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1		AN ACT concerning government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Article 5.
5		Section 5-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6		Section 10-6 as follows:
7		(10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
8		Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as otherwise
9		provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and
10		nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for offices
11		to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any district
12		not entirely within a county, or for congressional, state
13		legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to the
14		principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than
15		169 nor less than 162 days previous to the day of election for
16		which the candidates are nominated. The State Board of
17		Elections shall endorse the certificates of nomination or
18		nomination papers, as the case may be, and the date and hour of
19		presentment to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
20		all other certificates for the nomination of candidates shall
21		be filed with the county clerk of the respective counties not
22		more than 169 but at least 162 days previous to the day of such

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1		election. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for
2		the nomination of candidates for school district offices to be
3		filled at consolidated elections shall be filed with the
4		county clerk or county board of election commissioners of the
5		county in which the principal office of the school district is
6		located not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before the
7		consolidated election. Except as otherwise provided in this
8		Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
9		nomination of candidates for the other offices of political
10		subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
11		general election shall be filed with the local election
12		official of such subdivision:
13		(1) (blank);
14		(2) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to
15		the consolidated election; or
16		(3) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to
17		the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
18		filled at the general primary election; or
19		(4) not more than 127 nor less than 120 days before the
20		consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to
21		be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law
22		(including, without limitation, those municipal offices
23		subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
24		(5) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before the
25		municipal primary in even numbered years for such
26		nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are

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1		provided; or
2		(6) in the case of petitions for the office of
3		multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
4		with the election authority not more than 141 113 nor less
5		than 134 days before the consolidated election.
6		However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
7		co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
8		municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
9		nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
10		political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
11		such Board.
12		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
13		Section 5-10. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
14		is amended by changing Section 3c-2 as follows:
15		(70 ILCS 805/3c-2)
16		Sec. 3c-2. Continuous effect of provisions; validation.
17		The General Assembly declares that the changes made to
18		Sections 3c and 3c-1 by this amendatory Act of the 103rd
19		General Assembly shall be deemed to have been in continuous
20		effect since November 15, 2021 (the effective date of Public
21		Act 102-668 102-688) and shall continue to be in effect until
22		they are lawfully repealed. All actions that were taken on or
23		after 2021 and before the effective date of this amendatory
24		Act of the 103rd General Assembly by a downstate forest

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1		preserve district or any other person and that are consistent
2		with or in reliance on the changes made to Sections 3c and 3c-1
3		by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly are
4		hereby validated.
5		(Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
6		Article 10.
7		Section 10-5. The School Code is amended by changing
8		Sections 23-7 and 34-4.1 as follows:
9		(105 ILCS 5/23-7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 23-7)
10		Sec. 23-7. Compensation and expenses.
11		No school board member shall receive any compensation for
12		service rendered to any such association, whether as an
13		officer or otherwise, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
14		for expenses actually incurred in the work of such
15		association. Consistent with Section 10-15 of the State
16		Officials and Employees Ethics Act, a school board association
17		may offer and provide scholarships or other reimbursements to
18		school board members, and a school board member may receive
19		scholarships or other reimbursements from an association for
20		reasonable travel and lodging expenses to attend meetings or
21		other events hosted by the association which are reasonably
22		related to the school board member's duties and will
23		contribute to the professional development of the school board

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1		member.
2		(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
3		(105 ILCS 5/34-4.1)
4		Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the
5		requirements of the general election law, the form of
6		petitions under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be
7		substantially as follows:
8		NOMINATING PETITIONS
9		(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
10		To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of
11		Chicago:
12		We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters
13		residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who
14		resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for
15		the office of .... of the Chicago Board of Education (full
16		term) (vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on
17		(insert date).
18		Name: .................. Address: ...................
19		In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition
20		for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial
21		or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly
22		known, or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the
23		candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
24		name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
25		Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the

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1		last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's
2		name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as
3		(list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name
4		changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the
5		petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit
6		stating the candidate's previous names during the period
7		specified in clause (i) and the date or dates each of those
8		names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be
9		grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for
10		the ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name
11		changes to conform a candidate's name to the candidate's
12		identity or name changes resulting from adoption to assume an
13		adoptive parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil union
14		to assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or
15		civil union or declaration of invalidity of marriage to assume
16		a former surname. No other designation, such as a political
17		slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the Election Code, title
18		or degree, or nickname suggesting or implying possession of a
19		title, degree or professional status, or similar information
20		may be used in connection with the candidate's surname.
21		All petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago
22		Board of Education shall be filed with the board of election
23		commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal
24		office of the school district is located and within the time
25		provided for by Article 7 of the Election Code, except that
26		petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago Board

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1		of Education for the 2024 general election shall be prepared,
2		filed, and certified as outlined in Article 10 of the Election
3		Code. The board of election commissioners shall receive and
4		file only those petitions that include a statement of
5		candidacy, the required number of voter signatures, the
6		notarized signature of the petition circulator, and a receipt
7		from the county clerk showing that the candidate has filed a
8		statement of economic interests interest on or before the last
9		day to file as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
10		Act. The board of election commissioners may have petition
11		forms available for issuance to potential candidates and may
12		give notice of the petition filing period by publication in a
13		newspaper of general circulation within the school district
14		not less than 10 days prior to the first day of filing. The
15		board of election commissioners shall make certification to
16		the proper election authorities in accordance with the general
17		election law.
18		The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in
19		which the principal office of the school district is located
20		shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination
21		is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under
22		the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election
23		law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the
24		State Board of Elections and in accordance with the
25		requirements of the general election law. The board of
26		election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the

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1		last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
2		petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
3		A candidate for membership on the Chicago Board of
4		Education who has petitioned for nomination to fill a full
5		term and to fill a vacant term to be voted upon at the same
6		election must withdraw his or her petition for nomination from
7		either the full term or the vacant term by written
8		declaration.
9		Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate
10		named therein files with the board of election commissioners a
11		receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has
12		filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
13		Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so
14		filed either previously during the calendar year in which his
15		or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for
16		the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
17		election law.
18		(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21;
19		103-467, eff. 8-4-23; 103-584, eff. 3-18-24; revised 6-27-25.)
20		Article 15.
21		Section 15-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
22		Section 19A-15 as follows:
23		(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)

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1		Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
2		(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the period
3		for early voting by personal appearance begins the 40th day
4		preceding a general primary, consolidated primary,
5		consolidated, or general election and extends through the end
6		of the day before election day.
7		(b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a
8		permanent polling place for early voting must remain open
9		beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of
10		the day before election day during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to
11		4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that
12		beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling
13		place for early voting must remain open during the hours of
14		8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and 9:00
15		a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to
16		4 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours
17		required by this subsection, a permanent polling place
18		designated by an election authority under subsections (c),
19		(d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of
20		at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting period
21		and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during
22		the early voting period.
23		(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority
24		may close an early voting polling place if the building in
25		which the polling place is located has been closed by the State
26		or unit of local government in response to a severe weather

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1		emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall
2		notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall
3		make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an
4		alternative location for early voting.
5		(d) (Blank).
6		(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, an election
7		authority shall allow any voter who is in line to vote at the
8		time an early voting polling place closes to cast a ballot.
9		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
10		Article 20.
11		Section 20-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
12		Section 7-19 as follows:
13		(10 ILCS 5/7-19)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
14		Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
15		each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
16		the manner following:
17		1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
18		printed in large capital letters, words designating the
19		ballot, if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall
20		be: "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
21		designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and
22		in like manner for each political party.
23		2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning

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1		not less than one inch below designating words, the name of
2		each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters.
3		Such names may be printed on the ballot either in a single
4		column or in 2 or more columns and in the following order,
5		to-wit:
6		President of the United States, State offices,
7		congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
8		elected from the State at large to National nominating
9		conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
10		from congressional districts to National nominating
11		conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
12		trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
13		officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
14		offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
15		nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward
16		committeepersons. If two or more columns are used, the
17		foregoing offices to and including member of the State central
18		committee shall be listed in the left-hand column and
19		Senatorial offices, as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
20		first offices listed in the second column.
21		Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
22		letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for
23		not more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no
24		candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or
25		persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that
26		office, then below the title of that office the election

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1		authority instead shall print "No Candidate".
2		Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or
3		alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
4		appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
5		President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or
6		(b) no official designation, depending upon the action taken
7		by the State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of
8		this Act.
9		Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
10		letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
11		which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
12		otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
13		The lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both
14		capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard
15		English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible
16		due to the election system utilized by the election authority.
17		Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
18		printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
19		be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for
20		Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed
21		within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front
22		of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates under
23		each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
24		separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
25		of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
26		permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.

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1		Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
2		used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
3		required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
4		is applicable.
5		(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
6		Article 25.
7		Section 25-5. The School Code is amended by changing
8		Section 3A-6 as follows:
9		(105 ILCS 5/3A-6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)
10		Sec. 3A-6. Election of Superintendent for consolidated
11		region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
12		(a) The regional superintendent to be elected under
13		Section 3A-5 shall be elected at the time provided in the
14		general election law and must possess the qualifications
15		described in Section 3-1 of this Act.
16		(b) The bond required under Section 3-2 shall be filed in
17		the office of the county clerk in the county where the regional
18		office is situated, and a certified copy of that bond shall be
19		filed in the office of the county clerk in each of the other
20		counties in the region.
21		(c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
22		superintendent of schools of any educational service region
23		which is not located in a county which is a home rule unit,

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1		such vacancy shall be filled within 60 days (i) by appointment
2		of the chairman of the county board, with the advice and
3		consent of the county board, when such vacancy occurs in a
4		single county educational service region; or (ii) by
5		appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
6		county boards of those counties comprising the affected
7		educational service region when such vacancy occurs in a
8		multicounty educational service region, each committeeman to
9		be entitled to one vote for each vote that was received in the
10		county represented by such committeeman on the committee by
11		the regional superintendent of schools whose office is vacant
12		at the last election at which a regional superintendent was
13		elected to such office, and the person receiving the highest
14		number of affirmative votes from the committeemen for such
15		vacant office to be deemed the person appointed by such
16		committee to fill the vacancy. The appointee shall be a member
17		of the same political party as the regional superintendent of
18		schools the appointee succeeds was at the time such regional
19		superintendent of schools last was elected. The appointee
20		shall serve for the remainder of the term. However, if more
21		than 28 months remain in that term and the vacancy occurs at
22		least 130 days before the next general election, the
23		appointment shall be until the next general election, at which
24		time the vacated office shall be filled by election for the
25		remainder of the term. Nominations shall be made and any
26		vacancy in nomination shall be filled as follows:

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1		(1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first
2		date provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for
3		filing nomination papers for county offices for the
4		primary in the next even-numbered year following
5		commencement of the term of office in which the vacancy
6		occurs, nominations for the election for filling the
7		vacancy shall be made pursuant to Article 7 of the
8		Election Code.
9		(2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
10		provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
11		nomination papers for county offices for the primary in
12		the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
13		term of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for
14		filing nomination papers for the primary shall not be more
15		than 120 91 days nor less than 113 85 days prior to the
16		date of the primary.
17		(3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day
18		provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
19		nomination papers for county offices for the primary in
20		the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
21		term of office in which the vacancy occurs, a vacancy in
22		nomination shall be deemed to have occurred and the county
23		central committee of each established political party (if
24		the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service
25		region) or the multi-county educational service region
26		committee of each established political party (if the

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1		vacancy occurs in a multi-county educational service
2		region) shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill
3		the vacancy in nomination for election to the office at
4		the general election. In the nomination proceedings to
5		fill the vacancy in nomination, each member of the county
6		central committee or the multi-county educational service
7		region committee, whichever applies, shall have the voting
8		strength as set forth in Section 7-8 or 7-8.02 of the
9		Election Code, respectively. The name of the candidate so
10		nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
11		primary election. The vacancy in nomination shall be
12		filled prior to the date of certification of candidates
13		for the general election.
14		(4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly
15		acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
16		acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
17		the following information: (A) the name of the original
18		nominee and the office vacated; (B) the date on which the
19		vacancy occurred; and (C) the name and address of the
20		nominee selected to fill the vacancy and the date of
21		selection. The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be
22		accompanied by a statement of candidacy, as prescribed in
23		Section 7-10 of the Election Code, completed by the
24		selected nominee, a certificate from the State Board of
25		Education, as prescribed in Section 3-1 of this Code, and
26		a receipt indicating that the nominee has filed a

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1		statement of economic interests as required by the
2		Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
3		The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 of the
4		Election Code relating to objections to nomination papers,
5		hearings on objections, and judicial review shall also apply
6		to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions
7		for filling vacancies in nomination filed pursuant to this
8		Section. Unless otherwise specified in this Section, the
9		nomination and election provided for in this Section is
10		governed by the general election law.
11		Except as otherwise provided by applicable county
12		ordinance or by law, if a vacancy occurs in the office of
13		regional superintendent of schools of an educational service
14		region that is located in a county that is a home rule unit and
15		that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, that
16		vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home rule
17		county.
18		Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
19		regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
20		region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
21		to the position of regional superintendent of schools, and
22		shall obtain a certificate of eligibility from the State
23		Superintendent of Education and file same with the county
24		clerk of the county in which the regional superintendent's
25		office is located.
26		If the regional superintendent of schools is called into

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1		the active military service of the United States, his office
2		shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
3		shall be made as in the case of a vacancy. The appointee shall
4		perform all the duties of the regional superintendent of
5		schools during the time the regional superintendent of schools
6		is in the active military service of the United States, and
7		shall be paid the same compensation apportioned as to the time
8		of service, and such appointment and all authority thereunder
9		shall cease upon the discharge of the regional superintendent
10		of schools from such active military service. The appointee
11		shall give the same bond as is required of a regularly elected
12		regional superintendent of schools.
13		(Source: P.A. 96-893, eff. 7-1-10.)
14		Article 30.
15		Section 30-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
16		Section 10-8 and by adding Section 10-8.5 as follows:
17		(10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
18		Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
19		certificates of nomination and nomination papers, and
20		petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, being
21		filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent
22		conformity with the provisions of this Code Act, shall be
23		deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in

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1		writing within 5 business days after the last day for filing
2		the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
3		for a public question, with the following exceptions:
4		A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
5		Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
6		period of 35 business days after the last day for the
7		filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
8		B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
9		public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
10		State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
11		the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
12		objections can be filed.
13		Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
14		in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
15		any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
16		amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
17		public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
18		State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
19		nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
20		petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
21		office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
22		Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
23		election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
24		nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
25		petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
26		accepted. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of

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1		nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
2		or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
3		which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
4		than 12:00 p.m. noon on the second business day after receipt
5		of the petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted
6		personal delivery, or by electronic delivery under Section
7		10-8.5, the certificate of nomination or nomination papers and
8		the original objector's petition to the chair of the proper
9		electoral board designated in Section 10-9 of this Code
10		hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
11		registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by
12		electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, of the objector's
13		petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
14		nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
15		residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
16		nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition for
17		a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for
18		an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of
19		the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the
20		day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and
21		shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered
22		mail or receipted personal delivery, or by electronic delivery
23		under Section 10-8.5, to the person designated on a
24		certificate attached to the petition as the principal
25		proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
26		the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice

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1		of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
2		public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
3		subdivision, or district thereof, the election authority or
4		local election official with whom such petition is filed shall
5		note the day and hour upon which such objector's petition was
6		filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 p.m. noon on the second
7		business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
8		registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by
9		electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, the petition for the
10		public question and the original objector's petition to the
11		chair of the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9
12		of this Code hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
13		transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
14		delivery, or by electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, of
15		the objector's petition to the person designated on a
16		certificate attached to the petition as the principal
17		proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
18		attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
19		The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
20		residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
21		objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
22		papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
23		of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
24		electoral board.
25		The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9,
26		10-10, and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections

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1		to petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article
2		8, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
3		which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
4		for the submission of public questions under Article 28.
5		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; revised 6-24-25.)
6		(10 ILCS 5/10-8.5 new)
7		Sec. 10-8.5. Electronic service of objections. The State
8		Board of Elections and election authorities may authorize
9		service of objections to candidate nominations through
10		electronic mail in lieu of personal service or registered mail
11		if the State Board of Elections or election authority
12		responsible for convening the electoral board: (1) provides
13		candidates the opportunity to provide an electronic mail
14		address where notices of objections and electoral board
15		proceedings may be sent electronically in lieu of personal
16		service or registered mail; (2) provides objectors with the
17		opportunity to provide an electronic mail address where
18		notices and electoral board proceedings may be sent
19		electronically in lieu of personal service or registered mail;
20		and (3) publishes notice of its decision to provide service
21		under this Section on its website no later than 5 business days
22		before the first day for petition filing for the election.
23		Article 35.

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1		Section 35-5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
2		changing Section 7.5 as follows:
3		(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
4		Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
5		by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
6		exempt from inspection and copying:
7		(a) All information determined to be confidential
8		under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
9		Development Act.
10		(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
11		library users with specific materials under the Library
12		Records Confidentiality Act.
13		(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
14		records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
15		Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
16		records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
17		Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
18		has received.
19		(d) Information and records held by the Department of
20		Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
21		to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
22		infection or any information the disclosure of which is
23		restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
24		Infection Control Act.
25		(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted

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1		under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
2		(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
3		the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
4		Qualifications Based Selection Act.
5		(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
6		and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
7		Tuition Act.
8		(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
9		under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
10		records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
11		general's office that would be exempt if created or
12		obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
13		that Act.
14		(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
15		plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
16		local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
17		under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
18		(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
19		of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
20		under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
21		(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
22		or driver identification information compiled by a law
23		enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
24		under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
25		(l) Records and information provided to a residential
26		health care facility resident sexual assault and death

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1		review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
2		Prevention Review Team Act.
3		(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
4		database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
5		Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
6		authorized under that Article.
7		(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
8		compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
9		counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
10		Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
11		(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
12		case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
13		death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
14		(o) Information that is prohibited from being
15		disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
16		Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
17		(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
18		investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
19		information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
20		Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
21		2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
22		Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
23		Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
24		Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
25		County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
26		Act (repealed).

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1		(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
2		Personnel Record Review Act.
3		(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
4		Illinois School Student Records Act.
5		(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
6		under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
7		(t) (Blank).
8		(u) Records and information provided to an independent
9		team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
10		Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
11		(v) Names and information of people who have applied
12		for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
13		the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
14		or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
15		Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
16		Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
17		Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
18		Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
19		Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
20		Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
21		(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
22		Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
23		Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
24		(w) Personally identifiable information which is
25		exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
26		19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.

