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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 4-105, 5-105, 6-105, 19-2.1, 19-8, 19-10, 19-20, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 19A-15, 24-15, 24A-6, 24B-6, 24C-1, 24C-6, and 24C-13 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (10 ILCS 5/4-105)
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9 | Sec. 4-105. First time voting. If a person registered to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | vote by mail, the person must vote for the first time in person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | and not by an absentee ballot, except that the person may vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | by early voting. The election judge or official is required to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | verify the signature of the early voter by comparison of his or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | her signature with the signature on the official registration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | card, and the judge or official must verify (i) the identity of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the applicant, (ii) that the applicant is a registered voter, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (iii) the precinct in which the applicant is registered, and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (iv) the proper ballots of the political subdivision in which | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | the applicant resides and that the applicant is entitled to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | vote before providing an early ballot to the applicant. The | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | applicant's identity must be verified by the applicant's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | presentation of an Illinois driver's license, a non-driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | identification document containing the applicant's photograph. |
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1 | The election judge or official must verify the applicant's | ||||||
2 | registration from the most recent poll list provided by the | ||||||
3 | election authority, and if the applicant is not listed on that | ||||||
4 | poll list, by telephoning the office of the election authority.
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5 | absentee ballot in person if the person first provides the | ||||||
6 | appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of | ||||||
7 | identity by the person's driver's license number or State | ||||||
8 | identification card number or, if the person does not have | ||||||
9 | either of those, by the last 4 digits of the person's social | ||||||
10 | security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | ||||||
11 | identification, or a copy of any of the following current | ||||||
12 | documents that show the person's name and address: utility | ||||||
13 | bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other | ||||||
14 | government document.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.) | ||||||
16 | (10 ILCS 5/5-105)
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17 | Sec. 5-105. First time voting. If a person registered to | ||||||
18 | vote by mail, the person must vote for the first time in person | ||||||
19 | and not by an absentee ballot, except that the person may vote | ||||||
20 | by early voting. The election judge or official is required to | ||||||
21 | verify the signature of the early voter by comparison of his or | ||||||
22 | her signature with the signature on the official registration | ||||||
23 | card, and the judge or official must verify (i) the identity of | ||||||
24 | the applicant, (ii) that the applicant is a registered voter, | ||||||
25 | (iii) the precinct in which the applicant is registered, and |
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1 | (iv) the proper ballots of the political subdivision in which | ||||||
2 | the applicant resides and that the applicant is entitled to | ||||||
3 | vote before providing an early ballot to the applicant. The | ||||||
4 | applicant's identity must be verified by the applicant's | ||||||
5 | presentation of an Illinois driver's license, a non-driver | ||||||
6 | identification document containing the applicant's photograph. | ||||||
7 | The election judge or official must verify the applicant's | ||||||
8 | registration from the most recent poll list provided by the | ||||||
9 | election authority, and if the applicant is not listed on that | ||||||
10 | poll list, by telephoning the office of the election authority.
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11 | absentee ballot in person if the person first provides the | ||||||
12 | appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of | ||||||
13 | identity by the person's driver's license number or State | ||||||
14 | identification card number or, if the person does not have | ||||||
15 | either of those, by the last 4 digits of the person's social | ||||||
16 | security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | ||||||
17 | identification, or a copy of any of the following current | ||||||
18 | documents that show the person's name and address: utility | ||||||
19 | bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other | ||||||
20 | government document.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.) | ||||||
22 | (10 ILCS 5/6-105)
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23 | Sec. 6-105. First time voting. If a person registered to | ||||||
24 | vote by mail, the person must vote for the first time in person | ||||||
25 | and not by an absentee ballot, except that the person may vote |
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1 | by early voting. The election judge or official is required to | ||||||
2 | verify the signature of the early voter by comparison of his or | ||||||
3 | her signature with the signature on the official registration | ||||||
4 | card, and the judge or official must verify (i) the identity of | ||||||
5 | the applicant, (ii) that the applicant is a registered voter, | ||||||
6 | (iii) the precinct in which the applicant is registered, and | ||||||
7 | (iv) the proper ballots of the political subdivision in which | ||||||
8 | the applicant resides and that the applicant is entitled to | ||||||
9 | vote before providing an early ballot to the applicant. The | ||||||
10 | applicant's identity must be verified by the applicant's | ||||||
11 | presentation of an Illinois driver's license, a non-driver | ||||||
12 | identification document containing the applicant's photograph. | ||||||
13 | The election judge or official must verify the applicant's | ||||||
14 | registration from the most recent poll list provided by the | ||||||
15 | election authority, and if the applicant is not listed on that | ||||||
16 | poll list, by telephoning the office of the election authority.
