Bill > HB2803

This bill amends the Illinois Election Code to change the rules for mail-in voting, specifically focusing on when mail-in ballots must be received to be counted. Instead of being postmarked by election day, mail-in ballots must now be physically received by the election authority before the polls close on election day. This means that ballots arriving after the polls close, even if they were mailed before election day, will not be counted. The bill makes this change consistently across several sections of the Election Code that deal with different types of mail-in voters, including military personnel, citizens temporarily residing outside the United States, and other absentee voters. The changes aim to standardize the deadline for mail-in ballot receipt and eliminate the previous provision that allowed ballots postmarked by election day to be counted within a certain period after the election. The bill takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2803&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104