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ELECTIONS (10 ILCS 5/) Election Code. 10 ILCS 5/24-6
(10 ILCS 5/24-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-6)
Sec. 24-6.
For any election in which voting machines are to be used, the
election precincts in which such
voting machines are to be used may be created or consolidated into one
area by the election authority so as to contain as near as may be five hundred
voters for
each voting machine to be used therein. The said consolidated precincts
to consist of no more than four and to be contiguous and to be known as
Consolidated Areas. When voting machines are used in contiguous
precincts as now or hereafter established, they shall be consolidated in
such manner as to provide for the efficient and economical use thereof.
Such consolidation shall be made under
such regulations as
to time and manner as are now provided by law, shall be for the purpose
of more efficient conduct of an election and shall not constitute a change
in precinct boundaries.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-7
(10 ILCS 5/24-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-7)
Sec. 24-7.
The election authority
shall preserve and keep the
voting machine or voting machines in repair, and shall have the custody
thereof, and of the furniture and equipment of the polling place when
not in use at an election. No person shall be employed or allowed to
perform any mechanical services in connection with any voting machine
which is used or to be used at any election or primary in which such
person is a candidate.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-8
(10 ILCS 5/24-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-8)
Sec. 24-8.
Location of voting machines; time allowed for voting;
pollwatchers. The exterior of the voting machines, and every part of
the polling place shall be in plain view of the election officials. The
voting machine or voting machines shall be placed at least one foot from
every wall and partition of the polling place and at least three (3)
feet from any election officials or table used by them, and it shall be
so placed that no person can see or determine how the voter casts his
vote. After the opening of the polls, the election judges shall permit within
the
proximity of the voting machine or machines at any one
time, not more than twice as many voters
waiting to vote, as there are voting machines in use in that election
precinct or district. They shall not themselves remain or permit any
other person to remain in any position or near any position that would
permit one to see or ascertain how a voter votes, or how he has voted.
No voter shall remain within the voting booth or compartment longer than
four (4) minutes, and if any voter shall refuse to leave after the
expiration of four (4) minutes, he shall at once be removed by the
election officials, or upon their order; provided, however, that one
election judge may station himself at the side of the machine or
machines for the express purpose of actuating the entrance knob, or
other device so the voter can operate the voting machine and also in a
primary, to set the primary lever or device, so as to enable the voter
to vote in the party of which he is a member and to prevent the voter
from voting for the candidate or candidates in any other party. The voting
machine or machines shall be so placed in the polling place that
the ballot labels on the face of the machine can be seen plainly by the
precinct election officials and
pollwatchers when not in use by the
voters. The election precinct officials having charge of each machine
shall inspect the face of the voting machine after each voter has
completed the casting of his vote to see that the ballot labels are in
proper position and that the machine has not been injured or tampered
with, and after any voter has voted, the precinct election officials
having charge of the machine shall, upon request, permit any
pollwatcher to inspect the face
of the voting machine to see that the ballot labels are in proper
position and have not been injured or marked upon and that the machine
has not been tampered with. If it shall be found that such mutilation or
marking shall have occurred, the election board shall immediately notify
the custodian of the voting machines, or the officer or board having
charge of the preparation of the machines, and such custodian or officer
or board shall forthwith replace such ballot labels with new ones.
Pollwatchers as provided by law shall be permitted to carefully check
the voting machine
and its protective devices, and ballot labels and registering counters,
before the polls may be declared open on election morning, and they
shall be permitted to remain in the polling place at all times
throughout the conduct of the election if desired, and after the close
of the polls, to be present and check the protective devices and
registering counters of each voting machine, and the official return
sheets thereof.
(Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-8.1
(10 ILCS 5/24-8.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-8.1)
Sec. 24-8.1.
Whenever on the same day as a primary election there
is also an election for officers or on propositions in which qualified voters
have the right to vote without participating in the primary of any party, either
a separate voting machine or a voting booth and paper ballots may be provided
for those voters who do not wish to participate in the primary of any party.
Such determination shall be made by resolution of the county board, municipal board
of election commissioners or county board of election commissioners, whichever
is applicable.
(Source: P.A. 79-200.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-9
(10 ILCS 5/24-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-9)
Sec. 24-9.
Assistance to illiterate voters and voters with disabilities shall be given in
accordance with the provisions in Section 17-14 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-10
(10 ILCS 5/24-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-10)
Sec. 24-10.
For the instruction of the voters on election day, there shall
be provided for each polling place, one mechanically operated instruction
model for each machine, showing a portion of the face of the voting
machine. Each such instruction model shall show the arrangement of party
rows, office columns and questions, but only fictitious candidates' names
shall be used. Such model shall be located on the election officials'
table, or in some other place which the voters must pass to reach the
machine, and each voter, upon request, before entering the machine, shall
be offered instruction in its operation by use of the instruction model,
and the voter shall be given ample opportunity to operate the model
himself. Each voter shall also have called to his attention the facsimile
diagrams at least two of which shall be posted on the walls of the polling
place, which facsimile diagrams shall be exact facsimiles, including the
color of the ballot labels, as near as may be, of the face of the voting
machine, so that the voter can become familiar with the location of the
questions, parties, officers and candidates. In case any voter after
entering the voting machine booth shall ask for further instructions
concerning the manner of voting, two judges of opposite political parties
shall give such instructions to him; but no precinct election official, or
person assisting a voter shall in any manner request, suggest or seek to
persuade, or induce any voter to vote any particular ticket, or for any
particular candidate, or for or against any particular amendment, question
or proposition. During such instruction, the curtains shall be thrown aside
so that the instruction may be observed by persons in the polling place.
After giving such instructions such precinct election officials shall
retire from the machine booth, and the voter shall thereafter, with the
curtains closed around him, proceed to vote as in the case of an unassisted
voter.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 817.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-11
(10 ILCS 5/24-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-11)
Sec. 24-11.
