|
|
|||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
| ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 1-20 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/1-20 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1-20. Public university registration and voting pilot | ||||||
| 8 | project. For the 2010 General Election, in addition to all | ||||||
| 9 | other locations at which the election authority is required or | ||||||
| 10 | permitted by this Code to conduct grace period registration, | ||||||
| 11 | grace period voting, or early voting, each election authority | ||||||
| 12 | shall conduct grace period registration, grace period voting, | ||||||
| 13 | and early voting at a central, high student traffic location on | ||||||
| 14 | the campus of each public university within the election | ||||||
| 15 | authority's jurisdiction. For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
| 16 | "public university" means the University of Illinois, Southern | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
The | ||||||
| 21 | registration conducted under this Section shall be available to | ||||||
| 22 | any qualified resident of this State, including students, staff | ||||||
| 23 | members, and faculty members of the host campus. The voting | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | conducted under this Section shall be available to any | ||||||
| 2 | qualified voter of the election jurisdiction, including | ||||||
| 3 | students, staff members, and faculty members of the host | ||||||
| 4 | campus, notwithstanding any provision of Section 19A-10 | ||||||
| 5 | permitting an election authority to designate the use of | ||||||
| 6 | specified early voting polling places. | ||||||
| 7 | The registration and voting required by this Section to be | ||||||
| 8 | conducted on campus must be conducted as otherwise required by | ||||||
| 9 | this Code, except that the election authority is not required | ||||||
| 10 | to conduct registration or voting under this Section at times | ||||||
| 11 | other than the regular business hours of the host campus. | ||||||
| 12 | Each public university shall make the space available in a | ||||||
| 13 | central, high student traffic area for, and cooperate and | ||||||
| 14 | coordinate with the appropriate election authority in, the | ||||||
| 15 | implementation of this Section. | ||||||
| 16 | By March 1, 2011, the election authorities affected by this | ||||||
| 17 | pilot project shall report to the State Board of Elections the | ||||||
| 18 | following information: (i) the total number of individuals that | ||||||
| 19 | engaged in grace period registration, grace period voting, or | ||||||
| 20 | early voting at the campus site and (ii) how grace period | ||||||
| 21 | registration, grace period voting, or early voting at the | ||||||
| 22 | campus site was conducted.
| ||||||
| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law. | ||||||