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10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1

(10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1)

Sec. 24C-6.1.

Security Designation.

In all elections
conducted under this Article, ballots shall have a security
designation.  In precincts where more than one ballot
configuration may be voted upon, ballots shall have a different
security designation for each ballot configuration.  If a
precinct has only one possible ballot configuration, the ballots
must have a security designation to identify the precinct and
the election.  Where ballots from more than one precinct are
being tabulated, the ballots from each precinct must be clearly
identified; official results shall not be generated unless the
precinct identification for any precinct corresponds.  When the
tabulating equipment being used requires entering the program
immediately before tabulating the ballots for each precinct, the
precinct program may be used.
The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall be designed
to ensure that the proper ballot is selected for each polling
place and for each ballot configuration and that the format can
be matched to the software or firmware required to interpret it
correctly.  The system shall provide a means of programming each
piece of equipment to reflect the ballot requirements of the
election and shall include a means for validating the
correctness of the program and of the program's installation in
the equipment or in a programmable memory device.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)