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92_SB2106 LRB9215949JMmb 1 AN ACT concerning elections. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 24A-16 and 24B-16 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/24A-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16) 7 Sec. 24A-16. The State Board of Elections shall approve 8 all voting systems provided by this Article. 9 No voting system shall be approved unless it fulfills the 10 following requirements: 11 (1) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy; 12 (2) (Blank); 13 (3) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in part 14 from the nominees of one party, and in part from the nominees 15 of any or all parties, and in part from independent 16 candidates and in part of candidates whose names are written 17 in by the voter; 18 (4) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed 19 ticket of his own selection for any person for any office for 20 whom he may desire to vote; 21 (5) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a 22 proposition when the voter has cast more votes for such 23 office or upon such proposition than he is entitled to cast; 24 (6) It will accommodate all propositions to be submitted 25 to the voters in the form provided by law or, where no such 26 form is provided, then in brief form, not to exceed 75 words. 27 The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw 28 its approval of a voting system if the system fails to 29 fulfill the above requirements. 30 No vendor, person or other entity may sell, lease or loan 31 a voting system or voting system component to any election -2- LRB9215949JMmb 1 jurisdiction unless the voting system or voting system 2 component is first approved by the State Board of Elections 3 pursuant to this Section. 4 In addition to meeting the other requirements of this 5 Section, and prior to certifying the equipment for use, the 6 State Board of Elections shall conduct usability tests on the 7 equipment and make the report of the testing results 8 available to the public. The State Board of Elections shall 9 promulgate rules for conducting these tests. This usability 10 testing requirement shall not apply to equipment approved 11 only for testing. 12 (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.) 13 (10 ILCS 5/24B-16) 14 Sec. 24B-16. Approval of Precinct Tabulation Optical 15 Scan Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board 16 of Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical 17 Scan Technology voting systems provided by this Article. 18 No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting 19 system shall be approved unless it fulfills the following 20 requirements: 21 (a) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy; 22 (b) (Blank); 23 (c) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in 24 part from the nominees of one party, and in part from the 25 nominees of any or all parties, and in part from 26 independent candidates, and in part of candidates whose 27 names are written in by the voter; 28 (d) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed 29 ticket of his or her own selection for any person for any 30 office for whom he or she may desire to vote; 31 (e) It will reject all votes for an office or upon 32 a proposition when the voter has cast more votes for the 33 office or upon the proposition than he or she is entitled -3- LRB9215949JMmb 1 to cast; and 2 (f) It will accommodate all propositions to be 3 submitted to the voters in the form provided by law or, 4 where no form is provided, then in brief form, not to 5 exceed 75 words. 6 The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw 7 its approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology 8 voting system if the system fails to fulfill the above 9 requirements. 10 No vendor, person or other entity may sell, lease or loan 11 a voting system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan 12 Technology voting system component to any election 13 jurisdiction unless the voting system or voting system 14 component is first approved by the State Board of Elections 15 pursuant to this Section. 16 In addition to meeting the other requirements of this 17 Section, and prior to certifying the equipment for use, the 18 State Board of Elections shall conduct usability tests on the 19 equipment and make the report of the testing results 20 available to the public. The State Board of Elections shall 21 promulgate rules for conducting these tests. This usability 22 testing requirement shall not apply to equipment approved 23 only for testing. 24 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97; 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.) 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law.