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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5646

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 5646  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Election  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Sections 7-19, 7-46, 7-47,  7-49,  7-52,  7-53,  7-54,  7-55,
 6    7-66,  15-6, 16-11, 17-14, 17-43, 18-40, 19-15, 20-15, 24A-2,
 7    24A-6.1,  24A-7,  24A-8,  24A-9,  24A-10.1,  24A-14,   24B-2,
 8    24B-10.1, and 24B-14 as follows:

 9        (10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
10        Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
11    each  precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
12    the manner following:
13        1.  Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall  be
14    printed  in  large  capital  letters,  words  designating the
15    ballot, if a Republican ballot, the designating  words  shall
16    be:  "REPUBLICAN  PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
17    designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT";  and
18    in like manner for each political party.
19        2.   Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning
20    not less than one inch below designating words, the  name  of
21    each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters.
22    Such  names  may  be printed on the ballot either in a single
 
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 1    column or in 2 or more columns and in  the  following  order,
 2    to-wit:
 3        President   of   the   United   States,   State  offices,
 4    congressional offices, delegates and alternate  delegates  to
 5    be  elected  from  the  State at large to National nominating
 6    conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be  elected
 7    from   congressional   districts   to   National   nominating
 8    conventions,   member   or   members  of  the  State  central
 9    committee, trustees of sanitary  districts,  county  offices,
10    judicial   officers,  city,  village  and  incorporated  town
11    offices, town offices, or of such  of  the  said  offices  as
12    candidates  are  to  be  nominated  for  at such primary, and
13    precinct, township or  ward  committeemen.  If  two  or  more
14    columns  are  used,  the  foregoing  offices to and including
15    member of the State central committee shall be listed in  the
16    left-hand  column  and  Senatorial  offices,  as  defined  in
17    Section  8-3, shall be the first offices listed in the second
18    column.
19        Below the name of each office shall be printed  in  small
20    letters  the  directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for
21    two"; "Vote for three"; or a spelled number  designating  how
22    many persons under that head are to be voted for.
23        Next  to  the  name  of  each  candidate  for delegate or
24    alternate delegate to a national nominating convention  shall
25    appear  either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
26    President of the United States or the word  "uncommitted"  or
27    (b)  no official designation, depending upon the action taken
28    by the State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3  of
29    this Act.
30        Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
31    letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
32    which  their  petitions for nominations were filed, except as
33    otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
34    Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall  be
 
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 1    printed  a  square  and  all  squares upon the primary ballot
 2    shall be  of  uniform  size.  Spaces  between  the  names  of
 3    candidates  under each office shall be uniform and sufficient
 4    spaces shall separate the names of candidates for one  office
 5    from  the  names  of  candidates for another office, to avoid
 6    confusion and to permit the writing in of the names of  other
 7    candidates.
 8        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
 9    used, the provisions of  this  Section  may  be  modified  as
10    required  or  authorized  by  Article  24, or Article 24A, or
11    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-33.)

13        (10 ILCS 5/7-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
14        Sec. 7-46. On receiving from the primary judges a primary
15    ballot of his party, the primary elector shall forthwith  and
16    without leaving the polling place, retire alone to one of the
17    voting  booths  and  prepare such primary ballot by marking a
18    cross (X) in the square in front of and opposite the name  of
19    each  candidate  of  his choice for each office to be filled,
20    and  for  delegates  and  alternate  delegates  to   national
21    nominating conventions, and for committeemen, if committeemen
22    are being elected at such primary.
23        Any  primary  elector  may,  instead  of  voting  for any
24    candidate for nomination or for committeeman or for  delegate
25    or  alternate  delegate  to  national nominating conventions,
26    whose name is printed on the primary  ballot,  write  in  the
27    name  of  any  other  person  affiliated with such party as a
28    candidate  for  the  nomination  for  any  office,   or   for
29    committeeman,  or  for  delegates  or  alternate delegates to
30    national nominating conventions, and indicate his  choice  of
31    such  candidate  or  committeeman  or  delegate  or alternate
32    delegate, by placing to the left of  and  opposite  the  name
33    thus written a square and placing in the square a cross (X).
 
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 1        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
 2    used, the provisions of  this  section  may  be  modified  as
 3    required  or  authorized  by  Article  24, or Article 24A, or
 4    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
 5    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)

 6        (10 ILCS 5/7-47) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-47)
 7        Sec. 7-47. Before leaving the booth, the primary  elector
 8    shall  fold  his  primary ballot in such manner as to conceal
 9    the marks thereon. Such voter shall then  vote  forthwith  by
10    handing the primary judge the primary ballot received by such
11    voter. Thereupon the primary judge shall deposit such primary
12    ballot  in  the ballot box. One of the judges shall thereupon
13    enter in the primary  poll  book  the  name  of  the  primary
14    elector,  his  residence  and  his party affiliation or shall
15    make the entries on the official poll record as  required  by
16    articles 4, 5 and 6, if any one of them is applicable.
17        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
18    used, the provisions of  this  section  may  be  modified  as
19    required  or  authorized  by  Article  24, or Article 24A, or
20    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
21    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)

22        (10 ILCS 5/7-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-49)
23        Sec. 7-49. After the opening of the polls at a primary no
24    adjournment shall be had nor recess taken until  the  canvass
25    of  all  the  votes  is  completed  and the returns carefully
26    enveloped and sealed.
27        Where voting machines or electronic  voting  systems  are
28    used,  the  provisions  of  this  section  may be modified as
29    required or authorized by Article  24,  or  Article  24A,  or
30    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
31    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
 
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/7-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-52)
 2        Sec.  7-52.  Immediately  upon  closing  the  polls,  the
 3    primary  judges  shall  proceed  to  canvass the votes in the
 4    manner following:
 5        (1)  They shall separate and count the  ballots  of  each
 6    political party.
 7        (2)  They  shall  then proceed to ascertain the number of
 8    names entered on the applications for ballot under each party
 9    affiliation.
10        (3)  If the primary ballots of any political party exceed
11    the number of applications  for  ballot  by  voters  of  such
12    political  party, the primary ballots of such political party
13    shall be folded and replaced  in  the  ballot  box,  the  box
14    closed,  well  shaken and again opened and one of the primary
15    judges, who shall be blindfolded, shall draw out so  many  of
16    the primary ballots of such political party as shall be equal
17    to   such  excess.   Such  excess  ballots  shall  be  marked
18    "Excess-Not Counted" and signed by a majority of  the  judges
19    and shall be placed in the "After 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots
20    Envelope". The number of excess ballots shall be noted in the
21    remarks  section  of  the  Certificate  of Results.  "Excess"
22    ballots shall not be counted  in  the  total  of  "defective"
23    ballots;
24        (4)  The  primary  judges shall then proceed to count the
25    primary ballots of each political party  separately;  and  as
26    the primary judges shall open and read the primary ballots, 3
27    of  the  judges  shall  carefully  and  correctly  mark  upon
28    separate  tally  sheets the votes which each candidate of the
29    party whose name is written or printed on the primary  ballot
30    has received, in a separate column for that purpose, with the
31    name  of  such candidate, the name of his political party and
32    the name of the office  for  which  he  is  a  candidate  for
33    nomination at the head of such column.
34        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
 
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 1    used, the provisions of  this  section  may  be  modified  as
 2    required  or  authorized  by  Article  24, or Article 24A, or
 3    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
 4    (Source: P.A. 80-484.)

 5        (10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
 6        Sec. 7-53.  As soon as the ballots of a  political  party
 7    shall  have  been  read  and the votes of the political party
 8    counted, as provided in the last above section, the 3  judges
 9    in  charge of the tally sheets shall foot up the tally sheets
10    so as to show  the  total  number  of  votes  cast  for  each
11    candidate  of  the political party and for each candidate for
12    State  Central  committeeman   and   precinct   committeeman,
13    township  committeeman or ward committeeman, and delegate and
14    alternate delegate to National  nominating  conventions,  and
15    certify the same to be correct. Thereupon, the primary judges
16    shall  set  down  in  a  certificate  of results on the tally
17    sheet, under the name of the political  party,  the  name  of
18    each  candidate voted for upon the primary ballot, written at
19    full length, the name  of  the  office  for  which  he  is  a
20    candidate  for nomination or for committeeman, or delegate or
21    alternate delegate to National  nominating  conventions,  the
22    total  number of votes which the candidate received, and they
23    shall also set down the total number of ballots voted by  the
24    primary electors of the political party in the precinct.  The
25    certificate  of  results  shall  be made substantially in the
26    following form:
27                                           ................ Party
28        At the primary election held in the .... precinct of  the
29    (1)  *township  of  ....,  or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *....
30    ward in the city  of  ....  on  (insert  date),  the  primary
31    electors  of  the  ....  party  voted  ....  ballots, and the
32    respective candidates whose names were written or printed  on
33    the  primary  ballot of the .... party, received respectively
 
