95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1123

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mike Boland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Election Code. Provides for the use of mail-in ballots for the general primary held in 2008 in a county selected by the State Board of Elections. Provides that the election authority shall mail ballots to each registered voter not more than 40 nor less than 5 days before the date of the election. Establishes procedures for the return of the ballots. Provides for the delivery of ballots to the judges of election. Provides for the casting of mail-in ballots. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of the use of mail-in ballots within 270 days after the effective date of the bill. Requires the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the problems and successes of conducting the election by mail. Contains other provisions. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-11, 7-5, 7-15, 7-16, 13-1, 13-2, 14-1, 14-3.1,
6 24A-6, and 24B-6 and adding the Article 19B heading and
7 Sections 19B-5, 19B-10, 19B-15, 19B-20, 19B-25, 19B-30,
8 19B-35, 19B-40, 19B-45, 19B-50, 19B-55, and 19B-60 as follows:
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/4-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
10     Sec. 4-11. At least 2 weeks prior to the general November
11 election in each even numbered year and the consolidated
12 election in each odd-numbered year the county clerk shall cause
13 a list to be made for each precinct of all names upon the
14 registration record cards not marked or erased, in alphabetical
15 order, with the address, provided, that such list may be
16 arranged geographically, by street and number, in numerical
17 order, with respect to all precincts in which all, or
18 substantially all residences of voters therein shall be located
19 upon and numbered along streets, avenues, courts, or other
20 highways which are either named or numbered, upon direction
21 either of the county board or of the circuit court. On the
22 list, the county clerk shall indicate, by italics, asterisk, or
23 other means, the names of all persons who have registered since

 

 

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1 the last regularly scheduled election in the consolidated
2 schedule of elections established in Section 2A-1.1 of this
3 Act. The county clerk shall cause such precinct lists to be
4 printed or typed in sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable
5 demands, and upon application a copy of the same shall be given
6 to any person applying therefor. By such time, the county clerk
7 shall give the precinct lists to the chairman of a county
8 central committee of an established political party, as such
9 party is defined in Section 10-2 of this Act, or to the
10 chairman's duly authorized representative. Within 30 days of
11 the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1983, the county
12 clerk shall give the precinct lists compiled prior to the
13 general November election of 1982 to the chairman of county
14 central committee of an established political party or to the
15 chairman's duly authorized representative.
16     Subject to the provisions of Article 19B, prior to the
17 opening of the polls for other elections, the county clerk
18 shall transmit or deliver to the judges of election of each
19 polling place a corrected list of registered voters in the
20 precinct, or the names of persons added to and erased or
21 withdrawn from the list for such precinct. At other times such
22 list, currently corrected, shall be kept available for public
23 inspection in the office of the county clerk.
24     Within 60 days after each general election the county clerk
25 shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on the
26 list of registered voters in each precinct, each registrant who

 

 

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1 voted at that general election, and shall provide a copy of
2 such list to the chairman of the county central committee of
3 each established political party or to the chairman's duly
4 authorized representative.
5     Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory
6 Act of 1983, the county clerk shall indicate by italics,
7 asterisk, or other means, on the list of registered voters in
8 each precinct, each registrant who voted at the general
9 election of 1982, and shall provide a copy of such coded list
10 to the chairman of the county central committee of each
11 established political party or to the chairman's duly
12 authorized representative.
13     The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
14 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
15 of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
17     (10 ILCS 5/7-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-5)
18     Sec. 7-5. (a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates
19 prescribed in Article 2A.
20     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no
21 primary shall be held for an established political party in any
22 township, municipality, or ward thereof, where the nomination
23 of such party for every office to be voted upon by the electors
24 of such township, municipality, or ward thereof, is
25 uncontested. Whenever a political party's nomination of

 

 

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1 candidates is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of
2 the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township,
3 municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be held for
4 that party in such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
5 provided that the primary ballot shall not include those
6 offices within such township, municipality, or ward thereof,
7 for which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
8 Article, the nomination of an established political party of a
9 candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to be
10 uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
11 nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the
12 nomination of such party for election to such office.
13     (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no
14 primary election shall be held for an established political
15 party for any special primary election called for the purpose
16 of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
17 United States Congress where the nomination of such political
18 party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this
19 Article, the nomination of an established political party of a
20 candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
21 uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
22 nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the
23 nomination of such established party for election to said
24 office. This subsection (c) shall not apply if such primary
25 election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day.
26     (d) Notwithstanding the provisions in subsection (b) and

 

 

