Bill Text: IL SB2212 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Permits grace period voting and early voting until the day before the primary or election (now, the 3rd day before the primary or election).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2212 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2212-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB2212 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/4-50
10 ILCS 5/5-50
10 ILCS 5/6-100
10 ILCS 5/19A-15
Amends the Election Code. Permits grace period voting and early voting until the day before the primary or election (now, the 3rd day before the primary or election).
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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
Sections 4-50, 5-50, 6-100, and 19A-15 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/4-50)
Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
for change of address during the period from the close of
registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day
before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
in the office of the election authority or at a voter
registration location specifically designated for this purpose
by the election authority. The election authority shall
register that individual, or change a registered voter's
address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
Article for registration and change of address.
If a voter who registers or changes address during this
grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace

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period voting, either in person in the office of the election
authority or at a location specifically designated for this
purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
19.
Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
maintain those names and that information in an electronic
format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
State and local political committees. The name of each person
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
and 18-5.
A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
who register or change address during the grace period must be
transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which

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the ballots were opened.
(Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-50)
Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
for change of address during the period from the close of
registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day
before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
in the office of the election authority or at a voter
registration location specifically designated for this purpose
by the election authority. The election authority shall
register that individual, or change a registered voter's
address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
Article for registration and change of address.
If a voter who registers or changes address during this
grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
period voting, either in person in the office of the election
authority or at a location specifically designated for this
purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article

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19.
Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
maintain those names and that information in an electronic
format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
State and local political committees. The name of each person
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
and 18-5.
A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
who register or change address during the grace period must be
transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
the ballots were opened.
(Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-100)
Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other

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provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
for change of address during the period from the close of
registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day
before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
in the office of the election authority or at a voter
registration location specifically designated for this purpose
by the election authority. The election authority shall
register that individual, or change a registered voter's
address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
Article for registration and change of address.
If a voter who registers or changes address during this
grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
period voting, either in person in the office of the election
authority or at a location specifically designated for this
purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
19.
Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall

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maintain those names and that information in an electronic
format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
State and local political committees. The name of each person
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
and 18-5.
A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
who register or change address during the grace period must be
transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
the ballots were opened.
(Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance
begins the 15th day preceding a general primary, consolidated
primary, consolidated, or general election and extends through
the 3rd day before election day.
(b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain

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open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to
the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting
polling place designated by an election authority under
subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total
of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting
period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend
during the early voting period.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election
authority may close an early voting polling place if the
building in which the polling place is located has been closed
by the State or unit of local government in response to a
severe weather emergency. In the event of a closure, the
election authority shall conduct early voting on the 2nd day
before election day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. The election authority shall notify the State Board
of Elections of any closure and shall make reasonable efforts
to provide notice to the public of the extended early voting
period.
(Source: P.A. 96-637, eff. 1-1-10; 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766,
eff. 7-6-12.)