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House Bill 1921 |
House Author: Keffer, Jim |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Eltife |
House Bill 1921 amends the Election Code to prohibit a person from using a wireless communication device or any mechanical or electronic means of recording images or sound within 100 feet of a voting station and to permit a presiding judge to require a person in violation to turn off the device or to leave the polling place. The bill provides that, at the discretion of the presiding judge, a notice of such prohibition may be posted at one or more locations in the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting to vote. House Bill 1921 also provides that a poll watcher is considered to have served continuously if the watcher leaves the polling place to use a prohibited wireless communication device and the watcher promptly returns.