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92_HB5647sam002
LRB9213181JMmbam06
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5647
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 5647 on page 1, by
3 replacing line 7 with the following:
4 "6-50.2, 6-50.3, 7-19, 7-46, 7-47, 7-49, 7-52, 7-53, 7-54,
5 7-55, 7-66, 15-6, 16-11, 17-9, 17-43, 18-5, 18-40, 19-2.1,
6 19-7, 19-8, 19-9, 19-10, 19-12.2, 19-15, 20-2, 20-2.1,
7 20-2.2, 20-7, 20-8, 20-9, and 20-15 and by adding Article 24C
8 as follows:"; and
9 on page 59, by inserting after line 18 the following:
10 "(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
11 Sec. 7-19. Arrangement and printing of primary ballot.
12 The primary ballot of each political party for each precinct
13 shall be arranged and printed substantially in the manner
14 following:
15 1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
16 printed in large capital letters, words designating the
17 ballot, if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall
18 be: "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
19 designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and
20 in like manner for each political party.
21 2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning
22 not less than one inch below designating words, the name of
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1 each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters.
2 Such names may be printed on the ballot either in a single
3 column or in 2 or more columns and in the following order,
4 to-wit:
5 President of the United States, State offices,
6 congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to
7 be elected from the State at large to National nominating
8 conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
9 from congressional districts to National nominating
10 conventions, member or members of the State central
11 committee, trustees of sanitary districts, county offices,
12 judicial officers, city, village and incorporated town
13 offices, town offices, or of such of the said offices as
14 candidates are to be nominated for at such primary, and
15 precinct, township or ward committeemen. If two or more
16 columns are used, the foregoing offices to and including
17 member of the State central committee shall be listed in the
18 left-hand column and Senatorial offices, as defined in
19 Section 8-3, shall be the first offices listed in the second
20 column.
21 Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
22 letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for
23 two"; "Vote for three"; or a spelled number designating how
24 many persons under that head are to be voted for.
25 Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or
26 alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
27 appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
28 President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or
29 (b) no official designation, depending upon the action taken
30 by the State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of
31 this Act.
32 Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
33 letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
34 which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
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1 otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
2 Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
3 printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot
4 shall be of uniform size. Spaces between the names of
5 candidates under each office shall be uniform and sufficient
6 spaces shall separate the names of candidates for one office
7 from the names of candidates for another office, to avoid
8 confusion and to permit the writing in of the names of other
9 candidates.
10 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
11 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
12 provisions of this Article Section may be modified as
13 required or authorized by Article 24, or Article 24A, or
14 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
15 (Source: P.A. 83-33.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/7-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
17 Sec. 7-46. Voting of ballot; writing in names. On
18 receiving from the primary judges a primary ballot of his
19 party, the primary elector shall forthwith and without
20 leaving the polling place, retire alone to one of the voting
21 booths and prepare such primary ballot by marking a cross (X)
22 in the square in front of and opposite the name of each
23 candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, and for
24 delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating
25 conventions, and for committeemen, if committeemen are being
26 elected at such primary.
27 Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any
28 candidate for nomination or for committeeman or for delegate
29 or alternate delegate to national nominating conventions,
30 whose name is printed on the primary ballot, write in the
31 name of any other person affiliated with such party as a
32 candidate for the nomination for any office, or for
33 committeeman, or for delegates or alternate delegates to
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1 national nominating conventions, and indicate his choice of
2 such candidate or committeeman or delegate or alternate
3 delegate, by placing to the left of and opposite the name
4 thus written a square and placing in the square a cross (X).
5 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
6 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
7 provisions of this Article section may be modified as
8 required or authorized by Article 24, or Article 24A, or
9 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
10 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/7-47) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-47)
12 Sec. 7-47. Folding and delivery of ballot; entry in poll
13 book. Before leaving the booth, the primary elector shall
14 fold his primary ballot in such manner as to conceal the
15 marks thereon. Such voter shall then vote forthwith by
16 handing the primary judge the primary ballot received by such
17 voter. Thereupon the primary judge shall deposit such primary
18 ballot in the ballot box. One of the judges shall thereupon
19 enter in the primary poll book the name of the primary
20 elector, his residence and his party affiliation or shall
21 make the entries on the official poll record as required by
22 articles 4, 5 and 6, if any one of them is applicable.
23 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
24 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
25 provisions of this Article section may be modified as
26 required or authorized by Article 24, or Article 24A, or
27 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
28 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/7-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-49)
30 Sec. 7-49. No adjournment or recess after opening of
31 polls. After the opening of the polls at a primary no
32 adjournment shall be had nor recess taken until the canvass
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1 of all the votes is completed and the returns carefully
2 enveloped and sealed.
3 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
4 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
5 provisions of this Article section may be modified as
6 required or authorized by Article 24, or Article 24A, or
7 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
8 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/7-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-52)
10 Sec. 7-52. Precinct canvass of votes. Immediately upon
11 closing the polls, the primary judges shall proceed to
12 canvass the votes in the manner following:
13 (1) They shall separate and count the ballots of each
14 political party.
15 (2) They shall then proceed to ascertain the number of
16 names entered on the applications for ballot under each party
17 affiliation.
18 (3) If the primary ballots of any political party exceed
19 the number of applications for ballot by voters of such
20 political party, the primary ballots of such political party
21 shall be folded and replaced in the ballot box, the box
22 closed, well shaken and again opened and one of the primary
23 judges, who shall be blindfolded, shall draw out so many of
24 the primary ballots of such political party as shall be equal
25 to such excess. Such excess ballots shall be marked
26 "Excess-Not Counted" and signed by a majority of the judges
27 and shall be placed in the "After 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots
28 Envelope". The number of excess ballots shall be noted in the
29 remarks section of the Certificate of Results. "Excess"
30 ballots shall not be counted in the total of "defective"
31 ballots;
32 (4) The primary judges shall then proceed to count the
33 primary ballots of each political party separately; and as
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1 the primary judges shall open and read the primary ballots, 3
2 of the judges shall carefully and correctly mark upon
3 separate tally sheets the votes which each candidate of the
4 party whose name is written or printed on the primary ballot
5 has received, in a separate column for that purpose, with the
6 name of such candidate, the name of his political party and
7 the name of the office for which he is a candidate for
8 nomination at the head of such column.
9 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
10 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
11 provisions of this Article section may be modified as
12 required or authorized by Article 24, or Article 24A, or
13 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
14 (Source: P.A. 80-484.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
16 Sec. 7-53. Tally sheets; certificate of results. As
17 soon as the ballots of a political party shall have been read
18 and the votes of the political party counted, as provided in
19 the last above Section, the 3 judges in charge of the tally
20 sheets shall foot up the tally sheets so as to show the total
21 number of votes cast for each candidate of the political
22 party and for each candidate for State Central committeeman
23 and precinct committeeman, township committeeman or ward
24 committeeman, and delegate and alternate delegate to National
25 nominating conventions, and certify the same to be correct.
26 Thereupon, the primary judges shall set down in a certificate
27 of results on the tally sheet, under the name of the
28 political party, the name of each candidate voted for upon
29 the primary ballot, written at full length, the name of the
30 office for which he is a candidate for nomination or for
31 committeeman, or delegate or alternate delegate to National
32 nominating conventions, the total number of votes which the
33 candidate received, and they shall also set down the total
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1 number of ballots voted by the primary electors of the
2 political party in the precinct. The certificate of results
3 shall be made substantially in the following form:
4 ................ Party
5 At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the
6 (1) *township of ...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *....
7 ward in the city of .... on (insert date), the primary
8 electors of the .... party voted .... ballots, and the
9 respective candidates whose names were written or printed on
10 the primary ballot of the .... party, received respectively
11 the following votes:
12 Name of No. of
13 Candidate, Title of Office, Votes
14 John Jones Governor 100
15 Sam Smith Governor 70
16 Frank Martin Attorney General 150
17 William Preston Rep. in Congress 200
18 Frederick John Circuit Judge 50
19 *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
20 And so on for each candidate.
21 We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and
22 correct.
23 Dated (insert date).
24 ...................................
25 Name Address
26 ...................................
27 Name Address
28 ...................................
29 Name Address
30 ...................................
31 Name Address
32 ...................................
33 Name Address
34 Judges of Primary
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1 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
2 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
3 provisions of this Article Section may be modified as
4 required or authorized by Article 24, and Article 24A, or
5 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/7-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-54)
8 Sec. 7-54. Binding and sealing ballots; report of
9 results. After the votes of a political party have been
10 counted and set down and the tally sheets footed and the
11 entry made in the primary poll books or return, as above
12 provided, all the primary ballots of said political party,
13 except those marked "defective" or "objected to" shall be
14 securely bound, lengthwise and in width, with a soft cord
15 having a minimum tensile strength of 60 pounds separately for
16 each political party in the order in which said primary
17 ballots have been read, and shall thereupon be carefully
18 sealed in an envelope, which envelope shall be endorsed as
19 follows:
20 "Primary ballots of the.... party of the.... precinct of
21 the county of.... and State of Illinois."
22 Below each endorsement, each primary judge shall write
23 his name.
24 Immediately thereafter the judges shall designate one of
25 their number to go to the nearest telephone and report to the
26 office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners
27 (as the case may be) the results of such primary. Such clerk
28 or board shall keep his or its office open after the close of
29 the polls until he or it has received from each precinct
30 under his or its jurisdiction the report above provided for.
31 Immediately upon receiving such report such clerk or board
32 shall cause the same to be posted in a public place in his or
33 its office for inspection by the public. Immediately after
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1 making such report such judge shall return to the polling
2 place.
3 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
4 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
5 provisions of this Article section may be modified as
6 required or authorized by Article 24, or Article 24A, or
7 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
8 (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/7-55) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-55)
10 Sec. 7-55. Delivery and acceptance of election
11 materials. The primary poll books or the official poll
12 record, and the tally sheets with the certificates of the
13 primary judges written thereon, together with the envelopes
14 containing the ballots, including the envelope containing the
15 ballots marked "defective" or "objected to", shall be
16 carefully enveloped and sealed up together, properly
17 endorsed, and the primary judges shall elect 2 judges (one
18 from each of the major political parties), who shall
19 immediately deliver the same to the clerk from whom the
20 primary ballots were obtained, which clerk shall safely keep
21 the same for 2 months, and thereafter shall safely keep the
22 poll books until the next primary. Each election authority
23 shall keep the office of the election authority, or any
24 receiving stations designated by such authority, open for at
25 least 12 consecutive hours after the polls close, or until
26 the judges of each precinct under the jurisdiction of the
27 election authority have delivered to the election authority
28 all the above materials sealed up together and properly
29 endorsed as provided herein. Materials delivered to the
30 election authority which are not in the condition required by
31 this Section shall not be accepted by the election authority
32 until the judges delivering the same make and sign the
33 necessary corrections. Upon acceptance of the materials by
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1 the election authority, the judges delivering the same shall
2 take a receipt signed by the election authority and stamped
3 with the time and date of such delivery. The election judges
4 whose duty it is to deliver any materials as above provided
5 shall, in the event such materials cannot be found when
6 needed, on proper request, produce the receipt which they are
7 to take as above provided.
8 The county clerk or board of election commissioners shall
9 deliver a copy of each tally sheet to the county chairmen of
10 the two largest political parties.
