10 ILCS 5/19-12.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 19 - Voting by Mail

 (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2)Sec. 19-12.2. Voting by physically incapacitated electors who have made  proper application to the election authority not later than 5 days before  the regular primary and general election of 1980 and before each election  thereafter shall be conducted on the premises of (i) federally operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in Illinois or (ii) facilities licensed or  certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act for the sole benefit of  residents of such homes, hospitals, and facilities. For the purposes of this Section,  "federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility" means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Such voting shall be conducted during any  continuous period sufficient to allow all applicants to cast their ballots  between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. either on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday  or Monday immediately preceding the regular election. This vote by mail voting on  one of said days designated by the election authority shall be supervised by  two election judges who must be selected by the election authority in the  following order of priority: (1) from the panel of judges appointed for the  precinct in which such home, hospital, or facility is located, or from a panel of judges appointed  for any other precinct within the jurisdiction of the election authority in the  same ward or township, as the case may be, in which the home, hospital, or facility is located or,  only in the case where a judge or judges from the precinct, township or ward  are unavailable to serve, (3) from a panel of judges appointed for any other  precinct within the jurisdiction of the election authority. The two judges  shall be from different political parties. Not less than 30 days before each  regular election, the election authority shall have arranged with the chief  administrative officer of each home, hospital, or facility in his or its election jurisdiction a  mutually convenient time period on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday  immediately preceding the election for such voting on the premises of the home, hospital, or  facility and shall post in a prominent place in his or its office a notice of  the agreed day and time period for conducting such voting at each home, hospital, or facility;  provided that the election authority shall not later than noon on the Thursday  before the election also post the names and addresses of those homes, hospitals, and facilities from  which no applications were received and in which no supervised vote by mail voting  will be conducted.  All provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers  shall be applicable herein. To the maximum extent feasible, voting booths or  screens shall be provided to insure the privacy of the voter. Voting procedures  shall be as described in Article 17 of this Code, except that ballots shall be  treated as vote by mail ballots and shall not be counted until the close of the  polls on the following day. After the last voter has concluded voting, the  judges shall seal the ballots in an envelope and affix their signatures across  the flap of the envelope. Immediately thereafter, the judges  shall bring the sealed envelope to the office of the election authority  who shall deliver such ballots to the election authority's central ballot counting location prior to  the closing of the polls on the day of election.  The judges of election shall  also report to the election authority the name of any applicant in the home, hospital, or facility  who, due to unforeseen circumstance or condition or because  of a religious holiday, was unable to vote.  In this event, the election  authority may appoint a qualified person from his or its staff to deliver  the ballot to such applicant on the day of election.  This staff person  shall follow the same procedures prescribed for judges conducting vote by mail  voting in such homes, hospitals, or facilities and shall return the ballot to the central ballot counting location before the polls close. However, if the home, hospital, or facility from  which the application was made is also used as a regular precinct polling place  for that voter, voting procedures heretofore prescribed may be implemented by 2  of the election judges of opposite party affiliation assigned to that polling  place during the hours of voting on the day of the election. Judges of election  shall be compensated not less than $25.00 for conducting vote by mail voting in  such homes, hospitals, or facilities.Not less than 120 days before each regular election, the Department  of Public Health shall certify to the State Board of Elections a list of  the facilities licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care  Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act. The lists shall indicate the approved bed capacity and the name of  the chief administrative officer of each such home, hospital, or facility, and the State Board  of Elections shall certify the same to the appropriate election authority  within 20 days thereafter.  (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)