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 1        AN ACT concerning the use of mail-in ballots  in  certain
 2    elections.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5. The  Election  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections  4-11,  11-7,  12-1, 12-4, 13-1, 13-2, 14-1, 14-3.1,
 7    16-5, 17-1, 24A-6, and  24B-6,  and  adding  Article  19A  as
 8    follows:

 9        (10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
10        Sec.  4-11.  Subject to the provisions of Article 19A, at
11    least 2 weeks prior to the general November election in  each
12    even  numbered  year  and  the  consolidated election in each
13    odd-numbered year the county clerk shall cause a list  to  be
14    made  for  each  precinct  of all names upon the registration
15    record cards not marked or  erased,  in  alphabetical  order,
16    with  the  address,  provided, that such list may be arranged
17    geographically, by street and  number,  in  numerical  order,
18    with  respect to all precincts in which all, or substantially
19    all residences of voters therein shall be  located  upon  and
20    numbered  along  streets,  avenues, courts, or other highways
21    which are either named or numbered, upon direction either  of
22    the  county  board or of the circuit court.  On the list, the
23    county clerk shall indicate, by italics, asterisk,  or  other
24    means, the names of all persons who have registered since the
25    last   regularly   scheduled  election  in  the  consolidated
26    schedule of elections established in Section 2A-1.1  of  this
27    Act.  The  county clerk shall cause such precinct lists to be
28    printed or typed in sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable
29    demands, and upon application a copy of  the  same  shall  be
30    given  to  any  person  applying therefor.  By such time, the
31    county clerk shall give the precinct lists to the chairman of
 
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 1    a county central committee of an established political party,
 2    as such party is defined in Section 10-2 of this Act,  or  to
 3    the  chairman's  duly  authorized  representative.  Within 30
 4    days of the effective date of this Amendatory  Act  of  1983,
 5    the county clerk shall give the precinct lists compiled prior
 6    to  the  general November election of 1982 to the chairman of
 7    county central committee of an established political party or
 8    to the chairman's duly authorized representative.
 9        Prior to the opening of the polls  for  other  elections,
10    the  county  clerk shall transmit or deliver to the judges of
11    election of each polling place a corrected list of registered
12    voters in the precinct, or the names of persons added to  and
13    erased  or  withdrawn  from  the  list for such precinct.  At
14    other times such list, currently  corrected,  shall  be  kept
15    available  for  public inspection in the office of the county
16    clerk.
17        Within 60 days after each  general  election  the  county
18    clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on
19    the   list  of  registered  voters  in  each  precinct,  each
20    registrant who voted at  that  general  election,  and  shall
21    provide  a  copy  of  such list to the chairman of the county
22    central committee of each established political party  or  to
23    the chairman's duly authorized representative.
24        Within   60   days  after  the  effective  date  of  this
25    amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk  shall  indicate  by
26    italics,  asterisk, or other means, on the list of registered
27    voters in each precinct, each registrant  who  voted  at  the
28    general  election  of  1982, and shall provide a copy of such
29    coded list to the chairman of the county central committee of
30    each established political party or to  the  chairman's  duly
31    authorized representative.
32        The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
33    cost  of  duplicating    each  copy  of a list provided under
34    either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

 2        (10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
 3        Sec. 11-7.   For  the  purpose  of  the  conduct  of  any
 4    consolidated election, consolidated primary election, special
 5    municipal   primary  election  or  emergency  referendum,  an
 6    election  authority  may  cluster  up  to   four   contiguous
 7    precincts as provided in this Section, which shall constitute
 8    a  clustered  voting  zone.  The common polling place for the
 9    clustered voting zone shall be located within  the  territory
10    comprising  the  clustered  precincts.   Unless  the election
11    authority specifies a larger number, only one election  judge
12    shall  be  appointed  for  each  of  the  precincts  in  each
13    clustered  voting  zone. The use of clustered voting zones in
14    consolidated elections shall be subject to the provisions  of
15    Article 19A regarding mail-in ballots.
16        The  judges  so  appointed may not all be affiliated with
17    the same political party.
18        The conduct of an election in  a  clustered  voting  zone
19    shall  be  under the general supervision of all the judges of
20    election designated to serve in the  clustered  voting  zone.
21    The  designated  judges  may  perform  the duties of election
22    judges for the entire clustered  voting  zone.  However,  the
23    requirements   of   Section   17-14   shall  apply  to  voter
24    assistance, the requirements of Section 24-10 shall apply  to
25    voter  instruction,  the  requirement of Section 24A-10 shall
26    apply to examination of absentee ballots, and any disputes as
27    to entitlement to vote, challenges, counting  of  ballots  or
28    other  matters pertaining directly to voting shall be decided
29    by those designated judges  appointed  for  the  precinct  in
30    which  the  affected voter resides or the disputed vote is to
31    be counted.
32        This  Section  does  not  apply  to  any   elections   in
33    municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

 2        (10 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-1)
 3        Sec.  12-1.   At  least 60 days prior to each general and
 4    consolidated election, the election authority  shall  provide
 5    public  notice,  calculated  to reach elderly and handicapped
 6    voters, of the availability of registration and  voting  aids
 7    under  the  Federal  Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and
 8    Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking
 9    the ballot, the  procedures  for  using  mail-in  ballots  in
10    elections  subject  to Article 19A, and procedures for voting
11    by absentee ballot.
12        At least 30 days before  any  general  election,  and  at
13    least  20 days before any special congressional election, the
14    county clerk shall publish a notice of the election in  2  or
15    more  newspapers  published  in  the  county,  city, village,
16    incorporated town or town, as the case may be, or if there is
17    no such newspaper, then in any 2 or more newspapers published
18    in the county and having a general circulation throughout the
19    community. The notice may be substantially as follows:
20        Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give  the
21    place of holding the election and the name of the precinct or
22    district) in the county of (name county), an election will be
23    held  for  (give  the  title  of  the  several  offices to be
24    filled), which  election  will  be  open  at  6:00  a.m.  and
25    continued open until 7:00 p.m. of that day.
26        Dated  at  ....  on (insert date). this .... day of ....,
27    19...
28    (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98; revised 10-20-98.)

