103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2957
 
Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Dan Caulkins
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
 
10 ILCS 5/19A-15

     Amends the Election Code. Provides that the period for early voting by personal appearance begins the 40th day preceding a general primary, consolidated primary, consolidated, or general election and extends through the end of the day of the Friday immediately preceding election day (rather than it extends through the end of the day before election day). Makes a conforming change.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 19A-15 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)

7    Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.

8    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the period 
9for early voting by personal appearance begins the 40th day 
10preceding a general primary, consolidated primary, 
11consolidated, or
general election and extends through the end 
12of the day of the Friday immediately preceding before election 
13day.

14    (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a 
15permanent polling place for early voting must remain open 
16beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of 
17the day of the Friday immediately preceding before election 
18day during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 
195:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that beginning 8 days before 
20election day, a permanent polling place for early voting must 
21remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 
22a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and 
23holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in 
 
 
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1addition to the hours required by this subsection, a permanent 
2polling place designated by an election authority under 
3subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain 
4open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the 
5early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours on the 
6final weekend during the early voting period.



7    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority 
8may close an early voting polling place if the building in 
9which the polling place is located has been closed by the State 
10or unit of local government in response to a severe weather 
11emergency or other force majeure.  The election authority shall 
12notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall 
13make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an 
14alternative location for early voting. 
15    (d) (Blank). 
16(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)