10 ILCS 5/ Election Code.

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10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1

(10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1)

Sec. 24C-6.1.

Security Designation.

In all elections
conducted under this Article, ballots shall have a security
designation.  In precincts where more than one ballot
configuration may be voted upon, ballots shall have a different
security designation for each ballot configuration.  If a
precinct has only one possible ballot configuration, the ballots
must have a security designation to identify the precinct and
the election.  Where ballots from more than one precinct are
being tabulated, the ballots from each precinct must be clearly
identified; official results shall not be generated unless the
precinct identification for any precinct corresponds.  When the
tabulating equipment being used requires entering the program
immediately before tabulating the ballots for each precinct, the
precinct program may be used.
The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall be designed
to ensure that the proper ballot is selected for each polling
place and for each ballot configuration and that the format can
be matched to the software or firmware required to interpret it
correctly.  The system shall provide a means of programming each
piece of equipment to reflect the ballot requirements of the
election and shall include a means for validating the
correctness of the program and of the program's installation in
the equipment or in a programmable memory device.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

10 ILCS 5/24C-6.2

(10 ILCS 5/24C-6.2)
Sec. 24C-6.2. Programming of automatic tabulating equipment.

Beginning with the 2014 general election and all primary, consolidated, general, and special elections thereafter, automatic tabulating equipment authorized by this Section and programmed for a primary, consolidated, general, or special election conducted pursuant to general election law shall be programmed using the unique race and candidate ID numbers assigned by the State Board of Elections. The unique race and candidate ID numbers will be provided to the county clerk or election authority, as the case may be, with the candidate certification prepared by the State Board of Elections. In addition, any new voting system approved by the State after the 2014 general election shall have the capability to export the election results by ballot style and group them by precinct in an electronic format prescribed by the State Board of Elections.

(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)

10 ILCS 5/24C-7

(10 ILCS 5/24C-7)

Sec. 24C-7. Write-In Ballots.

A Direct Recording
Electronic Voting System shall provide an acceptable method for
a voter to vote for a person whose name does not appear on the
ballot using the same apparatus used to record votes for
candidates whose names do appear on the ballot.  Election
authorities utilizing Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems
shall not use separate write-in ballots.

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 space or spaces in which the name of a candidate or
candidates may be written in or recorded by the voter shall appear below the name of the last candidate nominated for such office. 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 Section 17-16.1 or 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.

(Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)

10 ILCS 5/24C-8

(10 ILCS 5/24C-8)

Sec. 24C-8.

Preparation for Use; Comparison of Ballots;
Operational Checks of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems
Equipment; Pollwatchers.  The county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall cause the approved Direct Recording
Electronic Voting System equipment to be delivered to the
polling places. Before the opening of the polls, all Direct
Recording Voting System devices shall provide a printed record
of the following, upon verification of the authenticity of the
commands by a judge of election: the election's identification
data, the equipment's unit identification, the ballot's format
identification, the contents of each active candidate register
by office and of each active public question register showing
that they contain all zeros, all ballot fields that can be used
to invoke special voting options, and other information needed
to ensure the readiness of the equipment, and to accommodate
administrative reporting requirements.

The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall provide
a means of opening the polling place and readying the equipment
for the casting of ballots.  Such means shall incorporate a
security seal, a password, or a data code recognition capability
to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized actuation of the poll-opening function.
If more than one step is required, it shall
enforce their execution in the proper sequence.

Pollwatchers as provided by law shall be permitted to
closely observe the judges in these procedures and to
periodically inspect the Direct Recording Electronic Voting
System equipment when not in use by the voters.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)