11 Where voting machines, or electronic voting systems, or
12 Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems are used, the
13 provisions of this Article section may be modified as
14 required or authorized by Article 24, and Article 24A, or
15 Article 24C, whichever is applicable.
16 (Source: P.A. 83-764.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/7-66)
18 Sec. 7-66. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
19 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
20 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
21 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
22 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
23 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
24 24C of this Code, and the provisions of those Articles the
25 Article are in conflict with the provisions of this Article
26 7, the provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case
27 may be, shall govern the procedures followed by the election
28 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
29 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
30 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
31 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
32 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
33 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
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1 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
2 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
3 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/15-6)
6 Sec. 15-6. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
7 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
8 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
9 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
10 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
11 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
12 24C of this Code, and the provisions of those Articles the
13 Article are in conflict with the provisions of this Article
14 15, the provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case
15 may be, shall govern the procedures followed by the election
16 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
17 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
18 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
19 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
20 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
21 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
22 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
23 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
24 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/16-11)
27 Sec. 16-11. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
28 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
29 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
30 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
31 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
32 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
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1 24C of this Code, and the provisions of those Articles the
2 Article are in conflict with the provisions of this Article
3 16, the provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case
4 may be, shall govern the procedures followed by the election
5 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
6 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
7 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
8 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
9 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
10 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
11 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
12 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
13 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
14 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/17-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-9)
16 Sec. 17-9. Any person desiring to vote shall give his
17 name and, if required to do so, his residence to the judges
18 of election, one of whom shall thereupon announce the same in
19 a loud and distinct tone of voice, clear, and audible; the
20 judges of elections shall check each application for ballot
21 against the list of voters registered in that precinct to
22 whom absentee ballots have been issued for that election,
23 which shall be provided by the election authority and which
24 list shall be available for inspection by pollwatchers. A
25 voter applying to vote in the precinct on election day whose
26 name appears on the list as having been issued an absentee
27 ballot shall not be permitted to vote in the precinct unless
28 that voter submits to the judges of election, for
29 cancellation or revocation, his absentee ballot. In the case
30 that the voter's absentee ballot is not present in the
31 polling place, it shall be sufficient for any such voter to
32 submit to the judges of election in lieu of his absentee
33 ballot, either a portion of such ballot if torn or mutilated,
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1 or an affidavit executed before the judges of election
2 specifying that the voter never received an absentee ballot,
3 or an affidavit executed before the judges of election
4 specifying that the voter desires to cancel or revoke any
5 absentee ballot that may have been cast in the voter's name.
6 All applicable provisions of Articles 4, 5 or 6 shall be
7 complied with and if such name is found on the register of
8 voters by the officer having charge thereof, he shall
9 likewise repeat said name, and the voter shall be allowed to
10 enter within the proximity of the voting booths, as above
11 provided. One of the judges shall give the voter one, and
12 only one of each ballot to be voted at the election, on the
13 back of which ballots such judge shall indorse his initials
14 in such manner that they may be seen when each such ballot is
15 properly folded, and the voter's name shall be immediately
16 checked on the register list. In those election jurisdictions
17 where perforated ballot cards are utilized of the type on
18 which write-in votes can be cast above the perforation, the
19 election authority shall provide a space both above and below
20 the perforation for the judge's initials, and the judge shall
21 endorse his or her initials in both spaces. Whenever a
22 proposal for a constitutional amendment or for the calling of
23 a constitutional convention is to be voted upon at the
24 election, the separate blue ballot or ballots pertaining
25 thereto shall, when being handed to the voter, be placed on
26 top of the other ballots to be voted at the election in such
27 manner that the legend appearing on the back thereof, as
28 prescribed in Section 16-6 of this Act, shall be plainly
29 visible to the voter. At all elections, when a registry may
30 be required, if the name of any person so desiring to vote at
31 such election is not found on the register of voters, he or
32 she shall not receive a ballot until he or she shall have
33 complied with the law prescribing the manner and conditions
34 of voting by unregistered voters. If any person desiring to
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1 vote at any election shall be challenged, he or she shall not
2 receive a ballot until he or she shall have established his
3 right to vote in the manner provided hereinafter; and if he
4 or she shall be challenged after he has received his ballot,
5 he shall not be permitted to vote until he or she has fully
6 complied with such requirements of the law upon being
7 challenged. Besides the election officer, not more than 2
8 voters in excess of the whole number of voting booths
9 provided shall be allowed within the proximity of the voting
10 booths at one time. The provisions of this Act, so far as
11 they require the registration of voters as a condition to
12 their being allowed to vote shall not apply to persons
13 otherwise entitled to vote, who are, at the time of the
14 election, or at any time within 60 days prior to such
15 election have been engaged in the military or naval service
16 of the United States, and who appear personally at the
17 polling place on election day and produce to the judges of
18 election satisfactory evidence thereof, but such persons, if
19 otherwise qualified to vote, shall be permitted to vote at
20 such election without previous registration.
21 All such persons shall also make an affidavit which shall
22 be in substantially the following form:
23 State of Illinois,)
24 ) ss.
25 County of ........)
26 ............... Precinct .......... Ward
27 I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
28 citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over,
29 and that within the past 60 days prior to the date of this
30 election at which I am applying to vote, I have been engaged
31 in the .... (military or naval) service of the United States;
32 and I am qualified to vote under and by virtue of the
33 Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois, and that I am
34 a legally qualified voter of this precinct and ward except
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1 that I have, because of such service, been unable to register
2 as a voter; that I now reside at .... (insert street and
3 number, if any) in this precinct and ward; that I have
4 maintained a legal residence in this precinct and ward for 30
5 days and in this State 30 days next preceding this election.
6 .........................
7 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
8 .........................
9 Judge of Election.
10 The affidavit of any such person shall be supported by
11 the affidavit of a resident and qualified voter of any such
12 precinct and ward, which affidavit shall be in substantially
13 the following form:
14 State of Illinois,)
15 ) ss.
16 County of ........)
17 ........... Precinct ........... Ward
18 I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a
19 resident of this precinct and ward and entitled to vote at
20 this election; that I am acquainted with .... (name of the
21 applicant); that I verily believe him to be an actual bona
22 fide resident of this precinct and ward and that I verily
23 believe that he or she has maintained a legal residence
24 therein 30 days and in this State 30 days next preceding this
25 election.
26 .........................
27 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
28 .........................
29 Judge of Election.
30 All affidavits made under the provisions of this Section
31 shall be enclosed in a separate envelope securely sealed, and
32 shall be transmitted with the returns of the elections to the
33 county clerk or to the board of election commissioners, who
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1 shall preserve the said affidavits for the period of 6
2 months, during which period such affidavits shall be deemed
3 public records and shall be freely open to examination as
4 such.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/17-43)
7 Sec. 17-43. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
8 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
9 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
10 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
11 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
12 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
13 24C of this Code, and the provisions of those Articles the
14 Article are in conflict with the provisions of this Article
15 17, the provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case
16 may be, shall govern the procedures followed by the election
17 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
18 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
19 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
20 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
21 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
22 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
23 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
24 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
25 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/18-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-5)
28 Sec. 18-5. Questioning of person desiring to vote;
29 receipt of ballots. Any person desiring to vote and whose
30 name is found upon the register of voters by the person
31 having charge thereof, shall then be questioned by one of the
32 judges as to his nativity, his term of residence at present
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1 address, precinct, State and United States, his age, whether
2 naturalized and if so the date of naturalization papers and
3 court from which secured, and he shall be asked to state his
4 residence when last previously registered and the date of the
5 election for which he then registered. The judges of
6 elections shall check each application for ballot against the
7 list of voters registered in that precinct to whom absentee
8 ballots have been issued for that election, which shall be
9 provided by the election authority and which list shall be
10 available for inspection by pollwatchers. A voter applying to
11 vote in the precinct on election day whose name appears on
12 the list as having been issued an absentee ballot shall not
13 be permitted to vote in the precinct unless that voter
14 submits to the judges of election, for cancellation or
15 revocation, his absentee ballot. In the case that the
16 voter's absentee ballot is not present in the polling place,
17 it shall be sufficient for any such voter to submit to the
18 judges of election in lieu of his absentee ballot, either a
19 portion of such ballot if torn or mutilated, or an affidavit
20 executed before the judges of election specifying that the
21 voter never received an absentee ballot, or an affidavit
22 executed before the judges of election specifying that the
23 voter desires to cancel or revoke any absentee ballot that
24 may have been cast in the voter's name. If such person so
25 registered shall be challenged as disqualified, the party
26 challenging shall assign his reasons therefor, and thereupon
27 one of the judges shall administer to him an oath to answer
28 questions, and if he shall take the oath he shall then be
29 questioned by the judge or judges touching such cause of
30 challenge, and touching any other cause of disqualification.
31 And he may also be questioned by the person challenging him
32 in regard to his qualifications and identity. But if a
33 majority of the judges are of the opinion that he is the
34 person so registered and a qualified voter, his vote shall
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1 then be received accordingly. But if his vote be rejected by
2 such judges, such person may afterward produce and deliver an
3 affidavit to such judges, subscribed and sworn to by him
4 before one of the judges, in which it shall be stated how
5 long he has resided in such precinct, and state; that he is a
6 citizen of the United States, and is a duly qualified voter
7 in such precinct, and that he is the identical person so
8 registered. In addition to such an affidavit, the person so
9 challenged shall provide to the judges of election proof of
10 residence by producing 2 forms of identification showing the
11 person's current residence address, provided that such
12 identification to the person at his current residence address
13 and postmarked not earlier than 30 days prior to the date of
14 the election, or the person shall procure a witness
15 personally known to the judges of election, and resident in
16 the precinct (or district), or who shall be proved by some
17 legal voter of such precinct or district, known to the judges
18 to be such, who shall take the oath following, viz:
19 I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident of
20 this election precinct (or district), and entitled to vote at
21 this election, and that I have been a resident of this State
22 for 30 days last past, and am well acquainted with the person
23 whose vote is now offered; that he is an actual and bona fide
24 resident of this election precinct (or district), and has
25 resided herein 30 days, and as I verily believe, in this
26 State, 30 days next preceding this election.
27 The oath in each case may be administered by one of the
28 judges of election, or by any officer, resident in the
29 precinct or district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
30 Also supported by an affidavit by a registered voter residing
31 in such precinct, stating his own residence, and that he
32 knows such person; and that he does reside at the place
33 mentioned and has resided in such precinct and state for the
34 length of time as stated by such person, which shall be
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1 subscribed and sworn to in the same way. Whereupon the vote
2 of such person shall be received, and entered as other votes.
3 But such judges, having charge of such registers, shall state
4 in their respective books the facts in such case, and the
5 affidavits, so delivered to the judges, shall be preserved
6 and returned to the office of the commissioners of election.
7 Blank affidavits of the character aforesaid shall be sent out
8 to the judges of all the precincts, and the judges of
9 election shall furnish the same on demand and administer the
10 oaths without criticism. Such oaths, if administered by any
11 other officer than such judge of election, shall not be
12 received. Whenever a proposal for a constitutional amendment
13 or for the calling of a constitutional convention is to be
14 voted upon at the election, the separate blue ballot or
15 ballots pertaining thereto shall be placed on top of the
16 other ballots to be voted at the election in such manner that
17 the legend appearing on the back thereof, as prescribed in
18 Section 16-6 of this Act, shall be plainly visible to the
19 voter, and in this fashion the ballots shall be handed to the
20 voter by the judge.
