Full Text of HB4931 100th General Assembly
HB4931 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4931 Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/24-1 | from Ch. 46, par. 24-1 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a voting machine or machines sufficient in number to provide a machine for each 500 (rather than 400)
voters or fraction thereof shall be supplied for use at all
elections.
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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 Section | 5 | | 24-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1)
| 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 500
400 voters or fraction thereof shall be supplied | 15 | | for use at all
elections. However, no such voting machine shall | 16 | | be used,
purchased, or adopted, and no person or entity may | 17 | | have a written contract, including a contract contingent upon | 18 | | certification of the voting machines, to sell, lease, or loan | 19 | | voting machines to an election authority, until the board of | 20 | | voting machine commissioners
hereinafter provided for, or a | 21 | | majority thereof, shall have made and
filed a report certifying | 22 | | that they have examined such machine; that it
affords each | 23 | | elector an opportunity to vote in absolute secrecy; that it
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| 1 | | enables
each elector to vote a ticket selected in part from the | 2 | | nominees of one
party, and in part from the nominees of any or | 3 | | all other parties, and in
part from independent nominees | 4 | | printed in the columns of candidates for
public office, and in | 5 | | part of persons not in nomination by any party or
upon any | 6 | | independent ticket; that it enables each elector to vote a
| 7 | | written or printed ballot of his own selection, for any person | 8 | | for any
office for whom he may desire to vote; that it enables | 9 | | each elector to
vote for all candidates for whom he is entitled | 10 | | to vote, and prevents
him from voting for any candidate for any | 11 | | office more than once, unless
he is lawfully entitled to cast | 12 | | more than one vote for one candidate,
and in that event permits | 13 | | him to cast only as many votes for that
candidate as he is by | 14 | | law entitled, and no more; that it prevents the
elector from | 15 | | voting for more than one person for the same office, unless
he | 16 | | is lawfully entitled to vote for more than one person therefor, | 17 | | and
in that event permits him to vote for as many persons for | 18 | | that office as
he is by law entitled, and no more; that it | 19 | | identifies when an elector has not voted for all statewide | 20 | | constitutional offices; and that such machine will register
| 21 | | correctly by means of exact counters every vote cast for the | 22 | | regular
tickets thereon; and has the capacity to contain the | 23 | | tickets of at least
5 political parties with the names of all | 24 | | the candidates thereon,
together with all propositions in the | 25 | | form provided by law, where such
form is prescribed, and where | 26 | | no such provision is made for the form
thereof, then in brief |
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| 1 | | form, not to exceed 75 words; that all votes cast
on the | 2 | | machine on a regular ballot or ballots shall be registered; | 3 | | that
voters may, by means of irregular ballots or otherwise | 4 | | vote for any
person for any office, although such person may | 5 | | not have been nominated
by any party and his name may not | 6 | | appear on such machine; that when a
vote is cast for any person | 7 | | for any such office, when his name does not
appear on the | 8 | | machine, the elector cannot vote for any other name on the
| 9 | | machine for the same office; that each elector can, | 10 | | understandingly and
within the period of 4 minutes cast his | 11 | | vote for all candidates of his
choice; that the machine is so | 12 | | constructed that the candidates for
presidential electors of | 13 | | any party can be voted for only by voting for
the ballot label | 14 | | containing a bracket within which are the names of the
| 15 | | candidates for President and Vice-President of the party or | 16 | | group; that
the machine is provided with a lock or locks by the | 17 | | use of which any
movement of the voting or registering | 18 | | mechanism is absolutely prevented
so that it cannot be tampered | 19 | | with or manipulated for any purpose; that
the machine is | 20 | | susceptible of being closed during the progress of the
voting | 21 | | so that no person can see or know the number of votes | 22 | | registered
for any candidate; that each elector is permitted to | 23 | | vote for or against
any question, proposition or amendment upon | 24 | | which he is entitled to
vote, and is prevented from voting for | 25 | | or against any question,
proposition or amendment upon which he | 26 | | is not entitled to vote; that the
machine is capable of |
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| 1 | | adjustment by the election authority,
so as to permit
the | 2 | | elector, at a party primary election, to vote only for the
| 3 | | candidates seeking nomination by the political party in which | 4 | | primary he
is entitled to vote: Provided, also that no such | 5 | | machine or machines
shall be purchased, unless the party or | 6 | | parties making the sale shall
guarantee in writing to keep the | 7 | | machine or machines in good working
order for 5 years without | 8 | | additional cost and shall give a sufficient
bond conditioned to | 9 | | that effect.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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