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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0080
Introduced 1/30/2009, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that when an early voting polling place is located in a building owned or leased by a unit of local government, the unit of local government may apply the campaign free zone to the entire property on which the building is situated (now, applies within 100 feet from the polling place). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0080 |
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LRB096 03305 JAM 13323 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 19A-70 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/19A-70)
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| Sec. 19A-70. Advertising or campaigning in proximity of |
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| polling place;
penalty. During the period prescribed in Section |
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| 19A-15 for early voting by
personal appearance, no advertising |
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| pertaining to any candidate or proposition
to be voted on may |
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| be displayed in or within 100 feet of any polling place used
by |
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| voters under this Article. No person may engage in |
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| electioneering in or
within 100 feet of any polling place used |
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| by voters under this Article. The provisions of Section 17-29 |
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| with respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to |
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| polling places under this Article; except that if the polling |
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| place is located within a building that is owned or leased by a |
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| unit of local government, then the unit of local government may |
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| choose to apply the campaign free zone to the entire property |
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| on which the building is situated, and, if so, then the |
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| campaign free zone markers shall be placed near the boundaries |
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| on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways |
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| leading to the entrances used by the voters.
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