Public Act 096-0553
Public Act 0553 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 096-0553 |
SB2022 Enrolled |
LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | Sections 19-1, 19-2,
19-3, and 19-5 as follows:
| (10 ILCS 5/19-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-1) | Sec. 19-1. Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois | having
duly registered where such registration is required who | will be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place | without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 | or who expects to be
absent from the county in which he is a | qualified elector or who because
of being appointed a judge of | election in a precinct other than the
precinct in which he | resides or who because of physical incapacity or
the tenets of | his religion in the observance of a religious holiday or
who | because of election duties for the office of an Election | Authority
or the State Board of Elections or who because of | election duties for a
law enforcement agency, including but not | limited to the offices of the
Attorney General, a State's | Attorney, a United States Attorney, or a
State, county, or | municipal police department, or who, because he is
temporarily | abiding outside the precinct in which he is registered to vote
| due to the fact he is a student attending an institution of |
| higher
education or who is serving as a sequestered juror on a | State or federal jury,
or who because of his or her confinement | or
detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a | crime,
will be unable to be present at
the polls on the day of | holding any special, general or
primary election at which any | presidential preference is indicated or
any candidates are | chosen or elected, for any congressional, State,
district, | county, town, city, village, precinct or judicial offices or
at | which questions of public policy are submitted, may vote at | such
election as hereinafter in this Article provided.
| Each Election Authority, law enforcement agency, and the | State Board
of Elections shall compile and keep current a list | of his or its
officers or employees who are eligible to vote | under this Article by
reason of election duties.
| For purposes of this Article 19, a physically incapacitated | voter marks
his or her ballot "personally" when the voter | exercises his or her physical
abilities to their reasonable | limit in marking the ballot, and marking
personally may include | instructing the person assisting the incapacitated
voter when | giving such instruction represents the reasonable limit of the
| physical abilities.
| (Source: P.A. 94-637, eff. 1-1-06; 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
| (10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2) | Sec. 19-2. Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 who will | be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place without |
| violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or who is
| expecting to be
absent from the county of his residence or any | such elector who because
of being appointed a judge of election | in a precinct other than the
precinct in which he resides or | who because of physical incapacity or
the tenets of his | religion in the observance of a religious holiday or
who | because of election duties for the office of an Election | Authority,
the State Board of Elections, or a law enforcement
| agency, or who because of his or her confinement or
detention | in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime,
will be | unable to be present at the polls on the day of such
election | may by mail, not more than 40 nor less than 5 days prior to the
| date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 40 | nor less
than one day prior to the date of such election, make | application to the
county clerk or to the Board of Election | Commissioners for an official
ballot for the voter's precinct | to be voted at such election.
| (Source: P.A. 94-637, eff. 1-1-06; 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
| (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
| Sec. 19-3. Application for such ballot shall be made on | blanks to be
furnished by the election authority and | duplication of such application
for ballot is prohibited, | except by the election authority. The
application for ballot | shall be substantially in the
following form:
| APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT
|
| BY ELECTOR WHO EXPECTS TO BE
| ABSENT FROM COUNTY
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by absentee | ballot expect to be absent
from the county of my residence on | the date of holding such election,
and that I will have no | opportunity to vote in person on that day .
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the | county of my
residence , and I agree that I shall return such | ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same prior to the | closing of the polls on the date
of the election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| ....
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
|
| .............................................................
| However, if application is made for a primary election | ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the | political party with which
the applicant is affiliated.
| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| BY ELECTOR WHO IS JUDGE OF ELECTION
| IN A PRECINCT OTHER THAN THE PRECINCT
| IN WHICH HE RESIDES
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | to be held therein on ....; that I am a judge of election
in | .... precinct or the (1) *.... ward in the city of .... or (2)
| *township of .... or (3) *city, village or incorporated town of | .... in such
county and that I will have no opportunity of | voting in person on that day:
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election if I serve as a judge of | election in such
last named precinct, and I agree that I shall |
| return such ballot or
ballots to the official issuing the same | prior to the closing of the
polls on the date of the election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| ....
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
| ....
| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| BY PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED ELECTOR
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | to be held therein on ....; that I shall be physically
| incapable of being present at the polls of such precinct on the | date of
holding such election for the following reasons:
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election if I am so physically |
| incapacitated, and I
agree that I shall return such ballot or | ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing | of the polls on the date of election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| ....
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
| .............................................................
| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT | BY CHILD SEX OFFENDER ELECTOR | To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | lived at such address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am | lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election | to be held therein on ....; that
my assigned precinct polling | place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the polling | place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of | 1961. |
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election because my assigned precinct | polling place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the | polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal | Code of 1961, and I
agree that I shall return such ballot or | ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing | of the polls on the date of election. | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | .... | *fill in either (1), (2), or (3). | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | .............................................................
| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| BY ELECTOR OBSERVING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
| To be voted at the .... election in the county of .... | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct (1) *township of .... | (2) *City of ....
or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
| I state that I am affiliated with the .... party (to be | used in
primary elections) and that I am a resident of the .... | precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) | *.... ward in the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or | town in the county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have | lived at such address for .... month(s)
past, that I am | lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at the ....
election |
| to be held therein on ....; that I shall be unable to be
| present at the polls of such precinct on the date of holding | such
election because of the tenets of my religion in the | observance of a
religious holiday.
