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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0127 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.2010 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-5010 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep. Amends the Election Code. Provides that only voting machines or voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections, as allowed under this Code, may be used by an election authority. Repeals the Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Article. Makes conforming changes. Provides that a "voting machine", "voting system", or "electronic voting system" does not mean a direct recording electronic voting machine or system or a machine or system that uses a computer as the marking device to mark a ballot sheet. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 04681 AWJ 49689 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0127 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.2010 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-5010 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep. 10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.20 10 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-50 10 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep. Amends the Election Code. Provides that only voting machines or voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections, as allowed under this Code, may be used by an election authority. Repeals the Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Article. Makes conforming changes. Provides that a "voting machine", "voting system", or "electronic voting system" does not mean a direct recording electronic voting machine or system or a machine or system that uses a computer as the marking device to mark a ballot sheet. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 04681 AWJ 49689 b LRB103 04681 AWJ 49689 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0127 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.2010 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-5010 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep. 10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.20 10 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-50 10 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep.
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5	5	10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11
6	6	10 ILCS 5/18A-218.20
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10	10	10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2
11	11	10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16
12	12	10 ILCS 5/24B-2
13	13	10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1
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15	15	10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep.
16	16	10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep.
17	17	Amends the Election Code. Provides that only voting machines or voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections, as allowed under this Code, may be used by an election authority. Repeals the Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Article. Makes conforming changes. Provides that a "voting machine", "voting system", or "electronic voting system" does not mean a direct recording electronic voting machine or system or a machine or system that uses a computer as the marking device to mark a ballot sheet. Effective January 1, 2024.
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23	23	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
24	24	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
25	25	3 represented in the General Assembly:
26	26	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
27	27	5 Sections 17-11, 18A-218.20, 19A-25.5, 23-50, 24A-2, 24A-16,
28	28	6 24B-2, and 24B-9.1 and by adding Sections 1-22 and 24-0.5 as
29	29	7 follows:
30	30	8 (10 ILCS 5/1-22 new)
31	31	9 Sec. 1-22. Voting machines and voting systems. Only voting
32	32	10 machines or voting systems approved by the State Board of
33	33	11 Elections, as allowed under this Code, may be used by an
34	34	12 election authority.
35	35	13 (10 ILCS 5/17-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-11)
36	36	14 Sec. 17-11. On receipt of his ballot the voter shall
37	37	15 forthwith, and without leaving the inclosed space, retire
38	38	16 alone, or accompanied by children as provided in Section 17-8,
39	39	17 to one of the voting booths so provided and shall prepare his
40	40	18 ballot by making in the appropriate margin or place a cross (X)
41	41	19 opposite the name of the candidate of his choice for each
42	42	20 office to be filled, or by writing in the name of the candidate
43	43	21 of his choice in a blank space on said ticket, making a cross
44	44	22 (X) opposite thereto; and in case of a question submitted to
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48	48	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0127 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
49	49	10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.2010 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-5010 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep. 10 ILCS 5/1-22 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/18A-218.20 10 ILCS 5/19A-25.5 10 ILCS 5/23-50 10 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new 10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2 10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16 10 ILCS 5/24B-2 10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1 10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep.
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51	51	10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11
52	52	10 ILCS 5/18A-218.20
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54	54	10 ILCS 5/23-50
55	55	10 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new
56	56	10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2
57	57	10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16
58	58	10 ILCS 5/24B-2
59	59	10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1
60	60	10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep.
61	61	10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep.
62	62	10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep.
63	63	Amends the Election Code. Provides that only voting machines or voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections, as allowed under this Code, may be used by an election authority. Repeals the Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Article. Makes conforming changes. Provides that a "voting machine", "voting system", or "electronic voting system" does not mean a direct recording electronic voting machine or system or a machine or system that uses a computer as the marking device to mark a ballot sheet. Effective January 1, 2024.