That portion of cardboard, paper or other material,
placed on the front of the machine and containing the names of the
candidates shall be known in this Article as a ballot label. The ballot
labels shall be supplied by the election authority, and shall be printed
in black ink on clear white
material of such size as will fit the machine and in plain, clear type,
and shall provide space, not less than one-half inch in height and one
and one-half inches in width for the printing of each candidate's name
with such other wording as is required by law. However, ballot labels
for use at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed on
different color material, except blue material, whenever necessary or desirable
to facilitate distinguishing between different political subdivisions on
the machine. The names of all
candidates shall be printed in uniform size in boldface type. The party
name or other designation shall be prefixed to the list of the
candidates of such party. The order of the lists of candidates of the
several parties shall be arranged as is in this Act provided, except
that the lists may be placed in horizontal rows or vertical columns,
which parties may, if desired be divided into parallel and contiguous
rows or columns. Where presidential electors are to be voted for at any
election, then there may be placed on the ballot labels a bracket in
which are the names of the candidates for President and Vice President
of the party or group. Each question or other proposition, to be
submitted to a vote of the electors shall appear on the ballot labels,
in the form prescribed therefor, but if no such form is prescribed then
they shall be in brief form, not to exceed 75 words. The ballot label
for each candidate or group of candidates nominated or seeking
nomination by a political party shall contain the name of the political
party.
In any election in which there is submitted a proposal or proposals
for a constitutional amendment or amendments or for calling of a
constitutional convention the ballot label for the separate ballot for
such proposals shall be printed on blue, rather than white, material.
In elections held pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article
VI of the Constitution relating to retention of judges in office, the
ballot label for the judicial retention propositions shall be printed on
green, rather than white, material.
If any voting machine being used in an election or primary shall
become out of order during such election or primary, it shall, if
possible, be repaired or another machine substituted by the custodian or
election authority, for which purpose the proper authorities
may purchase as
many extra voting machines as they may deem necessary, but in case such
necessary repairs or substitution cannot be made immediately, paper
ballots, printed or written and of suitable form, shall be used for the
taking of votes. The paper ballots to be used in such event shall be
prepared and distributed to the various precincts in the manner provided
for in Sections 16-3 and 16-4 of this Election Code; except that the
election authority shall
supply a number of ballots to each precinct equal to at least 20% of the
number of voters registered to vote in that precinct. If a method of
election for any candidates is prescribed by law, in which the use of
voting machines is not possible or practicable, or in case, at any
election the number of candidates nominated or seeking nomination for
any office renders the use of the voting machine for such office at such
election impracticable, or if for any reason, at any election the use of
voting machines is not practicable or possible, the proper officer or
officers having charge of the preparation of the ballot labels for the
machines may arrange to have the voting for such or all candidates for offices
conducted by paper ballots. In such cases ballots shall be
printed for such or all candidates, and the election conducted by the
election officers herein provided for, and the ballots counted and
return thereof made in the manner required by law for such candidate or
candidates or offices, insofar as paper ballots are used.
(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-12
(10 ILCS 5/24-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-12)
Sec. 24-12.
The election authority shall provide at least 4 facsimile
diagrams which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the
entire front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official
ballot labels are arranged for voting purposes on election day. Where
colored ballot labels are required to be used, the facsimile diagrams
shall be appropriately colored to indicate such ballot labels. Such
diagrams shall be displayed for public inspection, 2 on the outside of
the polling place, and 2 on the inside thereof, at such polling place
during the day preceding election or primary day and throughout election
day. At each election where voting machines are to be used, the election
authority shall, not less than 10 days before the election, provide for
each election precinct in which a voting machine is to be used,
facsimile diagrams, printed on tinted paper, in an amount equal to at
least 1/5 of the number of votes cast in such precinct at the last
preceding general election. Such facsimile diagrams shall be made
available for public distribution except that
ten per cent (10%) of the number of the ballots printed shall be
supplied to the judges of election on election day for use in instructing
the voters and for distribution to the voters by them in their
discretion. Such facsimile diagrams may be of reduced size and shall
provide complete instructions for operating the voting machine in that
election.
(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-13
(10 ILCS 5/24-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-13)
Sec. 24-13.
Four sets of ballot labels for use in each voting
machine shall be provided for each polling place for each election by
the election authority.