29        (10 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-4)
30        Sec. 12-4. Not more than 30 nor less than 10  days  prior
31    to  the  date  of  the  consolidated election and nonpartisan
32    elections, each election authority shall  publish  notice  of
 
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 1    the  election of officers of each political subdivision to be
 2    conducted in his or its jurisdiction on such  election  date.
 3    The notice of election shall be published once in one or more
 4    newspapers  published  in  each political subdivision, and if
 5    there is no such newspaper, then published once in  a  local,
 6    community   newspaper   having  general  circulation  in  the
 7    subdivision, and also once in a newspaper  published  in  the
 8    county   wherein   the  political  subdivisions  or  portions
 9    thereof, having such elections are situated.
10        The notice shall be substantially in the form  prescribed
11    in  Section  12-1,  and may include notice of the location of
12    the precincts and polling places within or including part  of
13    the  political  subdivision  in  which  the election is to be
14    conducted, and the procedures for using  mail-in  ballots  in
15    consolidated elections subject to Article 19A.
16        Not  less  than  10  days  before each such election, the
17    election authority shall publish notice of the precincts  and
18    the location of the polling places where the election will be
19    conducted  for  political  subdivisions  wholly  or partially
20    within its jurisdiction.  The election authority shall  cause
21    publication  in  the  manner  heretofore  prescribed  for the
22    notice of election.
23    (Source: P.A. 81-963.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
25        Sec. 13-1.  In counties not under township  organization,
26    the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in May
27    in  each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct
28    5 capable and discreet electors meeting the qualifications of
29    Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where  neither  voting
30    machines   nor  electronic,  mechanical  or  electric  voting
31    systems are used, the county board may, for any precinct with
32    respect to which the board considers such action necessary or
33    desirable in view of the number  of  voters,  and  shall  for
 
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 1    general  elections  for any precinct containing more than 600
 2    registered voters, appoint in addition to  the  5  judges  of
 3    election  a  team  of  5  tally judges. In such precincts the
 4    judges of election shall preside over the election during the
 5    hours the polls are open, and  the  tally  judges,  with  the
 6    assistance  of  the  holdover  judges  designated pursuant to
 7    Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
 8    polls. However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint
 9    3 judges of election to serve in lieu  of  the  5  judges  of
10    election  otherwise  required by this Section to serve in any
11    emergency referendum, or in any odd-year regular election  or
12    in  any  special  primary  or special election called for the
13    purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of  representative
14    in  the  United States Congress or to nominate candidates for
15    such purpose.  If a consolidated election is conducted  under
16    Article  19A, the County Board of Commissioners shall appoint
17    a team of 5 tally judges to serve in lieu of the 5 judges  of
18    election otherwise required by this Section. The tally judges
19    shall  possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed
20    in the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  division  between
21    political parties as is provided for judges of election.
22        In  addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
23    commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges  each,
24    who  shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  and  shall be
25    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
26    between  political parties as is provided for other judges of
27    election. The number of such panels of judges required  shall
28    be  determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
29    which shall base the required numbers of  special  panels  on
30    the  number  of  registered voters in the jurisdiction or the
31    number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or  any
32    combination of such factors.
33        Such  appointment  shall  be  confirmed  by  the court as
34    provided in Section 13-3 of this  Article.  No  more  than  3
 
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 1    persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
 2    of  the  same  election precinct or election judge panel. The
 3    appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
 4    board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons  as
 5    judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
 6    list,  furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  County  Central
 7    Committee  of  the  first  leading  political  party  in such
 8    precinct; and the county board of  commissioners  shall  also
 9    select  and  approve  2 persons as judges of election in each
10    election precinct from a certified  list,  furnished  by  the
11    chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the second
12    leading  political  party.  However,  if  only  3  judges  of
13    election serve in each election  precinct,  no  more  than  2
14    persons  of  the  same  political  party  shall  be judges of
15    election in the same election precinct; and  which  political
16    party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
17    party   is  entitled  to  one  judge  of  election  shall  be
18    determined in the same manner as set forth in  the  next  two
19    preceding  sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
20    precinct.  Such certified list shall be filed with the county
21    clerk not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of  the
22    county  board  of  commissioners. Such list shall be arranged
23    according to precincts. The chairman of each  county  central
24    committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
25    within  the  precinct  in  which they are to serve as judges.
26    However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names  of
27    persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
28    embracing  the  precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
29    however, submit the names of at  least  2  residents  of  the
30    precinct  for  each  precinct in which his party is to have 3
31    judges and must submit the name of at least one  resident  of
32    the  precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
33    2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall acknowledge
34    in writing to each county chairman the names of  all  persons
 
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 1    submitted  on  such  certified  list  and the total number of
 2    persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or such list
 3    is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
 4    names are furnished  for  certain  election  precincts),  the
 5    county  board  of  commissioners  shall make or complete such
 6    list from  the  names  contained  in  the  supplemental  list
 7    provided  for  in  Section  13-1.1. The election judges shall
 8    hold their office for 2 years  from  their  appointment,  and
 9    until  their  successors  are  duly  appointed  in the manner
10    provided in this Act. The county board of commissioners shall
11    fill all vacancies in the office of judge of election at  any
12    time in the manner provided in this Act.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)

14        (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
15        Sec.  13-2.  In  counties under the township organization
16    the county  board  shall  at  its  meeting  in  May  in  each
17    even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
18    of  3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
19    are appointed  by  election  commissioners,  select  in  each
20    election  precinct  in  the  county,  5  capable and discreet
21    electors to be judges  of  election  who  shall  possess  the
22    qualifications  required  by  this Act for such judges. Where
23    neither  voting  machines  nor  electronic,   mechanical   or
24    electric  voting  systems are used, the county board may, for
25    any precinct with respect to which the board  considers  such
26    action  necessary  or  desirable  in  view  of  the number of
27    voters, and shall for  general  elections  for  any  precinct
28    containing  more  than  600  registered  voters,  appoint  in
29    addition  to  the  5  judges  of  election  a team of 5 tally
30    judges. In  such  precincts  the  judges  of  election  shall
31    preside  over  the  election  during  the hours the polls are
32    open, and the  tally  judges,  with  the  assistance  of  the
33    holdover  judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall
 
