(10 ILCS 5/18-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-11)
Sec. 18-11.
Whenever any proposition is submitted to a vote of the people
and is printed or written upon the same ticket, with the names of
candidates for office, the names, together with such proposition, shall be
canvassed in the following manner: All the ballots shall be first separated
into 3 piles; the first pile containing all the ballots in favor of such
proposition; the second pile containing all the ballots against such
proposition, and the third pile containing all the ballots not mentioning
such proposition, or being neither for nor against such proposition. Each
of the judges shall then examine each pile and see that the separation has
been properly made. Then the first pile shall be counted by tens, and the
result announced to the tally judges who shall tally the same by tens. And
so the second pile shall be counted, announced and tallied, and likewise
the third pile, if necessary. Whereupon the tally judges shall announce to
the judges the number of votes for and the number of votes against such
proposition. The ballots for or against any proposition submitted shall
always be canvassed, counted and tallied after the names of candidates for
any office are canvassed, counted or tallied.
Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever is applicable.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
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