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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2612
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2612 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 1-17 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/1-17 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1-17. Election authorities; annual submission to | ||||||
| 8 | State Board of Elections. By January 31 of each year, each | ||||||
| 9 | election authority shall submit a form with the following | ||||||
| 10 | information to the State Board of Elections: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) the methods the jurisdiction uses for outreach to | ||||||
| 12 | populations who may have difficulty voting or accessing | ||||||
| 13 | polling places; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) the training materials for poll workers, | ||||||
| 15 | including, but not limited to, any testing documents used | ||||||
| 16 | to certify poll workers; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) the methods the jurisdiction engages in to recruit | ||||||
| 2 | poll workers, the jurisdiction's number of poll workers, | ||||||
| 3 | and the compensation levels for poll workers; and | ||||||
| 4 | (4) the communication plan for early voting procedures | ||||||
| 5 | and sites, the number of early voting sites, and the | ||||||
| 6 | location and hours of operation for each early voting site. | ||||||
| 7 | The State Board of Elections, in coordination with advocacy | ||||||
| 8 | groups, shall develop the form an election authority shall use | ||||||
| 9 | to submit the information required under this Section. The | ||||||
| 10 | State Board of Elections shall provide a way for an election | ||||||
| 11 | authority to submit the form online, by mail, or by facsimile. | ||||||
| 12 | The State Board of Elections shall make the information | ||||||
| 13 | collected under this Section available to the public on | ||||||
| 14 | request.".
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