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1 (c) of this Section whenever a person who has not timely filed
2 valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in
3 candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for
4 which the nomination is uncontested files a written statement
5 or notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or
6 the local election official with whom nomination papers for
7 such office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
8 primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or notice
9 shall be filed on or before the date established in this
10 Article for certifying candidates for the primary ballot. Such
11 statement or notice shall contain (i) the name and address of
12 the person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a
13 statement that the person is a qualified primary elector of the
14 political party from whom the nomination is sought, (iii) a
15 statement that the person intends to become a write-in
16 candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv) the office the
17 person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election
18 authority shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
19 primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
20 uncontested, unless a statement or notice meeting the
21 requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
22     (e) Except for the general primary election conducted under
23 Article 19B, the polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00
24 p.m. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules for the
25 conduct of the election under Article 19B.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 

 

 

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1     (10 ILCS 5/7-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-15)
2     Sec. 7-15. At least 60 days prior to each general and
3 consolidated primary, the election authority shall provide
4 public notice, calculated to reach elderly and handicapped
5 voters, of the availability of registration and voting aids
6 under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and
7 Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking
8 the ballot, procedures for voting by absentee ballot, and
9 procedures for early voting by personal appearance. At least 20
10 days before the general primary the county clerk of each
11 county, and not more than 30 nor less than 10 days before the
12 consolidated primary the election authority, shall prepare in
13 the manner provided in this Act, a notice of such primary which
14 notice shall state the time and place of holding the primary,
15 the procedures for using mail-in ballots in the election
16 subject to Article 19B, the hours during which the polls will
17 be open, the offices for which candidates will be nominated at
18 such primary and the political parties entitled to participate
19 therein, notwithstanding that no candidate of any such
20 political party may be entitled to have his name printed on the
21 primary ballot. Such notice shall also include the list of
22 addresses of precinct polling places for the consolidated
23 primary unless such list is separately published by the
24 election authority not less than 10 days before the
25 consolidated primary.

 

 

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1     In counties, municipalities, or towns having fewer than
2 500,000 inhabitants notice of the general primary shall be
3 published once in two or more newspapers published in the
4 county, municipality or town, as the case may be, or if there
5 is no such newspaper, then in any two or more newspapers
6 published in the county and having a general circulation
7 throughout the community.
8     In counties, municipalities, or towns having 500,000 or
9 more inhabitants notice of the general primary shall be
10 published at least 15 days prior to the primary by the same
11 authorities and in the same manner as notice of election for
12 general elections are required to be published in counties,
13 municipalities or towns of 500,000 or more inhabitants under
14 this Act.
15     Notice of the consolidated primary shall be published once
16 in one or more newspapers published in each political
17 subdivision having such primary, and if there is no such
18 newspaper, then published once in a local, community newspaper
19 having general circulation in the subdivision, and also once in
20 a newspaper published in the county wherein the political
21 subdivisions, or portions thereof, having such primary are
22 situated.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
24     (10 ILCS 5/7-16)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-16)
25     Sec. 7-16. Each election authority in each county shall

 

 

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1 prepare and cause to be printed the primary ballot of each
2 political party for each precinct in his respective
3 jurisdiction.
4     The election authority shall, at least 45 days prior to the
5 date of the primary election, have a sufficient number of
6 ballots printed so that such ballots will be available for
7 mailing 45 days prior to the primary election to persons who
8 have filed application for a ballot under the provisions of
9 Article 20 of this Act.
10     If a general primary election is subject to the provisions
11 of Article 19B, the election authority shall, not more than 40
12 nor less than 5 days before the date of the election, mail a
13 ballot to each registered voter.
14 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
 
15     (10 ILCS 5/13-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
16     Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization, the
17 county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July in
18 each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5
19 capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
20 Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
21 machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
22 are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect
23 to which the board considers such action necessary or desirable
24 in view of the number of voters, and shall for general
25 elections for any precinct containing more than 600 registered

 

 

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1 voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of election a team
2 of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the judges of election
3 shall preside over the election during the hours the polls are
4 open, and the tally judges, with the assistance of the holdover
5 judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the
6 vote after the closing of the polls. However, the County Board
7 of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of election to serve in
8 lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
9 Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
10 odd-year regular election or in any special primary or special
11 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
12 office of representative in the United States Congress or to
13 nominate candidates for such purpose. If a general primary
14 election is conducted under Article 19B, the County Board of
15 Commissioners shall appoint a team of 5 tally judges to serve
16 in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
17 Section. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
18 and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
19 division between political parties as is provided for judges of
20 election.
21     In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
22 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
23 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
24 appointed in the same manner and with the same division between
25 political parties as is provided for other judges of election.
26 The number of such panels of judges required shall be

 

 

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1 determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections which
2 shall base the required numbers of special panels on the number
3 of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
4 absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or any combination
5 of such factors.
6     Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
7 provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
8 persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
9 of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
10 appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
11 board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
12 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
13 list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee
14 of the first leading political party in such precinct; and the
15 county board of commissioners shall also select and approve 2
16 persons as judges of election in each election precinct from a
17 certified list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central
18 Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
19 only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
20 more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges
21 of election in the same election precinct; and which political
22 party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
23 party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
24 in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
25 sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
26 Such certified list shall be filed with the county clerk not

