Bill Text: IL SB1916 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that any campaign, party, or other organization or individual that engages in a vote by mail operation in which voters are sent applications for vote by mail ballots shall also provide the voter with a return envelope addressed only to the appropriate local election authority for that registered voter. Deletes language regarding an application that is sent to a post office box controlled by an individual or organization that is not an election authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1916 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB1916-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 changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 19-3 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 19-3. The
application for vote by mail ballot shall | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | be substantially in the
following form: | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | ballot. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | I hereby make application for an official ballot or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | ballots to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | shall return such ballot or ballots to the
official issuing |
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1 | the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date
of the | ||||||
2 | election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than | ||||||
3 | election day, for counting no later than during the period for | ||||||
4 | counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | ||||||
5 | 14th day following election day. | ||||||
6 | I understand that this application is made for an official | ||||||
7 | vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the | ||||||
8 | election specified in this application and that I must submit | ||||||
9 | a separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or | ||||||
10 | ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election. | ||||||
11 | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | ||||||
12 | 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||||||
13 | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | ||||||
14 | .... | ||||||
15 | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | ||||||
16 | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | ||||||
17 | ............... | ||||||
18 | However, if application is made for a primary election | ||||||
19 | ballot, such
application shall require the applicant to | ||||||
20 | designate the name of the political party with which
the | ||||||
21 | applicant is affiliated. | ||||||
22 | If application is made electronically, the applicant shall | ||||||
23 | mark the box associated with the above described statement | ||||||
24 | included as part of the online application certifying that the | ||||||
25 | statements set forth in this application are true and correct, | ||||||
26 | and a signature is not required. |
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1 | Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return | ||||||
2 | to an election authority the application for vote by mail | ||||||
3 | ballot. Any campaign, party, or other organization or | ||||||
4 | individual that engages in a vote by mail operation in which | ||||||
5 | voters are sent applications for vote by mail ballots shall | ||||||
6 | also provide the voter with a return envelope addressed only | ||||||
7 | to the appropriate local election authority for that | ||||||
8 | registered voter. If applications are sent to a post office | ||||||
9 | box controlled by any individual or organization that is not | ||||||
10 | an election authority, those applications shall (i) include a | ||||||
11 | valid and current phone number for the individual or | ||||||
12 | organization controlling the post office box and (ii) be | ||||||
13 | turned over to the appropriate election authority within 7 | ||||||
14 | days of receipt or, if received within 2 weeks of the election | ||||||
15 | in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days of | ||||||
16 | receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in compliance | ||||||
17 | with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of this Code | ||||||
18 | and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a fine of $100 | ||||||
19 | per application. Removing, tampering with, or otherwise | ||||||
20 | knowingly making the postmark on the application unreadable by | ||||||
21 | the election authority shall establish a rebuttable | ||||||
22 | presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon receipt, | ||||||
23 | the appropriate election authority shall accept and promptly | ||||||
24 | process any application for vote by mail ballot submitted in a | ||||||
25 | form substantially similar to that required by this Section, | ||||||
26 | including any substantially similar production or reproduction |
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1 | generated by the applicant. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-623, eff. 7-20-18.)
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