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1		(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
2		under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
3		8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
4		(y) Confidential information under the Adult
5		Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
6		statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
7		information about the identity and administrative finding
8		against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
9		decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
10		an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
11		under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
12		(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
13		review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
14		Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
15		Act.
16		(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
17		under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
18		(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
19		disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
20		(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
21		Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
22		authorized under that Act.
23		(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
24		disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
25		Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
26		(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure

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1		under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
2		(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
3		under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
4		(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
5		disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
6		Code.
7		(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
8		Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
9		(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
10		under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
11		the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
12		(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
13		submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
14		and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
15		disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
16		and Temporary Labor Services Act.
17		(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
18		Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
19		(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
20		and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
21		Aid Code.
22		(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
23		Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
24		(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25		Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
26		(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports

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1		arising out of a peer support counseling session
2		prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
3		Suicide Prevention Act.
4		(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
5		an employee of an emergency services provider or law
6		enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
7		Prevention Act.
8		(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
9		Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
10		under the Reproductive Health Act.
11		(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
12		the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
13		(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
14		Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
15		Human Rights Act.
16		(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
17		Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
18		Act.
19		(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
20		Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
21		(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
22		subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
23		Public Aid Code.
24		(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25		Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
26		(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or

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1		information that shall not be made public under the
2		Illinois Insurance Code.
3		(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
4		the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
5		(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
6		the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
7		(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
8		under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
9		(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
10		by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
11		Police Act.
12		(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
13		2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
14		Administrative Code of Illinois.
15		(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
16		under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
17		Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
18		Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
19		(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
20		under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
21		Violence Fatality Review Act.
22		(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
23		Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
24		July 1, 2025.
25		(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
26		paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse

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1		Agency Licensing Act.
2		(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
3		Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
4		weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
5		.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
6		endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
7		Act.
8		(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
9		the School Safety Drill Act.
10		(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
11		30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
12		(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
13		from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
14		Act.
15		(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
16		2-3.196 of the School Code.
17		(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
18		under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
19		Power Agency Act.
20		(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
21		and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
22		Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
23		(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
24		20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
25		(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
26		Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.

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1		(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
2		Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
3		(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
4		under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
5		Modernization Act.
6		(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
7		40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
8		(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
9		Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
10		under that Section.
11		(uuu) Nomination petitions exempt from disclosure
12		under subsection (13) of Section 7-12 of the Election
13		Code.
14		(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
15		102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
16		8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
17		102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
18		6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
19		eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
20		103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff.
21		7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24; 103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786,
22		eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff. 8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24;
23		103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081, eff. 3-21-25.)
24		Section 35-10. The State Officials and Employees Ethics
25		Act is amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:

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1		(5 ILCS 430/5-40)
2		Sec. 5-40. Fundraising during session. Except as provided
3		in this Section, any executive branch constitutional officer,
4		any candidate for an executive branch constitutional office,
5		any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for the
6		General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
7		Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the
8		foregoing may not hold a political fundraising function on any
9		day the legislature is in session or the day immediately prior
10		to such day. This Section does not apply to a political
11		fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of
12		a day the legislature is in special session or the day
13		immediately prior to such day. This Section does not apply to a
14		constitutional officer of the executive branch or a member of
15		the General Assembly, who is a candidate for federal office,
16		if the federal political fundraising function is held outside
17		of Sangamon County. For purposes of this Section, the
18		legislature is not considered to be in session on a day that is
19		solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when only a
20		committee is meeting.
21		(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
22		Section 35-15. The Election Code is amended by changing
23		Sections 1-9.1, 1-12, 1A-8, 7-12, 10-8, 10-10, 17-13.5, 19-3,
24		19-8, and 20-8 and by adding Sections 11-8.5 and 11-9 as

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1		follows:
2		(10 ILCS 5/1-9.1)
3		Sec. 1-9.1. Office and candidate information; ballot
4		Ballot counting information dissemination.
5		(a) Each election authority shall maintain maintaining a
6		website and shall must provide 24-hour notice on its website
7		of the date, time, and location of the analysis, processing,
8		and counting of all ballot forms. Each election authority
9		shall must notify any political party or pollwatcher of the
10		same information 24 hours before the count begins if such
11		political party or pollwatcher has requested to be notified.
12		Notification may be by electronic mail at the address provided
13		by the requester.
14		(b) Each election authority shall post election results on
15		its website, including district data for every electoral
16		district under the election authority's jurisdiction, even if
17		the election authority only has jurisdiction over part of the
18		electoral district. Each election authority shall update the
19		election results on its website each time a new batch of votes
20		is tabulated or every 12 hours, whichever is less. Each
21		election authority shall also update on its website, every 12
22		hours, the number of vote by mail ballots, by precinct, that
23		have been: (i) requested but not received by the election
24		authority; (ii) received but have not been tabulated by the
25		election authority; and (iii) rejected by the election

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1		authority.
2		(c) The State Board of Elections, each election authority,
3		and each local election official shall post the following
4		information on its website, as applicable:
5		(1) no later than 30 days after the proclamation of
6		the results of any canvas declaring persons elected, the
7		name, political party, if any, and the office of each
8		person elected at the general election or consolidated
9		election;
10		(2) no later than 90 days before the first day that
11		nominating petitions may be circulated, the offices that
12		will appear on the ballot at the next regular election;
13		and
14		(3) no later than 5 days after the close of a petition
15		filing period, the name, campaign-affiliated email
16		address, campaign-affiliated phone number, political party
17		affiliation, if any, and office sought by each person who
18		has filed petitions for nomination to appear on the ballot
19		at the next regular election.
20		(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
21		(10 ILCS 5/1-12)
22		Sec. 1-12. Public university voting.
23		(a) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition
24		to the early voting conducted at locations otherwise required
25		by law, conduct early voting, grace period registration, and

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1		grace period voting, and election day voting at the student
2		union on the campus of a public university within the election
3		authority's jurisdiction. The voting required by this
4		subsection (a) to be conducted on campus must be conducted
5		from the 6th day before a general primary or general election
6		through until and including the 4th day before a general
7		primary or general election. For early voting and grace period
8		voting, the location shall be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 5
9		p.m. and standard hours on a general primary or general
10		election day and as otherwise required by Article 19A of this
11		Code, except that the voting required by this subsection (a)
12		need not be conducted during a consolidated primary or
13		consolidated election. The If an election authority has voting
14		equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form required
15		in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the election
16		authority shall extend early voting and grace period
17		registration and voting under this Section to any registered
18		voter in the election authority's jurisdiction. However, if
19		the election authority does not have voting equipment that can
20		accommodate a ballot in every form required in the election
21		authority's jurisdiction, then the election authority may
22		limit early voting and grace period registration and voting
23		under this Section to voters in precincts where the public
24		university is located and precincts bordering the university.
25		Each public university shall make the space available at the
26		student union for, and cooperate and coordinate with the

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1		appropriate election authority in, the implementation of this
2		subsection (a).
3		(b) (Blank).
4		(c) For the purposes of this Section, "public university"
5		means the University of Illinois, Illinois State University,
6		Chicago State University, Governors State University, Southern
7		Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Eastern
8		Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and
9		Northeastern Illinois University.
10		(d) For the purposes of this Section, "student union"
11		means the Student Center at 750 S. Halsted on the University of
12		Illinois-Chicago campus; the Public Affairs Center at the
13		University of Illinois at Springfield or a new building
14		completed after the effective date of this Act housing student
15		government at the University of Illinois at Springfield; the
16		Illini Union at the University of Illinois at
17		Urbana-Champaign; the SIUC Student Center at the Southern
18		Illinois University at Carbondale campus; the Morris
19		University Center at the Southern Illinois University at
20		Edwardsville campus; the University Union at the Western
21		Illinois University at the Macomb campus; the Holmes Student
22		Center at the Northern Illinois University campus; the
23		University Union at the Eastern Illinois University campus;
24		NEIU Student Union at the Northeastern Illinois University
25		campus; the Bone Student Center at the Illinois State
26		University campus; the Cordell Reed Student Union at the

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1		Chicago State University campus; and the Hall of Governors in
2		Building D at the Governors State University campus.
3		(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14;
4		98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
5		(10 ILCS 5/1A-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
6		Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the
7		following powers and perform the following duties in addition
8		to any powers or duties otherwise provided for by law:
9		(1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the
10		State Electoral Board and the Secretary of State as
11		heretofore provided in this Code;
12		(2) Disseminate information to and consult with
13		election authorities concerning the conduct of elections
14		and registration in accordance with the laws of this State
15		and the laws of the United States;
16		(3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each
17		primary and general election and any other election it
18		deems necessary, a manual of uniform instructions
19		consistent with the provisions of this Code which shall be
20		used by election authorities in the preparation of the
21		official manual of instruction to be used by the judges of
22		election in any such election. In preparing such manual,
23		the State Board shall consult with representatives of the
24		election authorities throughout the State. The State Board
25		may provide separate portions of the uniform instructions

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1		applicable to different election jurisdictions which
2		administer elections under different options provided by
3		law. The State Board may by regulation require particular
4		portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
5		official manual of instructions published by election
6		authorities. Any manual of instructions published by any
7		election authority shall be identical with the manual of
8		uniform instructions issued by the Board, but may be
9		adapted by the election authority to accommodate special
10		or unusual local election problems, provided that all
11		manuals published by election authorities must be
12		consistent with the provisions of this Code in all
13		respects and must receive the approval of the State Board
14		of Elections prior to publication; provided further that
15		if the State Board does not approve or disapprove of a
16		proposed manual within 60 days of its submission, the
17		manual shall be deemed approved;
18		(4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform
19		forms, notices, and other supplies not inconsistent with
20		the provisions of this Code as it shall deem advisable
21		which shall be used by election authorities in the conduct
22		of elections and registrations;
23		(5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any
24		proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
25		Illinois, or any referendum to be submitted to the
26		electors throughout the State or, when required to do so

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1		by law, to the voters of any area or unit of local
2		government of the State;
3		(6) Require such statistical reports regarding the
4		conduct of elections and registration from election
5		authorities as may be deemed necessary;
6		(7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating
7		to conduct of elections and registration as may be deemed
8		necessary, and to report violations of election laws to
9		the appropriate State's Attorney or the Attorney General;
10		(8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to
11		improve the administration of elections and registration;
12		(9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in
13		the performance of its duties provided that all such rules
14		and regulations must be consistent with the provisions of
15		this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority otherwise
16		provided by law;
17		(10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of
18		petitions filed under Article XIV, Section 3, of the
19		Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
20		(11) Maintain in its principal office a research
21		library that includes, but is not limited to, abstracts of
22		votes by precinct for general primary elections and
23		general elections, current precinct maps, and current
24		precinct poll lists from all election jurisdictions within
25		the State. The research library shall be open to the
26		public during regular business hours. Such abstracts,

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1		maps, and lists shall be preserved as permanent records
2		and shall be available for examination and copying at a
3		reasonable cost;
4		(12) Supervise the administration of the registration
5		and election laws throughout the State;
6		(13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management
7		Services, under Section 405-250 of the Department of
8		Central Management Services Law, such use of electronic
9		data processing equipment as may be required to perform
10		the duties of the State Board of Elections and to provide
11		election-related information to candidates, public and
12		party officials, interested civic organizations, and the
13		general public in a timely and efficient manner;
14		(14) To take such action as may be necessary or
15		required to give effect to directions of the national
16		committee or State central committee of an established
17		political party under Sections 7-8, 7-11, and 7-14.1 or
18		such other provisions as may be applicable pertaining to
19		the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to an
20		established political party's national nominating
21		conventions or, notwithstanding any candidate
22		certification schedule contained within this Code, the
23		certification of the Presidential and Vice Presidential
24		candidate selected by the established political party's
25		national nominating convention;
26		(15) To post all early voting sites separated by

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1		election authority and hours of operation on its website
2		at least 5 business days before the period for early
3		voting begins;
4		(16) To post on its website the statewide totals, and
5		totals separated by each election authority, for each of
6		the counts received pursuant to Section 1-9.2; and
7		(17) To post on its website, in a downloadable format,
8		the information received from each election authority
9		under Section 1-17; and .
10		(18) To revoke or suspend raffle licenses for
11		political committees that violate Section 8.1 of the
12		Raffles and Poker Runs Act.
13		The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
14		functions under this Article, except that final determinations
15		and orders under this Article shall be issued only by the
16		Board.
17		The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
18		shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
19		by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
20		filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
21		Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
22		under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
23		(Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
24		(10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
25		Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by

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1		mail or in person as follows:
2		(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
3		the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,
4		or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
5		which is made for a territorial division or district which
6		comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
7		and partly in another county or counties (including the
8		Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
9		otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
10		nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
11		State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less
12		than 134 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the
13		case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
14		special election in the office of representative in
15		Congress from this State, such petition for nomination
16		shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
17		of Elections not more than 85 days and not less than 82
18		days prior to the date of the primary.
19		Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
20		Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
21		preceding the 134th day before a general primary election,
22		petitions for nomination for the office in which the
23		vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
24		office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120
25		nor less than 113 days prior to the date of the general
26		primary election.

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1		Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
2		alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
3		then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
4		principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
5		than 141 and not less than 134 days prior to the date of
6		the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
7		policies of a national political party conflict with such
8		requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
9		delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
10		convention, the chair of the State central committee of
11		such national political party shall notify the Board in
12		writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
13		national political party in conflict, and in such case the
14		Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
15		accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
16		state central committee of such national political party.
17		(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
18		office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
19		petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
20		not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to the date
21		of the primary.
22		(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
23		or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
24		filed in the office of the local election official, not
25		more than 127 nor less than 120 days prior to the date of
26		the primary; provided, where a municipality's or

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1		township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely
2		within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
3		commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
4		of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
5		of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
6		election authority.
7		(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
8		committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
9		the State Board of Elections not more than 141 nor less
10		than 134 days prior to the date of the primary.
11		(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
12		ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
13		county clerk not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior
14		to the date of the primary.
15		(6) The State Board of Elections and the various
16		election authorities and local election officials with
17		whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
18		specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
19		receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
20		each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
21		waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
22		filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
23		involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
24		or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
25		filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
26		for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that

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1		day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
2		as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
3		be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as
4		filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
5		petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
6		deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
7		more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
8		Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
9		local election officials with whom such petitions are
10		filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
11		by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
12		random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
13		Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
14		the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
15		public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
16		conducting such random selection shall be given by the
17		State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
18		committee of each established political party, and by each
19		election authority or local election official, to the
20		County Chair of each established political party, and to
21		each organization of citizens within the election
22		jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
23		the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
24		on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
25		election authority or local election official shall post
26		in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance

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1		of the office, notice of the time and place of such
2		lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
3		and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
4		of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
5		order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
6		candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
7		certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
8		candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
9		(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
10		election authority or local election official with whom
11		such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
12		person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
13		of the obligation to file statements of organization,
14		reports of campaign contributions, and quarterly reports
15		of campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9
16		of this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner
17		prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
18		(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
19		valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
20		statement of economic interests as required by the
21		Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
22		candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
23		period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
24		filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
25		same governmental unit with that officer within a year
26		preceding the date on which such nomination papers were

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1		filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
2		statement of economic interests of that candidate are not
3		required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
4		must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers
5		are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the
6		statement of economic interests is filed showing the date
7		on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
8		so filed not later than the last day on which nomination
9		papers may be filed.
10		(9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
11		person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
12		committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
13		national nominating convention has been filed may cause
14		his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
15		him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
16		take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
17		or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
18		or with the appropriate election authority or local
19		election official, not later than the date of
20		certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
21		or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
22		certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
23		for nomination have been filed for the same person with
24		respect to more than one political party, his name shall
25		not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
26		party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the

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1		same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
2		so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
3		such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
4		candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
5		business days following the last day for petition filing.
6		A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
7		nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
8		one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
9		petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
10		person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
11		subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
12		shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
13		the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
14		withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
15		within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
16		printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
17		purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
18		political party is not incompatible with any other office.
19		(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
20		statute, no primary shall be held for an established
21		political party in any township, municipality, or ward
22		thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
23		office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
24		municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
25		political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
26		as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted

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1		upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
2		thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
3		such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
4		that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
5		within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
6		which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
7		Article, the nomination of an established political party
8		of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
9		be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
10		to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
11		seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
12		office.
13		(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
14		statute, no primary election shall be held for an
15		established political party for any special primary
16		election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
17		the office of representative in the United States Congress
18		where the nomination of such political party for said
19		office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
20		the nomination of an established political party of a
21		candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
22		be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
23		to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
24		seeking the nomination of such established party for
25		election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
26		apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly

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1		scheduled election day.
2		(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
3		and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
4		not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
5		to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
6		nomination for any office for which the nomination is
7		uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
8		intent with the local election official where the
9		candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot, a primary
10		ballot shall be prepared and a primary shall be held for
11		that office. Such statement or notice shall be filed on or
12		before the date established in this Article for certifying
13		candidates for the primary ballot. Such statement or
14		notice shall contain (i) the name and address of the
15		person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a
16		statement that the person is a qualified primary elector
17		of the political party from whom the nomination is sought,
18		(iii) a statement that the person intends to become a
19		write-in candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv)
20		the office the person is seeking as a write-in candidate.
21		An election authority shall have no duty to conduct a
22		primary and prepare a primary ballot for any office for
23		which the nomination is uncontested unless a statement or
24		notice meeting the requirements of this Section is filed
25		in a timely manner.
26		(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed

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1		for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
2		Elections, appropriate election authority or local
3		election official where the petitions are filed shall
4		within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
5		multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
6		business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
7		State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
8		or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
9		sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
10		Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
11		local election official, the last set of petitions filed
12		shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
13		State Board of Elections, election authority or local
14		election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
15		State Board of Elections, election authority or local
16		election official then only the first set of petitions
17		filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
18		void.
19		(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
20		public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
21		not less than 6 months. Nominating petitions shall not be
22		subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
23		(13) Upon request, the State Board of Elections or an
24		election authority, as appropriate, shall promptly provide
25		a requester with any requesting nominating petition filed
26		with the appropriate election authority within the

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1		preceding 6 months.
2		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
3		103-586, eff. 5-3-24; 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
4		(10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
5		Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
6		certificates of nomination and nomination papers, declarations
7		of intent to be a write-in candidate, and petitions to submit
8		public questions to a referendum, being filed as required by
9		this Code, and being in apparent conformity with the
10		provisions of this Code Act, shall be deemed to be valid unless
11		objection thereto is duly made in writing within 5 business
12		days after the last day for filing the certificate of
13		nomination or nomination papers or petition for a public
14		question, with the following exceptions:
15		A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
16		Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
17		period of 35 business days after the last day for the
18		filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
19		B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
20		public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
21		State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
22		the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
23		objections can be filed.
24		Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
25		in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or