 

 

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1 less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county board
2 of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
3 precincts. The chairman of each county central committee shall,
4 insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the
5 precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may,
6 in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who reside
7 outside the precinct but within the county embracing the
8 precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit
9 the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each
10 precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit
11 the name of at least one resident of the precinct for each
12 precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges. The county
13 board of commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each
14 county chairman the names of all persons submitted on such
15 certified list and the total number of persons listed thereon.
16 If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
17 no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
18 certain election precincts), the county board of commissioners
19 shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
20 the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. The
21 election judges shall hold their office for 2 years from their
22 appointment, and until their successors are duly appointed in
23 the manner provided in this Act. The county board of
24 commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge
25 of election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
26 (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 

 

 

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1     (10 ILCS 5/13-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
2     Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the
3 county board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered
4 year except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000
5 inhabitants or over and except when such judges are appointed
6 by election commissioners, select in each election precinct in
7 the county, 5 capable and discreet persons to be judges of
8 election who shall possess the qualifications required by this
9 Act for such judges. Where neither voting machines nor
10 electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems are used, the
11 county board may, for any precinct with respect to which the
12 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
13 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
14 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
15 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
16 In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
17 election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
18 judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
19 pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the
20 closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
21 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
22 with the same division between political parties as is provided
23 for judges of election.
24     However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election
25 to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required

 

 

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1 by this Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
2 odd-year regular election or in any special primary or special
3 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
4 office of representative in the United States Congress or to
5 nominate candidates for such purpose.
6     If a general primary election is conducted under Article
7 19B, the county board shall appoint a team of 5 tally judges to
8 serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by
9 this Section.
10     In addition to such precinct judges, the county board shall
11 appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the
12 same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner
13 and with the same division between political parties as is
14 provided for other judges of election. The number of such
15 panels of judges required shall be determined by regulations of
16 the State Board of Elections, which shall base the required
17 number of special panels on the number of registered voters in
18 the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
19 recent elections or any combination of such factors.
20     No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be
21 appointed judges in the same election district or undivided
22 precinct. The election of the judges of election in the various
23 election precincts shall be made in the following manner: The
24 county board shall select and approve 3 of the election judges
25 in each precinct from a certified list furnished by the
26 chairman of the County Central Committee of the first leading

 

 

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1 political party in such election precinct and shall also select
2 and approve 2 judges of election in each election precinct from
3 a certified list furnished by the chairman of the County
4 Central Committee of the second leading political party in such
5 election precinct. However, if only 3 judges of election serve
6 in each election precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same
7 political party shall be judges of election in the same
8 election precinct; and which political party is entitled to 2
9 judges of election and which political party is entitled to one
10 judge of election shall be determined in the same manner as set
11 forth in the next two preceding sentences with regard to 5
12 election judges in each precinct. The respective County Central
13 Committee chairman shall notify the county board by June 1 of
14 each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual
15 meeting of the county board whether or not such certified list
16 will be filed by such chairman. Such list shall be arranged
17 according to precincts. The chairman of each county central
18 committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
19 within the precinct in which they are to serve as judges.
20 However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of
21 persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
22 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
23 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
24 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
25 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of the
26 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 2

 

 

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1 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the
2 county clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of
3 the county board. The county board shall acknowledge in writing
4 to each county chairman the names of all persons submitted on
5 such certified list and the total number of persons listed
6 thereon. If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete
7 (that is, no names or an insufficient number of names are
8 furnished for certain election precincts), the county board
9 shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
10 the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
11 further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be
12 redistricted, in whole or in part, subsequent to one general
13 election for Governor, and prior to the next, the judges of
14 election to be selected for all new or altered precincts shall
15 be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
16 shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of
17 the particular case, but the majority of such judges for each
18 such precinct shall be selected from the first leading
19 political party, and the minority judges from the second
20 leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties
21 having a population of 1,000,000 inhabitants or over the
22 selection of judges of election shall be made in the same
23 manner in all respects as in other counties, except that the
24 provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such
25 counties and except that the county board shall meet during the
26 month of January for the purpose of making such selection and

 

 

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1 the chairman of each county central committee shall notify the
2 county board by the preceding October 1 whether or not the
3 certified list will be filed. Such judges of election shall
4 hold their office for 2 years from their appointment and until
5 their successors are duly appointed in the manner provided in
6 this Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the
7 office of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein
8 provided.
9     Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
10 the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
11 (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/14-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
13     Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
14 established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
15 in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5
16 persons, men or women, as judges of election for each precinct
17 in such city, village or incorporated town.
18     Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
19 or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
20 commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
21 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
22 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
23 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
24 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
25 In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the

 

 

