97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3937

 

Introduced 11/14/2012, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/1-4  from Ch. 46, par. 1-4
10 ILCS 5/19A-15

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if the last day of the filing period for petitions for nomination is the day before a State holiday, the Board may, by proclamation, authorize the office in which petitions must be filed to remain open until noon (instead of 5:00 P.M.) on the last day of the filing period. Provides that the proclamation must be issued before the first day for circulating petitions for nomination for that filing period, except that a proclamation for the 2013 consolidated election period must be issued within 7 business days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that polling places for early voting may remain open from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (instead of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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
5Sections 1-4 and 19A-15 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1-4)
7    Sec. 1-4. In any case in which this Act prescribes a period
8of time within which petitions for nomination must be filed,
9the office in which petitions must be filed shall remain open
10for the receipt of such petitions until 5:00 P.M. on the last
11day of the filing period. If the last day of the filing period
12is the day before a State holiday, the Board may, by
13proclamation, authorize the office in which petitions must be
14filed to remain open until noon on the last day of the filing
15period. That proclamation must be issued before the first day
16for circulating petitions for nomination for that filing
17period, except that a proclamation for the 2013 consolidated
18election period must be issued within 7 business days after the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
20Assembly.
21(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)

 

 

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1    Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
2    (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance
3begins the 15th day preceding a general primary, consolidated
4primary, consolidated, or general election and extends through
5the 3rd day before election day.
6    (b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain
7open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m.
8to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and either 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or
91:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays;
10except that, in addition to the hours required by this
11subsection, a permanent early voting polling place designated
12by an election authority under subsection (c) of Section 19A-10
13must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday
14during the early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours
15on the final weekend during the early voting period.
16    (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election
17authority may close an early voting polling place if the
18building in which the polling place is located has been closed
19by the State or unit of local government in response to a
20severe weather emergency. In the event of a closure, the
21election authority shall conduct early voting on the 2nd day
22before election day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to
235:00 p.m. The election authority shall notify the State Board
24of Elections of any closure and shall make reasonable efforts
25to provide notice to the public of the extended early voting
26period.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-637, eff. 1-1-10; 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766,
2eff. 7-6-12.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.