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17 | absentee ballot in person if the person first provides the | ||||||
18 | appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of | ||||||
19 | identity by the person's driver's license number or State | ||||||
20 | identification card number or, if the person does not have | ||||||
21 | either of those, by the last 4 digits of the person's social | ||||||
22 | security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | ||||||
23 | identification, or a copy of any of the following current | ||||||
24 | documents that show the person's name and address: utility | ||||||
25 | bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other | ||||||
26 | government document.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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2 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2.1)
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3 | Sec. 19-2.1. At the consolidated primary, general primary,
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4 | consolidated, and general elections, electors entitled
to vote
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5 | by absentee ballot under the provisions of Section 19-1
may | ||||||
6 | vote in person at the office of the municipal clerk, if the | ||||||
7 | elector
is a resident of a municipality not having a board of | ||||||
8 | election commissioners,
or at the office of the township clerk | ||||||
9 | or, in counties not under township
organization, at the office | ||||||
10 | of the road district clerk if the elector is
not a resident of | ||||||
11 | a municipality; provided, in each case that the municipal,
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12 | township or road district clerk, as the case may be, is | ||||||
13 | authorized to conduct
in-person absentee voting pursuant to | ||||||
14 | this Section. Absentee voting in such
municipal and township | ||||||
15 | clerk's offices under this Section shall be
conducted from the | ||||||
16 | 22nd day through the day before the election.
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17 | Municipal and township clerks (or road district clerks) who | ||||||
18 | have regularly
scheduled working hours at regularly designated | ||||||
19 | offices other than a place
of residence and whose offices are | ||||||
20 | open for business during the same hours
as the office of the | ||||||
21 | election authority shall conduct in-person absentee
voting for | ||||||
22 | said elections. Municipal and township clerks (or road district
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23 | clerks) who have no regularly scheduled working hours but who | ||||||
24 | have regularly
designated offices other than a place of | ||||||
25 | residence shall conduct in-person
absentee voting for said |
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1 | elections during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. or 9:00 | ||||||
2 | a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekdays, and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon on | ||||||
3 | Saturdays, but not during such hours as the office of the | ||||||
4 | election
authority is closed, unless the clerk files a written | ||||||
5 | waiver with the
election authority not later than July 1 of | ||||||
6 | each year stating that he or
she is unable to conduct such | ||||||
7 | voting and the reasons therefor. Such clerks
who conduct | ||||||
8 | in-person absentee voting may extend their hours for that
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9 | purpose to include any hours in which the election authority's | ||||||
10 | office is
open. Municipal and township clerks (or
road district | ||||||
11 | clerks) who have no regularly scheduled office hours and no
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12 | regularly designated offices other than a place of residence | ||||||
13 | may not conduct
in-person absentee voting for said elections. | ||||||
14 | The election authority may
devise alternative methods for | ||||||
15 | in-person absentee voting before said elections
for those | ||||||
16 | precincts located within the territorial area of a municipality
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17 | or township (or road district) wherein the clerk of such | ||||||
18 | municipality or
township (or road district) has waived or is | ||||||
19 | not entitled to conduct such
voting.
In addition, electors may | ||||||
20 | vote by absentee ballot under the provisions of
Section 19-1 at | ||||||
21 | the office of the election authority having jurisdiction
over | ||||||
22 | their residence. Unless specifically authorized by the | ||||||
23 | election authority, municipal,
township, and road district | ||||||
24 | clerks shall not conduct in-person absentee
voting. No less | ||||||
25 | than 45 days
before the date of an election, the election | ||||||
26 | authority shall notify the
municipal, township, and road |
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1 | district clerks within its jurisdiction if
they are to conduct | ||||||
2 | in-person absentee voting. Election authorities, however, may | ||||||
3 | conduct in-person absentee voting in one or more designated
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4 | appropriate public buildings from the fourth
day before the | ||||||
5 | election through
the day before the election.
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6 | In conducting in-person absentee voting under this | ||||||
7 | Section, the respective
clerks shall be required to verify the | ||||||
8 | signature of the absentee
voter by comparison with the | ||||||
9 | signature on the official registration
record card. The clerk | ||||||
10 | also shall reasonably ascertain the identity
of such applicant, | ||||||
11 | shall verify that each such applicant is a registered
voter, | ||||||
12 | and shall verify the precinct in which he or she is registered
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13 | and the proper ballots of the political subdivisions in which | ||||||
14 | the
applicant resides and is entitled to vote, prior to | ||||||
15 | providing any
absentee ballot to such applicant. The clerk | ||||||
16 | shall verify the
applicant's registration and from the most | ||||||
17 | recent poll list provided by
the county clerk, and if the | ||||||
18 | applicant is not listed on that poll list
then by telephoning | ||||||
19 | the office of the county clerk.
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20 | Absentee voting procedures in the office of the municipal, | ||||||
21 | township
and road district clerks shall be subject to all of | ||||||
22 | the applicable
provisions of this Article 19.
Pollwatchers may | ||||||
23 | be appointed to observe in-person absentee voting
procedures | ||||||
24 | and view all reasonably requested records relating to the | ||||||
25 | conduct of the election, provided the secrecy of the ballot is | ||||||
26 | not impinged, at the office of the municipal, township or road |
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1 | district
clerks' offices where such absentee voting is | ||||||
2 | conducted. Such pollwatchers
shall qualify and be appointed in | ||||||
3 | the same manner as provided in Sections
7-34 and 17-23, except | ||||||
4 | each candidate, political party or
organization of citizens may | ||||||
5 | appoint only one pollwatcher for each location
where in-person | ||||||
6 | absentee voting is conducted. Pollwatchers must
be registered | ||||||
7 | to vote in Illinois and possess
valid pollwatcher credentials.
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8 | All requirements in this Article
applicable to election | ||||||
9 | authorities shall apply to the respective local
clerks, except | ||||||
10 | where inconsistent with this Section.
