95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0409


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. William E. Peterson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














10 ILCS 5/19A-25









    Amends the Election Code.  Requires that the published and posted schedule  of early voting include the date, time, and location that the election authority will count and process early voting ballots.
















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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-25 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/19A-25)

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    Sec. 19A-25. Schedule of locations and times for early 
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voting.

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    (a) The election authority shall  publish during the week 
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before the period
for early voting and at least once each week 
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during the period for early voting
in a newspaper of general 
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circulation in the election authority's jurisdiction
a 
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schedule stating:

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        (1) the location of each permanent and temporary 
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    polling place for early
voting and the precincts served by 
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    each location; and

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        (2) the dates and hours that early voting will be 
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    conducted at each
location; .

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        (3) the date, time, and location that the election 
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    authority will count the early voting ballots; and

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        (4) the date, time, and location that the election 
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    authority will process the early voting ballots.

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    (b) The election authority shall post a copy of the 
 


 






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schedule at any  office
or other location that  is to be used as 
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a polling place for early voting. The
schedule must be posted 
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continuously for a period beginning not later than the
5th day 
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before the first day of the
period for early voting by personal 
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appearance and ending on the last day of
that period.

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    (c) The election authority must make copies of the schedule 
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available to the
public in reasonable quantities without charge 
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during the period of posting.

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    (d) If the election authority maintains a website, it shall 
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make the schedule available on its website.

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    (e) No additional polling places for early voting may be 
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established after
the schedule is published under this Section.


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