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2005 Illinois 10 ILCS 5/ Election Code. Article 24a - Electronic, Mechanical Or Electric Voting Systems
(10 ILCS 5/24A‑1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑1)
Sec. 24A‑1.
The purpose of this Article is to authorize the use of voting
systems approved by the State Board of Elections in which the voter records
his votes by means of marking or punching a ballot or one or more ballot
cards, which are so designed that votes will be counted by data processing
machines at one or more counting places.
(Source: P.A. 84‑862.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑2)
Sec. 24A‑2.
As used in this Article:
"Computer", "Automatic tabulating
equipment" or "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data processing
machines which can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results.
"Ballot card" means a ballot which is voted by the process of
punching.
"Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of political
subdivision ballots including, for each political subdivision, the particular
combination of offices, candidate names and ballot position
numbers for each candidate and question as it appears for each group of
voters who may cast the same ballot.
"Ballot labels" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages or other
material containing the names of officers and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on.
"Ballot sheet" means a paper ballot printed on one or both sides which
is (1) designed and prepared so that the voter may indicate his or her votes
in designated areas, which must be enclosed areas clearly printed or otherwise
delineated for such purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in the
designated areas automatically examined, counted, and tabulated by an
electronic scanning process.
"Ballot" may include ballot cards, ballot labels and paper ballots.
"Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a separate portion
of the ballot sheet in which the color of the ink used in printing that
portion of the ballot sheet is distinct from the color of the ink used in
printing any other portion of the ballot sheet.
"Column" in an electronic voting system which utilizes a ballot card
means a space on a ballot card for punching the voter's vote arranged in
a row running lengthwise on the ballot card.
"Central Counting" means the counting of
ballots in one or more locations selected by the
election authority for the processing or counting, or both, of
ballots. A location for central counting shall be within the territorial
jurisdiction of such election authority unless there is no suitable
tabulating equipment available within his territorial jurisdiction.
However, in any event a counting location shall be within this State.
"In‑precinct counting" means the counting of ballots on automatic tabulating
equipment provided by the election authority in the same precinct polling
place in which those ballots have been cast.
"Computer operator" means any person or persons designated by the election
authority to operate the automatic tabulating equipment during any portion
of the vote tallying process in an election, but shall not include judges
of election operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
"Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating instructions
for the automatic tabulating equipment by which it examines, counts,
tabulates, canvasses and prints votes recorded by a voter on a ballot
card or other medium.
"Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the names and ballot
position numbers for each candidate and proposition
as they appear in the program for each precinct.
"Voting System" or "Electronic Voting System" means that combination of
equipment and programs used in the casting, examination and tabulation of
ballots and the cumulation and reporting of results by electronic means.
"Header card" means a data processing card which is coded to indicate
to the computer the precinct identity of the ballot cards that will follow
immediately and may indicate to the computer how such ballot cards are to
be tabulated.
"Marking device" means either an apparatus in which ballots or ballot
cards are inserted and used in connection with a punch apparatus for the
piercing of ballots by the voter, or any approved device for marking a
paper ballot with ink or other substance which will enable the ballot to
be tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment or by an electronic
scanning process.
"Redundant count" means a verification of the original computer count by
another count using compatible equipment or by hand as part of a discovery recount.
"Security punch" means a punch placed on a ballot card to identify to the
computer program the offices and propositions for which votes may be cast
and to indicate the manner in which votes cast should be tabulated
while negating any inadmissable votes.
(Source: P.A. 86‑867.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑3) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑3)
Sec. 24A‑3.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any county
board, board of county commissioners
and any board of election commissioners, with respect to territory within its
jurisdiction, may adopt, experiment with, or abandon a voting system
approved for use by the State Board of Elections and may use such voting
system in all or some of the precincts within its jurisdiction, or in
combination with paper ballots or voting machines. Any such county board,
board of county commissioners or board of election
commissioners may contract for the tabulation of votes at a location
outside its territorial jurisdiction when there is no suitable
tabulating equipment available within its territorial jurisdiction.
In no case may a county board, board of county commissioners or board of
election commissioners contract or arrange for the purchase, lease or loan
of an electronic voting system or voting system component without the
approval of the State Board of Elections as provided by Section 24A‑16.