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11 | The sealed absentee ballots in their carrier envelope shall | ||||||
12 | be
delivered by the respective clerks, or by the election | ||||||
13 | authority on behalf of
a clerk if the clerk and the election
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14 | authority agree, to the election authority's central ballot | ||||||
15 | counting location
before the close of the polls on the day of | ||||||
16 | the general primary,
consolidated primary, consolidated, or | ||||||
17 | general election.
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18 | Not more than 23 days before the general and consolidated
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19 | elections, the county clerk shall make available to those
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20 | municipal, township and road district clerks conducting | ||||||
21 | in-person absentee
voting within such county, a sufficient
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22 | number of applications, absentee ballots, envelopes, and | ||||||
23 | printed voting
instruction slips for use by absentee voters in | ||||||
24 | the offices of such
clerks. The respective clerks shall receipt | ||||||
25 | for all ballots received,
shall return all unused or spoiled | ||||||
26 | ballots to the county clerk on the
day of the election and |
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1 | shall strictly account for all ballots received.
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2 | The ballots delivered to the respective clerks shall | ||||||
3 | include absentee
ballots for each precinct in the municipality, | ||||||
4 | township or road
district, or shall include such separate | ||||||
5 | ballots for each political
subdivision conducting an election | ||||||
6 | of officers or a referendum on that
election day as will permit | ||||||
7 | any resident of the municipality, township
or road district to | ||||||
8 | vote absentee in the office of the proper clerk.
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9 | The clerks of all municipalities, townships and road | ||||||
10 | districts may
distribute applications for absentee ballot for | ||||||
11 | the use of voters who
wish to mail such applications to the | ||||||
12 | appropriate election authority.
Such applications for absentee | ||||||
13 | ballots shall be made on forms provided
by the election | ||||||
14 | authority. Duplication of such forms by the municipal,
township | ||||||
15 | or road district clerk is prohibited.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; | ||||||
17 | 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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18 | (10 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-8)
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19 | Sec. 19-8. Time and place of counting ballots. | ||||||
20 | (a) (Blank.) | ||||||
21 | (b) Each absent voter's ballot returned to an election | ||||||
22 | authority, by any means authorized by this Article, and | ||||||
23 | received by that election authority before the closing of the | ||||||
24 | polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving | ||||||
25 | election authority with the day and hour of receipt and shall |
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1 | be counted in the central ballot counting location of the | ||||||
2 | election authority on the day of the election after 7:00 p.m., | ||||||
3 | except as provided in subsections (g) and (g-5).
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4 | (c) Each absent voter's ballot that is mailed to an | ||||||
5 | election authority and postmarked by the midnight preceding the | ||||||
6 | opening of the polls on election day, but that is received by | ||||||
7 | the election authority after the polls close on election day | ||||||
8 | and before the close of the period for counting provisional | ||||||
9 | ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by the | ||||||
10 | receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt and shall | ||||||
11 | be counted at the central ballot counting location of the | ||||||
12 | election authority during the period for counting provisional | ||||||
13 | ballots. | ||||||
14 | (d) Special write-in absentee voter's blank ballots | ||||||
15 | returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by | ||||||
16 | this Article, and received by the election authority at any | ||||||
17 | time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be | ||||||
18 | endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and | ||||||
19 | hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot | ||||||
20 | counting location of the election authority during the same | ||||||
21 | period provided for counting absent voters' ballots under | ||||||
22 | subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in absentee | ||||||
23 | voter's blank ballots that are mailed to an election authority | ||||||
24 | and postmarked by the midnight preceding the opening of the | ||||||
25 | polls on election day, but that are received by the election | ||||||
26 | authority after the polls close on election day and before the |
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1 | closing of the period for counting provisional ballots cast at | ||||||
2 | that election, shall be endorsed by the receiving authority | ||||||
3 | with the day and hour of receipt and shall be counted at the | ||||||
4 | central ballot counting location of the election authority | ||||||
5 | during the same periods provided for counting absent voters' | ||||||
6 | ballots under subsection (c). | ||||||
7 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, absent | ||||||
8 | voters' ballots and special write-in absentee voter's blank | ||||||
9 | ballots received by the election authority after the closing of | ||||||
10 | the polls on an
election day shall be endorsed by the election | ||||||
11 | authority receiving them
with the day and hour of receipt and | ||||||
12 | shall be safely kept unopened by the
election authority for the | ||||||
13 | period of time required for the preservation of
ballots used at | ||||||
14 | the election, and shall then, without being opened, be
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15 | destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that election.
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16 | (f) Counting required under this Section to begin on | ||||||
17 | election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no | ||||||
18 | later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted
by a panel or | ||||||
19 | panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided
by | ||||||
20 | law. The counting shall continue until all absent voters' | ||||||
21 | ballots and special write-in absentee voter's blank ballots | ||||||
22 | required to be counted on election day have been counted.
