Sen. Chris Lauzen

Filed: 3/9/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2215

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2215 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 17-11 and 24B-16 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/17-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 17-11)
7    Sec. 17-11. On receipt of his ballot the voter shall
8forthwith, and without leaving the inclosed space, retire
9alone, or accompanied by children as provided in Section 17-8,
10to one of the voting booths so provided and shall prepare his
11ballot by making in the appropriate margin or place a cross (X)
12opposite the name of the candidate of his choice for each
13office to be filled, or by writing in the name of the candidate
14of his choice in a blank space on said ticket, making a cross
15(X) opposite thereto; and in case of a question submitted to
16the vote of the people, by making in the appropriate margin or

 

 

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1place a cross (X) against the answer he desires to give. A
2cross (X) in the square in front of the bracket enclosing the
3names of a team of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
4Governor counts as one vote for each of such candidates. Before
5leaving the voting booth the voter shall fold his ballot in
6such manner as to conceal the marks thereon. He shall then vote
7forthwith in the manner herein provided, except that the number
8corresponding to the number of the voter on the poll books
9shall not be indorsed on the back of his ballot. He shall mark
10and deliver his ballot without undue delay, and shall quit said
11inclosed space as soon as he has voted; except that immediately
12after voting, the voter shall be instructed whether the voting
13equipment, if used, accepted or rejected the ballot or
14identified the ballot as under-voted for a statewide
15constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is identified as
16under-voted may return to the voting booth and complete the
17voting of that ballot. A voter whose ballot is not accepted by
18the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the ballot, request
19and vote another ballot. The voter's surrendered ballot shall
20be initialed by the election judge and handled as provided in
21the appropriate Article governing that voting equipment.
22    No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already
23occupied by another, nor remain within said inclosed space more
24than ten minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than five
25minutes in case all of said voting booths are in use and other
26voters waiting to occupy the same. No voter not an election

 

 

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1officer, shall, after having voted, be allowed to re-enter said
2inclosed space during said election. No person shall take or
3remove any ballot from the polling place before the close of
4the poll. No voter shall vote or offer to vote any ballot
5except such as he has received from the judges of election in
6charge of the ballots. Any voter who shall, by accident or
7mistake, spoil his ballot, may, on returning said spoiled
8ballot, receive another in place thereof only after the word
9"spoiled" has been written in ink diagonally across the entire
10face of the ballot returned by the voter.
11    Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
12used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
13required or authorized by Article 24, 24A, 24B, or 24C,
14whichever is applicable, except that the requirements of this
15Section that (i) the voter must be notified of the voting
16equipment's acceptance or rejection of the voter's ballot or
17identification of an under-vote for a statewide constitutional
18office and (ii) the voter shall have the opportunity to correct
19an under-vote or surrender the ballot that was not accepted and
20vote another ballot shall not be modified.
21(Source: P.A. 94-288, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/24B-16)
23    Sec. 24B-16. Approval of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
24Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of
25Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan

 

 

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1Technology voting systems provided by this Article.
2    No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
3system shall be approved unless it fulfills the following
4requirements:
5        (a) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
6        (b) (Blank);
7        (c) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in
8    part from the nominees of one party, and in part from the
9    nominees of any or all parties, and in part from
10    independent candidates, and in part of candidates whose
11    names are written in by the voter;
12        (d) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed
13    ticket of his or her own selection for any person for any
14    office for whom he or she may desire to vote;
15        (e) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
16    proposition when the voter has cast more votes for the
17    office or upon the proposition than he or she is entitled
18    to cast;
19        (e-5) (Blank) It will identify when a voter has not
20    voted for all statewide constitutional offices; and
21        (f) It will accommodate all propositions to be
22    submitted to the voters in the form provided by law or,
23    where no form is provided, then in brief form, not to
24    exceed 75 words.
25    The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
26equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data

 

 

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1Association (IrDA) communications port.
2    The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
3approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
4voting system if the system fails to fulfill the above
5requirements.
6    The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely
7responsible for the production and cost of: all application
8fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other
9equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the
10vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective
11equipment and software.
12    Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
13seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
14system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to
15the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
16Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure,
17taking into account the type of voting system approval that is
18requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of
19an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No
20voting system or modification of a voting system shall be
21approved unless the fee is paid.
22    No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
23loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
24contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
25voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
26system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting

 

 

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1system component to any election jurisdiction unless the voting
2system or voting system component is first approved by the
3State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
4(Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".