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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1982
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Bill Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/24B-1 |
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 24 rep. |
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 24A rep. |
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep. |
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Amends the Election Code. Prohibits the use of voting equipment or systems other than optical scan technology voting systems.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1982 |
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LRB095 11331 JAM 32037 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 24B-1 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/24B-1)
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| Sec. 24B-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to |
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| require
authorize the use of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan |
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| Technology
voting systems approved by the State Board of |
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| Elections. In
using Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan |
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| Technology, the voters or precinct
judges record votes by means |
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| of inserting marked ballots in
scanning and tabulating |
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| machines, which machines have voting defect
identification |
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| capability, and are so designed that ballots will be counted by
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| such machines at one or
more counting places. This Article does |
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| not apply to voting systems without
voting defect |
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| identification technology capability. This Article requires
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| authorizes
the use of Precinct Tabulation
Optical Scan |
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| Technology voting systems for both central counting and
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| in-precinct counting applications.
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| On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, notwithstanding any provision of |
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| this Code to the contrary, the use of any ballots and voting |