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23 | (g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and
18 of this | ||||||
24 | Code shall apply to all ballots counted under
this Section. In | ||||||
25 | addition, within 2 days after an absentee ballot, other than an | ||||||
26 | in-person absentee ballot, is received, but in all cases before |
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1 | the close of the period for counting provisional ballots, the | ||||||
2 | election judge or official shall compare the voter's signature | ||||||
3 | on the certification envelope of that absentee ballot with the | ||||||
4 | signature of the voter on file in the office of the election | ||||||
5 | authority. If the election judge or official determines that | ||||||
6 | the 2 signatures match, and that the absentee voter is | ||||||
7 | otherwise qualified to cast an absentee ballot, the election | ||||||
8 | authority shall cast and count the ballot on election day or | ||||||
9 | the day the ballot is determined to be valid, whichever is | ||||||
10 | later, adding the results to the precinct in which the voter is | ||||||
11 | registered. If the election judge or official determines that | ||||||
12 | the signatures do not match, or that the absentee voter is not | ||||||
13 | qualified to cast an absentee ballot, then without opening the | ||||||
14 | certification envelope, the judge or official shall mark across | ||||||
15 | the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and | ||||||
16 | shall not cast or count the ballot. | ||||||
17 | In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, an | ||||||
18 | absentee ballot may be rejected by the election judge or | ||||||
19 | official: | ||||||
20 | (1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened | ||||||
21 | and resealed; | ||||||
22 | (2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace | ||||||
23 | period ballot; | ||||||
24 | (3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the | ||||||
25 | voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or | ||||||
26 | (4) on any other basis set forth in this Code. |
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1 | If the election judge or official determines that any of | ||||||
2 | these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across | ||||||
3 | the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and | ||||||
4 | shall not cast or count the ballot.
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5 | (g-5) If an absentee ballot , other than an in-person | ||||||
6 | absentee ballot, is rejected by the election judge or official | ||||||
7 | for any reason, the election authority shall, within 2 days | ||||||
8 | after the rejection but in all cases before the close of the | ||||||
9 | period for counting provisional ballots, notify the absentee | ||||||
10 | voter that his or her ballot was rejected. The notice shall | ||||||
11 | inform the voter of the reason or reasons the ballot was | ||||||
12 | rejected and shall state that the voter may appear before the | ||||||
13 | election authority, on or before the 14th day after the | ||||||
14 | election, to show cause as to why the ballot should not be | ||||||
15 | rejected. The voter may present evidence to the election | ||||||
16 | authority supporting his or her contention that the ballot | ||||||
17 | should be counted. The election authority shall appoint a panel | ||||||
18 | of 3 election judges to review the contested ballot, | ||||||
19 | application, and certification envelope, as well as any | ||||||
20 | evidence submitted by the absentee voter. No more than 2 | ||||||
21 | election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same | ||||||
22 | political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall | ||||||
23 | make a final determination as to the validity of the contested | ||||||
24 | absentee ballot. The judges' determination shall not be | ||||||
25 | reviewable either administratively or judicially. | ||||||
26 | An absentee ballot subject to this subsection that is |
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1 | determined to be valid shall be counted before the close of the | ||||||
2 | period for counting provisional ballots.
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3 | (g-10) All absentee ballots determined to be valid shall be | ||||||
4 | added to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were | ||||||
5 | cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
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6 | (h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic | ||||||
7 | organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher | ||||||
8 | for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 94-557, eff. 8-12-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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10 | (10 ILCS 5/19-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-10)
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11 | Sec. 19-10. Pollwatchers may be appointed to observe | ||||||
12 | in-person absentee
voting procedures and view all reasonably | ||||||
13 | requested records relating to the conduct of the election, | ||||||
14 | provided the secrecy of the ballot is not impinged , at the | ||||||
15 | office of the election authority as well as at
municipal, | ||||||
16 | township or road district clerks' offices where such absentee
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17 | voting is conducted. Such pollwatchers shall qualify and be | ||||||
18 | appointed in
the same manner as provided in Sections 7-34 and | ||||||
19 | 17-23, except each
candidate, political party or organization | ||||||
20 | of citizens may appoint only one
pollwatcher for each location | ||||||
21 | where in-person absentee voting is conducted .
Pollwatchers | ||||||
22 | must be registered to vote in Illinois and possess valid
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23 | pollwatcher credentials.
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24 | In the polling place on election day, pollwatchers shall be | ||||||
25 | permitted
to be present during the casting of the absent |
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1 | voters' ballots and the vote
of any absent voter may be | ||||||
2 | challenged for cause the same as if he were
present and voted | ||||||
3 | in person, and the judges of the election or a majority
thereof | ||||||
4 | shall have power and authority to hear and determine the | ||||||
5 | legality
of such ballot; Provided, however, that if a challenge | ||||||
6 | to any absent
voter's right to vote is sustained, notice of the | ||||||
7 | same must be given by the
judges of election by mail addressed | ||||||
8 | to the voter's place of residence.
