Melinda Bush voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Expands Access to Voting in Jails
Signed by Governor JB Pritzker
Title: Expands Access to Voting in Jails
Vote to pass a bill that expands voting rights in Illinois jails.
Requires the election authority in counties with less than 3 million people to collaborate with county jails to provide an opportunity for eligible voters detained there to vote by mail (Sec. 5).
Requires the election authority in counties of 3 million or more people to establish a temporary polling place in the county jail (Sec. 5).
Specifies that only detainees who have not been convicted of the offense for which they are detained will be eligible to vote (Sec. 5).
Specifies that each temporary polling place will allow a detainee to vote in the election that they would be entitled to vote in where they reside (Sec. 5).
Specifies that all requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act apply to this subsection (Sec. 5).
Requires that election authorities collaborate with county jails to facilitate voter registration for eligible voters who are detained in, or released from the jail (Sec. 10).
Requires that each county make detailed information regarding the voting rights of those with a criminal conviction available in print at each county jail and probation office (Sec. 10-15):
In print;
On the Department of Corrections website; and
In a visible location on the premises of each Department facility.
Requires the Department to provide a person with the written notification of their restored voting rights, as well as a voter registration application, upon release from jail (Sec. 15).
Title: Expands Access to Voting in Jails
Vote to pass a bill that expands voting rights in Illinois jails.
Requires the election authority in counties with less than 3 million people to collaborate with county jails to provide an opportunity for eligible voters detained there to vote by mail (Sec. 5).
Requires the election authority in counties of 3 million or more people to establish a temporary polling place in the county jail (Sec. 5).
Specifies that only detainees who have not been convicted of the offense for which they are detained will be eligible to vote (Sec. 5).
Specifies that each temporary polling place will allow a detainee to vote in the election that they would be entitled to vote in where they reside (Sec. 5).
Specifies that all requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act apply to this subsection (Sec. 5).
Requires that election authorities collaborate with county jails to facilitate voter registration for eligible voters who are detained in, or released from the jail (Sec. 10).
Requires that each county make detailed information regarding the voting rights of those with a criminal conviction available in print at each county jail and probation office (Sec. 10-15):
In print;
On the Department of Corrections website; and
In a visible location on the premises of each Department facility.
Requires the Department to provide a person with the written notification of their restored voting rights, as well as a voter registration application, upon release from jail (Sec. 15).
Title: Expands Access to Voting in Jails