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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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 19A-20 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/19A-20)
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| 7 | Sec. 19A-20. Temporary branch polling places.
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| 8 | (a) In addition to permanent polling places for early | ||||||
| 9 | voting, the election
authority may establish temporary branch | ||||||
| 10 | polling places for early voting.
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| 11 | (b) The provisions of subsection (b) of Section 19A-15 do | ||||||
| 12 | not apply to a
temporary polling place. Voting at a temporary | ||||||
| 13 | branch polling place may be
conducted on any one or more days | ||||||
| 14 | and during any hours within the period for
early voting by | ||||||
| 15 | personal appearance that are determined by the election
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| 16 | authority.
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| 17 | (c) The schedules for conducting voting do not need to be | ||||||
| 18 | uniform among the
temporary branch polling places.
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| 19 | (d) The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner | ||||||
| 20 | or lessor of
private property are not impaired or otherwise | ||||||
| 21 | affected by the leasing of the
property for use as a temporary | ||||||
| 22 | branch polling place for early voting, except
to the extent | ||||||
| 23 | necessary to conduct early voting at that location.
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| 1 | (e) In a county with a population of: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) 3,000,000 or more, the election authority in the | ||||||
| 3 | county shall establish a temporary branch polling place | ||||||
| 4 | under this Section in the county jail. Only a resident of a | ||||||
| 5 | county who is in custody at the county jail and who has not | ||||||
| 6 | been convicted of the offense for which the resident is in | ||||||
| 7 | custody is eligible to vote at a temporary branch polling | ||||||
| 8 | place established under this paragraph (1) subsection. The | ||||||
| 9 | temporary branch polling place established under this | ||||||
| 10 | paragraph (1) subsection shall allow a voter to vote in | ||||||
| 11 | the same elections that the voter would be entitled to | ||||||
| 12 | vote in where the voter resides. To the maximum extent | ||||||
| 13 | feasible, voting booths or screens shall be provided to | ||||||
| 14 | ensure the privacy of the voter. | ||||||
| 15 | (2) less than 3,000,000, the sheriff may establish a | ||||||
| 16 | temporary branch polling place at the county jail. Only a | ||||||
| 17 | resident of a county who is in custody at the county jail | ||||||
| 18 | and who has not been convicted of the offense for which the | ||||||
| 19 | resident is in custody is eligible to vote at a temporary | ||||||
| 20 | branch polling place established under this paragraph (2), | ||||||
| 21 | and only inmate access is permitted at such a temporary | ||||||
| 22 | polling location. | ||||||
| 23 | All provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers | ||||||
| 24 | shall apply to a temporary branch polling place under this | ||||||
| 25 | subsection (e), subject to approval from the election | ||||||
| 26 | authority and the county jail, except that nonpartisan | ||||||
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| 1 | pollwatchers shall be limited to one per division within the | ||||||
| 2 | jail instead of one per precinct. A county that establishes a | ||||||
| 3 | temporary branch polling place inside a county jail in | ||||||
| 4 | accordance with this subsection (e) shall adhere to all | ||||||
| 5 | requirements of this subsection (e). All requirements of the | ||||||
| 6 | federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of | ||||||
| 7 | the federal Americans with Disabilities Act shall apply to | ||||||
| 8 | this subsection (e). | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20.)
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 11 | 2022. | ||||||