(10 ILCS 5/24-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-15)
Sec. 24-15.
As soon as the polls are closed, the voting machine or machines
shall be locked in order to prevent further voting and each machine shall
be sealed against voting and tampering, with a numbered metal seal, and the
number of such metal seal shall be recorded at once on the certificate
provided for that purpose, and the number on the protective counter of each
voting machine shall also be recorded on the certificate in the space
provided for that purpose, and the number on the public counter shall be
recorded in the space provided for that purpose. The counting compartment
shall then be opened in the presence of all the precinct election officials
and all watchers and other persons who may be lawfully within the room,
giving full view of the numbers announcing the votes cast for each
candidate, and the vote for and against each of the questions or other
propositions. Provided, however, when a machine is equipped with a device
which will automatically record the number on the registering columns for
each candidate, question or proposition on the back of the machine to a
paper recording sheet then the recording sheet shall be removed and the
vote cast shall be announced from the recording sheet for each candidate
and the vote for and against each question or proposition. When voting
machines are used in an election precinct, the watchers provided by law to
be present in the polling place on election day shall be permitted to make
a record of the number on the metal seal with which each voting machine is
sealed, and to also record the number shown on the protective counter of
each voting machine, and such watchers shall also be permitted to examine
the counters of the voting machines as the totals are being announced for
transcription to the return sheets or from the recording sheets and also to
examine the return sheets or the recording sheets as the totals are being
recorded or checked thereon. In voting machine precincts where the voting
machine is not equipped with the automatic recording sheet the officer,
officers board or boards charged by law to furnish the ballot labels for
the voting machines shall also furnish for each election precinct in which
a voting machine is to be used, at least two duplicate return sheets which
shall be used by the precinct election board of such election precinct for
recording the results of the election. Such return sheets shall be printed
in the form of a diagram exactly corresponding, in arrangement, with the
face of the voting machine, and such return sheets shall also correspond,
in as far as arrangement is concerned, with the sample ballots, and each
return sheet shall provide printed instructions for the exact procedure
which the precinct election board shall follow when making the canvass of
the results of the election, and such return sheets shall also provide the
office titles, party names, candidates' names and code letters and number,
arranged in the same manner as on the ballot labels, and there shall be
provided a space for inserting the serial number of each voting machine, so
that the totals recorded from each voting machine may be identified as
being from a certain voting machine, and there shall be provided a space
for recording such separate total for each candidate and constitutional
amendment, or other question or proposition, from each separate voting
machine, and a space for recording the total of the vote by mail and early vote
in the same manner, so that the final total for each candidate,
constitutional amendment, question or other proposition, may be totaled by
adding all the figures in a column. Totals on the return sheets shall be
recorded in figures only, in ink. The same authorities shall also furnish
to each such election precinct suitable printed forms for use by the
precinct election board, in making out the certificates provided for in
this Article. Such certificates shall be made a part of the return sheets
if practicable, or may be on separate sheets.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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