HB2103 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2103

Introduced 2/22/2011, by Rep. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/19A-15

Amends the Election Code. With respect to the hours that a polling place must be open for early voting, provides that a polling place is not required to remain open if the election authority determines for good cause that a weather emergency, another public emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be closed.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 19A-15 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)

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

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

(b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting polling place designated by an election authority under subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during the early voting period.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a polling place is not required to remain open if the election authority determines for good cause that a weather emergency, another public emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be closed.

(Source: P.A. 96-637, eff. 1-1-10.)