Bill Text: IL SB3567 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to share information or data with any other state in order to maintain a state-wide centralized registration system. Authorizes the Secretary of State to share the voter registration information with a nonpartisan third party vendor as specified.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3567 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3567-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1-25 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/1-25 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1-25. Voter registration data sharing. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement to | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | share information or data with any other state in order to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | maintain a state-wide centralized voter registration system. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | If an agency of this State, another state, or the federal | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | government provides the Secretary of State with information or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | data to be used to maintain a centralized voter registration | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | system, the Secretary of State shall (1) not use that | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | information or data, except to maintain the system and (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | ensure that the information or data is held confidential if the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | information or data, while in the possession of such other | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | agency or state or federal government, as applicable, was | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | required to be held confidential, except as provided for in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (b) of this Section. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (b) The Secretary of State may provide this voter | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | registration information or data to a nonpartisan third party | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | vendor for the purpose of maintaining a state-wide centralized |
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1 | voter registration system, provided that the vendor's | ||||||
2 | activities are performed under the supervision of the Secretary | ||||||
3 | of State and the vendor has entered into an agreement to | ||||||
4 | protect the confidentiality of the voter registration | ||||||
5 | information or data.
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