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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2806 Introduced , by Rep. Silvana Tabares SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Requires a permanent polling place for early voting to remain open beginning the 40th (rather than 15th) day before an election through the end of the day before election day, including weekends. Makes conforming changes.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | HB2806 | | LRB100 09573 MLM 19740 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 40th day preceding a general primary, consolidated |
| 10 | | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through |
| 11 | | the end of the day before election day.
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| 12 | | (b) A Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a |
| 13 | | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open |
| 14 | | beginning the 40th 15th day before an election through the end |
| 15 | | of the day before election day during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to |
| 16 | | 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that |
| 17 | | beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling place |
| 18 | | for early voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. |
| 19 | | to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 |
| 20 | | p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on |
| 21 | | Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours required by this |
| 22 | | subsection, a permanent polling place designated by an election |
| 23 | | authority under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 |