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Freedom to Vote in Illinois:Election Law Improves 2022 Voter Access

1/21/2022

 
This text was adapted from a January 21, 2022 member bulletin  from Allyson E. Haut, Ph.D. President, League of Women Voters of Illinois.
Just a reminder that in June 2021, many changes were made to election law to make Illinois elections more fair and accessible, protecting the freedom to vote for all Illinois voters.
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House Bill 1871 
  • Allows election authorities to let a citizen who is temporarily or permanently disabled vote from their car on election day, monitored by two election judges.
  • Provides funding for secure collection sites (drop boxes) for postage-free vote by mail ballots.
  • Allows for the acceptance of vote by mail ballots that lack postage.
Senate Bill 825
  • Declares Election Day, November 8, 2022 to be a state and school holiday.
  • Allows voters to apply for permanent vote by mail status, eliminating the need to apply for a ballot every election. The election authority must notify qualified voters no less than 45 days before the election of the option for permanent vote by mail status.
  • Requires each election authority to open a vote center on election day at either the election authority site or in their largest municipality; voters can use either the vote center or their precinct polling site to vote. (Expires 1/1/2023)
  • Requires election authorities to implement cybersecurity measures, including biennial risk assessments and monthly vulnerability scans.
  • Requires high schools to provide voter registration information to students. 
  • Requires high schools to allow nonpartisan voter registration activities on site. 
  • Allows sheriffs to establish temporary polling places in county jails so those who have not been convicted of a crime can vote based upon their residence address.
  • Allows those who have been banned from running for office due to conviction for certain crimes to petition the governor for restoration of that right.
  • Prevents a local government from requiring that a member of the General Assembly resign from office before running for a local office.

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