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1		AN ACT concerning elections.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5		Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.2, 1A-16.7, and 1A-16.8 and by adding
6		Section 1A-16.3 as follows:
7		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1)
8		(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-210)
9		Sec. 1A-16.1. Automatic voter registration; Secretary of
10		State.
11		(a) The Office of the Secretary of State and the State
12		Board of Elections, pursuant to an interagency contract and
13		jointly adopted jointly-adopted rules, shall establish an
14		automatic voter registration program that satisfies the
15		requirements of this Section and other applicable law.
16		(b) If, as part of an application, an application for
17		renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification
18		form for a driver's license, other than a temporary visitor's
19		driver's license, or a State identification card issued by the
20		Office of the Secretary of State, an applicant presents
21		documentation that establishes that the applicant is a United
22		States citizen, as described in subsection (g), and is of age
23		to register to vote or if the information provided to the

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1		Office of the Secretary of State under subsection (c)
2		indicates that the applicant is currently registered to vote
3		in Illinois and, upon reviewing the documents and information
4		submitted by the applicant, the Office of the Secretary of
5		State determines that the name or residence address
6		documentation submitted by the applicant differs from the
7		information regarding the applicant provided under subsection
8		(c) meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005,
9		then that application shall serve as a dual-purpose
10		application, unless the applicant declines in accordance with
11		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.7. The dual-purpose
12		application shall:
13		(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
14		in Illinois;
15		(2) allow an applicant to change the applicant's his
16		or her registered residence address or name as it appears
17		on the voter registration rolls;
18		(3) in a single affirmation, including the affirmation
19		required for a driver's license or State identification
20		card, allow the applicant to affirm, under penalty of
21		perjury, to the truth and correctness of the information
22		submitted in the dual-purpose application that is
23		necessary to assess the applicant's eligibility to
24		register to vote or to change the applicant's registered
25		residence address or name as it appears on the voter
26		registration rolls provide the applicant with an

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1		opportunity to affirmatively decline to register to vote
2		or to change his or her registered residence address or
3		name by providing a check box on the application form
4		without requiring the applicant to state the reason; and
5		(4) allow the applicant to notify the Office of the
6		Secretary of State of the applicant's preferred language
7		unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
8		change his or her registered residence address or name,
9		require the applicant to attest, by signature under
10		penalty of perjury as described in subsection (e) of this
11		Section, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
12		in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
13		on his or her driver's license or identification card
14		dual-purpose application.
15		The Office of the Secretary of State shall record the type
16		of documents presented by the applicant that establishes the
17		applicant is a United States citizen as described in
18		subsection (g) and shall enter United States citizenship in a
19		designated field. Based on the entry of United States
20		citizenship in the designated field, the Office of the
21		Secretary of State shall initiate a dual-purpose application
22		through an automated process that is not subject to the
23		discretion of individual employees of the Office of the
24		Secretary of State.
25		(b-5) If, as part of an application, an application for
26		renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification

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1		form for a driver's license, other than a temporary visitor's
2		driver's license, or a State identification card issued by the
3		Office of the Secretary of State, other than an application or
4		form that pertains to a standard driver's license or
5		identification card for an applicant who does not have and is
6		not eligible for a social security number, an applicant
7		presents documentation that neither establishes that the
8		applicant is a United States citizen nor establishes that the
9		applicant is not a United States citizen and the information
10		provided to the Office of the Secretary of State under
11		subsection (c) does not indicate that the applicant is
12		currently registered to vote in Illinois does not meet the
13		requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, then that
14		application shall serve as a dual-purpose application. The
15		dual-purpose application that, shall: (1) also serve as an
16		application to register to vote in Illinois; (2) allow an
17		applicant to change his or her registered residence address or
18		name as it appears on the voter registration rolls; and (3) if
19		the applicant chooses to register to vote, shall also serve as
20		an application to register to vote in Illinois. If the
21		applicant chooses to register to vote, the applicant shall be
22		required or to change his or her registered residence address
23		or name, then require the applicant to attest, by a separate
24		signature under penalty of perjury, to meeting the
25		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the
26		applicant's his or her residence address as indicated on the

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1		his or her dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose
2		application shall allow the applicant to notify the Office of
3		the Secretary of State of the applicant's preferred language.
4		(b-8) If an applicant presents to the Secretary of State
5		documentation that establishes the applicant is not a United
6		States citizen, no application submitted by that applicant
7		shall serve as a dual-purpose application under this Section.
8		(b-10) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
9		(b) to provide the written affirmation described in that
10		subsection, the The Office of the Secretary of State shall
11		clearly and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing:
12		(i) of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; ,
13		(ii) of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false
14		voter registration application, including the
15		immigration-related consequences of incorrectly claiming
16		United States citizenship and of the applicant's opportunity
17		not to proceed in order to avoid the penalties; and (iii) that
18		the , unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
19		update his or her voter registration, his or her dual-purpose
20		application shall also serve as both an application to
21		register to vote and his or her attestation that he or she
22		meets the eligibility requirements for voter registration, and
23		that the his or her application to register to vote or update
24		voter his or her registration will be transmitted to the State
25		Board of Elections for the purpose of registering the person
26		to vote at the residence address to be indicated on the

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1		applicant's his or her driver's license or identification
2		card, and (iv) that declining to register to vote is
3		confidential and will not affect any services the person may
4		be seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State.
5		The Office of the Secretary of State may provide
6		additional instructions specific to applicants under
7		subsection (b).
8		(b-15) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
9		(b-5) to provide the attestation described in that subsection,
10		the Office of the Secretary of State shall clearly and
11		conspicuously inform each applicant in writing: (i) of the
12		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; (ii) of the
13		penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter
14		registration application, including the immigration-related
15		consequences of incorrectly claiming United States citizenship
16		and of the applicant's opportunity to withdraw an application
17		to avoid the penalties; (iii) that the application shall also
18		serve as an application to register to vote and that the
19		application to register to vote or update voter registration
20		will be transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the
21		purpose of registering the person to vote at the residence
22		address to be indicated on the applicant's driver's license or
23		identification card, unless the applicant withdraws the
24		application or declines to register to vote or update the
25		applicant's voter registration; and (iv) that declining to
26		register to vote or withdrawing a voter application is

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1		confidential and will not affect any services the person may
2		be seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State. The
3		Office of the Secretary of State may provide additional
4		instructions specific to applicants under subsection (b-5).
5		(c) The Office of the Secretary of State shall review
6		information provided to the Office of the Secretary of State
7		by the State Board of Elections to determine inform each
8		applicant for a driver's license or permit, other than a
9		temporary visitor's driver's license, or a State
10		identification card issued by the Office of the Secretary of
11		State whether each the applicant under subsections (b) and
12		(b-5) is currently registered to vote in Illinois and, if
13		registered, at what address, and shall inform each applicant
14		described in subsection (b-5) for a driver's license or permit
15		or State identification card issued by the Office of the
16		Secretary of State whether the applicant is currently
17		registered and, if registered, at what address.
18		(d) The Office of the Secretary of State shall not require
19		an applicant for a driver's license or State identification
20		card to provide duplicate identification or information in
21		order to complete an application to register to vote or change
22		his or her registered residence address or name. Before
23		transmitting any personal information about an applicant to
24		the State Board of Elections, the Office of the Secretary of
25		State shall review its records of the identification documents
26		the applicant provided in order to complete the application

