Bill Text: IL SB0181 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Requires Voter Identification Cards for those who do not have acceptable photo identification. Sets forth requirements and exemptions. Provides that any person desiring to vote shall present to the judges of election for verification of the person's identity a government-issued photo identification card or his or her Voter Identification Card. In provisions concerning electioneering at voting precincts, provides that electioneering includes the distribution of food or drinks to voters. Provides that 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 the 7th day before the election (currently, the day of the election). Provides that a polling place shall not be located in any residential building, including, but not limited to, an apartment or dormitory. Provides that election authorities shall establish vote centers in at least 2 locations. Specifies the locations where vote centers shall be located. Provides that each election authority shall keep a secure record of the number of ballots printed and distributed to the judges of election at each polling place of each precinct or district. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall develop standards that each election authority shall implement for the 2026 general primary election, and all subsequent elections, to count and track the number of ballots printed and distributed. Removes provisions allowing voters to apply for permanent vote by mail status. Removes a provision that authorizes election authorities to maintain one or more secure collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail ballots. Provides that the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall complete the validation and counting of provisional ballots within 7 calendar days (rather than 14 calendar days) of the day after the election. Provides that specified vote by mail ballots returned to an election authority shall be counted on or before the 7th day after the election. Provides that any person who, during an early voting period, gathers on behalf of another and submits to an election authority more than 3 vote by mail ballots shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Assigned to Executive [SB0181 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0181-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0181 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Requires Voter Identification Cards for those who do not have acceptable photo identification. Sets forth requirements and exemptions. Provides that any person desiring to vote shall present to the judges of election for verification of the person's identity a government-issued photo identification card or his or her Voter Identification Card. In provisions concerning electioneering at voting precincts, provides that electioneering includes the distribution of food or drinks to voters. Provides that 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 the 7th day before the election (currently, the day of the election). Provides that a polling place shall not be located in any residential building, including, but not limited to, an apartment or dormitory. Provides that election authorities shall establish vote centers in at least 2 locations. Specifies the locations where vote centers shall be located. Provides that each election authority shall keep a secure record of the number of ballots printed and distributed to the judges of election at each polling place of each precinct or district. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall develop standards that each election authority shall implement for the 2026 general primary election, and all subsequent elections, to count and track the number of ballots printed and distributed. Removes provisions allowing voters to apply for permanent vote by mail status. Removes a provision that authorizes election authorities to maintain one or more secure collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail ballots. Provides that the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall complete the validation and counting of provisional ballots within 7 calendar days (rather than 14 calendar days) of the day after the election. Provides that specified vote by mail ballots returned to an election authority shall be counted on or before the 7th day after the election. Provides that any person who, during an early voting period, gathers on behalf of another and submits to an election authority more than 3 vote by mail ballots shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Makes other changes.
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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
Sections 4-7, 5-17, 6-31, 6-31, 6-100, 7-41, 11-2, 11-8, 16-5,
17-9, 17-29, 18-5, 18A-5, 18A-15, 19-2, 19-3, 19-4, 19-6,
19-8, 19A-15, 20-2, 20-2.1, 20-2.2, and 20-2.3 and 19A-35 and
by adding Sections 1-14, 3-8, and 29-21 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-14 new)
Sec. 1-14. Voter Identification Card.
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a Voter
Identification Card to each registered voter who does not have
an acceptable form of photo identification card as defined in
Section 3-8. The Voter Identification Card shall include at
least: (i) the voter's name, signature, and photograph; (ii)
the State seal; and (iii) the voter's current residence
address. A Voter Identification Card is valid for as long as
the registered voter maintains the name and residence on the
Card. A Voter Identification Card may not be used for any
purpose other than to vote in Illinois.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide the
Secretary of State with guidance on how to issue the Voter
Identification Card to those individuals who do not have an

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acceptable form of photo identification as defined in Section
3-8.
(c) Within a reasonable time after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
Secretary of State shall provide application forms for the
Voter Identification Card. Any registered voter who meets the
criteria set forth in this Section and who provides the proper
documentation required under subsection (d) shall receive a
Voter Identification Card.
(d) The Secretary of State shall require the presentation
and verification of the following information for issuance of
a Voter Registration Card:
(1) A photo identity document, except that a non-photo
identity document, as defined in subsection (e), is
acceptable if it includes both the applicant's name and
date of birth.
(2) Documentation showing the applicant's date of
birth.
(3) Evidence of voter registration.
(4) Documentation, as defined in subsection (f),
showing the applicant's name and principal residence
address.
(e) A non-photo identity document must include the
applicant's name and date of birth. Any of the following shall
constitute a non-photo identity document in lieu of a photo
identity document:

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(1) An original birth certificate or certified copy of
a birth certificate.
(2) A voter registration card.
(3) A copy of records filed in court by the applicant
or on behalf of the applicant by the applicant's counsel.
(4) A naturalization document.
(5) A copy of the applicant's marriage license.
(6) A copy of the State or federal tax return filed by
the applicant for the previous calendar year.
(7) An original of the annual Social Security
statement received by the applicant for the current or
preceding calendar year.
(8) An original of a Medicare or Medicaid statement
received by the applicant.
(9) A certified school record or transcript for the
current or preceding calendar year.
(f) Any of the following documents shall be acceptable as
documentation of the applicant's name and current address:
(1) A voter registration card.
(2) A utility bill or cable bill.
(3) A bank statement issued within the last 60 days.
(4) A valid and current rental agreement.
(5) A copy of the State or federal tax return filed by
the applicant for the previous calendar year.
(6) A homeowner's insurance policy or bill for the
current or preceding year.

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(7) A mortgage, deed, or property tax bill for the
current or preceding year.
(8) A W-2 for the preceding calendar year.
(g) Voters who are indigent and unable to obtain a Voter
Identification Card without a fee and voters who have a
religious objection to being photographed may vote a
provisional ballot and sign an affidavit which indicates that
one of the exemptions stated in this subsection applies. As
used in this Section, "indigent person" means an individual
whose income is 125% or less of the current federal poverty
income guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
(10 ILCS 5/3-8 new)
Sec. 3-8. Acceptable forms of photo identification for
voting purposes. As used in this Code, acceptable forms of
photo identification for voting purposes include:
(1) An Illinois Driver's License.
(2) An Illinois Identification Card.
(3) An Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card.
(4) A Senior Citizen Identification Card.
(5) A FOID Card.
(6) A U.S. Passport with the voter's current address.
(7) Any other government-issued identification card
that includes the voter's name, current photograph, and

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current address.
All photo identification cards must be valid and current.
(10 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-7)
Sec. 4-7. In counties having a re-registration in 1969 and
1970, there shall be 3 days of precinct re-registration in
each precinct. The first of such 3 days shall be Friday,
November 21, 1969; the second, Friday, December 19, 1969; and
the third, Tuesday, January 15, 1970. In all counties over
1,000,000 population, or in counties under 1,000,000
population if the county clerk determines to have precinct
registration in the county pursuant to Section 4-6.1 there
shall be one day of precinct registration preceding each
regular election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November of even numbered years, on Saturday preceding the
Tuesday 6 weeks preceding the election. The county board shall
have authority to designate 2 days of registration in each
precinct, in which event the second day of precinct
registration shall be 29 days before such election. On each
day of registration, the registration places shall be opened
at noon and remain open until 9:00 P.M. The provisions of
Section 4-3 of this Article shall apply to the selection of
places of registration or re-registration under this Section.
At least 20 days prior to a precinct registration or
re-registration, the county clerk shall publish a notice of
registration or re-registration, giving the dates, hours and

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places of registration or re-registration, in a newspaper of
general circulation published in the county, if there is one,
or otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation in such
county.
The election authorities shall issue credentials to
registration day pollwatchers in the manner and on the terms
prescribed in Section 17-23 with respect to pollwatchers at
elections. Registration day pollwatchers shall be allowed to
see the names and addresses of the people who have registered
during the course of the day.
No person shall, at any precinct registration or
reregistration, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes
or engage in any political discussion within any precinct
registration place or within 30 feet thereof. Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from being
present in or near any precinct registration place. All
persons who register to vote at any precinct registration
place must be residents of the precinct in which they
register.
As used in this Section, "electioneering" includes, except
in the ordinary course of business, the distribution of food
or drinks to voters.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-17)
Sec. 5-17. If the county clerk determines, as provided in

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Section 5-16.1, to have precinct registration in the county,
the board of county commissioners shall, prior to any general
state election held in the month of November of any even
numbered year designate a day or days and shall designate
convenient places in the townships or cities or villages or
incorporated towns for registration of voters. Such day or
days shall not be more than 36 nor less than 28 days before
such election.
The provisions of Section 5-3 of this Article shall apply
to the selection of places of registration under this Section
and the provisions of Section 5-3 relative to the attendance
of police officers during the conduct of such registration
shall also apply.
The officers of registration chosen to conduct
registrations under the provisions of this Section shall be
chosen by the county clerk.
In choosing officers of registration, the county clerk
shall choose only persons residing in the township in which
the place of registration is located. He shall choose, in each
precinct, 3 officers of registration, at least one from each
of the 2 major political parties. The county clerk may appoint
additional officers of registration in precincts which have
had sudden increases in population.
The officers so chosen shall be voters registered under
the provisions of this Article 5, and shall have the same
qualifications and take the same oath as required of