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 1    count the vote after the closing  of  the  polls.  The  tally
 2    judges  shall  possess  the  same qualifications and shall be
 3    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
 4    between  political  parties  as  is  provided  for  judges of
 5    election.
 6        However,  the  county  board  may  appoint  3  judges  of
 7    election to serve  in  lieu  of  the  5  judges  of  election
 8    otherwise  required by this Section to serve in any emergency
 9    referendum, or in any odd-year regular  election  or  in  any
10    special primary or special election called for the purpose of
11    filling  a  vacancy  in  the  office of representative in the
12    United States Congress or to  nominate  candidates  for  such
13    purpose.
14        If  a  consolidated  election  is conducted under Article
15    19A, the county board shall appoint a team of 5 tally  judges
16    to  serve  in  lieu  of  the  5  judges of election otherwise
17    required by this Section.
18        In addition to such precinct  judges,  the  county  board
19    shall  appoint  special  panels  of  3 judges each, who shall
20    possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
21    same manner and with  the  same  division  between  political
22    parties  as  is  provided  for  other judges of election. The
23    number of such panels of judges required shall be  determined
24    by  regulations  of the State Board of Elections, which shall
25    base the required number of special panels on the  number  of
26    registered  voters  in  the  jurisdiction  or  the  number of
27    absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
28    of such factors.
29        No more than 3 persons of the same political party  shall
30    be   appointed  judges  in  the  same  election  district  or
31    undivided precinct. The election of the judges of election in
32    the various election precincts shall be made in the following
33    manner: The county board shall select and approve  3  of  the
34    election  judges  in  each  precinct  from  a  certified list
 
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 1    furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee  of
 2    the  first  leading political party in such election precinct
 3    and shall also select and approve 2  judges  of  election  in
 4    each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
 5    chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the second
 6    leading political party in such election  precinct.  However,
 7    if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct,
 8    no  more  than 2 persons of the same political party shall be
 9    judges of election in the same election precinct;  and  which
10    political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which
11    political party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
12    determined  in  the  same manner as set forth in the next two
13    preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in  each
14    precinct.   The  respective County Central Committee chairman
15    shall notify the county board by June 1 of each  odd-numbered
16    year  immediately  preceding the annual meeting of the county
17    board whether or not such certified list  will  be  filed  by
18    such  chairman.  Such  list  shall  be  arranged according to
19    precincts. The chairman  of  each  county  central  committee
20    shall,  insofar  as  possible, list persons who reside within
21    the precinct in which they are to serve as  judges.  However,
22    he  may,  in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons
23    who  reside  outside  the  precinct  but  within  the  county
24    embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.  He  must,
25    however,  submit  the  names  of  at least 2 residents of the
26    precinct for each precinct in which his party is  to  have  3
27    judges  and  must submit the name of at least one resident of
28    the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have
29    2  judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with
30    the county clerk not less than  20  days  before  the  annual
31    meeting   of   the  county  board.  The  county  board  shall
32    acknowledge in writing to each county chairman the  names  of
33    all  persons  submitted  on such certified list and the total
34    number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or
 
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 1    the list is incomplete (that is, no names or an  insufficient
 2    number   of   names   are   furnished  for  certain  election
 3    precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list
 4    from the names contained in the  supplemental  list  provided
 5    for  in  Section  13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case
 6    where a township has been or shall be redistricted, in  whole
 7    or  in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor,
 8    and prior to the next, the judges of election to be  selected
 9    for  all  new  or altered precincts shall be selected in that
10    one of the methods above detailed, which shall be  applicable
11    according  to  the  facts and circumstances of the particular
12    case, but the majority of such judges for each such  precinct
13    shall be selected from the first leading political party, and
14    the  minority judges from the second leading political party.
15    Provided, further, that in counties having  a  population  of
16    1,000,000  inhabitants  or  over  the  selection of judges of
17    election shall be made in the same manner in all respects  as
18    in  other  counties,  except  that the provisions relating to
19    tally judges are inapplicable to  such  counties  and  except
20    that  the county board shall meet during the month of January
21    for the purpose of making such selection and the chairman  of
22    each  county  central committee shall notify the county board
23    by the preceding October 1 whether or not the certified  list
24    will  be  filed.  Such  judges  of  election shall hold their
25    office for 2 years from their  appointment  and  until  their
26    successors  are duly appointed in the manner provided in this
27    Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the  office
28    of  judges  of  elections  at  any  time in the manner herein
29    provided.
30        Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed  by
31    the  circuit  court  as  provided  in  Section  13-3  of this
32    Article.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 87-1052.)
 
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
 2        Sec.  14-1.   The   board   of   election   commissioners
 3    established  or  existing  under Article 6 shall, at the time
 4    and in the manner provided  in  Section  14-3.1,  select  and
 5    choose  5  electors,  men or women, as judges of election for
 6    each precinct in such city, village or incorporated town.
 7        Where neither voting machines nor electronic,  mechanical
 8    or  electric  voting  systems are used, the board of election
 9    commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
10    board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
11    the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
12    precinct containing more than 600 registered voters,  appoint
13    in  addition  to  the  5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
14    judges. In  such  precincts  the  judges  of  election  shall
15    preside  over  the  election  during  the hours the polls are
16    open, and the  tally  judges,  with  the  assistance  of  the
17    holdover  judges designated pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall
18    count the vote after the closing  of  the  polls.  The  tally
19    judges  shall  possess  the  same qualifications and shall be
20    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
21    between  political  parties  as  is  provided  for  judges of
22    election.  The   foregoing   provisions   relating   to   the
23    appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties with
24    a population of 1,000,000 or more.
25        If  a  consolidated  election  is conducted under Article
26    19A, the board of election commissioners shall appoint a team
27    of 5 tally judges to  serve  in  lieu  of  the  5  judges  of
28    election otherwise required by this Section.
29        To qualify as judges the electors must:
30        (1)  be citizens of the United States;
31        (2)  be of good repute and character;
32        (3)  be  able  to  speak,  read  and  write  the  English
33    language;
34        (4)  be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of arithmetic;
 
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 1        (5)  be of good understanding and capable;
 2        (6)  not be candidates for any office at the election and
 3    not be elected committeemen;
 4        (7)  reside  and  be  entitled to vote in the precinct in
 5    which they  are  selected  to  serve,  except  that  in  each
 6    precinct  not  more  than  one  judge  of  each  party may be
 7    appointed from outside such precinct.  Any judge so appointed
 8    to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to  vote
 9    must  be  entitled  to vote elsewhere within the county which
10    encompasses the precinct in which such judge is appointed and
11    such judge must otherwise meet  the  qualifications  of  this
12    Section.
13        The   board   of  election  commissioners  may  select  2
14    additional judges of election, one from  each  of  the  major
15    political  parties,  for  each 200 voters in excess of 600 in
16    any precinct having more than 600  voters  as  authorized  by
17    Section   11--3.   These  additional  judges  must  meet  the
18    qualifications prescribed in this Section.
19    (Source: P.A. 80-779.)