There shall also be furnished all other necessary materials or supplies
for the proper use of the voting machines, including durable transparent
noninflammable covering at least 1/16 inch thick with which all the
ballot labels shall be securely covered to prevent shifting, tampering
with or mutilations of the ballot labels, facsimile diagrams, return
sheets, certificates, forms and materials of all kinds provided for in
this Article. The election authority shall before the
day of election, cause the proper ballot labels, together with the
transparent protective covering for same, to be put upon each machine,
corresponding with the sample ballot labels herein provided for, and the
machine in every way to be put in order, set and adjusted, ready for use
in voting when delivered at the precinct polling places and for the
purpose of so labeling the machine, putting in order, setting and
adjusting the same, they may employ one competent person to be known as
the voting machine custodian and additional deputy custodians as
required. The election authority
shall, preceding each
election day, holding a meeting or meetings for the purpose of
instructing all election precinct officials who are to serve in an
election precinct where voting machines are to be used. Before preparing
any voting machines for any election, the election authority shall cause written
notices to be sent to the chair of the county central committee of
each political party having a candidate or candidates on the ballot, or
the chair of each municipal or township
committee of each political
party having candidates on the ballot, in the case of a municipal or township
election, stating the times when, and the place
or places where,
the voting machines will be prepared for the election; they shall also
cause written notices to be sent to the chair or presiding officer of
any organization of citizens within the county, or other political subdivision,
having as its purpose, or among its purposes or interests, the
prevention, investigation or prosecution of election frauds, which has
registered its name and address and the names of its principal officers
with the officer, officers or board having charge of the preparation of
the machines for the election, at least 40 days before such
election, stating the times when, and the place or places where, the
voting machines will be prepared for the election, at which times and
place or places, one representative of each such political party,
certified by the respective chair of the county managing committee of
each such political party, or the chair of the municipal or township
committee in the case of a municipal or township
election, and one
representative of each such candidate, certified by such candidate, and
one representative of each organization of citizens, certified by the
respective chair or presiding officers of such organizations shall be
entitled to be present and see that the machines are properly prepared
and tested and placed in proper condition and order for use at the
election. The custodian or custodians of voting machines and the party
representatives shall take the constitutional oath of office. It shall
be the privilege of such party and organization representatives to be
present at the preparation of the voting machines for the election and
to see that each machine is tested for accuracy and is properly prepared
and that all registering counters are set at zero. The custodian shall,
in the presence of the party and candidate and organization
representatives, prepare the voting machine for the election and set all
registering counters at zero, and he shall then, assisted by the
watchers, test each such registering counter for accuracy by casting
votes upon it, and such testing shall be done in the presence of the
watchers, until each such registering counter is correctly registering
each vote cast upon it, and each certificate for each machine shall
state that this has been done, and the custodians shall then, in the
presence of the party and candidate and organization representatives,
reset each registering counter to zero, and shall then immediately seal
the voting machine with a numbered metal seal, and a record of the
number on the seal shall then and there be made by the custodian on the
certificate for that machine and the seal shall be so placed as to
prevent operation of the machine or its registering counters without
breaking the seal, and the custodian shall then immediately make a
record on the certificate for that machine of the reading shown on the
protective counter. Immediately after each machine has been so tested
and prepared for the election, it shall be the duty of such custodian or
custodians to make a certificate in writing which shall be filed in the
office of the election authority, stating the serial
number of each voting
machine, whether or not such machine has all the registering counters
set at zero, whether or not such machine has been tested by voting on
each registering counter so as to prove that each such registering
counter is in perfect and accurate working condition, the number
registered on the protective counter, and the number on the metal seal
with which the machine is sealed against operation. Unless objection is
filed, within 2 days, with the election authority, to the use
of a particular machine or
machines, such voting machine or machines when certified to be correct
by the custodian shall be conclusively presumed to have been properly
prepared for use at the election for which they were prepared. Any
objection filed shall particularly set forth the number of the machine
objected to, and the particulars or basis for the objection. The machine
shall then be locked so that it cannot be operated or voted upon without
first unlocking it and the keys shall be at once returned to the custody
of the election authority, and the election authority shall cause the
machine so labeled in order, set and adjusted, to be delivered at the
polling place, together with all necessary furniture and appliances that
go with the same, not later than one hour before the hour at which the
polls are to be opened. The election authority shall deliver the keys,
which unlock the
voting mechanism and the registering counters or counter compartment of
the voting machine, to the precinct election board, not earlier than
noon on the Saturday preceding the election day, nor later than one hour
before the opening of the polls, and shall receive and file a receipt
therefor. The keys shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope on which shall
be written or printed: (1) The name, number of or designation of the
election precinct or district; (2) The number of the voting machine; (3)
The number of the seal with which the machine is sealed; (4) The number
registered on the protective counter or device as reported by the
custodian. No precinct election official shall break the seal of such
envelope except in the presence of all members of the precinct election
board, and such envelope shall not be opened until it shall have been
examined by each member of the precinct election board to see that it
has not been previously opened. Such envelope shall not be opened until
it shall have been found that the numbers and records recorded thereon
are correct and agree in every respect with the numbers and records as
shown on the machine. If any such number is found not to agree with the
numbers on the machine, the envelope shall not be opened until the
precinct election officials shall have notified the
election authority, and until the election authority
or some other person authorized by the election authority shall have
presented himself at the polling place for
the purpose of re-examining the machine, and shall have certified that
it is properly arranged after testing and examining it. On the morning
of the election the precinct election officials shall meet in the
polling place at least one hour before the time for opening the polls.
They shall see that the sample ballot labels and instructions for voting
are posted properly, and prominently so that the voters can have easy
access to them and that the instruction model is placed on the precinct
election officials' table and that everything is in readiness for voting
at the hour of opening the polls. They shall also see that the voting
machine is properly illuminated in accordance with the equipment
furnished. The precinct election officials shall compare the ballot
labels on the machine with the sample ballots and return sheets, see
that they are correct, examine and see that all the registering counters
in the machine are set at zero (0) or if the machine is equipped with a
device which will automatically record the number on the registering
columns on the back of the machine to recording sheets of paper and the
said paper can be removed without opening the back of the machine, that
all of the said registering counters for each candidate as appears on
the said recording sheet registers (0) and that the public counter is
also set at zero (0) and that the machine is otherwise in perfect order