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registration officers under Section 5-4 of this Article 5, and
shall be subject to the same penalties.
The places of registration designated by the board of
county commissioners under the provisions of this Section
shall be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on such day or days as may
be specified by the board of county commissioners.
Registration under this Section shall be made in the same
manner as provided for precinct registration under the
provisions of this Article 5, but the canvass of registration
shall be made by 2 registration officers of different
political affiliations, said registration officers to be
designated by the county clerk and the hearing and final
revision of the registry heretofore conducted by the board of
revision shall be performed by the county clerk or his deputy
on the Monday and Tuesday following precinct registration.
Said revision under this Section shall take place at the
office of the county clerk between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9
p.m.
The registration officers shall make their returns to the
county clerk not later than noon of the day following the last
day of the canvass of registration provided by this Section.
The election authorities shall issue credentials to
registration day pollwatchers in the manner and on the terms
prescribed in Section 17-23 with respect to pollwatchers at
elections. Registration day pollwatchers shall be allowed to
see the names and addresses of the people who have registered

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during the course of the day.
No person shall, at any precinct registration or
reregistration, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes
or engage in any political discussion within any precinct
registration place or within 30 feet thereof. Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from being
present in or near any precinct registration place. All
persons who register to vote at any precinct registration
place must be residents of the precinct in which they
register.
As used in this Section, "electioneering" includes, except
in the ordinary course of business, the distribution of food
or drinks to voters.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-31)
Sec. 6-31. In addition to the registration authorized at
the office of the Board of Election Commissioners, there shall
be two days of registration in each precinct preceding the
election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1936. The place of registration in each precinct
shall be designated by the Board of Election Commissioners,
and public notice thereof given, and the provisions of Article
11, Section 11-4 of this Act shall apply thereto. The
registration places so designated shall be open from 8:00
o'clock a.m. until 9:00 o'clock p.m. on each of such days of

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registration.
The first of said two days of registration shall be on
Saturday preceding the Tuesday four weeks before said
election; the second of said two days of registration shall be
on Tuesday three weeks preceding said election; provided,
however, that in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
200,000 or more, having a board of election commissioners, and
in cities, villages and incorporated towns within the
jurisdiction of said board of election commissioners, the
first day of registration shall be on Saturday preceding the
Tuesday six weeks preceding said election; and the second day
of such registration shall be on Tuesday four weeks preceding
said election.
In addition to the two days of registration hereinabove
provided, the Board of Election Commissioners may provide for
additional days of registration (not exceeding two) before
said election. The last day so designated shall be earlier
than the last day of registration hereinabove provided for
cities, villages and incorporated towns under the jurisdiction
of such Board.
For the registration held in accordance with the terms of
this section there shall be a board of registry composed of two
deputy registrars and one judge of registration for each
precinct. The political party with which the minority member
of the Board of Election Commissioners is affiliated, shall be
entitled to be represented by one deputy registrar in each

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precinct. The political party with which the majority of the
members of the Board of Election Commissioners are affiliated
shall be entitled to be represented by one deputy registrar in
each precinct.
In the even numbered precincts the political party with
which a majority of the members of the Board of Election
Commissioners are affiliated, shall be entitled to be
represented by the judge of registration.
In the odd numbered precincts the party represented by the
minority member of the Board of Election Commissioners shall
be entitled to be represented by the judge of registration.
Such board shall cause the printed list and supplement of
the registration for the previous election to be posted up at
the place of registration two days before such registration,
with a printed notice of the time and place of the next
registration. After the first registration under this article,
the printed lists required to be posted shall be those for the
precincts served by the registration places designated by the
Board of Election Commissioners.
The election authorities shall issue credentials to
registration day pollwatchers in the manner and on the terms
prescribed in Section 17-23 with respect to pollwatchers at
elections. Registration day pollwatchers shall be allowed to
see the names and addresses of the people who have registered
during the course of the day.
No person shall, at any precinct registration or

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reregistration, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes
or engage in any political discussion within any precinct
registration place or within 30 feet thereof. Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from being
present in or near any precinct registration place. All
persons who register to vote at any precinct registration
place must be residents of the precinct in which they
register.
As used in this Section, "electioneering" includes, except
in the ordinary course of business, the distribution of food
or drinks to voters.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-100)
Sec. 6-100. 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 the 7th day before
the election 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,

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or at a voter registration location specifically designated
for this purpose by the election authority. Grace period
registration and changes of address 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. 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

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by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic
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

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authority establishes grace period registration and voting at
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.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-41)
Sec. 7-41. (a) All officers upon whom is imposed by law the
duty of designating and providing polling places for general
elections, shall provide in each such polling place so
designated and provided, a sufficient number of booths for
such primary election, which booths shall be provided with
shelves, such supplies and pencils as will enable the voter to
prepare his ballot for voting and in which voters may prepare
their ballots screened from all observation as to the manner
in which they do so. Such booths shall be within plain view of
the election officers and both they and the ballot boxes shall
be within plain view of those within the proximity of the
voting booths. No person other than election officers and the
challengers allowed by law and those admitted for the purpose

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of voting, as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted within
the proximity of the voting booths, except by authority of the
primary officers to keep order and enforce the law.
(b) The number of such voting booths shall not be less than
one to every seventy-five voters or fraction thereof, who
voted at the last preceding election in the precinct or
election district.
(c) No person shall do any electioneering or soliciting of
votes on primary day within any polling place or within one
hundred feet of any polling place, or, at the option of a
church or private school, on any of the property of that church
or private school that is a polling place. Election officers
shall place 2 or more cones, small United States national
flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet
from each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in
voting, which shall be known as the polling room. If the
polling room is located within a building that is a private
business, a public or private school, or a church or other
organization founded for the purpose of religious worship and
the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior
of the building, then the markers shall be placed outside of
the building at each entrance used by voters to enter that
building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare or
walkway. If the polling room is located within a public or
private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed

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100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room
used by voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is
located in a public or private building with 2 or more floors
and the polling room is located on a floor above or below the
ground floor, then the markers shall be placed a distance of
100 feet from the nearest elevator or staircase used by voters
on the ground floor to access the floor where the polling room
is located. The area within where the markers are placed shall
be known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is
prohibited pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section, a church or private school
may choose to apply the campaign free zone to its entire
property, and, if so, the markers shall be placed near the
boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or
walkways leading to the entrances used by the voters. At or
near the door of each polling place, the election judges shall
place signage indicating the proper entrance to the polling
place. In addition, the election judges shall ensure that a
sign identifying the location of the polling place is placed
on a nearby public roadway. The State Board of Elections shall
establish guidelines for the placement of polling place
signage.
The area on polling place property beyond the campaign
free zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public
forum for the time that the polls are open on an election day.
At the request of election officers any publicly owned

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building must be made available for use as a polling place. A
person shall have the right to congregate and engage in
electioneering on any polling place property while the polls
are open beyond the campaign free zone, including but not
limited to, the placement of temporary signs. This subsection
shall be construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
electioneering on all polling place property beyond the
campaign free zone for the time that the polls are open on an
election day.
(d) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
property on an election day, including but not limited to the
placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(e) As used in this Section, "electioneering" includes,
except in the ordinary course of business, the distribution of
food or drinks to voters.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
(10 ILCS 5/11-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-2)
Sec. 11-2. Election precincts. The County Board in each
county, except in counties having a population of 3,000,000
inhabitants or over, shall, at its regular meeting in June or

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an adjourned meeting in July, divide its election precincts so
that each precinct shall contain, as near as may be
practicable, 1,200 registered voters. Insofar as is
practicable, each precinct shall be situated within a single
congressional, legislative and representative district and in
not more than one County Board district and one municipal
ward. In order to situate each precinct within a single
district or ward, the County Board shall change the boundaries
of election precincts after each decennial census as soon as
is practicable following the completion of congressional and
legislative redistricting, except that, in 2021, the county
board shall change the boundaries at a regular or special
meeting within 60 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. In determining
whether a division of precincts should be made, the county
board may anticipate increased voter registration in any
precinct in which there is in progress new construction of
dwelling units which will be occupied by voters more than 30
days before the next election. Each district shall be composed
of contiguous territory in as compact form as can be for the
convenience of the electors voting therein. The several county
boards in establishing districts shall describe them by metes
and bounds and number them. And so often thereafter as it shall
appear by the number of votes cast at the general election held
in November of any year, that any election district or
undivided election precinct contains more than 1,200

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registered voters, the County Board of the county in which the
district or precinct may be, shall at its regular meeting in
June, or an adjourned meeting in July next, after such
November election, redivide or readjust such election district
or election precinct, so that no district or election precinct
shall contain more than the number of votes above specified.
If for any reason the County Board fails in any year to
redivide or readjust the election districts or election
precinct, then the districts or precincts as then existing
shall continue until the next regular June meeting of the
County Board; at which regular June meeting or an adjourned
meeting in July the County Board shall redivide or readjust
the election districts or election precincts in manner as
herein required. When at any meeting of the County Board any
redivision, readjustment or change in name or number of
election districts or election precincts is made by the County
Board, the County Clerk shall immediately notify the State
Board of Elections of such redivision, readjustment or change.
The County Board in every case shall fix and establish the
places for holding elections in its respective county and all
elections shall be held at the places so fixed. The polling
places shall in all cases be upon the ground floor in the front
room, the entrance to which is in a highway or public street
which is at least 40 feet wide, and is as near the center of
the voting population of the precinct as is practicable, and
for the convenience of the greatest number of electors to vote