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1		any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
2		amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
3		public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
4		State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
5		nomination papers, or petitions, or declarations of intent to
6		be a write-in candidate filed, shall file an objector's
7		petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
8		office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
9		Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
10		election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
11		nomination papers, or petitions, or declaration of intent to
12		be a write-in candidate are on file. Objection petitions that
13		do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted. In the
14		case of nomination papers, or certificates of nomination, or
15		declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, the State
16		Board of Elections, election authority or local election
17		official shall note the day and hour upon which such
18		objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00
19		p.m. noon on the second business day after receipt of the
20		petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
21		delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
22		and the original objector's petition to the chair of the
23		proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 of this Code
24		hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
25		registered mail or receipted personal delivery of the
26		objector's petition, to the candidate whose certificate of

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1		nomination or nomination papers are objected to, addressed to
2		the place of residence designated in said certificate of
3		nomination or nomination papers. In the case of objections to
4		a petition for a proposed amendment to Article IV of the
5		Constitution or for an advisory public question to be
6		submitted to the voters of the entire State, the State Board of
7		Elections shall note the day and hour upon which such
8		objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a copy of the
9		objector's petition by registered mail or receipted personal
10		delivery to the person designated on a certificate attached to
11		the petition as the principal proponent of such proposed
12		amendment or public question, or as the proponents' attorney,
13		for the purpose of receiving notice of objections. In the case
14		of objections to a petition for a public question, to be
15		submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or
16		district thereof, the election authority or local election
17		official with whom such petition is filed shall note the day
18		and hour upon which such objector's petition was filed, and
19		shall, not later than 12:00 p.m. noon on the second business
20		day after receipt of the petition, transmit by registered mail
21		or receipted personal delivery the petition for the public
22		question and the original objector's petition to the chair of
23		the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 of this
24		Code hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a
25		copy by registered mail or receipted personal delivery, of the
26		objector's petition to the person designated on a certificate

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1		attached to the petition as the principal proponent of the
2		public question, or as the proponent's attorney, for the
3		purposes of receiving notice of objections.
4		The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
5		residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
6		objections to the certificate of nomination, declaration of
7		intent to be a write-in candidate, or nomination papers or
8		petitions in question, and shall state the interest of the
9		objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
10		electoral board.
11		The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9,
12		10-10, and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections
13		to petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article
14		8, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
15		which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
16		for the submission of public questions under Article 28. For
17		purposes of this Section and Section 10-10, objections to
18		declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be
19		filed in the same manner and subject to the same jurisdiction
20		as objections to nomination papers for the same office.
21		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; revised 6-24-25.)
22		(10 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
23		Sec. 10-10. Within 24 hours after the receipt of the
24		certificate of nomination or nomination papers, declaration of
25		intent to be a write-in candidate, or proposed question of

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1		public policy, as the case may be, and the objector's
2		petition, the chair of the electoral board other than the
3		State Board of Elections shall send a call by registered or
4		certified mail: to each of the members of the electoral board;
5		to the objector who filed the objector's petition; either to
6		the candidate whose certificate of nomination, or nomination
7		papers, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate
8		are objected to or to the principal proponent or attorney for
9		proponents of a question of public policy, as the case may be,
10		whose petitions are objected to; to the election authority to
11		whom the ballot is certified; and to the appropriate county
12		clerk. The chair of the electoral board other than the State
13		Board of Elections shall also cause the sheriff of the county
14		or counties in which such officers and persons reside to serve
15		a copy of such call upon each of such officers and persons,
16		which call shall set out the fact that the electoral board is
17		required to meet to hear and pass upon the objections to
18		nominations made for the office, designating it, and shall
19		state the day, hour and place at which the electoral board
20		shall meet for the purpose, which place shall be in the county
21		court house in the county in the case of the County Officers
22		Electoral Board, the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the
23		Township Officers Electoral Board or the Education Officers
24		Electoral Board, except that the Municipal Officers Electoral
25		Board, the Township Officers Electoral Board, and the
26		Education Officers Electoral Board may meet at the location

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1		where the governing body of the municipality, township, or
2		community college district, respectively, holds its regularly
3		scheduled meetings, if that location is available; provided
4		that voter records may be removed from the offices of an
5		election authority only at the discretion and under the
6		supervision of the election authority. In those cases where
7		the State Board of Elections is the electoral board designated
8		under Section 10-9, the chair of the State Board of Elections
9		shall, within 24 hours after the receipt of the certificate of
10		nomination or nomination papers or petitions for a proposed
11		amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or proposed
12		statewide question of public policy, send a call by registered
13		or certified mail to the objector who files the objector's
14		petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
15		nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
16		principal proponent or attorney for proponents of the proposed
17		Constitutional amendment or statewide question of public
18		policy and shall state the day, hour, and place at which the
19		electoral board shall meet for the purpose, which place may be
20		in the Capitol Building or in the principal or permanent
21		branch office of the State Board. The day of the meeting shall
22		not be less than 3 nor more than 5 days after the receipt of
23		the certificate of nomination or nomination papers and the
24		objector's petition by the chair of the electoral board.
25		The electoral board shall have the power to administer
26		oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and, at the

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1		request of either party and only upon a vote by a majority of
2		its members, may authorize the chair to issue subpoenas
3		requiring the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces
4		tecum requiring the production of such books, papers, records
5		and documents as may be evidence of any matter under inquiry
6		before the electoral board, in the same manner as witnesses
7		are subpoenaed in the Circuit Court.
8		Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
9		other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
10		the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
11		law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
12		the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
13		shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena,
14		or to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a
15		petition in the circuit court of the county in which such
16		hearing is to be heard, or has been attempted to be heard,
17		setting forth the facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect,
18		and accompanying the petition with a copy of the citation and
19		the answer, if one has been filed, together with a copy of the
20		subpoena and the return of service thereon, and shall apply
21		for an order of court requiring such person to attend and
22		testify, and forthwith produce books and papers, before the
23		electoral board. Any circuit court of the state, excluding the
24		judge who is sitting on the electoral board, upon such showing
25		shall order such person to appear and testify, and to
26		forthwith produce such books and papers, before the electoral

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1		board at a place to be fixed by the court. If such person shall
2		knowingly fail or refuse to obey such order of the court
3		without lawful excuse, the court shall punish him or her by
4		fine and imprisonment, as the nature of the case may require
5		and may be lawful in cases of contempt of court.
6		The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
7		adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
8		the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
9		provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
10		objection or by other interested persons.
11		In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
12		objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
13		Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
14		Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
15		to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
16		certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
17		commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
18		signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
19		accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
20		valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed
21		in the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12
22		of this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at
23		such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular
24		signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
25		competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
26		substantially challenging the results of a random sample, or

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1		showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
2		this certificate of a county clerk or board of election
3		commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of
4		valid to invalid signatures within the particular election
5		jurisdiction.
6		The electoral board shall take up the question as to
7		whether or not the certificate of nomination, or nomination
8		papers, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or
9		petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they were
10		filed within the time and under the conditions required by
11		law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
12		nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they
13		purport to be, and whether or not in the case of the
14		certificate of nomination in question it represents accurately
15		the decision of the caucus or convention issuing it, and in
16		general shall decide whether or not the certificate of
17		nomination, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate,
18		or nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether
19		the objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of
20		a majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
21		judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The electoral
22		board must state its findings in writing and must state in
23		writing which objections, if any, it has sustained. A copy of
24		the decision shall be served upon the parties to the
25		proceedings in open proceedings before the electoral board. If
26		a party does not appear for receipt of the decision, the

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1		decision shall be deemed to have been served on the absent
2		party on the date when a copy of the decision is personally
3		delivered or on the date when a copy of the decision is
4		deposited in the United States mail, in a sealed envelope or
5		package, with postage prepaid, addressed to each party
6		affected by the decision or to such party's attorney of
7		record, if any, at the address on record for such person in the
8		files of the electoral board.
9		Upon the expiration of the period within which a
10		proceeding for judicial review must be commenced under Section
11		10-10.1, the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for
12		judicial review has been commenced within such period,
13		transmit, by registered or certified mail, a certified copy of
14		its ruling, together with the original certificate of
15		nomination or nomination papers or petitions and the original
16		objector's petition, to the officer or board with whom the
17		certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petitions,
18		as objected to, were on file and to the election authority to
19		whom the ballot is certified and the appropriate county clerk,
20		and such officer or board shall abide by and comply with the
21		ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
22		(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
23		(10 ILCS 5/11-8.5 new)
24		Sec. 11-8.5. Universal vote centers pilot program.
25		(a) In addition to the vote centers required in subsection

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1		(a) of Section 11-8, a county election authority may establish
2		vote centers for the period of early voting and on election day
3		where all voters in its jurisdiction are allowed to vote,
4		regardless of the precinct in which they are registered, and
5		that location shall provide curbside voting. An election
6		authority establishing vote centers under this Section shall
7		certify to the State Board of Elections no later than December
8		15, 2026, and shall make the locations public no later than the
9		60th day preceding an election.
10		(b) For the elections held between January 1, 2027 through
11		December 31, 2029, a county election authority may establish
12		additional vote centers as described under subsection (a). In
13		establishing these vote centers, the election authority shall
14		do so in accordance with the following:
15		(1) For each general primary election and general
16		election, an election authority shall designate a minimum
17		number of vote centers, as follows:
18		(A) For counties with at least 50,000 registered
19		voters on the day of election, at least one vote center
20		for each 12,500 registered voters.
21		(B) For counties with fewer than 50,000 registered
22		voters, at least one vote center for each 10,000
23		registered voters.
24		For the purposes of this paragraph, the number of
25		registered in a county is the number of voters registered
26		in the county on the date of the preceding presidential

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1		election or on the date of the preceding general election,
2		whichever is greater.
3		(2) A county election authority may designate a
4		greater number of vote centers than the minimum required
5		by this subsection.
6		(3) In selecting the location for vote centers
7		required under paragraph (1), each county election
8		authority shall consider:
9		(A) proximity to the population centers of the
10		county, including the population centers within the
11		largest municipality or municipalities in a county;
12		(B) proximity to public transportation lines and
13		availability of parking;
14		(C) equitable distribution across the county so as
15		to afford maximally convenient options for voters;
16		(D) geographic features that affect access and
17		convenience;
18		(E) access for persons with disabilities;
19		(F) use of existing voting locations that
20		typically serve a significant number of voters;
21		(G) proximity to historically under-represented
22		communities; and
23		(H) the need to locate vote centers in population
24		centers that had lower voter turnout in previous
25		elections.
26		(4) A county election authority must establish these

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1		vote centers no later than June 1, 2027.
2		(c) If a county election authority certifies voter centers
3		will be available as provided in this Section, a county
4		election authority may increase the maximum number of
5		registered voters per precinct to 1,600 registered voters,
6		effective after January 1, 2027. The county shall divide its
7		election precincts in accordance with Section 11-2 after
8		January 1, 2027 and no later than June 1, 2027, and must
9		maintain the election precincts until December 30, 2030 or
10		later.
11		(d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
12		(10 ILCS 5/11-9 new)
13		Sec. 11-9. Name standardization.
14		(a) The State Board of Elections shall develop and
15		implement standard terminology for the naming of election
16		districts, precincts, and polling places to streamline the
17		reporting of election results and voter file data for the 2027
18		Consolidated Primary Election. As part of implementing the use
19		of standard terminology and to ensure the prompt availability
20		of voter file data, no less than 100 days before the 2027
21		Consolidated Primary Election, the State Board of Elections
22		shall adopt guidelines, via an order of the Board, for
23		election authorities to follow when naming election districts,
24		precincts, and polling places. The guidelines shall require
25		each election district, precinct, and polling place to have a

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1		standard identification and a human-readable name. The State
2		Board of Elections shall publish a first draft of the
3		guidelines at least 10 days before adopting the guidelines
4		through an order of the Board.
5		(b) Every election authority shall use the guidelines
6		adopted under subsection (a) to name election districts,
7		precincts, and polling places. Every election authority shall
8		submit the names to the State Board of Elections no less than
9		70 days before the 2027 Consolidated Primary Election.
10		(c) The State Board of Elections shall amend the names of
11		any election district, precinct, or polling place that does
12		not conform to the guidelines adopted under subsection (a).
13		The State Board of Elections shall send those amended names to
14		the election authority as soon as practicable.
15		(d) No less than 50 days before the 2027 Consolidated
16		Primary Election, all election districts, election precincts,
17		and polling places shall be named in accordance with the
18		guidelines adopted under subsection (a).
19		(e) No later than the 2027 Consolidated Primary Election,
20		the State Board of Elections shall adopt administrative rules
21		for name standardization for all elections subsequent to the
22		2027 Consolidated Primary Election. For every election
23		subsequent to the 2027 Consolidated Primary Election, every
24		election authority and the State Board of Elections shall name
25		election districts, precincts, and polling places in a manner
26		similar to the process described in subsections (b) and (c).

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1		(f) If the requirements of this Section conflict with any
2		specific provision of this Code, the requirements of this
3		Section prevail.
4		(10 ILCS 5/17-13.5)
5		Sec. 17-13.5. Curbside voting.
6		(a) Election authorities may establish curbside voting for
7		individuals to cast a ballot during early voting or on
8		election day. An election authority's curbside voting program
9		shall designate at least 2 election judges from opposite
10		parties per vehicle, and the individual shall have the
11		opportunity to mark the ballot without interference from the
12		election judges.
13		(b) Election authorities shall establish curbside voting
14		for individuals with disabilities to cast a ballot during
15		early voting and on election day at no less than one voting
16		location within the election authority's jurisdiction. An
17		election authority's curbside voting program shall designate
18		at least 2 election judges from opposite parties per vehicle,
19		and the individual shall have the opportunity to mark the
20		ballot without interference from the election judges. No later
21		than the 10th day preceding the start of early voting or
22		election day voting, an election authority shall post on their
23		publicly accessible website the voting location or locations
24		where curbside voting is available and the method by which an
25		individual with a disability may contact a poll worker in

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1		order to vote at the curbside voting location, including, but
2		not limited to, a posted phone number, a doorbell device, or
3		the stationing of a poll worker at the curbside voting
4		location.
5		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
6		(10 ILCS 5/19-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
7		Sec. 19-3. Application for a vote by mail ballot.
8		(a) The application for a vote by mail ballot for a single
9		election shall be substantially in the following form:
10		APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
11		To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
12		State of Illinois.
13		I state that I am a resident of .... in the municipality of
14		.... in the county of ....; that I have resided at such address
15		for at least 30 days; that I am lawfully entitled to vote at
16		the .... election to be held on ....; and that I wish to vote
17		by mail.
18		I hereby make application for an official ballot or
19		ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
20		shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
21		the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
22		election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
23		election day, for counting no later than during the period for
24		counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
25		14th day following election day.

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1		I understand that this application is made for an official
2		vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the
3		election specified in this application and that I must submit
4		a separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
5		ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
6		Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
7		29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
8		statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
9		....
10		*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
11		Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
12		...............
13		(a-5) The application for a single vote by mail ballot
14		transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be
15		substantively similar to the application for a vote by mail
16		ballot for a single election and shall include:
17		I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a print
18		disability, and, as a result of this disability, I am
19		making a request to receive a vote by mail ballot
20		electronically so that I may privately and independently
21		mark, verify, and print my vote by mail ballot.
22		(b) The application for permanent vote by mail status
23		shall be substantially in the following form:
24		APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL STATUS
25		I am currently a registered voter and wish to apply for
26		permanent vote by mail status.

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1		I state that I am a resident of .... in the municipality of
2		.... in the county of ....; that I have resided at such address
3		for at least 30 days; that I am lawfully entitled to vote at
4		the .... election to be held on ....; and that I wish to vote
5		by mail in:
6		..... all subsequent elections that do not require a party
7		designation.
8		..... all subsequent elections, and I wish to receive a
9		................... Party vote by mail ballot in
10		elections that require a party designation.
11		I hereby make application for an official ballot or
12		ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
13		shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
14		the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
15		election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
16		election day, for counting no later than during the period for
17		counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
18		14th day following election day.
19		Under penalties as provided by law under Section 29-10 of
20		the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
21		statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
22		....
23		Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
24		...............
25		(b-5) The application for permanent vote by mail ballots
26		transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be

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1		substantively similar to the application for permanent vote by
2		mail status and shall include:
3		I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a
4		non-temporary print disability, and as a result of this
5		disability, I am making a request to receive vote by mail
6		ballots electronically so that I may privately and
7		independently mark, verify, and print my vote by mail
8		ballots.
9		(c) However, if application is made for a primary election
10		ballot, such application shall require the applicant to
11		designate the name of the political party with which the
12		applicant is affiliated. The election authority shall allow
13		any voter on permanent vote by mail status to change his or her
14		party affiliation for a primary election ballot by a method
15		and deadline published and selected by the election authority.
16		(d) If application is made electronically, the applicant
17		shall mark the box associated with the above described
18		statement included as part of the online application
19		certifying that the statements set forth in the application
20		under subsection (a) or (b) are true and correct, and a
21		signature is not required.
22		(e) Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or
23		return to an election authority an application under this
24		Section. If applications are sent to a post office box
25		controlled by any individual or organization that is not an
26		election authority, those applications shall (i) include a

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1		valid and current phone number for the individual or
2		organization controlling the post office box and (ii) be
3		turned over to the appropriate election authority within 7
4		days of receipt or, if received within 2 weeks of the election
5		in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days of
6		receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in compliance
7		with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of this Code
8		and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a fine of $100
9		per application. Removing, tampering with, or otherwise
10		knowingly making the postmark on the application unreadable by
11		the election authority shall establish a rebuttable
12		presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon receipt,
13		the appropriate election authority shall accept and promptly
14		process any application under this Section submitted in a form
15		substantially similar to that required by this Section,
16		including any substantially similar production or reproduction
17		generated by the applicant.
18		(f) An election authority shall may combine the
19		applications in subsections (a) and (b) onto one form, but the
20		distinction between the applications must be clear and the
21		form must provide check boxes for an applicant to indicate
22		whether he or she is applying for a single election vote by
23		mail ballot or for permanent vote by mail status.
24		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-819, eff. 5-13-22;
25		103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)

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1		(10 ILCS 5/19-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-8)
2		Sec. 19-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
3		(a) (Blank). (Blank.)
4		(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
5		election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
6		and received by that election authority before the closing of
7		the polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving
8		election authority with the day and hour of receipt and may be
9		processed by the election authority beginning on the day it is
10		received by the election authority in the central ballot
11		counting location of the election authority, but the results
12		of the processing may not be counted until the day of the
13		election after 7:00 p.m., except as provided in subsections
14		(g) and (g-5).
15		(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
16		election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
17		but that is received by the election authority after the polls
18		close on election day and before the close of the period for
19		counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
20		endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
21		receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
22		location of the election authority during the period for
23		counting provisional ballots.
24		Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
25		election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
26		an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is