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1		for a driver's license or State identification card, to
2		confirm that nothing in those documents indicates that the
3		applicant does not satisfy the qualifications to register to
4		vote in Illinois at his or her residence address. If the
5		applicant provides the Office of the Secretary of State with
6		an address designated by the Attorney General as a substitute
7		mailing address under Section 15 of the Address
8		Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual
9		Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act or is a judicial
10		officer of peace officer who provides the Office of the
11		Secretary of State with a work address instead of a residence
12		address, as authorized by subsection (a) of Section 6-106 of
13		the Illinois Vehicle Code, the applicant shall not be offered
14		voter registration by the Office of the Secretary of State.
15		(e) A completed, signed application for (i) a driver's
16		license or permit, other than a temporary visitor's driver's
17		license, or a State identification card issued by the Office
18		of the Secretary of State that includes the presentation of
19		documentation that establishes that the applicant is a United
20		States citizen and is of age to register to vote or for which
21		the information provided to the Office of the Secretary of
22		State under subsection (c) indicates that the applicant is
23		currently registered to vote in Illinois , that meets the
24		requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005; or (ii) a
25		completed application under subsection (b-5) of this Section
26		with a separate signature attesting the applicant meets the

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1		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at his or her
2		residence address as indicated on his or her application shall
3		constitute a signed application to register to vote in
4		Illinois at the residence address indicated in the application
5		unless the person affirmatively declined in the application to
6		register to vote or to change his or her registered residence
7		address or name. If the identification documents provided to
8		complete the dual-purpose application indicate that the
9		applicant he or she does not satisfy the qualifications to
10		register to vote in Illinois at the specified his or her
11		residence address, the application shall be marked as
12		incomplete.
13		(f) For each completed and signed application that
14		constitutes an application to register to vote in Illinois or
15		provides for a change in the applicant's registered residence
16		address or name, the Office of the Secretary of State shall
17		electronically transmit to the State Board of Elections
18		personal information needed to complete the person's
19		registration to vote in Illinois at the specified his or her
20		residence address, including the applicant's choice language
21		preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
22		collected by the Office of the Secretary of State during the
23		permitting, licensing, or identification card transaction. The
24		application to register to vote shall be processed in
25		accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
26		(g) Documentation that establishes that the applicant is a

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1		United States citizen shall include:
2		(1) a valid, unexpired United States passport or
3		passport card or a United States passport or passport card
4		that has been expired for no more than 2 years;
5		(2) a certified copy of a birth certificate filed with
6		the Division of Vital Records or an equivalent agency in
7		the individual's state of birth;
8		(3) a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the
9		United States Department of State, Form FS-240, DS-1350,
10		or FS-545; and
11		(4) a Certificate of Citizenship issued by the United
12		States Department of Homeland Security, Form N-560 or form
13		N-561. If the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 is repealed,
14		abrogated, superseded, or otherwise no longer in effect,
15		then the State Board of Elections shall establish criteria
16		for determining reliable personal information indicating
17		citizenship status and shall adopt rules as necessary for
18		the Secretary of State to continue processing dual-purpose
19		applications under this Section.
20		(h) As used in this Section, "dual-purpose application"
21		means an application, an application for renewal or , a change
22		of address form, or a recertification form for driver's
23		license or permit, other than a temporary visitor's driver's
24		license, or a State identification card offered by the
25		Secretary of State that also serves as an application to
26		register to vote in Illinois. "Dual-purpose application" does

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1		not mean an application under subsection (c) of Section 6-109
2		of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
3		(i) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
4		Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be implemented no
5		later than January 1, 2026.
6		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17; revised 9-20-2023.)
7		(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-210)
8		Sec. 1A-16.1. Automatic voter registration; Secretary of
9		State.
10		(a) The Office of the Secretary of State and the State
11		Board of Elections, pursuant to an interagency contract and
12		jointly adopted jointly-adopted rules, shall establish an
13		automatic voter registration program that satisfies the
14		requirements of this Section and other applicable law.
15		(b) If, as part of an application, an application for
16		renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification
17		form for a driver's license or a State identification card
18		issued by the Office of the Secretary of State, an applicant
19		presents documentation that establishes that the applicant is
20		a United States citizen, as described in subsection (g), and
21		is of age to register to vote or if the information provided to
22		the Office of the Secretary of State under subsection (c)
23		indicates that the applicant is currently registered to vote
24		in Illinois and, upon reviewing the documents and information
25		submitted by the applicant, the Office of the Secretary of

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1		State determines that the name or residence address
2		documentation submitted by the applicant differs from the
3		information regarding the applicant provided under subsection
4		(c) meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005,
5		then that application shall serve as a dual-purpose
6		application, unless the applicant declines in accordance with
7		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.7. The dual-purpose
8		application shall:
9		(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
10		in Illinois;
11		(2) allow an applicant to change the applicant's his
12		or her registered residence address or name as it appears
13		on the voter registration rolls;
14		(3) in a single affirmation, including the affirmation
15		required for a driver's license or State identification
16		card, allow the applicant to affirm, under penalty of
17		perjury, to the truth and correctness of the information
18		submitted in the dual-purpose application that is
19		necessary to assess the applicant's eligibility to
20		register to vote or to change the applicant's registered
21		residence address or name as it appears on the voter
22		registration rolls provide the applicant with an
23		opportunity to affirmatively decline to register to vote
24		or to change his or her registered residence address or
25		name by providing a check box on the application form
26		without requiring the applicant to state the reason; and

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1		(4) allow the applicant to notify the Office of the
2		Secretary of State of the applicant's preferred language
3		unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
4		change his or her registered residence address or name,
5		require the applicant to attest, by signature under
6		penalty of perjury as described in subsection (e) of this
7		Section, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
8		in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
9		on his or her driver's license or identification card
10		dual-purpose application.
11		The Office of the Secretary of State shall record the type
12		of documents presented by the applicant that establishes the
13		applicant is a United States citizen as described in
14		subsection (g) and shall enter United States citizenship in a
15		designated field. Based on the entry of United States
16		citizenship in the designated field, the Office of the
17		Secretary of State shall initiate a dual-purpose application
18		through an automated process that is not subject to the
19		discretion of individual employees of the Office of the
20		Secretary of State.
21		(b-5) If, as part of an application, an application for
22		renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification
23		form for a driver's license or a State identification card
24		issued by the Office of the Secretary of State, other than an
25		application or form that pertains to a standard driver's
26		license or identification card for an applicant who does not