21 The voter shall, upon quitting the voting booth, deliver
22 to one of the judges of election all of the ballots, properly
23 folded, which he received. The judge of election to whom the
24 voter delivers his ballots shall not accept the same unless
25 all of the ballots given to the voter are returned by him. If
26 a voter delivers less than all of the ballots given to him,
27 the judge to whom the same are offered shall advise him in a
28 voice clearly audible to the other judges of election that
29 the voter must return the remainder of the ballots. The
30 statement of the judge to the voter shall clearly express the
31 fact that the voter is not required to vote such remaining
32 ballots but that whether or not he votes them he must fold
33 and deliver them to the judge. In making such statement the
34 judge of election shall not indicate by word, gesture or
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1 intonation of voice that the unreturned ballots shall be
2 voted in any particular manner. No new voter shall be
3 permitted to enter the voting booth of a voter who has failed
4 to deliver the total number of ballots received by him until
5 such voter has returned to the voting booth pursuant to the
6 judge's request and again quit the booth with all of the
7 ballots required to be returned by him. Upon receipt of all
8 such ballots the judges of election shall enter the name of
9 the voter, and his number, as above provided in this section,
10 and the judge to whom the ballots are delivered shall
11 immediately put the ballots into the ballot box. If any voter
12 who has failed to deliver all the ballots received by him
13 refuses to return to the voting booth after being advised by
14 the judge of election as herein provided, the judge shall
15 inform the other judges of such refusal, and thereupon the
16 ballot or ballots returned to the judge shall be deposited in
17 the ballot box, the voter shall be permitted to depart from
18 the polling place, and a new voter shall be permitted to
19 enter the voting booth.
20 The judge of election who receives the ballot or ballots
21 from the voter shall announce the residence and name of such
22 voter in a loud voice. The judge shall put the ballot or
23 ballots received from the voter into the ballot box in the
24 presence of the voter and the judges of election, and in
25 plain view of the public. The judges having charge of such
26 registers shall then, in a column prepared thereon, in the
27 same line of, the name of the voter, mark "Voted" or the
28 letter "V".
29 No judge of election shall accept from any voter less
30 than the full number of ballots received by such voter
31 without first advising the voter in the manner above provided
32 of the necessity of returning all of the ballots, nor shall
33 any such judge advise such voter in a manner contrary to that
34 which is herein permitted, or in any other manner violate the
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1 provisions of this section; provided, that the acceptance by
2 a judge of election of less than the full number of ballots
3 delivered to a voter who refuses to return to the voting
4 booth after being properly advised by such judge shall not be
5 a violation of this Section.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/18-40)
8 Sec. 18-40. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
9 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
10 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
11 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
12 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
13 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
14 24C, and the provisions of those Articles the Article are in
15 conflict with the provisions of this Article 18, the
16 provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case may be,
17 shall govern the procedures followed by the election
18 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
19 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
20 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
21 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
22 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
23 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
24 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
25 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
26 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
27 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/19-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2.1)
29 Sec. 19-2.1. At the consolidated primary, general
30 primary, consolidated, and general elections, electors
31 entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the provisions of
32 Section 19-1 may vote in person at the office of the
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1 municipal clerk, if the elector is a resident of a
2 municipality not having a board of election commissioners, or
3 at the office of the township clerk or, in counties not under
4 township organization, at the office of the road district
5 clerk if the elector is not a resident of a municipality;
6 provided, in each case that the municipal, township or road
7 district clerk, as the case may be, is authorized to conduct
8 in-person absentee voting pursuant to this Section. Absentee
9 voting in such municipal and township clerk's offices under
10 this Section shall be conducted from the 22nd day through the
11 day before the election.
12 Municipal and township clerks (or road district clerks)
13 who have regularly scheduled working hours at regularly
14 designated offices other than a place of residence and whose
15 offices are open for business during the same hours as the
16 office of the election authority shall conduct in-person
17 absentee voting for said elections. Municipal and township
18 clerks (or road district clerks) who have no regularly
19 scheduled working hours but who have regularly designated
20 offices other than a place of residence shall conduct
21 in-person absentee voting for said elections during the hours
22 of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
23 weekdays, and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturdays, but not
24 during such hours as the office of the election authority is
25 closed, unless the clerk files a written waiver with the
26 election authority not later than July 1 of each year stating
27 that he or she is unable to conduct such voting and the
28 reasons therefor. Such clerks who conduct in-person absentee
29 voting may extend their hours for that purpose to include any
30 hours in which the election authority's office is open.
31 Municipal and township clerks (or road district clerks) who
32 have no regularly scheduled office hours and no regularly
33 designated offices other than a place of residence may not
34 conduct in-person absentee voting for said elections. The
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1 election authority may devise alternative methods for
2 in-person absentee voting before said elections for those
3 precincts located within the territorial area of a
4 municipality or township (or road district) wherein the clerk
5 of such municipality or township (or road district) has
6 waived or is not entitled to conduct such voting. In
7 addition, electors may vote by absentee ballot under the
8 provisions of Section 19-1 at the office of the election
9 authority having jurisdiction over their residence.
10 In conducting absentee voting under this Section, the
11 respective clerks shall not be required to verify the
12 signature of the absentee voter by comparison with the
13 signature on the official registration record card. However,
14 the clerk shall reasonably ascertain the identity of such
15 applicant, shall verify that each such applicant is a
16 registered voter, and shall verify the precinct in which he
17 or she is registered and the proper ballots of the political
18 subdivisions in which the applicant resides and is entitled
19 to vote, prior to providing any absentee ballot to such
20 applicant. The clerk shall verify the applicant's
21 registration and from the most recent poll list provided by
22 the county clerk, and if the applicant is not listed on that
23 poll list then by telephoning the office of the county clerk.
24 Absentee voting procedures in the office of the
25 municipal, township and road district clerks shall be subject
26 to all of the applicable provisions of this Article 19.
27 Pollwatchers may be appointed to observe in-person absentee
28 voting procedures at the office of the municipal, township or
29 road district clerks' offices where such absentee voting is
30 conducted. Such pollwatchers shall qualify and be appointed
31 in the same manner as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23,
32 except each candidate, political party or organization of
33 citizens may appoint only one pollwatcher for each location
34 where in-person absentee voting is conducted. Pollwatchers
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1 shall be residents of the county and possess valid
2 pollwatcher credentials. All requirements in this Article
3 applicable to election authorities shall apply to the
4 respective local clerks, except where inconsistent with this
5 Section.
6 In election jurisdictions that deliver absentee ballots
7 to the polling place to be counted by the precinct judges on
8 election day, the sealed absentee ballots in their carrier
9 envelope shall be delivered by the respective clerks, or by
10 the election authority on behalf of a clerk if the clerk and
11 the election authority agree, to the proper polling place
12 before the close of the polls on the day of the general
13 primary, consolidated primary, consolidated, or general
14 election.
15 In election jurisdictions that have adopted a Direct
16 Recording Electronic Voting System under Article 24C and that
17 count absentee ballots in the office of the election
18 authority on election day, the sealed absentee ballots in
19 their carrier envelope shall be delivered to the office of
20 the election authority by the respective clerks before the
21 close of the polls on the day of the general primary,
22 consolidated primary, consolidated, or general election.
23 Not more than 23 days before the nonpartisan, general and
24 consolidated elections, the county clerk shall make available
25 to those municipal, township and road district clerks
26 conducting in-person absentee voting within such county, a
27 sufficient number of applications, absentee ballots,
28 envelopes, and printed voting instruction slips for use by
29 absentee voters in the offices of such clerks. The respective
30 clerks shall receipt for all ballots received, shall return
31 all unused or spoiled ballots to the county clerk on the day
32 of the election and shall strictly account for all ballots
33 received.
34 The ballots delivered to the respective clerks shall
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1 include absentee ballots for each precinct in the
2 municipality, township or road district, or shall include
3 such separate ballots for each political subdivision
4 conducting an election of officers or a referendum on that
5 election day as will permit any resident of the municipality,
6 township or road district to vote absentee in the office of
7 the proper clerk.
8 The clerks of all municipalities, townships and road
9 districts may distribute applications for absentee ballot for
10 the use of voters who wish to mail such applications to the
11 appropriate election authority. Such applications for
12 absentee ballots shall be made on forms provided by the
13 election authority. Duplication of such forms by the
14 municipal, township or road district clerk is prohibited.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-210, eff. 1-1-00.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/19-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-7)
17 Sec. 19-7. Upon receipt of such absent voter's ballot,
18 the election authority shall forthwith enclose the same
19 unopened, together with the application made by said absent
20 voter in a large or carrier envelope which shall be securely
21 sealed and endorsed with the name and official title of such
22 officer and the words, "This envelope contains an absent
23 voter's ballot and must be opened on election day," together
24 with the number and description of the precinct in which said
25 ballot is to be voted, and such officer shall thereafter
26 safely keep the same in his office until counted by him as
27 provided in this Article the next section.
28 Except as provided in Article 24C, the election authority
29 may choose (i) to have the absentee ballots delivered before
30 the closing of the polls to their proper polling places for
31 counting by the precinct judges or (ii) to have the absentee
32 ballots received after 12:00 noon on election day or too late
33 for delivery before the closing of the polls on election day
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1 counted in the office of the election authority by one or
2 more panels of election judges appointed in the manner
3 provided for in this Code.
4 (Source: P.A. 81-155.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-8)
6 Sec. 19-8. In election jurisdictions that deliver
7 absentee ballots to the polling place to be counted by the
8 precinct judges, the provisions of this Section shall apply.
9 In case an absent voter's ballot is received by the
10 election authority prior to the delivery of the official
11 ballots to the judges of election of the precinct in which
12 said elector resides, such ballot envelope and application,
13 sealed in the carrier envelope, shall be enclosed in such
14 package and therewith delivered to the judges of such
15 precinct. In case the official ballots for such precinct have
16 been delivered to the judges of election at the time of the
17 receipt by the election authority of such absent voter's
18 ballot, such authority shall immediately enclose said
19 envelope containing the absent voter's ballot, together with
20 his application therefor, in a larger or carrier envelope
21 which shall be securely sealed and addressed on the face to
22 the judges of election, giving the name or number of
23 precinct, street and number of polling place, city or town in
24 which such absent voter is a qualified elector, and the words
25 "This envelope contains an absent voter's ballot and must be
26 opened only on election day at the polls immediately after
27 the polls are closed," mailing the same, postage prepaid, to
28 such judges of election, or if more convenient, such officer
29 may deliver such absent voter's ballot to the judges of
30 election in person or by duly deputized agent, said officer
31 to secure his receipt for delivery of such ballot or ballots.
32 Absent voters' ballots returned by absentee voters to the
33 election authority after the closing of the polls on an
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1 election day shall be endorsed by the election authority
2 receiving the same with the day and hour of receipt and shall
3 be safely kept unopened by such election authority for the
4 period of time required for the preservation of ballots used
5 at such election, and shall then, without being opened, be
6 destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of such
7 election.
