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5/3-5. Convicts
IL ST CH 10 § 5/3-5West's Smith-Hurd Illinois Compiled Statutes AnnotatedChapter 10. ElectionsEffective: August 14, 2018 (Approx. 2 pages)
5/3-5. Convicts
IL ST CH 10 § 5/3-5West's Smith-Hurd Illinois Compiled Statutes AnnotatedChapter 10. ElectionsEffective: August 14, 2018 (Approx. 2 pages)
West's Smith-Hurd Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated
Chapter 10. Elections
Act 5. Election Code (Refs & Annos)
Article 3. Qualification of Voters (Refs & Annos)
Effective: August 14, 2018
10 ILCS 5/3-5
Formerly cited as IL ST CH 46 ¶ 3-5
5/3-5. Convicts
§ 3-5. No person who has been legally convicted, in this or another state or in any federal court, of any crime, and is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution, or who has been convicted under any Section of this Code and is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution, shall vote, offer to vote, attempt to vote or be permitted to vote at any election until his release from confinement.
Confinement for purposes of this Section shall include any person convicted and imprisoned but granted a furlough as provided by Section 3-11-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,1 or admitted to a work release program as provided by Section 3-13-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.2 Confinement shall not include any person convicted and imprisoned but released on parole.
Confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime is not a disqualification for voting.
Credits
Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1, § 3-5, eff. July 1, 1943. Amended by Laws 1963, p. 2532, § 1, eff. Aug. 7, 1963; Laws 1965, p. 2519, § 1, eff. Aug. 4, 1965; Laws 1967, p. 956, § 1, eff. July 1, 1967; P.A. 77-433, § 1, eff. July 23, 1971; P.A. 80-699, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; P.A. 94-637, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; P.A. 100-863, § 25, eff. Aug. 14, 2018.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 46, ¶ 3-5.
10 I.L.C.S. 5/3-5, IL ST CH 10 § 5/3-5
Current through P.A. 103-587 of the 2024 Reg. Sess. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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