Full Text of SB2215 97th General Assembly
SB2215sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Chris Lauzen Filed: 3/9/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2215
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2215 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 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 | 8 | | forthwith, and
without leaving the inclosed space, retire | 9 | | alone, or accompanied by children as provided in Section 17-8,
| 10 | | to one of the voting
booths so provided and shall prepare his | 11 | | ballot by making in the
appropriate margin or place a cross (X) | 12 | | opposite the name of the
candidate of his choice for each | 13 | | office to be filled, or by writing in
the name of the candidate | 14 | | of his choice in a blank space on said ticket,
making a cross | 15 | | (X) opposite thereto; and in case of a question submitted
to | 16 | | the vote of the people, by making in the appropriate margin or |
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| 1 | | place
a cross (X) against the answer he desires to give. A | 2 | | cross (X) in the
square in front of the bracket enclosing the | 3 | | names of a team of
candidates for Governor and Lieutenant | 4 | | Governor counts as one vote for
each of such candidates. Before | 5 | | leaving the voting booth the voter shall fold
his
ballot in | 6 | | such manner as to conceal the marks thereon. He shall then
vote | 7 | | forthwith in the manner herein provided, except that the number
| 8 | | corresponding to the number of the voter on the poll books | 9 | | shall not be
indorsed on the back of his ballot. He shall mark | 10 | | and deliver his ballot
without undue delay, and shall quit said | 11 | | inclosed space as soon as he
has voted; except that immediately | 12 | | after voting, the voter shall be instructed whether the voting | 13 | | equipment, if used, accepted or rejected the ballot or | 14 | | identified the ballot as under-voted for a statewide | 15 | | constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is identified as | 16 | | under-voted may return to the voting booth and complete the | 17 | | voting of that ballot . A voter whose ballot is not accepted by | 18 | | the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the ballot, request | 19 | | and vote another ballot. The voter's surrendered ballot shall | 20 | | be initialed by the election judge and handled as provided in | 21 | | the appropriate Article governing that voting equipment. | 22 | | No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already
| 23 | | occupied by another, nor remain within said inclosed space more | 24 | | than ten
minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than five | 25 | | minutes in case all
of said voting booths are in use and other | 26 | | voters waiting to occupy the
same. No voter not an election |
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| 1 | | officer, shall, after having voted, be
allowed to re-enter said | 2 | | inclosed space during said election. No person
shall take or | 3 | | remove any ballot from the polling place before the close
of | 4 | | the poll. No voter shall vote or offer to vote any ballot | 5 | | except such
as he has received from the judges of election in | 6 | | charge of the ballots.
Any voter who shall, by accident or | 7 | | mistake, spoil his ballot, may, on
returning said spoiled | 8 | | ballot, receive another in place thereof only after
the word | 9 | | "spoiled" has been written in ink diagonally across the entire
| 10 | | face of the ballot returned by the voter.
| 11 | | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 12 | | used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | 13 | | required or authorized by
Article 24,
24A, 24B, or 24C, | 14 | | whichever is applicable, except that the requirements of this | 15 | | Section that (i) the voter must be notified of the voting | 16 | | equipment's acceptance or rejection of the voter's ballot or | 17 | | identification of an under-vote for a statewide constitutional | 18 | | office and (ii) the voter shall have the opportunity to correct | 19 | | an under-vote or surrender the ballot that was not accepted and | 20 | | vote 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
| 24 | | Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of
| 25 | | Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
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| 1 | | Technology voting systems provided by this Article.
| 2 | | No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting | 3 | | system
shall be approved unless it fulfills the following | 4 | | requirements:
| 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 | 26 | | equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data |
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| 1 | | Association (IrDA) communications port.
| 2 | | The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
| 3 | | approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology | 4 | | voting
system if the system fails to fulfill the above | 5 | | requirements.
| 6 | | The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely | 7 | | responsible for the production and cost of: all application | 8 | | fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other | 9 | | equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the | 10 | | vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective | 11 | | equipment and software.
| 12 | | Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity | 13 | | seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting | 14 | | system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to | 15 | | the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of | 16 | | Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure, | 17 | | taking into account the type of voting system approval that is | 18 | | requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of | 19 | | an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No | 20 | | voting system or modification of a voting system shall be | 21 | | approved unless the fee is paid.
| 22 | | No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or | 23 | | loan, or have a written contract, including a contract | 24 | | contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or | 25 | | voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a
voting | 26 | | system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
voting |
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| 1 | | system component to any election jurisdiction unless the
voting | 2 | | system or voting system component is first approved by the
| 3 | | State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".
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