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 1    the following votes:
 2    Name of                                                No. of
 3    Candidate,                 Title of Office,             Votes
 4    John Jones                 Governor                       100
 5    Sam Smith                  Governor                        70
 6    Frank Martin               Attorney General               150
 7    William Preston            Rep. in Congress               200
 8    Frederick John             Circuit Judge                   50
 9        *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
10        And so on for each candidate.
11        We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true  and
12    correct.
13        Dated (insert date).
14                              ...................................
15                              Name                        Address
16                              ...................................
17                              Name                        Address
18                              ...................................
19                              Name                        Address
20                              ...................................
21                              Name                        Address
22                              ...................................
23                              Name                        Address
24                                     Judges of Primary

25        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
26    used, the provisions of  this  Section  may  be  modified  as
27    required  or  authorized  by  Article 24, and Article 24A, or
28    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

30        (10 ILCS 5/7-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-54)
31        Sec. 7-54. After the votes of a political party have been
32    counted and set down and the  tally  sheets  footed  and  the
33    entry  made  in  the  primary  poll books or return, as above
 
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 1    provided, all the primary ballots of  said  political  party,
 2    except  those  marked  "defective"  or "objected to" shall be
 3    securely bound, lengthwise and in width,  with  a  soft  cord
 4    having a minimum tensile strength of 60 pounds separately for
 5    each  political  party  in  the  order  in which said primary
 6    ballots have been read,  and  shall  thereupon  be  carefully
 7    sealed  in  an  envelope, which envelope shall be endorsed as
 8    follows:
 9        "Primary ballots of the.... party of the.... precinct  of
10    the county of.... and State of Illinois."
11        Below  each  endorsement,  each primary judge shall write
12    his name.
13        Immediately thereafter the judges shall designate one  of
14    their number to go to the nearest telephone and report to the
15    office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners
16    (as  the case may be) the results of such primary. Such clerk
17    or board shall keep his or its office open after the close of
18    the polls until he or it  has  received  from  each  precinct
19    under  his or its jurisdiction the report above provided for.
20    Immediately upon receiving such report such  clerk  or  board
21    shall cause the same to be posted in a public place in his or
22    its  office  for  inspection by the public. Immediately after
23    making such report such judge shall  return  to  the  polling
24    place.
25        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
26    used, the provisions of  this  section  may  be  modified  as
27    required  or  authorized  by  Article  24, or Article 24A, or
28    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
29    (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)

30        (10 ILCS 5/7-55) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-55)
31        Sec. 7-55. The primary poll books or  the  official  poll
32    record,  and  the  tally  sheets with the certificates of the
33    primary judges written thereon, together with  the  envelopes
 
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 1    containing the ballots, including the envelope containing the
 2    ballots   marked  "defective"  or  "objected  to",  shall  be
 3    carefully  enveloped  and  sealed   up   together,   properly
 4    endorsed,  and  the  primary judges shall elect 2 judges (one
 5    from  each  of  the  major  political  parties),  who   shall
 6    immediately  deliver  the  same  to  the  clerk from whom the
 7    primary ballots were obtained, which clerk shall safely  keep
 8    the  same  for 2 months, and thereafter shall safely keep the
 9    poll books until the next primary.  Each  election  authority
10    shall  keep  the  office  of  the  election authority, or any
11    receiving stations designated by such authority, open for  at
12    least  12  consecutive  hours after the polls close, or until
13    the judges of each precinct under  the  jurisdiction  of  the
14    election  authority  have delivered to the election authority
15    all the above  materials  sealed  up  together  and  properly
16    endorsed  as  provided  herein.   Materials  delivered to the
17    election authority which are not in the condition required by
18    this Section shall not be accepted by the election  authority
19    until  the  judges  delivering  the  same  make  and sign the
20    necessary corrections.  Upon acceptance of the  materials  by
21    the  election authority, the judges delivering the same shall
22    take a receipt signed by the election authority  and  stamped
23    with the time and date of such delivery.  The election judges
24    whose  duty  it is to deliver any materials as above provided
25    shall, in the event  such  materials  cannot  be  found  when
26    needed, on proper request, produce the receipt which they are
27    to take as above provided.
28        The county clerk or board of election commissioners shall
29    deliver  a copy of each tally sheet to the county chairmen of
30    the two largest political parties.
31        Where voting machines or electronic  voting  systems  are
32    used,  the  provisions  of  this  section  may be modified as
33    required or authorized by Article 24,  and  Article  24A,  or
34    Article 24B, whichever is applicable.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 83-764.)

 2        (10 ILCS 5/7-66)
 3        Sec.    7-66.  Electronic    voting   systems;   precinct
 4    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
 5        If  the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use   of
 6    electronic  voting  systems  pursuant  to Article 24A of this
 7    Code or Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan  Technology  voting
 8    equipment  pursuant  to  Article  24B  of  this Code, and the
 9    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
10    the provisions of this Article 7, the provisions  of  Article
11    24A  or  Article  24B,  as  the case may be, shall govern the
12    procedures followed by the election authority, its judges  of
13    elections,  and  all  employees and agents.  In following the
14    provisions of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the  election
15    authority  is  authorized to develop and implement procedures
16    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
17    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
18    authorized by the State Board of Elections  as  long  as  the
19    procedure is not in conflict with Article 24A, either Article
20    24B,  or  the  administrative  rules  of  the  State Board of
21    Elections.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

23        (10 ILCS 5/15-6)
24        Sec.   15-6.  Electronic   voting    systems;    precinct
25    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
26        If   the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use  of
27    electronic voting systems pursuant to  Article  24A  of  this
28    Code  or  Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
29    equipment pursuant to Article  24B  of  this  Code,  and  the
30    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
31    the  provisions of this Article 15, the provisions of Article
32    24A or Article 24B, as the case  may  be,  shall  govern  the
 
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 1    procedures  followed by the election authority, its judges of
 2    elections, and all employees and agents.   In  following  the
 3    provisions  of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the election
 4    authority is authorized to develop and  implement  procedures
 5    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
 6    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
 7    authorized  by  the  State  Board of Elections as long as the
 8    procedure is not in conflict with Article 24A, either Article
 9    24B, or the  administrative  rules  of  the  State  Board  of
10    Elections.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

12        (10 ILCS 5/16-11)
13        Sec.    16-11.  Electronic   voting   systems;   precinct
14    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
15        If  the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use   of
16    electronic  voting  systems  pursuant  to Article 24A of this
17    Code or Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan  Technology  voting
18    equipment  pursuant  to  Article  24B  of  this Code, and the
19    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
20    the provisions of this Article 16, the provisions of  Article
21    24A  or  Article  24B,  as  the case may be, shall govern the
22    procedures followed by the election authority, its judges  of
23    elections,  and  all  employees and agents.  In following the
24    provisions of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the  election
25    authority  is  authorized to develop and implement procedures
26    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
27    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
28    authorized by the State Board of Elections  as  long  as  the
29    procedure is not in conflict with Article 24A, either Article
30    24B,  or  the  administrative  rules  of  the  State Board of
31    Elections.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
 
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/17-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-14)
 2        Sec. 17-14.  Any voter who declares upon  oath,  properly
 3    witnessed and with his or her signature or mark affixed, that
 4    he or she requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness,
 5    physical  disability or inability to read, write or speak the
 6    English language shall, upon request, be assisted in  marking
 7    his  or  her  ballot,  by  2  judges of election of different
 8    political parties, to be selected by all judges  of  election
 9    of  each  precinct at the opening of the polls or by a person
10    of the voter's choice, other than  the  voter's  employer  or
11    agent  of  that  employer  or officer or agent of the voter's
12    union.  A voter who  presents  an  Illinois  Disabled  Person
13    Identification   Card,   issued  to  that  person  under  the
14    provisions  of  the   Illinois   Identification   Card   Act,
15    indicating  that  such  voter  has  a  Class  1A  or  Class 2
16    disability under the provisions of Section 4A of the Illinois
17    Identification Card Act, or a voter who declares  upon  oath,
18    properly witnessed, that by reason of any physical disability
19    he  is  unable  to  mark  his  ballot shall, upon request, be
20    assisted in marking his ballot by 2 of the election  officers
21    of  different parties as provided above in this Section or by
22    a person  of  the  voter's  choice  other  than  the  voter's
23    employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the
24    voter's union. Such voter shall state specifically the reason
25    why  he  cannot vote without assistance and, in the case of a
26    physically disabled voter, what his  physical  disability  is
27    and  whether  or  not  the disability is permanent.  Prior to
28    entering  the  voting  booth,  the   person   providing   the
29    assistance,  if  other  than  2  judges of election, shall be
30    presented with written instructions on how  assistance  shall
31    be  provided.    This  instruction shall be prescribed by the
32    State Board of Elections and shall include the penalties  for
33    attempting  to  influence  the  voter's choice of candidates,
34    party, or votes in relation to any question on the ballot and
 
