Bill Text: IL HB3831 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Requires a grace period registrant to also present identification upon which his or her date of birth appears.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB3831 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3831-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3831 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/4-50
Amends the Election Code. Requires a grace period registrant to also present identification upon which his or her date of birth appears.
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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 4-50 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/4-50)
Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Code to the contrary, each election
authority shall establish procedures for the registration of
voters and for change of address during the period from the
close of registration for an election until and including the
day of the election. During this grace period, an unregistered
qualified elector may register to vote, and a registered voter
may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of
the election authority, at a permanent polling place
established under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting
site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling
place on election day, or at a voter registration location
specifically designated for this purpose by the election
authority. In addition to the registration requirements in
Section 4-10, a grace period registrant must present
identification upon which the registrant's date of birth
appears. Grace period registration and changes of address

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shall also be conducted for eligible residents in connection
with voting at facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code.
The election authority shall register that individual, or
change a registered voter's address, in the same manner as
otherwise provided by this Article for registration and change
of address.
If a voter who registers or changes address during this
grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary
occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by
grace period voting. The election authority shall offer
in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any
permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and
at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the
election, at a polling place on election day, where grace
period registration is required by this Section; and may offer
in-person grace period voting at additional hours and
locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace
period voting by the election authority. The election
authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the
election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's
office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially
similar to voting under Article 19A.
Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
or within one day after the ballot is received by the election
authority if the election authority allows grace period voting
by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic

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means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of
Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address,
and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the
case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
maintain those names and that information in an electronic
format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
State and local political committees. The name of each person
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom vote by mail and
early ballots have been issued, for use as provided in
Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
who register or change address during the grace period at a
location other than their designated polling place on election
day must be transmitted to and counted at the election
authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be
transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The
grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to
the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in
the order in which the ballots were opened.
In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do
not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt
out of registration in the polling place if the election
authority establishes grace period registration and voting at

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other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the
election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in
each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents
reside if the election authority's main office is not located
in that municipality. The election authority may establish
other grace period registration and voting sites on election
day provided that the election authority has met the notice
requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary
early voting sites.
(Source: P.A. 100-442, eff. 8-25-17.)