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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 24-1 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1)
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7 | Sec. 24-1. The election authority in all jurisdictions when | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | voting machines
are used shall, except as otherwise provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | this Code,
provide a voting machine or voting
machines for any | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or all of the election precincts or election districts,
as the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | case may be, for which the election authority is by law charged | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | with the
duty of conducting an election or
elections.
A voting | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | machine or machines sufficient in number to provide a machine | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | for each
400 voters or fraction thereof shall be supplied for | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | use at all
elections. However, no such voting machine shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | used,
purchased, or adopted until the board of voting machine | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | commissioners
hereinafter provided for, or a majority thereof, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | shall have made and
filed a report certifying that they have | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | examined such machine; that it
affords each elector an | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | opportunity to vote in absolute secrecy; that it
enables
each | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | elector to vote a ticket selected in part from the nominees of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | one
party, and in part from the nominees of any or all other | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | parties, and in
part from independent nominees printed in the | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | columns of candidates for
public office, and in part of persons | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | not in nomination by any party or
upon any independent ticket; | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | that it enables each elector to vote a
written or printed | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | ballot of his or her own selection, for any person for any
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28 | office for whom he may desire to vote; that it enables each | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | elector to
vote for all candidates for whom he is entitled to | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | vote, and prevents
him from voting for any candidate for any | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | office more than once, unless
he is lawfully entitled to cast | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | more than one vote for one candidate,
and in that event permits |
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1 | him to cast only as many votes for that
candidate as he is by | ||||||
2 | law entitled, and no more; that it prevents the
elector from | ||||||
3 | voting for more than one person for the same office, unless
he | ||||||
4 | is lawfully entitled to vote for more than one person therefor, | ||||||
5 | and
in that event permits him to vote for as many persons for | ||||||
6 | that office as
he is by law entitled, and no more; and that | ||||||
7 | such machine will register
correctly by means of exact counters | ||||||
8 | every vote cast for the regular
tickets thereon; and has the | ||||||
9 | capacity to contain the tickets of at least
5 political parties | ||||||
10 | with the names of all the candidates thereon,
together with all | ||||||
11 | propositions in the form provided by law, where such
form is | ||||||
12 | prescribed, and where no such provision is made for the form
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13 | thereof, then in brief form, not to exceed 75 words; that all | ||||||
14 | votes cast
on the machine on a regular ballot or ballots shall | ||||||
15 | be registered; that
voters may, by means of irregular ballots | ||||||
16 | or otherwise vote for any
person for any office, although such | ||||||
17 | person may not have been nominated
by any party and his name | ||||||
18 | may not appear on such machine; that when a
vote is cast for | ||||||
19 | any person for any such office, when his name does not
appear | ||||||
20 | on the machine, the elector cannot vote for any other name on | ||||||
21 | the
machine for the same office; that each elector can, | ||||||
22 | understandingly and
within the period of 4 minutes cast his | ||||||
23 | vote for all candidates of his
choice; that the machine is so | ||||||
24 | constructed that the candidates for
presidential electors of | ||||||
25 | any party can be voted for only by voting for
the ballot label | ||||||
26 | containing a bracket within which are the names of the
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27 | candidates for President and Vice-President of the party or | ||||||
28 | group; that
the machine is provided with a lock or locks by the | ||||||
29 | use of which any
movement of the voting or registering | ||||||
30 | mechanism is absolutely prevented
so that it cannot be tampered | ||||||
31 | with or manipulated for any purpose; that
the machine is | ||||||
32 | susceptible of being closed during the progress of the
voting | ||||||
33 | so that no person can see or know the number of votes | ||||||
34 | registered
for any candidate; that each elector is permitted to | ||||||
35 | vote for or against
any question, proposition or amendment upon | ||||||
36 | which he is entitled to
vote, and is prevented from voting for |
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1 | or against any question,
proposition or amendment upon which he | ||||||
2 | is not entitled to vote; that the
machine is capable of | ||||||
3 | adjustment by the election authority,
so as to permit
the | ||||||
4 | elector, at a party primary election, to vote only for the
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5 | candidates seeking nomination by the political party in which | ||||||
6 | primary he
is entitled to vote: Provided, also that no such | ||||||
7 | machine or machines
shall be purchased, unless the party or | ||||||
8 | parties making the sale shall
guarantee in writing to keep the | ||||||
9 | machine or machines in good working
order for 5 years without | ||||||
10 | additional cost and shall give a sufficient
bond conditioned to | ||||||
11 | that effect.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)
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