8 All absent voters' ballots received by the election
9 authority after 12:00 noon on election day or too late for
10 delivery to the proper polling place before the closing of
11 the polls on election day, and Special Write-In Absentee
12 Voter's Blank Ballots, except ballots returned by mail
13 postmarked after midnight preceding the opening of the polls
14 on election day, and all absent voters' ballots in election
15 jurisdictions that use voting systems authorized by Article
16 24C shall be endorsed by the election authority receiving the
17 same with the day and hour of receipt and shall be counted in
18 the office of the election authority on the day of the
19 election after 7:00 p.m. All absent voters' ballots
20 delivered in error to the wrong precinct polling place shall
21 be returned to the election authority and counted under this
22 provision; however, all absentee ballots received by the
23 election authority by the close of absentee voting in the
24 office of the election authority on the day preceding the day
25 of election shall be delivered to the proper precinct polling
26 places in time to be counted by the judges of election.
27 Such counting shall commence no later than 8:00 p.m. and
28 shall be conducted by a panel or panels of election judges
29 appointed in the manner provided by law. Such counting shall
30 continue until all absent voters' ballots received as
31 aforesaid have been counted.
32 The procedures set forth in Section 19-9 of this Act and
33 Articles 17 and 18 of this Code, shall apply to all absent
34 voters' ballots counted under this provision, including
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1 comparing the signature on the ballot envelope with the
2 signature of the voter on the permanent voter registration
3 record card taken from the master file; except that votes
4 shall be recorded by without regard to precinct designation,
5 except for precinct offices.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/19-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-9)
8 Sec. 19-9. At the close of the regular balloting and at
9 the close of the polls the judges of election of each voting
10 precinct or the panel or panels of judges in the office of
11 the election authority, as the case may be, shall proceed to
12 cast the absent voter's ballot separately, and as each absent
13 voter's ballot is taken shall open the outer or carrier
14 envelope, announce the absent voter's name, and compare the
15 signature upon the application with the signature upon the
16 certification on the ballot envelope and the signature of the
17 voter on the permanent voter registration record card. In
18 case the judges find the certifications properly executed,
19 that the signatures correspond, that the applicant is a duly
20 qualified elector in the precinct and the applicant has not
21 been present and voted within the county where he represents
22 himself to be a qualified elector on such election day, they
23 shall open the envelope containing the absent voter's ballot
24 in such manner as not to deface or destroy the certification
25 thereon, or mark or tear the ballots therein and take out the
26 ballot or ballots therein contained without unfolding or
27 permitting the same to be unfolded or examined, and having
28 endorsed the ballot in like manner as other ballots are
29 required to be endorsed, shall deposit the same in the proper
30 ballot box or boxes and enter the absent voter's name in the
31 poll book the same as if he had been present and voted in
32 person. The judges shall place the absentee ballot
33 certification envelopes in a separate envelope as per the
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1 direction of the election authority. Such envelope containing
2 the absentee ballot certification envelopes shall be returned
3 to the election authority and preserved in like manner as the
4 official poll record.
5 In case such signatures do not correspond, or that the
6 applicant is not a duly qualified elector in such precinct or
7 that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and
8 resealed, or that said voter is present and has voted within
9 the county where he represents himself to be a qualified
10 elector on the day of such election at such election such
11 previously cast vote shall not be allowed, but without
12 opening the absent voter's envelope the judge of such
13 election shall mark across the face thereof, "Rejected",
14 giving the reason therefor.
15 In case the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot
16 of any kind, said ballots shall not be counted, but shall be
17 marked "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
18 The absent voters' envelopes and affidavits and the
19 absent voters' envelope with its contents unopened, when such
20 absent vote is rejected shall be retained and preserved in
21 the manner as now provided for the retention and preservation
22 of official ballots rejected at such election.
23 As applied to an absentee ballot of a permanently
24 disabled voter who has complied with Section 19-12.1, the
25 word "certification" as used in this Section shall be
26 construed to refer to the unsworn statement subscribed to by
27 the voter pursuant to Section 19-12.1.
28 (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/19-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-10)
30 Sec. 19-10. Pollwatchers may be appointed to observe
31 in-person absentee voting procedures at the office of the
32 election authority as well as at municipal, township or road
33 district clerks' offices where such absentee voting is
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1 conducted. Such pollwatchers shall qualify and be appointed
2 in the same manner as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23,
3 except each candidate, political party or organization of
4 citizens may appoint only one pollwatcher for each location
5 where in-person absentee voting is conducted. Pollwatchers
6 shall be residents of the county and possess valid
7 pollwatcher credentials.
8 In the polling place on election day, pollwatchers shall
9 be permitted to be present during the casting of the absent
10 voters' ballots and the vote of any absent voter may be
11 challenged for cause the same as if he were present and voted
12 in person, and the judges of the election or a majority
13 thereof shall have power and authority to hear and determine
14 the legality of such ballot; Provided, however, that if a
15 challenge to any absent voter's right to vote is sustained,
16 notice of the same must be given by the judges of election by
17 mail addressed to the voter's place of residence.
18 Where certain absent voters' ballots are counted on the
19 day of the election in the office of the election authority
20 as provided in this Article Section 19-8 of this Act, each
21 political party, candidate and qualified civic organization
22 shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher for each
23 panel of election judges therein assigned. Such pollwatchers
24 shall be subject to the same provisions as are provided for
25 pollwatchers in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of this Code, and
26 shall be permitted to observe the election judges making the
27 signature comparison between that which is on the absentee
28 ballot application and that which is on the ballot envelope
29 and that which is on the permanent voter registration record
30 card taken from the master file.
31 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/19-12.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2)
33 Sec. 19-12.2. Voting by physically incapacitated
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1 electors who have made proper application to the election
2 authority not later than 5 days before the regular primary
3 and general election of 1980 and before each election
4 thereafter shall be conducted on the premises of facilities
5 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act
6 for the sole benefit of residents of such facilities. Such
7 voting shall be conducted during any continuous period
8 sufficient to allow all applicants to cast their ballots
9 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. either on the Friday,
10 Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately preceding the regular
11 election. This absentee voting on one of said days designated
12 by the election authority shall be supervised by two election
13 judges who must be selected by the election authority in the
14 following order of priority: (1) from the panel of judges
15 appointed for the precinct in which such facility is located,
16 or from a panel of judges appointed for any other precinct
17 within the jurisdiction of the election authority in the same
18 ward or township, as the case may be, in which the facility
19 is located or, only in the case where a judge or judges from
20 the precinct, township or ward are unavailable to serve, (3)
21 from a panel of judges appointed for any other precinct
22 within the jurisdiction of the election authority. The two
23 judges shall be from different political parties. Not less
24 than 30 days before each regular election, the election
25 authority shall have arranged with the chief administrative
26 officer of each facility in his or its election jurisdiction
27 a mutually convenient time period on the Friday, Saturday,
28 Sunday or Monday immediately preceding the election for such
29 voting on the premises of the facility and shall post in a
30 prominent place in his or its office a notice of the agreed
31 day and time period for conducting such voting at each
32 facility; provided that the election authority shall not
33 later than noon on the Thursday before the election also post
34 the names and addresses of those facilities from which no
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1 applications were received and in which no supervised
2 absentee voting will be conducted. All provisions of this
3 Code applicable to pollwatchers shall be applicable herein.
4 To the maximum extent feasible, voting booths or screens
5 shall be provided to insure the privacy of the voter. Voting
6 procedures shall be as described in Article 17 of this Code,
7 except that ballots shall be treated as absentee ballots and
8 shall not be counted until the close of the polls on the
9 following day. After the last voter has concluded voting, the
10 judges shall seal the ballots in an envelope and affix their
11 signatures across the flap of the envelope. Immediately
12 thereafter, the judges shall bring the sealed envelope to the
13 office of the election authority who shall preserve the
14 ballots in the office of the election authority in those
15 jurisdictions that have adopted a Direct Recording Electronic
16 Voting System under Article 24C and that count absentee
17 ballots in the office of the election authority or shall
18 deliver the such ballots to the proper precinct polling
19 places prior to the closing of the polls on the day of
20 election in election jurisdictions that count absentee
21 ballots in the polling place. Provided, that in election
22 jurisdictions that count absentee ballots in the polling
23 place the election authority may arrange for the judges who
24 conduct such voting on the Monday before the election to
25 deliver the sealed envelope directly to the proper precinct
26 polling place on the day of election and shall announce such
27 procedure in the 30 day notice heretofore prescribed. The
28 judges of election shall also report to the election
29 authority the name of any applicant in the facility who, due
30 to unforeseen circumstance or condition or because of a
31 religious holiday, was unable to vote. In this event, the
32 election authority may appoint a qualified person from his or
33 its staff to deliver the ballot to such applicant on the day
34 of election. This staff person shall follow the same
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1 procedures prescribed for judges conducting absentee voting
2 in such facilities; but shall return the ballot to the proper
3 precinct polling place before the polls close. However, if
4 the facility from which the application was made is also used
5 as a regular precinct polling place for that voter, voting
6 procedures heretofore prescribed may be implemented by 2 of
7 the election judges of opposite party affiliation assigned to
8 that polling place during the hours of voting on the day of
9 the election. Judges of election shall be compensated not
10 less than $25.00 for conducting absentee voting in such
11 facilities.
12 Not less than 120 days before each regular election, the
13 Department of Public Health shall certify to the State Board
14 of Elections a list of the facilities licensed or certified
15 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, and shall indicate the
16 approved bed capacity and the name of the chief
17 administrative officer of each such facility, and the State
18 Board of Elections shall certify the same to the appropriate
19 election authority within 20 days thereafter.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-875; 86-1028; 87-1052.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/19-15)
22 Sec. 19-15. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
23 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
24 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
25 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
26 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
27 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
28 24C, and the provisions of those Articles the Article are in
29 conflict with the provisions of this Article 19, the
30 provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case may be,
31 shall govern the procedures followed by the election
32 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
33 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
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1 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
2 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
3 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
4 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
5 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
6 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
7 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2)
10 Sec. 20-2. Any member of the United States Service,
11 otherwise qualified to vote, who expects in the course of his
12 duties to be absent from the county in which he resides on
13 the day of holding any election may make application for an
14 absentee ballot to the election authority having jurisdiction
15 over his precinct of residence on the official postcard or on
16 a form furnished by the election authority as prescribed by
17 Section 20-3 of this Article not less than 10 days before the
18 election. A request pursuant to this Section shall entitle
19 the applicant to an absentee ballot for every election in one
20 calendar year. The original application for ballot shall be
21 kept in the office of the election authority for one year as
22 authorization to send a ballot to the voter for each election
23 to be held within that calendar year. A certified copy of
24 such application for ballot shall be sent each election with
25 the absentee ballot to the polling place to be used in lieu
26 of the original application for ballot. No registration shall
27 be required in order to vote pursuant to this Section.