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 1    for  not  marking  the  ballot  as  directed  by  the  voter.
 2    Additionally, the person providing the assistance shall  sign
 3    an  oath,  swearing  not  to  influence the voter's choice of
 4    candidates, party, or votes in relation to  any  question  on
 5    the  ballot  and to cast the ballot as directed by the voter.
 6    The oath shall be prescribed by the State Board of  Elections
 7    and shall include the penalty for violating this Section.  In
 8    the  voting  booth,  such  person  shall  mark  the ballot as
 9    directed  by  the  voter,  and  shall  thereafter   give   no
10    information  regarding the same. The judges of election shall
11    enter upon the poll lists or official poll record  after  the
12    name  of  any elector who received such assistance in marking
13    his ballot a memorandum of the fact and if the disability  is
14    permanent.  Intoxication  shall not be regarded as a physical
15    disability, and no intoxicated person shall  be  entitled  to
16    assistance in marking his ballot.
17        The  assistance  a  voter  may receive under this Section
18    includes assistance with inserting his or her ballot  in  any
19    in-precinct  automatic  tabulating  equipment  as provided in
20    Articles 24A and 24B.   Any  prohibition  in  those  Articles
21    against  a  person  other than the voter inserting his or her
22    ballot in the in-precinct automatic tabulating equipment does
23    not apply to assistance received  by  the  voter  under  this
24    Section.
25        No person shall secure or attempt to secure assistance in
26    voting who is not blind, physically disabled or illiterate as
27    herein  provided,  nor  shall  any  person knowingly assist a
28    voter in voting contrary to the provisions of this Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-101, eff. 7-11-97.)

30        (10 ILCS 5/17-43)
31        Sec.   17-43.  Electronic   voting   systems;    precinct
32    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
33        If   the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use  of
 
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 1    electronic voting systems pursuant to  Article  24A  of  this
 2    Code  or  Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
 3    equipment pursuant to Article  24B  of  this  Code,  and  the
 4    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
 5    the  provisions of this Article 17, the provisions of Article
 6    24A or Article 24B, as the case  may  be,  shall  govern  the
 7    procedures  followed by the election authority, its judges of
 8    elections, and all employees and agents.   In  following  the
 9    provisions  of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the election
10    authority is authorized to develop and  implement  procedures
11    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
12    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
13    authorized  by  the  State  Board of Elections as long as the
14    procedure is not in conflict with either Article 24A, Article
15    24B, or the  administrative  rules  of  the  State  Board  of
16    Elections.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

18        (10 ILCS 5/18-40)
19        Sec.    18-40.  Electronic   voting   systems;   precinct
20    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
21        If  the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use   of
22    electronic  voting  systems  pursuant  to Article 24A of this
23    Code or Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan  Technology  voting
24    equipment  pursuant  to  Article  24B  of  this Code, and the
25    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
26    the provisions of this Article 18, the provisions of  Article
27    24A  or  Article  24B,  as  the case may be, shall govern the
28    procedures followed by the election authority, its judges  of
29    elections,  and  all  employees and agents.  In following the
30    provisions of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the  election
31    authority  is  authorized to develop and implement procedures
32    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
33    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
 
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 1    authorized by the State Board of Elections  as  long  as  the
 2    procedure is not in conflict with either Article 24A, Article
 3    24B,  or  the  administrative  rules  of  the  State Board of
 4    Elections.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

 6        (10 ILCS 5/19-15)
 7        Sec.   19-15.  Electronic   voting   systems;    precinct
 8    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
 9        If   the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use  of
10    electronic voting systems pursuant to  Article  24A  of  this
11    Code  or  Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
12    equipment pursuant to Article  24B  of  this  Code,  and  the
13    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
14    the  provisions of this Article 19, the provisions of Article
15    24A or Article 24B, as the case  may  be,  shall  govern  the
16    procedures  followed by the election authority, its judges of
17    elections, and all employees and agents.   In  following  the
18    provisions  of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the election
19    authority is authorized to develop and  implement  procedures
20    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
21    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
22    authorized  by  the  State  Board of Elections as long as the
23    procedure is not in conflict with Article 24A, either Article
24    24B, or the  administrative  rules  of  the  State  Board  of
25    Elections.
26    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

27        (10 ILCS 5/20-15)
28        Sec.    20-15.  Electronic   voting   systems;   precinct
29    tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
30        If  the  election  authority  has  adopted  the  use   of
31    electronic  voting  systems  pursuant  to Article 24A of this
32    Code or Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan  Technology  voting
 
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 1    equipment  pursuant  to  Article  24B  of  this Code, and the
 2    provisions of those Articles the Article are in conflict with
 3    the provisions of this Article 20, the provisions of  Article
 4    24A  or  Article  24B,  as  the case may be, shall govern the
 5    procedures followed by the election authority, its judges  of
 6    elections,  and  all  employees and agents.  In following the
 7    provisions of  Article  24A  or  Article  24B,  the  election
 8    authority  is  authorized to develop and implement procedures
 9    to  fully  utilize  electronic  voting  systems  or  Precinct
10    Tabulation   Optical   Scan   Technology   voting   equipment
11    authorized by the State Board of Elections  as  long  as  the
12    procedure is not in conflict with Article 24A, either Article
13    24B,  or  the  administrative  rules  of  the  State Board of
14    Elections.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

16        (10 ILCS 5/24A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2)
17        Sec.  24A-2.   As  used  in  this  Article:   "Computer",
18    "Automatic  tabulating  equipment"  or  "equipment"  includes
19    apparatus  necessary to automatically examine and count votes
20    as designated on ballots, and data processing machines  which
21    can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results.
22        "Ballot  card"  means  a  ballot  which  is  voted by the
23    process of punching.
24        "Ballot configuration" means the  particular  combination
25    of   political   subdivision   ballots  including,  for  each
26    political subdivision, the particular combination of offices,
27    candidate  names  and  ballot  position  numbers   for   each
28    candidate and question as it appears for each group of voters
29    who may cast the same ballot.
30        "Ballot  labels"  means the cards, papers, booklet, pages
31    or other  material  containing  the  names  of  officers  and
32    candidates and statements of measures to be voted on.
33        "Ballot  sheet"  means  a  paper ballot printed on one or
 
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 1    both sides which is (1) designed and  prepared  so  that  the
 2    voter  may  indicate  his  or  her votes in designated areas,
 3    which must be enclosed areas  clearly  printed  or  otherwise
 4    delineated  for such purpose, and (2) capable of having votes
 5    marked  in  the  designated  areas  automatically   examined,
 6    counted, and tabulated by an electronic scanning process.
 7        "Ballot"  may  include  ballot  cards,  ballot labels and
 8    paper ballots.
 9        "Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a
10    separate portion of the ballot sheet in which  the  color  of
11    the  ink used in printing that portion of the ballot sheet is
12    distinct from the color of the ink used in printing any other
13    portion of the ballot sheet.
14        "Column" in an electronic voting system which utilizes  a
15    ballot  card  means a space on a ballot card for punching the
16    voter's vote arranged in a  row  running  lengthwise  on  the
17    ballot card.
18        "Central  Counting"  means the counting of ballots in one
19    or more locations selected by the election authority for  the
20    processing  or  counting, or both, of ballots. A location for
21    central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
22    of such  election  authority  unless  there  is  no  suitable
23    tabulating   equipment   available   within  his  territorial
24    jurisdiction. However, in any event a counting location shall
25    be within this State.
26        "In-precinct automatic tabulating  equipment"  means  the
27    automatic  equipment  provided by the election authority that
28    is capable of counting ballots in the same  precinct  polling
29    place in which those ballots are cast.
30        "In-precinct  counting"  means the counting of ballots on
31    automatic  tabulating  equipment  provided  by  the  election
32    authority in the same precinct polling place in  which  those
33    ballots have been cast.
34        "Computer   operator"   means   any   person  or  persons
 
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 1    designated by the election authority to operate the automatic
 2    tabulating equipment during any portion of the vote  tallying
 3    process  in  an  election,  but  shall  not include judges of
 4    election operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
 5        "Computer  program"  or  "program"  means  the   set   of
 6    operating instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment
 7    by which it examines, counts, tabulates, canvasses and prints
 8    votes recorded by a voter on a ballot card or other medium.
 9        "Edit  listing" means a computer generated listing of the
10    names and ballot position  numbers  for  each  candidate  and
11    proposition as they appear in the program for each precinct.
12        "Voting  System" or "Electronic Voting System" means that
13    combination of equipment and programs used  in  the  casting,
14    examination  and tabulation of ballots and the cumulation and
15    reporting of results by electronic means.
16        "Header card" or "program card" means a  data  processing
17    card  which is coded to indicate to the computer the precinct
18    identity of the ballot cards that will follow immediately and
19    may indicate to the computer how such ballot cards are to  be
20    tabulated.
21        "Marking  device"  means  either  an  apparatus  in which
22    ballots or ballot cards are inserted and used  in  connection
23    with  a  punch  apparatus  for the piercing of ballots by the
24    voter, or any approved device for marking a paper ballot with
25    ink or other substance which will enable  the  ballot  to  be
26    tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment or by an
27    electronic scanning process.
28        "Precinct  program  memory  medium"  or  "PPMM" means the
29    program disc or pack of  an  in-precinct  computer  tabulator
30    that  is  programmed  for  a  single precinct and that may be
31    activated by means other  than  a  header  card  or  precinct
32    identifier  card  to  indicate  to  the  automatic tabulating
33    equipment the precinct identity of the  ballot  cards  to  be
34    counted  by the tabulator and how such ballot cards are to be
 
