(10 ILCS 5/24C-16)
Sec. 24C-16. Approval of Direct Recording Electronic Voting
Systems; Requisites. The State Board of Elections shall approve
all Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems that fulfill the
functional requirements provided by Section 24C-11 of this Code,
the mandatory requirements of the federal voting system
standards pertaining to Direct Recording Electronic Voting
Systems promulgated by the Federal Election Commission or the
Election Assistance Commission, the testing requirements of an
approved independent testing authority and the rules of the
State Board of Elections.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any Direct Recording Electronic Voting System that includes an external Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communications port.
The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
approval of a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System if the
System, once approved, fails to fulfill the above requirements.
The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely responsible for the production and cost of: all application fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective equipment and software.
Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure, taking into account the type of voting system approval that is requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No voting system or modification of a voting system shall be approved unless the fee is paid.
No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or loan, or have a written contract, including a contract contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a
Direct Recording Electronic Voting System or system component to
any election jurisdiction unless the system or system component
is first approved by the State Board of Elections pursuant to
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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