Bill Text: IL HB1563 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that each local election authority shall, within 2 weeks of election day, deliver to the State Board of Elections a list of all voters that requested vote by mail ballots and either voted early or was given a provisional ballot at their precinct on election day. Provides that the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the State's Attorney with jurisdiction over the election authority, shall review the lists and investigate to determine whether any voter's intent when voting early or requesting such provisional ballots on election day was to vote more than once. Provides that, if such investigation reveals that the voter knowingly attempted to vote more than once, he or she shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1563 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1563-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1563 Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 46, par. 29-5
Amends the Election Code. Provides that each local election authority shall, within 2 weeks of election day, deliver to the State Board of Elections a list of all voters that requested vote by mail ballots and either voted early or was given a provisional ballot at their precinct on election day. Provides that the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the State's Attorney with jurisdiction over the election authority, shall review the lists and investigate to determine whether any voter's intent when voting early or requesting such provisional ballots on election day was to vote more than once. Provides that, if such investigation reveals that the voter knowingly attempted to vote more than once, he or she shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.
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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
29-5 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-5)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171)
Sec. 29-5. Voting more than once. Any person who, having
voted once, knowingly on the same election day where the ballot
or machine lists any of the same candidates and issues listed
on the ballot or machine previously used for voting by that
person, (a) files an application to vote in the same or another
polling place, or (b) accepts a ballot or enters a voting
machine (except to legally give assistance pursuant to the
provisions of this Code), shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony;
however, if a person has delivered a ballot or ballots to an
election authority as an absentee voter and due to a change of
circumstances is able to and does vote in the precinct of his
residence on election day, shall not be deemed to be in
violation of this Code.
Each local election authority shall, within 2 weeks of
election day, deliver to the State Board of Elections a list of
all voters that requested vote by mail ballots and either voted

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early or was given a provisional ballot at their precinct on
election day. The State Board of Elections, in consultation
with the State's Attorney with jurisdiction over the election
authority, shall review the lists and investigate to determine
whether any voter's intent when voting early or requesting such
provisional ballots on election day was to vote more than once.
If such investigation reveals that the voter knowingly
attempted to vote more than once, he or she shall be guilty of
a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 83-755.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171)
Sec. 29-5. Voting more than once. Any person who, having
voted once, knowingly on the same election day where the ballot
or machine lists any of the same candidates and issues listed
on the ballot or machine previously used for voting by that
person, (a) files an application to vote in the same or another
polling place, or (b) accepts a ballot or enters a voting
machine (except to legally give assistance pursuant to the
provisions of this Code), shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony;
however, if a person has delivered a ballot or ballots to an
election authority as a vote by mail voter and due to a change
of circumstances is able to and does vote in the precinct of
his residence on election day, shall not be deemed to be in
violation of this Code.
Each local election authority shall, within 2 weeks of

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election day, deliver to the State Board of Elections a list of
all voters that requested vote by mail ballots and either voted
early or was given a provisional ballot at their precinct on
election day. The State Board of Elections, in consultation
with the State's Attorney with jurisdiction over the election
authority, shall review the lists and investigate to determine
whether any voter's intent when voting early or requesting such
provisional ballots on election day was to vote more than once.
If such investigation reveals that the voter knowingly
attempted to vote more than once, he or she shall be guilty of
a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.