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 1    counted.
 2        "Public counter" means a mechanical or electronic display
 3    on in-precinct automatic tabulating equipment  that  displays
 4    the  number  of  ballots  counted  by  the equipment.  Public
 5    counters shall not display any vote totals.
 6        "Redundant count" means a verification  of  the  original
 7    computer count by another count using compatible equipment or
 8    by hand as part of a discovery recount.
 9        "Security punch" means a punch placed on a ballot card to
10    identify to the computer program the offices and propositions
11    for  which  votes  may  be cast and to indicate the manner in
12    which votes cast  should  be  tabulated  while  negating  any
13    inadmissable votes.
14        "Security  sleeve" or "security envelope" means an opaque
15    envelope or sleeve into which a voted ballot  card  shall  be
16    inserted  that  fully covers all votes cast on the ballot and
17    that permits the ballot to be  inserted  into  the  automatic
18    tabulating  equipment  from  within  the  envelope  or sleeve
19    without public observation of the votes cast on the ballot.
20        "Voting defect" means an overvoted  ballot  or  a  ballot
21    that cannot be read by automatic tabulating equipment.
22        "Voting  defect  identification"  means the capability to
23    detect ballots that contain a voting defect.
24    (Source: P.A. 86-867.)

25        (10 ILCS 5/24A-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6.1)
26        Sec. 24A-6.1.  In all  elections  conducted  pursuant  to
27    this  Article,  ballot cards shall have a security punch.  In
28    precincts where more than one  ballot  configuration  may  be
29    voted  upon,  ballot  cards  shall  have a different security
30    punch for each ballot configuration.  If a precinct has  only
31    one possible ballot configuration, the ballot cards must have
32    a  security  punch  to  identify  the election.  Where ballot
33    cards from  more  than  one  precinct  are  being  tabulated,
 
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 1    precinct  header  cards  or program cards shall also be used:
 2    official results shall not be generated unless  the  precinct
 3    identification  of  the header cards or program cards for any
 4    precinct correspond.  Where the  tabulating  equipment  being
 5    used  requires  entering  the  program  immediately  prior to
 6    tabulating the ballot cards for each precinct,  the  precinct
 7    program may be used in lieu of header cards.
 8    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)

 9        (10 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-7)
10        Sec.  24A-7.  A separate write-in ballot, which may be in
11    the form of a paper ballot, card, extended stub of  a  ballot
12    card,  security  or envelope, or security sleeve in which the
13    elector  places  his  ballot  card  after  voting,  shall  be
14    designated  and  provided  by  the  election   authority   if
15    necessary to permit electors to write in the names of persons
16    whose names are not on the ballot. The ballots, ballot cards,
17    and  security  ballot  card  envelopes or sleeves may, at the
18    discretion of the election authority,  be  printed  on  white
19    paper  and then striped with the appropriate colors.  When an
20    electronic voting system is used which utilizes a ballot stub
21    of the ballot card, each ballot card envelope  shall  contain
22    the write-in form and information required by Section 16-3 of
23    this Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 83-110.)

25        (10 ILCS 5/24A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-8)
26        Sec.  24A-8.   The  county  clerk  or  board  of election
27    commissioners, as the case may be, shall  cause  the  marking
28    devices  to be put in order, set, adjusted and made ready for
29    voting when delivered  to  the  polling  places.  Before  the
30    opening of the polls the judges of election shall compare the
31    ballots used in the marking devices with the specimen ballots
32    furnished and see that the names, numbers and letters thereon
 
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 1    agree  and  shall  certify  thereto  on forms provided by the
 2    county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the  case
 3    may be.
 4        In  addition,  in  those polling places where in-precinct
 5    counting equipment is utilized, the judges of election  shall
 6    make   an  operational  check  of  the  automatic  tabulating
 7    equipment  before  the  opening   of   the   polls.    Either
 8    instructions  for  activating  the  precincts  program memory
 9    medium or a precinct  identification  card  provided  by  the
10    election  authority  shall  be  entered  into  the  automatic
11    tabulating equipment to ensure that the totals are all zeroes
12    in the count column on the printing unit.
13        Pollwatchers  as  provided  by  law shall be permitted to
14    closely  observe  the  judges  in  these  procedures  and  to
15    periodically inspect the equipment when not  in  use  by  the
16    voters  to  see that the ballot labels are in proper position
17    and have not been marked upon or mutilated.
18    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)

19        (10 ILCS 5/24A-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-9)
20        Sec. 24A-9.  Prior  to  the  public  test,  the  election
21    authority   shall   conduct  an  errorless  pre-test  of  the
22    automatic tabulating equipment and program to ascertain  that
23    they  will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and
24    all measures. On any day not less than 5 days  prior  to  the
25    election  day, the election authority shall publicly test the
26    automatic tabulating equipment and program to ascertain  that
27    they  will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and
28    on all measures. Public notice of the time and place  of  the
29    test  shall  be  given  at  least  48  hours prior thereto by
30    publication once in one or more newspapers  published  within
31    the  election  jurisdiction  of  the  election authority if a
32    newspaper is published therein, otherwise in a  newspaper  of
33    general  circulation  therein.  Timely written notice stating
 
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 1    the date, time and location of the public test shall also  be
 2    provided  to  the State Board of Elections. The test shall be
 3    open to representatives of the political parties, the  press,
 4    representatives  of  the  State  Board  of Elections, and the
 5    public.  The  test  shall  be  conducted  by   processing   a
 6    preaudited group of ballots so punched or marked as to record
 7    a  predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and
 8    on each measure, and shall include for  each  office  one  or
 9    more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed
10    by  law  in  order  to  test  the  ability  of  the automatic
11    tabulating equipment to reject such votes.  Such  test  shall
12    also  include  the  use  of precinct header cards or precinct
13    program memory medium and may include the  production  of  an
14    edit   listing.   In   those   election  jurisdictions  where
15    in-precinct counting equipment is utilized, a public test  of
16    both  such equipment and program shall be conducted as nearly
17    as possible in the manner prescribed above. The  State  Board
18    of Elections may select as many election jurisdictions as the
19    Board  deems  advisable  in  the  interests  of  the election
20    process of this State in which to order a special test of the
21    automatic tabulating  equipment  and  program  prior  to  any
22    regular  election.  The Board may order a special test in any
23    election jurisdiction  where,  during  the  preceding  twelve
24    months,  computer  programming  errors or other errors in the
25    use of electronic voting systems resulted in vote  tabulation
26    errors.  Not  less  than  30  days prior to any election, the
27    State Board of Elections  shall  provide  written  notice  to
28    those  selected  jurisdictions  of  their intent to conduct a
29    test.  Within 5  days  of  receipt  of  the  State  Board  of
30    Elections'  written  notice  of intent to conduct a test, the
31    selected jurisdictions shall forward to the principal  office
32    of  the  State  Board  of  Elections  a  copy of all specimen
33    ballots.  The  State  Board  of  Elections'  tests  shall  be
34    conducted and completed not less than 2  days  prior  to  the
 
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 1    public test utilizing testing materials supplied by the Board
 2    and  under  the supervision of the Board, and the Board shall
 3    reimburse the election authority for the reasonable  cost  of
 4    computer   time  required to conduct the special test.  After
 5    an  errorless  test,  materials  used  in  the  public  test,
 6    including the program, if appropriate, shall  be  sealed  and
 7    remain so until the test is run again on election day. If any
 8    error  is  detected,  the cause therefor shall be ascertained
 9    and corrected and an errorless  public  test  shall  be  made
10    before  the automatic tabulating equipment is approved.  Each
11    election authority shall file a sealed copy  of  each  tested
12    program  to  be  used  within its jurisdiction at an election
13    with the State Board of Elections prior to the election.  The
14    Board shall secure the program  or programs of each  election
15    jurisdiction so filed in its office for the 60 days following
16    the  canvass  and  proclamation of election results. Upon the
17    expiration of that time, if no  election  contest  or  appeal
18    therefrom  is  pending in an election jurisdiction, the Board
19    shall return the sealed program or programs to  the  election
20    authority  of  the  jurisdiction.   Except  where in-precinct
21    counting equipment is utilized, the test  shall  be  repeated
22    immediately  before  the  start  of the official count of the
23    ballots, in the same manner as set  forth  above.  After  the
24    completion  of  the count, the test shall be re-run using the
25    same program.  An election jurisdiction that  was  employing,
26    as  of  January  1,  1983,  an electronic voting system that,
27    because  of  its  design,  is  not  technically  capable   of
28    compliance  with  such  a post-tabulation testing requirement
29    shall satisfy  the  post-tabulation  testing  requirement  by
30    conducting  the  post-tabulation  test on a duplicate program
31    until such electronic voting  system  is  replaced  or  until
32    November   1,   1992,  whichever  is  earlier.    Immediately
33    thereafter the ballots, all material employed in testing  the
34    program  and  the  program shall be sealed and retained under
 