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election if I am so unable to be | present at the
polls of such precinct on the date of the | election because of the tenets
of my religion in the observance | of a religious holiday, and I agree
that I shall return the | ballot or ballots to the official issuing the
same prior to the | closing of the polls on the date of the election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| ....
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
| .............................................................
| APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| BY ELECTOR WHO IS AN ELECTION EMPLOYEE
| OF STATE'S ATTORNEY, COUNTY CLERK OR
| BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the |
| (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | held therein on ....; that I am employed in the
office of the | (State's Attorney of .... County) (County Clerk of ....
County) | (Board of Election Commissioners of the (City) (County) of ....
| and that because of election duties on the date of holding such | election
I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that | day.
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | return such
ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same | prior to the closing
of the polls on the date of the election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| ....
| * fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
| .............................................................
| Provided, that if application be made for a primary | election ballot,
such application shall designate the name of | the political party with
which the applicant is affiliated.
| APPLICATION FOR
|
| TEMPORARILY ABSENT STUDENT BALLOT
| To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | held therein on ....; that I am temporarily abiding
outside | such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... in | the
county of .... and State of .... due to the fact I am a | student attending an
institution of higher education, and for | that reason do not expect to have
an opportunity to vote in | person on that day.
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the | precinct of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return such | ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same prior to the | closing of the polls on the date
of the election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| .........................
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
|
| Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
| .............................................................
| However, if application is made for a primary election | ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the | political party with which
the applicant is affiliated.
| In lieu of the separate application blanks heretofore | prescribed, the
election authority may adopt a standard | application blank in
substantially the following form for all | categories of absentee voters:
| APPLICATION FOR
| ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOT
| To be voted at the ....... election in the County of | ....... and
State of Illinois, in the ...... precinct of the | (1) *township of ......
(2) *City of ...... or (3) *...... ward | in the City of ............
| I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the | (1)
*township of ...... (2) *City of ........ or (3) *........ | ward in the
City of ...... residing at .......... in such city | or town in the county
of ...... and State of Illinois; that I | have lived at such address for
...... months last past; that I | am lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at a ...... | election to be held therein on ......; and that I
will be | unable to vote in person at the polls of such precinct for the
| following reasons:
| (Check One)
| I expect to be absent from my county of residence.
|
| I expect to be temporarily absent from the country.
| I shall be serving as a judge of election in the
| ........ precinct which is not my precinct of
| residence.
| I shall be observing a religious holiday in
| accordance with the tenets of my religion.
| I shall be performing official election duties
| for an Election Authority ....................,
| (election authority)
| .................... or the State Board of | Elections.
| (location)
| I shall be performing election law enforcement
| duties in the employment of ......................,
| (law enforcement agency)
| ................
| (location)
| I am temporarily abiding in the (1) *township of
.... | (2) *city of .... in the county of .... and
State of .... due to | the fact I am a student
attending an institution of higher | education.
| I am physically incapacitated.
| Reason(s):
| I have been called for jury duty on said day by
| ..................
| (court jurisdiction)
|
| I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | to be
voted by me at such election and agree that I shall | return the ballot or
ballots to the election official issuing | the same in sufficient time for
such official to deliver the | ballot or ballots to the proper polling
place prior to the | closing of the polls on the date of the election.
| Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| ........................
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which | ballot is mailed:
| ........................
| Provided, that if application is made for a primary | election, such
application shall designate the name of the | political party with which
applicant is affiliated.
| (Source: P.A. 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
| (10 ILCS 5/19-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-5) | Sec. 19-5. It shall be the duty of the election authority | to fold the
ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the | statute for folding
ballots prior to their deposit in the | ballot box, and to enclose such
ballot or ballots in an | envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which
envelope shall | bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and
post | office address of the election authority, and upon the other |
| side
if the ballot is to go to an elector who is to be out of | the county on
the day of the election a printed certification | in substantially the
following form:
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | address for .... months
last past; and that I am lawfully | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | held on .... ; and I expect to be absent from the
county of my | residence on the date of such election .
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret.
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | and correct.
| .......................
| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is physically | incapacitated and needs assistance marking the ballot,
the | envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a certification in
| substantially the following form:
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | ....; that I am shall be physically incapable
of personally | marking the ballot for being present at the polls of such | precinct on the date of holding
such election.
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret .
