Rep. Lou Lang

Filed: 3/8/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5820

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5820 on page 1, in
3 line 5, by replacing "and 7-53" with "7-53, and 24B-6"; and
 
4 on page 22, by inserting below line 17 the following:
 
5     "(10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
6     Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic
7 Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System;
8 Absentee Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information,
9 shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement
10 provided for paper ballots, except that the information may be
11 in vertical or horizontal rows, or on a number of separate
12 pages or displays on the marking device. Ballots for all
13 questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided in
14 a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or
15 marking device in the places provided for such purposes.
16 Ballots shall be of white paper unless provided otherwise by

 

 

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1 administrative rule of the State Board of Elections or
2 otherwise specified.
3     All propositions, including but not limited to
4 propositions calling for a constitutional convention,
5 constitutional amendment, judicial retention, and public
6 measures to be voted upon shall be placed on separate portions
7 of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
8 grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on a separate portion
9 of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
10 grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of
11 intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections
12 17-16.1 and 18-9.1, a line or lines on which the voter may
13 select a write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of
14 the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or
15 lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking votes
16 for the write-in candidate or candidates. The number of
17 write-in lines for an office shall equal the number of persons
18 who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates
19 plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who
20 qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under
21 Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot
22 contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that
23 candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may
24 vote. In the case of write-in lines for the offices of Governor
25 and Lieutenant Governor, 2 lines shall be printed within a
26 bracket and a single square shall be printed in front of the

 

 

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1 bracket. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
2 placed on the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking
3 device. Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
4 propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate
5 portion of the ballot sheet or marking device and designated by
6 borders or grey screens, unless otherwise provided by
7 administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
8 one public measure or proposition may be placed on the same
9 portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than one
10 proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed on
11 the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. Names
12 of candidates shall be printed in black. The party affiliation
13 of each candidate or the word "independent" shall appear near
14 or under the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for
15 the same office shall be listed vertically under the title of
16 that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
17 otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no
18 candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or
19 persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that
20 office, then below the title of that office the election
21 authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of
22 nonpartisan elections for officers of political subdivisions,
23 unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article
24 VII of the Constitution requires otherwise, the listing of
25 nonpartisan candidates shall not include any party or
26 "independent" designation. Judicial retention questions and

 

 

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1 ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
2 shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or
3 marking device. In primary elections, a separate ballot, or
4 displays on the marking device, shall be used for each
5 political party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking
6 device arranged to include names of the candidates of the party
7 and public measures and other propositions to be voted upon on
8 the day of the primary election.
9     If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
10 public measures or propositions to be voted on, the election
11 official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot or
12 displays on the marking device in sections for "Candidates" and
13 "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
14     Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
15 ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
16 official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
17 Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
18 voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
19     Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
20 has a ballot returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may
21 return the ballot to the judges of election and get another
22 ballot.
23 (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)".