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 1    the custody of the election authority  for  a  period  of  60
 2    days.  At  the expiration of that time the election authority
 3    shall destroy the  voted  ballot  cards,  together  with  all
 4    unused  ballots returned from the precincts. Provided, if any
 5    contest of election is pending at such  time  in  which  such
 6    ballots  may  be  required  as  evidence  and  such  election
 7    authority has notice thereof, the same shall not be destroyed
 8    until after such contest is finally determined. If the use of
 9    back-up   equipment   becomes  necessary,  the  same  testing
10    required for the original equipment shall be conducted.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-874; 86-1028; 87-1052.)

12        (10 ILCS 5/24A-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-10.1)
13        Sec.  24A-10.1.   In  an  election   jurisdiction   where
14    in-precinct   automatic   tabulating  counting  equipment  is
15    utilized, the following procedures for counting and  tallying
16    the  ballots  set forth in this Section and in Section 24A-14
17    shall apply:
18        (a)  Voter ballot insertion during poll hours.
19             (1)  The in-precinct automatic tabulating  equipment
20        shall  be set to count each ballot for candidates and for
21        or against propositions to be voted upon as the ballot is
22        inserted into the automatic tabulating equipment, and the
23        equipment shall internally tally accurate vote totals for
24        all  such  candidates  and  for  and  against  all   such
25        propositions.  Before the opening of the polls and before
26        ballots are entered  into  the  counting  equipment,  the
27        judges of election shall turn on the automatic tabulating
28        equipment,  activate  the precinct program memory medium,
29        and verify that the public counter is set at zero.
30             (2)  After the polls have been declared  open,  each
31        ballot  shall  be  inserted into the automatic tabulating
32        equipment by the voter immediately after  the  voter  has
33        completed  marking  his or her ballot and placing it in a
 
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 1        security  envelope  or  sleeve.   The  ballot  shall   be
 2        inserted  into  the  automatic  tabulating equipment from
 3        within the security envelope  or  sleeve  without  public
 4        observation  of the votes cast on the ballot.  The judges
 5        of election shall not handle any voted ballot  except  as
 6        provided  in  this  Code  for  uninitialed,  spoiled, and
 7        defective and damaged ballots.  Each voted  ballot  shall
 8        be  deposited  into a secure ballot box immediately after
 9        it  has  been  counted  by   the   automatic   tabulating
10        equipment.
11             (3)  The automatic tabulating equipment shall be set
12        to  automatically return to the voter any ballot on which
13        the number of votes for an office or proposition  exceeds
14        the  number  of votes that the voter is entitled to cast.
15        If the voter, after being informed that an  overvote  has
16        occurred,  determines  to have the ballot counted despite
17        containing  an   overvote,   the   automatic   tabulating
18        equipment shall be set to accept the ballot and count the
19        votes  for or against propositions and for candidates for
20        offices for which there is no overvote.
21             (4)  The automatic tabulating equipment shall be set
22        to return any ballot that is  damaged  or  defective  and
23        cannot  properly  be  read  by  the  automatic tabulating
24        equipment. The ballot shall be marked  "Spoiled  Ballot",
25        initialed  by  all  judges  immediately  under  the words
26        "Spoiled Ballot", and  not  counted.   The  judges  shall
27        initial  and  issue  a new ballot to the voter in lieu of
28        the original "Spoiled Ballot" and the voter shall then be
29        permitted to vote the new ballot.
30             (5)  Immediately after the closing of the polls  and
31        after  the  insertion  of absentee ballots entitled to be
32        counted, the  automatic  tabulating  equipment  shall  be
33        locked against further processing of ballots and the vote
34        totals shall be displayed and read.
 
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 1             (6)  Throughout  the  election  day  and  before the
 2        close of the polls, no person shall be permitted to check
 3        for vote totals for any candidate or proposition  on  the
 4        automatic  tabulating  equipment.   However,  any  voter,
 5        judge of election, or poll watcher may examine the number
 6        of  counted  ballots  shown  on the public counter of the
 7        automatic tabulating equipment when the polls  are  open.
 8        During  the time that polling places are open for voting,
 9        no person may reset the  equipment  for  re-insertion  of
10        ballots  except  upon  the  specific authorization of the
11        election authority; the  automatic  tabulating  equipment
12        shall  be  programmed to prevent such re-insertion unless
13        provided a code by an authorized  representative  of  the
14        election   authority.    If   the   automatic  tabulating
15        equipment becomes inoperative during voting hours,  until
16        such   time   as  it  is  repaired  and  restarted  by  a
17        representative of  the  election  authority,  the  voters
18        shall deposit their voted ballots into the secure portion
19        of  the  supply  carrier  case  or  other  secure  ballot
20        container  supplied  by  the  election  authority and the
21        judges of election shall open the container used for this
22        purpose only after the close of the polls and shall  then
23        insert  each  of the deposited ballots into the automatic
24        tabulating equipment to be tallied.
25        (b)  Procedures after the close of the polls.
26             (1) Immediately after the closing of the polls,  the
27        absentee  ballots  delivered  to  the  precinct judges of
28        election by the election authority shall be  examined  to
29        determine that such ballots comply with Sections 19-9 and
30        20-9  of this Act and are entitled to be deposited in the
31        ballot box; those entitled to be deposited in the  ballot
32        box shall be initialed by the precinct judges of election
33        and  deposited  in the ballot box.  Those not entitled to
34        be deposited in the ballot box shall be marked "Rejected"
 
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 1        and disposed of as provided in  said  Sections  19-9  and
 2        20-9.
 3             (2)  The  precinct judges of election shall open the
 4        ballot box and count the number  of  ballots  therein  to
 5        determine if such number agrees with the number of voters
 6        voting as shown by the automatic tabulating equipment, by
 7        the  public counter on the automatic tabulating equipment
 8        where available, and by applications for ballot. or,   If
 9        the  same do not agree, the judges of election shall make
10        such ballots agree with the applications  for  ballot  in
11        the manner provided by Section 17-18 of this Code Act.
12             (3)  The  judges  of election shall then examine all
13        ballot cards and ballot card envelopes which are  in  the
14        ballot  box  to  determine  whether  the ballot cards and
15        ballot card envelopes contain the initials of a  precinct
16        judge  of  election.   If  any ballot card or ballot card
17        envelope is not initialed, it shall be marked on the back
18        "Defective", initialed as to such  label  by  all  judges
19        immediately  under  the word "Defective" and not counted.
20        The judges of election shall  place  an  initialed  blank
21        official ballot card in the place of the defective ballot
22        card, so that the count of the ballot cards to be counted
23        on  the  automatic tabulating equipment will be the same,
24        and each "Defective Ballot" card and  "Replacement"  card
25        shall  contain  the  same  serial  number  which shall be
26        placed thereon by the judges of election, commencing with
27        number 1 and continuing consecutively for the ballots  of
28        that kind in that precinct. The original "Defective" card
29        shall  be  placed  in  the  "Defective  Ballot  Envelope"
30        provided for that purpose.
31             (4)  When  an electronic voting system is used which
32        utilizes a ballot card, before separating  the  remaining
33        ballot  cards from their respective covering envelopes or
34        sleeves, the judges of election shall examine the  ballot
 