28 Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the
29 election authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5
30 of this Article and not otherwise. Ballots voted under this
31 Section must be returned to the election authority in
32 sufficient time for delivery (i) to the proper precinct
33 polling place before the closing of the polls on the day of
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1 the election in jurisdictions that count absentee ballots in
2 the polling place or (ii) to the office of the election
3 authority before the closing of the polls in those
4 jurisdictions that have adopted a Direct Recording Electronic
5 Voting System under Article 24C and that count absentee
6 ballots in the office of the election authority.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/20-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.1)
9 Sec. 20-2.1. Citizens of the United States temporarily
10 residing outside the territorial limits of the United States
11 who are not registered but otherwise qualified to vote and
12 who expect to be absent from their county of residence during
13 the periods of voter registration provided for in Articles 4,
14 5 or 6 of this Code and on the day of holding any election,
15 may make simultaneous application to the election authority
16 having jurisdiction over their precinct of residence for an
17 absentee registration and absentee ballot not less than 30
18 days before the election. Such application may be made on the
19 official postcard or on a form furnished by the election
20 authority as prescribed by Section 20-3 of this Article. A
21 request pursuant to this Section shall entitle the applicant
22 to an absentee ballot for every election in one calendar
23 year. The original application for ballot shall be kept in
24 the office of the election authority for one year as
25 authorization to send a ballot to the voter for each election
26 to be held within that calendar year. A certified copy of
27 such application for ballot shall be sent each election with
28 the absentee ballot to the polling place to be used in lieu
29 of the original application for ballot.
30 Registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant
31 to this Section. However, if the election authority receives
32 one of such applications after 30 days but not less than 10
33 days before a Federal election, said applicant shall be sent
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1 a ballot containing the Federal offices only and registration
2 for that election shall be waived.
3 Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the
4 election authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5
5 of this Article and not otherwise.
6 Ballots under this Section must be returned to the
7 election authority in sufficient time for delivery (i) to the
8 proper precinct polling place before the closing of the polls
9 on the day of the election in those jurisdictions that count
10 absentee ballots in the polling place or (ii) to the office
11 of the election authority before the closing of the polls on
12 election day in those jurisdictions that have adopted a
13 Direct Recording Electronic Voting System under Article 24C
14 and that count absentee ballots in the office of the election
15 authority.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/20-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.2)
18 Sec. 20-2.2. Any non-resident civilian citizen,
19 otherwise qualified to vote, may make application to the
20 election authority having jurisdiction over his precinct of
21 former residence for an absentee ballot containing the
22 Federal offices only not less than 10 days before a Federal
23 election. Such application may be made only on the official
24 postcard. A request pursuant to this Section shall entitle
25 the applicant to an absentee ballot for every election in one
26 calendar year at which Federal offices are filled. The
27 original application for ballot shall be kept in the office
28 of the election authority for one year as authorization to
29 send a ballot to the voter for each election to be held
30 within that calendar year at which Federal offices are
31 filled. A certified copy of such application for ballot
32 shall be sent each election with the absentee ballot to the
33 polling place to be used in lieu of the original application
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1 for ballot. No registration shall be required in order to
2 vote pursuant to this Section. Ballots under this Section
3 shall be mailed by the election authority in the manner
4 prescribed by Section 20-5 of this Article and not otherwise.
5 Ballots under this Section must be returned to the election
6 authority in sufficient time for delivery (i) to the proper
7 precinct polling place before the closing of the polls on the
8 day of the election in those jurisdictions that count
9 absentee ballots in the polling place or (ii) to the office
10 of the election authority before the closing of the polls on
11 election day in those jurisdictions that have adopted a
12 Direct Recording Electronic Voting System under Article 24C
13 and that count absentee ballots in the office of the election
14 authority.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/20-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-7)
17 Sec. 20-7. Upon receipt of such absent voter's ballot,
18 the officer or officers above described shall forthwith
19 enclose the same unopened, together with the application made
20 by said absent voter in a large or carrier envelope which
21 shall be securely sealed and endorsed with the name and
22 official title of such officer and the words, "This envelope
23 contains an absent voter's ballot and must be opened on
24 election day," together with the number and description of
25 the precinct in which said ballot is to be voted, and such
26 officer shall thereafter safely keep the same in his office
27 until counted by him as provided in this Article the next
28 section.
29 Except as provided in Article 24C, the election authority
30 may choose (i) to deliver the absentee ballots to the proper
31 precinct polling place before the close of the polls on the
32 election day to be counted by the precinct judges or (ii) to
33 have the absentee ballots received after 12:00 noon on
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1 election day or too late for delivery before the closing of
2 the polls on election day counted in the office of the
3 election authority by one or more panels of election judges
4 appointed in the manner provided for in this Code.
5 (Source: P.A. 81-155.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/20-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-8)
7 Sec. 20-8. (a) In election jurisdictions that count
8 absentee ballots in the polling place, this subsection shall
9 apply.
10 In case any such ballot is received by the election
11 authority prior to the delivery of the official ballots to
12 the judges of election of the precinct in which said elector
13 resides, such ballot envelope and application, sealed in the
14 carrier envelope, shall be enclosed in the same package with
15 the other official ballots and therewith delivered to the
16 judges of such precinct. In case the official ballots for
17 such precinct have been delivered to the judges of election
18 at the time of the receipt by the election authority of such
19 absent voter's ballot, it shall immediately enclose said
20 envelope containing the absent voter's ballot, together with
21 his application therefor, in a larger or carrier envelope
22 which shall be securely sealed and addressed on the face to
23 the judges of election, giving the name or number of
24 precinct, street and number of polling place, city or town in
25 which such absent voter is a qualified elector, and the
26 words, "This envelope contains an absent voter's ballot and
27 must be opened only on election day at the polls immediately
28 after the polls are closed," mailing the same, postage
29 prepaid, to such judges of election, or if more convenient he
30 or it may deliver such absent voter's ballot to the judges of
31 election in person or by duly deputized agent and secure his
32 receipt for delivery of such ballot or ballots. Absent
33 voter's ballots postmarked after 11:59 p.m. of the day
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1 immediately preceding the election returned to the election
2 authority too late to be delivered to the proper polling
3 place before the closing of the polls on the day of election
4 shall be endorsed by the person receiving the same with the
5 day and hour of receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by
6 the election authority for the period of time required for
7 the preservation of ballots used at such election, and shall
8 then, without being opened, be destroyed in like manner as
9 the used ballots of such election.
10 (b) All absent voters' ballots received by the election
11 authority after 12:00 noon on election day or too late for
12 delivery to the proper polling place before the closing of
13 the polls on election day, except ballots returned by mail
14 postmarked after midnight preceding the opening of the polls
15 on election day, and all absent voters' ballots in election
16 jurisdictions that use voting systems authorized by Article
17 24C shall be counted in the office of the election authority
18 on the day of the election after 7:00 p.m. All absent voters'
19 ballots delivered in error to the wrong precinct polling
20 place shall be returned to the election authority and counted
21 under this provision.
22 Such counting shall commence no later than 8:00 p.m. and
23 shall be conducted by a panel or panels of election judges
24 appointed in the manner provided by law. Such counting shall
25 continue until all absent voters' ballots received as
26 aforesaid have been counted.
27 The procedures set forth in Section 19-9 of this Act and
28 Articles 17 and 18 of this Code, shall apply to all absent
29 voters' ballots counted under this provision; except that
30 votes shall be recorded by without regard to precinct
31 designation.
32 Where certain absent voters' ballots are counted in the
33 office of the election authority as provided in this Section,
34 each political party, candidate and qualified civic
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1 organization shall be entitled to have present one
2 pollwatcher for each panel of election judges therein
3 assigned.
4 (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/20-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-9)
6 Sec. 20-9. At the close of the regular balloting and at
7 the close of the polls the judges of election of each voting
8 precinct or the panel or panels of judges in the office of
9 the election authority, as the case may be, shall proceed to
10 cast the absent voter's ballot separately, and as each absent
11 voter's ballot is taken shall open the outer or carrier
12 envelope, announce the absent voter's name, and compare the
13 signature upon the application with the signature upon the
14 registration record card if the voter is registered or upon
15 the certification on the ballot envelope if there is no
16 registration card. In case the judges find the certifications
17 properly executed, that the signatures correspond, that the
18 applicant is a duly qualified elector in the precinct and the
19 applicant has not been present and voted within the county
20 where he represents himself to be a qualified elector on such
21 election day, they shall open the envelope containing the
22 absent voter's ballot in such manner as not to deface or
23 destroy the certification thereon, or mark or tear the
24 ballots therein and take out the ballot or ballots therein
25 contained without unfolding or permitting the same to be
26 unfolded or examined, and having endorsed or initialed the
27 ballot in like manner as other ballots are required to be
28 endorsed, shall deposit the same in the proper ballot box or
29 boxes and mark the voter's registration record card
30 accordingly or file the application in lieu thereof. The
31 judges shall place the absentee ballot certification
32 envelopes in a separate envelope as per the direction of the
33 election authority. Such envelope containing the absentee
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1 ballot certification envelopes shall be returned to the
2 election authority and preserved in like manner as the
3 official poll record.
4 In case the signatures do not correspond, or that the
5 applicant is not a duly qualified elector in such precinct or
6 that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and
7 resealed (except for the purpose of military censorship), or
8 that said voter is present and has voted within the county
9 where he represents himself to be a qualified elector on the
10 day of such election at such election such previously cast
11 vote shall not be allowed, but without opening the absent
12 voter's envelope the judge of such election shall mark across
13 the face thereof, "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
14 In case the ballot envelope contains duplicate ballots,
15 said ballots shall not be counted, but shall be marked
16 "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
17 The absent voters' envelopes and certifications and the
18 absent voters' envelope with its contents unopened, when such
19 absent vote is rejected shall be retained and preserved in
20 the manner as now provided for the retention and preservation
21 of official ballots rejected at such election.
22 (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/20-15)
24 Sec. 20-15. Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
25 voting equipment and direct recording electronic voting
26 systems equipment. If the election authority has adopted the
27 use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
28 equipment pursuant to Article 24B of this Code or Direct
29 Recording Electronic Voting Systems equipment under Article
30 24C of this Code, and the provisions of those Articles the
31 Article are in conflict with the provisions of this Article
32 20, the provisions of Article 24B or Article 24C, as the case
33 may be, shall govern the procedures followed by the election
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1 authority, its judges of elections, and all employees and
2 agents. In following the provisions of Article 24B or
3 Article 24C, the election authority is authorized to develop
4 and implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation
5 Optical Scan Technology voting equipment or Direct Recording
6 Electronic Voting Systems equipment authorized by the State
7 Board of Elections as long as the procedure is not in
8 conflict with either Article 24B, Article 24C, or the
9 administrative rules of the State Board of Elections.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C heading new)
12 ARTICLE 24C. DIRECT RECORDING
13 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS
14 (10 ILCS 5/24C-1 new)
15 Sec. 24C-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to
16 authorize the use of Direct Recording Electronic Voting
17 Systems approved by the State Board of Elections. In a
18 Direct Recording Electronic Voting System, voters cast votes
19 by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or
20 electro-optical devices that can be activated by the voters
21 to mark their choices for the candidates of their preference
22 and for or against public questions. The voting devices shall
23 be capable of instantaneously recording the votes, storing
24 the votes, and tabulating the votes at the precinct. This
25 Article authorizes the use of Direct Recording Electronic
26 Voting Systems for in-precinct counting applications, except
27 that absentee ballots must be counted at the office of the
28 election authority.
29 (10 ILCS 5/24C-2 new)
30 Sec. 24C-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:
31 "Audit trail" means a continuous trail of evidence
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1 linking individual transactions related to the vote count
2 with the summary record of vote totals, but that shall not
3 allow for the identification of the voter. It shall permit
4 verification of the accuracy of the count and detection and
5 correction of problems and shall provide a record of each
6 step taken in: defining and producing ballots and generating
7 related software for specific elections; installing ballots
8 and software; testing system readiness; casting and
9 tabulating ballots; and producing reports of vote totals.