| ||||||
9 | Where certain absent voters' ballots are counted on the | ||||||
10 | night
day of the election
in the office of the election | ||||||
11 | authority as provided in Section 19-8 of this
Act, each | ||||||
12 | political party, candidate and qualified civic organization | ||||||
13 | shall
be entitled to have present one pollwatcher for each | ||||||
14 | panel of election judges
therein assigned. Such pollwatchers | ||||||
15 | shall be subject to the same provisions
as are provided for | ||||||
16 | pollwatchers in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of this Code,
and shall | ||||||
17 | be permitted to observe the election judges making the | ||||||
18 | signature
comparison between that which is on the ballot | ||||||
19 | envelope and that which is
on the permanent voter registration | ||||||
20 | record card taken from the master file.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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22 | (10 ILCS 5/19-20)
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23 | Sec. 19-20. Report on absentee ballots. This Section | ||||||
24 | applies to absentee ballots other than in-person absentee | ||||||
25 | ballots. |
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1 | On or before the 21st day after an election, each election | ||||||
2 | authority shall transmit to the State Board of Elections the | ||||||
3 | following information with respect to that election: | ||||||
4 | (1) The number, by precinct, of absentee ballots | ||||||
5 | requested, provided, and counted. | ||||||
6 | (2) The number of rejected absentee ballots. | ||||||
7 | (3) The number of voters seeking review of rejected | ||||||
8 | absentee ballots pursuant to subsection (g-5) of Section | ||||||
9 | 19-8. | ||||||
10 | (4) The number of absentee ballots counted following | ||||||
11 | review pursuant to subsection (g-5) of Section 19-8. | ||||||
12 | On or before the 28th day after an election, the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Elections shall compile the information received under this | ||||||
14 | Section with respect to that election and make that information | ||||||
15 | available to the public.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | ||||||
17 | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
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18 | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
| ||||||
19 | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | ||||||
20 | begins the 22nd day preceding a general primary, consolidated | ||||||
21 | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | ||||||
22 | the Monday
5th day before election day.
| ||||||
23 | (b) A permanent polling place for early voting must remain | ||||||
24 | open during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. | ||||||
25 | to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on |
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1 | Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
| ||||||
3 | (10 ILCS 5/24-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-15)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 24-15. As soon as the polls are closed, the voting | ||||||
5 | machine or machines
shall be locked in order to prevent further | ||||||
6 | voting and each machine shall
be sealed against voting and | ||||||
7 | tampering, with a numbered metal seal, and the
number of such | ||||||
8 | metal seal shall be recorded at once on the certificate
| ||||||
9 | provided for that purpose, and the number on the protective | ||||||
10 | counter of each
voting machine shall also be recorded on the | ||||||
11 | certificate in the space
provided for that purpose, and the | ||||||
12 | number on the public counter shall be
recorded in the space | ||||||
13 | provided for that purpose. The counting compartment
shall then | ||||||
14 | be opened in the presence of all the precinct election | ||||||
15 | officials
and all watchers and other persons who may be | ||||||
16 | lawfully within the room,
giving full view of the numbers | ||||||
17 | announcing the votes cast for each
candidate, and the vote for | ||||||
18 | and against each of the questions or other
propositions. | ||||||
19 | Provided, however, when a machine is equipped with a device
| ||||||
20 | which will automatically record the number on the registering | ||||||
21 | columns for
each candidate, question or proposition on the back | ||||||
22 | of the machine to a
paper recording sheet then the recording | ||||||
23 | sheet shall be removed and the
vote cast shall be announced | ||||||
24 | from the recording sheet for each candidate
and the vote for | ||||||
25 | and against each question or proposition. When voting
machines |
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1 | are used in an election precinct, the watchers provided by law | ||||||
2 | to
be present in the polling place on election day shall be | ||||||
3 | permitted to make
a record of the number on the metal seal with | ||||||
4 | which each voting machine is
sealed, and to also record the | ||||||
5 | number shown on the protective counter of
each voting machine, | ||||||
6 | and such watchers shall also be permitted to examine
the | ||||||
7 | counters of the voting machines as the totals are being | ||||||
8 | announced for
transcription to the return sheets or from the | ||||||
9 | recording sheets and also to
examine the return sheets or the | ||||||
10 | recording sheets as the totals are being
recorded or checked | ||||||
11 | thereon. In voting machine precincts where the voting
machine | ||||||
12 | is not equipped with the automatic recording sheet the officer,
| ||||||
13 | officers board or boards charged by law to furnish the ballot | ||||||
14 | labels for
the voting machines shall also furnish for each | ||||||
15 | election precinct in which
a voting machine is to be used, at | ||||||
16 | least two duplicate return sheets which
shall be used by the | ||||||
17 | precinct election board of such election precinct for
recording | ||||||
18 | the results of the election. Such return sheets shall be | ||||||
19 | printed
in the form of a diagram exactly corresponding, in | ||||||
20 | arrangement, with the
face of the voting machine, and such | ||||||
21 | return sheets shall also correspond,
in as far as arrangement | ||||||
22 | is concerned, with the sample ballots, and each
return sheet | ||||||
23 | shall provide printed instructions for the exact procedure
| ||||||
24 | which the precinct election board shall follow when making the | ||||||
25 | canvass of
the results of the election, and such return sheets | ||||||
26 | shall also provide the
office titles, party names, candidates' |
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1 | names and code letters and number,
arranged in the same manner | ||||||
2 | as on the ballot labels, and there shall be
provided a space | ||||||
3 | for inserting the serial number of each voting machine, so
that | ||||||
4 | the totals recorded from each voting machine may be identified | ||||||
5 | as
being from a certain voting machine, and there shall be | ||||||
6 | provided a space
for recording such separate total for each | ||||||
7 | candidate and constitutional
amendment, or other question or | ||||||
8 | proposition, from each separate voting
machine, and a space for | ||||||
9 | recording the total of the mail and absentee votes
vote
in the | ||||||
10 | same manner, so that the final total for each candidate,
| ||||||
11 | constitutional amendment, question or other proposition, may | ||||||
12 | be totaled by
adding all the figures in a column. Totals on the | ||||||
13 | return sheets shall be
recorded in figures only, in ink. The | ||||||
14 | same authorities shall also furnish
to each such election | ||||||
15 | precinct suitable printed forms for use by the
precinct | ||||||
16 | election board, in making out the certificates provided for in
| ||||||
17 | this Article. Such certificates shall be made a part of the | ||||||
18 | return sheets
if practicable, or may be on separate sheets.
| ||||||
19 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2492.)
| ||||||
20 | (10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
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21 | Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the | ||||||
22 | ballot or
on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, | ||||||
23 | be in the order of
arrangement provided for paper ballots, | ||||||
24 | except that such information may
be in vertical or horizontal | ||||||
25 | rows, or in a number of separate pages.
