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                                          SRS90HB0644PMcham01
 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 644
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  644  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Election Code by adding Section
 5    24A-20."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  5.   The  Election  Code  is  amended by adding
 9    Section 24A-20 as follows:
10        (10 ILCS 5/24A-20 new)
11        Sec. 24A-20.  State Board testing  of  electronic  ballot
12    forms  using direct recording electronic voting systems.  The
13    State Board of Elections may test direct recording electronic
14    voting systems. Testing by the State Board of Elections shall
15    include the operation of direct recording  electronic  voting
16    systems  during  a  mock  voting  procedure and during a mock
17    contested election  in  which  ballots  are  objected  to  or
18    recounted.  The State Board of Elections shall certify to the
19    General  Assembly  the results of any tests it performs under
20    this Section.  Notwithstanding the results of the State Board
21    of Elections  test  and  its  certification  to  the  General
                            -2-           SRS90HB0644PMcham01
 1    Assembly,  nothing in this section shall authorize the use of
 2    a direct recording electronic voting  system  unless  further
 3    authorized by the General Assembly.
 4        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act shall take effect
 5    upon becoming law.".

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