However, the county board and board of county commissioners of each
county having a population of 40,000
or more, with respect to all elections for which the county board or the
county clerk is charged with the duty of providing materials and
supplies, and each board of election commissioners in a municipality
having a population of 40,000 or more, with respect to elections under
its jurisdiction, must provide either voting systems
approved for use by the State Board of Elections under
this Article or voting machines under Article 24 for each precinct for
all such elections except as provided in Section 24‑1.2. For purposes
of this Section 24A‑3, the term "population" does not
include persons prohibited from voting by Section 3‑5 of this Act.
Before any such system is introduced, adopted or used in any precinct
or territory at least 2 months public notice must be given before the
date of the first election wherein such voting system is to be used. The
election authority shall publish the notice at
least once in one or more newspapers published within the county, or other
jurisdiction, as the case may be, in which the
election is held. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be
published in a newspaper published in the county and having a general
circulation within such jurisdiction. The notice shall be substantially
as follows:
Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give
place where election is held) in the county of ...., an election
will be held for (give name of offices to be filled) at which
an electronic voting system will be used.
Dated at .... on (insert date).
The notice referred to herein shall be given only at the first
election at which such voting machines or voting systems are used.
(Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑3.1)
Sec. 24A‑3.1.
When an electronic voting system is used, the County
Board or Board of Election Commissioners
may retain existing precincts or may consolidate, combine, alter,
decrease or enlarge the boundaries of the precincts so as to change the
number of registered voters of the precincts using the electronic voting
system, establishing the number of registered voters within each
precinct at such number not to exceed 800 as the appropriate County
Board or Board of Election Commissioners,
determines will afford adequate voting facilities and efficient
and economical elections.
Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat in a place
fixed or established pursuant to law by any County Board or Board of
Election Commissioners as
a polling place for an election, no election authority shall change the
location of a polling place so established for any precinct after notice of
the place of holding the election for that precinct has been given as
required under Article 12 unless the election authority notifies all
registered voters in the precinct of the change in location by first class
mail in sufficient time for such notice to be received by the registered
voters in the precinct at least one day prior to the date of the election.
(Source: P.A. 86‑867.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑4) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑4)
Sec. 24A‑4.
Voting systems may be used in elections provided that such
systems enable the voter to cast a vote for all offices and on all measures
on which he is entitled to vote, and that the automatic tabulating
equipment may be set to reject all votes for any office or measure when the
number of votes therefor exceeds the number which the voter is entitled to
cast, and provided that such systems are approved for use by the
State Board of Elections.
So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting paper ballots
shall apply when electronic voting systems are used.
(Source: P.A. 84‑862.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑5) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑5)
Sec. 24A‑5.
In precincts where an electronic voting system is used,
a sufficient number of voting booths shall be provided for the use of
such systems according to the requirements determined by the State Board
of Elections, and the booths shall be arranged in the same manner as
provided for use with paper ballots. Each such booth shall be placed
so that the entrance to each booth faces a wall in such a manner that no
judge of election or pollwatcher is able to observe a voter casting a ballot.
Whenever at a primary election at which an electronic voting system
is used there is also an election for officers or on propositions in
which qualified voters have the right to vote without participating in
the primary of any party, a separate voting booth may be provided for
those voters who do not wish to participate in the primary of any party.
Such determination shall be made by resolution of the county board,
municipal board of election commissioners or county board
of election commissioners, whichever is applicable. Unless paper
ballots are used for such other election, such separate voting booth
shall contain a ballot label booklet containing only those officers and
propositions on which such voters are entitled to vote.
(Source: P.A. 84‑659.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑5.1)
Sec. 24A‑5.1.
For the instruction of voters on election day, the election official in
charge of the election shall provide at each polling place one
instruction‑model electronic voting system marking device. Each such
instruction‑model shall show the arrangement of party rows, office columns
and questions. Such model shall be located at a place which voters must
pass to reach the official marking device used in the actual casting of
votes.
Before entering the voting booth each voter shall be offered instruction
in the operation of the marking device by use of the instruction‑model and
the voter shall be given ample opportunity to operate the model by himself.
In instructing voters, no precinct official may show partiality to any
political party. The duties of instruction shall be
discharged by a judge from each of the political parties represented and
they shall alternate serving as instructor so that each judge shall serve a
like time at such duties. No instructions may be given after the voter has
entered the voting booth.
