SB0409 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

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-25 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/19A-25)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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