To permit a board of elections that conducts a special election on July 13, 2010, for the purpose of nominating candidates for congressional office to conduct that election with a limited number of polling places and to declare an emergency.

Section 1. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a board of elections that conducts a special election on July 13, 2010, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office of congressional representative may conduct that election using a limited number of polling places. A board of elections that decides to conduct the election using a limited number of polling places shall do all of the following:

(1) Notify, by mail, each elector of that county who is eligible to vote in the special election of the special election and of the elector's designated polling place for that special election and include an absent voter's ballot application with that notification;

(2) Establish not more than four polling places at which electors in the county may cast a ballot in the special election; and

(3) Permit individuals who are eligible to cast a provisional ballot to cast those ballots at the office of the board of elections.

(B) This section is hereby repealed, effective August 14, 2010.

Section 2. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that the costs of conducting a special election in each precinct polling place in the third congressional district on July 13, 2010, will be prohibitive, considering the budgetary situation of both state and local governments. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.