20        (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
21        Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election  commissioners  shall,
22    during  the  month  of May of each even-numbered year, select
23    for each election precinct within  the  jurisdiction  of  the
24    board  5  persons  to be judges of election who shall possess
25    the qualifications required by this Act for such judges.  The
26    selection  shall  be  made  by  a  county  board  of election
27    commissioners in the following manner:  the county  board  of
28    election  commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
29    judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
30    list  furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  county   central
31    committee  of  the  first  leading  political  party  in that
32    precinct; the county board  of  election  commissioners  also
33    shall  select  and approve 2 persons as judges of election in
 
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 1    each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
 2    chairman of  the  county  central  committee  of  the  second
 3    leading political party in that precinct.  The selection by a
 4    municipal  board  of  election commissioners shall be made in
 5    the following manner: for each precinct, 3  judges  shall  be
 6    selected  from one of the 2 leading political parties and the
 7    other 2 judges shall  be  selected  from  the  other  leading
 8    political  party;   the  parties  entitled to 3 and 2 judges,
 9    respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as
10    provided in Section  14-4.   However,  a  Board  of  Election
11    Commissioners  may  appoint three judges of election to serve
12    in lieu of the 5 judges of  election  otherwise  required  by
13    this  Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
14    odd-year regular  election  or  in  any  special  primary  or
15    special  election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
16    in the office of representative in the United States Congress
17    or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
18        If a consolidated election  is  conducted  under  Article
19    19A,  a  Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint a team
20    of 5 tally judges to  serve  in  lieu  of  the  5  judges  of
21    election otherwise required by this Section.
22        If  only  3  judges  of  election  serve in each election
23    precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political  party
24    shall  be  judges  of election in the same election precinct,
25    and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election
26    and which  political  party  is  entitled  to  one  judge  of
27    election shall be determined as set forth in this Section for
28    a  county  board  of  election  commissioners' selection of 5
29    election judges in each precinct or in  Section  14-4  for  a
30    municipal  board  of  election  commissioners'  selection  of
31    election  judges  in each precinct, whichever is appropriate.
32    In addition to such precinct judges, the  board  of  election
33    commissioners  shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
34    who shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  and  shall  be
 
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 1    appointed  in  the  same  manner  and  with the same division
 2    between political parties as is provided for other judges  of
 3    election.  The number of such panels of judges required shall
 4    be determined by regulation of the State Board of  Elections,
 5    which shall base the required number of special panels on the
 6    number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
 7    of   absentee  ballots  voted  at  recent  elections  or  any
 8    combination of such factors.  A municipal board  of  election
 9    commissioners  shall make the selections of persons qualified
10    under Section 14-1 from  certified  lists  furnished  by  the
11    chairman of the respective county central committees of the 2
12    leading  political  parties.   Lists furnished by chairmen of
13    county  central  committees  under  this  Section  shall   be
14    arranged  according to precincts. The chairman of each county
15    central committee shall, insofar as  possible,  list  persons
16    who  reside within the precinct in which they are to serve as
17    judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion,  submit  the
18    names  of  persons who reside outside the precinct but within
19    the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.
20    He must, however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of
21    the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have
22    3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
23    the  precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
24    2 judges. The board of election commissioners shall no  later
25    than  March  1 of each even-numbered year notify the chairmen
26    of  the  respective  county  central  committees   of   their
27    responsibility  to furnish such lists, and each such chairman
28    shall furnish the board of election  commissioners  with  the
29    list  for  his party on or before May 1 of each even-numbered
30    year. The board of election commissioners  shall  acknowledge
31    in  writing  to each county chairman the names of all persons
32    submitted on such certified list  and  the  total  number  of
33    persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
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 1    certain precincts, the board of election commissioners  shall
 2    make  or  complete  such list from the names contained in the
 3    supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2.  Judges  of
 4    election  shall  hold  their  office  for  2 years from their
 5    appointment and until their successors are duly appointed  in
 6    the   manner   herein   provided.   The   board  of  election
 7    commissioners shall, subject to  the  provisions  of  Section
 8    14-3.2,  fill  all  vacancies  in  the  office  of  judges of
 9    election at any time in the manner herein provided.
10        Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed  by
11    the court as provided in Section 14-5.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-471, eff. 6-13-96.)

13        (10 ILCS 5/16-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5)
14        Sec.  16-5.   For  all  elections  to  which this Article
15    applies, the county clerks,  in  their  respective  counties,
16    shall  have  charge  of  the  printing of the ballots for all
17    elections, including referenda, and shall furnish them to the
18    judges of election. In municipalities and counties  having  a
19    board of election commissioners, such board shall have charge
20    of the printing of the ballots and furnish them to the judges
21    of  election  within  the territory under their jurisdiction.
22    Ballots shall be printed and in possession of the  respective
23    election  authorities  at least two days before each election
24    and subject to the inspection of candidates and their agents;
25    if any mistakes be discovered they shall be corrected without
26    delay.  If  a  consolidated  election  is  subject   to   the
27    provisions  of  Article  19A,  however,  the ballots shall be
28    furnished to the election authority prior  to  the  time  the
29    ballots  are  to  be  mailed  to  the  voters.  The  election
30    authority  shall  cause  to  be  delivered  to  the judges of
31    election at the polling place of each precinct  or  district,
32    not  less  than twelve hours before the time fixed by law for
33    the opening of the polls therein, at least 10%  more  ballots
 
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 1    of the kind to be voted in such precinct or district than the
 2    number  of voters registered therein for the purposes of such
 3    election, such ballots shall be put  up  in  separate  sealed
 4    packages,  with  marks on the outside clearly designating the
 5    polling place for which they are intended and the  number  of
 6    ballots  enclosed, and receipt therefor shall be given by the
 7    judges of election to whom they are delivered, which  receipt
 8    shall  be  preserved  by the election authority. The election
 9    authority shall provide and retain at  its  office  an  ample
10    supply  of  ballots,  in addition to those distributed to the
11    several voting precincts or districts, and if at any time  on
12    or  before  the  day of election the ballots furnished to any
13    precinct shall be lost, destroyed  or  exhausted  before  the
14    polls are closed, on written application signed by a majority
15    of  the  judges  he  or  they  shall  immediately cause to be
16    delivered  to  such  judges  at  the  polling   place,   such
17    additional   supply   of  ballots  as  may  be  required  and
18    sufficient to comply with the provisions of this Act.
19        If a consolidated election is subject to  the  provisions
20    of  Article  19A, the election authority shall, not more than
21    40 nor less than 5 days before the date of the election, mail
22    a ballot to each registered voter.
23    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/17-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-1)
25        Sec.  17-1.   Except  for  the   consolidated   elections
26    conducted under Article 19A, the polls shall be opened at the
27    hour  of 6:00 a.m.  and continued open until 7:00 p.m. of the
28    same day, at which time the polls shall be closed; but if the
29    judges shall not attend at the hour of  six  o'clock  in  the
30    morning, or if it shall be necessary for the electors present
31    to   appoint  judges  to  conduct  the  election,  as  herein
32    prescribed, the polls may, in that case,  be  opened  at  any
33    hour  before  the  time for closing the same shall arrive, as
 
