Bill Text: IL SB2535 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person may photograph his or her ballot and share the photographs of his or her ballot with other persons. Effective July 1, 2016.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2535 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2535-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2535 Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Michael Connelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29-9 from Ch. 46, par. 29-9
Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person may photograph his or her ballot and share the photographs of his or her ballot with other persons. Effective July 1, 2016.
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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 Section
29-9 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting. Except as
permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his
ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device
so that it can be observed by another person, and any person
who knowingly observes another person lawfully marking a ballot
or lawfully casting his vote on a voting machine or voting
device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section, any person may photograph his
or her ballot and share the photographs of his or her ballot
with other persons.
(Source: P.A. 78-887.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2016.