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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 663
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 663, on page 1 by
3 replacing line 5 with the following:
4 "Section 24-1 and Section 24B-2 as follows:" and;
5 on page 1 by inserting immediately below line 5 the
6 following:
7 (10 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1)
8 Sec. 24-1. The election authority in all jurisdictions
9 when voting machines are used shall, except as otherwise
10 provided in this Code, provide a voting machine or voting
11 machines for any or all of the election precincts or election
12 districts, as the case may be, for which the election
13 authority is by law charged with the duty of conducting an
14 election or elections. A voting machine or machines
15 sufficient in number to provide a machine for each 400 voters
16 or fraction thereof shall be supplied for use at all
17 elections. However, no such voting machine shall be used,
18 purchased, or adopted until the board of voting machine
19 commissioners hereinafter provided for, or a majority
20 thereof, shall have made and filed a report certifying that
21 they have examined such machine; that it affords each elector
22 an opportunity to vote in absolute secrecy; that it enables
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1 each elector to vote a ticket selected in part from the
2 nominees of one party, and in part from the nominees of any
3 or all other parties, and in part from independent nominees
4 printed in the columns of candidates for public office, and
5 in part of persons not in nomination by any party or upon any
6 independent ticket; that it enables each elector to vote a
7 written or printed ballot of his own selection, for any
8 person for any office for whom he may desire to vote; that it
9 enables each elector to vote for all candidates for whom he
10 is entitled to vote, and prevents him from voting for any
11 candidate for any office more than once, unless he is
12 lawfully entitled to cast more than one vote for one
13 candidate, and in that event permits him to cast only as many
14 votes for that candidate as he is by law entitled, and no
15 more; that it prevents the elector from voting for more than
16 one person for the same office, unless he is lawfully
17 entitled to vote for more than one person therefor, and in
18 that event permits him to vote for as many persons for that
19 office as he is by law entitled, and no more; and that such
20 machine will register correctly by means of exact counters
21 every vote cast for the regular tickets thereon; and has the
22 capacity to contain the tickets of at least 5 political
23 parties with the names of all the candidates thereon,
24 together with all propositions in the form provided by law,
25 where such form is prescribed, and where no such provision is
26 made for the form thereof, then in brief form, not to exceed
27 75 words; that all votes cast on the machine on a regular
28 ballot or ballots shall be registered; that voters may, by
29 means of irregular ballots or otherwise vote for any person
30 for any office, although such person may not have been
31 nominated by any party and his name may not appear on such
32 machine; that when a vote is cast for any person for any such
33 office, when his name does not appear on the machine, the
34 elector cannot vote for any other name on the machine for the
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1 same office; that each elector can, understandingly and
2 within the period of 4 minutes cast his vote for all
3 candidates of his choice; that the machine is so constructed
4 that the candidates for presidential electors of any party
5 can be voted for only by voting for the ballot label
6 containing a bracket within which are the names of the
7 candidates for President and Vice-President of the party or
8 group; that the machine is provided with a lock or locks by
9 the use of which any movement of the voting or registering
10 mechanism is absolutely prevented so that it cannot be
11 tampered with or manipulated for any purpose; that the
12 machine is susceptible of being closed during the progress of
13 the voting so that no person can see or know the number of
14 votes registered for any candidate; that each elector is
15 permitted to vote for or against any question, proposition or
16 amendment upon which he is entitled to vote, and is prevented
17 from voting for or against any question, proposition or
18 amendment upon which he is not entitled to vote; that the
19 machine is capable of adjustment by the election authority,
20 so as to permit the elector, at a party primary election, to
21 vote only for the candidates seeking nomination by the
22 political party in which primary he is entitled to vote:
23 Provided, also that no such machine or machines shall be
24 purchased, unless the party or parties making the sale shall
25 guarantee in writing to keep the machine or machines in good
26 working order for 5 years without additional cost and shall
27 give a sufficient bond conditioned to that effect. However,
28 in no case shall a voting machine be authorized by the State
29 Board of Elections or used by an election authority to detect
30 undervoted ballots or ballots that do not contain the
31 initials of a judge of election. Undervoted ballots are
32 ballots in which the voter does not vote for any candidate
33 for an office.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)
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