SB1659 allows townships in Illinois to combine into one election precinct under certain conditions.
SB1659 amends the Election Code to allow election authorities to combine contiguous townships into one election precinct if specific conditions are met, such as having no more than 1,800 registered voters combined and no more than 500 voters in any precinct. The majority of the board of township trustees must also vote to combine the townships. The bill also allows for the reassignment of voters to adjacent precincts if there are fewer than 50 registered voters in a precinct for local elections.
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