No precinct official, or person assisting a voter may in any manner
request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any voter to cast his vote
for any particular ticket, candidate, amendment, question or proposition.
All instructions shall be given by precinct officials in such a manner that
it may be observed by other persons in the polling place.
(Source: P.A. 89‑700, eff. 1‑17‑97.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑5.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑5.2)
Sec. 24A‑5.2.
When an electronic voting system is used in a forthcoming election,
the election authority may provide, for the
purpose of instructing voters in such election, one demonstrator
electronic voting system marking device for placement in any public
library within the political subdivision in which the election occurs.
If such placement of a demonstrator takes place it shall be made
available at least 30 days before the election.
(Source: P.A. 80‑1469.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑6)
Sec. 24A‑6.
The ballot information, whether placed on the ballot or
on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of
arrangement provided for paper ballots, except that such information may
be in vertical or horizontal rows, or in a number of separate pages.
Ballots for all questions or propositions to be voted on must be
provided in the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such purposes.
When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label booklet and
ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots calling for a
constitutional convention, constitutional amendment ballots, judicial
retention ballots, public measures, and all propositions to be voted
upon may be placed on the electronic voting device by providing in the
ballot booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an electronic
voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots calling for a constitutional
convention, constitutional amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots
shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of the
ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be printed in ink
of a color distinct from the color of ink used in printing any other portion
of the ballot sheet. Ballots for candidates, public measures and all other
propositions to be voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing
a separate portion of the ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot. Below
the name of the last candidate listed for an office shall be printed a line
on which the name of a candidate may be written by the voter, and immediately
to the left of such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote for
such write‑in candidate. More than one amendment to the constitution may
be placed on the same ballot page or series of pages or on the same portion
of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. Ballot label pages for
constitutional conventions or constitutional amendments shall be on paper
of blue color and shall precede all other ballot label pages in the ballot
label booklet. More than one public measure or proposition may be placed
on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on the same portion of
the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More than one proposition for
retention of judges in office may be placed on the same ballot label page
or series of pages or on the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case
may be. Ballot label pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
color, except that in primary elections the ballot label page or pages for
the candidates of each respective political party shall be of the color
designated by the election official in charge of the election for that
political party's candidates; provided that the ballot label pages or pages
for candidates for use at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be
on paper of different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or desirable
to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for different political
subdivisions. On each page
of
the candidate booklet, where the election is made to list ballot
information vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
"independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the candidate's
name, and the name of candidates for the same office shall be listed
vertically under the title of that office. In the case of nonpartisan
elections for officers of political subdivisions, unless the statute or
an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
include any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label pages for
judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green color, and ballot
label pages for all public measures and other propositions shall be on
paper of some other distinct and different color. In primary elections,
a separate ballot label booklet, marking device and voting booth shall
be used for each political party holding a primary, with the ballot
label booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the candidates
of the party and public measures and other propositions to be voted upon
on the day of the primary election. One ballot card may be used for
recording the voter's vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals,
public measures or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged
so as to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure or
proposition.
If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for office and
public measures or propositions to be voted on, the election official in
charge of the election shall divide the pages by protruding tabs
identifying the division of the pages, and printing on such tabs
"Candidates" and "Propositions".
The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card envelope
shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's ballots at the general
or primary election, whichever is being held. At an election where no
candidates are being nominated or elected, the ballot card, its columns,
and the ballot card envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
official in charge of the election.
The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets may, at the
discretion of the election authority, be printed on white paper and then
striped with the appropriate colors.
When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof shall be arranged
to conform to the foregoing format.
Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, paper ballots
or ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election official in
charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a ballot card is used for
voting by mail it must be accompanied by a punching tool or other
appropriate marking device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
showing the proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or proposition, and in the
case of a ballot card must be mounted on a suitable material to receive the
punched out chip.
Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may return the
ballot to the judges of election and secure another. However, the
protruding identifying tab for proposals for a constitutional convention
or constitutional amendments shall have printed thereon "Constitutional
Ballot", and the ballot label page or pages for such proposals shall
precede the ballot label pages for candidates in the ballot label
booklet.
(Source: P.A. 89‑700, eff. 1‑17‑97.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑6.1)
Sec. 24A‑6.1.
