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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0499
Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Keith Farnham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/20-1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 20-1 |
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Amends the Election Code. Specifies that the spouse or dependent of a member of the armed forces or merchant marine, residing with or accompanying the member, need not have resided in Illinois in order to vote a military or overseas absentee ballot.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0499 |
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LRB096 04892 JAM 14958 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 20-1 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-1)
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| Sec. 20-1.
The following words and phrases contained in |
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| this Article
shall be construed as follows:
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| 1. "Territorial limits of the United States" means each of |
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| the several
States of the United States and includes the |
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| District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and |
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| the Virgin Islands; but does not
include American Samoa, the |
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| Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands or any |
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| other territory or possession of the United States.
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| 2. "Member of the United States Service" means (a) members |
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| of the Armed
Forces while on active duty and their spouses and |
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| dependents of voting
age when residing with or accompanying |
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| them, (b) members of the Merchant
Marine of the United States |
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| and their spouses and dependents when residing
with or |
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| accompanying them and (c) United States government employees |
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| serving
outside the territorial limits of the United States. |
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| For the purposes of this definition, nothing in this Code shall |
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| be construed to require that the spouse or voting age dependent |