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1		have and is not eligible for and does not list a social
2		security number, an applicant presents documentation that
3		neither establishes that the applicant is a United States
4		citizen nor establishes that the applicant is not a United
5		States citizen and the information provided to the Office of
6		the Secretary of State under subsection (c) does not indicate
7		that the applicant is currently registered to vote in Illinois
8		for the applicant, does not meet the requirements of the
9		federal REAL ID Act of 2005, then that application shall serve
10		as a dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application
11		that, shall: (1) also serve as an application to register to
12		vote in Illinois; (2) allow an applicant to change his or her
13		registered residence address or name as it appears on the
14		voter registration rolls; and (3) if the applicant chooses to
15		register to vote, shall also serve as an application to
16		register to vote in Illinois. If the applicant chooses to
17		register to vote, the applicant shall be required or to change
18		his or her registered residence address or name, then require
19		the applicant to attest, by a separate signature under penalty
20		of perjury, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
21		in Illinois at the applicant's his or her residence address as
22		indicated on the his or her dual-purpose application.
23		The dual-purpose application shall allow the applicant to
24		notify the Office of the Secretary of State of the applicant's
25		preferred language.
26		(b-8) If an applicant presents to the Secretary of State

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1		documentation that establishes the applicant is not a United
2		States citizen, no application submitted by that applicant
3		shall serve as a dual-purpose application under this Section.
4		(b-10) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
5		(b) to provide the written affirmation described in that
6		subsection, the The Office of the Secretary of State shall
7		clearly and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing:
8		(i) of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; ,
9		(ii) of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false
10		voter registration application, including the
11		immigration-related consequences of incorrectly claiming
12		United States citizenship and of the applicant's opportunity
13		not to proceed in order to avoid the penalties; and , (iii) that
14		the , unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
15		update his or her voter registration, his or her dual-purpose
16		application shall also serve as both an application to
17		register to vote and his or her attestation that he or she
18		meets the eligibility requirements for voter registration, and
19		that the his or her application to register to vote or update
20		voter his or her registration will be transmitted to the State
21		Board of Elections for the purpose of registering the person
22		to vote at the residence address to be indicated on the
23		applicant's his or her driver's license or identification
24		card, and (iv) that declining to register to vote is
25		confidential and will not affect any services the person may
26		be seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State. The

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1		Office of the Secretary of State may provide additional
2		instructions specific to applicants under subsection (b).
3		(b-15) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
4		(b-5) to provide the attestation described in that subsection,
5		the Office of the Secretary of State shall clearly and
6		conspicuously inform each applicant in writing: (i) of the
7		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; (ii) of the
8		penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter
9		registration application, including the immigration-related
10		consequences of incorrectly claiming United States citizenship
11		and of the applicant's opportunity to withdraw an application
12		to avoid the penalties; (iii) that the application shall also
13		serve as an application to register to vote and that the
14		application to register to vote or update voter registration
15		will be transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the
16		purpose of registering the person to vote at the residence
17		address to be indicated on the applicant's driver's license or
18		identification card, unless the applicant withdraws the
19		application or declines to register to vote or update the
20		applicant's voter registration; and (iv) that declining to
21		register to vote or withdrawing a voter application is
22		confidential and will not affect any services the person may
23		be seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State. The
24		Office of the Secretary of State may provide additional
25		instructions specific to applicants under subsection (b-5).
26		(c) The Office of the Secretary of State shall review

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1		information provided to the Office of the Secretary of State
2		by the State Board of Elections to determine whether each
3		inform each applicant for a driver's license or permit or a
4		State identification card issued by the Office of the
5		Secretary of State, other than an application or form that
6		pertains to a standard driver's license or identification card
7		and does not list a social security number for the applicant,
8		whether the applicant under subsections (b) and (b-5) is
9		currently registered to vote in Illinois and, if registered,
10		at what address, and shall inform each applicant described in
11		subsection (b-5) for a driver's license or permit or State
12		identification card issued by the Office of the Secretary of
13		State whether the applicant is currently registered and, if
14		registered, at what address.
15		(d) The Office of the Secretary of State shall not require
16		an applicant for a driver's license or State identification
17		card to provide duplicate identification or information in
18		order to complete an application to register to vote or change
19		his or her registered residence address or name. Before
20		transmitting any personal information about an applicant to
21		the State Board of Elections, the Office of the Secretary of
22		State shall review its records of the identification documents
23		the applicant provided in order to complete the application
24		for a driver's license or State identification card, to
25		confirm that nothing in those documents indicates that the
26		applicant does not satisfy the qualifications to register to

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1		vote in Illinois at his or her residence address. If the
2		applicant provides the Office of the Secretary of State with
3		an address designated by the Attorney General as a substitute
4		mailing address under Section 15 of the Address
5		Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual
6		Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act or is a judicial
7		officer of peace officer who provides the Office of the
8		Secretary of State with a work address instead of a residence
9		address, as authorized by subsection (a) of Section 6-106 of
10		the Illinois Vehicle Code, the applicant shall not be offered
11		voter registration by the Office of the Secretary of State.
12		(e) A completed, signed application for (i) a driver's
13		license or permit or a State identification card issued by the
14		Office of the Secretary of State that includes the
15		presentation of documentation that establishes that the
16		applicant is a United States citizen and is of age to register
17		to vote or for which the information provided to the Office of
18		the Secretary of State under subsection (c) indicates that the
19		applicant is currently registered to vote in Illinois , that
20		meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005; or
21		(ii) a completed application under subsection (b-5) of this
22		Section with a separate signature attesting the applicant
23		meets the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at
24		his or her residence address as indicated on his or her
25		application shall constitute a signed application to register
26		to vote in Illinois at the residence address indicated in the

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1		application unless the person affirmatively declined in the
2		application to register to vote or to change his or her
3		registered residence address or name. If the identification
4		documents provided to complete the dual-purpose application
5		indicate that the applicant he or she does not satisfy the
6		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the
7		specified his or her residence address, the application shall
8		be marked as incomplete.
9		(f) For each completed and signed application that
10		constitutes an application to register to vote in Illinois or
11		provides for a change in the applicant's registered residence
12		address or name, the Office of the Secretary of State shall
13		electronically transmit to the State Board of Elections
14		personal information needed to complete the person's
15		registration to vote in Illinois at the specified his or her
16		residence address, including the applicant's choice language
17		preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
18		collected by the Office of the Secretary of State during the
19		permitting, licensing, or identification card transaction. The
20		application to register to vote shall be processed in
21		accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
22		(g) Documentation that establishes that the applicant is a
23		United States citizen shall include:
24		(1) a valid, unexpired United States passport or
25		passport card or a United States passport or passport card
26		that has been expired for no more than 2 years;