and they shall compare and record the number on the metal seal with
which the voting machine is sealed, with the number furnished them as
recorded on the envelope containing the keys, by the election authority,
and if the number on the seal and the number on the protective
counter do not agree with the numbers supplied to them, they shall not
open the polls, but shall notify the election authority, and the election
authority or its authorized representatives or
custodian, shall, as soon as may be, test, examine and set the machine
in the same manner as is provided in this section for the testing,
setting and preparation of voting machines for an election. If, after
being so tested and examined, it is found that such voting machine is in
perfect working order, all registering counters shall be set at zero
(0), the reading of the protective counter shall be read and recorded
and the precinct election officials may proceed with the opening of the
polls. If such machine be found not to be in perfect working order as
hereinbefore provided, it shall not be used in the election, but shall
be replaced with another machine which is in perfect working order,
properly set, tested and sealed, and the election board shall then
proceed to examine such machine in the same manner as is provided in
this section for the examination of each voting machine by the election
board before the opening of the polls. They shall not thereafter permit
the counters to be operated or moved except by electors in voting, and
they shall also see that all necessary arrangements and adjustments are
made for voting irregular ballots on the machine. Each precinct election
official shall sign a certificate which shall certify that he has
complied with all the provisions of this Article, and that, before the
polls were declared open, he found the ballot labels to be in their
proper places and to exactly agree with the facsimile diagrams and
return or recording sheet belonging to that precinct; all registering
counters set at zero (0); the number on the metal seal and the number on
the protective counter exactly agree with the records furnished by the
election authority; the metal seal actually was sealed so as to prevent
movement of the voting machine mechanism without first breaking the
seal; all ballot labels were clean and without marks of any kind upon
them and they were in no way defaced or mutilated. When voting machines
are used in an election precinct, the watchers or challengers
representing the various political parties, candidates and citizens'
organizations, provided by law to be present shall be permitted to be
present from the time the precinct election board convenes on election
morning until the completion of the canvass after the close of the
polls. Such watchers shall be permitted to carefully examine each voting
machine before the polls are declared open and to compare the number of
the metal seal and the number on the protective counter with their own
records, and to see that all ballot labels are in their proper places,
and that the machine registering counters are all set at zero (0), and
that the machine or machines are in every way ready for voting at the
opening of the polls. If it is found that the ballot labels are not in
their proper places on the machine, or that they fail to conform in any
respect, with the facsimile diagrams and return sheets belonging to the
precinct, the precinct election officials shall not use such machine but
shall at once notify the proper election authority,
and such machine shall not be used until the election authority or person
authorized by it, shall have
supplied the proper ballot labels, and shall have placed such proper
ballot labels in their proper places, and they shall have been found to
be correct by the precinct election officials and watchers. If any
registering counter shall be found not to be set at zero (0), the
precinct election officials shall immediately notify the custodian or
officer or officers or board having charge of the preparation of the
voting machines for the election or primary, and the election authority
or person authorized by him or them
or it shall adjust
such registering counter or counters to zero (0), in the presence of all
the precinct election officials and watchers serving in such election
district.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/24-14
(10 ILCS 5/24-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-14)
Sec. 24-14.
Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the
ballot label on the machine as a candidate for office are herein referred
to as irregular ballots.
Such irregular ballot shall be deposited, written or affixed in or upon
the receptacle or device provided on the machine for that purpose.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 288 .)
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10 ILCS 5/24-15
(10 ILCS 5/24-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-15)
Sec. 24-15.
As soon as the polls are closed, the voting machine or machines
shall be locked in order to prevent further voting and each machine shall
be sealed against voting and tampering, with a numbered metal seal, and the
number of such metal seal shall be recorded at once on the certificate
provided for that purpose, and the number on the protective counter of each
voting machine shall also be recorded on the certificate in the space
provided for that purpose, and the number on the public counter shall be
recorded in the space provided for that purpose. The counting compartment
shall then be opened in the presence of all the precinct election officials
and all watchers and other persons who may be lawfully within the room,
giving full view of the numbers announcing the votes cast for each
candidate, and the vote for and against each of the questions or other
propositions. Provided, however, when a machine is equipped with a device
which will automatically record the number on the registering columns for
each candidate, question or proposition on the back of the machine to a
paper recording sheet then the recording sheet shall be removed and the
vote cast shall be announced from the recording sheet for each candidate
and the vote for and against each question or proposition. When voting
machines are used in an election precinct, the watchers provided by law to
be present in the polling place on election day shall be permitted to make
a record of the number on the metal seal with which each voting machine is
sealed, and to also record the number shown on the protective counter of
each voting machine, and such watchers shall also be permitted to examine
the counters of the voting machines as the totals are being announced for
transcription to the return sheets or from the recording sheets and also to
examine the return sheets or the recording sheets as the totals are being
recorded or checked thereon. In voting machine precincts where the voting
machine is not equipped with the automatic recording sheet the officer,
officers board or boards charged by law to furnish the ballot labels for
the voting machines shall also furnish for each election precinct in which
a voting machine is to be used, at least two duplicate return sheets which
shall be used by the precinct election board of such election precinct for
recording the results of the election. Such return sheets shall be printed
in the form of a diagram exactly corresponding, in arrangement, with the
face of the voting machine, and such return sheets shall also correspond,
in as far as arrangement is concerned, with the sample ballots, and each
return sheet shall provide printed instructions for the exact procedure
which the precinct election board shall follow when making the canvass of
the results of the election, and such return sheets shall also provide the
office titles, party names, candidates' names and code letters and number,
arranged in the same manner as on the ballot labels, and there shall be
provided a space for inserting the serial number of each voting machine, so
that the totals recorded from each voting machine may be identified as
being from a certain voting machine, and there shall be provided a space
for recording such separate total for each candidate and constitutional
amendment, or other question or proposition, from each separate voting
machine, and a space for recording the total of the vote by mail and early vote
in the same manner, so that the final total for each candidate,
constitutional amendment, question or other proposition, may be totaled by
adding all the figures in a column. Totals on the return sheets shall be
recorded in figures only, in ink. The same authorities shall also furnish
to each such election precinct suitable printed forms for use by the
precinct election board, in making out the certificates provided for in
this Article. Such certificates shall be made a part of the return sheets
if practicable, or may be on separate sheets.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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10 ILCS 5/24-16
(10 ILCS 5/24-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-16)
Sec. 24-16.
