Bill Text: IL HB2103 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. With respect to the hours that a polling place must be open for early voting, provides that a polling place is not required to remain open if the election authority determines for good cause that a weather emergency, another public emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be closed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2103 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB2103-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB2103 Introduced , by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/19A-15
Amends the Election Code. With respect to the hours that a polling place must be open for early voting, provides that a polling place is not required to remain open if the election authority determines for good cause that a weather emergency, another public emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be closed.
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A BILL FOR
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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-15 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance
begins the 22nd day preceding a general primary, consolidated
primary, consolidated, or general election and extends through
the 5th day before election day.
(b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain
open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; except that, in addition to
the hours required by this subsection, a permanent early voting
polling place designated by an election authority under
subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total
of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting
period and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend
during the early voting period.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a polling place is not
required to remain open if the election authority determines

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for good cause that a weather emergency, another public
emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be
closed.
(Source: P.A. 96-637, eff. 1-1-10.)