100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4931

 

Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 46, par. 24-1

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that a voting machine or machines sufficient in number to provide a machine for each 500 (rather than 400) voters or fraction thereof shall be supplied for use at all elections.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
524-1 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1)
7    Sec. 24-1. The election authority in all jurisdictions when
8voting machines are used shall, except as otherwise provided in
9this Code, provide a voting machine or voting machines for any
10or all of the election precincts or election districts, as the
11case may be, for which the election authority is by law charged
12with the duty of conducting an election or elections. A voting
13machine or machines sufficient in number to provide a machine
14for each 500 400 voters or fraction thereof shall be supplied
15for use at all elections. However, no such voting machine shall
16be used, purchased, or adopted, and no person or entity may
17have a written contract, including a contract contingent upon
18certification of the voting machines, to sell, lease, or loan
19voting machines to an election authority, until the board of
20voting machine commissioners hereinafter provided for, or a
21majority thereof, shall have made and filed a report certifying
22that they have examined such machine; that it affords each
23elector an opportunity to vote in absolute secrecy; that it

 

 

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1enables each elector to vote a ticket selected in part from the
2nominees of one party, and in part from the nominees of any or
3all other parties, and in part from independent nominees
4printed in the columns of candidates for public office, and in
5part of persons not in nomination by any party or upon any
6independent ticket; that it enables each elector to vote a
7written or printed ballot of his own selection, for any person
8for any office for whom he may desire to vote; that it enables
9each elector to vote for all candidates for whom he is entitled
10to vote, and prevents him from voting for any candidate for any
11office more than once, unless he is lawfully entitled to cast
12more than one vote for one candidate, and in that event permits
13him to cast only as many votes for that candidate as he is by
14law entitled, and no more; that it prevents the elector from
15voting for more than one person for the same office, unless he
16is lawfully entitled to vote for more than one person therefor,
17and in that event permits him to vote for as many persons for
18that office as he is by law entitled, and no more; that it
19identifies when an elector has not voted for all statewide
20constitutional offices; and that such machine will register
21correctly by means of exact counters every vote cast for the
22regular tickets thereon; and has the capacity to contain the
23tickets of at least 5 political parties with the names of all
24the candidates thereon, together with all propositions in the
25form provided by law, where such form is prescribed, and where
26no such provision is made for the form thereof, then in brief

 

 

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1form, not to exceed 75 words; that all votes cast on the
2machine on a regular ballot or ballots shall be registered;
3that voters may, by means of irregular ballots or otherwise
4vote for any person for any office, although such person may
5not have been nominated by any party and his name may not
6appear on such machine; that when a vote is cast for any person
7for any such office, when his name does not appear on the
8machine, the elector cannot vote for any other name on the
9machine for the same office; that each elector can,
10understandingly and within the period of 4 minutes cast his
11vote for all candidates of his choice; that the machine is so
12constructed that the candidates for presidential electors of
13any party can be voted for only by voting for the ballot label
14containing a bracket within which are the names of the
15candidates for President and Vice-President of the party or
16group; that the machine is provided with a lock or locks by the
17use of which any movement of the voting or registering
18mechanism is absolutely prevented so that it cannot be tampered
19with or manipulated for any purpose; that the machine is
20susceptible of being closed during the progress of the voting
21so that no person can see or know the number of votes
22registered for any candidate; that each elector is permitted to
23vote for or against any question, proposition or amendment upon
24which he is entitled to vote, and is prevented from voting for
25or against any question, proposition or amendment upon which he
26is not entitled to vote; that the machine is capable of

 

 

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1adjustment by the election authority, so as to permit the
2elector, at a party primary election, to vote only for the
3candidates seeking nomination by the political party in which
4primary he is entitled to vote: Provided, also that no such
5machine or machines shall be purchased, unless the party or
6parties making the sale shall guarantee in writing to keep the
7machine or machines in good working order for 5 years without
8additional cost and shall give a sufficient bond conditioned to
9that effect.
10(Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)