Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 2022 — ELECTIONS-ABSENTEE VOTING

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0553

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2009. Enacted.

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Summary

Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to request and vote an absentee ballot without specifying a reason for the absence from the polling place on election day. Effective immediately.

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The latest version of Bill SB 2022 has replaced all previous language from the prior engrossed version. This means that the content and specifics of the bill have been completely revised. This change is significant because it indicates a fresh approach or response to issues raised during the earlier discussions, potentially affecting how the proposed law will impact the community.

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SB2022 Engrossed LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b AN ACT concerning elections.
SB2022 Enrolled LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b AN ACT concerning elections.
Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois having duly registered where such registration is required who will be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or who expects to be absent from the county in which he is a qualified elector or who because of being appointed a judge of election in a precinct other than the precinct in which he resides or who because of physical incapacity or the tenets of his religion in the observance of a religious holiday or who because of election duties for the office of an Election Authority or the State Board of Elections or who because of election duties for a law enforcement agency, including but not limited to the offices of the Attorney General, a State's Attorney, a United States Attorney, or a State, county, or municipal police department, or who, because he is temporarily abiding outside the precinct in which he is registered to vote due to the fact he is a student attending an institution of SB2022 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b higher education or who is serving as a sequestered juror on a State or federal jury, or who because of his or her confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime, will be unable to be present at the polls on the day of holding any special, general or primary election at which any presidential preference is indicated or any candidates are chosen or elected, for any congressional, State, district, county, town, city, village, precinct or judicial offices or at which questions of public policy are submitted, may vote at such election as hereinafter in this Article provided.
Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois having duly registered where such registration is required who will be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or who expects to be absent from the county in which he is a qualified elector or who because of being appointed a judge of election in a precinct other than the precinct in which he resides or who because of physical incapacity or the tenets of his religion in the observance of a religious holiday or who because of election duties for the office of an Election Authority or the State Board of Elections or who because of election duties for a law enforcement agency, including but not limited to the offices of the Attorney General, a State's Attorney, a United States Attorney, or a State, county, or municipal police department, or who, because he is temporarily abiding outside the precinct in which he is registered to vote due to the fact he is a student attending an institution of SB2022 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b higher education or who is serving as a sequestered juror on a State or federal jury, or who because of his or her confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime, will be unable to be present at the polls on the day of holding any special, general or primary election at which any presidential preference is indicated or any candidates are chosen or elected, for any congressional, State, district, county, town, city, village, precinct or judicial offices or at which questions of public policy are submitted, may vote at such election as hereinafter in this Article provided.
Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 who will be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place without SB2022 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or who is expecting to be absent from the county of his residence or any such elector who because of being appointed a judge of election in a precinct other than the precinct in which he resides or who because of physical incapacity or the tenets of his religion in the observance of a religious holiday or who because of election duties for the office of an Election Authority, the State Board of Elections, or a law enforcement agency, or who because of his or her confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime, will be unable to be present at the polls on the day of such election may by mail, not more than 40 nor less than 5 days prior to the date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 40 nor less than one day prior to the date of such election, make application to the county clerk or to the Board of Election Commissioners for an official ballot for the voter's precinct to be voted at such election.
Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 who will be unable to enter his or her precinct polling place without SB2022 Enrolled - 3 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or who is expecting to be absent from the county of his residence or any such elector who because of being appointed a judge of election in a precinct other than the precinct in which he resides or who because of physical incapacity or the tenets of his religion in the observance of a religious holiday or who because of election duties for the office of an Election Authority, the State Board of Elections, or a law enforcement agency, or who because of his or her confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime, will be unable to be present at the polls on the day of such election may by mail, not more than 40 nor less than 5 days prior to the date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 40 nor less than one day prior to the date of such election, make application to the county clerk or to the Board of Election Commissioners for an official ballot for the voter's precinct to be voted at such election.
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT SB2022 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b BY ELECTOR WHO EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM COUNTY To be voted at the ....
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT SB2022 Enrolled - 4 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b BY ELECTOR WHO EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM COUNTY To be voted at the ....
SB2022 Engrossed - 5 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b ............................................................
SB2022 Enrolled - 5 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b ............................................................
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election if I serve as a judge of election in such last named precinct, and I agree that I shall SB2022 Engrossed - 6 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election if I serve as a judge of election in such last named precinct, and I agree that I shall SB2022 Enrolled - 6 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election if I am so physically SB2022 Engrossed - 7 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b incapacitated, and I agree that I shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of election.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election if I am so physically SB2022 Enrolled - 7 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b incapacitated, and I agree that I shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of election.
SB2022 Engrossed - 8 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election because my assigned precinct polling place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, and I agree that I shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of election.
SB2022 Enrolled - 8 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election because my assigned precinct polling place is in a school and I will be unable to enter the polling place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, and I agree that I shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of election.
election SB2022 Engrossed - 9 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b to be held therein on ....;
election SB2022 Enrolled - 9 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b to be held therein on ....;
precinct of the SB2022 Engrossed - 10 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b (1) *township of ....
precinct of the SB2022 Enrolled - 10 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b (1) *township of ....
APPLICATION FOR SB2022 Engrossed - 11 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b TEMPORARILY ABSENT STUDENT BALLOT To be voted at the ....
APPLICATION FOR SB2022 Enrolled - 11 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b TEMPORARILY ABSENT STUDENT BALLOT To be voted at the ....
SB2022 Engrossed - 12 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
SB2022 Enrolled - 12 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
SB2022 Engrossed - 13 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I expect to be temporarily absent from the country.
SB2022 Enrolled - 13 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I expect to be temporarily absent from the country.
(court jurisdiction) SB2022 Engrossed - 14 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election and agree that I shall return the ballot or ballots to the election official issuing the same in sufficient time for such official to deliver the ballot or ballots to the proper polling place prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election.
(court jurisdiction) SB2022 Enrolled - 14 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election and agree that I shall return the ballot or ballots to the election official issuing the same in sufficient time for such official to deliver the ballot or ballots to the proper polling place prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election.
It shall be the duty of the election authority to fold the ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the statute for folding ballots prior to their deposit in the ballot box, and to enclose such ballot or ballots in an envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which envelope shall bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and post office address of the election authority, and upon the other SB2022 Engrossed - 15 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b side if the ballot is to go to an elector who is to be out of the county on the day of the election a printed certification in substantially the following form:
It shall be the duty of the election authority to fold the ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the statute for folding ballots prior to their deposit in the ballot box, and to enclose such ballot or ballots in an envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which envelope shall bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and post office address of the election authority, and upon the other SB2022 Enrolled - 15 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b side if the ballot is to go to an elector who is to be out of the county on the day of the election a printed certification in substantially the following form:
in such city or town in the SB2022 Engrossed - 16 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b county of ....
in such city or town in the SB2022 Enrolled - 16 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b county of ....
In the case of a voter with a who is voting absentee by reason of physical incapacity, marking a ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the assistance of another individual, other than a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the voter's employer, an SB2022 Engrossed - 17 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b agent of that employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical incapacity necessitates such assistance.
In the case of a voter with a who is voting absentee by reason of physical incapacity, marking a ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the assistance of another individual, other than a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the voter's employer, an SB2022 Enrolled - 17 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b agent of that employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical incapacity necessitates such assistance.
If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be SB2022 Engrossed - 18 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b present at the polls on the date of the election because of the observance of a religious holiday, the envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a certification in substantially the following form:
If the ballot is to go to an elector who is unable to be SB2022 Enrolled - 18 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b present at the polls on the date of the election because of the observance of a religious holiday, the envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a certification in substantially the following form:
SB2022 Engrossed - 19 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I state that I am a resident of the ....
SB2022 Enrolled - 19 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b I state that I am a resident of the ....
in such city or town in the SB2022 Engrossed - 20 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b county of ....
in such city or town in the SB2022 Enrolled - 20 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b county of ....
that I shall SB2022 Engrossed - 21 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b be unable to be present at the polls of such precinct on the date of holding such election for the reason indicated on the application for ballot enclosed herein.
that I shall SB2022 Enrolled - 21 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b be unable to be present at the polls of such precinct on the date of holding such election for the reason indicated on the application for ballot enclosed herein.
SB2022 Engrossed - 22 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a primary election, the certification shall designate the name of the political party with which the voter is affiliated.
SB2022 Enrolled - 22 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a primary election, the certification shall designate the name of the political party with which the voter is affiliated.
Federal and State laws prohibit a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless you are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), your employer, your employer's agent or an officer or agent of your union from assisting physically disabled voters." In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an elector pursuant to this Section contains a public question described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory concerning which the question is to be submitted is not described on the ballot due to the space limitations of such ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of a notice of the public question, which shall include a SB2022 Engrossed - 23 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b description of the territory in the manner required by Section 16-7.
Federal and State laws prohibit a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless you are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), your employer, your employer's agent or an officer or agent of your union from assisting physically disabled voters." In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an elector pursuant to this Section contains a public question described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory concerning which the question is to be submitted is not described on the ballot due to the space limitations of such ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of a notice of the public question, which shall include a SB2022 Enrolled - 23 - LRB096 06039 JAM 16121 b description of the territory in the manner required by Section 16-7.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0553