Ballots for all |
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| |||||||
1 | questions or propositions to be voted on must be
provided in | ||||||
2 | the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
| ||||||
3 | device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such | ||||||
4 | purposes.
| ||||||
5 | When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label | ||||||
6 | booklet and
ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots | ||||||
7 | calling for a
constitutional convention, constitutional | ||||||
8 | amendment ballots, judicial
retention ballots, public | ||||||
9 | measures, and all propositions to be voted
upon may be placed | ||||||
10 | on the electronic voting device by providing in the
ballot | ||||||
11 | booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
| ||||||
12 | distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an | ||||||
13 | electronic
voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots | ||||||
14 | calling for a constitutional
convention, constitutional | ||||||
15 | amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots
shall be | ||||||
16 | placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of | ||||||
17 | the
ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be | ||||||
18 | printed in ink
of a color distinct from the color of ink used | ||||||
19 | in printing any other portion
of the ballot sheet. Ballots for | ||||||
20 | candidates, public measures and all other
propositions to be | ||||||
21 | voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing
a | ||||||
22 | separate portion of the ballot sheet for each such kind of | ||||||
23 | ballot. Below
the name of the last candidate listed for an | ||||||
24 | office shall be printed a line
on which the name of a candidate | ||||||
25 | may be written by the voter, and immediately
to the left of | ||||||
26 | such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote for
such |
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| |||||||
1 | write-in candidate. More than one amendment to the constitution | ||||||
2 | may
be placed on the same ballot page or series of pages or on | ||||||
3 | the same portion
of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. | ||||||
4 | Ballot label pages for
constitutional conventions or | ||||||
5 | constitutional amendments shall be on paper
of blue color and | ||||||
6 | shall precede all other ballot label pages in the ballot
label | ||||||
7 | booklet. More than one public measure or proposition may be | ||||||
8 | placed
on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on | ||||||
9 | the same portion of
the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More | ||||||
10 | than one proposition for
retention of judges in office may be | ||||||
11 | placed on the same ballot label page
or series of pages or on | ||||||
12 | the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case
may be. | ||||||
13 | Ballot label pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
| ||||||
14 | color, except that in primary elections the ballot label page | ||||||
15 | or pages for
the candidates of each respective political party | ||||||
16 | shall be of the color
designated by the election official in | ||||||
17 | charge of the election for that
political party's candidates; | ||||||
18 | provided that the ballot label pages or pages
for candidates | ||||||
19 | for use at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be
on | ||||||
20 | paper of different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or | ||||||
21 | desirable
to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for | ||||||
22 | different political
subdivisions. On each page
of
the candidate | ||||||
23 | booklet, where the election is made to list ballot
information | ||||||
24 | vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
| ||||||
25 | "independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the | ||||||
26 | candidate's
name, and the name of candidates for the same |
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1 | office shall be listed
vertically under the title of that | ||||||
2 | office. In the case of nonpartisan
elections for officers of | ||||||
3 | political subdivisions, unless the statute or
an ordinance | ||||||
4 | adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires | ||||||
5 | otherwise, the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
| ||||||
6 | include any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label | ||||||
7 | pages for
judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green | ||||||
8 | color, and ballot
label pages for all public measures and other | ||||||
9 | propositions shall be on
paper of some other distinct and | ||||||
10 | different color. In primary elections,
a separate ballot label | ||||||
11 | booklet, marking device and voting booth shall
be used for each | ||||||
12 | political party holding a primary, with the ballot
label | ||||||
13 | booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the | ||||||
14 | candidates
of the party and public measures and other | ||||||
15 | propositions to be voted upon
on the day of the primary | ||||||
16 | election. One ballot card may be used for
recording the voter's | ||||||
17 | vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals,
public measures | ||||||
18 | or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged
so as | ||||||
19 | to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
| ||||||
20 | columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure | ||||||
21 | or
proposition.
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22 | If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for | ||||||
23 | office and
public measures or propositions to be voted on, the | ||||||
24 | election official in
charge of the election shall divide the | ||||||
25 | pages by protruding tabs
identifying the division of the pages, | ||||||
26 | and printing on such tabs
"Candidates" and "Propositions".