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1		(2) a certified copy of a birth certificate filed with
2		the Division of Vital Records or an equivalent agency in
3		the individual's state of birth;
4		(3) a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the
5		United States Department of State, Form FS-240, DS-1350,
6		or FS-545; and
7		(4) a Certificate of Citizenship issued by the United
8		States Department of Homeland Security, Form N-560 or form
9		N-561. If the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 is repealed,
10		abrogated, superseded, or otherwise no longer in effect,
11		then the State Board of Elections shall establish criteria
12		for determining reliable personal information indicating
13		citizenship status and shall adopt rules as necessary for
14		the Secretary of State to continue processing dual-purpose
15		applications under this Section.
16		(h) As used in this Section, "dual-purpose application"
17		means an application, an application for renewal or , a change
18		of address form, or a recertification form for driver's
19		license or permit or a State identification card offered by
20		the Secretary of State, other than an application or form that
21		pertains to a standard driver's license or identification card
22		for an applicant who does not have and is not eligible for, a
23		social security number and does not list a social security
24		number for the applicant, that also serves as an application
25		to register to vote in Illinois. "Dual-purpose application"
26		does not mean an application under subsection (c) of Section

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1		6-109 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
2		(i) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
3		Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be implemented no
4		later than January 1, 2026.
5		(Source: P.A. 103-210, eff. 7-1-24; revised 9-20-23.)
6		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.2)
7		Sec. 1A-16.2. Automatic voter registration; designated
8		automatic voter registration agencies.
9		(a) Each designated automatic voter registration agency
10		shall, pursuant to an interagency contract and jointly adopted
11		jointly-adopted rules with the State Board of Elections, agree
12		to participate in an automatic voter registration program
13		established by the State Board of Elections that satisfies the
14		requirements of this Section and other applicable law. If the
15		designated automatic voter registration agency provides
16		applications, applications for renewal, change of address
17		forms, filing, or recertification forms to individuals for
18		services offered by another agency, then the State Board of
19		Elections and the designated automatic voter agency shall
20		consult with the other agency. The State Board of Elections
21		shall consider the current technological capabilities of the
22		designated voter registration agency when drafting interagency
23		contracts and jointly adopted jointly-adopted rules. The State
24		Board of Elections and the designated automatic voter
25		registration agency shall amend these contracts and rules as

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1		the technological capabilities of the designated voter
2		registration agencies improve.
3		(b) As provided in subsection (a) of this Section, when
4		each designated automatic voter registration agency provides
5		that collects or cross-references reliable personal
6		information indicating citizenship status may provide that an
7		application or form for a license, permit, program, or service
8		described in subsection (a) that, as part of the application
9		or form, the applicant presents documentation that establishes
10		that the applicant is a United States citizen as described in
11		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1, the application or form
12		shall serve as a dual-purpose application, unless the
13		applicant declines in accordance with subsection (g) of
14		Section 1A-16.7. The dual-purpose application shall:
15		(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
16		in Illinois;
17		(2) allow an applicant to change the applicant's his
18		or her registered residence address or name as it appears
19		on the voter registration rolls;
20		(3) in a single affirmation including the affirmation
21		required for the designated automatic voter registration
22		agency's application, allow the applicant to affirm, under
23		penalty of perjury, to the truth and correctness of
24		information submitted in the dual-purpose application that
25		is necessary to assess the applicant's eligibility to
26		register to vote or to change the applicant's registered

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1		residence address or name as it appears on the voter
2		registration rolls provide the applicant with an
3		opportunity to affirmatively decline to register to vote
4		or change his or her registered residence address or name
5		by providing a check box on the application form without
6		requiring the applicant to state the reason; and
7		(4) allow the applicant to notify the agency of the
8		applicant's preferred language unless the applicant
9		declines to register to vote or to change his or her
10		registered residence address or name, require the
11		applicant to attest, by signature under penalty of
12		perjury, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
13		in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
14		on his or her dual-purpose application.
15		The agency shall record the type of document presented by
16		the applicant that establishes that the applicant is a United
17		States citizen as described in subsection (g) of Section
18		1A-16.1.
19		(c) As provided in subsection (a) of this Section, when
20		each designated automatic voter registration agency provides
21		that does not collect or cross-reference records containing
22		reliable personal information indicating citizenship status
23		may provide that an application or , an application for
24		renewal, a change of address form, or a recertification form
25		for a license, permit, program, or service described in
26		subsection (a) that, as part of the application of form, the

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1		applicant presents documentation that neither establishes that
2		the applicant is a United States citizen nor establishes that
3		the applicant is not a United States citizen, the application
4		or form shall serve as a dual-purpose application if the
5		applicant chooses to register to vote. The dual-purpose
6		application shall:
7		(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
8		in Illinois;
9		(2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered
10		residence address or name as it appears on the voter
11		registration rolls; and
12		(3) if the applicant chooses to register to vote or to
13		change the applicant's his or her registered residence
14		address or name, then require the applicant to attest, by
15		a separate signature under penalty of perjury, to meeting
16		the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at his
17		or her residence address as indicated on his or her
18		dual-purpose application; and .
19		(4) allow the applicant to notify the agency of the
20		applicant's preferred language.
21		(c-1) If an applicant presents documentation to the
22		designated automatic voter registration agency that
23		establishes that the applicant is not a United States citizen
24		or the applicant attests that the applicant is not a United
25		States citizen, no application submitted by that applicant
26		shall serve as a dual-purpose application under this Section.

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1		(c-5) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
2		(b) of this Section to provide the affirmation described in
3		that subsection, the The designated automatic voter
4		registration agency shall clearly and conspicuously inform
5		each applicant in writing: (i) of the qualifications to
6		register to vote in Illinois; , (ii) of the penalties provided
7		by law for submission of a false voter registration
8		application, including the immigration-related consequences of
9		incorrectly claiming United States citizenship and of the
10		applicant's opportunity not to proceed in order to avoid the
11		penalties; (iii) that the application shall serve as an
12		application to register to vote or change the applicant's
13		voter registration, and that the application , unless the
14		applicant declines to register to vote or update his or her
15		voter registration, his or her application shall also serve as
16		both an application to register to vote and his or her
17		attestation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements
18		for voter registration, and that his or her application to
19		register to vote or update his or her registration will be
20		transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of
21		registering the person to vote at the residence address to be
22		indicated on the dual-purpose application; , (iv) that
23		information identifying the agency at which he or she applied
24		to register to vote is confidential; , (v) that declining to
25		register to vote is confidential and will not affect any
26		services the person may be seeking from the agency, and (v)