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 1        cards,  ballot  card  envelopes,  ballot  card  stubs, or
 2        security sleeves for write-in votes.  When the voter  has
 3        cast  a  write-in  vote,  the  judges  of  election shall
 4        compare the write-in vote with the votes  on  the  ballot
 5        card  to  determine  whether  such write-in results in an
 6        overvote for any office unless the  automatic  tabulating
 7        equipment  has  already  done so.  In case of an overvote
 8        for any office, the judges  of  election,  consisting  in
 9        each  case  of  at least one judge of election of each of
10        the  2  major  political  parties,  shall  make  a   true
11        duplicate  ballot of all votes on such ballot card except
12        for the office which is overvoted, by  using  the  ballot
13        label  booklet  of  the  precinct  and one of the marking
14        devices of the precinct so as to transfer  all  votes  of
15        the   voter,  except  for  the  office  overvoted,  to  a
16        duplicate card.  The original ballot  card  and  envelope
17        upon  which there is an overvote shall be clearly labeled
18        "Overvoted Ballot", and each such "Overvoted  Ballot"  as
19        well  as  its "Replacement" shall contain the same serial
20        number which shall be placed thereon  by  the  judges  of
21        election,   commencing   with  number  1  and  continuing
22        consecutively for  the  ballots  of  that  kind  in  that
23        precinct.     The  "Overvoted  Ballot"  card  and  ballot
24        envelope shall be placed in an envelope provided for that
25        purpose labeled  "Duplicate  Ballot"  envelope,  and  the
26        judges of election shall initial the "Replacement" ballot
27        cards and shall place them with the other ballot cards to
28        be   counted   on  the  automatic  tabulating  equipment.
29        Envelopes, ballot cards, ballot card stubs,  or  security
30        envelopes  or sleeves containing write-in votes marked in
31        the place designated therefor and containing the initials
32        of a precinct judge of election and not resulting  in  an
33        overvote  and  otherwise complying with the election laws
34        as to marking shall be  counted  and  tallied  and  their
 
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 1        votes  recorded on a tally sheet provided by the election
 2        authority.
 3             The  ballot  cards  and  ballot  card  envelopes  or
 4        sleeves shall be separated in preparation for counting by
 5        the automatic  tabulating  equipment  provided  for  that
 6        purpose by the election authority.
 7             (5)  After  closing  the  polls  and  examining  the
 8        absentee  ballots  pursuant  to subsection (c)(1) of this
 9        Section, the judges of election  shall  insert  into  the
10        automatic   tabulating  equipment  all  absentee  ballots
11        entitled  to  be  counted.   Thereafter,  the  judges  of
12        election shall generate vote totals  for  all  candidates
13        and propositions.
14             Before  the  ballots  are entered into the automatic
15        tabulating  equipment,  a  precinct  identification  card
16        provided by the election authority shall be entered  into
17        the  device  to  ensure that the totals are all zeroes in
18        the count column on the printing unit. A  precinct  judge
19        of election shall then count the ballots by entering each
20        ballot  card into the automatic tabulating equipment, and
21        if any ballot or ballot card is damaged or  defective  so
22        that  it  cannot  properly  be  counted  by the automatic
23        tabulating equipment, the judges of election,  consisting
24        in each case of at least one judge of election of each of
25        the   2  major  political  parties,  shall  make  a  true
26        duplicate ballot of all votes  on  such  ballot  card  by
27        using the ballot label booklet of the precinct and one of
28        the marking devices of the precinct.  The original ballot
29        or  ballot  card  and  envelope  shall be clearly labeled
30        "Damaged  Ballot"  and  the  ballot  or  ballot  card  so
31        produced shall  be  clearly  labeled  "Duplicate  Damaged
32        Ballot",  and  each  shall contain the same serial number
33        which shall be placed thereon by the judges of  election,
34        commencing with number 1 and continuing consecutively for
 
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 1        the  ballots of that kind in the precinct.  The judges of
 2        election shall initial  the  "Duplicate  Damaged  Ballot"
 3        ballot  or  ballot  cards  and  shall enter the duplicate
 4        damaged cards into the  automatic  tabulating  equipment.
 5        The  "Damaged  Ballot"  cards  shall  be  placed  in  the
 6        "Duplicated  Ballots"  envelope;  after  all ballot cards
 7        have been successfully read, the judges of election shall
 8        check to make certain that the last number printed by the
 9        printing unit is the same as the number of voters  making
10        application  for  ballot  in  that  precinct.  The number
11        shall be  listed  on  the  "Statement  of  Ballots"  form
12        provided by the election authority.
13             (6)  The  totals for all candidates and propositions
14        shall be tabulated; 4 sets shall be  attached  to  the  4
15        sets  of "Certificate of Results", which may be generated
16        by the automatic tabulating equipment,  provided  by  the
17        election   authority;  one  set  shall  be  posted  in  a
18        conspicuous place inside the  polling  place;  and  every
19        effort shall be made by the judges of election to provide
20        a  set  for each authorized pollwatcher or other official
21        authorized to be present in the polling place to  observe
22        the  counting of ballots; but in no case shall the number
23        of sets to be made available  to  pollwatchers  be  fewer
24        than  4,  chosen  by  lot  by the judges of election.  In
25        addition, sufficient time shall be provided by the judges
26        of election to the pollwatchers to  allow  them  to  copy
27        information from the set which has been posted.
28             (7)  The  judges  of election shall count all unused
29        ballot cards and enter the number on  the  "Statement  of
30        Ballots".   All  "Spoiled",  "Defective" and "Duplicated"
31        ballot cards shall be counted and the number  entered  on
32        the "Statement of Ballots".
33             (8)  The  precinct judges of election shall select a
34        bi-partisan team  of  2  judges,  who  shall  immediately
 
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 1        return  the ballots in a sealed container, along with all
 2        other election materials as instructed  by  the  election
 3        authority;  provided,  however,  that such container must
 4        first be sealed by the election judges with filament tape
 5        provided for such purpose which shall be  wrapped  around
 6        the  container  lengthwise  and crosswise, at least twice
 7        each way, in such  manner  that  the  ballots  cannot  be
 8        removed from such container without breaking the seal and
 9        filament  tape  and  disturbing any signatures affixed by
10        the  election  judges  to  the  container.  The  election
11        authority  shall  keep  the  office   of   the   election
12        authority,  or  any receiving stations designated by such
13        authority, open for at least 12 consecutive  hours  after
14        the  polls  close or until the ballots from all precincts
15        with in-precinct automatic tabulating counting  equipment
16        within  the  jurisdiction  of the election authority have
17        been returned to the election authority. Ballots returned
18        to the office of the election  authority  which  are  not
19        signed  and  sealed  as  required  by  law  shall  not be
20        accepted by  the  election  authority  until  the  judges
21        returning   the   same   make   and  sign  the  necessary
22        corrections.  Upon  acceptance  of  the  ballots  by  the
23        election authority, the judges returning the  same  shall
24        take  a  receipt  signed  by  the  election authority and
25        stamped with the  time  and  date  of  such  return.  The
26        election judges whose duty it is to return any ballots as
27        herein  provided  shall, in the event such ballots cannot
28        be found when needed,  on  proper  request,  produce  the
29        receipt which they are to take as above provided.
30    (Source: P.A. 83-1362.)

31        (10 ILCS 5/24A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-14)
32        Sec.  24A-14.  Damaged ballots. In precincts that utilize
33    in-precinct  automatic  tabulating  equipment  having  voting
 
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 1    defect identification capability and in which  voters  insert
 2    their ballots into the automatic tabulating equipment, if any
 3    ballot  is damaged or defective so that it cannot properly be
 4    counted by the automatic tabulating  equipment,  that  ballot
 5    shall  be  treated as a spoiled ballot as provided in Section
 6    24A-10.1. If any ballot is damaged or defective  so  that  it
 7    cannot  properly  be  counted  by  the  automatic  tabulating
 8    equipment, a true duplicate copy shall be made of the damaged
 9    ballot  in  the presence of witnesses and substituted for the
10    damaged ballot. Likewise, a duplicate ballot shall be made of
11    a defective ballot which shall not include the invalid votes.
12    All duplicate ballots shall be clearly  labeled  "duplicate",
13    shall  bear  a serial number which shall be registered on the
14    damaged or defective ballot, and shall be counted in lieu  of
15    the damaged or defective ballot.
16    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/24B-2)
18        Sec. 24B-2.  Definitions.  As used in this Article:
19        "Computer",    "automatic    tabulating   equipment"   or
20    "equipment" includes  apparatus  necessary  to  automatically
21    examine  and  count  votes as designated on ballots, and data
22    processing machines which can be used  for  counting  ballots
23    and tabulating results.
24        "Ballot" means paper ballot sheets.
25        "Ballot  configuration"  means the particular combination
26    of  political  subdivision  ballots   including,   for   each
27    political subdivision, the particular combination of offices,
28    candidate names and questions as it appears for each group of
29    voters who may cast the same ballot.
30        "Ballot  sheet"  means  a  paper ballot printed on one or
31    both sides which is (1) designed and  prepared  so  that  the
32    voter  may  indicate  his  or  her votes in designated areas,
33    which must be areas clearly printed or  otherwise  delineated
 