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1		received by the election authority after the polls close on
2		election day and before the close of the period for counting
3		provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
4		by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
5		opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
6		if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
7		ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
8		of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
9		location of the election authority during the period for
10		counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
11		certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
12		If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
13		barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
14		election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the
15		intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
16		was mailed no later than election day.
17		(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
18		returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
19		this Article, and received by the election authority at any
20		time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
21		endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
22		hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
23		counting location of the election authority during the same
24		period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
25		under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
26		by mail voter's blank ballots that are mailed to an election

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1		authority and postmarked no later than election day, but that
2		are received by the election authority after the polls close
3		on election day and before the closing of the period for
4		counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
5		endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
6		receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
7		location of the election authority during the same periods
8		provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
9		subsection (c).
10		(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
11		mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
12		blank ballots received by the election authority after the
13		closing of the polls on an election day shall be endorsed by
14		the election authority receiving them with the day and hour of
15		receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
16		authority for the period of time required for the preservation
17		of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
18		opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
19		election.
20		(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
21		election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
22		later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
23		panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
24		law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
25		voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
26		blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been

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1		counted.
2		(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
3		Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
4		addition, within 2 days after a vote by mail ballot is
5		received, but in all cases before the close of the period for
6		counting provisional ballots, the election judge or official
7		shall compare the voter's signature on the certification
8		envelope of that vote by mail ballot with the voter's
9		signature on the application verified in accordance with
10		Section 19-4 or the signature of the voter on file in the
11		office of the election authority. If the election judge or
12		official determines that the 2 signatures match, and that the
13		vote by mail voter is otherwise qualified to cast a vote by
14		mail ballot, the election authority shall cast and count the
15		ballot on election day or the day the ballot is determined to
16		be valid, whichever is later, adding the results to the
17		precinct in which the voter is registered. If the election
18		judge or official determines that the signatures do not match,
19		or that the vote by mail voter is not qualified to cast a vote
20		by mail ballot, then without opening the certification
21		envelope, the judge or official shall mark across the face of
22		the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and shall not
23		cast or count the ballot.
24		In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a vote
25		by mail ballot may be rejected by the election judge or
26		official:

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1		(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
2		and resealed;
3		(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
4		period ballot;
5		(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
6		voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
7		(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
8		If the election judge or official determines that any of
9		these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
10		the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
11		shall not cast or count the ballot.
12		(g-5) If a vote by mail ballot is rejected by the election
13		judge or official for any reason, the election authority
14		shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all cases
15		before the close of the period for counting provisional
16		ballots, notify the vote by mail voter that his or her ballot
17		was rejected. The notice shall inform the voter of the reason
18		or reasons the ballot was rejected and shall state that the
19		voter may submit to appear before the election authority, on
20		or before the 14th day after the election, to show cause as to
21		why the ballot should not be rejected. The voter may present
22		evidence to the election authority supporting his or her
23		contention that the ballot should be counted. Evidence may be
24		submitted in person, by mail, or electronically by email. If a
25		ballot is rejected based on the voter's signatures not
26		matching, an affidavit or statement affirming the voter signed

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1		the certification envelope shall be sufficient evidence, and
2		the election authority shall not require the affidavit or
3		statement to be notarized. The election authority shall
4		appoint a panel of 3 election judges to review the contested
5		ballot, application, and certification envelope, as well as
6		any evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No more than
7		2 election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same
8		political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall
9		make a final determination as to the validity of the contested
10		vote by mail ballot. The judges' determination shall not be
11		reviewable either administratively or judicially.
12		A vote by mail ballot subject to this subsection that is
13		determined to be valid shall be counted before the close of the
14		period for counting provisional ballots.
15		If a vote by mail ballot is rejected for any reason, the
16		election authority shall, within one day after the rejection,
17		transmit to the State Board of Elections by electronic means
18		the voter's name, street address, email address, and precinct,
19		ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be. If a
20		rejected vote by mail ballot is determined to be valid, the
21		election authority shall, within one day after the
22		determination, remove the name of the voter from the list
23		transmitted to the State Board of Elections. The State Board
24		of Elections shall maintain the names and information in an
25		electronic format on its website accessible to State and local
26		political committees.

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1		Upon request by the State or local political committee,
2		each election authority shall, within one day after the
3		request, provide the following information about all rejected
4		vote by mail ballots: voter's name, street address, email
5		address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers,
6		as the case may be.
7		(g-10) All vote by mail ballots determined to be valid
8		shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which
9		they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
10		(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
11		organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
12		for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
13		(Source: P.A. 102-1126, eff. 2-10-23; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23;
14		revised 6-24-25.)
15		(10 ILCS 5/20-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 20-8)
16		Sec. 20-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
17		(a) (Blank.)
18		(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
19		election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
20		and received by that election authority may be processed by
21		the election authority beginning on the day it is received by
22		the election authority in the central ballot counting location
23		of the election authority, but the results of the processing
24		may not be counted until the day of the election after 7:00
25		p.m., except as provided in subsections (g) and (g-5).

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1		(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
2		election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
3		but that is received by the election authority after the polls
4		close on election day and before the close of the period for
5		counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
6		endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
7		receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
8		location of the election authority during the period for
9		counting provisional ballots.
10		Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
11		election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
12		an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
13		received by the election authority after the polls close on
14		election day and before the close of the period for counting
15		provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
16		by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
17		opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
18		if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
19		ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
20		of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
21		location of the election authority during the period for
22		counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
23		certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
24		If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
25		barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
26		election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the

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1		intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
2		was mailed no later than election day.
3		(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
4		returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
5		this Article, and received by the election authority at any
6		time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
7		endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
8		hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
9		counting location of the election authority during the same
10		period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
11		under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
12		by mail voter's blank ballot that are mailed to an election
13		authority and postmarked no later than election day, but that
14		are received by the election authority after the polls close
15		on election day and before the closing of the period for
16		counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
17		endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
18		receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
19		location of the election authority during the same periods
20		provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
21		subsection (c).
22		(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
23		mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
24		blank ballots received by the election authority after the
25		closing of the polls on the day of election shall be endorsed
26		by the person receiving the ballots with the day and hour of

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1		receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
2		authority for the period of time required for the preservation
3		of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
4		opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
5		election.
6		(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
7		election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
8		later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
9		panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
10		law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
11		voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
12		blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been
13		counted.
14		(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
15		Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
16		addition, within 2 days after a ballot subject to this Article
17		is received, but in all cases before the close of the period
18		for counting provisional ballots, the election judge or
19		official shall compare the voter's signature on the
20		certification envelope of that ballot with the signature of
21		the voter on file in the office of the election authority. If
22		the election judge or official determines that the 2
23		signatures match, and that the voter is otherwise qualified to
24		cast a ballot under this Article, the election authority shall
25		cast and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot
26		is determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the

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1		results to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If
2		the election judge or official determines that the signatures
3		do not match, or that the voter is not qualified to cast a
4		ballot under this Article, then without opening the
5		certification envelope, the judge or official shall mark
6		across the face of the certification envelope the word
7		"Rejected" and shall not cast or count the ballot.
8		In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a
9		ballot subject to this Article may be rejected by the election
10		judge or official:
11		(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
12		and resealed;
13		(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
14		period ballot;
15		(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
16		voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
17		(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
18		If the election judge or official determines that any of
19		these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
20		the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
21		shall not cast or count the ballot.
22		(g-5) If a ballot subject to this Article is rejected by
23		the election judge or official for any reason, the election
24		authority shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all
25		cases before the close of the period for counting provisional
26		ballots, notify the voter that his or her ballot was rejected.

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1		The notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the
2		ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may submit
3		to appear before the election authority, on or before the 14th
4		day after the election, to show cause as to why the ballot
5		should not be rejected. The voter may present evidence to the
6		election authority supporting his or her contention that the
7		ballot should be counted. Evidence may be submitted in person,
8		by mail, or electronically by email. If a ballot is rejected
9		based on the voter's signatures not matching, an affidavit or
10		statement affirming the voter signed the certification
11		envelope shall be sufficient evidence, and the election
12		authority shall not require the affidavit or statement to be
13		notarized. The election authority shall appoint a panel of 3
14		election judges to review the contested ballot, application,
15		and certification envelope, as well as any evidence submitted
16		by the vote by mail voter. No more than 2 election judges on
17		the reviewing panel shall be of the same political party. The
18		reviewing panel of election judges shall make a final
19		determination as to the validity of the contested ballot. The
20		judges' determination shall not be reviewable either
21		administratively or judicially.
22		A ballot subject to this subsection that is determined to
23		be valid shall be counted before the close of the period for
24		counting provisional ballots.
25		(g-10) All ballots determined to be valid shall be added
26		to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast

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1		in the order in which the ballots were opened.
2		(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
3		organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
4		for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
5		(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
6		Section 35-20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
7		changing Section 3.1-10-50 as follows:
8		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-50)
9		Sec. 3.1-10-50. Events upon which an elective office
10		becomes vacant in municipality with population under 500,000.
11		(a) Vacancy by resignation. A resignation is not effective
12		unless it is in writing, signed by the person holding the
13		elective office, and notarized.
14		(1) Unconditional resignation. An unconditional
15		resignation by a person holding the elective office may
16		specify a future date, not later than 60 days after the
17		date the resignation is received by the officer authorized
18		to fill the vacancy, at which time it becomes operative,
19		but the resignation may not be withdrawn after it is
20		received by the officer authorized to fill the vacancy.
21		The effective date of a resignation that does not specify
22		a future date at which it becomes operative is the date the
23		resignation is received by the officer authorized to fill
24		the vacancy. The effective date of a resignation that has

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1		a specified future effective date is that specified future
2		date or the date the resignation is received by the
3		officer authorized to fill the vacancy, whichever date
4		occurs later.
5		(2) Conditional resignation. A resignation that does
6		not become effective unless a specified event occurs can
7		be withdrawn at any time prior to the occurrence of the
8		specified event, but if not withdrawn, the effective date
9		of the resignation is the date of the occurrence of the
10		specified event or the date the resignation is received by
11		the officer authorized to fill the vacancy, whichever date
12		occurs later.
13		(3) Vacancy upon the effective date. For the purpose
14		of determining the time period that would require an
15		election to fill the vacancy by resignation or the
16		commencement of the 60-day time period referred to in
17		subsection (e), the resignation of an elected officer is
18		deemed to have created a vacancy as of the effective date
19		of the resignation.
20		(4) Duty of the clerk. If a resignation is delivered
21		to the clerk of the municipality, the clerk shall forward
22		a certified copy of the written resignation to the
23		official who is authorized to fill the vacancy within 7
24		business days after receipt of the resignation.
25		(b) Vacancy by death or disability. A vacancy occurs in an
26		office by reason of the death of the incumbent. The date of the

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1		death may be established by the date shown on the death
2		certificate. A vacancy occurs in an office by permanent
3		physical or mental disability rendering the person incapable
4		of performing the duties of the office. The corporate
5		authorities have the authority to make the determination
6		whether an officer is incapable of performing the duties of
7		the office because of a permanent physical or mental
8		disability. A finding of mental disability shall not be made
9		prior to the appointment by a court of a guardian ad litem for
10		the officer or until a duly licensed doctor certifies, in
11		writing, that the officer is mentally impaired to the extent
12		that the officer is unable to effectively perform the duties
13		of the office. If the corporate authorities find that an
14		officer is incapable of performing the duties of the office
15		due to permanent physical or mental disability, that person is
16		removed from the office and the vacancy of the office occurs on
17		the date of the determination.
18		(c) Vacancy by other causes.
19		(1) Abandonment and other causes. A vacancy occurs in
20		an office by reason of abandonment of office; removal from
21		office; or failure to qualify; or more than temporary
22		removal of residence from the municipality; or in the case
23		of an alderperson of a ward or councilman or trustee of a
24		district, more than temporary removal of residence from
25		the ward or district, as the case may be. The corporate
26		authorities have the authority to determine whether a

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1		vacancy under this subsection has occurred. If the
2		corporate authorities determine that a vacancy exists, the
3		office is deemed vacant as of the date of that
4		determination for all purposes including the calculation
5		under subsections (e), (f), and (g).
6		(2) Guilty of a criminal offense. An admission of
7		guilt of a criminal offense that upon conviction would
8		disqualify the municipal officer from holding the office,
9		in the form of a written agreement with State or federal
10		prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury,
11		or other infamous crime under State or federal law,
12		constitutes a resignation from that office, effective on
13		the date the plea agreement is made. For purposes of this
14		Section, a conviction for an offense that disqualifies a
15		municipal officer from holding that office occurs on the
16		date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a
17		trial by the court, on the entry of a finding of guilt.
18		(3) Election declared void. A vacancy occurs on the
19		date of the decision of a competent tribunal declaring the
20		election of the officer void.
21		(4) Owing a debt to the municipality. A vacancy occurs
22		if a municipal official fails to pay a debt to a
23		municipality in which the official has been elected or
24		appointed to an elected position subject to the following:
25		(A) Before a vacancy may occur under this
26		paragraph (4), the municipal clerk shall deliver, by

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1		personal service, a written notice to the municipal
2		official that (i) the municipal official is in arrears
3		of a debt to the municipality, (ii) that municipal
4		official must either pay or contest the debt within 30
5		days after receipt of the notice or the municipal
6		official will be disqualified and his or her office
7		vacated, and (iii) if the municipal official chooses
8		to contest the debt, the municipal official must
9		provide written notice to the municipal clerk of the
10		contesting of the debt. A copy of the notice, and the
11		notice to contest, shall also be mailed by the
12		municipal clerk to the appointed municipal attorney by
13		certified mail. If the municipal clerk is the
14		municipal official indebted to the municipality, the
15		mayor or president of the municipality shall assume
16		the duties of the municipal clerk required under this
17		paragraph (4).
18		(B) In the event that the municipal official
19		chooses to contest the debt, a hearing shall be held
20		within 30 days of the municipal clerk's receipt of the
21		written notice of contest from the municipal official.
22		An appointed municipal hearing officer shall preside
23		over the hearing, and shall hear testimony and accept
24		evidence relevant to the existence of the debt owed by
25		the municipal officer to the municipality.
26		(C) Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the

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1		hearing officer shall make a determination on the
2		basis of the evidence presented as to whether or not
3		the municipal official is in arrears of a debt to the
4		municipality. The determination shall be in writing
5		and shall be designated as findings, decision, and
6		order. The findings, decision, and order shall
7		include: (i) the hearing officer's findings of fact;
8		(ii) a decision of whether or not the municipal
9		official is in arrears of a debt to the municipality
10		based upon the findings of fact; and (iii) an order
11		that either directs the municipal official to pay the
12		debt within 30 days or be disqualified and his or her
13		office vacated or dismisses the matter if a debt owed
14		to the municipality is not proved. A copy of the
15		hearing officer's written determination shall be
16		served upon the municipal official in open proceedings
17		before the hearing officer. If the municipal official
18		does not appear for receipt of the written
19		determination, the written determination shall be
20		deemed to have been served on the municipal official
21		on the date when a copy of the written determination is
22		personally served on the municipal official or on the
23		date when a copy of the written determination is
24		deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
25		addressed to the municipal official at the address on
26		record with the municipality.

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1		(D) A municipal official aggrieved by the
2		determination of a hearing officer may secure judicial
3		review of such determination in the circuit court of
4		the county in which the hearing was held. The
5		municipal official seeking judicial review must file a
6		petition with the clerk of the court and must serve a
7		copy of the petition upon the municipality by
8		registered or certified mail within 5 days after
9		service of the determination of the hearing officer.
10		The petition shall contain a brief statement of the
11		reasons why the determination of the hearing officer
12		should be reversed. The municipal official shall file
13		proof of service with the clerk of the court. No answer
14		to the petition need be filed, but the municipality
15		shall cause the record of proceedings before the
16		hearing officer to be filed with the clerk of the court
17		on or before the date of the hearing on the petition or
18		as ordered by the court. The court shall set the matter
19		for hearing to be held within 30 days after the filing
20		of the petition and shall make its decision promptly
21		after such hearing.
22		(E) If a municipal official chooses to pay the
23		debt, or is ordered to pay the debt after the hearing,
24		the municipal official must present proof of payment
25		to the municipal clerk that the debt was paid in full,
26		and, if applicable, within the required time period as

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1		ordered by a hearing officer or circuit court judge.
2		(F) A municipal official will be disqualified and
3		his or her office vacated pursuant to this paragraph
4		(4) on the later of the following times if the
5		municipal official: (i) fails to pay or contest the
6		debt within 30 days of the municipal official's
7		receipt of the notice of the debt; (ii) fails to pay
8		the debt within 30 days after being served with a
9		written determination under subparagraph (C) ordering
10		the municipal official to pay the debt; or (iii) fails
11		to pay the debt within 30 days after being served with
12		a decision pursuant to subparagraph (D) upholding a
13		hearing officer's determination that the municipal
14		officer has failed to pay a debt owed to a
15		municipality.
16		(G) For purposes of this paragraph, a "debt" shall
17		mean an arrearage in a definitely ascertainable and
18		quantifiable amount after service of written notice
19		thereof, in the payment of any indebtedness due to the
20		municipality, which has been adjudicated before a
21		tribunal with jurisdiction over the matter. A
22		municipal official is considered in arrears of a debt
23		to a municipality if a debt is more than 30 days
24		overdue from the date the debt was due.
25		(d) Election of an acting mayor or acting president. The
26		election of an acting mayor or acting president pursuant to

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1		subsection (f) or (g) does not create a vacancy in the original
2		office of the person on the city council or as a trustee, as
3		the case may be, unless the person resigns from the original
4		office following election as acting mayor or acting president.
5		If the person resigns from the original office following
6		election as acting mayor or acting president, then the
7		original office must be filled pursuant to the terms of this
8		Section and the acting mayor or acting president shall
9		exercise the powers of the mayor or president and shall vote
10		and have veto power in the manner provided by law for a mayor
11		or president. If the person does not resign from the original
12		office following election as acting mayor or acting president,
13		then the acting mayor or acting president shall exercise the
14		powers of the mayor or president but shall be entitled to vote
15		only in the manner provided for as the holder of the original
16		office and shall not have the power to veto. If the person does
17		not resign from the original office following election as
18		acting mayor or acting president, and if that person's
19		original term of office has not expired when a mayor or
20		president is elected and has qualified for office, the acting
21		mayor or acting-president shall return to the original office
22		for the remainder of the term thereof.
23		(e) Appointment to fill alderperson or trustee vacancy. An
24		appointment by the mayor or president or acting mayor or
25		acting president, as the case may be, of a qualified person as
26		described in Section 3.1-10-5 of this Code to fill a vacancy in