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1		(vi) any additional information needed in order to comply with
2		Section 7 of the federal National Voter Registration Act of
3		1993. The designated automatic voter registration agency may
4		provide additional instructions specific to applicants under
5		subsection (b).
6		(c-10) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
7		(c) to provide the attestation described in that subsection,
8		the designated automatic voter registration agency shall
9		clearly and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing:
10		(i) of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois;
11		(ii) of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false
12		voter registration application, including the
13		immigration-related consequences of incorrectly claiming
14		United States citizenship, and of the applicant's opportunity
15		to withdraw an application to avoid the penalties; (iii) that
16		the application shall also serve as an application to register
17		to vote or update the applicant's voter registration and that
18		the application to register to vote or update voter
19		registration will be transmitted to the State Board of
20		Elections for the purpose of registering the person to vote at
21		the residence address to be indicated on the dual-purpose
22		application, unless the applicant withdraws the application or
23		declines to register to vote or update the applicant's voter
24		registration; (iv) that information identifying the agency at
25		which the applicant applied to register to vote is
26		confidential; (v) that withdrawing a voter registration

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1		application or otherwise declining to register to vote is
2		confidential and will not affect any services the person may
3		be seeking from the agency; and (vi) any additional
4		information needed in order to comply with Section 7 of the
5		federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The
6		designated automatic voter registration agency may provide
7		additional instructions specific to applicants under
8		subsection (c).
9		(d) The designated automatic voter registration agency
10		shall review information provided to the agency by the State
11		Board of Elections to inform each applicant covered by
12		subsection (c) whether the applicant is currently registered
13		to vote in Illinois and, if registered, at what address.
14		(e) The designated automatic voter registration agency
15		shall not require an applicant for a dual-purpose application
16		to provide duplicate identification or information in order to
17		complete an application to register to vote or change the
18		applicant's his or her registered residence address or name.
19		Before transmitting any personal information about an
20		applicant to the State Board of Elections, the agency shall
21		review its records of the identification documents the
22		applicant provided or that the agency cross-references in
23		order to complete the dual-purpose application, to confirm
24		that nothing in those documents indicates that the applicant
25		does not satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in
26		Illinois at the applicant's his or her residence address. A

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1		completed and signed dual-purpose application, including a
2		completed application under subsection (c) of this Section
3		with a separate signature attesting that the applicant meets
4		the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the his
5		or her residence address as indicated on the his or her
6		application, shall constitute an application to register to
7		vote in Illinois at the residence address indicated in the
8		application unless the person affirmatively declined in the
9		application to register to vote or to change his or her
10		registered residence address or name. If the identification
11		documents provided to complete the dual-purpose application,
12		or that the agency cross-references, indicate that the
13		applicant he or she does not satisfy the qualifications to
14		register to vote in Illinois at his or her residence address,
15		the application shall be marked as incomplete. If the
16		applicant provides the designated automatic voter registration
17		agency with an address designated by the Attorney General as a
18		substitute mailing address under Section 15 of the Address
19		Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual
20		Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, or is a judicial
21		officer or peace officer who provides the designated automatic
22		voter registration agency with a work address instead of a
23		residence address, the applicant shall not be offered voter
24		registration by the designated automatic voter registration
25		agency.
26		(f) For each completed and signed dual-purpose application

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1		that constitutes an application to register to vote in
2		Illinois or provides for a change in the applicant's
3		registered residence address or name, the designated automatic
4		voter registration agency shall electronically transmit to the
5		State Board of Elections personal information needed to
6		complete the person's registration to vote in Illinois at his
7		or her residence address, including the applicant's language
8		preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
9		collected by the designated automatic voter registration
10		agency in the course of receiving applications and other forms
11		regarding licenses, permits, programs, and services offered by
12		the designated automatic voter registration agency. The
13		application to register to vote shall be processed in
14		accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
15		(g) As used in this Section:
16		"Designated automatic voter registration agency" or
17		"agency" means the divisions of Family and Community
18		Services and Rehabilitation Services of the Department of
19		Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, the
20		Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
21		Department of Natural Resources, or an agency of the
22		local, tribal, State, or federal government that has been
23		determined by the State Board of Elections to have access
24		to reliable personal information and has entered into an
25		interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to
26		participate in the automatic voter registration program

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1		under this Section.
2		"Dual-purpose application" means an application, an
3		application for renewal, a change of address form, or a
4		recertification form for a license, permit, program, or
5		service offered by a designated automatic voter
6		registration agency that also serves as an application to
7		register to vote in Illinois.
8		"Reliable personal information" means information
9		about individuals obtained from government sources that
10		may be used to verify whether an individual is eligible to
11		register to vote.
12		(h) (Blank). This Section shall be implemented no later
13		than July 1, 2019.
14		(i) If an agency under this Section receives documentation
15		that an applicant is a United States citizen, as described in
16		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1 for more than one person
17		listed on an application for a license, permit, program, or
18		service, each person for whom the agency receives the
19		documentation may be considered an applicant under this
20		Section and the application may serve as a dual-purpose
21		application for each person.
22		(j) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
23		Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be implemented no
24		later than January 1, 2026.
25		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)

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1		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.3 new)
2		Sec. 1A-16.3. Language assistance.
3		(a) Every facility operated by the Driver Services
4		Department of the Office of the Secretary of State and all
5		facilities of a designated voter registration agency located
6		in a political subdivision covered by Section 203 of the
7		federal Voting Rights Act shall display and make plainly
8		visible signage informing applicants about the type of
9		language assistance available. The signage shall be in the
10		covered languages applicable for the political subdivision.
11		(b) Every facility operated by the Driver Services
12		Department of the Office of the Secretary of State and all
13		facilities of a designated voter registration agency located
14		in a political subdivision covered by Section 203 of the
15		federal Voting Rights Act shall make available, in the covered
16		languages, all written materials and verbal communication
17		regarding voter registration for the purpose of processing the
18		applicant's dual-purpose application described in Sections
19		1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. Every facility operated by the Driver
20		Services Department of the Office of the Secretary of State
21		and all facilities of a designated voter registration agency
22		shall make available, in the 5 most common non-English
23		languages in this State, all written materials and verbal
24		communications regarding voter registration for the purpose of
25		processing an applicant's dual-purpose application described
26		in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. These materials shall include

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1		the notices described in subsection (b-10) of Section 1A-16.1
2		and subsection (e) of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
3		Code, the affirmations described in paragraph (3) of
4		subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of
5		subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2, and the attestations
6		described in subsection (b-5) of Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph
7		(3) of subsection (c) of Section 1A-16.2.
8		(c) In addition to the requirements under subsections (a)
9		and (b), the Driver Services Department of the Office of the
10		Secretary of State, as part of every transaction described in
11		subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 1A-16.1 completed through
12		its website, and each designated automatic voter registration
13		agency, as defined in subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.2, as
14		part of every transaction described in subsections (b) and (c)
15		of Section 1A-16.2 completed through its website, shall make
16		available, in the covered languages required in any
17		jurisdiction in this State by Section 203 of the federal
18		Voting Rights Act and in the 5 most common non-English
19		languages in this State, all information and questions
20		provided to an applicant regarding voter registration for the
21		purpose of processing the applicant's dual-purpose application
22		as described in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. These materials
23		shall include, but not be limited to, the notices described in
24		subsection (b-10) of Section 1A-16.1 and subsection (e) of
25		Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the affirmations
26		described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section

