Bill Text: IL SB2925 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote, who currently holds an authentic Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued by the Secretary of State, and who is not making any application for a driver's license or identification card may make application to register to vote at Secretary of State driver services facilities or Secretary of State mobile events. Sets forth provisions concerning applications for online voter registration. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State may coordinate with each United States District Court in Illinois for a representative of the Secretary of State to offer voter registration information, provide voter registration applications, and collect completed voter registration applications, including electronic voter registration applications, from all eligible citizens after a judicial naturalization ceremony, to the extent allowed by the United States District Court presiding over the naturalization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-12 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 [SB2925 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2925-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2925 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.10 new
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.11 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote, who currently holds an authentic Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued by the Secretary of State, and who is not making any application for a driver's license or identification card may make application to register to vote at Secretary of State driver services facilities or Secretary of State mobile events. Sets forth provisions concerning applications for online voter registration. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State may coordinate with each United States District Court in Illinois for a representative of the Secretary of State to offer voter registration information, provide voter registration applications, and collect completed voter registration applications, including electronic voter registration applications, from all eligible citizens after a judicial naturalization ceremony, to the extent allowed by the United States District Court presiding over the naturalization.
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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 Sections
1A-16.10 and 1A-16.11 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.10 new)
Sec. 1A-16.10. Electronic voter registration; Secretary of
State.
(a) A person who is qualified to register to vote, who
currently holds an authentic Illinois driver's license or
State identification card issued by the Secretary of State,
and who is not making any application for a driver's license or
identification card may make application to register to vote
at Secretary of State driver services facilities or Secretary
of State mobile events. Voter registration of a person making
application for a driver's license or identification card
shall be conducted pursuant to Section 1A-16.1.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
who is qualified to register to vote and who holds an authentic
Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued
by the Secretary of State may submit an application to
register to vote electronically on a website maintained by the
Secretary of State.

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(c) A voter registration application submitted pursuant to
this Section shall be electronically transmitted by the
Secretary of State to the State Board of Elections and shall
contain the same information the Secretary of State transmits
to the State Board of Elections for voter registration
applications submitted pursuant to Section 1A-16.1.
(d) For an applicant's registration or change in
registration to be accepted, the applicant shall mark the box
associated with the following statement included as part of
the online voter registration application:
"By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of
the following:
(1) I am the person whose name and identifying
information is provided on this form, and I desire to
register to vote in the State of Illinois.
(2) All the information I have provided on this form
is true and correct as of the date I am submitting this
form.
(3) I authorize the Secretary of State to transmit
this application and my signature that is on file with the
Secretary of State to the State Board of Elections and
understand that such signature will be used by my local
election authority on this online voter registration
application for admission as an elector as if I had signed
this form personally."
(e) The Secretary of State shall implement the provisions

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of this Section no later than January 1, 2026.