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 1    for  such  purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in
 2    the designated areas  automatically  examined,  counted,  and
 3    tabulated by an electronic scanning process.
 4        "Central  counting"  means the counting of ballots in one
 5    or more locations selected by the election authority for  the
 6    processing  or counting, or both, of ballots.  A location for
 7    central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
 8    of  the  election  authority  unless  there  is  no  suitable
 9    tabulating  equipment  available   within   his   territorial
10    jurisdiction.    However,  in  any  event a counting location
11    shall be within this State.
12        "Computer  operator"  means   any   person   or   persons
13    designated by the election authority to operate the automatic
14    tabulating  equipment during any portion of the vote tallying
15    process in an election,  but  shall  not  include  judges  of
16    election operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
17        "Computer   program"   or  "program"  means  the  set  of
18    operating instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment
19    that examines, counts, tabulates, canvasses and prints  votes
20    recorded by a voter on a ballot.
21        "Edit  listing" means a computer generated listing of the
22    names of each candidate and proposition as they appear in the
23    program for each precinct.
24        "Header sheet" means a data processing document which  is
25    coded  to  indicate  to the computer the precinct identity of
26    the ballots that will follow immediately and may indicate  to
27    the computer how such ballots are to be tabulated.
28        "In-precinct  automatic  tabulating  equipment" means the
29    automatic equipment provided by the election  authority  that
30    is  capable  of counting ballots in the same precinct polling
31    place in which those ballots are cast.
32        "In-precinct counting" means the counting of  ballots  on
33    automatic  tabulating  equipment  provided  by  the  election
34    authority  in  the same precinct polling place in which those
 
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 1    ballots have been cast.
 2        "Marking device" means a pen or similar  device  approved
 3    by  the  State  Board of Elections for marking a paper ballot
 4    with ink or other substance which will enable the  ballot  to
 5    be  tabulated  by  automatic  tabulating  equipment  or by an
 6    electronic scanning process.
 7        "Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology"  means  the
 8    capability  to  examine a ballot through electronic means and
 9    tabulate the votes at one or more counting places.
10        "Redundant count" means a verification  of  the  original
11    computer count by another count using compatible equipment or
12    by hand as part of a discovery recount.
13        "Security designation" means a printed designation placed
14    on  a  ballot to identify to the computer program the offices
15    and propositions for which votes may be cast and to  indicate
16    the  manner  in  which  votes  cast should be tabulated while
17    negating any inadmissible votes.
18        "Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a
19    separate portion of the ballot sheet which is clearly defined
20    by a border or borders or shading.
21        "Voting defect identification" means  the  capability  to
22    detect  overvoted  ballots  that  contain  a voting defect or
23    ballots which cannot be  read  by  the  automatic  tabulating
24    equipment.
25        "Voting  defects"  means an overvoted ballot, or a ballot
26    which cannot be read by the automatic tabulating equipment.
27        "Voting system" or "electronic voting system" means  that
28    combination  of  equipment  and programs used in the casting,
29    examination and tabulation of ballots and the cumulation  and
30    reporting of results by electronic means.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

32        (10 ILCS 5/24B-10.1)
33        Sec.    24B-10.1.     In-Precinct   Counting   Equipment;
 
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 1    Procedures for Counting and Tallying Ballots.  In an election
 2    jurisdiction   where   Precinct   Tabulation   Optical   Scan
 3    Technology  counting  equipment  is   used,   the   following
 4    procedures for counting and tallying the ballots shall apply:
 5        (a)  The in-precinct automatic tabulating equipment shall
 6    be set to count each ballot for candidates and for or against
 7    propositions  to be voted upon as the ballot is inserted into
 8    the automatic tabulating equipment, and the  equipment  shall
 9    internally tally accurate vote totals for all such candidates
10    and for and against all such propositions. Before the opening
11    of  the  polls,  and  before the ballots are entered into the
12    automatic tabulating equipment, the judges of election  shall
13    turn  on  the  automatic  tabulating  equipment, activate the
14    precinct program memory medium, and verify  that  the  public
15    counter  is set at zero shall be sure that the totals are all
16    zeros in the counting column.  Ballots may then be counted by
17    entering each ballot into the automatic tabulating equipment.
18        After the polls have  been  declared  open,  each  ballot
19    shall  be inserted into the automatic tabulating equipment by
20    the voter immediately after the voter has  completed  marking
21    his  or  her  ballot.   The ballot shall be inserted into the
22    automatic tabulating equipment without public observation  of
23    the  votes  cast on the ballot.  The judges of election shall
24    not handle any voted ballot except as provided in  this  Code
25    for  uninitialed, spoiled, and defective and damaged ballots.
26    Each voted ballot shall be deposited into a secure ballot box
27    immediately after  it  has  been  counted  by  the  automatic
28    tabulating equipment.
29        Immediately  after the closing of the polls and after the
30    insertion of absentee ballots entitled  to  be  counted,  the
31    automatic   tabulating  equipment  shall  be  locked  against
32    further processing of ballots and the vote  totals  shall  be
33    displayed and read.
34        Throughout the election day and before the closing of the
 
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 1    polls, no person shall be permitted to may check for any vote
 2    totals  for  any  candidate  or  proposition on the automatic
 3    tabulating equipment. However, any voter, judge of  election,
 4    or  poll  watcher  may  examine the number of counted ballots
 5    shown on the  public  counter  of  the  automatic  tabulating
 6    equipment  when  the  polls  are  open.  During the time that
 7    polling places are open for voting, no person may  reset  the
 8    equipment   for  re-insertion  of  ballots  except  upon  the
 9    specific  authorization  of  the  election   authority;   the
10    automatic tabulating equipment shall be programmed to prevent
11    such  re-insertion  unless  provided  a code by an authorized
12    representative of the election authority.  If  the  automatic
13    tabulating equipment becomes inoperative during voting hours,
14    until  such  time  as  it  is  repaired  and  restarted  by a
15    representative of the election authority,  the  voters  shall
16    deposit  their  voted  ballots into the secure portion of the
17    supply carrier case or other secure ballot container supplied
18    by the election authority and the judges  of  election  shall
19    open the container used for this purpose only after the close
20    of  the  polls  and  shall  then insert each of the deposited
21    ballots  into  the  automatic  tabulating  equipment  to   be
22    tallied.   Such   automatic  tabulating  equipment  shall  be
23    programmed so that no person  may  reset  the  equipment  for
24    refeeding   of   ballots  unless  provided  a  code  from  an
25    authorized representative of the election authority.  At  the
26    option of the election authority, the ballots may be fed into
27    the  Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology equipment by
28    the voters under the direct  supervision  of  the  judges  of
29    elections.
30        (b)  The in-precinct automatic tabulating equipment shall
31    have the capability to identify voting defects.  The election
32    authority  shall  develop  and  implement  procedures for the
33    following:
34             (1)  The  counting  equipment  shall   be   set   to
 
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 1        automatically return to the voter any ballot on which the
 2        number  of votes for an office or proposition exceeds the
 3        number of votes that the voter is entitled  to  cast.  If
 4        the  voter,  after  being  informed  that an overvote has
 5        occurred, determines to have the ballot  counted  despite
 6        containing   an   overvote,   the   automatic  tabulating
 7        equipment shall be set to accept the ballot and count the
 8        votes for or against propositions and for candidates  for
 9        offices for which there is no overvote.
10             (2)  The equipment shall be set to return any ballot
11        that  is damaged or defective and cannot properly be read
12        by the automatic tabulating equipment. The  ballot  shall
13        be  marked  "Spoiled  Ballot",  initialed  by  all judges
14        immediately under the words  "Spoiled  Ballot",  and  not
15        counted.  The judges shall initial and issue a new ballot
16        to the voter in lieu of the original "Spoiled Ballot" and
17        the voter shall then be permitted to vote the new ballot.
18        (c)  Immediately  after  the  closing  of  the polls, the
19    absentee ballots delivered to the precinct judges of election
20    by the election authority shall be examined to determine that
21    the ballots comply with Sections 19-9 and 20-9 of  this  Code
22    and  are  entitled  to  be scanned by the Precinct Tabulation
23    Optical Scan Technology equipment and then deposited  in  the
24    ballot box; those entitled to be scanned and deposited in the
25    ballot  box  shall  be  initialed  by  the precinct judges of
26    election and then scanned and deposited in  the  ballot  box.
27    Those not entitled to be deposited in the ballot box shall be
28    marked  "Rejected"  and  disposed  of  as  provided  in  said
29    Sections 19-9 and 20-9.
30        The precinct judges of election shall open the ballot box
31    and  count  the  number of ballots to determine if the number
32    agrees with the number of  voters  voting  as  shown  on  the
33    Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology equipment and by
34    the applications for ballot or, if the same do not agree, the
 