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1		1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
2		1A-16.2, and the attestations described in subsection (b-5) of
3		Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section
4		1A-16.2. The Office of the Secretary of the State shall
5		determine the 5 most common non-English languages in this
6		State by referring to the best available data from the United
7		States Census Bureau or other sources that the Office of the
8		Secretary of the State considers relevant and reliable.
9		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.7)
10		Sec. 1A-16.7. Automatic voter registration.
11		(a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and
12		maintain a portal for automatic government agency voter
13		registration that permits an eligible person to electronically
14		apply to register to vote or to update his or her existing
15		voter registration as provided in Section 1A-16.1 or Section
16		1A-16.2. The portal shall interface with the online voter
17		registration system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this
18		Code and shall be capable of receiving and processing voter
19		registration application information, including electronic
20		signatures, from the Office of the Secretary of State and each
21		designated automatic voter registration agency, as defined in
22		Section 1A-16.2. The State Board of Elections may
23		cross-reference voter registration information from any
24		designated automatic voter registration agency, as defined
25		under Section 1A-16.2 of this Code, with information contained

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1		in the database of the Secretary of State as provided under
2		subsection (c) of Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. The State
3		Board of Elections shall modify the online voter registration
4		system as necessary to implement this Section.
5		(b) Voter registration data received from the Office of
6		the Secretary of State or a designated automatic voter
7		registration agency through the online registration
8		application system shall be processed as provided in Section
9		1A-16.5 of this Code.
10		(c) The State Board of Elections shall establish technical
11		specifications applicable to each automatic government
12		registration program, including data format and transmission
13		specifications. The Office of the Secretary of State and each
14		designated automatic voter registration agency shall maintain
15		a data transfer mechanism capable of transmitting voter
16		registration application information, including electronic
17		signatures where available, to the online voter registration
18		system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this Code.
19		(d) The State Board of Elections shall, by rule, establish
20		criteria and procedures for determining whether an agency of
21		the State or federal government seeking to become a designated
22		automatic voter registration agency in the course of receiving
23		applications and other forms regarding licenses, permits,
24		programs, and services offered by the agency, receives
25		documentation that an applicant is a United States citizen, as
26		described in subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1 has access to

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1		reliable personal information, as defined under this
2		subsection (d) and subsection (f) of Section 1A-16.2 of this
3		Code, and otherwise meets the requirements to enter into an
4		interagency contract and to operate as a designated automatic
5		voter registration agency. The State Board of Elections shall
6		approve each interagency contract upon affirmative vote of a
7		majority of its members.
8		As used in this subsection (d), "reliable personal
9		information" means information about individuals obtained from
10		government sources that may be used to verify whether an
11		individual is eligible to register to vote.
12		(e) Whenever an applicant's data is transferred from the
13		Office of the Secretary of State or a designated automatic
14		voter registration agency, the agency must transmit a
15		signature image if available. If no signature image was
16		provided by the agency and , or if no signature image is
17		available in the Office of the Secretary of State's database
18		or the statewide voter registration database, or other
19		database available to the State Board of Elections, the
20		applicant must be notified that voter his or her registration
21		will remain in a pending status until the applicant: , and the
22		applicant will be required to
23		(1) provides provide identification that complies with
24		the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and a signature
25		to the election authority on election day in the polling
26		place or during early voting; .

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1		(2) provides identification that complies with the
2		federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and a signature with
3		a mail ballot, or provides a signature in accordance with
4		the procedures described in subsection (g-5) of Section
5		19-8; or
6		(3) provides a signature in response to the notice
7		described in subsection (g) or by other paper or
8		electronic means determined by the State Board of
9		Elections.
10		(f) Upon receipt of personal information collected and
11		transferred by the Office of the Secretary of State or a
12		designated automatic voter registration agency, the State
13		Board of Elections shall check the information against the
14		statewide voter registration database. The State Board of
15		Elections shall create and electronically transmit to the
16		appropriate election authority a voter registration
17		application for any individual who is not registered to vote
18		in Illinois and is not disqualified as provided in this
19		Section or whose information reliably indicates a more recent
20		update to the name or address of a person already included in
21		the statewide voter database. The election authority shall
22		process the application accordingly. If the individual
23		provides the Office of the Secretary of State or a designated
24		automatic voter registration agency with an address designated
25		by the Attorney General as a substitute mailing address under
26		Section 15 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of

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1		Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or
2		Stalking Act or if the State Board of Elections otherwise
3		determines that the individual is a program participant under
4		Section 10 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of
5		Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or
6		Stalking Act, the State Board of Elections shall not create or
7		electronically transmit to an election authority a voter
8		registration the application for the individual. The State
9		Board of Elections may provide alternative voter registration
10		procedures for the individuals described in this subsection.
11		(g) The appropriate election authority shall ensure that
12		any applicant about whom it receives information from the
13		State Board of Elections under subsection (f) who is
14		registered to vote or whose existing voter registration is
15		updated under this Section is promptly sent written notice of
16		the change. The notice required by this subsection (g) may be
17		sent or combined with other notices required or permitted by
18		law, including, but not limited to, any notices sent pursuant
19		to Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any notice required by this
20		subsection (g) shall contain, at a minimum: (i) the
21		applicant's name and residential address as reflected on the
22		voter registration list; (ii) a statement notifying the
23		applicant to contact the appropriate election authority if his
24		or her voter registration has been updated in error; (iii) the
25		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; (iv) a
26		statement notifying the applicant that he or she may opt out of

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1		voter registration or request a change to his or her
2		registration information at any time by contacting an election
3		official; and (iii) (v) contact information for the
4		appropriate election authority, including a phone number,
5		address, electronic mail address, and website address.
6		For an applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1
7		or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 who is not currently
8		registered to vote in Illinois, the notice shall be sent
9		within 5 business days after the transmission of the voter
10		registration application to the election authority and shall
11		contain:
12		(1) the following statement: "After your recent visit
13		to [an Illinois Secretary of State Driver Services
14		Facility, or designated automatic voter registration
15		agency] we started an automatic voter registration process
16		for you. You will be registered to vote unless you
17		complete, sign, and return this card by [deadline date].";
18		(2) the notices required by Section 5(c)(2) of the
19		National Voter Registration Act of 1993; and
20		(3) an opportunity to provide a signature as described
21		in subsection (e) and to select a language for election
22		materials if applicable to the jurisdiction, by prepaid
23		postage.
24		For an applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1
25		or subsections (b) of Section 1A-16.2 who is currently
26		registered to vote in Illinois and whose application contains

