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Pritzker signs bill allowing students to vote during school day

Chicago – Standing with educators and students who pushed for a student-voting proposal, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday, Jan. 22, signed legislation which will allow students to be excused from school for two hours to vote in a primary, general, special or any election in Illinois at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in Illinois.

Students can be excused to exercise their right to vote on a day in which early voting is…

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