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 1    the case may require. The  State  Board  of  Elections  shall
 2    adopt rules for the conduct of elections under Article 19A.
 3    (Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)

 4        (10 ILCS 5/Art.19A heading new)
 5        Article 19A.  MAIL-IN BALLOTS FOR CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS

 6        (10 ILCS 5/19A-5 new)
 7        Sec.  19A-5.  Voting  in  consolidated  elections. In the
 8    year 2001, any qualified elector of  the  State  of  Illinois
 9    having  duly  registered  where  registration is required may
10    vote at the consolidated election for the offices  listed  in
11    subsection  (c)  of  Section 2A-1.2 through ballots mailed to
12    the voter and returned to the proper  election  authority  by
13    mail.
14        Each  election authority shall compile and keep current a
15    list of voters who are eligible to vote under  this  Article.
16    The  list  shall  include  the  last  mailing address of each
17    voter.

18        (10 ILCS 5/19A-10 new)
19        Sec. 19A-10.  Time for mailing  ballots.   Each  election
20    authority,  not  more than 40 nor less than 5 days before the
21    consolidated election held in  April  of  2001,  shall  mail,
22    postage  prepaid, an official ballot, or ballots if more than
23    one are to be voted at the election, to each registered voter
24    eligible to vote under this Article.  The ballot  or  ballots
25    shall  be  mailed  to  each  voter's last mailing address and
26    shall  be  marked  "DO  NOT  FORWARD  -  ADDRESS   CORRECTION
27    REQUESTED"   or  any  other  similar  statement  that  is  in
28    accordance with United States postal service regulations.
29        The election authority shall maintain  a  list  for  each
30    election of the voters to whom ballots have been issued.  The
31    list  shall  be  maintained  for  each  precinct  within  the
 
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 1    jurisdiction of the election authority.

 2        (10 ILCS 5/19A-15 new)
 3        Sec.  19A-15.  Enclosure of ballots in unsealed envelope;
 4    certification;  instructions  for   marking   and   returning
 5    ballots.   The  election  authority  shall fold the ballot or
 6    ballots in the manner specified by the  statute  for  folding
 7    ballots  prior  to their deposit in the ballot box, and shall
 8    enclose the ballot or ballots in an unsealed envelope  to  be
 9    furnished by the election authority.  The envelope shall bear
10    on its face the name, official title, and post office address
11    of the election authority.
12        The  printed  certificate  on  the  envelope  shall be in
13    substantially the following form:
14        "I state that I am a resident of the ..........  precinct
15    of  the  (1)*  township of .......... (2)* city of ..........
16    (3)* .......... ward in the city of  ..........  residing  at
17    ..........  in  the  city or town in the county of ..........
18    and State of Illinois, that I have lived at the  address  for
19    ... months last past; and that I am lawfully entitled to vote
20    in the precinct at the election to be held on .......
21    * fill in either (1), (2), or (3).
22        I  further  state  that  I personally marked the enclosed
23    ballot in secret.  If I received  assistance  in  casting  my
24    ballot,  I further attest that, due to physical incapacity, I
25    marked the enclosed ballot in secret with the assistance of
26                             .................................
27                             (Individual rendering assistance)
28                             .................................
29                             (Residence address)
30        Under penalties of perjury provided by law under  Section
31    29-10  of  the  Election Code, the undersigned certifies that
32    the statements set forth in this certification are  true  and
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 1                                    ........................."
 2        In addition, the election authority shall provide printed
 3    slips  giving  full  instructions  regarding  the  manner  of
 4    marking  and  returning the ballot in order that the same may
 5    be counted, and shall furnish one of  the  printed  slips  to
 6    each  voter  at  the  same  time  the ballot is mailed to the
 7    voter.    The  instructions  shall  include   the   following
 8    statement:  "In  signing  the  certification  on  the  ballot
 9    envelope,  you  are attesting that you personally marked this
10    ballot in secret.  If you are physically unable to  mark  the
11    ballot,  a friend or relative may assist you after completing
12    the enclosed affidavit.  Federal and State laws prohibit your
13    employer, your employer's agent, or an officer  or  agent  of
14    your union from assisting physically disabled voters."
15        In  addition, if a ballot to be provided to a voter under
16    this  Section  contains  a  public  question   described   in
17    subsection  (b)  of Section 28-6 and the territory concerning
18    the question to be submitted is not described on  the  ballot
19    due  to  that  space  limitations of the ballot, the election
20    authority shall provide a printed copy of the notice  of  the
21    public  question,  which  shall included a description of the
22    territory in the manner required by Section 16-7.  The notice
23    shall be furnished to the voter at the  time  the  ballot  is
24    mailed to the voter.

25        (10 ILCS 5/19A-20 new)
26        Sec. 19A-20.  Certification of voters; return of ballots.
27    The  voter  shall  make  and  subscribe  to the certification
28    provided for on the return envelope for the ballot,  and  the
29    ballot  or ballots shall be folded by the voter in the manner
30    required to be folded before depositing  the  ballot  in  the
31    ballot  box,  and  shall be deposited in the envelope and the
32    envelope securely sealed. The voter shall then endorse his or
33    her certificate on the back of the envelope, and the envelope
 
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 1    shall be  mailed  by  the  voter,  postage  prepaid,  to  the
 2    election authority issuing the ballot, or if more convenient,
 3    it  may  be  delivered in person, by either the voter or by a
 4    spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister of the voter, or by
 5    a company licensed by the Illinois Commerce Commission  under
 6    the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law that is engaged in
 7    the  business  of making deliveries.  If a voter gives his or
 8    her ballot and ballot envelope to a  spouse,  parent,  child,
 9    brother,  or  sister  of  the  voter, or to a company that is
10    engaged in the business of making deliveries for delivery  to
11    the election authority, the voter shall give an authorization
12    form to the person making the delivery. The person making the
13    delivery  shall  present  the  authorization  to the election
14    authority.  The authorization shall be in  substantially  the
15    following form:
16        "I         ..............        (voter)        authorize
17    ...................... to take my ballot to the office of the
18    election authority.
19    ........................          ...........................
20            Date                               Signature of voter
21    ........................          ...........................
22            Town                                          Address
23    ........................          ...........................
24            Date                          Signature of authorized
25                                             Individual
26    ........................          ...........................
27            Town                           Relationship (if any)"