The precinct election officers shall then ascertain the
number of votes which the candidates received both on the machine or
machines, and by the voting of irregular ballots, if any. Except when
the machine is equipped with a device which will automatically record
the registering column on the back of the machine to sheets of paper
giving the accurate vote cast for each candidate. Two precinct election
officials, not members of the same political party, shall write the
totals in figures, in ink, for such candidate on the duplicate return
sheets provided for that purpose, while one election officer announces
in a distinct voice the total vote cast for each candidate thus
ascertained in the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on
the ballot label, and the remaining precinct election official or
officials, if any, shall be stationed at the counter compartment of the
voting machine being canvassed and shall watch each total as it is being
called out from the registering counters. Each precinct election
official who is recording the totals on the return sheets shall
distinctly repeat each total as it is announced from the counter of the
voting machine. The totals of each machine for each candidate shall be
recorded on the return sheets in such a manner that they may be
identified by the serial number of the voting machine. The vote both for
and against each question or other proposition shall also be announced
and recorded in the same manner as the vote for the candidates. When the
machine is equipped with a device which will automatically record the
registering column on the back of the machine to recording sheets of
paper giving the accurate vote cast for each candidate then the totals
cast for each candidate or each question or proposition shall be called
out the same as if they were being read from the Counter Compartment of
the voting machine, provided however the paper recording sheet shall
constitute the return sheet for the precinct or consolidated area and no
return sheets shall be required. When more than one voting machine is
used in the same election precinct, the canvass of the first machine
shall be completed before the second and so on. When the canvass of all
totals shall have been completed, the precinct election board shall
canvass all vote by mail ballots in the same manner provided by law for
canvassing paper ballots. The totals of the vote by mail votes for each
candidate and for each question or other proposition shall be recorded
on the return sheets under the totals from the voting machines and the
final total of the votes received by each candidate, and each
constitutional amendment, question or other proposition, shall be
ascertained and recorded in the space provided for that purpose on the
return sheets. Upon the completion of the canvass as hereinbefore
provided, one of the precinct election officials shall, in a loud and
distinct voice announce the total votes received by each candidate, and
the total votes cast both for and against each constitutional amendment,
question or other proposition, and such proclamation shall be made
slowly enough so as to enable anyone desiring to do so, to record each
such result as it is announced. Except where a voting machine is
equipped with an automatic recording sheet when the proclamation is
completed, the election official who announced the totals from the
counters of the machine or machines, shall take his place at one of the
return sheets and one of the election officials of the opposite party
who has completed the recording of the returns on the return sheets
shall take his place at the counter compartment of the voting machine
first canvassed, and he shall then proceed to announce each total on
each registering counter in the same manner as it was done for the first
canvass. Before the recheck of the voting machine is begun, the two
precinct election officials who are to recheck the totals on the return
sheets shall exchange return sheets and each election official shall
then, as the canvass proceeds, check each total as it is announced from
the registering counters of the voting machine or machines for the
second time. As each total is announced each precinct election official
who is checking the totals on the return sheets shall repeat in a loud
and distinct voice each total as it is announced. If any errors in the
original canvass are discovered they shall be corrected at once in the
presence of all the precinct election officials and a certificate shall
be prepared and signed by each such election official, setting forth
which errors were discovered and what corrections were made, and such
certificate shall be made in duplicate and one filed with each return
sheet. During the process of rechecking each total on the machines, the
precinct election official or officials, if any, who at the original
canvass acted as watcher or watchers at the registering counters of the
machines, shall in the same manner verify the accuracy of each total as
it is announced from the machine or machines and is repeated by the two
precinct election officials who are rechecking the totals as written on
the return sheets. When this recheck is completed the entire precinct
election board shall take one of the return sheets and fold it in
accordion pleats approximately ten inches wide with the face of the
return sheet out, in such a manner that each pleat can easily be turned
as the final recheck proceeds. The entire precinct election board shall
then begin at the voting machine first canvassed and each such election
official shall, simultaneously with the other such election officials,
and in the presence of each other, examine each registering counter on
the voting machine, and immediately examine the corresponding record for
that counter, as it is written on the return sheet, and shall satisfy
himself that both numbers are the same. Each total on each voting
machine shall be as examined and when such examination has been
completed, the entire precinct election board shall then compare each
total on such return sheet with the corresponding total on the duplicate
return sheet and each precinct election official shall satisfy himself
that all totals are the same on both return sheets. Each precinct
election official shall sign a certificate stating that each step in the
canvass of the voting machines, as provided herein, has been carefully
and faithfully carried out in every detail. If any errors are discovered
during the final recheck of the registering counters and comparison of
the duplicate return sheets, such errors shall be corrected at once, and
each precinct election official shall sign a certificate stating which
errors were found and what corrections were made and such corrections
shall be made in the presence of all the precinct election officials.
The precinct election board shall then canvass the irregular ballot in
substantially the same manner as the law provides for canvassing the
returns for paper ballots, and shall record the results thereof on the
return sheets in the space provided for that purpose. Before leaving the
room and before closing and locking the counting compartment, each
precinct election official shall make and sign the certificate and
written statements and the return sheets of such election as provided by
law. In precincts where the voting machines are equipped with the
automatic recording sheet and two or more machines the total vote cast
for each candidate, question or proposition from each machine shall be
recorded separately on the statement of votes as provided for in Section
18-14, and the grand total of all votes appearing on the recording
sheets shall be recorded on the statement of votes and proclaimed by the
judges in the same manner as is herein provided for proclamation of
votes from the return sheets. All vote by mail ballots and irregular ballots
of each voting machine shall be returned to the proper officer together
with the return sheets and certificates and supplies and such vote by mail
ballots and irregular machine ballots shall be preserved and finally
destroyed as is now provided by law when paper ballots are used. The
written statements or returns so made, after having been properly
signed, shall be distinctly and clearly read in the hearing of all
persons present in the polling place, and ample opportunity shall be
given to compare the results so certified with the counter dials of the
machine. After such comparison and correction, if any is made, the
precinct election officials shall then close the counting compartment
and lock the same. Thereafter the voting machine shall remain locked and
sealed against voting for a period of at least 30 days, after the
results of the election have been declared, unless otherwise ordered by
the circuit court: provided, however, upon application to the circuit
court, the circuit judge may order the said machines opened prior to the
thirty day period herein required to be closed. The circuit court in its
order shall specify the manner in which the count recorded on the
machines shall be taken and preserved: provided, however, when the
machines are equipped with any recording or photographic device on which
votes registered on the mechanical counters will be separately recorded
or photographed, as provided in Section 24-18 hereof, and it is
necessary to use said machines at an election occurring within said 30
days, then after the machines have remained locked for a period of 48
hours they may be prepared for such subsequent election as herein
provided. Whenever it is necessary to reset the machines for another
election prior to the time limit for the filing of election contests, it
shall be the duty of the proper officials to make a photographic record
of the machines involved to be used in case of an election contest,
whereupon the machines may be set back to zero and arranged for the next
election.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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10 ILCS 5/24-17
(10 ILCS 5/24-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-17)
Sec. 24-17.