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1 election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
2 judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
3 pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the
4 closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
5 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
6 with the same division between political parties as is provided
7 for judges of election. The foregoing provisions relating to
8 the appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties
9 with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
10     If a general primary election is conducted under Article
11 19B, the board of election commissioners shall appoint a team
12 of 5 tally judges to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election
13 otherwise required by this Section.
14     (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
15         (1) be citizens of the United States;
16         (2) be of good repute and character;
17         (3) be able to speak, read and write the English
18     language;
19         (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
20     arithmetic;
21         (5) be of good understanding and capable;
22         (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
23     and not be elected committeemen;
24         (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
25     which they are selected to serve, except that in each
26     precinct not more than one judge of each party may be

 

 

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1     appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
2     appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not
3     entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within
4     the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
5     judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
6     qualifications of this Section.
7     (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
8 a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
9 election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
10 person serves as a judge, he or she:
11         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
12         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
13     or private secondary school;
14         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
15     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
16         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
17     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
18     appointment;
19         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
20     legal guardian;
21         (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
22     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
23     13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
24         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
25     service as an election judge.
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1 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
2 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
3 certify in writing to the election authority the political
4 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
5     Students appointed as election judges under this
6 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
7 day they serve as judges.
8     (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
9 additional judges of election, one from each of the major
10 political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
11 precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
12 11--3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
13 prescribed in this Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
15     (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
16     Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall,
17 during the month of July of each even-numbered year, select for
18 each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the board 5
19 persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
20 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The
21 selection shall be made by a county board of election
22 commissioners in the following manner: the county board of
23 election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
24 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
25 list furnished by the chairman of the county central committee

 

 

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1 of the first leading political party in that precinct; the
2 county board of election commissioners also shall select and
3 approve 2 persons as judges of election in each election
4 precinct from a certified list furnished by the chairman of the
5 county central committee of the second leading political party
6 in that precinct. The selection by a municipal board of
7 election commissioners shall be made in the following manner:
8 for each precinct, 3 judges shall be selected from one of the 2
9 leading political parties and the other 2 judges shall be
10 selected from the other leading political party; the parties
11 entitled to 3 and 2 judges, respectively, in the several
12 precincts shall be determined as provided in Section 14-4.
13 However, a Board of Election Commissioners may appoint three
14 judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election
15 otherwise required by this Section to serve in any emergency
16 referendum, or in any odd-year regular election or in any
17 special primary or special election called for the purpose of
18 filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the United
19 States Congress or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
20     If a general primary election is conducted under Article
21 19B, a Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint a team of
22 5 tally judges to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election
23 otherwise required by this Section.
24     If only 3 judges of election serve in each election
25 precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party
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1 which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and
2 which political party is entitled to one judge of election
3 shall be determined as set forth in this Section for a county
4 board of election commissioners' selection of 5 election judges
5 in each precinct or in Section 14-4 for a municipal board of
6 election commissioners' selection of election judges in each
7 precinct, whichever is appropriate. In addition to such
8 precinct judges, the board of election commissioners shall
9 appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the
10 same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner
11 and with the same division between political parties as is
12 provided for other judges of election. The number of such
13 panels of judges required shall be determined by regulation of
14 the State Board of Elections, which shall base the required
15 number of special panels on the number of registered voters in
16 the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
17 recent elections or any combination of such factors. A
18 municipal board of election commissioners shall make the
19 selections of persons qualified under Section 14-1 from
20 certified lists furnished by the chairman of the respective
21 county central committees of the 2 leading political parties.
22 Lists furnished by chairmen of county central committees under
23 this Section shall be arranged according to precincts. The
24 chairman of each county central committee shall, insofar as
25 possible, list persons who reside within the precinct in which
26 they are to serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole

 

 

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1 discretion, submit the names of persons who reside outside the
2 precinct but within the county embracing the precinct in which
3 they are to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at
4 least 2 residents of the precinct for each precinct in which
5 his party is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at
6 least one resident of the precinct for each precinct in which
7 his party is to have 2 judges. The board of election
8 commissioners shall no later than March 1 of each even-numbered
9 year notify the chairmen of the respective county central
10 committees of their responsibility to furnish such lists, and
11 each such chairman shall furnish the board of election
12 commissioners with the list for his party on or before May 1 of
13 each even-numbered year. The board of election commissioners
14 shall acknowledge in writing to each county chairman the names
15 of all persons submitted on such certified list and the total
16 number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished
17 or if no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished
18 for certain precincts, the board of election commissioners
19 shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
20 the supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
21 election shall hold their office for 2 years from their
22 appointment and until their successors are duly appointed in
23 the manner herein provided. The board of election commissioners
24 shall, subject to the provisions of Section 14-3.2, fill all
25 vacancies in the office of judges of election at any time in
26 the manner herein provided.

