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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 61
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circumstances, a separate precinct to serve certain institutions of higher
education; requiring each institution at which a precinct is established to
provide certain facilities and services to the local board; requiring that local
boards, when establishing early voting polling places, select sites that are
consistent with certain guidelines and regulations established by the State
Board of Elections; requiring certain polling places to be equipped with a certain
computer device; requiring the Governor to allocate certain resources to
implement the requirements of this Act; requiring the Governor to appropriate
sufficient funds to reimburse the counties for a certain portion of certain
expenditures; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to ensure that
selected sites for early voting have adequate infrastructure to accommodate
certain computer devices; requiring early voting polling places to be open for
voting during certain hours; specifying certain early voting polling sites;
providing for certain alternate sites to be selected under certain circumstances;
requiring the State Board and the local boards to engage in certain voter
outreach activities regarding early voting prior to each primary and general
election; requiring the Governor to include certain funds in the annual budget for
a certain purpose; providing that certain powers and duties assigned to the State
Board shall be exercised in accordance with an affirmative vote of a
supermajority of the members of the Board; requiring local boards of elections to
administer voter registration and absentee balloting for certain facilities in
accordance with procedures established by the State Board; establishing and
altering certain powers and duties of local boards of elections, the election
directors of local boards, and the State Administrator of Elections; authorizing
the State Administrator to file suit for injunctive relief under certain
circumstances; authorizing a registered voter or applicant for registration to file
suit for injunctive relief under certain circumstances; authorizing the State
Administrator to take certain disciplinary actions and make interim
appointments under certain circumstances; requiring certain local boards to
adopt certain regulations; requiring the regulations to be adopted, reviewed, and
approved before the local board may take certain actions; placing certain
restrictions on the alteration of precinct boundaries and polling place locations;
placing certain restrictions on the removal of registered voters from the registry
and on the rejection of voter registration applications; requiring the issuance of
certain reports and the Internet publication of certain lists; providing for the
application of certain provisions of this Act only to jurisdictions that meet certain
criteria; providing for the termination of certain provisions of this Act; generally
relating to the powers and duties of election boards, local election directors, and
the State Administrator of Elections; requiring the State Administrator of
Elections and the Office of the Attorney General to review and report on issues
related to election day voter registration; making this Act an emergency
measure; and generally relating to a voter bill of rights.
repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Election Law
Section 2-303(a) and 10-302
Section 2-102, 2-103, 2-202(b), 2-206, 2-301, 2-303(a), 3-501, and 10-302
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