10 The record shall incorporate system status and error messages
11 generated during election processing, including a log of
12 machine activities and routine and unusual intervention by
13 authorized and unauthorized individuals. Also part of an
14 election audit trail is the documentation of such items as
15 ballots delivered and collected, administrative procedures
16 for system security, pre-election testing of voting systems,
17 and maintenance performed on voting equipment.
18 "Ballot" means an electronic audio or video display or
19 any other medium used to record a voter's choices for the
20 candidates of his or her preference and for or against public
21 questions.
22 "Ballot configuration" means the particular combination
23 of political subdivision or district ballots including, for
24 each political subdivision or district, the particular
25 combination of offices, candidate names, and public questions
26 as they appear for each group of voters who may cast the same
27 ballot.
28 "Ballot image" means a corresponding representation in
29 electronic form of the mark or vote position of a ballot.
30 "Ballot label" or "ballot screen" means the display of
31 material containing the names of offices and candidates and
32 public questions to be voted on.
33 "Computer", "automatic and electronic tabulating
34 equipment", or "equipment" includes (i) apparatus necessary
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1 to automatically or electronically examine and count votes as
2 designated on ballots and (ii) data processing machines that
3 can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results.
4 "Computer operator" means any person or persons
5 designated by the election authority to operate the automatic
6 tabulating equipment during any portion of the vote tallying
7 process in an election, but shall not include judges of
8 election operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
9 "Computer program" or "program" means the set of
10 operating instructions for the automatic or electronic
11 tabulating equipment that examines, records, counts,
12 tabulates, canvasses, and prints votes recorded by a voter on
13 a ballot.
14 "Direct recording electronic voting system", "voting
15 system", or "system" means the combination of equipment and
16 programs that records votes by means of a ballot display
17 provided with mechanical or electro-optical devices that can
18 be activated by the voter, that processes the data by means
19 of a computer program, that records voting data and ballot
20 images in internal memory devices, and that produces a
21 tabulation of the voting data as hard copy or stored in a
22 removable memory device.
23 "Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the
24 names of each candidate and public question as they appear in
25 the program for each precinct.
26 "In-precinct counting" means the recording and counting
27 of ballots on automatic or electronic tabulating equipment
28 provided by the election authority in the same precinct
29 polling place in which those ballots have been cast.
30 "Separate ballot" means a separate page or display screen
31 of the ballot that is clearly defined and distinguishable
32 from other portions of the ballot.
33 "Voting device" or "voting machine" means a Direct
34 Recording Voting System apparatus.
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1 (10 ILCS 5/24C-3 new)
2 Sec. 24C-3. Adoption, experimentation, or abandonment of
3 Direct Recording Electronic Voting System; boundaries of
4 precincts; notice. Any county board or board of county
5 commissioners, with respect to territory within its
6 jurisdiction, may adopt, experiment with, or abandon a Direct
7 Recording Electronic Voting System approved for use by the
8 State Board of Elections and may use the system in all or
9 some of the precincts within its jurisdiction, or in
10 combination with punch cards, paper ballots, or ballot
11 sheets. In no case may a county board, board of county
12 commissioners, or board of election commissioners contract or
13 arrange for the purchase, lease, or loan of a Direct
14 Recording Electronic Voting System or system component
15 without the approval of the State Board of Elections as
16 provided by Section 24C-16. The county board and board of
17 county commissioners of each county having a population of
18 40,000 or more, with respect to all elections for which an
19 election authority is charged with the duty of providing
20 materials and supplies, must provide either a Direct
21 Recording Electronic Voting System approved for use by the
22 State Board of Elections under this Article or voting systems
23 under Article 24, Article 24A, or Article 24B for each
24 precinct for all elections, except as provided in Section
25 24-1.2. For purposes of this Section "population" does not
26 include persons prohibited from voting by Section 3-5 of this
27 Code.
28 Before any Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is
29 introduced, adopted, or used in any precinct or territory, at
30 least 2 months public notice must be given before the date of
31 the first election when the system is to be used. The
32 election authority shall publish the notice at least once in
33 one or more newspapers published within the county, or other
34 jurisdiction, where the election is held. If there is no
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1 such newspaper, the notice shall be published in a newspaper
2 published in the county and having a general circulation
3 within the jurisdiction. The notice shall be substantially
4 as follows:
5 "Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (insert
6 place where election is held) in the county of (insert
7 county) an election will be held for (insert name of offices
8 to be filled) at which a Direct Recording Electronic Voting
9 System will be used."
10 Dated at ... (insert date)"
11 This notice referred to shall be given only at the first
12 election at which the Direct Recording Electronic Voting
13 System is used.
14 (10 ILCS 5/24C-3.1 new)
15 Sec. 24C-3.1. Retention, consolidation, or alteration of
16 existing precincts; change of location. When a Direct
17 Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the county board
18 or board of election commissioners may retain existing
19 precincts or may consolidate, combine, alter, decrease, or
20 enlarge the boundaries of the precincts to change the number
21 of registered voters of the precincts using the system,
22 establishing the number of registered voters within each
23 precinct at a number not to exceed 800 as the appropriate
24 county board or board of election commissioners determines
25 will afford adequate voting facilities and efficient and
26 economical elections.
27 Except in the event of a fire, flood, or total loss of
28 heat in a place fixed or established pursuant to law by any
29 county board or board of election commissioners as a polling
30 place for an election, no election authority shall change the
31 location of a polling place established for any precinct
32 after notice of the place of holding the election for that
33 precinct has been given as required under Article 12, unless
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1 the election authority notifies all registered voters in the
2 precinct of the change in location by first class mail in
3 sufficient time for the notice to be received by the
4 registered voters in the precinct at least one day prior to
5 the date of the election.
6 (10 ILCS 5/24C-4 new)
7 Sec. 24C-4. Use of Direct Recording Electronic Voting
8 System; requisites; applicable procedure. Direct Recording
9 Electronic Voting Systems may be used in elections provided
10 that the systems enable the voter to cast a vote for all
11 offices and on all public questions for which he or she is
12 entitled to vote, and that the systems are approved for use
13 by the State Board of Elections.
14 So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting
15 paper ballots shall apply when Direct Recording Electronic
16 Voting Systems are used. The provisions of this Article 24C
17 will govern when there are conflicts.
18 (10 ILCS 5/24C-5 new)
19 Sec. 24C-5. Voting booths. In precincts where a Direct
20 Recording Electronic Voting System is used, a sufficient
21 number of voting booths shall be provided for the use of the
22 system according to the requirements determined by the State
23 Board of Elections. Each booth shall be placed so that the
24 entrance to each booth faces a wall in a manner that no judge
25 of election or pollwatcher is able to observe a voter casting
26 a ballot.
27 (10 ILCS 5/24C-5.1 new)
28 Sec. 24C-5.1. Instruction of voters. Before entering the
29 voting booth each voter shall be offered instruction in using
30 the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System. In
31 instructing voters, no election judge may show partiality to
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1 any political party or candidate. The duties of instruction
2 shall be discharged by a judge from each of the political
3 parties represented and they shall alternate serving as
4 instructor so that each judge shall serve a like time at
5 those duties. No instructions may be given after the voter
6 has entered the voting booth.
7 No election judge or person assisting a voter may in any
8 manner request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any
9 voter to cast his or her vote for any particular ticket,
10 candidate, amendment, question, or proposition. All
11 instructions shall be given by election judges in a manner
12 that it may be observed by other persons in the polling
13 place.
14 (10 ILCS 5/24C-5.2 new)
15 Sec. 24C-5.2. Demonstration of Direct Recording
16 Electronic Voting System; placement in public library. When
17 a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is to be used in
18 a forthcoming election, the election authority may provide,
19 for the purpose of instructing voters in the election, one
20 demonstrator Direct Recording Electronic Voting System unit
21 for placement in any public library within the political
22 subdivision where the election occurs. If the placement of a
23 demonstrator takes place it shall be made available at least
24 30 days before the election.
25 (10 ILCS 5/24C-6 new)
26 Sec. 24C-6. Ballot information; arrangement; absentee
27 ballots; spoiled ballots. The ballot information shall, as
28 far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided
29 for paper ballots, except that the information may be in
30 vertical or horizontal rows or on a number of separate pages
31 or display screens.
32 All public questions, including but not limited to public
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1 questions calling for a constitutional convention,
2 constitutional amendment, or judicial retention, shall be
3 placed on the ballot separate and apart from candidates.
4 Ballots for all public questions shall be clearly designated
5 pursuant to administrative rule of the State Board of
6 Elections. More than one amendment to the constitution may
7 be placed on the same portion of the ballot screen.
8 Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
9 propositions shall precede all candidates and other
10 propositions and shall be placed on a separate portion of the
11 ballot and designated by borders or unique color screens,
12 unless otherwise provided by administrative rule of the State
13 Board of Elections. More than one public question may be
14 placed on the same portion of the ballot. Judicial retention
15 propositions shall be placed on a separate portion of the
16 ballot designated pursuant to administrative rule of the
17 State Board of Elections. More than one proposition for
18 retention of judges in office may be placed on the same
19 portion of the ballot.
20 The party affiliation, if any, of each candidate or the
21 word "independent", where applicable, shall appear near or
22 under the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for
23 the same office shall be listed vertically under the title of
24 that office. In the case of nonpartisan elections for
25 officers of political subdivisions, unless the statute or an
26 ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Illinois
27 Constitution requires otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan
28 candidates shall not include any party or "independent"
29 designation. In primary elections, a separate ballot, shall
30 be used for each political party holding a primary, with the
31 ballot arranged to include names of the candidates of the
32 party and public questions and other propositions to be voted
33 upon on the day of the primary election.
34 If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
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1 public questions or propositions to be voted on, the election
2 official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot in
3 sections for "Candidates" and "Public Questions", or separate
4 ballots may be used.
5 Any voter who spoils his or her ballot or makes an error
6 shall be provided a means of correcting the ballot or
7 obtaining a new ballot prior to casting his or her ballot.
8 (10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1 new)
9 Sec. 24C-6.1. Security designation. In all elections
10 conducted under this Article, ballots shall have a security
11 designation. In precincts where more than one ballot
12 configuration may be voted upon, ballots shall have a
13 different security designation for each ballot configuration.
14 If a precinct has only one possible ballot configuration, the
15 ballots must have a security designation to identify the
16 precinct and the election. Where ballots from more than one
17 precinct are being tabulated, the ballots from each precinct
18 must be clearly identified; official results shall not be
19 generated unless the precinct identification for any precinct
20 corresponds. The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System
21 shall be designed to ensure that the proper ballot is
22 selected for each polling place and that the format can be
23 matched to the software or firmware required to interpret it
24 correctly. The system shall provide a means of programming
25 each piece of equipment to reflect the ballot requirements of
26 the election and shall include a means for validating the
27 correctness of the program and of the program's installation
28 in the equipment or in a programmable memory device.
29 (10 ILCS 5/24C-7 new)
30 Sec. 24C-7. Write-in ballots. Pursuant to administrative
31 rule of the State Board of Elections, a Direct Recording
32 Electronic Voting System shall provide an acceptable method
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1 for a voter to vote for a person whose name does not appear
2 on the ballot using the same Direct Recording Electronic
3 Voting System used to record votes for candidates whose name
4 do appear on the ballot.