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thereat; provided, however, where the County Board is unable
to secure a suitable polling place within the boundaries of a
precinct, it may select a polling place at the most
conveniently located suitable place outside the precinct; but
in no case shall an election be held in any residential
building, including, but not limited to, an apartment or
dormitory, or any room used or occupied as a saloon, dramshop,
bowling alley or as a place of resort for idlers and
disreputable persons, billiard hall or in any room connected
therewith by doors or hallways. No person shall be permitted
to vote at any election except at the polling place for the
precinct in which he resides, except as otherwise provided in
this Section or Article 19 of this Act. In counties having a
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the County Board
shall divide its election precincts and shall fix and
establish places for holding elections as hereinbefore
provided during the month of January instead of at its regular
meeting in June or at an adjourned meeting in July.
However, in the event that additional divisions of
election precincts are indicated after a division made by the
County Board in the month of January, such additional
divisions may be made by the County Board in counties having a
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over, at the regular
meeting in June or at adjourned meeting in July. The county
board of such county may divide or readjust precincts at any
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precinct has increased beyond 1,800 registered voters and an
election is scheduled before the next regular January or June
meeting of the county board.
When in any city, village or incorporated town territory
has been annexed thereto or disconnected therefrom, which
annexation or disconnection becomes effective after election
precincts or election districts have been established as above
provided in this Section, the clerk of the municipality shall
inform the county clerk thereof as provided in Section 4-21,
5-28.1, or 6-31.1, whichever is applicable. In the event that
a regular meeting of the County Board is to be held after such
notification and before any election, the County Board shall,
at its next regular meeting establish new election precinct
lines in affected territory. In the event that no regular
meeting of the County Board is to be held before such election
the county clerk shall, within 5 days after being so informed,
call a special meeting of the county board on a day fixed by
him not more than 20 days thereafter for the purpose of
establishing election precincts or election districts in the
affected territory for the ensuing elections.
At any consolidated primary or consolidated election at
which municipal officers are to be elected, and at any
emergency referendum at which a public question relating to a
municipality is to be voted on, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Code, the election authority shall establish
a polling place within such municipality, upon the request of

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the municipal council or board of trustees at least 60 days
before the election and provided that the municipality
provides a suitable polling place. To accomplish this purpose,
the election authority may establish an election precinct
constituting a single municipality of under 500 population for
all elections, notwithstanding the minimum precinct size
otherwise specified herein.
Notwithstanding the above, when there are no more than 50
registered voters in a precinct who are entitled to vote in a
local government or school district election, the election
authority having jurisdiction over the precinct is authorized
to reassign such voters to one or more polling places in
adjacent precincts, within or without the election authority's
jurisdiction, for that election. For the purposes of such
local government or school district election only, the votes
of the reassigned voters shall be tallied and canvassed as
votes from the precinct of the polling place to which such
voters have been reassigned. The election authority having
jurisdiction over the precinct shall approve all
administrative and polling place procedures. Such procedures
shall take into account voter convenience, and ensure that the
integrity of the election process is maintained and that the
secrecy of the ballot is not violated.
Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat
in a place fixed or established by any county board or election
authority pursuant to this Section as a polling place for an

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election, no election authority shall change the location of a
polling place so established for any precinct after notice of
the place of holding the election for that precinct has been
given as required under Article 12 unless the election
authority notifies all registered voters in the precinct of
the change in location by first class mail in sufficient time
for such notice to be received by the registered voters in the
precinct at least one day prior to the date of the election.
The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts,
including those where voting machines or electronic voting
systems are used.
(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
(10 ILCS 5/11-8)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2029)
Sec. 11-8. Vote centers.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, election
authorities shall establish at least 2 locations that provide
curbside voting one location to be located at : (i) at least one
location shall be located in a municipality with a population
of less than 5,000 that is accessible to the greatest number of
rural voters; and (ii) at least one location shall be located
in an office of the election authority or in the largest
municipality within its jurisdiction where all voters in its
jurisdiction are allowed to vote on election day during
polling place hours, regardless of the precinct in which they

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are registered, and that location shall provide curbside
voting. Election authorities may establish more than one vote
center, but in jurisdictions with a population of more than
500,000 inhabitants, the election authority shall establish at
least 2 vote centers. An election authority establishing such
a vote center location under this Section shall identify the
locations location and any health and safety requirements by
the 40th day preceding an election and shall certify such to
the State Board of Elections.
(b) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2029.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
102-1109, eff. 12-21-22; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/16-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5)
Sec. 16-5. Distribution of ballots.
(a) For all elections to which this article applies, the
county clerks, in their respective counties, shall have charge
of the printing of the ballots for all elections, including
referenda, and shall furnish them to the judges of election.
In municipalities and counties having a board of election
commissioners, such board shall have charge of the printing of
the ballots and furnish them to the judges of election within
the territory under their jurisdiction. Ballots shall be
printed and in possession of the respective election
authorities at least two days before each election and subject
to the inspection of candidates and their agents; if any

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mistakes be discovered they shall be corrected without delay.
The election authority shall cause to be delivered to the
judges of election at the polling place of each precinct or
district, not less than twelve hours before the time fixed by
law for the opening of the polls therein, at least 10% more
ballots of the kind to be voted in such precinct or district
than the number of voters registered therein for the purposes
of such election, such ballots shall be put up in separate
sealed packages, with marks on the outside clearly designating
the polling place for which they are intended and the number of
ballots enclosed, and receipt therefor shall be given by the
judges of election to whom they are delivered, which receipt
shall be preserved by the election authority. The election
authority shall provide and retain at its office an ample
supply of ballots, in addition to those distributed to the
several voting precincts or districts, and if at any time on or
before the day of election the ballots furnished to any
precinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted before the
polls are closed, on written application signed by a majority
of the judges he or they shall immediately cause to be
delivered to such judges at the polling place, such additional
supply of ballots as may be required and sufficient to comply
with the provisions of this Act.
(b) No person, other than a person acting on behalf of an
election authority, shall print and distribute ballots to the
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district.
(c) Each election authority shall keep a secure record of
the number of ballots printed and distributed to the judges of
election at each polling place of each precinct or district.
The State Board of Elections shall develop standards that each
election authority shall implement for the 2026 general
primary election, and all subsequent elections, to count and
track the number of ballots printed and distributed as
described in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/17-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-9)
Sec. 17-9. Any person desiring to vote shall (i) present
to the judges of election for verification of the person's
identity a government-issued photo identification card, as
defined in Section 3-8, or his or her Voter Identification
Card and (ii) give his name and, if required to do so, his
residence to the judges of election, one of whom shall
thereupon announce the same in a loud and distinct tone of
voice, clear, and audible; the judges of elections shall check
each application for ballot against the list of voters
registered in that precinct to whom grace period, vote by
mail, or early ballots have been issued for that election,
which shall be provided by the election authority and which
list shall be available for inspection by pollwatchers. A
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name appears on the list as having been issued a grace period,
vote by mail, or early ballot shall not be permitted to vote in
the precinct, except that a voter to whom a vote by mail ballot
was issued may vote in the precinct if the voter submits to the
election judges that vote by mail ballot for cancellation. If
the voter is unable to submit the vote by mail ballot, it shall
be sufficient for the voter to submit to the election judges
(i) a portion of the vote by mail ballot if the vote by mail
ballot was torn or mutilated or (ii) an affidavit executed
before the election judges specifying that (A) the voter never
received a vote by mail ballot or (B) the voter completed and
returned a vote by mail ballot and was informed that the
election authority did not receive that vote by mail ballot.
All applicable provisions of Articles 4, 5 or 6 shall be
complied with and if such name is found on the register of
voters by the officer having charge thereof, he shall likewise
repeat said name, and the voter shall be allowed to enter
within the proximity of the voting booths, as above provided.
One of the judges shall give the voter one, and only one of
each ballot to be voted at the election, on the back of which
ballots such judge shall indorse his initials in such manner
that they may be seen when each such ballot is properly folded,
and the voter's name shall be immediately checked on the
register list. In those election jurisdictions where
perforated ballot cards are utilized of the type on which
write-in votes can be cast above the perforation, the election

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authority shall provide a space both above and below the
perforation for the judge's initials, and the judge shall
endorse his or her initials in both spaces. Whenever a
proposal for a constitutional amendment or for the calling of
a constitutional convention is to be voted upon at the
election, the separate blue ballot or ballots pertaining
thereto shall, when being handed to the voter, be placed on top
of the other ballots to be voted at the election in such manner
that the legend appearing on the back thereof, as prescribed
in Section 16-6 of this Act, shall be plainly visible to the
voter. At all elections, when a registry may be required, if
the name of any person so desiring to vote at such election is
not found on the register of voters, he or she shall not
receive a ballot until he or she shall have complied with the
law prescribing the manner and conditions of voting by
unregistered voters. If any person desiring to vote at any
election shall be challenged, he or she shall not receive a
ballot until he or she shall have established his right to vote
in the manner provided hereinafter; and if he or she shall be
challenged after he has received his ballot, he shall not be
permitted to vote until he or she has fully complied with such
requirements of the law upon being challenged. Besides the
election officer, not more than 2 voters in excess of the whole
number of voting booths provided shall be allowed within the
proximity of the voting booths at one time. The provisions of
this Act, so far as they require the registration of voters as

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a condition to their being allowed to vote shall not apply to
persons otherwise entitled to vote, who are, at the time of the
election, or at any time within 60 days prior to such election
have been engaged in the military or naval service of the
United States, and who appear personally at the polling place
on election day and produce to the judges of election
satisfactory evidence thereof, but such persons, if otherwise
qualified to vote, shall be permitted to vote at such election
without previous registration.
All such persons shall also make an affidavit which shall
be in substantially the following form:
State of Illinois,)
) ss.
County of ........)
............... Precinct .......... Ward
I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen
of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and that
within the past 60 days prior to the date of this election at
which I am applying to vote, I have been engaged in the ....
(military or naval) service of the United States; and I am
qualified to vote under and by virtue of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Illinois, and that I am a legally
qualified voter of this precinct and ward except that I have,
because of such service, been unable to register as a voter;
that I now reside at .... (insert street and number, if any) in
this precinct and ward; that I have maintained a legal

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residence in this precinct and ward for 30 days and in this
State 30 days next preceding this election.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................
Judge of Election.
The affidavit of any such person shall be supported by the
affidavit of a resident and qualified voter of any such
precinct and ward, which affidavit shall be in substantially
the following form:
State of Illinois,)
) ss.
County of ........)
........... Precinct ........... Ward
I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a
resident of this precinct and ward and entitled to vote at this
election; that I am acquainted with .... (name of the
applicant); that I verily believe him to be an actual bona fide
resident of this precinct and ward and that I verily believe
that he or she has maintained a legal residence therein 30 days
and in this State 30 days next preceding this election.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................
Judge of Election.

