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Section 41. (notice of school district election to Commissioner of Education) Section 42. (notice of school district election to Secretary of State) Section 43. (deadline for notice to voters of school district special election) Section 45. (cut-off date for notification of changes to electronic voting system) Section 46. (cut-off date for notification of major party presidential electors) Section 47. (expansion for time allowed for posting of noncommercial signs) Section 48. (cut-off date for affidavit of candidacy for Hospital Board elections) Section 21 [August Primary Date.] changes the date of the state primary in each even -numbered year from the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September to the second Tuesday in August) Sections 23 to 30 [Federal Special Election Procedures and Timing.] make changes to the schedules applicable to the special elections for the United States Congress and Senate. These changes will allow a 45-day absentee balloting period for special elections to federal offices. Sections 23 and 24. (strike references to Congressional vacancies in the general law for special elections) Section 25. (conforming change to reflect the new date for the regular state primary) Section 26. (requires that a vacancy must occur at least 11 weeks before the November election in order for a special election for U.S. Senator to be held at the next November election; current law requires at least six weeks) Section 27. (requires notice of a special election for U.S. Senator at least 16 weeks before the special primary when possible) Section 28. (changes the time period for filing affidavits and nominating petitions for candidates for a special election to U.S. Senate from six to four weeks before the special primary to 12 to ten weeks before the special primary) Section 29. (eliminates unnecessary language from ballot specifications for U.S. Senate elections) Section 30. (establishes new deadlines for special elections to fill vacancies in the Office of Representative in Congress; provides three sets of deadlines depending on the length of time the vacancy occurs before the state primary) Section 44 [Candidate Name Rotation.] requires the Secretary of State to use the number of votes registered on each precinct as of May 1 of the year of the election as the basis for rules providing for the rotation of candidate names on ballots. Section 49 [Temporary Deadline for Lists of Elections Judges.] provides a March 15, 2010, deadline for the submission of lists of election judges. The amended schedule provided in section 16 of this bill will become effective January 1, 2011. Section 50 makes this bill effective the day following final enactment.