92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB3147
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House Sponsors:
MADIGAN,MJ-CURRIE-MURPHY-GILES-COLLINS, LYONS,JOSEPH, FRANKS, 
   MCCARTHY, SCHOENBERG, FRITCHEY, FLOWERS, OSTERMAN, 
   GRANBERG, ACEVEDO, MENDOZA, SOTO, ERWIN, STROGER, LANG, 
   DELGADO, DAVIS,MONIQUE, JONES,LOU, MCGUIRE, HOWARD, 
   SMITH,MICHAEL, JONES,SHIRLEY, MAY, CURRY,JULIE, O'BRIEN, 
   HOFFMAN, SLONE, TURNER,ART AND MCKEON.

Senate Sponsors:
HENDON

Short description: 
ELEC CD-VOTING EQUIPMENT                                                   

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Election Code.   Beginning  with  elections  in  2002,      
   requires  election  authorities  to  use  in-precinct  automatic  vote      
   counting  equipment  that  rejects uncountable ballots.  Requires that      
   the ballots be inserted into the equipment by  the  voters.   Requires      
   the State Board of Elections to adopt rules for the testing and use of      
   in-precinct   automatic   counting   equipment.     Provides  specific      
   procedures for the use of  the  equipment  in  election  jurisdictions      
   using  electronic  or optical scan voting systems. Authorizes election      
   authorities to develop  and  implement  procedures  to  fully  utilize      
   electronic  voting  systems.  Requires  the  State,  through a program      
   administered by the State Board of Elections,  to  reimburse  election      
   authorities  up  to  50%  of  their  costs  for acquiring, leasing, or      
   upgrading  in-precinct   automatic   counting   equipment.   Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          10 ILCS 5/17-12                                                      
          10 ILCS 5/17-18                                                      
          10 ILCS 5/24-22                                                      
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Election Code.  Permits  election      
   authorities   to   use  in-precinct  automatic  tabulating  equipment.      
   Requires  that  such  equipment  have  voting  defect   identification      
   capability  and  that  voter  insertion of ballots must be required if      
   such equipment is used.  Authorizes the State Board of Elections, from      
   appropriations  for  this  purpose,  to  make   grants   to   election      
   authorities  that apply for reimbursement of up to 100% of the cost of      
   in-precinct automatic  tabulating  equipment.   Makes  other  changes.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        In  the  provisions  requiring   the   use   of   voting   defect      
   identification  capability,  requires the counting equipment to be set      
   to return an undervoted ballot to the extent the  equipment  has  that      
   capability.                                                                 
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          10 ILCS 5/17-14                 from Ch. 46, par. 17-14              
        Deletes everything.  Reinserts the provisions of House Amendments      
   Nos. 1 and 2 with the following changes: Corrects a  technical  error.      
   Changes  the  State  Board  of  Elections'  grant  program  to include      
   reimbursement  of  the  cost  of  training  an  election   authority's      
   employees in the use of the in-precinct automatic tabulating equipment      
   and  to  exclude  reimbursement  of  any  costs  reimbursed or paid by      
   federal  funds.   If  the  first  fiscal   year's   appropriation   is      
   insufficient  to  fully  fund  all grants, requires that fiscal year's      
   appropriation be shared pro rata by approved applicants and that  each      
   subsequent  year's  appropriation  be  shared pro rata by the previous      
   year's or years' applicants whose approved costs  remain  unreimbursed      
   and  then  shared  pro  rata  by new applicants.  Defines "in-precinct      
   automatic  tabulating   equipment"   and   changes   references   from      
   "in-precinct  counting equipment" to "in-precinct automatic tabulating      
   equipment". Provides that persons  otherwise  entitled  to  assistance      
   marking their ballots may have assistance with inserting their ballots      
   into    in-precinct   automatic   tabulating   equipment.    Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   3     SENATE -   0


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