In all elections conducted pursuant to this Article, ballot
cards shall have a security punch. In precincts where more than one ballot
configuration may be voted upon, ballot cards shall have a different security
punch for each ballot configuration. If a precinct has only one possible
ballot configuration, the ballot cards must have a security punch to identify
the election. Where ballot cards from more than one precinct are being
tabulated, precinct header cards shall also be used: official results shall
not be generated unless the precinct identification of the header cards
for any precinct correspond. Where the tabulating equipment being used
requires entering the program immediately prior to tabulating the ballot
cards for each precinct, the precinct program may be used in lieu of header cards.
(Source: P.A. 82‑1014.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑7) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑7)
Sec. 24A‑7.
A separate write‑in ballot, which may be in the form of a paper
ballot, card or envelope in which the elector places his ballot card after
voting, shall be provided if necessary to permit electors to write in the
names of persons whose names are not on the ballot. The ballots, ballot
cards and ballot card envelopes may, at the discretion of the election authority,
be printed on white paper and then striped with the appropriate colors.
When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes a ballot card, each
ballot card envelope shall contain the write‑in form and information required
by Section 16‑3
of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83‑110.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑8) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑8)
Sec. 24A‑8.
The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
the case may be, shall cause the marking devices to be put in order,
set, adjusted and made ready for voting when delivered to the polling
places. Before the opening of the polls the judges of election shall
compare the ballots used in the marking devices with the specimen ballots
furnished and see that the names, numbers and letters thereon agree and
shall certify thereto on forms provided by the county clerk or board of
election commissioners, as the case may be.
In addition, in those polling places where in‑precinct counting equipment
is utilized, the judges of election shall make an operational check of the
automatic tabulating equipment before the opening of the polls. A precinct
identification card provided by the election authority shall be entered
into the automatic tabulating equipment to ensure that the totals are all
zeroes in the count column on the printing unit.
Pollwatchers as provided by law shall be permitted to closely observe the
judges in these procedures and to periodically inspect
the equipment when not in use by the voters to see that the
ballot labels are in proper position and have not been marked upon or mutilated.
(Source: P.A. 82‑1014.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑9.1)
Sec. 24A‑9.1.
Whenever an electronic scanning process is utilized to
automatically examine and count the votes on ballot sheets, the provisions
of this Section shall apply. A voter shall cast a proper vote on a ballot
sheet by making a mark in the designated area for the casting of a vote
for any party or candidate or for or against any proposition. For this
purpose, a mark is an intentional darkening of the designated area on the
ballot sheet, and shall not be an "X", a check mark, or any other recognizable
letter of the alphabet, number, or other symbol which can be recognized
as an identifying mark.
Whenever the ballot sheet includes designated areas on both sides, the
election authority shall provide an envelope, sleeve or other device to
each voter by means of which the voter can deliver the voted ballot sheet
to the ballot box without the votes indicated on the ballot sheet being
visible to other persons in the polling place.
(Source: P.A. 81‑1433.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑11) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑11)
Sec. 24A‑11.
All proceedings at the location for central counting
shall be under the
direction of the county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the
case may be. Except for any specially trained technicians required for the
operation of the automatic tabulating equipment, the employees at the
counting station shall be equally divided between members of the 2 leading
political parties and all duties performed by such employees shall be by
teams consisting of an equal number of members of each political party.
Thirty days before an election the county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall submit to the chairman of each political party, for his
approval or disapproval, a list of persons of his party proposed to be
employed. If a chairman fails to notify the election authority of his
disapproval of any proposed employee within a period of 10 days thereafter
the list shall be deemed approved.
(Source: P.A. 82‑1014.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑13) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑13)
Sec. 24A‑13.
The procedure for tabulating the votes by the automatic
tabulating equipment shall be under the direction of the election authority
and shall conform to
the requirements of the automatic tabulating equipment. During any election‑related
activity utilizing the automatic tabulating equipment, the election authority
shall make a reasonable effort to dedicate the equipment to vote processing
so as to ensure the security and integrity of the system.
A reasonable number of pollwatchers shall be admitted to the counting
location. Persons may observe the tabulating process at the discretion
of the election authority; however, at least one representative of each
established political
party and authorized agents of the State Board of Elections shall
be permitted to observe this process at all times. No
persons except
those employed and authorized for the purpose shall touch any ballot,
ballot box, return, or equipment.