5 (10 ILCS 5/24C-8 new)
6 Sec. 24C-8. Preparation for use; comparison of ballots;
7 operational checks of Direct Recording Electronic Voting
8 Systems equipment; pollwatchers. The election authority
9 shall cause the approved Direct Recording Electronic Voting
10 System equipment to be delivered to the polling places.
11 Before the opening of the polls, all Direct Recording
12 Electronic Voting System devices shall provide a printed
13 record of the following, upon verification of the
14 authenticity of the commands by a judge of election: the
15 election's identification data, the equipment's unit
16 identification, the ballot's format identification, the
17 contents of each active candidate register by office and of
18 each active public question register showing that they
19 contain all zeros, all ballot fields that can be used to
20 invoke special voting options, and other information needed
21 to ensure the readiness of the equipment, and to accommodate
22 administrative reporting requirements.
23 The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall
24 provide a means for the election judges to open the polling
25 place and ready the equipment for the casting of ballots.
26 Those means shall incorporate a security seal, a password, or
27 a data code recognition capability to prevent inadvertent or
28 unauthorized actuation of the poll-opening function. If more
29 than one step is required, it shall enforce their execution
30 in the proper sequence.
31 Pollwatchers, as provided by law, shall be permitted to
32 closely observe the judges in these procedures and to
33 periodically inspect the Direct Recording Electronic Voting
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1 System equipment when not in use by the voters.
2 (10 ILCS 5/24C-9 new)
3 Sec. 24C-9. Testing of Direct Recording Electronic Voting
4 System equipment and programs; custody of programs, test
5 materials, and ballots. Prior to the public test, the
6 election authority shall conduct an errorless pre-test of the
7 Direct Recording Electronic Voting System equipment and
8 programs to determine that they will correctly detect voting
9 defects and count the votes cast for all offices and all
10 public questions. On any day not less than 5 days prior to
11 the election day, the election authority shall publicly test
12 the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System equipment and
13 programs to determine that they will correctly count the
14 votes cast for all offices and on all public questions.
15 Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be
16 given at least 48 hours before the test by publishing the
17 notice in one or more newspapers within the election
18 jurisdiction of the election authority, if a newspaper is
19 published in that jurisdiction. If a newspaper is not
20 published in that jurisdiction, notice shall be published in
21 a newspaper of general circulation in that jurisdiction.
22 Timely written notice stating the date, time, and location of
23 the public test shall also be provided to the State Board of
24 Elections. The test shall be open to representatives of the
25 political parties, the press, representatives of the State
26 Board of Elections, and the public. The test shall be
27 conducted by entering a preaudited group of ballots marked to
28 record a predetermined number of valid votes for each
29 candidate and on each public question, and shall include for
30 each office one or more ballots having votes exceeding the
31 number allowed by law to test the ability of the electronic
32 tabulating equipment to reject the votes. The test shall
33 also include producing an edit listing.
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1 The State Board of Elections may select as many election
2 jurisdictions that the Board deems advisable in the interests
3 of the election process of this State to order a special test
4 of the electronic tabulating equipment and program before any
5 regular election. The Board may order a special test in any
6 election jurisdiction where, during the preceding 12 months,
7 computer programming errors or other errors in the use of the
8 system resulted in vote tabulation errors. Not less than 30
9 days before any election, the State Board of Elections shall
10 provide written notice to those selected jurisdictions of its
11 intent to conduct a test. Within 5 days of receipt of the
12 State Board of Elections' written notice of intent to conduct
13 a test, the selected jurisdictions shall forward to the
14 principal office of the State Board of Elections a copy of
15 all specimen ballots. The State Board of Elections' tests
16 shall be conducted and completed not less than 2 days before
17 the public test using testing materials supplied by the Board
18 and under the supervision of the Board, and the Board shall
19 reimburse the election authority for the reasonable cost of
20 computer time required to conduct the special test. After an
21 errorless test, materials used in the public test, including
22 the program, if appropriate, shall be sealed and remain
23 sealed until the test is run again on election day. If any
24 error is detected, the cause of the error shall be determined
25 and corrected, and an errorless public test shall be made
26 before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved. Each
27 election authority shall file a sealed copy of each tested
28 program to be used within its jurisdiction at an election
29 with the State Board of Elections before the election. The
30 Board shall secure the program or programs of each election
31 jurisdiction so filed in its office for the 60 days following
32 the canvass and proclamation of election results. At the
33 expiration of that time, if no election contest or appeal is
34 pending in an election jurisdiction, the Board shall return
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1 the sealed program or programs to the election authority of
2 the jurisdiction. After the completion of the count, the test
3 shall be re-run using the same program. Immediately after
4 the re-run, all material used in testing the program and the
5 programs shall be sealed and retained under the custody of
6 the election authority for a period of 60 days. At the
7 expiration of that time the election authority shall destroy
8 the voted ballots, together with all unused ballots returned
9 from the precincts, provided, that if any contest of election
10 is pending at the time in which the ballots may be required
11 as evidence and the election authority has notice of the
12 contest, the ballots shall not be destroyed until after the
13 contest is finally determined. If the use of back-up
14 equipment becomes necessary, the same testing required for
15 the original equipment shall be conducted.
16 (10 ILCS 5/24C-10 new)
17 Sec. 24C-10. Recording of votes by Direct Recording
18 Electronic Voting Systems. Whenever a Direct Recording
19 Electronic Voting System is used to electronically record and
20 count the votes of ballots, the provisions of this Section
21 shall apply. A voter shall cast a proper vote on a ballot
22 pursuant to the instructions provided on the screen or
23 labels.
24 (10 ILCS 5/24C-11 new)
25 Sec. 24C-11. Functional requirements. The functional
26 requirements of a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System
27 shall be specified by the administrative rules of the State
28 Board of Elections.
29 (10 ILCS 5/24C-12 new)
30 Sec. 24C-12. Procedures for counting and tallying of
31 ballots. In an election jurisdiction where a Direct Recording
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1 Electronic Voting System is used, the procedures in this
2 Section for counting and tallying the ballots shall apply.
3 Before the opening of the polls, the judges of elections
4 shall assemble the voting equipment and devices and turn the
5 equipment on. The judges shall, if necessary, take steps to
6 actuate the voting devices and counting equipment by
7 inserting into the equipment and voting devices appropriate
8 electronic media containing passwords and data codes that
9 will select the proper ballot formats for that polling place
10 and that will prevent inadvertent or unauthorized actuation
11 of the poll-opening function. Before voting begins and
12 before ballots are entered into the voting devices, the
13 judges of election shall cause to be printed a record of the
14 following: (i) the election's identification data, (ii) the
15 device's unit identification, (iii) the ballot's format
16 identification, (iv) the contents of each active candidate
17 register by office and of each active public question
18 register showing that they contain all zeros, (v) all ballot
19 fields that can be used to invoke special voting options, and
20 (vi) other information needed to ensure the readiness of the
21 equipment and to accommodate administrative reporting
22 requirements. The judges must also check to be sure that the
23 totals are all zeros in the counting columns and in the
24 public counter affixed to the voting devices.
25 After the judges have determined that a person is
26 qualified to vote, the judges shall enable a voting device to
27 be used by the voter and the proper ballot to which the voter
28 is entitled shall be selected. The ballot may then be cast
29 by the voter by marking by appropriate means the designated
30 area of the ballot for the casting of a vote for any
31 candidate or for or against any public question. The voter
32 shall be able to vote for any and all candidates and public
33 measures appearing on the ballot in any legal number and
34 combination and the voter shall be able to delete or change
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1 his or her selections before the ballot is cast. The voter
2 shall be able to select candidates whose names do not appear
3 upon the ballot for any office by following the instructions
4 provided on the screen or labels as many names of candidates
5 as the voter is entitled to select for each office.
6 Upon completing his or her selection of candidates or
7 public questions, the voter shall signify that voting has
8 been completed by activating the appropriate button, switch,
9 or active area of the ballot screen associated with end of
10 voting. Upon activation, the voting system shall record an
11 image of the completed ballot, shall increment the proper
12 ballot position registers, and shall signify to the voter
13 that the ballot has been cast. The voter shall exit the
14 voting station and the voting system shall prevent any
15 further attempt to vote until it has been re-activated by the
16 judges of election. If the voter fails to cast his or her
17 ballot and leaves the polling place, 2 judges of election,
18 one from each of the 2 major political parties, shall spoil
19 the ballot.
20 Throughout the election day and before the closing of the
21 polls, no person may check any vote totals for any candidate
22 or public question on the voting or counting equipment.
23 The precinct judges of election shall check the public
24 register to determine whether the number of ballots counted
25 by the voting equipment agrees with the number of voters
26 voting as shown by the applications for ballot. If the same
27 do not agree, the judges of election shall immediately
28 contact the offices of the election authority in charge of
29 the election for further instructions. If the number of
30 ballots counted by the voting equipment agrees with the
31 number of voters voting as shown by the application for
32 ballot, the number shall be listed on the "Statement of
33 Ballots" form provided by the election authority.
34 The totals for all candidates and propositions shall be
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1 tabulated and 4 copies of a "Certificate of Results" shall be
2 printed by the electronic tabulating equipment. In addition,
3 one copy shall be posted in a conspicuous place inside the
4 polling place and every effort shall be made by the judges of
5 election to provide a copy for each authorized pollwatcher or
6 other official authorized to be present in the polling place
7 to observe the counting of ballots. Additional copies shall
8 be made available to pollwatchers, but in no case shall there
9 be fewer than 4 chosen by lot by the judges of election. In
10 addition, sufficient time shall be provided by the judges of
11 election to the pollwatchers to allow them to copy
12 information from the copy that has been posted.
13 If instructed by the election authority, the judges of
14 election shall cause the tabulated returns to be transmitted
15 electronically to the offices of the election authority via
16 modem or other electronic medium.
17 The precinct judges of election shall select a
18 bi-partisan team of 2 judges, who shall immediately return
19 the ballots in a sealed container, along with all other
20 election materials and equipment as instructed by the
21 election authority; provided, however, that the container
22 must first be sealed by the election judges with filament
23 tape or other approved sealing devices provided for the
24 purpose in a manner that the ballots cannot be removed from
25 the container without breaking the seal or filament tape and
26 disturbing any signatures affixed by the election judges to
27 the container. The election authority shall keep the office
28 of the election authority, or any receiving stations
29 designated by the authority, open for at least 12 consecutive
30 hours after the polls close or until the ballots and election
31 material and equipment, as instructed by the election
32 authority, from all precincts within the jurisdiction of the
33 election authority have been returned to the election
34 authority. Ballots and election materials and equipment
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1 returned to the office of the election authority that are not
2 signed and sealed as required by law shall not be accepted by
3 the election authority until the judges returning the ballots
4 make and sign the necessary corrections. Upon acceptance of
5 the ballots and election materials and equipment by the
6 election authority, the judges returning the ballots shall
7 take a receipt signed by the election authority and stamped
8 with the time and date of the return. The election judges
9 whose duty it is to return any ballots and election materials
10 and equipment as provided shall, in the event the ballots,
11 materials, or equipment cannot be found when needed, on
12 proper request, produce the receipt that they are to take as
13 above provided.