 

 

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1     Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
2 the court as provided in Section 14-5.
3 (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
4     (10 ILCS 5/Art.19B heading new)
5
Article 19B. MAIL-IN BALLOTS FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION

 
6     (10 ILCS 5/19B-5 new)
7     Sec. 19B-5. Pilot program; voting in the general primary
8 election. In the year 2008, the State Board of Elections shall
9 select one county with a population of less than 3,000,000 for
10 a pilot program using mail-in ballots. Any qualified elector of
11 that county may vote at the general primary election for
12 offices listed in subsection (b) of Section 2A-1.2 through
13 ballots mailed to the voter and returned to the proper election
14 authority by mail.
15     Each election authority in the county participating in the
16 program shall compile and keep current a list of voters who are
17 eligible to vote under this Article. The list shall include the
18 last mailing address of each voter.
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/19B-10 new)
20     Sec. 19B-10. Time for mailing ballots. The election
21 authority, not more than 40 nor less than 5 days before the
22 general primary election held in March of 2006, shall mail,
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1 one are to be voted at the election, to each registered voter
2 eligible to vote under this Article. The ballot or ballots
3 shall be mailed to each voter's last mailing address and shall
4 be marked "DO NOT FORWARD - ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED" or
5 any other similar statement that is in accordance with United
6 States postal service regulations.
7     The election authority shall maintain a list for each
8 election of the voters to whom ballots have been issued. The
9 list shall be maintained for each precinct within the
10 jurisdiction of the election authority.
 
11     (10 ILCS 5/19B-15 new)
12     Sec. 19B-15. Enclosure of ballots in unsealed envelope;
13 certification; instructions for marking and returning ballots.
14 The election authority shall fold the ballot or ballots in the
15 manner specified by the statute for folding ballots prior to
16 their deposit in the ballot box, and shall enclose the ballot
17 or ballots in an unsealed envelope to be furnished by the
18 election authority. The envelope shall bear on its face the
19 name, official title, and post office address of the election
20 authority.
21     The printed certificate on the envelope shall be in
22 substantially the following form:
23     "I state that I am a resident of the .......... precinct of
24 the (1)* township of .......... (2)* city of .......... (3)*
25 .......... ward in the city of .......... residing at

 

 

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1 .......... in the city or town in the county of .......... and
2 State of Illinois, that I have lived at the address for ...
3 months last past; and that I am lawfully entitled to vote in
4 the precinct at the election to be held on .......
5 * fill in either (1), (2), or (3).
6     I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
7 ballot in secret. If I received assistance in casting my
8 ballot, I further attest that, due to physical incapacity, I
9 marked the enclosed ballot in secret with the assistance of
10
11 .................................
12 (Individual rendering assistance)
13
14 .................................
15 (Residence address)
16     Under penalties of perjury provided by law under Section
17 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
18 statements set forth in this certification are true and
19 correct.
20
21 ........................."
22     In addition, the election authority shall provide printed
23 slips giving full instructions regarding the manner of marking
24 and returning the ballot in order that the same may be counted,
25 and shall furnish one of the printed slips to each voter at the
26 same time the ballot is mailed to the voter. The instructions

 

 

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1 shall include the following statement: "In signing the
2 certification on the ballot envelope, you are attesting that
3 you personally marked this ballot in secret. If you are
4 physically unable to mark the ballot, a friend or relative may
5 assist you after completing the enclosed affidavit. Federal and
6 State laws prohibit your employer, your employer's agent, or an
7 officer or agent of your union from assisting physically
8 disabled voters."
9     In addition, if a ballot to be provided to a voter under
10 this Section contains a public question described in subsection
11 (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory concerning the question
12 to be submitted is not described on the ballot due to that
13 space limitations of the ballot, the election authority shall
14 provide a printed copy of the notice of the public question,
15 which shall included a description of the territory in the
16 manner required by Section 16-7. The notice shall be furnished
17 to the voter at the time the ballot is mailed to the voter.
 
18     (10 ILCS 5/19B-20 new)
19     Sec. 19B-20. Certification of voters; return of ballots.
20 The voter shall make and subscribe to the certification
21 provided for on the return envelope for the ballot, and the
22 ballot or ballots shall be folded by the voter in the manner
23 required to be folded before depositing the ballot in the
24 ballot box, and shall be deposited in the envelope and the
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1 her certificate on the back of the envelope, and the envelope
2 shall be mailed by the voter, postage prepaid, to the election
3 authority issuing the ballot, or if more convenient, it may be
4 delivered in person, by either the voter or by a spouse,
5 parent, child, brother, or sister of the voter, or by a company
6 licensed by the Illinois Commerce Commission under the Illinois
7 Commercial Transportation Law that is engaged in the business
8 of making deliveries. If a voter gives his or her ballot and
9 ballot envelope to a spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister
10 of the voter, or to a company that is engaged in the business
11 of making deliveries for delivery to the election authority,
12 the voter shall give an authorization form to the person making
13 the delivery. The person making the delivery shall present the
14 authorization to the election authority. The authorization
15 shall be in substantially the following form:
16     "I .............. (voter) authorize ......................
17 to take my ballot to the office of the election authority.
18 ........................         ...........................
19 Date                                       Signature of voter
20 ........................         ...........................
21 Town                                                 Address
22 ........................         ...........................
23 Date                                 Signature of authorized
24 Individual
25 ........................         ...........................
26 Town                                   Relationship (if any)"
 