  2. Effective Date August 17, 2009

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-048-000

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  8. Second Reading - Short Debate

  9. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland

  10. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  11. Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-003-000

  12. Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee

  13. Referred to Rules Committee

  14. First Reading

  15. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  17. Arrived in House

  18. Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000

  19. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Frerichs

  21. Recalled to Second Reading

  22. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Elections; 005-000-000

  23. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Elections

  24. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  25. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

  26. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009

  27. Second Reading

  28. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009

  29. Do Pass Elections; 009-000-000

  30. Assigned to Elections

  31. Referred to Assignments

  32. First Reading

  33. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

Sponsors

  • Michael W. Frerichs · Cosponsor

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 69 Yea · 48 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 584401
Democrat 10100
Republican 1300
Total 694801
% of votes cast 58%41%0%1%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Holbrook — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Lang — Yea
May — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Senger — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flider — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Graham — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
McAuliffe — Nay
McCarthy — Nay
Mulligan — Nay
Myers — Nay
Howard — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Sommer — Nay
Tryon — Nay
Wait — Nay
Washington — Yea
Winters — Nay
Yarbrough — Yea
Brady — Nay
Zalewski — Nay
Sullivan — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Nay
Watson — Nay
Gordon, Careen — Not Voting
Cavaletto — Nay
Coladipietro — Nay
Cole — Nay
Colvin — Yea
Connelly — Nay
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Durkin — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Fritchey — Nay
Hamos — Yea
Hatcher — Nay
Jackson — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Nay
Osmond — Nay
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Nay
Reboletti — Nay
Reis — Nay
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Nay
Saviano — Nay
Schmitz — Nay
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Nay
Beaubien — Nay
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Mathias — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Nay
Mautino — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Nay
Brosnahan — Nay
Burns — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Moffitt — Nay
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Golar — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Nay
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Nay

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Third Reading

Passed 59 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49000
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 59000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Forby — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2022 do?
Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to request and vote an absentee ballot without specifying a reason for the absence from the polling place on election day. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 2022?
SB 2022 is sponsored by Michael W. Frerichs.
What is the current status of SB 2022?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2009. Enacted.
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