Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
Filed: 5/12/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1801




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1801 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 19A-15 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)

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

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    (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance 
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begins the 22nd day preceding a general primary, consolidated 
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primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through 
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the 5th day before election day.

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    (b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain 
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open during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. 
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to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on 
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Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to 
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the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting 
 


 






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polling place designated by an election authority under 
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subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total 
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of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting 
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period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend 
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during the early voting period.



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(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)".