SB3530sam002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 4/14/2020

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3530

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3530 on page 1, line 6, by replacing ", as follows" with "and by adding Section 19-2.4 as follows"; and

on page 39, immediately below line 13, by inserting the following:

"(10 ILCS 5/19-2.4 new)

Sec. 19-2.4. Disability automatic vote by mail.

(a) For an election held on the date of a general election or consolidated election, the county clerk shall mail by non-forwardable mail an official ballot with a return identification envelope and a secrecy envelope not sooner than the 20th day before the date of the election and not later than the 14th day before the date of the election to each voter with a disability.

(b) For an election held on the date of a primary election or consolidated primary, the county clerk shall mail by non-forwardable mail an official ballot with a return identification envelope and a secrecy envelope not sooner than the 20th day before the date of the election and not later than the 14th day before the date of the election to each voter with a disability.

(c) The State Board of Elections, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, shall adopt rules that allow recipients of a vote by mail ballot to return their ballot by other means than mail.".