| Voting - Healthcare Facilities |
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| Tuesday, 10 June 2008 | |
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Healthcare Facility Voting (This includes hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers) Access the state of Illinois online version of this page at:
http://www.elections.illinois.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/PDF/hospital2.pdf For assistance in following the voter registration procedures discussed below or for more information on voter registration contact your local County Clerk.
Or your local Democratic Precinct Committee representative a list is located at the link provided below. http://www.shelbycountydemocrats.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=32 Many registered voters are admitted to a health care facility on Election Day and are uncertain as to the proper procedures to follow in order to vote. This brochure outlines the correct voting procedures to follow for those voters who are admitted to one of these facilities. The State Board of Elections is to help bring about greater understanding and participation in the electoral process. For more information on election laws and procedures, write or call the State Board of Elections If admitted to a health care facility (hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center) NOT MORE than five days before the election: 1. Obtain an "Application for Ballot for Qualified Voter Admitted to Hospital, Nursing Home or Rehabilitation Center." The application can be obtained from your election authority (county clerk or board of election commissioners, depending on where you are registered to vote). 2. You must complete the application and your physician must complete and sign the "Certificate of Attending Physician" section of the application. 3. After the form is completed and signed by you and your physician, a registered voter from your precinct or your relative can then hand deliver the application to the election authority’s office. 4. After signing an affidavit, the precinct voter or your relative may personally hand deliver the absentee ballot to you in the health care facility. 5. When you receive the ballot, vote the ballot in secret and complete the certification on the absentee ballot return envelope.
If you were admitted to a health care facility more than five days before the election, you may vote by regular absentee ballot. For more information on absentee voting please refer to the Illinois State Board of Elections brochure, "Absentee Voting". For information on nursing home voting please contact your local county clerk or board of election commissioner’s office. VOTER ASSISTANCE Assistance is the actual casting of votes for a voter in accordance with the voter’s wishes. Assistance can be given by a friend or relative, but cannot be given by an officer or agent of the voter’s employer or the voter’s union. A candidate whose name appears on the ballot is also prohibited from assisting a physically incapacitated absentee voter unless the candidate is the spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister of the incapacitated absentee voter. This would prohibit precinct committeemen from giving assistance in a primary election. If assistance is given, the name and address of the person giving assistance must be provided on the certification envelope. For additional information about health care facility voting contact your local county clerk or board of election commissioner’s office. IMPORTANT Knowingly giving, lending, or promising to give or lend any money or other valuable consideration to any other person to influence another person to vote for or against any candidate or public question is a Class 4 Felony. It is a Class 3 Felony for any person to intimidate or unduly influence another person to cast an absentee ballot inconsistent with the voter’s intent or to mark or tamper with an absentee ballot of another person. Any unusual activity or irregularity associated with absentee voting procedures should be reported immediately to proper authorities. The goal of the State Board of Elections is to help bring about a greater understanding and participation in the electoral process.
THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS A primary goal of the State Board of Elections is to help bring about greater understanding and participation in the electoral process.The State Board of Elections is an independent state agency charged with the responsibility of having general supervision over the administration of election laws of the State. The State Board works closely with election authorities in all regions of the State. Elections are administered locally by the State’s 110 election authorities. These are the county clerks in 101 counties, one county election commission and eight municipal election commissions. As part of their many responsibilities, election authorities conduct local voter registration programs, train election judges, find polling places, prepare ballots, oversee Election Day activities and supervise the vote count at the local level. For more information on voting in healthcare facilities or other election laws and procedures, contact your election authority or visit the Board’s website: www.elections.il.gov
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