Bill Text: IL SB1371 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the grace period for voter registration before primary and general elections shall close the day before the election (now the third day before the election).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1371 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1371-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1371
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1371 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 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 15th day preceding a general primary, consolidated | ||||||
10 | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | ||||||
11 | the 3rd 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
for 3 or more consecutive hours | ||||||
15 | between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on | ||||||
16 | Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to |
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1 | the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting | ||||||
2 | polling place designated by an election authority under | ||||||
3 | subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total | ||||||
4 | of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting | ||||||
5 | period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend | ||||||
6 | during the early voting period.
The election authority shall | ||||||
7 | notify the State Board of Elections and shall provide notice to | ||||||
8 | the public of the hours during which the permanent early voting | ||||||
9 | polling place will be open on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
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10 | (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election | ||||||
11 | authority may close an early voting polling place if the | ||||||
12 | building in which the polling place is located has been closed | ||||||
13 | by the State or unit of local government in response to a | ||||||
14 | severe weather emergency. In the event of a closure, the | ||||||
15 | election authority shall conduct early voting on the 2nd day | ||||||
16 | before election day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to | ||||||
17 | 5:00 p.m. The election authority shall notify the State Board | ||||||
18 | of Elections of any closure and shall make reasonable efforts | ||||||
19 | to provide notice to the public of the extended early voting | ||||||
20 | period. | ||||||
21 | (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), in 2013 only, | ||||||
22 | an election authority may close an early voting place on Good | ||||||
23 | Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday, provided that the | ||||||
24 | early voting place remains open 2 hours later on April 3, 4, | ||||||
25 | and 5 of 2013. The election authority shall notify the State | ||||||
26 | Board of Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to |
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1 | the public of the closure and the extended hours during the | ||||||
2 | final week. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, | ||||||
4 | eff. 3-12-13.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.".
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