Public Act 096-0441
 		





HB0267 Enrolled
LRB096 04489 JAM 14541 b






    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 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
    Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority 
shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and 
for change of address during the period from the close of

registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th 
day before the
primary or 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 or at a voter 
registration location specifically designated for this
purpose 
by the election authority. 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 first election or primary 
occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace 
period voting, either in person in the office of the election 
authority or at a location specifically designated for this 
purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the 
discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall 
be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 
19. 
    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period 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.  The name of each person 
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the 
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee 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 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.


(Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/5-50)
    Sec. 5-50. Grace period.  Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority 
shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and 
for change of address during the period from the close of

registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th 
day before the
primary or 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 or at a voter 
registration location specifically designated for this
purpose 
by the election authority. 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 first election or primary 
occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace 
period voting, either in person in the office of the election 
authority or at a location specifically designated for this 
purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the 
discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall 
be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 
19.
    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period 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.  The name of each person 
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the 
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee 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 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.


(Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
    (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 a primary or election and until the 7th 14th 
day before the
primary or 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 or at a voter 
registration location specifically designated for this
purpose 
by the election authority. 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 first election or primary 
occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace 
period voting, either in person in the office of the election 
authority or at a location specifically designated for this 
purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the 
discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall 
be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 
19. 
    Within one day after a voter casts a grace period 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.  The name of each person 
issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the 
appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee 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 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.


(Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)