28        (10 ILCS 5/19A-25 new)
29        Sec. 19A-25.  Receipt of ballots.  Upon  receipt  of  the
30    voter's  ballot,  the  election  authority  shall enclose the
31    unopened ballot in a large or carrier envelope that shall  be
32    securely sealed and endorsed with the name and official title
33    of  the  officer  and  the  words,  "This envelope contains a
 
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 1    ballot and must be opened on election day", together with the
 2    number and description of the precinct in which the ballot is
 3    to be voted, and the officer shall safely keep  the  envelope
 4    in  his  or  her  office until counted as provided in Section
 5    19A-30.

 6        (10 ILCS 5/19A-30 new)
 7        Sec. 19A-30.  Counting of ballots.  The ballots  received
 8    by  the election authority before 7:00 p.m. of the day of the
 9    consolidated election shall be counted at the office  of  the
10    election  authority by the tally judges, appointed under this
11    Code for that purpose.  The counting shall commence no  later
12    than  8:00 p.m. The counting shall continue until all ballots
13    received have been counted.
14        The procedures set forth in Section 19A-35  of  this  Act
15    and  Articles  17  and  18  of  this  Code shall apply to all
16    ballots counted under this provision, including comparing the
17    signature on the ballot envelope with the  signature  of  the
18    voter  on  the permanent voter registration record card taken
19    from the master file; except  the  votes  shall  be  recorded
20    without  regard  to precinct designation, except for precinct
21    offices.

22        (10 ILCS 5/19A-35 new)
23        Sec. 19A-35.  Casting ballots; comparison of  signatures;
24    rejection  of  ballots.   The  tally  judges  shall  cast the
25    voter's ballots separately, and as each ballot is taken shall
26    open the outer or  carrier  envelope,  announce  the  voter's
27    name,  and  compare  the  signature  on  the  permanent voter
28    registration record card taken from the master file with  the
29    signature  upon the certification on the ballot envelope.  In
30    case the judges find  the  certification  properly  executed,
31    that  the  signatures correspond, and that the applicant is a
32    duly  qualified  elector,  they  shall  open   the   envelope
 
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 1    containing  the  ballot  in such a manner as not to deface or
 2    destroy the  certification,  or  mark  or  tear  the  ballots
 3    therein  contained without unfolding or permitting the ballot
 4    to be unfolded or examined, and having endorsed the ballot in
 5    like manner as other ballots are  required  to  be  endorsed,
 6    shall  deposit the same in the proper ballot box or boxes and
 7    enter the voter's name in the poll book the same  as  if  the
 8    voter had been present and voted in person.  The judges shall
 9    place  the  ballot  certification  envelopes  in  a  separate
10    envelope as per the direction of the election authority.  The
11    envelope  containing the ballot certification envelopes shall
12    be retained by the election authority and preserved  in  like
13    manner as the official poll record.
14        In  case  the  signatures  do not correspond, or that the
15    voter is not a duly qualified elector,  or  that  the  ballot
16    envelope  is  open  or  has been opened and resealed, without
17    opening the envelope the judge of election shall mark  across
18    the face thereof, "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
19        In case the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot
20    of  any  kind, the ballots shall not be counted, but shall be
21    marked "Rejected", giving the reason therefor.
22        The voter's envelope, and the voter's envelope  with  its
23    contents  unopened  when  the  vote  is  rejected,  shall  be
24    retained  and  preserved  in  the manner now provided for the
25    retention and preservation of official  ballots  rejected  at
26    the election.

27        (10 ILCS 5/19A-40 new)
28        Sec.    19A-40.  Pollwatchers.     On    election    day,
29    pollwatchers  shall  be  permitted  to  be present during the
30    casting of the mail ballots, and the vote of any voter may be
31    challenged for cause the same as if he or  she  were  present
32    and  voted  in  person, and the tally judges or a majority of
33    them shall have power and authority to hear and determine the
 
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 1    legality  of  the  ballot;  provided,  however,  that  if   a
 2    challenge  to  any voter's right to vote is sustained, notice
 3    of the same must  be  given  by  the  tally  judges  by  mail
 4    addressed to the voter's place of residence.
 5        Where  ballots  are counted on the day of the election in
 6    the office of the election authority as provided  in  Section
 7    19A-30  of this Article, each political party, candidate, and
 8    qualified  civic  organization  shall  be  entitled  to  have
 9    present one pollwatcher for each  panel  of  election  judges
10    therein  assigned.   The pollwatchers shall be subject to the
11    same provisions as are proscribed for pollwatchers in Section
12    7-34 and 17-23 of  this  Code,  and  shall  be  permitted  to
13    observe the signature comparison between that which is on the
14    ballot  envelope  and  that  which  is on the permanent voter
15    registration record card taken from the master file.

16        (10 ILCS 5/19A-45 new)
17        Sec. 19A-45.  Death of an elector  before  election  day.
18    Whenever it shall be made to appear by due proof to the tally
19    judges  that  any elector who has marked and forwarded his or
20    her ballot as provided in this Article has  died  before  the
21    date  of  the election, then the ballot of the deceased voter
22    shall be retained by the tally judges in the same  manner  as
23    provided  for rejected ballots; but the casting of the ballot
24    of a deceased voter shall not invalidate the election.

25        (10 ILCS 5/19A-50 new)
26        Sec. 19A-50.  Application to  jurisdiction  using  voting
27    machines.   In all jurisdictions in which voting machines are
28    used, all the provisions  of  the  Article  relating  to  the
29    furnishing of ballot boxes, printing, and furnishing official
30    ballots  and  supplies  in  the  number  provided by law, the
31    canvassing of the ballots and making the proper return of the
32    result of the election shall, to the extent necessary to make
 
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 1    this Article effective, apply with full force and effect.

