Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1217	House Author:  Swanson et al.
Effective:  9-1-23	Senate Sponsor:  Kolkhorst et al.

            House Bill 1217 amends the Election Code to expand to all counties, regardless of population, the applicability of the following provisions regarding early voting:

·        provisions requiring extended weekday and weekend hours at the main early voting polling place during the last week of early voting for a primary election or the general election for state and county officers and extended hours on each of the last two days of early voting for a special election ordered by the governor; and

·        provisions requiring early voting at a temporary branch polling place to be conducted on the days that early voting is required to be conducted at the main early voting polling place and requiring extended weekend hours at mandatory temporary branch locations for a primary election, the general election for state and county officers, or a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature or congress.

The bill authorizes state funds disbursed to a registrar in a county with a population of less than 55,000 for financing voter registration to be used to defray the cost to the registrar's county of keeping the polling places in the county open during the early voting period.