Full Text of SB0662 95th General Assembly
SB0662sam002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 3/21/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 662
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 662, AS AMENDED, | 3 |
| with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. | 4 |
| 1, on page 1, by replacing line 6 with the following: | 5 |
| "24A-10.1, 24A-15, 24A-16, 24B-6, 24B-10.1, 24B-15, 24B-16, | 6 |
| 24C-12, 24C-15, 24C-16, and"; and | 7 |
| on page 28, by inserting below line 16 the following:
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| "(10 ILCS 5/24A-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16)
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| Sec. 24A-16. The State Board of Elections shall approve all | 10 |
| voting
systems provided by this Article. | 11 |
| No voting system shall be approved
unless it fulfills the | 12 |
| following requirements:
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| (1) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
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| (2) (Blank);
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| (3) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in |
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| part from the
nominees of one party, and in part from the | 2 |
| nominees of any or all parties,
and in part from | 3 |
| independent candidates and in part of candidates whose
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| names are written in by the voter;
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| (4) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed | 6 |
| ticket of his own
selection for any person for any office | 7 |
| for whom he may desire to vote;
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| (5) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a | 9 |
| proposition when
the voter has cast more votes for such | 10 |
| office or upon such proposition than
he is entitled to | 11 |
| cast;
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| (6) It will accommodate all propositions to be | 13 |
| submitted to the voters
in the form provided by law or, | 14 |
| where no such form is provided, then in
brief form, not to | 15 |
| exceed 75 words.
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| The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting | 17 |
| equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data | 18 |
| Association (IrDA) communications port.
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| The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its | 20 |
| approval of a
voting system if the system fails to fulfill the | 21 |
| above requirements.
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| The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely | 23 |
| responsible for the production and cost of: all ballots; | 24 |
| additional temporary workers; and other equipment or | 25 |
| facilities needed and used in the testing of the vendor's, | 26 |
| person's, or other private entity's respective equipment and |
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| software.
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| Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity | 3 |
| seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting | 4 |
| system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to | 5 |
| the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of | 6 |
| Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure, | 7 |
| taking into account the type of voting system approval that is | 8 |
| requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of | 9 |
| an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No | 10 |
| voting system or modification of a voting system shall be | 11 |
| approved unless the fee is paid.
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| No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or | 13 |
| loan, or have a written contract, including a contract | 14 |
| contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or | 15 |
| voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
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| system or voting system component to any election jurisdiction | 17 |
| unless the
voting system or voting system component is first | 18 |
| approved by the State
Board of Elections pursuant to this | 19 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)"; and
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| on page 41, by inserting below line 8 the following:
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| "(10 ILCS 5/24B-16)
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| Sec. 24B-16. Approval of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
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| Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of
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| Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
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| Technology voting systems provided by this Article.
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| No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting | 4 |
| system
shall be approved unless it fulfills the following | 5 |
| requirements:
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| (a) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
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| (b) (Blank);
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| (c) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in | 9 |
| part
from the nominees of one party, and in part from the | 10 |
| nominees of
any or all parties, and in part from | 11 |
| independent candidates, and
in part of candidates whose | 12 |
| names are written in by the voter;
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| (d) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed | 14 |
| ticket
of his or her own selection for any person for any | 15 |
| office for whom he or she
may desire to vote;
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| (e) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
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| proposition when the voter has cast more votes for the | 18 |
| office or
upon the proposition than he or she is entitled | 19 |
| to cast; and
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| (f) It will accommodate all propositions to be | 21 |
| submitted to
the voters in the form provided by law or, | 22 |
| where no form is
provided, then in brief form, not to | 23 |
| exceed 75 words.
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| The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting | 25 |
| equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data | 26 |
| Association (IrDA) communications port.
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| The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
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| approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology | 3 |
| voting
system if the system fails to fulfill the above | 4 |
| requirements.
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| The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely | 6 |
| responsible for the production and cost of: all ballots; | 7 |
| additional temporary workers; and other equipment or | 8 |
| facilities needed and used in the testing of the vendor's, | 9 |
| person's, or other private entity's respective equipment and | 10 |
| software.
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| Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity | 12 |
| seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting | 13 |
| system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to | 14 |
| the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of | 15 |
| Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure, | 16 |
| taking into account the type of voting system approval that is | 17 |
| requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of | 18 |
| an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No | 19 |
| voting system or modification of a voting system shall be | 20 |
| approved unless the fee is paid.
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| No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or | 22 |
| loan, or have a written contract, including a contract | 23 |
| contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or | 24 |
| voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a
voting | 25 |
| system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
voting | 26 |
| system component to any election jurisdiction unless the
voting |
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| system or voting system component is first approved by the
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| State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)"; and
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| on page 50, by inserting below line 1 the following:
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| "(10 ILCS 5/24C-16)
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| Sec. 24C-16. Approval of Direct Recording Electronic | 7 |
| Voting
Systems; Requisites. The State Board of Elections shall | 8 |
| approve
all Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems that | 9 |
| fulfill the
functional requirements provided by Section 24C-11 | 10 |
| of this Code,
the mandatory requirements of the federal voting | 11 |
| system
standards pertaining to Direct Recording Electronic | 12 |
| Voting
Systems promulgated by the Federal Election Commission | 13 |
| or the
Election Assistance Commission, the testing | 14 |
| requirements of an
approved independent testing authority and | 15 |
| the rules of the
State Board of Elections.
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| The State Board of Elections shall not approve any Direct | 17 |
| Recording Electronic Voting System that includes an external | 18 |
| Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communications port.
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| The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
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| approval of a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System if the
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| System, once approved, fails to fulfill the above requirements.
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| The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely | 23 |
| responsible for the production and cost of: all ballots; | 24 |
| additional temporary workers; and other equipment or |
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| facilities needed and used in the testing of the vendor's, | 2 |
| person's, or other private entity's respective equipment and | 3 |
| software.
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| Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity | 5 |
| seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting | 6 |
| system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to | 7 |
| the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of | 8 |
| Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure, | 9 |
| taking into account the type of voting system approval that is | 10 |
| requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of | 11 |
| an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No | 12 |
| voting system or modification of a voting system shall be | 13 |
| approved unless the fee is paid.
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| No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or | 15 |
| loan, or have a written contract, including a contract | 16 |
| contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or | 17 |
| voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a
Direct | 18 |
| Recording Electronic Voting System or system component to
any | 19 |
| election jurisdiction unless the system or system component
is | 20 |
| first approved by the State Board of Elections pursuant to
this | 21 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)".
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