 2        (10 ILCS 5/19A-55 new)
 3        Sec. 19A-55.  Adoption of rules for mail-in ballots.  The
 4    State  Board  of  Elections shall conduct public hearings and
 5    adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of the  use
 6    of  mail-in  ballots within 270 days after the effective date
 7    of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
 8        (b)  In addition to any other duties prescribed  by  law,
 9    the State Board of Elections shall:
10             (1)  prescribe  the  form of materials to be used in
11        the conduct of mail-in ballot elections;
12             (2)  establish  procedures  consistent   with   this
13        Article for the conduct of mail-in ballot elections; and
14             (3)  supervise   the   conduct   of  mail-in  ballot
15        elections.

16        (10 ILCS 5/19A-60 new)
17        Sec.  19A-60.  Report.  After the  consolidated  election
18    in  2001,  the  State  Board  of Elections must report to the
19    General Assembly on the problems and successes of  conducting
20    the election with mail-in ballots.

21        (10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
22        Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the
23    ballot   or   on   the  marking  device,  shall,  as  far  as
24    practicable, be in the  order  of  arrangement  provided  for
25    paper  ballots,  except  that  such  information  may  be  in
26    vertical  or  horizontal  rows,  or  in  a number of separate
27    pages. Ballots for all questions or propositions to be  voted
28    on  must  be provided in the same manner and must be arranged
29    on or in the marking device or on the  ballot  sheet  in  the
30    places provided for such purposes.
31        When  an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label
 
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 1    booklet and ballot  card,  ballots  for  candidates,  ballots
 2    calling   for  a  constitutional  convention,  constitutional
 3    amendment  ballots,   judicial  retention   ballots,   public
 4    measures, and all propositions to be voted upon may be placed
 5    on  the  electronic  voting device by providing in the ballot
 6    booklet separate  ballot  label  pages  or  series  of  pages
 7    distinguished by differing colors as provided below.  When an
 8    electronic  voting  system  utilizes  a ballot sheet, ballots
 9    calling  for  a  constitutional  convention,   constitutional
10    amendment  ballots  and  judicial  retention ballots shall be
11    placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of
12    the ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall  be
13    printed in ink of a color distinct from the color of ink used
14    in  printing  any other portion of the ballot sheet.  Ballots
15    for candidates, public measures and all other propositions to
16    be voted  upon  shall  be  placed  on  the  ballot  sheet  by
17    providing  a  separate  portion  of the ballot sheet for each
18    such kind of ballot.  Below the name of  the  last  candidate
19    listed  for  an  office  shall be printed a line on which the
20    name of  a  candidate  may  be  written  by  the  voter,  and
21    immediately  to  the  left  of  such  line  an  area shall be
22    provided for marking a  vote  for  such  write-in  candidate.
23    More  than one amendment to the constitution may be placed on
24    the same ballot page or  series  of  pages  or  on  the  same
25    portion  of  the  ballot  sheet,  as the case may be.  Ballot
26    label pages for constitutional conventions or  constitutional
27    amendments  shall be on paper of blue color and shall precede
28    all other ballot label pages in  the  ballot  label  booklet.
29    More  than one public measure or proposition may be placed on
30    the same ballot label page or series of pages or on the  same
31    portion  of  the ballot sheet, as the case may be.  More than
32    one proposition for retention of  judges  in  office  may  be
33    placed on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on
34    the  same  portion  of  the ballot sheet, as the case may be.
 
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 1    Ballot label pages for candidates shall be on paper of  white
 2    color, except that in primary elections the ballot label page
 3    or  pages  for  the  candidates  of each respective political
 4    party shall be  of  the  color  designated  by  the  election
 5    official in charge of the election for that political party's
 6    candidates; provided that the ballot label pages or pages for
 7    candidates  for  use  at  the  nonpartisan  and  consolidated
 8    elections  may  be on paper of different colors, except blue,
 9    whenever necessary or desirable to facilitate  distinguishing
10    between  the pages for different political subdivisions.   On
11    each page of the candidate booklet,  where  the  election  is
12    made   to  list  ballot  information  vertically,  the  party
13    affiliation of each candidate or the word "independent" shall
14    appear immediately to the left of the candidate's  name,  and
15    the  name  of  candidates for the same office shall be listed
16    vertically under the title of that office.  In  the  case  of
17    nonpartisan elections for officers of political subdivisions,
18    unless  the  statute  or  an  ordinance  adopted  pursuant to
19    Article VII  of  the  Constitution  requires  otherwise,  the
20    listing  of such nonpartisan candidates shall not include any
21    party or "independent" designation. Ballot  label  pages  for
22    judicial  retention ballots shall be on paper of green color,
23    and ballot label pages for  all  public  measures  and  other
24    propositions  shall  be  on  paper of some other distinct and
25    different color. In  primary  elections,  a  separate  ballot
26    label  booklet, marking device and voting booth shall be used
27    for each political party holding a primary, with  the  ballot
28    label  booklet  arranged to include ballot label pages of the
29    candidates  of  the  party  and  public  measures  and  other
30    propositions to be voted upon  on  the  day  of  the  primary
31    election.   One  ballot  card  may  be used for recording the
32    voter's vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals, public
33    measures or propositions,  and  such  ballot  card  shall  be
34    arranged  so  as  to  record  the voter's vote or choice in a
 
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 1    separate column or columns for  each  such  kind  of  ballot,
 2    proposal, public measure or proposition.
 3        If  the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for
 4    office and public measures or propositions to  be  voted  on,
 5    the  election official in charge of the election shall divide
 6    the pages by protruding tabs identifying the division of  the
 7    pages,   and   printing   on   such   tabs  "Candidates"  and
 8    "Propositions".
 9        The ballot card and all of its  columns  and  the  ballot
10    card   envelope   shall   be  of  the  color  prescribed  for
11    candidate's ballots  at  the  general  or  primary  election,
12    whichever  is being held.  At an election where no candidates
13    are being nominated or elected, the ballot card, its columns,
14    and the ballot card envelope shall be of a  color  designated
15    by the election official in charge of the election.
16        The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets
17    may,  at the discretion of the election authority, be printed
18    on white paper and then striped with the appropriate colors.
19        When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof
20    shall be arranged to conform to the foregoing format.
21        Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards,  envelopes,
22    paper  ballots or ballot sheets voted in person in the office
23    of the election official in charge of the election  or  voted
24    by  mail.   Where a ballot card is used for voting by mail it
25    must be accompanied by a punching tool or  other  appropriate
26    marking  device,  voter  instructions  and  a specimen ballot
27    showing the proper positions to vote on the  ballot  card  or
28    ballot  sheet  for  each  party,  candidate, proposal, public
29    measure or proposition, and in the case of a ballot card must
30    be mounted on a suitable material to receive the punched  out
31    chip.
32        Ballots  for  use  in the consolidated election conducted
33    under Article 19A may consist  of  ballot  cards,  envelopes,
34    paper ballots, or ballot sheets.  Where a ballot card is used
 