 

 

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1     (10 ILCS 5/19B-25 new)
2     Sec. 19B-25. Receipt of ballots. Upon receipt of the
3 voter's ballot, the election authority shall enclose the
4 unopened ballot in a large or carrier envelope that shall be
5 securely sealed and endorsed with the name and official title
6 of the officer and the words, "This envelope contains a ballot
7 and must be opened on election day", together with the number
8 and description of the precinct in which the ballot is to be
9 voted, and the officer shall safely keep the envelope in his or
10 her office until counted as provided in Section 19B-30.
 
11     (10 ILCS 5/19B-30 new)
12     Sec. 19B-30. Counting of ballots. The ballots received by
13 the election authority before 7:00 p.m. of the day of the
14 general primary election shall be counted at the office of the
15 election authority by the tally judges, appointed under this
16 Code for that purpose. The counting shall commence no later
17 than 8:00 p.m. The counting shall continue until all ballots
18 received have been counted.
19     The procedures set forth in Section 19B-35 of this Act and
20 Articles 17 and 18 of this Code shall apply to all ballots
21 counted under this provision, including comparing the
22 signature on the ballot envelope with the signature of the
23 voter on the permanent voter registration record card taken
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1 without regard to precinct designation, except for precinct
2 offices.
 
3     (10 ILCS 5/19B-35 new)
4     Sec. 19B-35. Casting ballots; comparison of signatures;
5 rejection of ballots. The tally judges shall cast the voter's
6 ballots separately, and as each ballot is taken shall open the
7 outer or carrier envelope, announce the voter's name, and
8 compare the signature on the permanent voter registration
9 record card taken from the master file with the signature upon
10 the certification on the ballot envelope. In case the judges
11 find the certification properly executed, that the signatures
12 correspond, and that the applicant is a duly qualified elector,
13 they shall open the envelope containing the ballot in such a
14 manner as not to deface or destroy the certification, or mark
15 or tear the ballots therein contained without unfolding or
16 permitting the ballot to be unfolded or examined, and having
17 endorsed the ballot in like manner as other ballots are
18 required to be endorsed, shall deposit the same in the proper
19 ballot box or boxes and enter the voter's name in the poll book
20 the same as if the voter had been present and voted in person.
21 The judges shall place the ballot certification envelopes in a
22 separate envelope as per the direction of the election
23 authority. The envelope containing the ballot certification
24 envelopes shall be retained by the election authority and
25 preserved in like manner as the official poll record.

 

 

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1     In case the signatures do not correspond, or that the voter
2 is not a duly qualified elector, or that the ballot envelope is
3 open or has been opened and resealed, without opening the
4 envelope the judge of election shall mark across the face
5 thereof, "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
6     In case the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot
7 of any kind, the ballots shall not be counted, but shall be
8 marked "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
9     The voter's envelope, and the voter's envelope with its
10 contents unopened when the vote is rejected, shall be retained
11 and preserved in the manner now provided for the retention and
12 preservation of official ballots rejected at the election.
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/19B-40 new)
14     Sec. 19B-40. Pollwatchers. On election day, pollwatchers
15 shall be permitted to be present during the casting of the mail
16 ballots, and the vote of any voter may be challenged for cause
17 the same as if he or she were present and voted in person, and
18 the tally judges or a majority of them shall have power and
19 authority to hear and determine the legality of the ballot;
20 provided, however, that if a challenge to any voter's right to
21 vote is sustained, notice of the same must be given by the
22 tally judges by mail addressed to the voter's place of
23 residence.
24     Where ballots are counted on the day of the election in the
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1 of this Article, each political party, candidate, and qualified
2 civic organization shall be entitled to have present one
3 pollwatcher for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
4 The pollwatchers shall be subject to the same provisions as are
5 proscribed for pollwatchers in Section 7-34 and 17-23 of this
6 Code, and shall be permitted to observe the signature
7 comparison between that which is on the ballot envelope and
8 that which is on the permanent voter registration record card
9 taken from the master file.
 
