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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2103 Introduced 2/22/2011, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. With respect to the hours that a polling place must be open for early voting, provides that a polling place is not required to remain open if the election authority determines for good cause that a weather emergency, another public emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be closed.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2103 | | LRB097 08001 HLH 48121 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 19A-15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
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| 8 | | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance |
| 9 | | begins the 22nd day preceding a general primary, consolidated |
| 10 | | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through |
| 11 | | the 5th day before election day.
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| 12 | | (b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain |
| 13 | | open during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. |
| 14 | | to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on |
| 15 | | Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to |
| 16 | | the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting |
| 17 | | polling place designated by an election authority under |
| 18 | | subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total |
| 19 | | of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting |
| 20 | | period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend |
| 21 | | during the early voting period.
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| 22 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a polling place is not |
| 23 | | required to remain open if the election authority determines |