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1		the office of alderperson or trustee must be made within 60
2		days after the vacancy occurs. Once the appointment of the
3		qualified person has been forwarded to the corporate
4		authorities, the corporate authorities shall act upon the
5		appointment within 30 days. If the appointment fails to
6		receive the advice and consent of the corporate authorities
7		within 30 days, the mayor or president or acting mayor or
8		acting president shall appoint and forward to the corporate
9		authorities a second qualified person as described in Section
10		3.1-10-5. Once the appointment of the second qualified person
11		has been forwarded to the corporate authorities, the corporate
12		authorities shall act upon the appointment within 30 days. If
13		the appointment of the second qualified person also fails to
14		receive the advice and consent of the corporate authorities,
15		then the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting
16		president, without the advice and consent of the corporate
17		authorities, may make a temporary appointment from those
18		persons who were appointed but whose appointments failed to
19		receive the advice and consent of the corporate authorities.
20		The person receiving the temporary appointment shall serve
21		until an appointment has received the advice and consent and
22		the appointee has qualified or until a person has been elected
23		and has qualified, whichever first occurs.
24		(f) Election to fill vacancies in municipal offices with
25		4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs in an elective municipal
26		office with a 4-year term and there remains an unexpired

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1		portion of the term of at least 28 months, and the vacancy
2		occurs before the period to file petitions for at least 130
3		days before the general municipal election next scheduled
4		under the general election law, then the vacancy shall be
5		filled for the remainder of the term at that general municipal
6		election. Whenever an election is held for this purpose, the
7		municipal clerk shall certify the office to be filled and the
8		candidates for the office to the proper election authorities
9		as provided in the general election law. If a vacancy occurs
10		with less than 28 months remaining in the unexpired portion of
11		the term or after the period to file petitions for less than
12		130 days before the general municipal election, then:
13		(1) Mayor or president. If the vacancy is in the
14		office of mayor or president, the vacancy must be filled
15		by the corporate authorities electing one of their members
16		as acting mayor or acting president. Except as set forth
17		in subsection (d), the acting mayor or acting president
18		shall perform the duties and possess all the rights and
19		powers of the mayor or president until a mayor or
20		president is elected at the next general municipal
21		election and has qualified. However, in villages with a
22		population of less than 5,000, if each of the trustees
23		either declines the election as acting president or is not
24		elected by a majority vote of the trustees presently
25		holding office, then the trustees may elect, as acting
26		president, any other village resident who is qualified to

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1		hold municipal office, and the acting president shall
2		exercise the powers of the president and shall vote and
3		have veto power in the manner provided by law for a
4		president.
5		(2) Alderperson or trustee. If the vacancy is in the
6		office of alderperson or trustee, the vacancy must be
7		filled by the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting
8		president, as the case may be, in accordance with
9		subsection (e).
10		(3) Other elective office. If the vacancy is in any
11		elective municipal office other than mayor or president or
12		alderperson or trustee, the mayor or president or acting
13		mayor or acting president, as the case may be, must
14		appoint a qualified person to hold the office until the
15		office is filled by election, subject to the advice and
16		consent of the city council or the board of trustees, as
17		the case may be.
18		(g) Vacancies in municipal offices with 2-year terms. In
19		the case of an elective municipal office with a 2-year term, if
20		the vacancy occurs before the period to file petitions for at
21		least 130 days before the general municipal election next
22		scheduled under the general election law, the vacancy shall be
23		filled for the remainder of the term at that general municipal
24		election. If the vacancy occurs after the period to file
25		petitions for less than 130 days before the general municipal
26		election, then:

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1		(1) Mayor or president. If the vacancy is in the
2		office of mayor or president, the vacancy must be filled
3		by the corporate authorities electing one of their members
4		as acting mayor or acting president. Except as set forth
5		in subsection (d), the acting mayor or acting president
6		shall perform the duties and possess all the rights and
7		powers of the mayor or president until a mayor or
8		president is elected at the next general municipal
9		election and has qualified. However, in villages with a
10		population of less than 5,000, if each of the trustees
11		either declines the election as acting president or is not
12		elected by a majority vote of the trustees presently
13		holding office, then the trustees may elect, as acting
14		president, any other village resident who is qualified to
15		hold municipal office, and the acting president shall
16		exercise the powers of the president and shall vote and
17		have veto power in the manner provided by law for a
18		president.
19		(2) Alderperson or trustee. If the vacancy is in the
20		office of alderperson or trustee, the vacancy must be
21		filled by the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting
22		president, as the case may be, in accordance with
23		subsection (e).
24		(3) Other elective office. If the vacancy is in any
25		elective municipal office other than mayor or president or
26		alderperson or trustee, the mayor or president or acting

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1		mayor or acting president, as the case may be, must
2		appoint a qualified person to hold the office until the
3		office is filled by election, subject to the advice and
4		consent of the city council or the board of trustees, as
5		the case may be.
6		(h) In cases of vacancies arising by reason of an election
7		being declared void pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection
8		(c), persons holding elective office prior thereto shall hold
9		office until their successors are elected and qualified or
10		appointed and confirmed by advice and consent, as the case may
11		be.
12		(i) This Section applies only to municipalities with
13		populations under 500,000.
14		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
15		Section 35-25. The Park District Code is amended by
16		changing Sections 2-10a and 2-12a as follows:
17		(70 ILCS 1205/2-10a)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-10a)
18		Sec. 2-10a. Any district may provide by referendum, or by
19		resolution of the board, that the board shall be comprised of 7
20		commissioners. Any such referendum shall be initiated and held
21		in the same manner as is provided by the general election law.
22		If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in
23		favor of the 7-member board, or if the board adopts a
24		resolution stating that it is acting pursuant to this Section

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1		in order to create a 7-member board, then whichever of the
2		following transition schedules are appropriate shall be
3		applied: At the election of commissioners next following by at
4		least 225 197 days after the date on which the proposition to
5		create a 7-member board was approved at referendum or by
6		resolution, the number of commissioners to be elected shall be
7		2 more than the number that would otherwise have been elected.
8		If this results in the election, pursuant to Section 2-12 of
9		this Act, of 4 commissioners at that election, one of the 4, to
10		be determined by lot within 30 days after the election, shall
11		serve for a term of 4 years or 2 years as the case may be,
12		instead of 6 years, so that his term will expire in the same
13		year in which the term of only one of the incumbent
14		commissioners expires. Thereafter, all commissioners shall be
15		elected for 6-year terms as provided in Section 2-12. If the
16		creation of a 7-member board results in the election of either
17		3 or 4 commissioners, pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, at
18		that election, 2 of them, to be determined by lot within 30
19		days after the election, shall serve for terms of 2 years
20		instead of 4 years. Thereafter, all commissioners shall be
21		elected for 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a of this
22		Act.
23		In any district where a 7-member board has been created
24		pursuant to this Section whether by referendum or by
25		resolution, the number of commissioners may later be reduced
26		to 5, but only by a referendum initiated and held in the same

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1		manner as prescribed in this Section for creating a 7-member
2		board. No proposition to reduce the number of commissioners
3		shall affect the terms of any commissioners holding office at
4		the time of the referendum or to be elected within 225 197 days
5		after the referendum. If a majority of the votes cast on the
6		proposition is in favor of reducing a 7-member board to a
7		5-member board, then, at the election of commissioners next
8		following by at least 225 197 days after the date on which the
9		proposition was approved at referendum, the number of
10		commissioners to be elected shall be 2 less than the number
11		that would otherwise have been elected and whichever of the
12		following transition schedules are appropriate shall be
13		applied: (i) if this results in the election of no
14		commissioners for a 6-year term pursuant to Section 2-12 of
15		this Act, then at the next election in which 3 commissioners
16		are scheduled to be elected to 6-year terms as provided in
17		Section 2-12, one of the 3, to be determined by lot within 30
18		days after the election, shall serve for a term of 4 years or 2
19		years, as the case may be, instead of 6 years, so that his or
20		her term will expire in the same year in which the term of no
21		incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; thereafter, all
22		commissioners shall be elected for 6-year terms as provided in
23		Section 2-12; or (ii) if the reduction to a 5-member board
24		results in the election of one commissioner to a 4-year term,
25		pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, then at the next
26		election in which 4 commissioners are scheduled to be elected

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1		to 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a, one of the 4, to
2		be determined by lot within 30 days after the election, shall
3		serve for a term of 2 years, instead of 4 years, so that his or
4		her term will expire in the same year in which the term of only
5		one incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; thereafter,
6		all commissioners shall be elected for 4-year terms as
7		provided in Section 2-12a.
8		(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
9		(70 ILCS 1205/2-12a)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12a)
10		Sec. 2-12a. Any district may provide, either by resolution
11		of the board or by referendum, that the term of commissioners
12		shall be 4 years rather than 6 years. Any such referendum shall
13		be initiated and held in the same manner as is provided by the
14		general election law for public questions authorized by
15		Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
16		If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in
17		favor of a 4-year term for commissioners, or if the Board
18		adopts a resolution stating that it is acting pursuant to this
19		Section to change the term of office from 6 years to 4 years,
20		commissioners thereafter elected, commencing with the first
21		regular park district election at least 225 197 days after the
22		date on which the proposition for 4-year terms was approved at
23		referendum or by resolution, shall be elected for a term of 4
24		years. In order to provide for the transition from 6-year
25		terms to 4-year terms:

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1		(1) If 2 commissioners on a 5-member board are to be
2		elected at the first such election and if the term of only
3		one commissioner is scheduled to expire in the year of the
4		next election at which commissioners are elected, of the 2
5		commissioners elected, one shall serve a 2-year term and
6		one a 4-year term, to be determined by lot between the 2
7		persons elected within 30 days after the election.
8		(2) On a 7-member board under Section 2-10a, if the
9		terms of only 2 commissioners are scheduled to expire in
10		the year of the second election at which commissioners are
11		elected after the first regular park district election at
12		least 225 197 days after the date on which the proposition
13		for 4-year terms was approved at referendum or by
14		resolution, then:
15		(A) if 3 commissioners are elected at the first
16		regular election, 2 of the commissioners elected shall
17		serve a 2-year term and one shall serve a 4-year term
18		to be determined by lot between persons elected within
19		30 days after the first election; or
20		(B) if 2 commissioners are elected at the first
21		regular election, those 2 commissioners elected shall
22		serve a 2-year term.
23		In any district where the board has created 4-year terms
24		pursuant to this Section, whether by referendum or by
25		resolution, the length of terms may later be increased to 6
26		years, but only by a referendum initiated and held in the same

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1		manner as prescribed in this Section for creating 4-year
2		terms. No proposition to increase the terms of commissioners
3		shall affect any commissioner holding office at the time of
4		the referendum or to be elected within 225 197 days after the
5		referendum.
6		(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
7		Article 40.
8		Section 40-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
9		Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.2, 1A-16.7, and 1A-16.8 and by adding
10		Section 1A-16.3 as follows:
11		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1)
12		Sec. 1A-16.1. Automatic voter registration; Secretary of
13		State.
14		(a) The Office of the Secretary of State and the State
15		Board of Elections, pursuant to an interagency contract and
16		jointly adopted rules, shall establish an automatic voter
17		registration program that satisfies the requirements of this
18		Section and other applicable law.
19		(b) If, as part of an application, an application for
20		renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification
21		form for a driver's license or a State identification card
22		issued by the Office of the Secretary of State, an applicant
23		presents documentation that establishes that the applicant is

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1		a United States citizen, as described in subsection (g), and
2		is of age to register to vote or if the information provided to
3		the Office of the Secretary of State under subsection (c)
4		indicates that the applicant is currently registered to vote
5		in Illinois and, upon reviewing the documents and information
6		submitted by the applicant, the Office of the Secretary of
7		State determines that the name or residence address
8		documentation submitted by the applicant differs from the
9		information regarding the applicant provided under subsection
10		(c) meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005,
11		then that application, unless the applicant declines in
12		accordance with subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.7, shall serve
13		as a dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application
14		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 a driver's license or State identification
22		card, allow the applicant to affirm, under penalty of
23		perjury, to the truth and correctness of the information
24		submitted in the dual-purpose application that is
25		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 to change his or her registered residence address or
5		name by providing a check box on the application form
6		without requiring the applicant to state the reason; and
7		(4) allow the applicant to notify the Office of the
8		Secretary of State of the applicant's preferred language
9		unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
10		change his or her registered residence address or name,
11		require the applicant to attest, by signature under
12		penalty of perjury as described in subsection (e) of this
13		Section, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
14		in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
15		on his or her driver's license or identification card
16		dual-purpose application.
17		The Office of the Secretary of State shall record the type
18		of documents presented by the applicant that establishes the
19		applicant is a United States citizen as described in
20		subsection (g) and shall enter United States citizenship in a
21		designated field. Based on the entry of United States
22		citizenship in the designated field, the Office of the
23		Secretary of State shall initiate a dual-purpose application
24		through an automated process that is not subject to the
25		discretion of individual employees of the Office of the
26		Secretary of State.

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

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

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

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

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

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1		meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005; or
2		(ii) a completed application under subsection (b-5) of this
3		Section with a separate signature attesting the applicant
4		meets the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at
5		his or her residence address as indicated on his or her
6		application shall constitute a signed application to register
7		to 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		indicate that the applicant he or she does not satisfy the
13		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the
14		specified his or her residence address, the application shall
15		be marked as incomplete.
16		(f) For each completed and signed application that
17		constitutes an application to register to vote in Illinois or
18		provides for a change in the applicant's registered residence
19		address or name, the Office of the Secretary of State shall
20		electronically transmit to the State Board of Elections
21		personal information needed to complete the person's
22		registration to vote in Illinois at the specified his or her
23		residence address, including the applicant's choice language
24		preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
25		collected by the Office of the Secretary of State during the
26		permitting, licensing, or identification card transaction. The

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1		application to register to vote shall be processed in
2		accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
3		(g) Documentation that establishes that the applicant is a
4		United States citizen shall include:
5		(1) a valid, unexpired United States passport or
6		passport card or a United States passport or passport card
7		that has been expired for no more than 2 years;
8		(2) a certified copy of a birth certificate filed with
9		the Division of Vital Records or an equivalent agency in
10		the individual's state of birth;
11		(3) a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the
12		United States Department of State, Form FS-240, DS-1350,
13		or FS-545; and
14		(4) a Certificate of Citizenship issued by the United
15		States Department of Homeland Security, Form N-560 or form
16		N-561. If the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 is repealed,
17		abrogated, superseded, or otherwise no longer in effect,
18		then the State Board of Elections shall establish criteria
19		for determining reliable personal information indicating
20		citizenship status and shall adopt rules as necessary for
21		the Secretary of State to continue processing dual-purpose
22		applications under this Section.
23		(h) As used in this Section, "dual-purpose application"
24		means an application, an application for renewal or , a change
25		of address form, or a recertification form for driver's
26		license or permit or a State identification card offered by

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1		the Secretary of State, other than an application or form that
2		pertains to a standard driver's license or identification card
3		for an applicant who does not have and is not eligible for, a
4		social security number and does not list a social security
5		number for the applicant, that also serves as an application
6		to register to vote in Illinois. "Dual-purpose application"
7		does not mean an application under subsection (c) of Section
8		6-109 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
9		(i) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
10		Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no
11		later than January 1, 2028.
12		(Source: P.A. 103-210, eff. 7-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
13		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.2)
14		Sec. 1A-16.2. Automatic voter registration; designated
15		automatic voter registration agencies.
16		(a) Each designated automatic voter registration agency
17		shall, pursuant to an interagency contract and jointly adopted
18		jointly-adopted rules with the State Board of Elections, agree
19		to participate in an automatic voter registration program
20		established by the State Board of Elections that satisfies the
21		requirements of this Section and other applicable law. If the
22		designated automatic voter registration agency provides
23		applications, applications for renewal, change of address
24		forms, filing, or recertification forms to individuals for
25		services offered by another agency, then the State Board of

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

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1		(3) in a single affirmation including the affirmation
2		required for the designated automatic voter registration
3		agency's application, allow the applicant to affirm, under
4		penalty of perjury, to the truth and correctness of
5		information submitted in the dual-purpose application that
6		is necessary to assess the applicant's eligibility to
7		register to vote or to change the applicant's registered
8		residence address or name as it appears on the voter
9		registration rolls provide the applicant with an
10		opportunity to affirmatively decline to register to vote
11		or change his or her registered residence address or name
12		by providing a check box on the application form without
13		requiring the applicant to state the reason; and
14		(4) allow the applicant to notify the agency of the
15		applicant's preferred language unless the applicant
16		declines to register to vote or to change his or her
17		registered residence address or name, require the
18		applicant to attest, by signature under penalty of
19		perjury, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
20		in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
21		on his or her dual-purpose application.
22		The agency shall record the type of document presented by
23		the applicant that establishes that the applicant is a United
24		States citizen as described in subsection (g) of Section
25		1A-16.1.
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1		each designated automatic voter registration agency provides
2		that does not collect or cross-reference records containing
3		reliable personal information indicating citizenship status
4		may provide that an application or , an application for
5		renewal, a change of address form, or a recertification form
6		for a license, permit, program, or service described in
7		subsection (a) that, as part of the application of form, the
8		applicant presents documentation that neither establishes that
9		the applicant is a United States citizen nor establishes that
10		the applicant is not a United States citizen, the application
11		or form shall serve as a dual-purpose application if the
12		applicant chooses to register to vote. The dual-purpose
13		application shall:
14		(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
15		in Illinois;
16		(2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered
17		residence address or name as it appears on the voter
18		registration rolls; and
19		(3) if the applicant chooses to register to vote or to
20		change the applicant's his or her registered residence
21		address or name, then require the applicant to attest, by
22		a separate signature under penalty of perjury, to meeting
23		the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at his
24		or her residence address as indicated on his or her
25		dual-purpose application; and .
26		(4) allow the applicant to notify the agency of the

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1		applicant's preferred language.
2		(c-1) If an applicant presents documentation to the
3		designated automatic voter registration agency that
4		establishes that the applicant is not a United States citizen
5		or the applicant attests that 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		(c-5) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
9		(b) of this Section to provide the affirmation described in
10		that subsection, the The designated automatic voter
11		registration agency shall clearly and conspicuously inform
12		each applicant in writing: (i) of the qualifications to
13		register to vote in Illinois; , (ii) of the penalties provided
14		by law for submission of a false voter registration
15		application, including the immigration-related consequences of
16		incorrectly claiming United States citizenship and of the
17		applicant's opportunity not to proceed in order to avoid the
18		penalties; (iii) that the application shall serve as an
19		application to register to vote or change the applicant's
20		voter registration, and that the application , unless the
21		applicant declines to register to vote or update his or her
22		voter registration, his or her application shall also serve as
23		both an application to register to vote and his or her
24		attestation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements
25		for voter registration, and that his or her application to
26		register to vote or update his or her registration will be

