Full Text of HB2798 099th General Assembly
HB2798 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB2798 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of less than 100,000, an election authority is only required to provide early voting in the county clerk's office.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 19A-10 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19A-10)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 8 | | Sec. 19A-10. Permanent polling places for early voting.
| 9 | | (a) An election authority may establish permanent polling | 10 | | places for early
voting by personal appearance at locations | 11 | | throughout the election authority's
jurisdiction, including | 12 | | but not limited to a municipal clerk's office, a township | 13 | | clerk's office, a road district clerk's office, or a county or | 14 | | local public agency office. Except as otherwise provided in | 15 | | subsection (b), any person
entitled to vote early by personal | 16 | | appearance may do so at any polling place
established for early | 17 | | voting.
| 18 | | (b) If it is impractical for the election authority to | 19 | | provide at each
polling place for early voting a ballot in | 20 | | every form required in the election
authority's jurisdiction, | 21 | | the election authority may:
| 22 | | (1) provide appropriate forms of ballots to the office | 23 | | of the municipal
clerk in a municipality not having a board |
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| 1 | | of election commissioners; the
township clerk; or in | 2 | | counties not under township organization, the road
| 3 | | district clerk; and
| 4 | | (2) limit voting at that polling place to registered | 5 | | voters in that
municipality, ward or group of wards, | 6 | | township, or road district.
| 7 | | If the early voting polling place does not have the correct | 8 | | ballot form for a person seeking to vote early, the election | 9 | | judge or election official conducting early voting at that | 10 | | polling place shall inform the person of that fact, give the | 11 | | person the appropriate telephone number of the election | 12 | | authority in order to locate an early voting polling place with | 13 | | the correct ballot form for use in that person's assigned | 14 | | precinct, and instruct the person to go to the proper early | 15 | | voting polling place to vote early.
| 16 | | (c) During each general primary and general election, each | 17 | | election authority in a county with a population over 250,000 | 18 | | shall establish at least one permanent polling place for early | 19 | | voting by personal appearance at a location within each of the | 20 | | 3 largest municipalities within its jurisdiction. If any of the | 21 | | 3 largest municipalities is over 80,000, the election authority | 22 | | shall establish at least 2 permanent polling places within the | 23 | | municipality. All population figures shall be determined by the | 24 | | federal census.
| 25 | | (d) During each general primary and general election, each | 26 | | board of election commissioners established under Article 6 of |
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| 1 | | this Code in any city, village, or incorporated town with a | 2 | | population over 100,000 shall establish at least 2 permanent | 3 | | polling places for early voting by personal appearance. All | 4 | | population figures shall be determined by the federal census. | 5 | | (e) During each general primary and general election, each | 6 | | election authority in a county with a population of over | 7 | | 100,000 but under 250,000 persons shall establish at least one | 8 | | polling place for early voting by personal appearance. The | 9 | | location for early voting may be the election authority's main | 10 | | office or another location designated by the election | 11 | | authority. The election authority may designate additional | 12 | | sites for early voting by personal appearance. All population | 13 | | figures shall be determined by the federal census.
| 14 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 15 | | contrary, in counties with a population of less than 100,000, | 16 | | an election authority is only required to provide early voting | 17 | | in the county clerk's office. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) | 19 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 20 | | Sec. 19A-10. Permanent polling places for early voting.
| 21 | | (a) An election authority may establish permanent polling | 22 | | places for early
voting by personal appearance at locations | 23 | | throughout the election authority's
jurisdiction, including | 24 | | but not limited to a municipal clerk's office, a township | 25 | | clerk's office, a road district clerk's office, or a county or |
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| 1 | | local public agency office. Any person
entitled to vote early | 2 | | by personal appearance may do so at any polling place
| 3 | | established for early voting.
| 4 | | (b) (Blank).
| 5 | | (c) During each general primary and general election, each | 6 | | election authority in a county with a population over 250,000 | 7 | | shall establish at least one permanent polling place for early | 8 | | voting by personal appearance at a location within each of the | 9 | | 3 largest municipalities within its jurisdiction. If any of the | 10 | | 3 largest municipalities is over 80,000, the election authority | 11 | | shall establish at least 2 permanent polling places within the | 12 | | municipality. All population figures shall be determined by the | 13 | | federal census.
| 14 | | (d) During each general primary and general election, each | 15 | | board of election commissioners established under Article 6 of | 16 | | this Code in any city, village, or incorporated town with a | 17 | | population over 100,000 shall establish at least 2 permanent | 18 | | polling places for early voting by personal appearance. All | 19 | | population figures shall be determined by the federal census. | 20 | | (e) During each general primary and general election, each | 21 | | election authority in a county with a population of over | 22 | | 100,000 but under 250,000 persons shall establish at least one | 23 | | permanent polling place for early voting by personal | 24 | | appearance. The location for early voting may be the election | 25 | | authority's main office or another location designated by the | 26 | | election authority. The election authority may designate |
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| 1 | | additional sites for early voting by personal appearance. All | 2 | | population figures shall be determined by the federal census.
| 3 | | (f) No permanent polling place required by this Section | 4 | | shall be located within 1.5 miles from another permanent | 5 | | polling place required by this Section, unless such permanent | 6 | | polling place is within a municipality with a population of | 7 | | 500,000 or more. | 8 | | (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 9 | | contrary, in counties with a population of less than 100,000, | 10 | | an election authority is only required to provide early voting | 11 | | in the county clerk's office. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 13 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 14 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 15 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 16 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 17 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 18 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 19 | | Public Act.
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