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All affidavits made under the provisions of this Section
shall be enclosed in a separate envelope securely sealed, and
shall be transmitted with the returns of the elections to the
county clerk or to the board of election commissioners, who
shall preserve the said affidavits for the period of 6 months,
during which period such affidavits shall be deemed public
records and shall be freely open to examination as such.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/17-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-29)
Sec. 17-29. (a) No judge of election, pollwatcher, or
other person shall, at any primary or election, do any
electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any
political discussion within any polling place, within 100 feet
of any polling place, or, at the option of a church or private
school, on any of the property of that church or private school
that is a polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or
oppose any voter while approaching within those areas for the
purpose of voting. Judges of election shall enforce the
provisions of this Section.
(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small
United States national flags, or some other marker a distance
of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by
voters to engage in voting, which shall be known as the polling
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a private business, a public or private school, or a church or
other organization founded for the purpose of religious
worship and the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within
the interior of the building, then the markers shall be placed
outside of the building at each entrance used by voters to
enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the
thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling room is located within
a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the
polling room is located on the ground floor, then the markers
shall be placed 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the
polling room used by voters to engage in voting. If the polling
room is located in a public or private building with 2 or more
floors and the polling room is located on a floor above or
below the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed a
distance of 100 feet from the nearest elevator or staircase
used by voters on the ground floor to access the floor where
the polling room is located. The area within where the markers
are placed shall be known as a campaign free zone, and
electioneering is prohibited pursuant to this subsection.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a church
or private school may choose to apply the campaign free zone to
its entire property, and, if so, the markers shall be placed
near the boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the
thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used by the
voters. If an election authority maintains a website, no later
than 5 days before election day, each election authority shall

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post on its website the name and address of every polling place
designated as a campaign free zone. This information shall be
immediately provided to any person upon request, and a
requester shall not be required to submit a request under the
Freedom of Information Act.
The area on polling place property beyond the campaign
free zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public
forum for the time that the polls are open on an election day.
At the request of election officers any publicly owned
building must be made available for use as a polling place. A
person shall have the right to congregate and engage in
electioneering on any polling place property while the polls
are open beyond the campaign free zone, including but not
limited to, the placement of temporary signs. This subsection
shall be construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
electioneering on all polling place property beyond the
campaign free zone for the time that the polls are open on an
election day. At or near the door of each polling place, the
election judges shall place signage indicating the proper
entrance to the polling place. In addition, the election
judges shall ensure that a sign identifying the location of
the polling place is placed on a nearby public roadway. The
State Board of Elections shall establish guidelines for the
placement of polling place signage.
(c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
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placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(d) As used in this Section, "electioneering" includes,
except in the ordinary course of business, the distribution of
food or drinks to voters.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/18-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-5)
Sec. 18-5. Any person desiring to vote and whose name is
found upon the register of voters by the person having charge
thereof shall (i) present to the judges of election for
verification of the person's identity a government-issued
photo identification card, as defined in Section 3-8, or his
or her Voter Identification Card, (ii) , shall then be
questioned by one of the judges as to his nativity, his term of
residence at present address, precinct, State and United
States, his age, whether naturalized and if so the date of
naturalization papers and court from which secured, and (iii)
he shall be asked to state his residence when last previously
registered and the date of the election for which he then
registered. The judges of elections shall check each
application for ballot against the list of voters registered

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in that precinct to whom grace period, vote by mail, and early
ballots have been issued for that election, which shall be
provided by the election authority and which list shall be
available for inspection by pollwatchers. A voter applying to
vote in the precinct on election day whose name appears on the
list as having been issued a grace period, vote by mail, or
early ballot shall not be permitted to vote in the precinct,
except that a voter to whom a vote by mail ballot was issued
may vote in the precinct if the voter submits to the election
judges that vote by mail ballot for cancellation. If the voter
is unable to submit the vote by mail ballot, it shall be
sufficient for the voter to submit to the election judges (i) a
portion of the vote by mail ballot if the vote by mail ballot
was torn or mutilated or (ii) an affidavit executed before the
election judges specifying that (A) the voter never received a
vote by mail ballot or (B) the voter completed and returned a
vote by mail ballot and was informed that the election
authority did not receive that vote by mail ballot. If such
person so registered shall be challenged as disqualified, the
party challenging shall assign his reasons therefor, and
thereupon one of the judges shall administer to him an oath to
answer questions, and if he shall take the oath he shall then
be questioned by the judge or judges touching such cause of
challenge, and touching any other cause of disqualification.
And he may also be questioned by the person challenging him in
regard to his qualifications and identity. But if a majority

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of the judges are of the opinion that he is the person so
registered and a qualified voter, his vote shall then be
received accordingly. But if his vote be rejected by such
judges, such person may afterward produce and deliver an
affidavit to such judges, subscribed and sworn to by him
before one of the judges, in which it shall be stated how long
he has resided in such precinct, and state; that he is a
citizen of the United States, and is a duly qualified voter in
such precinct, and that he is the identical person so
registered. In addition to such an affidavit, the person so
challenged shall provide to the judges of election proof of
residence by producing 2 forms of identification showing the
person's current residence address, provided that such
identification may include a lease or contract for a residence
and not more than one piece of mail addressed to the person at
his current residence address and postmarked not earlier than
30 days prior to the date of the election, or the person shall
procure a witness personally known to the judges of election,
and resident in the precinct (or district), or who shall be
proved by some legal voter of such precinct or district, known
to the judges to be such, who shall take the oath following,
viz:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident of
this election precinct (or district), and entitled to vote at
this election, and that I have been a resident of this State
for 30 days last past, and am well acquainted with the person

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whose vote is now offered; that he is an actual and bona fide
resident of this election precinct (or district), and has
resided herein 30 days, and as I verily believe, in this State,
30 days next preceding this election.
The oath in each case may be administered by one of the
judges of election, or by any officer, resident in the
precinct or district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
Also supported by an affidavit by a registered voter residing
in such precinct, stating his own residence, and that he knows
such person; and that he does reside at the place mentioned and
has resided in such precinct and state for the length of time
as stated by such person, which shall be subscribed and sworn
to in the same way. For purposes of this Section, the
submission of a photo identification issued by a college or
university, accompanied by either (i) a copy of the
applicant's contract or lease for a residence or (ii) one
piece of mail addressed to the person at his or her current
residence address and postmarked not earlier than 30 days
prior to the date of the election, shall be sufficient to
establish proof of residence. Whereupon the vote of such
person shall be received, and entered as other votes. But such
judges, having charge of such registers, shall state in their
respective books the facts in such case, and the affidavits,
so delivered to the judges, shall be preserved and returned to
the office of the commissioners of election. Blank affidavits
of the character aforesaid shall be sent out to the judges of

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all the precincts, and the judges of election shall furnish
the same on demand and administer the oaths without criticism.
Such oaths, if administered by any other officer than such
judge of election, shall not be received. Whenever a proposal
for a constitutional amendment or for the calling of a
constitutional convention is to be voted upon at the election,
the separate blue ballot or ballots pertaining thereto shall
be placed on top of the other ballots to be voted at the
election in such manner that the legend appearing on the back
thereof, as prescribed in Section 16-6 of this Act, shall be
plainly visible to the voter, and in this fashion the ballots
shall be handed to the voter by the judge.
Immediately after voting, the voter shall be instructed
whether the voting equipment, if used, accepted or rejected
the ballot or identified the ballot as under-voted. A voter
whose ballot is identified as under-voted for a statewide
constitutional office may return to the voting booth and
complete the voting of that ballot. A voter whose ballot is not
accepted by the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the
ballot, request and vote another ballot. The voter's
surrendered ballot shall be initialed by the election judge
and handled as provided in the appropriate Article governing
that voting equipment.
The voter shall, upon quitting the voting booth, deliver
to one of the judges of election all of the ballots, properly
folded, which he received. The judge of election to whom the

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voter delivers his ballots shall not accept the same unless
all of the ballots given to the voter are returned by him. If a
voter delivers less than all of the ballots given to him, the
judge to whom the same are offered shall advise him in a voice
clearly audible to the other judges of election that the voter
must return the remainder of the ballots. The statement of the
judge to the voter shall clearly express the fact that the
voter is not required to vote such remaining ballots but that
whether or not he votes them he must fold and deliver them to
the judge. In making such statement the judge of election
shall not indicate by word, gesture or intonation of voice
that the unreturned ballots shall be voted in any particular
manner. No new voter shall be permitted to enter the voting
booth of a voter who has failed to deliver the total number of
ballots received by him until such voter has returned to the
voting booth pursuant to the judge's request and again quit
the booth with all of the ballots required to be returned by
him. Upon receipt of all such ballots the judges of election
shall enter the name of the voter, and his number, as above
provided in this Section, and the judge to whom the ballots are
delivered shall immediately put the ballots into the ballot
box. If any voter who has failed to deliver all the ballots
received by him refuses to return to the voting booth after
being advised by the judge of election as herein provided, the
judge shall inform the other judges of such refusal, and
thereupon the ballot or ballots returned to the judge shall be