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1		transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of
2		registering the person to vote at the residence address to be
3		indicated on the dual-purpose application; , (iv) that
4		information identifying the agency at which he or she applied
5		to register to vote is confidential; , (v) that declining to
6		register to vote is confidential and will not affect any
7		services the person may be seeking from the agency, and (v)
8		(vi) any additional information needed in order to comply with
9		Section 7 of the federal National Voter Registration Act of
10		1993. The designated automatic voter registration agency may
11		provide additional instructions specific to applicants under
12		subsection (b).
13		(c-10) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
14		(c) to provide the attestation described in that subsection,
15		the designated automatic voter registration agency shall
16		clearly and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing:
17		(i) of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois;
18		(ii) of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false
19		voter registration application, including the
20		immigration-related consequences of incorrectly claiming
21		United States citizenship, and of the applicant's opportunity
22		to withdraw an application to avoid the penalties; (iii) that
23		the application shall also serve as an application to register
24		to vote or update the applicant's voter registration and that
25		the application to register to vote or update voter
26		registration will be transmitted to the State Board of

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1		Elections for the purpose of registering the person to vote at
2		the residence address to be indicated on the dual-purpose
3		application, unless the applicant withdraws the application or
4		declines to register to vote or update the applicant's voter
5		registration; (iv) that information identifying the agency at
6		which the applicant applied to register to vote is
7		confidential; (v) that withdrawing a voter registration
8		application or otherwise declining to register to vote is
9		confidential and will not affect any services the person may
10		be seeking from the agency; and (vi) any additional
11		information needed in order to comply with Section 7 of the
12		federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The
13		designated automatic voter registration agency may provide
14		additional instructions specific to applicants under
15		subsection (c).
16		(d) The designated automatic voter registration agency
17		shall review information provided to the agency by the State
18		Board of Elections to inform each applicant covered by
19		subsection (c) whether the applicant is currently registered
20		to vote in Illinois and, if registered, at what address.
21		(e) The designated automatic voter registration agency
22		shall not require an applicant for a dual-purpose application
23		to provide duplicate identification or information in order to
24		complete an application to register to vote or change the
25		applicant's his or her registered residence address or name.
26		Before transmitting any personal information about an

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1		applicant to the State Board of Elections, the agency shall
2		review its records of the identification documents the
3		applicant provided or that the agency cross-references in
4		order to complete the dual-purpose application, to confirm
5		that nothing in those documents indicates that the applicant
6		does not satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in
7		Illinois at the applicant's his or her residence address. A
8		completed and signed dual-purpose application, including a
9		completed application under subsection (c) of this Section
10		with a separate signature attesting that the applicant meets
11		the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the his
12		or her residence address as indicated on the his or her
13		application, shall constitute an application to register to
14		vote in Illinois at the residence address indicated in the
15		application unless the person affirmatively declined in the
16		application to register to vote or to change his or her
17		registered residence address or name. If the identification
18		documents provided to complete the dual-purpose application,
19		or that the agency cross-references, indicate that the
20		applicant he or she does not satisfy the qualifications to
21		register to vote in Illinois at his or her residence address,
22		the application shall be marked as incomplete. If the
23		applicant provides the designated automatic voter registration
24		agency with an address designated by the Attorney General as a
25		substitute mailing address under Section 15 of the Address
26		Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual

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1		Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, or is a judicial
2		officer or peace officer who provides the designated automatic
3		voter registration agency with a work address instead of a
4		residence address, the applicant shall not be offered voter
5		registration by the designated automatic voter registration
6		agency.
7		(f) For each completed and signed dual-purpose application
8		that constitutes an application to register to vote in
9		Illinois or provides for a change in the applicant's
10		registered residence address or name, the designated automatic
11		voter registration agency shall electronically transmit to the
12		State Board of Elections personal information needed to
13		complete the person's registration to vote in Illinois at his
14		or her residence address, including the applicant's language
15		preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
16		collected by the designated automatic voter registration
17		agency in the course of receiving applications and other forms
18		regarding licenses, permits, programs, and services offered by
19		the designated automatic voter registration agency. The
20		application to register to vote shall be processed in
21		accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
22		(g) As used in this Section:
23		"Designated automatic voter registration agency" or
24		"agency" means the divisions of Family and Community
25		Services and Rehabilitation Services of the Department of
26		Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, the

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1		Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
2		Department of Natural Resources, or an agency of the
3		local, tribal, State, or federal government that has been
4		determined by the State Board of Elections to have access
5		to reliable personal information and has entered into an
6		interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to
7		participate in the automatic voter registration program
8		under this Section.
9		"Dual-purpose application" means an application, an
10		application for renewal, a change of address form, or a
11		recertification form for a license, permit, program, or
12		service offered by a designated automatic voter
13		registration agency that also serves as an application to
14		register to vote in Illinois.
15		"Reliable personal information" means information
16		about individuals obtained from government sources that
17		may be used to verify whether an individual is eligible to
18		register to vote.
19		(h) (Blank). This Section shall be implemented no later
20		than July 1, 2019.
21		(i) If an agency under this Section receives documentation
22		that an applicant is a United States citizen, as described in
23		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1 for more than one person
24		listed on an application for a license, permit, program, or
25		service, each person for whom the agency receives the
26		documentation may be considered an applicant under this

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1		Section and the application may serve as a dual-purpose
2		application for each person.
3		(j) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
4		Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no
5		later than January 1, 2028.
6		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
7		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.3 new)
8		Sec. 1A-16.3. Language assistance.
9		(a) Every facility operated by the Driver Services
10		Department of the Office of the Secretary of State and all
11		facilities of a designated voter registration agency located
12		in a political subdivision covered by Section 203 of the
13		federal Voting Rights Act shall display and make plainly
14		visible signage informing applicants about the type of
15		language assistance available. The signage shall be in the
16		covered languages applicable for the political subdivision.
17		(b) Every facility operated by the Driver Services
18		Department of the Office of the Secretary of State and all
19		facilities of a designated voter registration agency located
20		in a political subdivision covered by Section 203 of the
21		federal Voting Rights Act shall make available, in the covered
22		languages, all written materials and verbal communication
23		regarding voter registration for the purpose of processing the
24		applicant's dual-purpose application described in Sections
25		1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. Every facility operated by the Driver

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1		Services Department of the Office of the Secretary of State
2		and all facilities of a designated voter registration agency
3		shall make available, in the 5 most common non-English
4		languages in this State, all written materials and verbal
5		communications regarding voter registration for the purpose of
6		processing an applicant's dual-purpose application described
7		in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. These materials shall include
8		the notices described in subsection (b-10) of Section 1A-16.1
9		and subsection (e) of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
10		Code, the affirmations described in paragraph (3) of
11		subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of
12		subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2, and the attestations
13		described in subsection (b-5) of Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph
14		(3) of subsection (c) of Section 1A-16.2.
15		(c) In addition to the requirements under subsections (a)
16		and (b), the Driver Services Department of the Office of the
17		Secretary of State, as part of every transaction described in
18		subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 1A-16.1 completed through
19		its website, and each designated automatic voter registration
20		agency, as defined in subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.2, as
21		part of every transaction described in subsections (b) and (c)
22		of Section 1A-16.2 completed through its website, shall make
23		available, in the covered languages required in any
24		jurisdiction in this State by Section 203 of the federal
25		Voting Rights Act and in the 5 most common non-English
26		languages in this State, all information and questions

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1		provided to an applicant regarding voter registration for the
2		purpose of processing the applicant's dual-purpose application
3		as described in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. These materials
4		shall include, but not be limited to, the notices described in
5		subsection (b-10) of Section 1A-16.1 and subsection (e) of
6		Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the affirmations
7		described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
8		1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
9		1A-16.2, and the attestations described in subsection (b-5) of
10		Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section
11		1A-16.2. The Office of the Secretary of the State shall
12		determine the 5 most common non-English languages in this
13		State by referring to the best available data from the United
14		States Census Bureau or other sources that the Office of the
15		Secretary of the State considers relevant and reliable.
16		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.7)
17		Sec. 1A-16.7. Automatic voter registration.
18		(a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and
19		maintain a portal for automatic government agency voter
20		registration that permits an eligible person to electronically
21		apply to register to vote or to update his or her existing
22		voter registration as provided in Section 1A-16.1 or Section
23		1A-16.2. The portal shall interface with the online voter
24		registration system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this
25		Code and shall be capable of receiving and processing voter

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1		registration application information, including electronic
2		signatures, from the Office of the Secretary of State and each
3		designated automatic voter registration agency, as defined in
4		Section 1A-16.2. The State Board of Elections may
5		cross-reference voter registration information from any
6		designated automatic voter registration agency, as defined
7		under Section 1A-16.2 of this Code, with information contained
8		in the database of the Secretary of State as provided under
9		subsection (c) of Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. The State
10		Board of Elections shall modify the online voter registration
11		system as necessary to implement this Section.
12		(b) Voter registration data received from the Office of
13		the Secretary of State or a designated automatic voter
14		registration agency through the online registration
15		application system shall be processed as provided in Section
16		1A-16.5 of this Code.
17		(c) The State Board of Elections shall establish technical
18		specifications applicable to each automatic government
19		registration program, including data format and transmission
20		specifications. The Office of the Secretary of State and each
21		designated automatic voter registration agency shall maintain
22		a data transfer mechanism capable of transmitting voter
23		registration application information, including electronic
24		signatures where available, to the online voter registration
25		system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this Code.
26		(d) The State Board of Elections shall, by rule, establish

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1		criteria and procedures for determining whether an agency of
2		the State or federal government seeking to become a designated
3		automatic voter registration agency in the course of receiving
4		applications and other forms regarding licenses, permits,
5		programs, and services offered by the agency, receives
6		documentation that an applicant is a United States citizen, as
7		described in subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1 has access to
8		reliable personal information, as defined under this
9		subsection (d) and subsection (f) of Section 1A-16.2 of this
10		Code, and otherwise meets the requirements to enter into an
11		interagency contract and to operate as a designated automatic
12		voter registration agency. The State Board of Elections shall
13		approve each interagency contract upon affirmative vote of a
14		majority of its members.
15		As used in this subsection (d), "reliable personal
16		information" means information about individuals obtained from
17		government sources that may be used to verify whether an
18		individual is eligible to register to vote.
19		(e) Whenever an applicant's data is transferred from the
20		Office of the Secretary of State or a designated automatic
21		voter registration agency, the agency must transmit a
22		signature image if available. If no signature image was
23		provided by the agency and , or if no signature image is
24		available in the Office of the Secretary of State's database
25		or the statewide voter registration database, or other
26		database available to the State Board of Elections, the

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1		applicant must be notified that voter his or her registration
2		will remain in a pending status until the applicant: , and the
3		applicant will be required to
4		(1) provides provide identification that complies with
5		the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and a signature
6		to the election authority on election day in the polling
7		place or during early voting; .
8		(2) provides identification that complies with the
9		federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and a signature with
10		a mail ballot, or provides a signature in accordance with
11		the procedures described in subsection (g-5) of Section
12		19-8; or
13		(3) provides a signature in response to the notice
14		described in subsection (g) or by other paper or
15		electronic means determined by the State Board of
16		Elections.
17		(f) Upon receipt of personal information collected and
18		transferred by the Office of the Secretary of State or a
19		designated automatic voter registration agency, the State
20		Board of Elections shall check the information against the
21		statewide voter registration database. The State Board of
22		Elections shall create and electronically transmit to the
23		appropriate election authority a voter registration
24		application for any individual who is not registered to vote
25		in Illinois and is not disqualified as provided in this
26		Section or whose information reliably indicates a more recent

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1		update to the name or address of a person already included in
2		the statewide voter database. The election authority shall
3		process the application accordingly. If the individual
4		provides the Office of the Secretary of State or a designated
5		automatic voter registration agency with an address designated
6		by the Attorney General as a substitute mailing address under
7		Section 15 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of
8		Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or
9		Stalking Act or if the State Board of Elections otherwise
10		determines that the individual is a program participant under
11		Section 10 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of
12		Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or
13		Stalking Act, the State Board of Elections shall not create or
14		electronically transmit to an election authority a voter
15		registration the application for the individual. The State
16		Board of Elections may provide alternative voter registration
17		procedures for the individuals described in this subsection.
18		(g) The appropriate election authority shall ensure that
19		any applicant about whom it receives information from the
20		State Board of Elections under subsection (f) who is
21		registered to vote or whose existing voter registration is
22		updated under this Section is promptly sent written notice of
23		the change. The notice required by this subsection (g) may be
24		sent or combined with other notices required or permitted by
25		law, including, but not limited to, any notices sent pursuant
26		to Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any notice required by this

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1		subsection (g) shall contain, at a minimum: (i) the
2		applicant's name and residential address as reflected on the
3		voter registration list; (ii) a statement notifying the
4		applicant to contact the appropriate election authority if his
5		or her voter registration has been updated in error; (iii) the
6		qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; (iv) a
7		statement notifying the applicant that he or she may opt out of
8		voter registration or request a change to his or her
9		registration information at any time by contacting an election
10		official; and (iii) (v) contact information for the
11		appropriate election authority, including a phone number,
12		address, electronic mail address, and website address.
13		For an applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1
14		or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 who is not currently
15		registered to vote in Illinois, the notice shall be sent
16		within 5 business days after the transmission of the voter
17		registration application to the election authority and shall
18		contain:
19		(1) the following statement: "After your recent visit
20		to [an Illinois Secretary of State Driver Services
21		Facility or designated automatic voter registration
22		agency], we started an automatic voter registration
23		process for you. You will be registered to vote unless you
24		complete, sign, and return this card by [deadline date].";
25		(2) the notices required by Section 5(c)(2) of the
26		National Voter Registration Act of 1993; and

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1		(3) an opportunity to provide a signature as described
2		in subsection (e) and to select a language for election
3		materials if applicable to the jurisdiction, by prepaid
4		postage.
5		For an applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1
6		or subsections (b) of Section 1A-16.2 who is currently
7		registered to vote in Illinois and whose application contains
8		a change in the applicant's registered residence address or
9		name, the notice shall be sent within 5 business days after the
10		transmission of the voter registration application to the
11		election authority and shall 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 update to your voter registration.
16		Your voter registration will be updated 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		Any notice required by this subsection shall, at a
25		minimum, be provided in languages for which there is coverage
26		for the jurisdiction of the election authority under Section

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1		203 of the federal Voting Rights Act, as identified by the
2		United States Census Bureau in the Federal Register. Any
3		notice required by this subsection must also comply with all
4		applicable, federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and
5		ordinances that relate to providing language access to
6		individuals with limited English proficiency. If the State
7		Board of Elections has received language preference
8		information regarding the applicant and has transmitted that
9		information to the appropriate election authority, the
10		appropriate election authority shall take all practicable
11		measures to send the notice to the applicant in the
12		applicant's preferred language.
13		(g-5) If an applicant under subsection (b) of Section
14		1A-16.1 or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the
15		notice described in subsection (g) declining to be registered
16		within 23 days after the mailing of the notice, the applicant
17		shall not be registered to vote and the applicant shall be
18		deemed not to have attempted to register to vote. If an
19		applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1 or
20		subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the notice described
21		in subsection (g) declining or correcting the update within 23
22		days after the mailing of the notice, the applicant's update
23		shall be declined or corrected in the statewide voter
24		registration database. If an applicant returns the notice
25		described in subsection (g) but does not do so within 23 days
26		after the mailing of the notice, then the applicant shall be

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1		registered to vote under the name and address contained in the
2		dual-purpose application. If an applicant returns the notice
3		described in subsection (g) declining to be registered or
4		declining or correcting the update more than 23 days after the
5		mailing of the notice, then the notice shall be processed as a
6		request to cancel or update the applicant's registration.
7		During the 23-day period specified in this subsection, an
8		applicant's voter registration or updated voter registration
9		shall be in a pending status.
10		(g-6) If an applicant under subsection (b) of Section
11		1A-16.1 or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the
12		notice indicating a language preference, the language
13		preference shall be retained as part of the person's
14		registration information.
15		(h) The appropriate election authority shall ensure that
16		any applicant whose voter registration application is not
17		accepted or deemed incomplete is promptly sent written notice
18		of the application's status. The notice required by this
19		subsection may be sent or combined with other notices required
20		or permitted by law, including, but not limited to, any
21		notices sent pursuant to Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any
22		notice required by this subsection (h) shall contain, at a
23		minimum, the reason the application was not accepted or deemed
24		incomplete and contact information for the appropriate
25		election authority, including a phone number, address,
26		electronic mail address, and website address.

