Full Text of SB1253 101st General Assembly
SB1253 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1253 Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires a permanent polling place for early voting to remain open beginning the 22nd day (rather than the 15th day) before an election. Makes changes to the hours a permanent polling place for early voting must remain open. Requires certain permanent polling places to be open a total of at least 16 hours (rather than 14 hours) on the final weekend during the early voting period. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 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 40th day preceding a general primary, consolidated | 10 | | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | 11 | | the end of the day before election day.
| 12 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a | 13 | | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open | 14 | | beginning the 22nd 15th day before an election through the end | 15 | | of the day before election day during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to | 16 | | 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that | 17 | | beginning 11 8 days before election day, a permanent polling | 18 | | place for early voting must remain open during the hours of | 19 | | 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 7:00 p.m., | 20 | | everyday and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, | 21 | | and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays ; except that, in addition | 22 | | to the hours required by this subsection, a permanent polling | 23 | | place designated by an election authority under subsections |
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| 1 | | (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a | 2 | | total of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early | 3 | | voting period and a total of at least 16 14 hours on the final | 4 | | weekend during the early voting period.
| 5 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority | 6 | | may close an early voting polling place if the building in | 7 | | which the polling place is located has been closed by the State | 8 | | or unit of local government in response to a severe weather | 9 | | emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall | 10 | | notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall | 11 | | make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an | 12 | | alternative location for early voting. | 13 | | (d) (Blank). | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, | 15 | | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; | 16 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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