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deposited in the ballot box, the voter shall be permitted to
depart from the polling place, and a new voter shall be
permitted to enter the voting booth.
The judge of election who receives the ballot or ballots
from the voter shall announce the residence and name of such
voter in a loud voice. The judge shall put the ballot or
ballots received from the voter into the ballot box in the
presence of the voter and the judges of election, and in plain
view of the public. The judges having charge of such registers
shall then, in a column prepared thereon, in the same line of,
the name of the voter, mark "Voted" or the letter "V".
No judge of election shall accept from any voter less than
the full number of ballots received by such voter without
first advising the voter in the manner above provided of the
necessity of returning all of the ballots, nor shall any such
judge advise such voter in a manner contrary to that which is
herein permitted, or in any other manner violate the
provisions of this Section; provided, that the acceptance by a
judge of election of less than the full number of ballots
delivered to a voter who refuses to return to the voting booth
after being properly advised by such judge shall not be a
violation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/18A-5)
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(a) A person who claims to be a registered voter is
entitled to cast a provisional ballot under the following
circumstances:
(1) The person's name does not appear on the official
list of eligible voters for the precinct in which the
person seeks to vote and the person has refused an
opportunity to register at the polling location or another
grace period registration site. The official list is the
centralized statewide voter registration list established
and maintained in accordance with Section 1A-25;
(2) The person's voting status has been challenged by
an election judge, a pollwatcher, or any legal voter and
that challenge has been sustained by a majority of the
election judges;
(3) A federal or State court order extends the time
for closing the polls beyond the time period established
by State law and the person votes during the extended time
period;
(4) The voter registered to vote by mail and is
required by law to present identification when voting
either in person, in the case of a voter who registered by
mail, when voting or by early voting ballot, but fails to
provide an acceptable form of photo identification, as
described in Section 3-8, or a Voter Identification Card
issued under Section 1-14 do so;
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voted during the early voting period, but the voter claims
not to have voted during the early voting period;
(6) The voter received a vote by mail ballot but did
not return the vote by mail ballot to the election
authority; or
(7) The voter attempted to register to vote on
election day, but failed to provide the necessary
documentation.
(b) The procedure for obtaining and casting a provisional
ballot at the polling place shall be as follows:
(1) After first verifying through an examination of
the precinct register that the person's address is within
the precinct boundaries, an election judge at the polling
place shall notify a person who is entitled to cast a
provisional ballot pursuant to subsection (a) that he or
she may cast a provisional ballot in that election. An
election judge must accept any information provided by a
person who casts a provisional ballot that the person
believes supports his or her claim that he or she is a duly
registered voter and qualified to vote in the election.
However, if the person's residence address is outside the
precinct boundaries, the election judge shall inform the
person of that fact, give the person the appropriate
telephone number of the election authority in order to
locate the polling place assigned to serve that address,
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to vote.
(2) The person shall execute a written form provided
by the election judge that shall state or contain all of
the following that is available:
(i) an affidavit stating the following:
State of Illinois, County of ................,
Township ............., Precinct ........, Ward
........, I, ......................., do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that: I am a citizen of the
United States; I am 18 years of age or older; I
have resided in this State and in this precinct
for 30 days preceding this election; I have not
voted in this election; I am a duly registered
voter in every respect; and I am eligible to vote
in this election. Signature ...... Printed Name of
Voter ....... Printed Residence Address of Voter
...... City ...... State .... Zip Code .....
Telephone Number ...... Date of Birth ....... and
Illinois Driver's License Number ....... or Last 4
digits of Social Security Number ...... or State
Identification Card Number issued to you by the
Illinois Secretary of State ........
(ii) A box for the election judge to check one of
the reasons why the person was given a provisional
ballot under subsection (a) of this Section.
(iii) An area for the election judge to affix his

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or her signature and to set forth any facts that
support or oppose the allegation that the person is
not qualified to vote in the precinct in which the
person is seeking to vote.
The written affidavit form described in this
subsection (b)(2) must be printed on a multi-part form
prescribed by the county clerk or board of election
commissioners, as the case may be.
(3) After the person executes the portion of the
written affidavit described in subsection (b)(2)(i) of
this Section, the election judge shall complete the
portion of the written affidavit described in subsection
(b)(2)(iii) and (b)(2)(iv).
(4) The election judge shall give a copy of the
completed written affidavit to the person. The election
judge shall place the original written affidavit in a
self-adhesive clear plastic packing list envelope that
must be attached to a separate envelope marked as a
"provisional ballot envelope". The election judge shall
also place any information provided by the person who
casts a provisional ballot in the clear plastic packing
list envelope. Each county clerk or board of election
commissioners, as the case may be, must design, obtain or
procure self-adhesive clear plastic packing list envelopes
and provisional ballot envelopes that are suitable for
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(5) The election judge shall provide the person with a
provisional ballot, written instructions for casting a
provisional ballot, and the provisional ballot envelope
with the clear plastic packing list envelope affixed to
it, which contains the person's original written affidavit
and, if any, information provided by the provisional voter
to support his or her claim that he or she is a duly
registered voter. An election judge must also give the
person written information that states that any person who
casts a provisional ballot shall be able to ascertain,
pursuant to guidelines established by the State Board of
Elections, whether the provisional vote was counted in the
official canvass of votes for that election and, if the
provisional vote was not counted, the reason that the vote
was not counted.
(6) After the person has completed marking his or her
provisional ballot, he or she shall place the marked
ballot inside of the provisional ballot envelope, close
and seal the envelope, and return the envelope to an
election judge, who shall then deposit the sealed
provisional ballot envelope into a securable container
separately identified and utilized for containing sealed
provisional ballot envelopes. Ballots that are provisional
because they are cast after 7:00 p.m. by court order shall
be kept separate from other provisional ballots. Upon the
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sealed with filament tape provided for that purpose, which
shall be wrapped around the box lengthwise and crosswise,
at least twice each way, and each of the election judges
shall sign the seal.
(c) Instead of the affidavit form described in subsection
(b), the county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
the case may be, may design and use a multi-part affidavit form
that is imprinted upon or attached to the provisional ballot
envelope described in subsection (b). If a county clerk or
board of election commissioners elects to design and use its
own multi-part affidavit form, then the county clerk or board
of election commissioners shall establish a mechanism for
accepting any information the provisional voter has supplied
to the election judge to support his or her claim that he or
she is a duly registered voter. In all other respects, a county
clerk or board of election commissioners shall establish
procedures consistent with subsection (b).
(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners,
as the case may be, shall use the completed affidavit form
described in subsection (b) to update the person's voter
registration information in the State voter registration
database and voter registration database of the county clerk
or board of election commissioners, as the case may be. If a
person is later determined not to be a registered voter based
on Section 18A-15 of this Code, then the affidavit shall be
processed by the county clerk or board of election

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commissioners, as the case may be, as a voter registration
application.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/18A-15)
Sec. 18A-15. Validating and counting provisional ballots.
(a) The county clerk or board of election commissioners
shall complete the validation and counting of provisional
ballots within 7 14 calendar days after of the day of the
election. The county clerk or board of election commissioners
shall have 7 calendar days from the completion of the
validation and counting of provisional ballots to conduct its
final canvass. The State Board of Elections shall complete
within 31 calendar days of the election or sooner if all the
returns are received, its final canvass of the vote for all
public offices.
(b) If a county clerk or board of election commissioners
determines that all of the following apply, then a provisional
ballot is valid and shall be counted as a vote:
(1) the provisional voter cast the provisional ballot
in the correct precinct based on the address provided by
the provisional voter. The provisional voter's affidavit
shall serve as a change of address request by that voter
for registration purposes for the next ensuing election if
it bears an address different from that in the records of
the election authority. Votes for federal and statewide

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offices on a provisional ballot cast in the incorrect
precinct that meet the other requirements of this
subsection shall be valid and counted in accordance with
this Article. As used in this item, "federal office" is
defined as provided in Section 20-1 and "statewide office"
means the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
Comptroller, and Treasurer. Votes for General Assembly,
countywide, citywide, or township office on a provisional
ballot cast in the incorrect precinct but in the correct
legislative district, representative district, county,
municipality, or township, as the case may be, shall be
valid and counted in accordance with this Article. As used
in this item, "citywide office" means an office elected by
the electors of an entire municipality. As used in this
item, "township office" means an office elected by the
electors of an entire township;
(2) the affidavit executed by the provisional voter
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of Section 18A-5 contains,
at a minimum, the provisional voter's first and last name,
house number and street name, and signature or mark;
(3) except as permitted by item (5) of subsection (b)
of this Section, the provisional voter is a registered
voter based on information available to the county clerk
or board of election commissioners provided by or obtained
from any of the following:
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ii. an election judge;
iii. the statewide voter registration database
maintained by the State Board of Elections;
iv. the records of the county clerk or board of
election commissioners' database; or
v. the records of the Secretary of State; and
(4) for a provisional ballot cast under item (6) of
subsection (a) of Section 18A-5, the voter did not vote by
mail ballot in the election at which the provisional
ballot was cast; or
(5) for a provisional ballot cast under item (7) of
subsection (a) of Section 18A-5, the voter provides the
election authority with the necessary documentation within
7 days of election day.
(c) With respect to subsection (b)(3) of this Section, the
county clerk or board of election commissioners shall
investigate and record whether or not the specified
information is available from each of the 5 identified
sources. If the information is available from one or more of
the identified sources, then the county clerk or board of
election commissioners shall seek to obtain the information
from each of those sources until satisfied, with information
from at least one of those sources, that the provisional voter
is registered and entitled to vote. The county clerk or board
of election commissioners shall use any information it obtains
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the provisional voter. If a conflict exists among the
information available to the county clerk or board of election
commissioners as to the registration status of the provisional
voter, then the county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall make a determination based on the totality
of the circumstances. In a case where the above information
equally supports or opposes the registration status of the
voter, the county clerk or board of election commissioners
shall decide in favor of the provisional voter as being duly
registered to vote. If the statewide voter registration
database maintained by the State Board of Elections indicates
that the provisional voter is registered to vote, but the
county clerk's or board of election commissioners' voter
registration database indicates that the provisional voter is
not registered to vote, then the information found in the
statewide voter registration database shall control the matter
and the provisional voter shall be deemed to be registered to
vote. If the records of the county clerk or board of election
commissioners indicates that the provisional voter is
registered to vote, but the statewide voter registration
database maintained by the State Board of Elections indicates
that the provisional voter is not registered to vote, then the
information found in the records of the county clerk or board
of election commissioners shall control the matter and the
provisional voter shall be deemed to be registered to vote. If
the provisional voter's signature on his or her provisional