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1		a change in the applicant's registered residence address or
2		name, the notice shall be sent within 5 business days after the
3		transmission of the voter registration application to the
4		election authority and shall contain:
5		(1) the following statement: "After your recent visit
6		to [an Illinois Secretary of State Driver Services
7		Facility or designated automatic voter registration
8		agency], we started an update to your voter registration.
9		Your voter registration will be updated unless you
10		complete, sign and return this card by [deadline date].";
11		(2) the notices required by Section 5(c)(2) of the
12		National Voter Registration Act of 1993; and
13		(3) an opportunity to provide a signature as described
14		in subsection (e), and to select a language for election
15		materials if applicable to the jurisdiction, by prepaid
16		postage.
17		Any notice required by this subsection shall, at a
18		minimum, be provided in languages for which there is coverage
19		for the jurisdiction of the election authority under Section
20		203 of the federal Voting Rights Act, as identified by the
21		United States Census Bureau in the Federal Register. Any
22		notice required by this subsection must also comply with all
23		applicable, federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and
24		ordinances that relate to providing language access to
25		individuals with limited English proficiency. If the State
26		Board of Elections has received language preference

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1		information regarding the applicant and has transmitted that
2		information to the appropriate election authority, the
3		appropriate election authority shall take all practicable
4		measures to send the notice to the applicant in the
5		applicant's preferred language.
6		(g-5) If an applicant under subsection (b) of Section
7		1A-16.1 or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the
8		notice described in subsection (g) declining to be registered
9		within 23 days after the mailing of the notice, the applicant
10		shall not be registered to vote and the applicant shall be
11		deemed not to have attempted to register to vote. If an
12		applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1 or
13		subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the notice described
14		in subsection (g) declining or correcting the update within 23
15		days after the mailing of the notice, the applicant's update
16		shall be declined or corrected in the statewide voter
17		registration database. If an applicant returns the notice
18		described in subsection (g) but does not do so within 23 days
19		after the mailing of the notice, then the applicant shall be
20		registered to vote under the name and address contained in the
21		dual-purpose application. If an applicant returns the notice
22		described in subsection (g) declining to be registered or
23		declining or correcting the update more than 23 days after the
24		mailing of the notice, then the notice shall be processed as a
25		request to cancel or update the applicant's registration.
26		During the 23-day period specified in this subsection, an

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1		applicant's voter registration or updated voter registration
2		shall be in a pending status.
3		(g-6) If an applicant under subsection (b) of Section
4		1A-16.1 or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the
5		notice indicating a language preference, the language
6		preference shall be retained as part of the person's
7		registration information.
8		(h) The appropriate election authority shall ensure that
9		any applicant whose voter registration application is not
10		accepted or deemed incomplete is promptly sent written notice
11		of the application's status. The notice required by this
12		subsection may be sent or combined with other notices required
13		or permitted by law, including, but not limited to, any
14		notices sent pursuant to Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any
15		notice required by this subsection (h) shall contain, at a
16		minimum, the reason the application was not accepted or deemed
17		incomplete and contact information for the appropriate
18		election authority, including a phone number, address,
19		electronic mail address, and website address.
20		(i) If the Office of the Secretary of State or a designated
21		automatic voter registration agency transfers information, or
22		if the State Board of Elections creates and transmits a voter
23		registration application, for a person who does not qualify as
24		an eligible voter, then it shall not constitute a completed
25		voter registration form, and the person shall not be
26		considered to have registered to vote.

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1		(j) If the registration is processed by any election
2		authority, then it shall be presumed to have been effected and
3		officially authorized by the State, and that person shall not
4		be found on that basis to have made a false claim to
5		citizenship or to have committed an act of moral turpitude,
6		nor shall that person be subject to penalty under any relevant
7		laws, including, but not limited to, Sections 29-10 and 29-19
8		of this Code. This subsection (j) does not apply to a person
9		who knows that he or she is not entitled to register to vote
10		and who willfully votes, registers to vote, or attests under
11		penalty of perjury that he or she is eligible to register to
12		vote or willfully attempts to vote or to register to vote.
13		(k) The State Board of Elections, the Office of the
14		Secretary of State, and each designated automatic voter
15		registration agency shall implement policies and procedures to
16		protect the privacy and security of voter information as it is
17		acquired, stored, and transmitted among agencies, including
18		policies for the retention and preservation of voter
19		information. Information designated as confidential under this
20		Section may be recorded and shared among the State Board of
21		Elections, election authorities, the Office of the Secretary
22		of State, and designated automatic voter registration
23		agencies, but shall be used only for voter registration
24		purposes, shall not be disclosed to the public except in the
25		aggregate as required by subsection (m) of this Section, and
26		shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The

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1		following information shall be designated as confidential:
2		(1) any portion of an applicant's Social Security
3		number;
4		(2) any portion of an applicant's driver's license
5		number or State identification number;
6		(3) an applicant's decision to decline voter
7		registration;
8		(4) the identity of the person providing information
9		relating to a specific applicant; and
10		(5) the personal residence and contact information of
11		any applicant for whom notice has been given by an
12		appropriate legal authority; and .
13		(6) the personal residence and contact information
14		relating to an applicant who returns a notice described
15		subsection (g) declining to register to vote that was
16		received by the election authority within 23 days after
17		mailing the notice or for whom the 23-day period has not
18		passed.
19		This subsection (k) shall not apply to information the
20		State Board of Elections is required to share with the
21		Electronic Registration Information Center.
22		(l) The voter registration procedures implemented under
23		this Section shall comport with the federal National Voter
24		Registration Act of 1993, as amended, and shall specifically
25		require that the State Board of Elections track registration
26		data received through the online registration system that

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1		originated from a designated automatic voter registration
2		agency for the purposes of maintaining statistics.
3		Nothing in this Code shall require designated voter
4		registration agencies to transmit information that is
5		confidential client information under State or federal law
6		without the consent of the applicant.
7		(m) The State Board of Elections, each election authority
8		that maintains a website, the Office of the Secretary of
9		State, and each designated automatic voter registration agency
10		that maintains a website shall provide information on their
11		websites informing the public about the new registration
12		procedures described in this Section. The Office of the
13		Secretary of State and each designated automatic voter
14		registration agency shall display signage or provide
15		literature for the public containing information about the new
16		registration procedures described in this Section.
17		(n) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
18		amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the State Board
19		of Elections shall hold at least one public hearing on
20		implementing this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly
21		at which the public may provide input.
22		(o) The State Board of Elections shall submit an annual
23		public report to the General Assembly and the Governor
24		detailing the progress made to implement this Section. The
25		report shall include all of the following: the number of
26		records transferred under this Section by agency, the number

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1		of voters newly added to the statewide voter registration list
2		because of records transferred under this Section by agency,
3		the number of updated registrations under this Section by
4		agency, the number of persons who opted out of voter
5		registration, and the number of voters who submitted voter
6		registration forms using the online procedure described in
7		Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. The 2018 and 2019 annual reports
8		may include less detail if election authorities are not
9		equipped to provide complete information to the State Board of
10		Elections. Any report produced under this subsection (o) shall
11		exclude any information that identifies any individual
12		personally.
13		(p) The State Board of Elections, in consultation with
14		election authorities, the Office of the Secretary of State,
15		designated automatic voter registration agencies, and
16		community organizations, shall adopt rules as necessary to
17		implement the provisions of this Section.
18		(q) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
19		Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be implemented no
20		later than January 1, 2026.
21		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
22		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8)
23		Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based
24		upon information from the National Change of Address database
25		and designated automatic voter registration agencies.

