IL HB4198

Election authorities may choose to mail vote-by-mail ballots to all qualified voters instead of sending notices and applications for permanent vote-by-mail status.

Before mailing ballots, election authorities must create a publicly posted list of all voters receiving ballots, post it in a conspicuous location, and electronically transmit the list to the State Board of Elections within one day.

First-time voters cannot receive automatically mailed ballots unless they first provide sufficient proof of identity that the election authority verifies.

Voters may request in writing to not receive automatically mailed ballots; election authorities must maintain records of such requests and send those voters notices and applications instead in future elections.

Automatically mailed ballots must be sent using the same timeframes as ballots sent under existing law, between 40 and 90 days before an election.