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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 24B-2 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/24B-2)
7 Sec. 24B-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:
8 "Computer", "automatic tabulating equipment" or
9 "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
10 examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data
11 processing machines which can be used for counting ballots
12 and tabulating results.
13 "Ballot" means paper ballot sheets.
14 "Ballot configuration" means the particular combination
15 of political subdivision ballots including, for each
16 political subdivision, the particular combination of offices,
17 candidate names and questions as it appears for each group of
18 voters who may cast the same ballot.
19 "Ballot sheet" means a paper ballot printed on one or
20 both sides which is (1) designed and prepared so that the
21 voter may indicate his or her votes in designated areas,
22 which must be areas clearly printed or otherwise delineated
23 for such purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in
24 the designated areas automatically examined, counted, and
25 tabulated by an electronic scanning process.
26 "Central counting" means the counting of ballots in one
27 or more locations selected by the election authority for the
28 processing or counting, or both, of ballots. A location for
29 central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
30 of the election authority unless there is no suitable
31 tabulating equipment available within his territorial
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1 jurisdiction. However, in any event a counting location
2 shall be within this State.
3 "Computer operator" means any person or persons
4 designated by the election authority to operate the automatic
5 tabulating equipment during any portion of the vote tallying
6 process in an election, but shall not include judges of
7 election operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
8 "Computer program" or "program" means the set of
9 operating instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment
10 that examines, counts, tabulates, canvasses and prints votes
11 recorded by a voter on a ballot.
12 "Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the
13 names of each candidate and proposition as they appear in the
14 program for each precinct.
15 "Header sheet" means a data processing document which is
16 coded to indicate to the computer the precinct identity of
17 the ballots that will follow immediately and may indicate to
18 the computer how such ballots are to be tabulated.
19 "In-precinct counting" means the counting of ballots on
20 automatic tabulating equipment provided by the election
21 authority in the same precinct polling place in which those
22 ballots have been cast.
23 "Marking device" means a pen or similar device approved
24 by the State Board of Elections for marking a paper ballot
25 with ink or other substance which will enable the ballot to
26 be tabulated by automatic tabulating equipment or by an
27 electronic scanning process.
28 "Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology" means the
29 capability to examine a ballot through electronic means and
30 tabulate the votes at one or more counting places.
31 "Redundant count" means a verification of the original
32 computer count by another count using compatible equipment or
33 by hand as part of a discovery recount.
34 "Security designation" means a printed designation placed
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1 on a ballot to identify to the computer program the offices
2 and propositions for which votes may be cast and to indicate
3 the manner in which votes cast should be tabulated while
4 negating any inadmissible votes.
5 "Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a
6 separate portion of the ballot sheet which is clearly defined
7 by a border or borders or shading.
8 "Voting defect identification" means the capability to
9 detect overvoted ballots or ballots which cannot be read by
10 the automatic tabulating equipment. In no case shall the
11 voting defect identification be enabled to detect undervoted
12 ballots or ballots that do not contain the initials of a
13 judge of election.
14 "Voting defects" means an overvoted ballot, or a ballot
15 which cannot be read by the automatic tabulating equipment.
16 "Voting system" or "electronic voting system" means that
17 combination of equipment and programs used in the casting,
18 examination and tabulation of ballots and the cumulation and
19 reporting of results by electronic means.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)