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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4037
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4037 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: | ||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain | ||||||
| 13 | open for at least 8 hours a day on weekdays (including holidays | ||||||
| 14 | occurring on weekdays) and at least 6 hours on each weekend | ||||||
| 15 | other than the final weekend of early voting. A during the
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| 16 | hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on | ||||||
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| 1 | weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and | ||||||
| 2 | holidays; except that, in addition to the hours required by | ||||||
| 3 | this subsection, a permanent early voting polling place | ||||||
| 4 | designated by an election authority under subsection (c) of | ||||||
| 5 | Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours | ||||||
| 6 | on any holiday during the early voting period and a total of at | ||||||
| 7 | least 14 hours on the final weekend during the early voting | ||||||
| 8 | period.
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| 9 | (c) Any election authority that does not open a permanent | ||||||
| 10 | polling place under Section 19A-10 shall provide early voting | ||||||
| 11 | at the office of the election authority during regular office | ||||||
| 12 | hours. In addition, the election authority shall provide at | ||||||
| 13 | least 4 additional hours on the final weekend of early voting | ||||||
| 14 | before any general primary election or general election. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 96-637, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.".
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