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ballot request varies from the signature on an otherwise valid
registration application solely because of the substitution of
initials for the first or middle name, the election authority
may not reject the provisional ballot.
(d) In validating the registration status of a person
casting a provisional ballot, the county clerk or board of
election commissioners shall not require a provisional voter
to complete any form other than the affidavit executed by the
provisional voter under subsection (b)(2) of Section 18A-5. In
addition, the county clerk or board of election commissioners
shall not require all provisional voters or any particular
class or group of provisional voters to appear personally
before the county clerk or board of election commissioners or
as a matter of policy require provisional voters to submit
additional information to verify or otherwise support the
information already submitted by the provisional voter. Within
2 calendar days after the election, the election authority
shall transmit by electronic means pursuant to a process
established by the State Board of Elections the name, street
address, e-mail address, and precinct, ward, township, and
district numbers, as the case may be, of each person casting a
provisional ballot 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
provisional voter may, within 7 calendar days after the

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election, submit additional information to the county clerk or
board of election commissioners, except that in the case of
provisional voting under paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
Section 18A-5, the provisional voter has 7 days to provide the
county clerk or board of election commissioners with the
required photo identification card. This information must be
received by the county clerk or board of election
commissioners within the applicable 7-calendar-day or
10-calendar-day period.
(e) If the county clerk or board of election commissioners
determines that subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) does not
apply, then the provisional ballot is not valid and may not be
counted. The provisional ballot envelope containing the ballot
cast by the provisional voter may not be opened. The county
clerk or board of election commissioners shall write on the
provisional ballot envelope the following: "Provisional ballot
determined invalid.".
(f) If the county clerk or board of election commissioners
determines that a provisional ballot is valid under this
Section, then the provisional ballot envelope shall be opened.
The outside of each provisional ballot envelope shall also be
marked to identify the precinct and the date of the election.
(g) Provisional ballots determined to be valid shall be
counted at the election authority's central ballot counting
location and shall not be counted in precincts. The
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the vote totals for the precincts from which they were cast in
the order in which the ballots were opened. The validation and
counting of provisional ballots shall be subject to the
provisions of this Code that apply to pollwatchers. If the
provisional ballots are a ballot of a punch card voting
system, then the provisional ballot shall be counted in a
manner consistent with Article 24A. If the provisional ballots
are a ballot of optical scan or other type of approved
electronic voting system, then the provisional ballots shall
be counted in a manner consistent with Article 24B.
(h) As soon as the ballots have been counted, the election
judges or election officials shall, in the presence of the
county clerk or board of election commissioners, place each of
the following items in a separate envelope or bag: (1) all
provisional ballots, voted or spoiled; (2) all provisional
ballot envelopes of provisional ballots voted or spoiled; and
(3) all executed affidavits of the provisional ballots voted
or spoiled. All provisional ballot envelopes for provisional
voters who have been determined not to be registered to vote
shall remain sealed. The county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall treat the provisional ballot envelope
containing the written affidavit as a voter registration
application for that person for the next election and process
that application. The election judges or election officials
shall then securely seal each envelope or bag, initial the
envelope or bag, and plainly mark on the outside of the

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envelope or bag in ink the precinct in which the provisional
ballots were cast. The election judges or election officials
shall then place each sealed envelope or bag into a box, secure
and seal it in the same manner as described in item (6) of
subsection (b) of Section 18A-5. Each election judge or
election official shall take and subscribe an oath before the
county clerk or board of election commissioners that the
election judge or election official securely kept the ballots
and papers in the box, did not permit any person to open the
box or otherwise touch or tamper with the ballots and papers in
the box, and has no knowledge of any other person opening the
box. For purposes of this Section, the term "election
official" means the county clerk, a member of the board of
election commissioners, as the case may be, and their
respective employees.
(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13;
98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or
electronically on the website of the appropriate election
authority, not more than 90 nor less than 30 5 days prior to
the date of such election, or by personal delivery not more
than 90 nor less than one day prior to the date of such
election, make application to the county clerk or to the Board

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of Election Commissioners for an official ballot for the
voter's precinct to be voted at such election. Such a ballot
shall be delivered to the elector only upon separate
application by the elector for each election. Voters who make
an application for permanent vote by mail ballot status shall
follow the procedures specified in Section 19-3 and may apply
year round. Voters whose application for permanent vote by
mail status is accepted by the election authority shall remain
on the permanent vote by mail list until the voter requests to
be removed from permanent vote by mail status, the voter
provides notice to the election authority of a change in
registration that affects their registration status, or the
election authority receives confirmation that the voter has
subsequently registered to vote in another election authority
jurisdiction. The URL address at which voters may
electronically request a vote by mail ballot shall be fixed no
later than 90 calendar days before an election and shall not be
changed until after the election.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
Sec. 19-3. Application for a vote by mail ballot.
(a) The application for a vote by mail ballot for a single
election shall be substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT

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To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
State of Illinois.
I state that I am a resident of .... in the municipality of
.... in the county of ....; that I have resided at such address
for at least 30 days; that I am lawfully entitled to vote at
the .... election to be held on ....; that I will not be
physically present in that county on the date of that
election; and that I wish to vote by mail.
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 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 7th
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).

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Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
...............
(a-5) The application for a single vote by mail ballot
transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be
substantively similar to the application for a vote by mail
ballot for a single election and shall include:
I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a print
disability, and, as a result of this disability, I am
making a request to receive a vote by mail ballot
electronically so that I may privately and independently
mark, verify, and print my vote by mail ballot.
(b) (Blank). The application for permanent vote by mail
status shall be substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL STATUS
I am currently a registered voter and wish to apply for
permanent vote by mail status.
I state that I am a resident of .... in the municipality of
.... in the county of ....; that I have resided at such address
for at least 30 days; that I am lawfully entitled to vote at
the .... election to be held on ....; and that I wish to vote
by mail in:
..... all subsequent elections that do not require a party
designation.
..... all subsequent elections, and I wish to receive a
................... Party vote by mail ballot in
elections that require a party designation.

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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 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.
Under penalties as provided by law under Section 29-10 of
the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
....
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
.............................................................
(b-5) (Blank). The application for permanent vote by mail
ballots transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6
shall be substantively similar to the application for
permanent vote by mail status and shall include:
I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a
non-temporary print disability, and as a result of this
disability, I am making a request to receive vote by mail
ballots electronically so that I may privately and
independently mark, verify, and print my vote by mail
ballots.
(c) However, if application is made for a primary election
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designate the name of the political party with which the
applicant is affiliated. The election authority shall allow
any voter on permanent vote by mail status to change his or her
party affiliation for a primary election ballot by a method
and deadline published and selected by the election authority.
(d) 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 the application
under subsection (a) or (b) are true and correct, and a
signature is not required.
(e) Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or
return to an election authority an application under this
Section. If applications are sent to a post office box
controlled by any individual or organization that is not an
election authority, those applications shall (i) include a
valid and current phone number for the individual or
organization controlling the post office box and (ii) be
turned over to the appropriate election authority within 7
days of receipt or, if received within 2 weeks of the election
in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days of
receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in compliance
with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of this Code
and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a fine of $100
per application. Removing, tampering with, or otherwise
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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 under this Section submitted in a form
substantially similar to that required by this Section,
including any substantially similar production or reproduction
generated by the applicant.
(f) (Blank). An election authority may combine the
applications in subsections (a) and (b) onto one form, but the
distinction between the applications must be clear and the
form must provide check boxes for an applicant to indicate
whether he or she is applying for a single election vote by
mail ballot or for permanent vote by mail status.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-819, eff. 5-13-22;
103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time.
Immediately upon the receipt of such application either by
mail or electronic means, not more than 90 days nor less than
30 5 days prior to such election, or by personal delivery not
more than 90 days nor less than one day prior to such election,
at the office of such election authority, it shall be the duty
of such election authority to examine the records to ascertain
whether or not such applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as
requested, including a verification of the applicant's

