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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1795 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop a program or enter into a contract with a third-party developer to create a program that allows petition signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic devices. Provides that the program shall be made available, free of charge, to all political committees who have filed statements of organization with the Board. Provides the requirements for the program.
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| | SB1795 | | LRB101 09661 SMS 54760 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 1-4.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-4.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-4.5. Digital petition signatures. The Board shall |
| 8 | | either develop a program or enter into a contract with a |
| 9 | | third-party developer to create a program that allows petition |
| 10 | | signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic |
| 11 | | devices. |
| 12 | | The program shall be made available, free of charge, to all |
| 13 | | political committees who have filed statements of organization |
| 14 | | with the Board. |
| 15 | | The user facing portion of the program shall be |
| 16 | | downloadable in the form of a mobile or tablet application. The |
| 17 | | application must be downloadable from at least the 2 largest |
| 18 | | digital distribution platforms for mobile applications. |
| 19 | | The program, at a minimum, must be able to: |
| 20 | | (1) determine whether a signer is already registered; |
| 21 | | (2) allow the signer to register or update his or her |
| 22 | | registration; |
| 23 | | (3) determine whether a signer lives in the |