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

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1		Section may be recorded and shared among the State Board of
2		Elections, election authorities, the Office of the Secretary
3		of State, and designated automatic voter registration
4		agencies, but shall be used only for voter registration
5		purposes, shall not be disclosed to the public except in the
6		aggregate as required by subsection (m) of this Section, and
7		shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The
8		following information shall be designated as confidential:
9		(1) any portion of an applicant's Social Security
10		number;
11		(2) any portion of an applicant's driver's license
12		number or State identification number;
13		(3) an applicant's decision to decline voter
14		registration;
15		(4) the identity of the person providing information
16		relating to a specific applicant; and
17		(5) the personal residence and contact information of
18		any applicant for whom notice has been given by an
19		appropriate legal authority; and .
20		(6) the personal residence and contact information
21		relating to an applicant who returns a notice described
22		subsection (g) declining to register to vote that was
23		received by the election authority within 23 days after
24		mailing the notice or for whom the 23-day period has not
25		passed.
26		This subsection (k) shall not apply to information the

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1		State Board of Elections is required to share with the
2		Electronic Registration Information Center.
3		(l) The voter registration procedures implemented under
4		this Section shall comport with the federal National Voter
5		Registration Act of 1993, as amended, and shall specifically
6		require that the State Board of Elections track registration
7		data received through the online registration system that
8		originated from a designated automatic voter registration
9		agency for the purposes of maintaining statistics.
10		Nothing in this Code shall require designated voter
11		registration agencies to transmit information that is
12		confidential client information under State or federal law
13		without the consent of the applicant.
14		(m) The State Board of Elections, each election authority
15		that maintains a website, the Office of the Secretary of
16		State, and each designated automatic voter registration agency
17		that maintains a website shall provide information on their
18		websites informing the public about the new registration
19		procedures described in this Section. The Office of the
20		Secretary of State and each designated automatic voter
21		registration agency shall display signage or provide
22		literature for the public containing information about the new
23		registration procedures described in this Section.
24		(n) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
25		amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the State Board
26		of Elections shall hold at least one public hearing on

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1		implementing this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly
2		at which the public may provide input.
3		(o) The State Board of Elections shall submit an annual
4		public report to the General Assembly and the Governor
5		detailing the progress made to implement this Section. The
6		report shall include all of the following: the number of
7		records transferred under this Section by agency, the number
8		of voters newly added to the statewide voter registration list
9		because of records transferred under this Section by agency,
10		the number of updated registrations under this Section by
11		agency, the number of persons who opted out of voter
12		registration, and the number of voters who submitted voter
13		registration forms using the online procedure described in
14		Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. The 2018 and 2019 annual reports
15		may include less detail if election authorities are not
16		equipped to provide complete information to the State Board of
17		Elections. Any report produced under this subsection (o) shall
18		exclude any information that identifies any individual
19		personally.
20		(p) The State Board of Elections, in consultation with
21		election authorities, the Office of the Secretary of State,
22		designated automatic voter registration agencies, and
23		community organizations, shall adopt rules as necessary to
24		implement the provisions of this Section.
25		(q) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
26		Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no

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1		later than January 1, 2028.
2		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
3		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8)
4		Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based
5		upon information from the National Change of Address database
6		and designated automatic voter registration agencies.
7		(a) The State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the
8		statewide voter registration database against the United
9		States Postal Service's National Change of Address database
10		twice each calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in
11		odd-numbered years and April 15 and December 1 in
12		even-numbered years or with the same frequency as in
13		subsection (b) of this Section, and shall share the findings
14		with the election authorities.
15		(b) In addition, beginning no later than September 1,
16		2017, the State Board of Elections shall utilize data provided
17		as part of its membership in the Electronic Registration
18		Information Center in order to cross-reference the statewide
19		voter registration database against databases of relevant
20		personal information kept by designated automatic voter
21		registration agencies, including, but not limited to, driver's
22		license information kept by the Secretary of State, at least 6
23		times each calendar year and shall share the findings with
24		election authorities.
25		This subsection (b) shall no longer apply once Sections

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1		1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code are fully implemented as
2		determined by the State Board of Elections. Upon a
3		determination by the State Board of Elections of full
4		implementation of Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code,
5		the State Board of Elections shall file notice of full
6		implementation and the inapplicability of this subsection (b)
7		with the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of
8		State, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative
9		Reference Bureau.
10		(b-5) The State Board of Elections shall not be required
11		to share any data on any voter attained using the National
12		Change of Address database under subsection (a) of this
13		Section if that voter has a more recent government transaction
14		indicated using the cross-reference under subsection (b) of
15		this Section. If there is contradictory or unclear data
16		between data obtained under subsections (a) and (b) of this
17		Section, then data obtained under subsection (b) of this
18		Section shall take priority.
19		(c) An election authority shall automatically register any
20		voter who has moved into its jurisdiction from another
21		jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved within its jurisdiction
22		provided that:
23		(1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes
24		the new registration address provides the voter an
25		opportunity to reject the change in registration address
26		through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the

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1		new registration address, and
2		(2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction
3		includes the previous registration address is a different
4		election authority, then that election authority provides
5		the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by
6		forwardable mail, to the previous registration address.
7		This change in registration shall trigger the same
8		inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if
9		the voter completed a new registration card, including the
10		cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the
11		registration of a voter be changed from one address to another
12		within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and
13		offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting
14		that the prior registration address is the true current
15		address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as
16		having been registered at the prior registration address and
17		canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall
18		be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration
19		address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable
20		to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be
21		permitted to register and vote a regular ballot, provided that
22		he or she meets the documentary requirements for same-day
23		registration. If the election authority is unable to confirm
24		the registration and the voter does not meet the requirements
25		for same-day registration, the voter shall be issued a
26		provisional ballot.

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1		(c-5) An agency that does not receive documentation that
2		an applicant is a United States citizen, as described in
3		subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1, may enter into an agreement
4		with the State Board of Elections to transmit information that
5		shall serve only to update an applicant's existing voter
6		registration record. Under the agreement, the agency shall
7		transmit information on all clients who may be registered to
8		vote with a clear indication that the information shall be
9		used only for updates. The State Board of Elections shall
10		determine which applicants are already registered to vote and,
11		for any voter whose information provided to the agency differs
12		from that on the voter registration record, provide that
13		information to the voter's local election authority who shall
14		update a registered voter's records in accordance with the
15		procedures described in Section 1A-16.7. The State Board of
16		Election and local election authority shall take no action
17		under this subsection for any applicant not already registered
18		to vote.
19		This subsection shall be implemented no later than January
20		1, 2028.
21		(d) No voter shall be disqualified from voting due to an
22		error relating to an update of registration under this
23		Section.
24		(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
25		Section 40-10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by

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1		changing Section 2-105 as follows:
2		(625 ILCS 5/2-105)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
3		Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State.
4		(a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the
5		State capital and in such other places in the State as he may
6		deem necessary to properly carry out the powers and duties
7		vested in him.
8		(b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or
9		more buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County
10		of Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the
11		powers and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may, on
12		behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private
13		property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
14		The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings
15		constructed thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State.
16		Expenditures for the construction and equipping of any of such
17		buildings upon premises owned by another public entity shall
18		not be subject to the provisions of any State law requiring
19		that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
20		premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the
21		Secretary of State by this Section is subject to the
22		appropriation of the necessary funds.
23		(c) Pursuant to Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.7, and 1A-25 of
24		the Election Code, the Secretary of State shall make driver
25		services facilities available for use as places of accepting

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

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1		Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter
2		registration application. Such notification may be made in
3		writing or verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of
4		State.
5		The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
6		be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and the
7		duties of his employees under this Section.
8		(f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for
9		issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois
10		Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a
11		brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial
12		identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional
13		Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to
14		the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall
15		(i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be
16		an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft,
17		(ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader
18		believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity
19		theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone
20		numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies
21		that provide assistance to victims of financial identity
22		theft.
23		(g) (Blank). The changes made by this amendatory Act of
24		the 100th General Assembly shall be implemented no later than
25		July 1, 2018.
26		(h) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory

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1		Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no
2		later than January 1, 2028.
3		(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
4		Article 45.
5		Section 45-1. This Act may be referred to as the Reverend
6		Jesse Jackson, Sr. Young Voter Empowerment Law.
7		Section 45-5. The School Code is amended by adding
8		Sections 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
9		(105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
10		Sec. 10-20.88. High school voter registration. Beginning
11		with the 2026-2027 school year, a school district maintaining
12		any of grades 9 through 12 shall provide all eligible students
13		graduating from high school with the opportunity to register
14		to vote.
15		(105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
16		Sec. 34-18.88. High school voter registration. Beginning
17		with the 2026-2027 school year, the school district shall
18		provide all eligible students graduating from high school with
19		the opportunity to register to vote.
20		Article 50.

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1		Section 50-5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act
2		is amended by changing Sections 5-5 and 70-5 as follows:
3		(5 ILCS 430/5-5)
4		Sec. 5-5. Personnel policies.
5		(a) Each of the following shall adopt and implement
6		personnel policies for all State employees under his, her, or
7		its jurisdiction and control: (i) each executive branch
8		constitutional officer, (ii) each legislative leader, (iii)
9		the Senate Operations Commission, with respect to legislative
10		employees under Section 4 of the General Assembly Operations
11		Act, (iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
12		respect to legislative employees under Section 5 of the
13		General Assembly Operations Act, (v) the Joint Committee on
14		Legislative Support Services, with respect to State employees
15		of the legislative support services agencies, (vi) members of
16		the General Assembly, with respect to legislative assistants,
17		as provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly Compensation
18		Act, (vii) the Auditor General, (viii) the Board of Higher
19		Education, with respect to State employees of public
20		institutions of higher learning except community colleges, and
21		(ix) the Illinois Community College Board, with respect to
22		State employees of community colleges. The Governor shall
23		adopt and implement those policies for all State employees of
24		the executive branch not under the jurisdiction and control of

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1		any other executive branch constitutional officer.
2		(b) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
3		filed with the appropriate ethics commission established under
4		this Act or, for the Auditor General, with the Office of the
5		Auditor General.
6		(c) The policies required under subsection (a) shall
7		include policies relating to work time requirements,
8		documentation of time worked, documentation for reimbursement
9		for travel on official State business, compensation, and the
10		earning or accrual of State benefits for all State employees
11		who may be eligible to receive those benefits. No later than 30
12		days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13		100th General Assembly, the policies shall include, at a
14		minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details
15		on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual
16		harassment, including options for making a confidential report
17		to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
18		Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
19		for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
20		availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the
21		Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv)
22		the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
23		harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
24		report. The policies shall comply with and be consistent with
25		all other applicable laws. The policies shall require State
26		employees to periodically submit time sheets documenting the

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1		time spent each day on official State business to the nearest
2		quarter hour; contractual State employees may satisfy the time
3		sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their
4		contract, which shall provide for a means of compliance with
5		this requirement. In addition, State employees of public
6		institutions of higher education classified as faculty
7		(including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not
8		eligible for overtime pay as defined by the Fair Labor
9		Standards Act, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by
10		complying with the terms of their contract or employment
11		agreement with the public institution of higher education,
12		which shall provide for a means of compliance with this
13		requirement. The policies for State employees shall require
14		those time sheets to be submitted on paper, electronically, or
15		both and to be maintained in either paper or electronic format
16		by the applicable fiscal office for a period of at least 2
17		years.
18		(d) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
19		adopted by the applicable entity before February 1, 2004 and
20		shall apply to State employees beginning 30 days after
21		adoption.
22		(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17.)
23		(5 ILCS 430/70-5)
24		Sec. 70-5. Adoption by governmental entities.
25		(a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act,

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1		each governmental entity other than a community college
2		district, and each community college district within 6 months
3		after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
4		General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that
5		regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15
6		and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of
7		officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the
8		soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and
9		making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental
10		entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this
11		amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each
12		governmental unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution
13		establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The
14		policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on
15		sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can
16		report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options
17		for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics
18		officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights;
19		(iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual
20		harassment allegations, including availability of
21		whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower
22		Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the
23		consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
24		harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
25		report. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
26		amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each

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1		governmental unit that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a
2		State or local Inspector General shall adopt an ordinance or
3		resolution amending its sexual harassment policy to provide
4		for a mechanism for reporting and independent review of
5		allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected
6		official of the governmental unit by another elected official
7		of a governmental unit.
8		(b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this
9		amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney
10		General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the
11		purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise
12		governmental entities on their contents and adoption.
13		(c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an
14		elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the
15		official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a
16		full-time, part-time, or contractual employee.
17		(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
18		a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to
19		satisfy the requirements of subsection (a).
20		(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
21		Section 50-10. The Election Code is amended by changing
22		Sections 13-1, 13-2, and 19-2 as follows:
23		(10 ILCS 5/13-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
24		Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization,

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1		the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
2		in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5
3		capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
4		Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
5		machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
6		are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect
7		to which the board considers such action necessary or
8		desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
9		general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
10		registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
11		election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the judges
12		of election shall preside over the election during the hours
13		the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the assistance
14		of the holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2,
15		shall count the vote after the closing of the polls. However,
16		the County Board of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of
17		election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
18		required by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency
19		referendum, or in any odd-year regular election or in any
20		special primary or special election called for the purpose of
21		filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
22		United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such
23		purpose or (2) if the county board passes an ordinance to
24		reduce the number of judges of election to 3 for primary
25		elections. In a county with a population of less than 100,000
26		persons as of the last federal decennial census, an election

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1		authority may also reduce the number of judges of election in
2		each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges
3		of election otherwise required by this Section. The tally
4		judges shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
5		appointed in the same manner and with the same division
6		between political parties as is provided for judges of
7		election.
8		In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
9		commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
10		who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
11		appointed in the same manner and with the same division
12		between political parties as is provided for other judges of
13		election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
14		be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
15		which shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
16		number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
17		of vote by mail ballots voted at recent elections, or any
18		combination of such factors.
19		Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
20		provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
21		persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
22		of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
23		appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
24		board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
25		judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
26		list, furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee

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1		of the first leading political party in such precinct; and the
2		county board of commissioners shall also select and approve 2
3		persons as judges of election in each election precinct from a
4		certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
5		Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
6		only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
7		more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges
8		of election in the same election precinct; and which political
9		party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
10		party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
11		in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
12		sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
13		Such certified list shall be filed with the county clerk not
14		less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county board
15		of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
16		precincts. The chair of each county central committee shall,
17		insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the
18		precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may,
19		in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who reside
20		outside the precinct but within the county embracing the
21		precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit
22		the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each
23		precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit
24		the name of at least one resident of the precinct for each
25		precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges. The county
26		board of commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each

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1		county chair the names of all persons submitted on such
2		certified list and the total number of persons listed thereon.
3		If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
4		no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
5		certain election precincts), the county board of commissioners
6		shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
7		the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. The
8		election judges shall hold their office for 2 years from their
9		appointment, and until their successors are duly appointed in
10		the manner provided in this Act. The county board of
11		commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge
12		of election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
13		(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
14		(10 ILCS 5/13-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
15		Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the
16		county board shall at its meeting in July in each
17		even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
18		of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
19		are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
20		election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
21		persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
22		qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
23		neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric
24		voting systems are used, the county board may, for any
25		precinct with respect to which the board considers such action

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1		necessary or desirable in view of the number of voters, and
2		shall for general elections for any precinct containing more
3		than 600 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5
4		judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts
5		the judges of election shall preside over the election during
6		the hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
7		assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
8		Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
9		polls. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
10		and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
11		division between political parties as is provided for judges
12		of election.
13		However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election
14		to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required
15		by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in
16		any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
17		special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
18		in the office of representative in the United States Congress
19		or to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county
20		board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of
21		election to 3 for primary elections. In a county with a
22		population of less than 100,000 persons as of the last federal
23		decennial census, an election authority may also reduce the
24		number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of
25		election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
26		required by this Section.

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1		In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
2		shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
3		possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
4		same manner and with the same division between political
5		parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
6		number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
7		by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
8		base the required number of special panels on the number of
9		registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
10		absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
11		of such factors.
12		No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be
13		appointed judges in the same election district or undivided
14		precinct. The election of the judges of election in the
15		various election precincts shall be made in the following
16		manner: The county board shall select and approve 3 of the
17		election judges in each precinct from a certified list
18		furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee of the
19		first leading political party in such election precinct and
20		shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in each
21		election precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair
22		of the County Central Committee of the second leading
23		political party in such election precinct. However, if only 3
24		judges of election serve in each election precinct, no more
25		than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges of
26		election in the same election precinct; and which political

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1		party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
2		party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
3		in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
4		sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
5		The respective County Central Committee chair shall notify the
6		county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered year immediately
7		preceding the annual meeting of the county board whether or
8		not such certified list will be filed by such chair. Such list
9		shall be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each
10		county central committee shall, insofar as possible, list
11		persons who reside within the precinct in which they are to
12		serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion,
13		submit the names of persons who reside outside the precinct
14		but within the county embracing the precinct in which they are
15		to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at least 2
16		residents of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
17		is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one
18		resident of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
19		is to have 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be
20		filed with the county clerk not less than 20 days before the
21		annual meeting of the county board. The county board shall
22		acknowledge in writing to each county chair the names of all
23		persons submitted on such certified list and the total number
24		of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or the list
25		is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
26		names are furnished for certain election precincts), the

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1		county board shall make or complete such list from the names
2		contained in the supplemental list provided for in Section
3		13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case where a township
4		has been or shall be redistricted, in whole or in part,
5		subsequent to one general election for Governor, and prior to
6		the next, the judges of election to be selected for all new or
7		altered precincts shall be selected in that one of the methods
8		above detailed, which shall be applicable according to the
9		facts and circumstances of the particular case, but the
10		majority of such judges for each such precinct shall be
11		selected from the first leading political party, and the
12		minority judges from the second leading political party.
13		Provided, further, that in counties having a population of
14		3,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of
15		election shall be made in the same manner in all respects as in
16		other counties, except that the provisions relating to tally
17		judges are inapplicable to such counties and except that the
18		county board shall meet during the month of January for the
19		purpose of making such selection, each township
20		committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities given to the
21		chair of the county central committee in this Section for the
22		precincts within his or her township, and the township
23		committeeperson shall notify the county board by the preceding
24		October 1 whether or not the certified list will be filed. Such
25		judges of election shall hold their office for 2 years from
26		their appointment and until their successors are duly

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1		appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county board
2		shall fill all vacancies in the office of judges of elections
3		at any time in the manner herein provided.
4		Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
5		the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
6		(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
7		(10 ILCS 5/19-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
8		Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
9		elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or
10		electronically on the website of the appropriate election
11		authority, not more than 90 nor less than 5 days prior to the
12		date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 90
13		nor less than one day prior to the date of such election, make
14		application to the county clerk or to the Board of Election
15		Commissioners for an official ballot for the voter's precinct
16		to be voted at such election. Such a ballot shall be delivered
17		to the elector only upon separate application by the elector
18		for each election. Voters who make an application for
19		permanent vote by mail ballot status shall follow the
20		procedures specified in Section 19-3 and may apply year round.
21		A voter Voters whose application for permanent vote by mail
22		status is accepted by the election authority shall remain on
23		the permanent vote by mail list until the voter requests to be
24		removed from permanent vote by mail status, the voter provides
25		notice to the election authority of a change in registration

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1		that affects the voter's their registration status, or the
2		election authority receives confirmation that the voter has
3		subsequently registered to vote in another election authority
4		jurisdiction. Each election authority shall establish a
5		website for eligible voters to request a vote by mail ballot by
6		electronic form and the The URL address at which voters may
7		electronically request a vote by mail ballot shall be fixed no
8		later than 90 calendar days before an election and shall not be
9		changed until after the election.
10		(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
11		102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; revised
12		6-24-25.)
13		Article 55.
14		Section 55-5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
15		Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
16		(70 ILCS 2605/4)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
17		(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-205)
18		Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
19		constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
20		they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
21		corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition
22		to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the
23		policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive

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1		director, in addition to all other powers specified in this
2		Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of
3		the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board
4		of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in
5		executing the policies and goals established by the board. At
6		the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years
7		following the induction of new commissioners the board of
8		commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and
9		a vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
10		the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
11		provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
12		president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee on
13		finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
14		The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
15		executive director and treasurer for the district.
16		The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary
17		district and a citizen of the United States. He must be
18		selected solely upon his administrative and technical
19		qualifications and without regard to his political
20		affiliations.
21		In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
22		or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
23		executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners
24		may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to
25		perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during
26		the term of the absence or vacancy.

