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 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
 
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 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
 
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 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.

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