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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2903 Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that election authorities may (rather than shall) establish at least one location to be located at an office of the election authority or in the largest municipality within its jurisdiction where all voters in its jurisdiction are allowed to vote on election day during polling place hours, regardless of the precinct in which they are registered. Removes language repealing the provisions on July 1, 2023. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2903 | | LRB103 28956 BMS 55342 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 11-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-8) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023) |
| 8 | | Sec. 11-8. Vote centers. |
| 9 | | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, election
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| 10 | | authorities may shall establish at least one location to be |
| 11 | | located at an
office of the election authority or in the |
| 12 | | largest municipality
within its jurisdiction where all voters |
| 13 | | in its jurisdiction
are allowed to vote on election day during |
| 14 | | polling place hours,
regardless of the precinct in which they |
| 15 | | are registered. An
election authority establishing such a |
| 16 | | location under this Section shall identify the location and |
| 17 | | any health and safety requirements by the 40th day
preceding |
| 18 | | the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general |
| 19 | | election and certify such to the
State Board of Elections. |
| 20 | | (b) (Blank) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2023.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21; |
| 22 | | 102-1109, eff. 12-21-22.)
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