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 1    for  voting by mail it must be accompanied by a punching tool
 2    or other appropriate marking device, voter instructions,  and
 3    a specimen ballot showing the proper positions to vote on the
 4    ballot  card  or  ballot  sheet for each candidate, proposal,
 5    public measure, or proposition, and in the case of  a  ballot
 6    card  must  be  mounted on a suitable material to receive the
 7    punched out chip.
 8        Any voter who spoils his ballot or  makes  an  error  may
 9    return  the  ballot  to  the  judges  of  election and secure
10    another.    However,  the  protruding  identifying  tab   for
11    proposals  for  a constitutional convention or constitutional
12    amendments  shall  have   printed   thereon   "Constitutional
13    Ballot",  and  the  ballot  label  page  or  pages  for  such
14    proposals shall precede the ballot label pages for candidates
15    in the ballot label booklet.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
18        Sec.  24B-6.  Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic
19    Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan  Technology  Voting  System;
20    Absentee  Ballots;  Spoiled Ballots.  The ballot information,
21    shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of  arrangement
22    provided  for  paper ballots, except that the information may
23    be in vertical or horizontal rows, or on a number of separate
24    pages.  Ballots for all questions or propositions to be voted
25    on should be  provided  in  a  similar  manner  and  must  be
26    arranged  on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such
27    purposes.  Ballots shall be of white  paper  unless  provided
28    otherwise  by  administrative  rule  of  the  State  Board of
29    Elections or otherwise specified.
30        All  propositions,   including   but   not   limited   to
31    propositions   calling   for   a  constitutional  convention,
32    constitutional  amendment,  judicial  retention,  and  public
33    measures to  be  voted  upon  shall  be  placed  on  separate
 
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 1    portions  of  the  ballot  sheet by utilizing borders or grey
 2    screens.  Candidates shall be listed on a separate portion of
 3    the ballot sheet by utilizing borders or grey screens.  Below
 4    the name of the last candidate listed for an office shall  be
 5    printed  a  line or lines on which the name of a candidate or
 6    candidates may be written by the voter, and proximate to such
 7    lines an area shall be provided for  marking  votes  for  the
 8    write-in  candidate  or  candidates.  The  number of write-in
 9    lines for an office shall equal the number of candidates  for
10    which  a  voter  may  vote.   More  than one amendment to the
11    constitution may be placed on the same portion of the  ballot
12    sheet.  Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
13    propositions shall be printed on a separate  portion  of  the
14    ballot  sheet  and  designated  by  borders  or grey screens,
15    unless otherwise provided by administrative rule of the State
16    Board  of  Elections.    More  than  one  public  measure  or
17    proposition may be placed on the same portion of  the  ballot
18    sheet.   More than one proposition for retention of judges in
19    office may be placed on the same portion of the ballot sheet.
20    Names of candidates shall be printed in  black.    The  party
21    affiliation of each candidate or the word "independent" shall
22    appear  near  or under the candidate's name, and the names of
23    candidates for the same office  shall  be  listed  vertically
24    under  the  title of that office.  In the case of nonpartisan
25    elections for officers of political subdivisions, unless  the
26    statute  or  an  ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of
27    the  Constitution  requires   otherwise,   the   listing   of
28    nonpartisan   candidates  shall  not  include  any  party  or
29    "independent" designation.  Judicial retention ballots  shall
30    be  designated  by  borders or grey screens.  Ballots for all
31    public measures and other propositions shall be designated by
32    borders or grey screens.  In primary  elections,  a  separate
33    ballot,  shall  be  used  for  each political party holding a
34    primary, with the ballot arranged to  include  names  of  the
 
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 1    candidates  of  the  party  and  public  measures  and  other
 2    propositions  to  be  voted  upon  on  the day of the primary
 3    election.
 4        If the ballot includes both  candidates  for  office  and
 5    public  measures or propositions to be voted on, the election
 6    official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot in
 7    sections for "Candidates"  and  "Propositions",  or  separate
 8    ballots may be used.
 9        Absentee  ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots
10    or ballot sheets  voted  in  person  in  the  office  of  the
11    election official in charge of the election or voted by mail.
12    Where a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is
13    used  for  voting  by  mail  it  must be accompanied by voter
14    instructions.
15        Ballots for use in the  consolidated  election  conducted
16    under Article 19A may consist of envelopes, paper ballots, or
17    ballot  sheets.   Where  a  Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan
18    Technology ballot is used for  voting  by  mail  it  must  be
19    accompanied by voter instructions.
20        Any  voter  who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error,
21    or  has  a  ballot  returned  by  the  automatic   tabulating
22    equipment may return the ballot to the judges of election and
23    get another ballot.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97; 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)

25        Section  10.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
26    Section 8.23 as follows:

27        (30 ILCS 805/8.23 new)
28        Sec. 8.23. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
29    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
30    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
31    amendatory Act the 91st General Assembly.


 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    10 ILCS 5/4-11            from Ch. 46, par. 4-11
 4    10 ILCS 5/11-7            from Ch. 46, par. 11-7
 5    10 ILCS 5/12-1            from Ch. 46, par. 12-1
 6    10 ILCS 5/12-4            from Ch. 46, par. 12-4
 7    10 ILCS 5/13-1            from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
 8    10 ILCS 5/13-2            from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
 9    10 ILCS 5/14-1            from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
10    10 ILCS 5/14-3.1          from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
11    10 ILCS 5/16-5            from Ch. 46, par. 16-5
12    10 ILCS 5/17-1            from Ch. 46, par. 17-1
13    10 ILCS 5/Art.19A heading new
14    10 ILCS 5/19A-5 new
15    10 ILCS 5/19A-10 new
16    10 ILCS 5/19A-15 new
17    10 ILCS 5/19A-20 new
18    10 ILCS 5/19A-25 new
19    10 ILCS 5/19A-30 new
20    10 ILCS 5/19A-35 new
21    10 ILCS 5/19A-40 new
22    10 ILCS 5/19A-45 new
23    10 ILCS 5/19A-50 new
24    10 ILCS 5/19A-55 new
25    10 ILCS 5/19A-60 new
26    10 ILCS 5/24A-6           from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6
27    10 ILCS 5/24B-6
28    30 ILCS 805/8.23 new

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