(10 ILCS 5/24B-15.1)
Sec. 24B-15.1. Discovery recounts and election contests.
Except as provided, discovery recounts and election
contests shall be conducted as otherwise provided for in
this Code. The automatic Precinct Tabulation
Optical Scan Technology tabulating equipment shall be tested
prior to the discovery recount or election contest as provided in
Section 24B-9, and then the official ballots shall be recounted
on the automatic tabulating equipment. In addition, (a) the
ballots shall be checked for the presence or absence of judges'
initials and other distinguishing marks, and (b) the ballots
marked "Rejected", "Defective", "Objected To", "Early Ballot", and "Vote by Mail
Ballot" shall be examined to determine the propriety of the
labels, and (c) the "Duplicate Vote by Mail Ballots", "Duplicate
Overvoted Ballots", "Duplicate Early Ballot", and "Duplicate Damaged Ballots" shall be
compared with their respective originals to determine the
correctness of the duplicates.
Any person who has filed a petition for discovery recount
may request that a redundant count be conducted in those
precincts in which the discovery recount is being conducted. The
additional costs of a redundant count shall be borne by the
requesting party.
The log of the computer operator and all materials retained
by the election authority in relation to vote tabulation and
canvass shall be made available for any discovery recount or
election contest.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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