(10 ILCS 5/19A-25.5)
Sec. 19A-25.5. Voting machines, automatic tabulating equipment, and
precinct
tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
(a) In all jurisdictions in which voting machines are used, the provisions
of this Code that are not inconsistent with this Article relating to the
furnishing of ballot boxes, printing and furnishing ballots and supplies, the
canvassing of ballots, and the making of returns, apply with full force and
effect to the extent necessary to make this Article effective, provided that
the number of ballots to be printed shall be in the discretion of the election
authority, and provided further that early ballots shall not be counted until after the polls are closed on election day.
(b) If the election authority has adopted the use of automatic tabulating
equipment under Article 24A of this Code, and the provisions of that Article
are in conflict with the
provisions of this Article 19A, the provisions of Article 24A shall govern the
procedures followed by the election authority, its judges of election, and all
employees and agents; provided that early ballots shall be counted at the election authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be counted until after the polls are closed on election day.
(c) If the election authority has adopted the use of tabulation
optical scan technology voting equipment under Article 24B of this Code, and
the provisions of that Article are in conflict with the provisions of this
Article 19A, the provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed
by the election authority, its judges of election, and all employees and
agents; provided that early ballots shall be counted at the election authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be counted until after the polls are closed on election day.
(d) If the election authority has adopted the use of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems under Article 24C of this Code, and the provisions of that Article are in conflict with the provisions of this Article 19A, the provisions of Article 24C shall govern the procedures followed by the election authority, its judges of election, and all employees and agents; provided that early ballots shall be counted at the election authority's central ballot counting location and
shall not be counted until after the polls are closed on election day.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) |