The computer operators shall be designated by the election authority
and shall be sworn as a deputy of the election authority. In conducting
the vote tabulation and canvass, the computer operator must maintain a log
which shall include the following information:
1. Alterations made to programs associated with the vote counting process;
2. if applicable, console messages relating to the program and the respective
responses made by the operator;
3. the starting time for each precinct counted, the number of cards counted
for each precinct, any equipment problems and, insofar as practicable, the
number of invalid security punches encountered
during that count; and
4. changes and
repairs made to the equipment during the vote tabulation and canvass.
The computer operator's log and canvass shall be available for public inspection
in the office of the election authority for a period of 60 days following
the proclamation of election results. A copy of the computer operator's
log and the canvass shall be transmitted to the State Board of Elections
upon its request and at its expense.
(Source: P.A. 82‑1014.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑14) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑14)
Sec. 24A‑14.
If any ballot is damaged or defective so that it cannot
properly be counted by the automatic tabulating equipment, a true duplicate
copy shall be made of the damaged ballot in the presence of witnesses and
substituted for the damaged ballot. Likewise, a duplicate ballot shall be
made of a defective ballot which shall not include the invalid votes. All
duplicate ballots shall be clearly labeled "duplicate", shall bear a serial
number which shall be registered on the damaged or defective ballot, and
shall be counted in lieu of the damaged or defective ballot.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑15.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑15.01)
Sec. 24A‑15.01.
Upon completion of the tabulation and retabulation of votes
pursuant to Sections 24A‑11 through 24A‑15, the ballots from each precinct
shall be replaced in the container in which they were transported to the
central counting station. If such container is not a type which may be
securely locked, then each such container ‑ before being transferred from the
counting station to storage ‑ shall be sealed with filament tape wrapped around
such container lengthwise and crosswise, at least twice each way, and in such
manner that the ballots cannot be removed from the container without breaking
the tape.
(Source: P.A. 88‑45.)
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The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communications port.
The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its approval of a
voting system if the system fails to fulfill the above requirements.
The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely responsible for the production and cost of: all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective equipment and software.
No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or loan, or have a written contract, including a contract contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
system or voting system component to any election jurisdiction unless the
voting system or voting system component is first approved by the State
Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 94‑1000, eff. 7‑3‑06.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑17) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑17)
Sec. 24A‑17.
The State Board of Elections may make reasonable rules for the
administration of this Article and may prescribe the number of voting
booths required for the various types of voting systems.
(Source: P. A. 78‑918.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑18) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A‑18)
Sec. 24A‑18.
When an electronic voting system is used, the election
authority shall cause to be published, at least 5 days before the day of
each general and general primary election, in 2 or more newspapers
published in and having a general circulation in the county, a true and
legible copy of the specimen ballot label containing the names of
offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on, as
near as may be, in the form in which they will appear on the official
ballot label on election day. Such true legible copy may be in the form
of an actual size ballot label booklet and shall be published as
required by this section if distributed in 2 or more newspapers
published in and having a general circulation in the county as an insert
thereto. For each election prescribed in Article 2A of this Code, such
specimen ballots shall be made available for public distribution
and shall be supplied to the judges of election for posting in the polling
place on the day of election. Notice for the nonpartisan and consolidated
elections shall be
given as provided in Article 12.
(Source: P.A. 81‑1535.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A‑20)
Sec. 24A‑20.
State Board testing of electronic ballot forms using direct
recording electronic voting systems. The State Board of Elections may test
direct recording electronic
voting systems. Testing by
the State Board of Elections shall include the operation of direct recording
electronic voting systems during a mock voting procedure and during a mock
contested
election in
which
ballots are objected to or recounted. The State
Board of Elections shall certify to the General Assembly the results of any
tests it
performs under this Section. Notwithstanding the results of the State Board of
Elections test and its certification to the General Assembly, nothing in this
Section shall authorize the use of a direct recording electronic voting system
unless further authorized by the
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 90‑745, eff. 8‑14‑98.)
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(b) Write‑in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent with the existing
provisions of this Code.
(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion of a ballot card
that a voter punches or perforates with a stylus or other designated marking
device to manifest his or her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot
card as defined in subsection (a).
(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or manipulation of chads.
(Source: P.A. 93‑574, eff. 8‑21‑03; 94‑645, eff. 8‑22‑05.)
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