Bill Text: IL HB4425 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that any campaign, party, or other organization or individual that engages in a vote by mail operation in which voters are sent applications for vote by mail ballots shall also provide the voter with a postage-paid return envelope addressed only to the appropriate local election authority for that registered voter. Provides that removing, tampering with, or otherwise knowingly making the postmark on the application unreadable by the election authority shall establish a rebuttable presumption of a violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4425 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4425-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4425 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3
Amends the Election Code. Provides that any campaign, party, or other organization or individual that engages in a vote by mail operation in which voters are sent applications for vote by mail ballots shall also provide the voter with a postage-paid return envelope addressed only to the appropriate local election authority for that registered voter. Provides that removing, tampering with, or otherwise knowingly making the postmark on the application unreadable by the election authority shall establish a rebuttable presumption of a violation.
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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
19-3 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
Sec. 19-3. The application for vote by mail ballot shall be
substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
.... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail
ballot.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall
return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same

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prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election
or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than election day,
for counting no later than during the period for counting
provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day
following election day.
I understand that this application is made for an official
vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the
election specified in this application and that I must submit a
separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
....
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
...............
However, if application is made for a primary election
ballot, such application shall require the applicant to
designate the name of the political party with which the
applicant is affiliated.
If application is made electronically, the applicant shall
mark the box associated with the above described statement
included as part of the online application certifying that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct,
and a signature is not required.

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Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to
an election authority the application for vote by mail ballot.
Any campaign, party, or other organization or individual that
engages in a vote by mail operation in which voters are sent
applications for vote by mail ballots shall also provide the
voter with a postage-paid return envelope addressed only to the
appropriate local election authority for that registered
voter. Removing, tampering with, or otherwise knowingly making
the postmark on the application unreadable by the election
authority shall establish a rebuttable presumption of a
violation of this paragraph. Upon receipt, the appropriate
election authority shall accept and promptly process any
application for vote by mail ballot submitted in a form
substantially similar to that required by this Section,
including any substantially similar production or reproduction
generated by the applicant.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15;
99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)