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Public Act 90-0745

HB0644 Enrolled                                LRB9000485DPcc

    AN ACT to amend  the  Election  Code  by  adding  Section
24A-20.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.   The  Election  Code  is  amended  by  adding
Section 24A-20 as follows:

    (10 ILCS 5/24A-20 new)
    Sec.  24A-20.   State  Board testing of electronic ballot
forms using direct recording electronic voting systems.   The
State Board of Elections may test direct recording electronic
voting systems. Testing by the State Board of Elections shall
include  the  operation of direct recording electronic voting
systems during a mock voting  procedure  and  during  a  mock
contested  election  in  which  ballots  are  objected  to or
recounted.  The State Board of Elections shall certify to the
General Assembly the results of any tests it  performs  under
this Section.  Notwithstanding the results of the State Board
of  Elections  test  and  its  certification  to  the General
Assembly, nothing in this Section shall authorize the use  of
a  direct  recording  electronic voting system unless further
authorized by the General Assembly.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act shall take  effect
upon becoming law.
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