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signature on file with the office of the election authority,
and if found so to be entitled to vote, to post within one
business day thereafter the name, street address, ward and
precinct number or township and district number, as the case
may be, of such applicant given on a list, the pages of which
are to be numbered consecutively to be kept by such election
authority for such purpose in a conspicuous, open and public
place accessible to the public at the entrance of the office of
such election authority, and in such a manner that such list
may be viewed without necessity of requesting permission
therefor. Within one day after posting the name and other
information of an applicant for a vote by mail ballot, the
election authority shall transmit by electronic means pursuant
to a process established by the State Board of Elections that
name and other posted information to the State Board of
Elections, which shall maintain those names and other
information in an electronic format on its website, arranged
by county and accessible to State and local political
committees. Within 2 business days after posting a name and
other information on the list within its office, but no sooner
than 40 days before an election, the election authority shall
mail, postage prepaid, or deliver in person in such office, or
deliver via electronic transmission pursuant to Section
19-2.6, an official ballot or ballots if more than one are to
be voted at said election. Mail delivery of Temporarily Absent
Student ballot applications pursuant to Section 19-12.3 shall

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be by nonforwardable mail. However, for the consolidated
election, vote by mail ballots for certain precincts may be
delivered to applicants not less than 25 days before the
election if so much time is required to have prepared and
printed the ballots containing the names of persons nominated
for offices at the consolidated primary. The election
authority shall enclose with each vote by mail ballot or
application written instructions on how voting assistance
shall be provided pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document,
written and approved by the State Board of Elections,
informing the vote by mail voter of the required postage for
returning the application and ballot, and enumerating the
circumstances under which a person is authorized to vote by
vote by mail ballot pursuant to this Article; such document
shall also include a statement informing the applicant that if
he or she falsifies or is solicited by another to falsify his
or her eligibility to cast a vote by mail ballot, such
applicant or other is subject to penalties pursuant to Section
29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election Code. Each election
authority shall maintain a list of the name, street address,
ward and precinct, or township and district number, as the
case may be, of all applicants who have returned vote by mail
ballots to such authority, and the name of such vote by mail
voter shall be added to such list within one business day from
receipt of such ballot. If the vote by mail ballot envelope
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the name of the person so assisting shall be included on the
list. The list, the pages of which are to be numbered
consecutively, shall be kept by each election authority in a
conspicuous, open, and public place accessible to the public
at the entrance of the office of the election authority and in
a manner that the list may be viewed without necessity of
requesting permission for viewing.
Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
election of the voters to whom it has issued vote by mail
ballots. The list shall be maintained for each precinct within
the jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the
opening of the polls on election day, the election authority
shall deliver to the judges of election in each precinct the
list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail
ballots have been issued by mail.
Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
election of voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent
student ballots. The list shall be maintained for each
election jurisdiction within which such voters temporarily
abide. Immediately after the close of the period during which
application may be made by mail or electronic means for vote by
mail ballots, each election authority shall mail to each other
election authority within the State a certified list of all
such voters temporarily abiding within the jurisdiction of the
other election authority.
In the event that the return address of an application for

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ballot by a physically incapacitated elector is that of a
facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013,
the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, within the
jurisdiction of the election authority, and the applicant is a
registered voter in the precinct in which such facility is
located, the ballots shall be prepared and transmitted to a
responsible judge of election no later than 9 a.m. on the
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday immediately preceding the
election as designated by the election authority under Section
19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the designated
day the ballot to the applicant on the premises of the facility
from which application was made. The election authority shall
by mail notify the applicant in such facility that the ballot
will be delivered by a judge of election on the designated day.
All applications for vote by mail ballots shall be
available at the office of the election authority for public
inspection upon request from the time of receipt thereof by
the election authority until 30 days after the election,
except during the time such applications are kept in the
office of the election authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and
except during the time such applications are in the possession
of the judges of election.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
contrary, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 30 of the
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Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, neither
the name nor the address of a program participant under that
Act shall be included in any list of registered voters
available to the public, including the lists referenced in
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-819, eff. 5-13-22;
102-1126, eff. 2-10-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-6)
Sec. 19-6. Such vote by mail voter shall make and
subscribe to the certifications provided for in the
application and on the return envelope for the ballot, and
such ballot or ballots shall be folded by such voter in the
manner required to be folded before depositing the same in the
ballot box, and be deposited in such envelope and the envelope
securely sealed. The voter shall then endorse his certificate
upon the back of the envelope and the envelope shall be mailed
in person by such voter, postage prepaid, to the election
authority issuing the ballot or, if more convenient, it may be
delivered in person, by either the voter or by any person
authorized by the voter, except as prohibited in Section
29-21, or by a company licensed as a motor carrier of property
by the Illinois Commerce Commission under the Illinois
Commercial Transportation Law, which is engaged in the
business of making deliveries.
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returned, including ballots returned with insufficient or no
postage. Election authorities may maintain one or more secure
collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail
ballots. Any election authority with collection sites shall
collect all ballots returned each day and process them as
required by this Code, including noting the day on which the
ballot was collected. Ballots returned to such collection
sites after close of business shall be dated as delivered the
next day, with the exception of ballots delivered on election
day, which shall be dated as received on election day.
Election authorities shall permit electors to return vote by
mail ballots at any collection site it has established through
the close of polls on election day. All collection sites shall
be secured by locks that may be opened only by election
authority personnel. The State Board of Elections shall
establish additional guidelines for the security of collection
sites.
It shall be unlawful for any person not the voter or a
person authorized by the voter to take the ballot and ballot
envelope of a voter for deposit into the mail unless the ballot
has been issued pursuant to application by a physically
incapacitated elector under Section 3-3 or a hospitalized
voter under Section 19-13, in which case any employee or
person under the direction of the facility in which the
elector or voter is located may deposit the ballot and ballot
envelope into the mail. If the voter authorized a person to

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deliver the ballot to the election authority, the voter and
the person authorized to deliver the ballot shall complete the
authorization printed on the exterior envelope supplied by an
election authority for the return of the vote by mail ballot.
The exterior of the envelope supplied by an election authority
for the return of the vote by mail ballot shall include an
authorization in substantially the following form:
I ............ (voter) authorize ............... to take
the necessary steps to have this ballot delivered promptly to
the office of the election authority.
....................... ........................
Date Signature of voter
...............................................
Printed Name of Authorized Delivery Agent
...............................................
Signature of Authorized Delivery Agency
...............................................
Date Delivered to the Election Authority
(Source: P.A. 102-1, eff. 4-2-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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Sec. 19-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
(a) (Blank.)
(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
and received by that election authority before the closing of
the polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving
election authority with the day and hour of receipt and may be
processed by the election authority beginning on the day it is
received by the election authority in the central ballot
counting location of the election authority, but the results
of the processing may not be counted until the day of the
election after 7:00 p.m., except as provided in subsections
(g) and (g-5).
(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
but that is received by the election authority after the polls
close on election day and before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots.
Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
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election day and before the close of the period for counting
provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the
intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
was mailed no later than election day.
(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
this Article, and received by the election authority at any
time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the same
period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
by mail voter's blank ballots that are mailed to an election
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are received by the election authority after the polls close
on election day and before the closing of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the same periods
provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
subsection (c).
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots received by the election authority after the
closing of the polls on an election day shall be endorsed by
the election authority receiving them with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
authority for the period of time required for the preservation
of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
election.
(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been
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authority, except those returned in accordance with the
procedures described in Sections 20-2, 20-2.1, 20-2.2, and
20-2.3, shall be counted on or before the 7th day after the
election.
(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
addition, within 2 days after a vote by mail ballot is
received, but in all cases before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots, the election judge or official
shall compare the voter's signature on the certification
envelope of that vote by mail ballot with the voter's
signature on the application verified in accordance with
Section 19-4 or the signature of the voter on file in the
office of the election authority. If the election judge or
official determines that the 2 signatures match, and that the
vote by mail voter is otherwise qualified to cast a vote by
mail ballot, the election authority shall cast and count the
ballot on election day or the day the ballot is determined to
be valid, whichever is later, adding the results to the
precinct in which the voter is registered. If the election
judge or official determines that the signatures do not match,
or that the vote by mail voter is not qualified to cast a vote
by mail ballot, then without opening the certification
envelope, the judge or official shall mark across the face of
the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and shall not
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In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a vote
by mail ballot may be rejected by the election judge or
official:
(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
and resealed;
(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
period ballot;
(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
If the election judge or official determines that any of
these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
shall not cast or count the ballot.
(g-5) If a vote by mail ballot is rejected by the election
judge or official for any reason, the election authority
shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all cases
before the close of the period for counting provisional
ballots, notify the vote by mail voter that his or her ballot
was rejected. The notice shall inform the voter of the reason
or reasons the ballot was rejected and shall state that the
voter may appear before the election authority, on or before
the 7th 14th day after the election, to show cause as to why
the ballot should not be rejected. The voter may present
evidence to the election authority supporting his or her
contention that the ballot should be counted. The election

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authority shall appoint a panel of 3 election judges to review
the contested ballot, application, and certification envelope,
as well as any evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No
more than 2 election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of
the same political party. The reviewing panel of election
judges shall make a final determination as to the validity of
the contested vote by mail ballot. The judges' determination
shall not be reviewable either administratively or judicially.
A vote by mail ballot subject to this subsection that is
determined to be valid shall be counted before the close of the
period for counting provisional ballots.
If a vote by mail ballot is rejected for any reason, the
election authority shall, within one day after the rejection,
transmit to the State Board of Elections by electronic means
the voter's name, street address, email address and precinct,
ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be. If a
rejected vote by mail ballot is determined to be valid, the
election authority shall, within one day after the
determination, remove the name of the voter from the list
transmitted to the State Board of Elections. The State Board
of Elections shall maintain the names and information in an
electronic format on its website accessible to State and local
political committees.
Upon request by the State or local political committee,
each election authority shall, within one day after the
request, provide the following information about all rejected

