plan for early voting procedures
and sites, the number of early voting sites, and the
location and hours of operation for each early voting site.
The State Board of Elections, in coordination with advocacy

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groups, shall develop the form an election authority shall use
to submit the information required under this Section. The
State Board of Elections shall provide a way for an election
authority to submit the form online, by mail, or by facsimile.
The State Board of Elections shall make the information
collected under this Section available to the public on
request.