All of the keys of the machine or machines other than those
automatically sealed in the machine, shall be placed in the envelopes
provided for that purpose, and the envelopes shall be sealed and the
envelopes shall designate the serial number of the voting machine to which
such keys belong, and the number of the precinct and ward in which such
voting machine was used at such election, and such keys shall be returned
along with the written statements or returns of such election.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-18
(10 ILCS 5/24-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-18)
Sec. 24-18.
A voting machine which passes all of the qualities
required by this Article may be supplied, in addition, with any
recording or photographic device on which the votes registered on the
mechanical counters will be separately recorded or photographed. When a
machine is supplied with a recording device which automatically
registers the votes cast for candidates, questions or propositions, on
separate recording sheets one copy shall be removed at the close of the
polls to record the vote cast for each candidate, question or
proposition and the other recording device shall not be taken out or
examined by the election officers who make returns from the precinct,
but such machine shall be locked with such device therein and so remain
until the record made by such photographic or other device is removed
and prepared for examination by the official canvassing board having
charge of canvassing the returns of such election or primary, and the
official canvassing board shall compare the totals as shown on the
official return sheets with the totals as shown on the photographic or
other device, and see that both such totals are the same. In case such
totals are found not to be the same, such canvassing board shall summon
the precinct election board which made the returns and together these
two official bodies shall make the necessary investigation to ascertain
the true facts and shall then correct the official return sheets as
necessary. The record provided by such photographic or other device
shall be filed along with the official return sheets by the officials
now charged by law with filing and preserving the official return
sheets, and shall be kept so filed for the same length of time as the
law now provides for the filing and preservations of the official return
sheets.
(Source: P.A. 80-1031.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-19
(10 ILCS 5/24-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-19)
Sec. 24-19.
No person not an election officer or other public official
shall tamper or attempt to tamper with such voting machine or voting
machines, or in any way intentionally impair or attempt to impair its use,
or attempt any dishonest practice upon any such voting machine, or with or
by its use.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-20
(10 ILCS 5/24-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-20)
Sec. 24-20.
No judge of an election or inspector, or any custodian or other
public official authorized to take part in the holding of an election or in
preparing for an election, shall, with intent to cause or permit any voting
machine to fail to register correctly all votes cast thereon; or tamper
with or disarrange such machine in any way or any part or appliance
thereof, or cause or consent to said machine being used for voting at any
election with knowledge of the fact that the same is not in order, or not
perfectly set and adjusted so that it will correctly register all votes
cast thereon; or, with the purpose of defrauding or deceiving any voter or
of causing it to be doubtful for what ticket or candidate or candidates or
proposition any vote is cast, or of causing it to appear on said machine
that the votes cast for one ticket, candidate or proposition, were cast for
another ticket, candidate or proposition, remove, change or mutilate any
ballot label on said machine or any part thereof; or do any other thing
intended to interfere with the validity or accuracy of the election, and
the results thereof, or fraudulently cause an incorrect return of the
election.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-22
(10 ILCS 5/24-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-22)
Sec. 24-22.
All the provisions of this Act, not inconsistent with this
Article, shall apply to all the elections in the precincts where such
voting machines are used. Any provisions of law which conflict with the use
of such machine or machines as set forth in this Article, shall not apply
to the precinct or precincts in which an election is conducted by the use
of such machine or machines.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/24-23
(10 ILCS 5/24-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-23)
Sec. 24-23.
If any section, paragraph, sentence, or clause of this Article
is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the remaining portion of this Article, or any section or
part thereof; if this entire article is held invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect any other article of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 24A
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 24A heading)
ARTICLE 24A.
ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL OR ELECTRIC VOTING SYSTEMS
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10 ILCS 5/24A-1
(10 ILCS 5/24A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-1)
Sec. 24A-1.
The purpose of this Article is to authorize the use of voting
systems approved by the State Board of Elections in which the voter records
his votes by means of marking or punching a ballot or one or more ballot
cards, which are so designed that votes will be counted by data processing
machines at one or more counting places.
(Source: P.A. 84-862.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-2
(10 ILCS 5/24A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2)
Sec. 24A-2. As used in this Article: "Computer", "Automatic tabulating
equipment" or "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data processing
machines which can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results.
"Ballot card" means a ballot which is voted by the process of
punching.
"Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of political
subdivision ballots including, for each political subdivision, the particular
combination of offices, candidate names and ballot position
numbers for each candidate and question as it appears for each group of
voters who may cast the same ballot.
"Ballot labels" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages or other
material containing the names of officers and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on.
"Ballot sheet" means a paper ballot printed on one or both sides which
is (1) designed and prepared so that the voter may indicate his or her votes
in designated areas, which must be enclosed areas clearly printed or otherwise
delineated for such purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in the
designated areas automatically examined, counted, and tabulated by an
electronic scanning process.
"Ballot" may include ballot cards, ballot labels and paper ballots.
"Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a separate portion
of the ballot sheet in which the color of the ink used in printing that
portion of the ballot sheet is distinct from the color of the ink used in
printing any other portion of the ballot sheet.
"Column" in an electronic voting system which utilizes a ballot card
means a space on a ballot card for punching the voter's vote arranged in
a row running lengthwise on the ballot card.