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1		(a) The State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the
2		statewide voter registration database against the United
3		States Postal Service's National Change of Address database
4		twice each calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in
5		odd-numbered years and April 15 and December 1 in
6		even-numbered years or with the same frequency as in
7		subsection (b) of this Section, and shall share the findings
8		with the election authorities.
9		(b) In addition, beginning no later than September 1,
10		2017, the State Board of Elections shall utilize data provided
11		as part of its membership in the Electronic Registration
12		Information Center in order to cross-reference the statewide
13		voter registration database against databases of relevant
14		personal information kept by designated automatic voter
15		registration agencies, including, but not limited to, driver's
16		license information kept by the Secretary of State, at least 6
17		times each calendar year and shall share the findings with
18		election authorities.
19		This subsection (b) shall no longer apply once Sections
20		1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code are fully implemented as
21		determined by the State Board of Elections. Upon a
22		determination by the State Board of Elections of full
23		implementation of Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code,
24		the State Board of Elections shall file notice of full
25		implementation and the inapplicability of this subsection (b)
26		with the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of

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1		State, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative
2		Reference Bureau.
3		(b-5) The State Board of Elections shall not be required
4		to share any data on any voter attained using the National
5		Change of Address database under subsection (a) of this
6		Section if that voter has a more recent government transaction
7		indicated using the cross-reference under subsection (b) of
8		this Section. If there is contradictory or unclear data
9		between data obtained under subsections (a) and (b) of this
10		Section, then data obtained under subsection (b) of this
11		Section shall take priority.
12		(c) An election authority shall automatically register any
13		voter who has moved into its jurisdiction from another
14		jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved within its jurisdiction
15		provided that:
16		(1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes
17		the new registration address provides the voter an
18		opportunity to reject the change in registration address
19		through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the
20		new registration address, and
21		(2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction
22		includes the previous registration address is a different
23		election authority, then that election authority provides
24		the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by
25		forwardable mail, to the previous registration address.
26		This change in registration shall trigger the same

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1		inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if
2		the voter completed a new registration card, including the
3		cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the
4		registration of a voter be changed from one address to another
5		within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and
6		offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting
7		that the prior registration address is the true current
8		address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as
9		having been registered at the prior registration address and
10		canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall
11		be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration
12		address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable
13		to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be
14		permitted to register and vote a regular ballot, provided that
15		he or she meets the documentary requirements for same-day
16		registration. If the election authority is unable to confirm
17		the registration and the voter does not meet the requirements
18		for same-day registration, the voter shall be issued a
19		provisional ballot.
20		(c-5) An agency that does not receive documentation that
21		an applicant is a United States citizen, as described in
22		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1, may enter into an agreement
23		with the State Board of Elections to transmit information that
24		shall serve only to update an applicant's existing voter
25		registration record. Under the agreement, the agency shall
26		transmit information on all clients who may be registered to

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1		vote with a clear indication that the information shall be
2		used only for updates. The State Board of Elections shall
3		determine which applicants are already registered to vote and,
4		for any voter whose information provided to the agency differs
5		from that on the voter registration record, provide that
6		information to the voter's local election authority who shall
7		update a registered voter's records in accordance with the
8		procedures described in Section 1A-16.7. The State Board of
9		Election and local election authority shall take no action
10		under this subsection for any applicant not already registered
11		to vote.
12		This subsection shall be implemented no later than January
13		1, 2026.
14		(d) No voter shall be disqualified from voting due to an
15		error relating to an update of registration under this
16		Section.
17		(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
18		Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
19		changing Section 2-105 as follows:
20		(625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
21		Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State.
22		(a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the
23		State capital and in such other places in the State as he may
24		deem necessary to properly carry out the powers and duties

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1		vested in him.
2		(b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or
3		more buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County
4		of Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the
5		powers and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may, on
6		behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private
7		property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
8		The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings
9		constructed thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State.
10		Expenditures for the construction and equipping of any of such
11		buildings upon premises owned by another public entity shall
12		not be subject to the provisions of any State law requiring
13		that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
14		premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the
15		Secretary of State by this Section is subject to the
16		appropriation of the necessary funds.
17		(c) Pursuant to Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.7, and 1A-25 of
18		the Election Code, the Secretary of State shall make driver
19		services facilities available for use as places of accepting
20		applications for voter registration.
21		(d) (Blank).
22		(e) Each applicant person applying at a driver services
23		facility for a driver's license or permit, a corrected
24		driver's license or permit, an Illinois Identification Card
25		identification card or a corrected Illinois Identification
26		Card who has presented documentation establishing United

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1		States citizenship as set forth in subsection (g) of Section
2		1A-16.1 of the Election Code identification card shall be
3		notified, under the procedures set forth in Sections 1A-16.1
4		and 1A-16.7 of the Election Code, that the applicant's unless
5		he or she affirmatively declines, his or her personal
6		information shall be transferred to the State Board of
7		Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter
8		registration application. Each applicant applying at a driver
9		services facility for a driver's license or permit, a
10		corrected driver's license or permit or a State identification
11		card or a corrected Illinois Identification Card who presented
12		documentation that neither establishes that the applicant is a
13		United States citizen nor establishes that the applicant is
14		not a United States citizen, but who affirmatively indicated
15		they wished to apply to register to vote and attested, in
16		writing, to United States citizenship, shall be notified,
17		under the procedures set forth in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.7
18		of the Election Code that the applicant's personal information
19		will be transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the
20		purpose of creating an electronic voter registration
21		application. Such notification may be made in writing or
22		verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of State.
23		The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
24		be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and the
25		duties of his employees under this Section.
26		(f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for

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1		issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois
2		Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a
3		brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial
4		identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional
5		Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to
6		the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall
7		(i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be
8		an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft,
9		(ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader
10		believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity
11		theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone
12		numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies
13		that provide assistance to victims of financial identity
14		theft.
15		(g) (Blank). The changes made by this amendatory Act of
16		the 100th General Assembly shall be implemented no later than
17		July 1, 2018.
18		(h) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
19		Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be implemented no
20		later than January 1, 2026.
21		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
22		Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
23		changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
24		that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
25		represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does

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1		not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
2		made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
3		Public Act.