Sections 1 to 4 and 6 make conforming amendments to change the deadlines for filing certain campaign finance reports and affidavits and the notice of the opening of filings for office.

Section 1 changes from September 1 to one week before the state primary the date when the Commissioner of Revenue must certify the amount of available funds in each party account for distribution to party candidates who survive the primary.

Section 2 advances from July 1 to one week before the first day for filing for office the deadline for the Commissioner of Revenue to estimate the amount each candidate will be eligible to receive from the general account and the party account and the state elections campaign fund. It also advances from August 15 to two weeks after the last day for filing for office, the deadline for the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to notify candidates of the estimated amounts they will be eligible to receive in public subsidies.

Section 3 changes the deadline for candidates to file spending limit agreements from September 1 to at least one week before the candidate's state primary.

Section 4 changes the deadline for candidates to submit affidavits of matching contributions from September 1 to at least one week before the state primary.

Section 5 changes the date of precinct caucuses from the first Tuesday in March to the third Tuesday in February.

Section 6 changes the deadline for making absentee ballots available for voters to vote in person at the office of the county auditor and other polling places designated by the county auditor before the election. The deadline is increased from 30 days to 45 days before the election.

Section 7 changes the deadline for establishing a combined polling place in an even-numbered year from June 1 to 14 weeks before the state primary.

Section 8 changes the deadline for changing a precinct boundary from June 1 to 14 weeks before the state primary.

Section 9 changes the deadline for political parties to provide lists of election judges to the county auditors from July 1 to within two weeks after the precinct caucuses. It also changes the deadline for county auditors to provide lists of election judges to city councils and town and county boards from July 15 to within four weeks after the precinct caucuses.

Section 10 changes the deadline for the Secretary of State to notify each county auditor of the offices to be voted on in that county at the next state general election from the month of June to no later than 15 weeks before the state primary.

Section 11 changes the deadline for delivering absentee ballots to county auditors and municipal clerks from 30 days to 45 days before the election.

Section 12 changes the deadline for the Secretary of State to prescribe the forms for election returns from July 1 to ten weeks before the state primary.

Section 13 changes the date of the state primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June.

Section 14 changes the date of the municipal primary in an even-numbered year from September to the date of the state primary.

Section 15 changes the deadline for filing an affidavit of candidacy for a municipal office in an even-numbered year from the third week in July to the first week in April.

Section 16 changes the date of the school district primary in an even-numbered year from September to the date of the state primary.

Section 17 changes the deadline for filing an affidavit of candidacy for a school district office in an even-numbered year from the third week in July to the first week in April.

Section 18 changes the deadline for submitting to the Secretary of State a plan for the use of electronic voting systems from July 1 to ten weeks before the state primary.

Section 19 changes the opening date for suspending municipal ordinances limiting the size or number of noncommercial signs from August 1 in a state general election year to 45 days before the state primary.

Section 20 changes the deadline for filing an affidavit of candidacy for a hospital board in an even-numbered year from the third week in July to the first week in April.

Section 21 makes the act effective for the state primary in 2010 and thereafter.

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