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 1    judges of election shall make  the  ballots  agree  with  the
 2    applications  for  ballot  in  the manner provided by Section
 3    17-18 of this Code.    The  judges  of  election  shall  then
 4    examine  all ballots which are in the ballot box to determine
 5    whether the ballots contain the initials of a precinct  judge
 6    of  election.   If  any  ballot is not initialed, it shall be
 7    marked on the back "Defective", initialed as to such label by
 8    all judges immediately under the  word  "Defective"  and  not
 9    counted.   The  judges  of  election shall place an initialed
10    blank official ballot in the place of the  defective  ballot,
11    so  that  the  count  of  the  ballots  to  be counted on the
12    automatic tabulating equipment will be  the  same,  and  each
13    "Defective Ballot" and "Replacement" ballot shall contain the
14    same  serial  number  which  shall  be  placed thereon by the
15    judges of election, beginning with number  1  and  continuing
16    consecutively  for the ballots of that kind in that precinct.
17    The original  "Defective"  ballot  shall  be  placed  in  the
18    "Defective Ballot Envelope" provided for that purpose.
19        If  the judges of election have removed a ballot pursuant
20    to Section 17-18, have labeled "Defective" a ballot which  is
21    not  initialed,  or have otherwise determined under this Code
22    to not count a ballot originally deposited into a ballot box,
23    the judges of election shall be sure that the totals  on  the
24    automatic  tabulating equipment are reset to all zeros in the
25    counting column.  Thereafter the  judges  of  election  shall
26    enter  each  ballot to be counted in the automatic tabulating
27    equipment.  Resetting the automatic tabulating  equipment  to
28    all  zeros and re-entering of ballots to be counted may occur
29    at the precinct polling place, the  office  of  the  election
30    authority,   or  any  receiving  station  designated  by  the
31    election authority.  The election authority  shall  designate
32    the place for resetting and re-entering.
33        When   a  Precinct  Tabulation  Optical  Scan  Technology
34    electronic voting system is used which uses a  paper  ballot,
 
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 1    the  judges of election shall examine the ballot for write-in
 2    votes.  When the voter has cast a write-in vote,  the  judges
 3    of election shall compare the write-in vote with the votes on
 4    the  ballot  to  determine whether the write-in results in an
 5    overvote for  any  office,  unless  the  Precinct  Tabulation
 6    Optical  Scan  Technology  equipment has already done so.  In
 7    case of an overvote for any office, the judges  of  election,
 8    consisting  in each case of at least one judge of election of
 9    each of the 2 major political  parties,  shall  make  a  true
10    duplicate  ballot  of all votes on such ballot except for the
11    office which  is  overvoted,  by  using  the  ballot  of  the
12    precinct and one of the marking devices of the precinct so as
13    to  transfer  all  votes  of the voter, except for the office
14    overvoted, to a duplicate ballot.  The original  ballot  upon
15    which   there   is  an  overvote  shall  be  clearly  labeled
16    "Overvoted Ballot", and each such "Overvoted Ballot" as  well
17    as  its  "Replacement"  shall  contain the same serial number
18    which shall be placed thereon  by  the  judges  of  election,
19    beginning  with number 1 and continuing consecutively for the
20    ballots of  that  kind  in  that  precinct.   The  "Overvoted
21    Ballot"  shall  be  placed  in  an envelope provided for that
22    purpose labeled "Duplicate Ballot" envelope, and  the  judges
23    of election shall initial the "Replacement" ballots and shall
24    place  them  with  the  other  ballots  to  be counted on the
25    automatic tabulating equipment.
26        If any ballot is damaged or defective, or if  any  ballot
27    contains  a  Voting  Defect,  so  that  it cannot properly be
28    counted by the automatic tabulating equipment, the  voter  or
29    the  judges  of election, consisting in each case of at least
30    one judge of election  of  each  of  the  2  major  political
31    parties,  shall  make a true duplicate ballot of all votes on
32    such ballot by using the ballot of the precinct  and  one  of
33    the  marking  devices  of the precinct.  If a damaged ballot,
34    the original ballot shall be clearly labeled "Damaged Ballot"
 
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 1    and the ballot so produced shall be clearly labeled  "Damaged
 2    Ballot"  and  the ballot so produced shall be clearly labeled
 3    "Duplicate Damaged Ballot", and each shall contain  the  same
 4    serial  number  which  shall  be  placed  by  the  judges  of
 5    election,    beginning   with   number   1   and   continuing
 6    consecutively for the ballots of that kind in  the  precinct.
 7    The  judges  of election shall initial the "Duplicate Damaged
 8    Ballot" ballot and shall enter the duplicate  damaged  ballot
 9    into   the  automatic  tabulating  equipment.   The  "Damaged
10    Ballots"  shall  be  placed  in  the   "Duplicated   Ballots"
11    envelope;  after all ballots have been successfully read, the
12    judges of election shall  check  to  make  certain  that  the
13    Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology equipment readout
14    agrees  with  the  number  of  voters  making application for
15    ballot in that precinct.  The number shall be listed  on  the
16    "Statement   of   Ballots"  form  provided  by  the  election
17    authority.
18        The totals for all candidates and propositions  shall  be
19    tabulated;  and  4 copies of a "Certificate of Results" shall
20    be generated by the automatic tabulating equipment; one  copy
21    shall  be  posted  in  a conspicuous place inside the polling
22    place; and every effort  shall  be  made  by  the  judges  of
23    election to provide a copy for each authorized pollwatcher or
24    other  official authorized to be present in the polling place
25    to observe the counting of ballots; but in no case shall  the
26    number  of  copies  to  be  made available to pollwatchers be
27    fewer than 4, chosen by lot by the judges  of  election.   In
28    addition,  sufficient time shall be provided by the judges of
29    election  to  the  pollwatchers  to  allow   them   to   copy
30    information from the copy which has been posted.
31        The judges of election shall count all unused ballots and
32    enter   the  number  on  the  "Statement  of  Ballots".   All
33    "Spoiled", "Defective"  and  "Duplicated"  ballots  shall  be
34    counted and the number entered on the "Statement of Ballots".
 
                            -41-           LRB9213179JMmbam03
 1        The   precinct   judges   of   election  shall  select  a
 2    bi-partisan team of 2 judges, who  shall  immediately  return
 3    the  ballots  in  a  sealed  container,  along with all other
 4    election materials as instructed by the  election  authority;
 5    provided,  however,  that such container must first be sealed
 6    by the election judges with filament tape or  other  approved
 7    sealing  devices  provided  for  the  purpose  which shall be
 8    wrapped around the container  lengthwise  and  crosswise,  at
 9    least  twice each way, in a manner that the ballots cannot be
10    removed from the container  without  breaking  the  seal  and
11    filament  tape  and  disturbing any signatures affixed by the
12    election judges to the container,  or  which  other  approved
13    sealing  devices  are  affixed  in  a  manner approved by the
14    election authority.  The election authority  shall  keep  the
15    office  of  the  election authority or any receiving stations
16    designated by the authority, open for at least 12 consecutive
17    hours after the polls close or until  the  ballots  from  all
18    precincts  with  in-precinct  automatic  tabulating  counting
19    equipment  within  the jurisdiction of the election authority
20    have  been  returned  to  the  election  authority.   Ballots
21    returned to the office of the election  authority  which  are
22    not  signed  and  sealed  as  required  by  law  shall not be
23    accepted by the election authority until the judges returning
24    the ballots make and sign the  necessary  corrections.   Upon
25    acceptance  of  the  ballots  by  the election authority, the
26    judges returning the ballots shall take a receipt  signed  by
27    the  election authority and stamped with the time and date of
28    the return.  The election judges whose duty it is  to  return
29    any  ballots  as  provided  shall,  in  the event the ballots
30    cannot be found when needed, on proper request,  produce  the
31    receipt  which  they  are  to  take  as  above provided.  The
32    precinct judges of election shall also deliver  the  Precinct
33    Tabulation  Optical Scan Technology equipment to the election
34    authority.
 
                            -42-           LRB9213179JMmbam03
 1    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

 2        (10 ILCS 5/24B-14)
 3        Sec. 24B-14.  Damaged Ballots; Duplicates.  In  precincts
 4    that   utilize  in-precinct  automatic  tabulating  equipment
 5    having voting defect identification capability and  in  which
 6    voters  insert  their  ballots  into the automatic tabulating
 7    equipment, if any ballot is damaged or defective so  that  it
 8    cannot   properly   be  counted  by  the  automatic  Precinct
 9    Tabulation Optical Scan Technology tabulating equipment, that
10    ballot shall be treated as a spoiled ballot  as  provided  in
11    Section  24B-10.1.  If  any ballot is damaged or defective so
12    that it cannot properly be counted by the automatic  Precinct
13    Tabulation  Optical  Scan  Technology tabulating equipment, a
14    true duplicate copy shall be made of the  damaged  ballot  in
15    the  presence  of  witnesses  and substituted for the damaged
16    ballot.  Likewise, a duplicate ballot  shall  be  made  of  a
17    defective  ballot  which shall not include the invalid votes.
18    All duplicate ballots shall be clearly  labeled  "Duplicate",
19    shall  bear  a serial number which shall be registered on the
20    damaged or defective ballot, and shall be counted in lieu  of
21    the damaged or defective ballot.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

23        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
24    becoming law.".

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