10     (10 ILCS 5/19B-45 new)
11     Sec. 19B-45. Death of an elector before election day.
12 Whenever it shall be made to appear by due proof to the tally
13 judges that any elector who has marked and forwarded his or her
14 ballot as provided in this Article has died before the date of
15 the election, then the ballot of the deceased voter shall be
16 retained by the tally judges in the same manner as provided for
17 rejected ballots; but the casting of the ballot of a deceased
18 voter shall not invalidate the election.
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/19B-50 new)
20     Sec. 19B-50. Application to jurisdiction using voting
21 machines. In all jurisdictions in which voting machines are
22 used, all the provisions of the Article relating to the
23 furnishing of ballot boxes, printing, and furnishing official
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1 canvassing of the ballots and making the proper return of the
2 result of the election shall, to the extent necessary to make
3 this Article effective, apply with full force and effect.
 
4     (10 ILCS 5/19B-55 new)
5     Sec. 19B-55. Adoption of rules for mail-in ballots. The
6 State Board of Elections shall conduct public hearings and
7 adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of the use of
8 mail-in ballots within 270 days after the effective date of
9 this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
10     (b) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the
11 State Board of Elections shall:
12         (1) prescribe the form of materials to be used in the
13     conduct of mail-in ballot elections;
14         (2) establish procedures consistent with this Article
15     for the conduct of mail-in ballot elections; and
16         (3) supervise the conduct of mail-in ballot elections.
 
17     (10 ILCS 5/19B-60 new)
18     Sec. 19B-60. Report. After the general primary election in
19 2008, the State Board of Elections must report to the General
20 Assembly on the problems and successes of conducting the
21 election with mail-in ballots.
 