"Central Counting" means the counting of
ballots in one or more locations selected by the
election authority for the processing or counting, or both, of
ballots. A location for central counting shall be within the territorial
jurisdiction of such election authority unless there is no suitable
tabulating equipment available within his territorial jurisdiction.
However, in any event a counting location shall be within this State.
"In-precinct counting" means the counting of ballots on automatic tabulating
equipment provided by the election authority in the same precinct polling
place in which those ballots have been cast.
"Computer operator" means any person or persons designated by the election
authority to operate the automatic tabulating equipment during any portion
of the vote tallying process in an election, but shall not include judges
of election operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
"Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating instructions
for the automatic tabulating equipment by which it examines, counts,
tabulates, canvasses and prints votes recorded by a voter on a ballot
card or other medium.
"Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the names and ballot
position numbers for each candidate and proposition
as they appear in the program for each precinct.
"Voting System" or "Electronic Voting System" means that combination of
equipment and programs used in the casting, examination and tabulation of
ballots and the cumulation and reporting of results by electronic means.
"Header card" means a data processing card which is coded to indicate
to the computer the precinct identity of the ballot cards that will follow
immediately and may indicate to the computer how such ballot cards are to
be tabulated.
"Marking device" means either an apparatus in which ballots or ballot
cards are inserted and used in connection with a punch apparatus for the
piercing of ballots by the voter, or any approved device for marking a
paper ballot with ink or other substance which will enable the ballot to
be tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment or by an electronic
scanning process.
"Redundant count" means a verification of the original computer count by
another count using compatible equipment or by hand as part of a discovery recount.
"Security punch" means a punch placed on a ballot card to identify to the
computer program the offices and propositions for which votes may be cast
and to indicate the manner in which votes cast should be tabulated
while negating any inadmissible votes.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-3
(10 ILCS 5/24A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-3)
Sec. 24A-3.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any county
board, board of county commissioners
and any board of election commissioners, with respect to territory within its
jurisdiction, may adopt, experiment with, or abandon a voting system
approved for use by the State Board of Elections and may use such voting
system in all or some of the precincts within its jurisdiction, or in
combination with paper ballots or voting machines. Any such county board,
board of county commissioners or board of election
commissioners may contract for the tabulation of votes at a location
outside its territorial jurisdiction when there is no suitable
tabulating equipment available within its territorial jurisdiction.
In no case may a county board, board of county commissioners or board of
election commissioners contract or arrange for the purchase, lease or loan
of an electronic voting system or voting system component without the
approval of the State Board of Elections as provided by Section 24A-16.
However, the county board and board of county commissioners of each
county having a population of 40,000
or more, with respect to all elections for which the county board or the
county clerk is charged with the duty of providing materials and
supplies, and each board of election commissioners in a municipality
having a population of 40,000 or more, with respect to elections under
its jurisdiction, must provide either voting systems
approved for use by the State Board of Elections under
this Article or voting machines under Article 24 for each precinct for
all such elections except as provided in Section 24-1.2. For purposes
of this Section 24A-3, the term "population" does not
include persons prohibited from voting by Section 3-5 of this Act.
Before any such system is introduced, adopted or used in any precinct
or territory at least 2 months public notice must be given before the
date of the first election wherein such voting system is to be used. The
election authority shall publish the notice at
least once in one or more newspapers published within the county, or other
jurisdiction, as the case may be, in which the
election is held. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be
published in a newspaper published in the county and having a general
circulation within such jurisdiction. The notice shall be substantially
as follows:
Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give
place where election is held) in the county of ...., an election
will be held for (give name of offices to be filled) at which
an electronic voting system will be used.
Dated at .... on (insert date).
The notice referred to herein shall be given only at the first
election at which such voting machines or voting systems are used.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-3.1
(10 ILCS 5/24A-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-3.1)
Sec. 24A-3.1.
When an electronic voting system is used, the County
Board or Board of Election Commissioners
may retain existing precincts or may consolidate, combine, alter,
decrease or enlarge the boundaries of the precincts so as to change the
number of registered voters of the precincts using the electronic voting
system, establishing the number of registered voters within each
precinct at such number not to exceed 800 as the appropriate County
Board or Board of Election Commissioners,
determines will afford adequate voting facilities and efficient
and economical elections.
Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat in a place
fixed or established pursuant to law by any County Board or Board of
Election Commissioners as
a polling place for an election, no election authority shall change the
location of a polling place so established for any precinct after notice of
the place of holding the election for that precinct has been given as
required under Article 12 unless the election authority notifies all
registered voters in the precinct of the change in location by first class
mail in sufficient time for such notice to be received by the registered
voters in the precinct at least one day prior to the date of the election.
(Source: P.A. 86-867.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-4
(10 ILCS 5/24A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-4)
Sec. 24A-4.
Voting systems may be used in elections provided that such
systems enable the voter to cast a vote for all offices and on all measures
on which he is entitled to vote, and that the automatic tabulating
equipment may be set to reject all votes for any office or measure when the
number of votes therefor exceeds the number which the voter is entitled to
cast, and provided that such systems are approved for use by the
State Board of Elections.
So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting paper ballots
shall apply when electronic voting systems are used.
(Source: P.A. 84-862.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-5
(10 ILCS 5/24A-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-5)
Sec. 24A-5.
In precincts where an electronic voting system is used,
a sufficient number of voting booths shall be provided for the use of
such systems according to the requirements determined by the State Board
of Elections, and the booths shall be arranged in the same manner as
provided for use with paper ballots. Each such booth shall be placed
so that the entrance to each booth faces a wall in such a manner that no
judge of election or pollwatcher is able to observe a voter casting a ballot.
Whenever at a primary election at which an electronic voting system
is used there is also an election for officers or on propositions in
which qualified voters have the right to vote without participating in
the primary of any party, a separate voting booth may be provided for
those voters who do not wish to participate in the primary of any party.