14 (10 ILCS 5/24C-13 new)
15 Sec. 24C-13. Counting of absentee ballots. All
16 jurisdictions using Direct Recording Electronic Voting
17 Systems shall count absentee ballots at the office of the
18 election authority. The provisions of Sections 24A-9 and
19 24B-9 shall apply to the testing and notice requirements for
20 central count tabulation equipment, including comparing the
21 signature on the ballot envelope with the signature of the
22 voter on the permanent voter registration record card taken
23 from the master file; except that votes shall be recorded by
24 precinct.
25 Any election authority using a direct recording
26 electronic voting system shall use voting systems approved
27 for use under Articles 16, 24A, or 24B when conducting
28 absentee voting. The absentee ballots shall be examined and
29 processed pursuant to Sections 19-9 and 20-9. The results
30 shall be recorded by precinct and shall become part of the
31 certificate of results.
32 (10 ILCS 5/24C-14 new)
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1 Sec. 24C-14. Tabulating votes; direction; presence of
2 public; computer operator's log and canvass. The procedure
3 for tabulating the votes by the Direct Recording Electronic
4 Voting System shall be under the direction of the election
5 authority and shall conform to the requirements of the Direct
6 Recording Electronic Voting System. During any
7 election-related activity using the Direct Recording
8 Electronic Voting System equipment, the election authority
9 shall dedicate the equipment to vote processing to ensure the
10 security and integrity of the system.
11 A reasonable number of pollwatchers shall be admitted to
12 the counting location. Persons may observe the tabulating
13 process at the discretion of the election authority; however,
14 at least one representative of each established political
15 party and authorized agents of the State Board of Elections
16 shall be permitted to observe this process at all times. No
17 persons except those employed and authorized for the purpose
18 shall touch any ballot, ballot box, return, or equipment.
19 The computer operator shall be designated by the election
20 authority and shall be sworn as a deputy of the election
21 authority. In conducting the vote tabulation and canvass, the
22 computer operator must maintain a log which shall include the
23 following information:
24 (1) alterations made to programs associated with
25 the vote counting process;
26 (2) if applicable, console messages relating to the
27 program and the respective responses made by the
28 operator;
29 (3) the starting time for each precinct counted,
30 the number of ballots counted for each precinct, any
31 equipment problems and, insofar as practicable, the
32 number of invalid security designations encountered
33 during that count; and
34 (4) changes and repairs made to the equipment
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1 during the vote tabulation and canvass.
2 The computer operator's log and canvass shall be
3 available for public inspection in the office of the election
4 authority for a period of 60 days following the proclamation
5 of election results. A copy of the computer operator's log
6 and the canvass shall be transmitted to the State Board of
7 Elections upon its request and at its expense.
8 (10 ILCS 5/24C-15 new)
9 Sec. 24C-15. Official return of precinct; check of
10 totals; audit. The precinct return printed by the Direct
11 Recording Electronic Voting System tabulating equipment shall
12 include the number of ballots cast, ballots cast by each
13 political party for a primary election, and votes cast for
14 each candidate and public question and shall constitute the
15 official return of each precinct. In addition to the
16 precinct return, the election authority shall provide the
17 number of applications for ballots in each precinct, the
18 total number of ballots counted in each precinct for each
19 political subdivision and district, and the number of
20 registered voters in each precinct. The election authority
21 shall check the totals shown by the precinct return and, if
22 there is an obvious discrepancy regarding the total number of
23 votes cast in any precinct, shall have the ballots for that
24 precinct audited to correct the return. The procedures for
25 this audit shall apply prior to and after the proclamation is
26 completed; however, after the proclamation of results, the
27 election authority must obtain a court order to unseal voted
28 ballots except for election contests and discovery recounts.
29 The certificate of results, that has been prepared and signed
30 by the judges of election in the polling place and at the
31 election authority's office after the ballots have been
32 tabulated, shall be the document used for the canvass of
33 votes for the precinct. Whenever a discrepancy exists during
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1 the canvass of votes between the unofficial results and the
2 certificate of results, or whenever a discrepancy exists
3 during the canvass of votes between the certificate of
4 results and the set of totals reflected on the certificate of
5 results, the ballots for that precinct shall be audited to
6 correct the return.
7 Prior to the proclamation, the election authority shall
8 test the voting devices and equipment in 5% of the precincts
9 within the election jurisdiction. The precincts to be tested
10 shall be selected after election day on a random basis by the
11 State Board of Elections, so that every precinct in the
12 election jurisdiction has an equal mathematical chance of
13 being selected.
14 The test shall be conducted by entering a preaudited
15 group of ballots marked to record a predetermined number of
16 valid votes for each candidate and on each public question,
17 and shall include for each office one or more ballots that
18 have votes in excess of the number allowed by law to test the
19 ability of the equipment to reject those votes. If any error
20 is detected, the cause shall be determined and corrected, and
21 an errorless count shall be made prior to the official
22 canvass and proclamation of election results.
23 The State Board of Elections, the State's Attorney and
24 other appropriate law enforcement agencies, the chairman of
25 the county central committee of each established political
26 party, and qualified civic organizations shall be given prior
27 written notice of the time and place of the test and may be
28 represented at the test.
29 The results of this re-tabulation shall be treated in the
30 same manner and have the same effect as the results of the
31 discovery procedures set forth in Section 22-9.1 of this
32 Code. Upon completion of the test, the election authority
33 shall print a report showing the results of the test and any
34 errors encountered and the report shall be made available for
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1 public inspection.
2 (10 ILCS 5/24C-15.01 new)
3 Sec. 24C-15.01. Transporting ballots to central counting
4 station; container. Upon completion of the tabulation,
5 audit, or test of voting equipment, if the election authority
6 so instructs, pursuant to Sections 24C-11 through 24C-15, the
7 voting equipment and ballots from each precinct shall be
8 replaced in the container in which they were transported to
9 the central counting station. If the container is not a type
10 that may be securely locked, then each container, before
11 being transferred from the counting station to storage, shall
12 be sealed with filament tape wrapped around the container
13 lengthwise and crosswise, at least twice each way, and in a
14 manner that the equipment and ballots cannot be removed from
15 the container without breaking the tape.
16 (10 ILCS 5/24C-15.1 new)
17 Sec. 24B-15.1. Discovery recounts and election contests.
18 Discovery recounts and election contests shall be conducted
19 as otherwise provided for in this Code. The Direct Recording
20 Electronic Voting System equipment shall be tested prior to
21 the discovery recount or election contest as provided in
22 Section 24C-9 and then the official ballots shall be audited.
23 The log of the computer operator and all materials
24 retained by the election authority in relation to vote
25 tabulation and canvass shall be made available for any
26 discovery recount or election contest.
27 (10 ILCS 5/24C-16 new)
28 Sec. 24C-16. Approval of Direct Recording Electronic
29 Voting Systems; requisites. The State Board of Elections
30 shall approve all Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems
31 provided by this Article.
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1 No Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall be
2 approved unless it fulfills the following requirements:
3 (1) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy,
4 except in the case of voters who receive assistance as
5 provided in this Code.
6 (2) It enables each voter to vote at an election
7 for all persons and offices for whom and for which the
8 voter is lawfully entitled to vote, to vote for as many
9 persons for an office as the voter is entitled to vote
10 for, and to vote for or against any public question upon
11 which the voter is entitled to vote, but no other.
12 (3) It will detect and reject all votes for an
13 office or upon a public question when the voter has cast
14 more votes for the office or upon the public question
15 than he or she is entitled to cast; provided, however,
16 that it will inform a voter that the voter's choices as
17 recorded on the ballot for an office or public question
18 exceeds the number that the voter is entitled to vote for
19 on that office or public question and will offer the
20 voter an opportunity to correct the error before
21 rejecting the choices recorded on the voter's ballot.
22 (4) It will enable each voter in primary elections
23 to vote only for the candidates of the political party
24 with which he or she had declared affiliation and
25 preclude the voter from voting for any candidate of any
26 other political party.
27 (5) It enables a voter to vote a split ticket
28 selected in part from the nominees of one party, in part
29 from the nominees of any or all parties, in part from
30 independent candidates, and in part of candidates whose
31 names are written in by the voter.
32 (6) It enables a voter, at a Presidential election,
33 by a single selection to vote for the candidates of a
34 political party for Presidential electors.
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1 (7) It will prevent anyone voting for the same
2 person more than once for the same office.
3 (8) It will record and count accurately each vote
4 properly cast for or against any candidate and for or
5 against any public question, including the names of all
6 candidates whose names are written in by the voters.
7 (9) It will be capable of merging the vote
8 tabulation results produced by other vote tabulation
9 systems, if necessary.
10 (10) It will provide a means for sealing and
11 resealing the vote recording devices to prevent their
12 unauthorized use and to prevent tampering with ballot
13 labels.
14 (11) It will be suitably designed for the purpose
15 used, be durably constructed, and be designed for safety,
16 accuracy, and efficiency.
17 (12) It will be designed to accommodate the needs
18 of elderly, handicapped, and disabled voters.
19 (13) It will enable a voter to vote for a person
20 whose name does not appear on the ballot.
21 (14) It will be designed to ensure that vote
22 recording devices or electronic tabulating equipment that
23 count votes at the precinct will not be capable of
24 reporting vote totals before the close of the polls.
25 (15) It will provide a paper audit trail.
26 The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw
27 its approval of a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System
28 if the system fails to fulfill the above requirements.
29 No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
30 loan a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System or system
31 component to any election jurisdiction unless the system or
32 system component is first approved by the State Board of
33 Elections pursuant to this Section. The State Board of
34 Elections shall not accept for testing or approval of any
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1 system or system component that has not first been evaluated
2 by an independent testing laboratory or laboratories for
3 performance and reliability using the standards that may from
4 time to time be promulgated by the United States Federal
5 Election Commission. When the functional requirements of
6 this Section are in conflict with the standards promulgated
7 by the Federal Election Commission, the standards of the
8 Federal Election Commission shall govern.
9 (10 ILCS 5/24C-17 new)
10 Sec. 24C-17. Rules; number of voting booths. The State
11 Board of Elections may make reasonable rules for the
12 administration of this Article and may prescribe the number
13 of voting booths required for the various types of voting
14 systems.
15 (10 ILCS 5/24C-18 new)
16 Sec. 24C-18. Specimen ballots; publication. When a
17 Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the
18 election authority shall cause to be published, at least 5
19 days before the day of each general and general primary
20 election, in 2 or more newspapers published in and having a
21 general circulation in the county, a true and legible copy of
22 the specimen ballot containing the names of offices,
23 candidates, and public questions to be voted on, as near as
24 may be, in the form in which they will appear on the official
25 ballot on election day. A true legible copy may be in the
26 form of an actual size ballot and shall be published as
27 required by this Section if distributed in 2 or more
28 newspapers published and having a general circulation in the
29 county as an insert. For each election prescribed in Article
30 2A of this Code, specimen ballots shall be made available for
31 public distribution and shall be supplied to the judges of
32 election for posting in the polling place on the day of
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1 election. Notice for the consolidated primary and
2 consolidated elections shall be given as provided in Article
3 12.
4 (10 ILCS 5/24C-19 new)
5 Sec. 24C-19. Additional method of voting. This Article
6 shall be deemed to provide a method of voting in addition to
7 the methods otherwise provided in this Code.
8 (10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep.)
9 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
10 Section 24A-20.".