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vote by mail ballots: voter's name, street address, email
address and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
the case may be.
(g-10) All vote by mail 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.
(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
(Source: P.A. 102-1126, eff. 2-10-23; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the period
for early voting by personal appearance begins the 14th 40th
day preceding a general primary, consolidated primary,
consolidated, or general election and extends through the end
of the day before election day.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a
permanent polling place for early voting must remain open
beginning the 14th 15th day before an election through the end
of the day before election day during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that
beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling
place for early voting must remain open during the hours of
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a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours
required by this subsection, a permanent polling place
designated by an election authority under subsections (c),
(d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of
at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting period
and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during
the early voting period.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority
may close an early voting polling place if the building in
which the polling place is located has been closed by the State
or unit of local government in response to a severe weather
emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall
notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall
make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an
alternative location for early voting.
(d) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
(10 ILCS 5/19A-35)
Sec. 19A-35. Procedure for voting.
(a) Not more than 23 days before the start of the election,
the county clerk shall make available to the election official
conducting early voting by personal appearance a sufficient
number of early ballots, envelopes, and printed voting
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official shall receipt for all ballots received and shall
return unused or spoiled ballots at the close of the early
voting period to the county clerk and must strictly account
for all ballots received. The ballots delivered to the
election official must include early ballots for each precinct
in the election authority's jurisdiction and must include
separate ballots for each political subdivision conducting an
election of officers or a referendum at that election.
(b) In conducting early voting under this Article, the
election judge or official is required to verify the signature
of the early voter by comparison with the signature on the
official registration card, and the judge or official must
verify (i) that the applicant is a registered voter, (ii) the
precinct in which the applicant is registered, and (iii) the
proper ballots of the political subdivision in which the
applicant resides and is entitled to vote, and (iv) the
applicant's identity, which must be verified by the
applicant's presentation of a government-issued photo
identification card, as defined in Section 3-8, or his or her
Voter Identification Card, before providing an early ballot to
the applicant. The election judge or official must verify the
applicant's registration from the most recent poll list
provided by the election authority, and if the applicant is
not listed on that poll list, by telephoning the office of the
election authority.
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vote by mail ballot was issued may vote early if the person
submits that vote by mail ballot to the judges of election or
official conducting early voting for cancellation. If the
voter is unable to submit the vote by mail ballot, it shall be
sufficient for the voter to submit to the judges or official
(i) a portion of the vote by mail ballot if the vote by mail
ballot was torn or mutilated or (ii) an affidavit executed
before the judges or official specifying that (A) the voter
never received a vote by mail ballot or (B) the voter completed
and returned a vote by mail ballot and was informed that the
election authority did not receive that vote by mail ballot.
(b-10) Within one day after a voter casts an early voting
ballot, the election authority shall transmit the voter's
name, street 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.
(b-15) Immediately after voting an early ballot, the voter
shall be instructed whether the voting equipment accepted or
rejected the ballot or identified that ballot as under-voted
for a statewide constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is
identified as under-voted may return to the voting booth and
complete the voting of that ballot. A voter whose early voting
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surrendering the ballot, request and vote another early voting
ballot. The voter's surrendered ballot shall be initialed by
the election judge or official conducting the early voting and
handled as provided in the appropriate Article governing the
voting equipment used.
(c) The sealed early ballots in their carrier envelope
shall be delivered by the election authority to the central
ballot counting location before the close of the polls on the
day of the election.
(Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2)
Sec. 20-2. Any member of the United States Service,
otherwise qualified to vote, who expects in the course of his
duties to be absent from the county in which he resides on the
day of holding any election may make application for a vote by
mail ballot to the election authority having jurisdiction over
his precinct of residence on the official postcard or on a form
furnished by the election authority as prescribed by Section
20-3 of this Article not less than 10 days before the election.
A request pursuant to this Section shall entitle the applicant
to a vote by mail ballot for every election in one calendar
year. The original application for ballot shall be kept in the
office of the election authority for one year as authorization
to send a ballot to the voter for each election to be held
within that calendar year. A certified copy of such

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application for ballot shall be sent each election with the
vote by mail ballot to the election authority's central ballot
counting location to be used in lieu of the original
application for ballot. No registration shall be required in
order to vote pursuant to this Section.
Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election
authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this
Article and not otherwise. Ballots voted under this Section
must be returned postmarked no later than election day and
received for counting at the central ballot counting location
of the election authority on or before during the period for
counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
14th day following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.1)
Sec. 20-2.1. Citizens of the United States temporarily
residing outside the territorial limits of the United States
who are not registered but otherwise qualified to vote and who
expect to be absent from their county of residence during the
periods of voter registration provided for in Articles 4, 5 or
6 of this Code and on the day of holding any election, may make
simultaneous application to the election authority having
jurisdiction over their precinct of residence for registration
by mail and vote by mail ballot not less than 30 days before
the election. Such application may be made on the official

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postcard or on a form furnished by the election authority as
prescribed by Section 20-3 of this Article or by facsimile or
electronic transmission. A request pursuant to this Section
shall entitle the applicant to a vote by mail ballot for every
election in one calendar year. The original application for
ballot shall be kept in the office of the election authority
for one year as authorization to send a ballot to the voter for
each election to be held within that calendar year. A
certified copy of such application for ballot shall be sent
each election with the vote by mail ballot to the election
authority's central ballot counting location to be used in
lieu of the original application for ballot.
Registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant
to this Section. However, if the election authority receives
one of such applications after 30 days but not less than 10
days before a Federal election, said applicant shall be sent a
ballot containing the Federal offices only and registration
for that election shall be waived.
Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the
election authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of
this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the
applicant and the election authority has the capability, by
facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
Ballots voted under this Section must be returned
postmarked no later than election day and received for
counting at the central ballot counting location of the

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election authority on or before during the period for counting
provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day
following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.2)
Sec. 20-2.2. Any non-resident civilian citizen, otherwise
qualified to vote, may make application to the election
authority having jurisdiction over his precinct of former
residence for a vote by mail ballot containing the Federal
offices only not less than 10 days before a Federal election.
Such application may be made on the official postcard or by
facsimile or electronic transmission. A request pursuant to
this Section shall entitle the applicant to a vote by mail
ballot for every election in one calendar year at which
Federal offices are filled. The original application for
ballot shall be kept in the office of the election authority
for one year as authorization to send a ballot to the voter for
each election to be held within that calendar year at which
Federal offices are filled. A certified copy of such
application for ballot shall be sent each election with the
vote by mail ballot to the election authority's central ballot
counting location to be used in lieu of the original
application for ballot. No registration shall be required in
order to vote pursuant to this Section. Ballots under this
Section shall be delivered by the election authority in the

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manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this Article in person,
by mail, or, if requested by the applicant and the election
authority has the capability, by facsimile transmission or by
electronic transmission. Ballots voted under this Section must
be returned postmarked no later than election day and received
for counting at the central ballot counting location of the
election authority on or before during the period for counting
provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day
following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-2.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.3)
Sec. 20-2.3. Members of the Armed Forces and their spouses
and dependents. Any member of the United States Armed Forces
while on active duty, and his or her spouse and dependents,
otherwise qualified to vote, who expects in the course of his
or her duties to be absent from the county in which he or she
resides on the day of holding any election, in addition to any
other method of making application for vote by mail ballot
under this Article, may make application for a vote by mail
ballot to the election authority having jurisdiction over his
or her precinct of residence by a facsimile machine or
electronic transmission not less than 10 days before the
election.
Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the
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this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the
applicant and the election authority has the capability, by
facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission. Ballots
voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later
than election day and received for counting at the central
ballot counting location of the election authority on or
before during the period for counting provisional ballots, the
last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)
Sec. 29-21. Ballot harvesting.
(a) Any person who, during an early voting period, gathers
on behalf of another and submits to an election authority more
than 3 vote by mail ballots shall be guilty of a Class 4
felony. This Section does not apply to a person acting on
behalf of the U.S. Postal Service or a company licensed as a
motor carrier of property by the Illinois Commerce Commission
under the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law.
(b) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section
shall be ineligible for public employment for a period of 5
years immediately following the completion of his sentence.
For the purpose of this subsection, "public employment" means
any elected or appointed office created by the Constitution or
laws of this State or by any ordinance of a unit of local
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an employee of this State, a unit of local government, or a
school district.
(10 ILCS 5/19-2.5 rep.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
Section 19-2.5.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
10 ILCS 5/1-14 new
10 ILCS 5/3-8 new
10 ILCS 5/4-7 from Ch. 46, par. 4-7
10 ILCS 5/5-17 from Ch. 46, par. 5-17
10 ILCS 5/6-31 from Ch. 46, par. 6-31
10 ILCS 5/6-100
10 ILCS 5/7-41 from Ch. 46, par. 7-41
10 ILCS 5/11-2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-2
10 ILCS 5/11-8
10 ILCS 5/16-5 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5
10 ILCS 5/17-9 from Ch. 46, par. 17-9
10 ILCS 5/17-29 from Ch. 46, par. 17-29
10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5
10 ILCS 5/18A-5
10 ILCS 5/18A-15
10 ILCS 5/19-2 from Ch. 46, par. 19-2
10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3
10 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 46, par. 19-4
10 ILCS 5/19-6 from Ch. 46, par. 19-6
10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8
10 ILCS 5/19A-15
10 ILCS 5/19A-35
10 ILCS 5/20-2 from Ch. 46, par. 20-2
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10 ILCS 5/20-2.1 from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.1
10 ILCS 5/20-2.2 from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.2
10 ILCS 5/20-2.3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.3
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new
10 ILCS 5/19-2.5 rep.