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  <number>499</number>
  <short_description>ELECTIONS MILITARY DEPENDENTS</short_description>
  <synopsis_as_introduced>Amends the Election Code. Specifies that the spouse or dependent of a member of the armed forces or merchant marine, residing with or accompanying the member, need not have resided in Illinois in order to vote a military or overseas absentee ballot.</synopsis_as_introduced>
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      <action_date>2009-03-09 00:00:00</action_date>
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      <action_date>2009-02-26 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-26 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-24 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
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      <action_date>2009-02-24 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-20 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-18 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo</description>
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    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-17 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-09 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-09 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
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    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-04 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
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      <action_date>2009-02-04 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>First Reading</description>
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      <action_date>2009-02-04 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham</description>
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      <order_number>0</order_number>
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      <action_date>2010-03-04 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough</description>
      <is_major_action>0</is_major_action>
      <order_number>14</order_number>
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    <action>
      <action_date>2010-03-26 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo</description>
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      <order_number>15</order_number>
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