SB 829 requires the Illinois State Board of Elections (“State Board”) to provide a remote accessible vote by mail system that allows voters with print disabilities to receive, mark and verify their ballots electronically for the November 8, 2022, General Election, and subsequent elections.  It does NOT apply to the June 28, 2022, Primary Election.  Unlike voters without disabilities who wish to vote by mail for the Primary Election, voters with print disabilities who wish to vote by mail will be deprived of the right to vote privately and independently.

 

The State Board provided a system that allowed voters with disabilities to receive and mark their vote by mail ballots electronically for the November 2020 General Election.  Vote by mail for the June 28, 2022, Primary Election must be at least as accessible for voters with print disabilities as it was in 2020 and SB 829 should be amended to require it.  We cannot go backward to a vote by mail process that is completely inaccessible for voters with print disabilities for the Primary Election.

 

SB 829 IS SET FOR HEARING IN THE HOUSE ETHICS & ELECTIONS COMMITTEE ON MARCH 15, 2022, at 2:00 P.M.

 

ACT NOW!!!

 

CALL LEGISLATORS ON THE HOUSE ETHICS & ELECTIONS COMMITTEE ASAP TO TELL THEM WE NEED ACCESSIBLE VOTE BY MAIL FOR THE JUNE 28, 2022, PRIMARY ELECTION AND URGE THEM TO SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT TO SB 829 TO REQUIRE IT. 

 

The Names and Phone Numbers of the Committee Members are Listed Below:

 

Representative Kelly M. Burke, Chair  (217) 782-0515

Representative Katie Stuart, Vice Chair (and House sponsor of SB 829)  (217) 782-8018

Representative Ryan Spain  (217) 782-8108

Representative Carol Ammons  (217) 558-1009

Representative Tom Demmer  (217) 782-0535

Representative Daniel Didech  (217) 782-0499

Representative Marcus C. Evans, Jr.  (217) 782-8272

Representative Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.  (217) 782-7752

Representative Natalie A. Manley  (217) 782-3316

Representative Martin McLaughlin  (217) 782-1517

Representative Tim Ozinga  (217) 782-0424

Representative Robert Rita  (217) 558-1000

Representative Tom Weber  (217) 782-1664

Representative Blaine Wilhour  (217) 782-0066

Representative Ann M. Williams  (217) 782-2458

Representative Patrick Windhorst  (217) 782-5131

Representative Sam Yingling  (217) 782-7320

Representative Michael J. Zalewski(  217) 782-5280

 

Click HERE to read SB 829.