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1		The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
2		board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of
3		engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
4		of human resources, director of procurement and materials
5		management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
6		research, and director of information technology. These
7		constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
8		Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and
9		Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research,
10		and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments
11		or heads of departments may be created without subsequent
12		amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the
13		direct supervision of the executive director.
14		The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
15		board of commissioners, shall appoint a public and
16		intergovernmental affairs officer and an administrative
17		services officer. The public and intergovernmental affairs
18		officer and administrative services officer shall serve under
19		the direct supervision of the executive director.
20		The director of human resources must be qualified under
21		Section 4.2a of this Act.
22		The director of procurement and materials management must
23		be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act.
24		In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
25		or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of
26		engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director

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1		of human resources, director of procurement and materials
2		management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
3		research, public and intergovernmental affairs officer,
4		administrative services officer, or director of information
5		technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting
6		officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
7		office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such
8		officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct
9		supervision of the executive director.
10		All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
11		bond as may be required by the board.
12		The executive director, treasurer, acting executive
13		director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the
14		pleasure of the board of commissioners.
15		The acting director of engineering, acting director of
16		maintenance and operations, acting director of human
17		resources, acting director of procurement and materials
18		management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting
19		director of monitoring and research, acting public and
20		intergovernmental affairs officer, acting administrative
21		services officer, and acting director of information
22		technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the executive
23		director.
24		The director of engineering, director of maintenance and
25		operations, director of human resources, director of
26		procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel,

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1		director of monitoring and research, public and
2		intergovernmental affairs officer, administrative services
3		officer, and director of information technology may be removed
4		from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to
5		removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before
6		the executive director at which hearing they may be
7		represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive
8		director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date,
9		time, place and nature of the hearing.
10		In addition to the general counsel appointed by the
11		executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint
12		from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
13		advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
14		and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
15		policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
16		The executive director is the chief administrative officer
17		of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for
18		all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary
19		district including the duties of all employees which are not
20		otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority
21		as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act.
22		The board of commissioners shall appoint from outside its
23		own number an Inspector General or enter into an
24		intergovernmental agreement with another unit of local
25		government for the appointment of an Inspector General. The
26		board of commissioners shall establish minimum qualifications

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1		and duties for the Inspector General by ordinance or
2		intergovernmental agreement.
3		The board, through the budget process, shall set the
4		compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary
5		district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint
6		an administrative aide which appointment remains in force
7		during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
8		Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
9		president and vice-president of the board of commissioners and
10		the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of
11		the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to
12		$39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in
13		January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary
14		of the vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased
15		to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000
16		in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual
17		salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be
18		$32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987,
19		$36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and
20		$55,000 in January, 2001.
21		The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
22		shall be as follows:
23		For the three members elected in November, 1980,
24		$26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term;
25		$28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and
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1		For the three members elected in November, 1982,
2		$28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and
3		$30,000 per annum thereafter.
4		For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per
5		annum.
6		For the three members elected in November, 1986,
7		$32,000 for each of the first two years of the term,
8		$34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the
9		last two years;
10		For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000
11		for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for
12		each year thereafter.
13		For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994,
14		1996, or 1998, $40,000.
15		For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter,
16		$50,000.
17		Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the
18		board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two-thirds vote, may
19		increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
20		amount for each of the following: the president, the
21		vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
22		the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
23		shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
24		members of the board commence after the increase in
25		compensation is adopted by the board.
26		Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the

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1		board, prior to May 1, 2026 and with a two-thirds vote, may
2		increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
3		amount for each of the following: the president, the
4		vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
5		the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
6		shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
7		officers or members of the board commence after the increase
8		in compensation is adopted by the board.
9		After 2030, the annual rate of compensation shall equal
10		the previous year increased by a percentage equal to the
11		percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for
12		All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
13		States Department of Labor for the previous year. The
14		increased annual rate of compensation that begins after 2030
15		shall apply to all officers and members whose terms as
16		officers or members of the board commence after the increase.
17		The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
18		necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
19		regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
20		business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and
21		for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary
22		district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions
23		and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must,
24		before they take effect, be approved by the president of the
25		board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign
26		them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the

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1		board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the
2		next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring
3		after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or
4		more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making
5		an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
6		extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect.
7		If the president of such board of commissioners fails to
8		return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation
9		with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed
10		to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the
11		return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or
12		regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed
13		must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if
14		upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members agree
15		by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding
16		the president's refusal to approve thereof.
17		It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
18		either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
19		any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by
20		the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the
21		intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
22		exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be
23		fully available to the District to the extent its activities
24		are authorized by law as stated herein.
25		(Source: P.A. 102-808, eff. 5-13-22.)

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1		(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-205)
2		Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
3		constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
4		they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
5		corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition
6		to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the
7		policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive
8		director, in addition to all other powers specified in this
9		Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of
10		the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board
11		of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in
12		executing the policies and goals established by the board. At
13		the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years
14		following the induction of new commissioners the board of
15		commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and
16		a vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
17		the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
18		provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
19		president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee on
20		finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
21		The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
22		executive director and treasurer for the district.
23		The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary
24		district and a citizen of the United States. He must be
25		selected solely upon his administrative and technical
26		qualifications and without regard to his political

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1		affiliations.
2		In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
3		or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
4		executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners
5		may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to
6		perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during
7		the term of the absence or vacancy.
8		The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
9		board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of
10		engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
11		of human resources, director of procurement and materials
12		management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
13		research, and director of information technology. These
14		constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
15		Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and
16		Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research,
17		and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments
18		or heads of departments may be created without subsequent
19		amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the
20		direct supervision of the executive director.
21		The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
22		board of commissioners, may appoint a deputy executive
23		director. The deputy executive director must be selected
24		solely upon administrative and technical qualifications and
25		without regard to political affiliations and shall serve under
26		the direct supervision of the executive director.

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1		The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
2		board of commissioners, shall appoint a public and
3		intergovernmental affairs officer and an administrative
4		services officer. The public and intergovernmental affairs
5		officer and administrative services officer shall serve under
6		the direct supervision of the executive director.
7		The director of human resources must be qualified under
8		Section 4.2a of this Act.
9		The director of procurement and materials management must
10		be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act.
11		In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death,
12		or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of
13		engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
14		of human resources, director of procurement and materials
15		management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
16		research, public and intergovernmental affairs officer,
17		administrative services officer, or director of information
18		technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting
19		officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
20		office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such
21		officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct
22		supervision of the executive director.
23		All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
24		bond as may be required by the board.
25		The executive director, treasurer, acting executive
26		director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the

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1		pleasure of the board of commissioners.
2		The acting director of engineering, acting director of
3		maintenance and operations, acting director of human
4		resources, acting director of procurement and materials
5		management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting
6		director of monitoring and research, acting public and
7		intergovernmental affairs officer, acting administrative
8		services officer, acting director of information technology,
9		and deputy executive director hold their offices at the
10		pleasure of the executive director.
11		The director of engineering, director of maintenance and
12		operations, director of human resources, director of
13		procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel,
14		director of monitoring and research, public and
15		intergovernmental affairs officer, administrative services
16		officer, and director of information technology may be removed
17		from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to
18		removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before
19		the executive director at which hearing they may be
20		represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive
21		director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date,
22		time, place and nature of the hearing.
23		In addition to the general counsel appointed by the
24		executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint
25		from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
26		advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers

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1		and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
2		policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
3		The executive director is the chief administrative officer
4		of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for
5		all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary
6		district including the duties of all employees which are not
7		otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority
8		as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act.
9		The board of commissioners shall appoint from outside its
10		own number an Inspector General or enter into an
11		intergovernmental agreement with another unit of local
12		government for the appointment of an Inspector General. The
13		board of commissioners shall establish minimum qualifications
14		and duties for the Inspector General by ordinance or
15		intergovernmental agreement.
16		The board, through the budget process, shall set the
17		compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary
18		district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint
19		an administrative aide which appointment remains in force
20		during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
21		Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
22		president and vice-president of the board of commissioners and
23		the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of
24		the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to
25		$39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in
26		January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary

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1		of the vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased
2		to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000
3		in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual
4		salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be
5		$32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987,
6		$36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and
7		$55,000 in January, 2001.
8		The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
9		shall be as follows:
10		For the three members elected in November, 1980,
11		$26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term;
12		$28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and
13		$30,000 per annum for the last two years.
14		For the three members elected in November, 1982,
15		$28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and
16		$30,000 per annum thereafter.
17		For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per
18		annum.
19		For the three members elected in November, 1986,
20		$32,000 for each of the first two years of the term,
21		$34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the
22		last two years;
23		For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000
24		for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for
25		each year thereafter.
26		For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994,

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1		1996, or 1998, $40,000.
2		For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter,
3		$50,000.
4		Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the
5		board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two-thirds vote, may
6		increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
7		amount for each of the following: the president, the
8		vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
9		the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
10		shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
11		members of the board commence after the increase in
12		compensation is adopted by the board.
13		Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
14		board, prior to May 1, 2026 and with a two-thirds vote, may
15		increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
16		amount for each of the following: the president, the
17		vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
18		the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
19		shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
20		officers or members of the board commence after the increase
21		in compensation is adopted by the board.
22		After 2030, the annual rate of compensation shall equal
23		the previous year increased by a percentage equal to the
24		percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for
25		All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
26		States Department of Labor for the previous year. The

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1		increased annual rate of compensation that begins after 2030
2		shall apply to all officers and members whose terms as
3		officers or members of the board commence after the increase.
4		The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
5		necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
6		regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
7		business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and
8		for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary
9		district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions
10		and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must,
11		before they take effect, be approved by the president of the
12		board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign
13		them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the
14		board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the
15		next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring
16		after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or
17		more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making
18		an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
19		extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect.
20		If the president of such board of commissioners fails to
21		return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation
22		with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed
23		to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the
24		return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or
25		regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed
26		must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if

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1		upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members agree
2		by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding
3		the president's refusal to approve thereof.
4		It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
5		either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
6		any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by
7		the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the
8		intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
9		exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be
10		fully available to the District to the extent its activities
11		are authorized by law as stated herein.
12		(Source: P.A. 104-205, eff. 1-1-26.)
13		Article 60.
14		Section 60-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
15		Sections 24B-15 and 24C-15 as follows:
16		(10 ILCS 5/24B-15)
17		Sec. 24B-15. Official return of precinct; check of totals;
18		retabulation. The precinct return printed by the automatic
19		Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology tabulating
20		equipment shall include the number of ballots cast and votes
21		cast for each candidate and proposition and shall constitute
22		the official return of each precinct. In addition to the
23		precinct return, the election authority shall provide the

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1		number of applications for ballots in each precinct, the
2		write-in votes, the total number of ballots counted in each
3		precinct for each political subdivision and district and the
4		number of registered voters in each precinct. However, the
5		election authority shall check the totals shown by the
6		precinct return and, if there is an obvious discrepancy
7		regarding the total number of votes cast in any precinct,
8		shall have the ballots for that precinct retabulated to
9		correct the return. The procedures for retabulation shall
10		apply prior to and after the proclamation is completed;
11		however, after the proclamation of results, the election
12		authority must obtain a court order to unseal voted ballots
13		except for election contests and discovery recounts. In those
14		election jurisdictions that use in-precinct counting
15		equipment, the certificate of results, which has been prepared
16		by the judges of election after the ballots have been
17		tabulated, shall be the document used for the canvass of votes
18		for such precinct. Whenever a discrepancy exists during the
19		canvass of votes between the unofficial results and the
20		certificate of results, or whenever a discrepancy exists
21		during the canvass of votes between the certificate of results
22		and the set of totals which has been affixed to the certificate
23		of results, the ballots for that precinct shall be retabulated
24		to correct the return. As an additional part of this check
25		prior to the proclamation, in those jurisdictions where
26		in-precinct counting equipment is used, the election authority

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1		shall retabulate the total number of votes cast in 5% of the
2		precincts within the election jurisdiction, as well as 5% of
3		the voting devices used in early voting and at vote centers.
4		The precincts and the voting devices to be retabulated shall
5		be selected after election day on a random basis by the State
6		Board of Elections, so that every precinct in the election
7		jurisdiction and every voting device used in early voting or
8		at a vote center has an equal mathematical chance of being
9		selected. The State Board of Elections shall design a standard
10		and scientific random method of selecting the precincts and
11		voting devices which are to be retabulated. The State central
12		committee chair of each established political party shall be
13		given prior written notice of the time and place of the random
14		selection procedure and may be represented at the procedure.
15		The retabulation shall consist of counting the ballots which
16		were originally counted and shall not involve any
17		determination of which ballots were, in fact, properly
18		counted. The ballots from the precincts selected for the
19		retabulation shall remain at all times under the custody and
20		control of the election authority and shall be transported and
21		retabulated by the designated staff of the election authority.
22		As part of the retabulation, the election authority shall
23		test the computer program in the selected precincts and on the
24		selected early voting devices. The test shall be conducted by
25		processing a preaudited group of ballots marked to record a
26		predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on

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1		each public question, and shall include for each office one or
2		more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed
3		by law to test the ability of the equipment and the marking
4		device to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the
5		cause shall be determined and corrected, and an errorless
6		count shall be made prior to the official canvass and
7		proclamation of election results.
8		The State Board of Elections, the State's Attorney and
9		other appropriate law enforcement agencies, the county chair
10		of each established political party and qualified civic
11		organizations shall be given prior written notice of the time
12		and place of the retabulation and may be represented at the
13		retabulation.
14		The results of this retabulation shall be treated in the
15		same manner and have the same effect as the results of the
16		discovery procedures set forth in Section 22-9.1 of this Code.
17		Upon completion of the retabulation, the election authority
18		shall print a comparison of the results of the retabulation
19		with the original precinct return printed by the automatic
20		tabulating equipment. The comparison shall be done for each
21		precinct and for each early voting device selected for testing
22		and for each office voted upon within that precinct or on that
23		voting device, and the comparisons shall be open to the
24		public. Upon completion of the retabulation, the returns shall
25		be open to the public.
26		(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

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1		(10 ILCS 5/24C-15)
2		Sec. 24C-15. Official return of precinct; check of totals;
3		audit. The precinct return printed by the Direct Recording
4		Electronic Voting System tabulating equipment shall include
5		the number of ballots cast and votes cast for each candidate
6		and public question and shall constitute the official return
7		of each precinct. In addition to the precinct return, the
8		election authority shall provide the number of applications
9		for ballots in each precinct, the total number of ballots and
10		vote by mail ballots counted in each precinct for each
11		political subdivision and district and the number of
12		registered voters in each precinct. However, the election
13		authority shall check the totals shown by the precinct return
14		and, if there is an obvious discrepancy regarding the total
15		number of votes cast in any precinct, shall have the ballots
16		for that precinct audited to correct the return. The
17		procedures for this audit shall apply prior to and after the
18		proclamation is completed; however, after the proclamation of
19		results, the election authority must obtain a court order to
20		unseal voted ballots or voting devices except for election
21		contests and discovery recounts. The certificate of results,
22		which has been prepared and signed by the judges of election
23		after the ballots have been tabulated, shall be the document
24		used for the canvass of votes for such precinct. Whenever a
25		discrepancy exists during the canvass of votes between the

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1		unofficial results and the certificate of results, or whenever
2		a discrepancy exists during the canvass of votes between the
3		certificate of results and the set of totals reflected on the
4		certificate of results, the ballots for that precinct shall be
5		audited to correct the return.
6		Prior to the proclamation, the election authority shall
7		test the voting devices and equipment in 5% of the precincts
8		within the election jurisdiction, as well as 5% of the voting
9		devices used in early voting and at vote centers. The
10		precincts and the voting devices to be tested shall be
11		selected after election day on a random basis by the State
12		Board of Elections, so that every precinct and every device
13		used in early voting or at a vote center in the election
14		jurisdiction has an equal mathematical chance of being
15		selected. The State Board of Elections shall design a standard
16		and scientific random method of selecting the precincts and
17		voting devices that are to be tested. The State central
18		committee chair of each established political party shall be
19		given prior written notice of the time and place of the random
20		selection procedure and may be represented at the procedure.
21		The test shall be conducted by counting the votes marked
22		on the permanent paper record of each ballot cast in the tested
23		precinct printed by the voting system at the time that each
24		ballot was cast and comparing the results of this count with
25		the results shown by the certificate of results prepared by
26		the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System in the test

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1		precinct. The election authority shall test count these votes
2		either by hand or by using an automatic tabulating device
3		other than a Direct Recording Electronic voting device that
4		has been approved by the State Board of Elections for that
5		purpose and tested before use to ensure accuracy. The election
6		authority shall print the results of each test count. If any
7		error is detected, the cause shall be determined and
8		corrected, and an errorless count shall be made prior to the
9		official canvass and proclamation of election results. If an
10		errorless count cannot be conducted and there continues to be
11		difference in vote results between the certificate of results
12		produced by the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System and
13		the count of the permanent paper records or if an error was
14		detected and corrected, the election authority shall
15		immediately prepare and forward to the appropriate canvassing
16		board a written report explaining the results of the test and
17		any errors encountered and the report shall be made available
18		for public inspection.
19		The State Board of Elections, the State's Attorney and
20		other appropriate law enforcement agencies, the county chair
21		of each established political party and qualified civic
22		organizations shall be given prior written notice of the time
23		and place of the test and may be represented at the test.
24		The results of this post-election test shall be treated in
25		the same manner and have the same effect as the results of the
26		discovery procedures set forth in Section 22-9.1 of this Code.

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1		(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
2		Article 65.
3		Section 65-5. If and only if Senate Bill 243 of the 104th
4		General Assembly becomes law, then the Open Meetings Act is
5		amended by changing Section 2.07 as follows:
6		(5 ILCS 120/2.07)
7		Sec. 2.07. Meetings on election days; prohibited.
8		(a) A public body, other than a board of election
9		commissioners established under Article 6 or 6A of the
10		Election Code, may not hold or schedule a regular or special
11		meeting on the day of a general primary election, a general
12		election, a consolidated primary election, or a consolidated
13		election, as defined in the Election Code.
14		(b) A home rule unit may not hold or schedule meetings in a
15		manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a denial
16		and limitation of home rule powers and functions in accordance
17		with subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
18		Constitution.
19		(Source: 10400SB0243enr.)
20		Article 99.
21		Section 99-95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act

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1		makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
2		text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
3		Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
4		text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
5		changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
6		other Public Act.
7		Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8		becoming law.