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1 | The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card | ||||||
2 | envelope
shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's | ||||||
3 | ballots at the general
or primary election, whichever is being | ||||||
4 | held. At an election where no
candidates are being nominated or | ||||||
5 | elected, the ballot card, its columns,
and the ballot card | ||||||
6 | envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
| ||||||
7 | official in charge of the election.
| ||||||
8 | The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets | ||||||
9 | may, at the
discretion of the election authority, be printed on | ||||||
10 | white paper and then
striped with the appropriate colors.
| ||||||
11 | When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof | ||||||
12 | shall be arranged
to conform to the foregoing format.
| ||||||
13 | Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, | ||||||
14 | paper ballots
or ballot sheets voted in person in the office of | ||||||
15 | the election official in
charge of the election or voted by | ||||||
16 | mail. Where a ballot card is used for
voting by mail it must be | ||||||
17 | accompanied by a punching tool or other
appropriate marking | ||||||
18 | device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
showing the | ||||||
19 | proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
| ||||||
20 | each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or | ||||||
21 | proposition, and in the
case of a ballot card must be mounted | ||||||
22 | on a suitable material to receive the
punched out chip.
| ||||||
23 | Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may | ||||||
24 | return the
ballot to the judges of election and secure another. | ||||||
25 | However, the
protruding identifying tab for proposals for a | ||||||
26 | constitutional convention
or constitutional amendments shall |
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| |||||||
1 | have printed thereon "Constitutional
Ballot", and the ballot | ||||||
2 | label page or pages for such proposals shall
precede the ballot | ||||||
3 | label pages for candidates in the ballot label
booklet.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)
| ||||||
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 | ||||||
17 | administrative rule of the State Board of
Elections or | ||||||
18 | otherwise specified.
| ||||||
19 | All propositions, including but not limited to | ||||||
20 | propositions
calling for a constitutional convention, | ||||||
21 | constitutional
amendment, judicial retention, and public | ||||||
22 | measures to be voted
upon shall be placed on separate portions | ||||||
23 | of the ballot sheet or marking
device by
utilizing borders or | ||||||
24 | grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on
a separate portion | ||||||
25 | of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing
borders or
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| |||||||
1 | grey screens. Below the name of the last candidate listed for | ||||||
2 | an
office shall be printed or displayed a line or lines on | ||||||
3 | which the voter
may select a
write-in candidate. Such line or | ||||||
4 | lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking
votes | ||||||
5 | for the write-in candidate or
candidates. The number of | ||||||
6 | write-in lines for an office shall equal the number
of | ||||||
7 | candidates
for which a voter may vote. More than one amendment | ||||||
8 | to the constitution may be
placed on the
same portion of the | ||||||
9 | ballot sheet or marking device.
Constitutional convention or | ||||||
10 | constitutional amendment
propositions shall be printed or | ||||||
11 | displayed on a separate portion of the
ballot
sheet or marking | ||||||
12 | device and designated by borders or grey screens, unless
| ||||||
13 | otherwise
provided by administrative rule of the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Elections.
More than one public measure or proposition may be | ||||||
15 | placed on the
same portion of the ballot sheet or marking | ||||||
16 | device. More than
one proposition for retention of judges in | ||||||
17 | office may be placed
on the same portion of the ballot sheet or | ||||||
18 | marking device.
Names of candidates shall be printed in black. | ||||||
19 | The party
affiliation of each candidate or the word | ||||||
20 | "independent" shall
appear near or under the candidate's name, | ||||||
21 | and the names of
candidates for the same office shall be listed | ||||||
22 | vertically under
the title of that office, on separate pages of | ||||||
23 | the marking device, or as
otherwise approved by the State Board | ||||||
24 | of Elections. In the case of
nonpartisan elections
for officers | ||||||
25 | of political subdivisions, unless the statute or an
ordinance | ||||||
26 | adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates
shall not | ||||||
2 | include any party or "independent" designation.
Judicial | ||||||
3 | retention
questions and ballot questions for all public | ||||||
4 | measures and other propositions
shall be designated by borders | ||||||
5 | or grey screens on the ballot or marking
device.
In primary
| ||||||
6 | elections, a separate ballot, or displays on the marking | ||||||
7 | device, shall be
used for each political
party holding a | ||||||
8 | primary, with the ballot or marking device arranged to
include
| ||||||
9 | names of the candidates of the party and public measures and
| ||||||
10 | other propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
| ||||||
11 | election.
| ||||||
12 | If the ballot includes both candidates for office and | ||||||
13 | public
measures or propositions to be voted on, the election | ||||||
14 | official in
charge of the election shall divide the ballot or | ||||||
15 | displays on the marking
device in sections for
"Candidates" and | ||||||
16 | "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
| ||||||
17 | Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
| ||||||
18 | ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
| ||||||
19 | official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
| ||||||
20 | Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
| ||||||
21 | voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
| ||||||
22 | Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or | ||||||
23 | has a ballot
returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may | ||||||
24 | return
the ballot to the judges of election and get another | ||||||
25 | ballot.
| ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/24C-1)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 24C-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to
| ||||||
3 | authorize the use of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems
| ||||||
4 | approved by the State Board of Elections. In a Direct Recording
| ||||||
5 | Electronic Voting System, voters cast votes by means of a | ||||||
6 | ballot
display provided with mechanical or electro-optical | ||||||
7 | devices that
can be activated by the voters to mark their | ||||||
8 | choices for the
candidates of their preference and for or | ||||||
9 | against public
questions. Such voting devices shall be capable | ||||||
10 | of
instantaneously recording such votes, storing such votes,
| ||||||
11 | producing a permanent paper record and tabulating such votes at
| ||||||
12 | the precinct or at one or more counting stations. This Article
| ||||||
13 | authorizes the use of Direct Recording Electronic Voting | ||||||
14 | Systems
for in-precinct counting applications and for | ||||||
15 | in-person absentee
voting in the office of the election | ||||||
16 | authority and in the
offices of local officials authorized by | ||||||
17 | the election authority
to conduct such absentee voting. All | ||||||
18 | other absentee ballots
must be counted at the office of the | ||||||
19 | election authority.
| ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
| ||||||
21 | (10 ILCS 5/24C-6)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 24C-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Direct
| ||||||
23 | Recording Electronic Voting System; Absentee Ballots; Spoiled
| ||||||
24 | Ballots. The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable,
|
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| |||||||
1 | be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots,
| ||||||
2 | except that the information may be in vertical or horizontal
| ||||||
3 | rows, or on a number of separate pages or display screens.
| ||||||
4 | Ballots for all public questions to be voted on should be
| ||||||
5 | provided in a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot
| ||||||
6 | in the places provided for such purposes. All public questions,
| ||||||
7 | including but not limited to public questions calling for a
| ||||||
8 | constitutional convention, constitutional amendment, or | ||||||
9 | judicial
retention, shall be placed on the ballot separate and | ||||||
10 | apart from
candidates. Ballots for all public questions shall | ||||||
11 | be clearly
designated by borders or different color screens. | ||||||
12 | More than one
amendment to the constitution may be placed on | ||||||
13 | the same portion
of the ballot sheet. Constitutional convention | ||||||
14 | or
constitutional amendment propositions shall be placed on a
| ||||||
15 | separate portion of the ballot and designated by borders or
| ||||||
16 | unique color screens, unless otherwise provided by
| ||||||
17 | administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
| ||||||
18 | one public question may be placed on the same portion of the
| ||||||
19 | ballot. More than one proposition for retention of judges in
| ||||||
20 | office may be placed on the same portion of the ballot.
| ||||||
21 | The party affiliation, if any, of each candidate or the
| ||||||
22 | word "independent", where applicable, shall appear near or | ||||||
23 | under
the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for the | ||||||
24 | same
office shall be listed vertically under the title of that
| ||||||
25 | office. In the case of nonpartisan elections for officers of
| ||||||
26 | political subdivisions, unless the statute or an ordinance
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution requires
| ||||||
2 | otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates shall not
| ||||||
3 | include any party or "independent" designation. In primary
| ||||||
4 | elections, a separate ballot shall be used for each political
| ||||||
5 | party holding a primary, with the ballot arranged to include
| ||||||
6 | names of the candidates of the party and public questions and
| ||||||
7 | other propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
| ||||||
8 | election.
| ||||||
9 | If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
| ||||||
10 | public questions or propositions to be voted on, the election
| ||||||
11 | official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot in
| ||||||
12 | sections for "Candidates" and "Public Questions", or separate
| ||||||
13 | ballots may be used.
| ||||||
14 | Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
| ||||||
15 | has a ballot rejected by the automatic tabulating equipment
| ||||||
16 | shall be provided a means of correcting the ballot or obtaining
| ||||||
17 | a new ballot prior to casting his or her ballot.
| ||||||
18 | Any election authority using a Direct Recording Electronic
| ||||||
19 | Voting System may use voting systems approved for use under
| ||||||
20 | Articles 24A or 24B of this Code in conducting absentee voting
| ||||||
21 | in the office of the election authority or voted by mail.
| ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
| ||||||
23 | (10 ILCS 5/24C-13)
| ||||||
24 | Sec. 24C-13. Absentee ballots; Early voting ballots; | ||||||
25 | Proceedings at Location for
Central Counting; Employees; |
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1 | Approval of List.
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2 | (a) All jurisdictions using Direct Recording Electronic
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3 | Voting Systems shall use paper ballots or paper ballot sheets
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4 | approved for use under Articles 16, 24A or 24B of this Code | ||||||
5 | when
conducting absentee voting except that Direct Recording
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6 | Electronic Voting Systems may be used for in-person absentee
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7 | voting conducted pursuant to Section 19-2.1 of this Code . All
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8 | absentee ballots shall be counted at the central ballot | ||||||
9 | counting location of the election
authority. The provisions of | ||||||
10 | Section 24A-9, 24B-9 and 24C-9 of
this Code shall apply to the | ||||||
11 | testing and notice requirements for
central count tabulation | ||||||
12 | equipment, including comparing the
signature on the ballot | ||||||
13 | envelope with the signature of the voter
on the permanent voter | ||||||
14 | registration record card taken from the
master file. Vote | ||||||
15 | results shall be recorded by precinct and shall
be added to the | ||||||
16 | vote results for the precinct in which the
absent voter was | ||||||
17 | eligible to vote prior to completion of the
official canvass.
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18 | (b) All proceedings at the location for central counting
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19 | shall be under the direction of the county clerk or board of
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20 | election commissioners. Except for any specially trained
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21 | technicians required for the operation of the Direct Recording
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22 | Electronic Voting System, the employees at the counting station
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23 | shall be equally divided between members of the 2 leading
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24 | political parties and all duties performed by the employees
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25 | shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of
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26 | each political party. Thirty days before an election the county
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1 | clerk or board of election commissioners shall submit to the
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2 | chairman of each political party, for his or her approval or
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3 | disapproval, a list of persons of his or her party proposed to
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4 | be employed. If a chairman fails to notify the election
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5 | authority of his or her disapproval of any proposed employee
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6 | within a period of 10 days thereafter the list shall be deemed
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7 | approved.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; | ||||||
9 | 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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