(10 ILCS 5/7-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-40)
Sec. 7-40.
(a) Before voting begins, the ballot box shall be emptied and shall be
opened and shown to those present to be empty, after which it shall be
locked and the key delivered to one of the primary judges, and such ballot
box shall not be removed from public view from the time it is shown to be
empty until after the close of the polls. This paragraph (a) applies
whenever permanent type ballot boxes are used, and does not apply when
ballot boxes are used in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) The election authority charged with providing ballot boxes for the
conduct of an election under this Article may provide non-permanent type
ballot boxes as authorized under Section 15-1, paragraph (b), and Section
15-4, paragraph (b). When such ballot boxes are used, prior to the
commencement of voting and before any ballots are deposited therein, the
judges shall examine each such sealed ballot box, show it to those present
and insure that it is in fact sealed and empty; the sealed slot shall be
broken open before those present and the box inspected to insure that it is
empty and such ballot box shall not be removed from public view from the
time it is so inspected until after the close of the polls. The sealed
opening on the side of the box shall not be unsealed or opened until after
the close of the polls.
(Source: P.A. 77-6.)
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