If I received assistance in casting my | ballot, I further attest that, due
to physical incapacity, I | marked the enclosed
ballot in secret with the assistance of
| .................................
| (Individual rendering assistance)
| .................................
| (Residence Address)
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set forth
in this certification are true | and correct.
| .......................
| In the case of a voter with a who is voting absentee by | reason of physical
incapacity, marking a ballot in secret | includes marking a ballot with the
assistance of another | individual, other than a candidate
whose name appears on the | ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
parent, child, | brother, or sister of the candidate),
the voter's employer, an
|
| agent of that employer , or an officer or agent of the voter's | union, when
the voter's physical incapacity necessitates such | assistance.
| If the ballot is to go to an elector who will be unable to | enter his or her precinct polling place without violating | Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the envelope shall | bear upon the back thereof a
certification in substantially the | following form: | I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in said city or town in the | county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | ....; that my assigned precinct polling place is in a school | and I will be unable to enter the polling place without | violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961. | *fill in either (1), (2), or (3). | I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret. | Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10
of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | and correct. | ......................
| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be |
| present at
the polls on the date of the election because of the | observance of a
religious holiday, the envelope shall bear upon | the back thereof a
certification in substantially the following | form:
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in said city or town in the | county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | ....; that I shall be unable to be present
at the polls of such | precinct on the date of holding such election
because of the | tenets of my religion in the observance of a religious
holiday.
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret.
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | and correct.
| ......................
| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be | present at the
polls on the date of the election because he or | she is confined or detained in
jail pending acquittal or | conviction of a crime, the envelope shall
bear upon the back | thereof a certification in substantially the following form:
|
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1) *township of
.... (2) *City of.... or (3) *.... ward in the | city of .... residing at .... in
that city or town in the | county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have
lived at such | address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled | to
vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on | ....; that I shall be
unable to be present at the polls of such | precinct on the date of holding such
election because of my | confinement or detention in jail pending
acquittal or | conviction of a crime.
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret.
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10 of
The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set forth in
this certification are true | and correct.
| ......................
| If the ballot is to go to an elector who is temporarily | abiding outside
the precinct in which he is registered to vote | due to the fact he is a
student attending an institution of | higher education the envelope shall
bear upon the back thereof | a certification in substantially the following form:
| I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the |
| county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such | address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled | to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on | ....; and I expect to be absent from the
precinct of my | residence on the date of such election because I am
temporarily | abiding outside such precinct in the (1) *township of .... (2)
| *city of .... in the county of .... and State of .... due to the | fact I am
a student attending an institution of higher | education.
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret.
| Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set
forth in this certification are true | and correct.
| .......................
| If the election authority adopts the standard absentee | ballot application
blank provided in Section 19-3, the printed | certification on the absentee
ballot envelope shall be in | substantially the following form:
| I state that I am a resident of the ...... precinct of the | (1) *township
of..... (2) *City of ..... or (3) *....... ward | in the city of .......
residing at ..... in said city or town | in the county of ...... and State
of Illinois, that I have | lived at such address for .... months last past;
that I shall |
| be unable to be present at the polls of such precinct on the
| date of holding such election for the reason indicated on the | application
for ballot enclosed herein.
| *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| I further state that I personally marked the enclosed | ballot in secret.
If I received assistance in casting my | ballot, I further attest that, due
to physical incapacity, I | marked the enclosed
ballot in secret with the assistance of
| .................................
| (Individual rendering assistance)
| .................................
| (Residence Address)
| Under penalties of perjury provided by law pursuant to | Section 29-10 of the
Election
Code, the undersigned certifies | that the statements set forth in this
certification are true | and correct.
| .......................
| In the case of a physically incapacitated voter voter who | is voting absentee by reason of physical
incapacity , marking a | ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the
assistance | of another individual, other than a candidate
whose name | appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
| parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the | voter's
employer, an
agent of that employer, or an officer or | agent of the voter's union, when
the voter's physical | incapacity necessitates such assistance.
|
| Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a | primary
election, the certification shall designate the name of | the political
party with which the voter is affiliated.
| In addition to the above, the election authority shall | provide
printed slips giving full instructions regarding the | manner of marking
and returning the ballot in order that the | same may be counted, and
shall furnish one of such printed | slips to each of such applicants at
the same time the ballot is | delivered to him.
Such instructions shall include the following | statement: "In signing the
certification on the absentee ballot | envelope, you are attesting that you
personally marked this | absentee ballot in secret. If you are physically
unable to mark | the ballot, a friend or relative may assist you after
| completing the enclosed affidavit. Federal and State laws | prohibit a
candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless | you
are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of | the candidate), your
employer, your employer's agent or an | officer or agent of your union
from assisting physically | disabled voters."
| In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an | elector
pursuant to this Section contains a public question | described in subsection
(b) of Section 28-6 and the territory | concerning which the question is
to be submitted is not | described on the ballot due to the space limitations
of such | ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
| a notice of the public question, which shall include a |
| description of the
territory in the manner required by Section | 16-7. The notice shall be
furnished to the elector at the same | time the ballot is delivered to the
elector.
| (Source: P.A. 94-637, eff. 1-1-06; 95-440, eff. 8-27-07.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law. |
Effective Date: 8/17/2009
|