Bill Text: IL HB3226 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Removes the requirement that the office of the board of election commissioners be open from 9 am to 12 o'clock noon on the last 4 Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of registration preceding each election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3226 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3226-Introduced.html
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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 | 6-50 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
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7 | Sec. 6-50.
The office of the board of election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | commissioners shall be open
during ordinary business hours of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | each week day , from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon
on the last four | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
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11 | registration
preceding each election, and such other days and
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12 | such other times as the board may direct.
There shall be no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | registration at the office
of the board of election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated
towns of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | fewer than 200,000 inhabitants during the 27 days preceding
any
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16 | primary, regular or special election at which the cards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | provided for in
this article are used, or until the second day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | following such primary,
regular or special election. In cities, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | villages and incorporated towns of
200,000 or more inhabitants, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | there shall be no registration of voters at
the office of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | board of election commissioners during the 35 days
immediately | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | preceding any election; provided, however, where no precinct
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23 | registration is being conducted prior to any election then |
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1 | registration may
be taken in the office of the board up to and | ||||||
2 | including the 28th
day prior
to such election. In any election | ||||||
3 | called for the submission of the revision
or alteration of, or | ||||||
4 | the amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a
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5 | Constitutional Convention, the final day for registration at | ||||||
6 | the office of
the election authority charged with the printing | ||||||
7 | of the ballot of this
election shall be the 15th day prior to | ||||||
8 | the date of election.
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9 | The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or | ||||||
10 | more
registration teams, each consisting of one member from | ||||||
11 | each of the 2
leading political parties, for the purpose of | ||||||
12 | accepting the registration of
any voter who files an affidavit, | ||||||
13 | within the period for taking
registrations provided for in this | ||||||
14 | Article, that he is physically unable to
appear at the office | ||||||
15 | of the Board or at any appointed place of
registration. On the | ||||||
16 | day or days when a precinct registration is being
conducted | ||||||
17 | such teams shall consist of one member from each of the 2 | ||||||
18 | leading
political parties who are serving on the precinct | ||||||
19 | registration board. Each
team so designated shall visit each | ||||||
20 | disabled person and shall accept the
registration of such | ||||||
21 | person the same as if he had applied for registration
in | ||||||
22 | person.
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23 | The office of the board of election commissioners may be | ||||||
24 | designated as a
place of registration under Section 6-51 of | ||||||
25 | this Article and, if so
designated, may also be open for | ||||||
26 | purposes of registration on such day or
days as may be |
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1 | specified by the board of election commissioners under the
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2 | provisions of that Section.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
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