22     (10 ILCS 5/24A-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
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1 ballot or on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable,
2 be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots,
3 except that such information may be in vertical or horizontal
4 rows, or in a number of separate pages. Ballots for all
5 questions or propositions to be voted on must be provided in
6 the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
7 device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such
8 purposes.
9     When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label
10 booklet and ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots
11 calling for a constitutional convention, constitutional
12 amendment ballots, judicial retention ballots, public
13 measures, and all propositions to be voted upon may be placed
14 on the electronic voting device by providing in the ballot
15 booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
16 distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an
17 electronic voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots
18 calling for a constitutional convention, constitutional
19 amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots shall be
20 placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of
21 the ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be
22 printed in ink of a color distinct from the color of ink used
23 in printing any other portion of the ballot sheet. Ballots for
24 candidates, public measures and all other propositions to be
25 voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing a
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1 ballot. Below the name of the last candidate listed for an
2 office shall be printed a line on which the name of a candidate
3 may be written by the voter, and immediately to the left of
4 such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote for such
5 write-in candidate. More than one amendment to the constitution
6 may be placed on the same ballot page or series of pages or on
7 the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case may be.
8 Ballot label pages for constitutional conventions or
9 constitutional amendments shall be on paper of blue color and
10 shall precede all other ballot label pages in the ballot label
11 booklet. More than one public measure or proposition may be
12 placed on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on
13 the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More
14 than one proposition for retention of judges in office may be
15 placed on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on
16 the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case may be.
17 Ballot label pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
18 color, except that in primary elections the ballot label page
19 or pages for the candidates of each respective political party
20 shall be of the color designated by the election official in
21 charge of the election for that political party's candidates;
22 provided that the ballot label pages or pages for candidates
23 for use at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be on
24 paper of different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or
25 desirable to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for
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1 booklet, where the election is made to list ballot information
2 vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
3 "independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the
4 candidate's name, and the name of candidates for the same
5 office shall be listed vertically under the title of that
6 office. In the case of nonpartisan elections for officers of
7 political subdivisions, unless the statute or an ordinance
8 adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution requires
9 otherwise, the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
10 include any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label
11 pages for judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green
12 color, and ballot label pages for all public measures and other
13 propositions shall be on paper of some other distinct and
14 different color. In primary elections, a separate ballot label
15 booklet, marking device and voting booth shall be used for each
16 political party holding a primary, with the ballot label
17 booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the
18 candidates of the party and public measures and other
19 propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
20 election. One ballot card may be used for recording the voter's
21 vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals, public measures
22 or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged so as
23 to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
24 columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure
25 or proposition.
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1 office and public measures or propositions to be voted on, the
2 election official in charge of the election shall divide the
3 pages by protruding tabs identifying the division of the pages,
4 and printing on such tabs "Candidates" and "Propositions".
5     The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card
6 envelope shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's
7 ballots at the general or primary election, whichever is being
8 held. At an election where no candidates are being nominated or
9 elected, the ballot card, its columns, and the ballot card
10 envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
11 official in charge of the election.
12     The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets
13 may, at the discretion of the election authority, be printed on
14 white paper and then striped with the appropriate colors.
15     When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof
16 shall be arranged to conform to the foregoing format.
17     Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes,
18 paper ballots or ballot sheets voted in person in the office of
19 the election official in charge of the election or voted by
20 mail. Where a ballot card is used for voting by mail it must be
21 accompanied by a punching tool or other appropriate marking
22 device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot showing the
23 proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
24 each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or
25 proposition, and in the case of a ballot card must be mounted
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1     Ballots for use in the general primary election conducted
2 under Article 19B may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, paper
3 ballots, or ballot sheets. Where a ballot card is used for
4 voting by mail it must be accompanied by a punching tool or
5 other appropriate marking device, voter instructions, and a
6 specimen ballot showing the proper positions to vote on the
7 ballot card or ballot sheet for each candidate, proposal,
8 public measure, or proposition, and in the case of a ballot
9 card must be mounted on a suitable material to receive the
10 punched out chip.
11     Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may
12 return the ballot to the judges of election and secure another.
13 However, the protruding identifying tab for proposals for a
14 constitutional convention or constitutional amendments shall
15 have printed thereon "Constitutional Ballot", and the ballot
16 label page or pages for such proposals shall precede the ballot
17 label pages for candidates in the ballot label booklet.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
20     Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic
21 Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System;
22 Absentee Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information,
23 shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement
24 provided for paper ballots, except that the information may be
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1 pages or displays on the marking device. Ballots for all
2 questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided in
3 a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or
4 marking device in the places provided for such purposes.
5 Ballots shall be of white paper unless provided otherwise by
6 administrative rule of the State Board of Elections or
7 otherwise specified.
8     All propositions, including but not limited to
9 propositions calling for a constitutional convention,
10 constitutional amendment, judicial retention, and public
11 measures to be voted upon shall be placed on separate portions
12 of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
13 grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on a separate portion
14 of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
15 grey screens. Below the name of the last candidate listed for
16 an office shall be printed or displayed a line or lines on
17 which the voter may select a write-in candidate. Such line or
18 lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking votes
19 for the write-in candidate or candidates. The number of
20 write-in lines for an office shall equal the number of
21 candidates for which a voter may vote. More than one amendment
22 to the constitution may be placed on the same portion of the
23 ballot sheet or marking device. Constitutional convention or
24 constitutional amendment propositions shall be printed or
25 displayed on a separate portion of the ballot sheet or marking
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1 otherwise provided by administrative rule of the State Board of
2 Elections. More than one public measure or proposition may be
3 placed on the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking
4 device. More than one proposition for retention of judges in
5 office may be placed on the same portion of the ballot sheet or
6 marking device. Names of candidates shall be printed in black.
7 The party affiliation of each candidate or the word
8 "independent" shall appear near or under the candidate's name,
9 and the names of candidates for the same office shall be listed
10 vertically under the title of that office, on separate pages of
11 the marking device, or as otherwise approved by the State Board
12 of Elections. In the case of nonpartisan elections for officers
13 of political subdivisions, unless the statute or an ordinance
14 adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution requires
15 otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates shall not
16 include any party or "independent" designation. Judicial
17 retention questions and ballot questions for all public
18 measures and other propositions shall be designated by borders
19 or grey screens on the ballot or marking device. In primary
20 elections, a separate ballot, or displays on the marking
21 device, shall be used for each political party holding a
22 primary, with the ballot or marking device arranged to include
23 names of the candidates of the party and public measures and
24 other propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
25 election.
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1 public measures or propositions to be voted on, the election
2 official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot or
3 displays on the marking device in sections for "Candidates" and
4 "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
5     Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
6 ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
7 official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
8 Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
9 voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
10     Ballots for use in the general primary election conducted
11 under Article 19B may consist of envelopes, paper ballots, or
12 ballot sheets. Where a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
13 Technology ballot is used for voting by mail it must be
14 accompanied by voter instructions.
15     Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
16 has a ballot returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may
17 return the ballot to the judges of election and get another
18 ballot.
19 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
 
20     Section 10. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
21 Section 8.31 as follows:
 
22     (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new)
23     Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
24 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for

 

 

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1 the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
2 Act of the 95th General Assembly.
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     10 ILCS 5/4-11 from Ch. 46, par. 4-11
4     10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5
5     10 ILCS 5/7-15 from Ch. 46, par. 7-15
6     10 ILCS 5/7-16 from Ch. 46, par. 7-16
7     10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
8     10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
9     10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
10     10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
11     10 ILCS 5/Art.19B heading
12     new
13     10 ILCS 5/19B-5 new
14     10 ILCS 5/19B-10 new
15     10 ILCS 5/19B-15 new
16     10 ILCS 5/19B-20 new
17     10 ILCS 5/19B-25 new
18     10 ILCS 5/19B-30 new
19     10 ILCS 5/19B-35 new
20     10 ILCS 5/19B-40 new
21     10 ILCS 5/19B-45 new
22     10 ILCS 5/19B-50 new
23     10 ILCS 5/19B-55 new
24     10 ILCS 5/19B-60 new
25     10 ILCS 5/24A-6 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6

 

 

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1     10 ILCS 5/24B-6
2     30 ILCS 805/8.31 new