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Rep. Tim Butler
Filed: 4/8/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1673
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1673 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 19A-15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
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| 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.
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| 12 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a |
| 13 | | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open |
| 14 | | beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of |
| 15 | | 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 |
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| 1 | | beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling place |
| 2 | | for early voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. |
| 3 | | to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 |
| 4 | | p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on |
| 5 | | Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours required by this |
| 6 | | subsection, a permanent polling place designated by an election |
| 7 | | authority under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 |
| 8 | | must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday |
| 9 | | during the early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours |
| 10 | | on the final weekend during the early voting period.
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| 11 | | Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection (b), |
| 12 | | the day before a general primary, consolidated primary, or a |
| 13 | | general or consolidated election, a county clerk's office may |
| 14 | | close at 6:00 p.m. |
| 15 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority |
| 16 | | may close an early voting polling place if the building in |
| 17 | | which the polling place is located has been closed by the State |
| 18 | | or unit of local government in response to a severe weather |
| 19 | | emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall |
| 20 | | notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall |
| 21 | | make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an |
| 22 | | alternative location for early voting. |
| 23 | | (d) (Blank). |
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, |
| 25 | | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; |
| 26 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)".
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