Such determination shall be made by resolution of the county board,
municipal board of election commissioners or county board
of election commissioners, whichever is applicable. Unless paper
ballots are used for such other election, such separate voting booth
shall contain a ballot label booklet containing only those officers and
propositions on which such voters are entitled to vote.
(Source: P.A. 84-659.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-5.1
(10 ILCS 5/24A-5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-5.1)
Sec. 24A-5.1.
For the instruction of voters on election day, the election official in
charge of the election shall provide at each polling place one
instruction-model electronic voting system marking device. Each such
instruction-model shall show the arrangement of party rows, office columns
and questions. Such model shall be located at a place which voters must
pass to reach the official marking device used in the actual casting of
votes.
Before entering the voting booth each voter shall be offered instruction
in the operation of the marking device by use of the instruction-model and
the voter shall be given ample opportunity to operate the model by himself.
In instructing voters, no precinct official may show partiality to any
political party. The duties of instruction shall be
discharged by a judge from each of the political parties represented and
they shall alternate serving as instructor so that each judge shall serve a
like time at such duties. No instructions may be given after the voter has
entered the voting booth.
No precinct official, or person assisting a voter may in any manner
request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any voter to cast his vote
for any particular ticket, candidate, amendment, question or proposition.
All instructions shall be given by precinct officials in such a manner that
it may be observed by other persons in the polling place.
(Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-5.2
(10 ILCS 5/24A-5.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-5.2)
Sec. 24A-5.2.
When an electronic voting system is used in a forthcoming election,
the election authority may provide, for the
purpose of instructing voters in such election, one demonstrator
electronic voting system marking device for placement in any public
library within the political subdivision in which the election occurs.
If such placement of a demonstrator takes place it shall be made
available at least 30 days before the election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-6
(10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the ballot or
on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of
arrangement provided for paper ballots, except that such information may
be in vertical or horizontal rows, or in a number of separate pages.
Ballots for all questions or propositions to be voted on must be
provided in the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such purposes.
When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label booklet and
ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots calling for a
constitutional convention, constitutional amendment ballots, judicial
retention ballots, public measures, and all propositions to be voted
upon may be placed on the electronic voting device by providing in the
ballot booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an electronic
voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots calling for a constitutional
convention, constitutional amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots
shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of the
ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be printed in ink
of a color distinct from the color of ink used in printing any other portion
of the ballot sheet. Ballots for candidates, public measures and all other
propositions to be voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing
a separate portion of the ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1,
a line
on which the name of a candidate may be written by the voter shall be printed below the name of the last candidate nominated for such office, and immediately
to the left of such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote for
such write-in candidate. The number of write-in lines for an office shall equal the number of persons who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may
be placed on the same ballot page or series of pages or on the same portion
of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. Ballot label pages for
constitutional conventions or constitutional amendments shall be on paper
of blue color and shall precede all other ballot label pages in the ballot
label booklet. More than one public measure or proposition may be placed
on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on the same portion of
the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More than one proposition for
retention of judges in office may be placed on the same ballot label page
or series of pages or on the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case
may be. Ballot label pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
color, except that in primary elections the ballot label page or pages for
the candidates of each respective political party shall be of the color
designated by the election official in charge of the election for that
political party's candidates; provided that the ballot label pages or pages
for candidates for use at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be
on paper of different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or desirable
to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for different political
subdivisions. On each page
of
the candidate booklet, where the election is made to list ballot
information vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
"independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the candidate's
name, and the name of candidates for the same office shall be listed
vertically under the title of that office. If no candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below the title of that office the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of nonpartisan
elections for officers of political subdivisions, unless the statute or
an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
include any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label pages for
judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green color, and ballot
label pages for all public measures and other propositions shall be on
paper of some other distinct and different color. In primary elections,
a separate ballot label booklet, marking device and voting booth shall
be used for each political party holding a primary, with the ballot
label booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the candidates
of the party and public measures and other propositions to be voted upon
on the day of the primary election. One ballot card may be used for
recording the voter's vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals,
public measures or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged
so as to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure or
proposition.
If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for office and
public measures or propositions to be voted on, the election official in
charge of the election shall divide the pages by protruding tabs
identifying the division of the pages, and printing on such tabs
"Candidates" and "Propositions".
The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card envelope
shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's ballots at the general
or primary election, whichever is being held. At an election where no
candidates are being nominated or elected, the ballot card, its columns,
and the ballot card envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
official in charge of the election.
The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets may, at the
discretion of the election authority, be printed on white paper and then
striped with the appropriate colors.
When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof shall be arranged
to conform to the foregoing format.
Vote by mail ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, paper ballots,
or ballot sheets. Where a ballot card is used for
voting by mail it must be accompanied by a punching tool or other
appropriate marking device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
showing the proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or proposition, and in the
case of a ballot card must be mounted on a suitable material to receive the
punched out chip.
Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may return the
ballot to the judges of election and secure another. However, the
protruding identifying tab for proposals for a constitutional convention
or constitutional amendments shall have printed thereon "Constitutional
Ballot", and the ballot label page or pages for such proposals shall
precede the ballot label pages for candidates in the ballot label
booklet.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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10 ILCS 5/24A-6.1
(10 ILCS 5/24A-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6.1)
Sec. 24A-6.1.
In all elections conducted pursuant to this Article, ballot
cards shall have a security punch. In precincts where more than one ballot
configuration may be voted upon, ballot cards shall have a different security
punch for each ballot configuration. If a precinct has only one possible
ballot configuration, the ballot cards must have a security punch to identify
the election. Where ballot cards from more than one precinct are being
tabulated, precinct header cards shall also be used: official results shall
not be generated unless the precinct identification of the header cards
for any precinct correspond. Where the tabulating equipment being used
requires entering the program immediately prior to tabulating the ballot
cards for each precinct, the precinct program may be used in lieu of header cards.
(Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
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