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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="2-302" title_number="2" title_name="Powers and Duties of the State and Local Boards" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Provisions Generally Applicable">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Board shall be open for business during regular business hours on each State government workday.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Board shall remain open until 9 p.m. on the last day for</text>
      <text>the filing of a certificate of candidacy for each election conducted under this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local board shall be open for business:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on each day that is a county government workday in its county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on each election day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>until 9 p.m. on the last day for the filing of a certificate of candidacy for an election conducted in the county, if a certificate can be filed with the local board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The members of each local board shall be available as needed on an election day and during the canvass of each election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The hours that a local board is open for business:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may be the same as the regular business hours of its county government; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for the convenience of the public, may be different from the regular business hours of its county government, except that the number of business hours the office is open each business day must be at least equivalent to the number of business hours that the county government is open.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
