Reference is to Printer's Date 01/19/11.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 7-13-25.
(A) Notwithstanding the provision of
this chapter or Chapter 5 of this title, the authority charged
by law with conducting an election shall establish a procedure
by which a qualified elector may register to vote and cast his
ballot, without excuse, during an early voting period. The
qualified elector may accomplish this at a voting place, in his
county of residence, that is established as an early voting
center by the county boards of election.
(B) Early voting
centers shall allow duly registered voters of that county to
vote outside their precinct.
(C) Early voting
centers must be established and maintained to ensure that voters
may cast only one ballot.
(D) A qualified
elector, who is registered, may cast his ballot at an early
voting center established by the county boards of election.
(E) Each county board
of elections shall establish a minimum of one early voting
center.
(F) The early voting
period begins seventeen days before the statewide primary or
general election and ends three days before it.
(G) A qualified elector
must be able to register, in person, and vote at his county's
early voting center during all hours of operation.
(H) The county boards
of election shall determine the locations and hours of operation
for early voting centers. These locations and hours of
operation for the early voting centers must be posted pursuant
to the provisions of Section 30-4-80.
(I) A sign must be
posted prominently in an early voting center and must have
printed on it 'VOTING MORE THAN ONCE IS A CRIME THAT WILL BE
CAUGHT AND PROSECUTED'.
(J) All diligence must
be given in locating early voting centers to ensure convenient
and accessible facilities in which to vote."
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.