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72	72	10 ILCS 5/1-22 new
73	73	10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11
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78	78	10 ILCS 5/24A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2
79	79	10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16
80	80	10 ILCS 5/24B-2
81	81	10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1
82	82	10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep.
83	83	10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep.
84	84	10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep.
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103	103	1 the vote of the people, by making in the appropriate margin or
104	104	2 place a cross (X) against the answer he desires to give. A
105	105	3 cross (X) in the square in front of the bracket enclosing the
106	106	4 names of a team of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
107	107	5 Governor counts as one vote for each of such candidates.
108	108	6 Before leaving the voting booth the voter shall fold his
109	109	7 ballot in such manner as to conceal the marks thereon. He shall
110	110	8 then vote forthwith in the manner herein provided, except that
111	111	9 the number corresponding to the number of the voter on the poll
112	112	10 books shall not be indorsed on the back of his ballot. He shall
113	113	11 mark and deliver his ballot without undue delay, and shall
114	114	12 quit said inclosed space as soon as he has voted; except that
115	115	13 immediately after voting, the voter shall be instructed
116	116	14 whether the voting equipment, if used, accepted or rejected
117	117	15 the ballot or identified the ballot as under-voted for a
118	118	16 statewide constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is
119	119	17 identified as under-voted may return to the voting booth and
120	120	18 complete the voting of that ballot. A voter whose ballot is not
121	121	19 accepted by the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the
122	122	20 ballot, request and vote another ballot. The voter's
123	123	21 surrendered ballot shall be initialed by the election judge
124	124	22 and handled as provided in the appropriate Article governing
125	125	23 that voting equipment.
126	126	24 No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already
127	127	25 occupied by another, nor remain within said inclosed space
128	128	26 more than ten minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than
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139	139	1 five minutes in case all of said voting booths are in use and
140	140	2 other voters waiting to occupy the same. No voter not an
141	141	3 election officer, shall, after having voted, be allowed to
142	142	4 re-enter said inclosed space during said election. No person
143	143	5 shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before
144	144	6 the close of the poll. No voter shall vote or offer to vote any
145	145	7 ballot except such as he has received from the judges of
146	146	8 election in charge of the ballots. Any voter who shall, by
147	147	9 accident or mistake, spoil his ballot, may, on returning said
148	148	10 spoiled ballot, receive another in place thereof only after
149	149	11 the word "spoiled" has been written in ink diagonally across
150	150	12 the entire face of the ballot returned by the voter.
151	151	13 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
152	152	14 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
153	153	15 required or authorized by Article 24, 24A, or 24B, or 24C,
154	154	16 whichever is applicable, except that the requirements of this
155	155	17 Section that (i) the voter must be notified of the voting
156	156	18 equipment's acceptance or rejection of the voter's ballot or
157	157	19 identification of an under-vote for a statewide constitutional
158	158	20 office and (ii) the voter shall have the opportunity to
159	159	21 correct an under-vote or surrender the ballot that was not
160	160	22 accepted and vote another ballot shall not be modified.
161	161	23 (Source: P.A. 94-288, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
162	162	24 (10 ILCS 5/18A-218.20)
163	163	25 Sec. 18A-218.20. Counting procedures for provisional
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174	174	1 ballots cast in an incorrect precinct within the same election
175	175	2 authority's jurisdiction.
176	176	3 (a) The election authority shall:
177	177	4 (1) transmit to the State Board of Elections the
178	178	5 provisional voter's identifying information and voting
179	179	6 jurisdiction within 2 calendar days. Following that, and
180	180	7 subject to paragraph (2) below, if the election authority
181	181	8 having jurisdiction over the provisional voter determines
182	182	9 that the voter has cast a provisional ballot in an
183	183	10 incorrect precinct, the ballot shall still be counted
184	184	11 using the procedures established in subsection (b) of this
185	185	12 Section or Section 18A-218.30 if applicable. Jurisdictions
186	186	13 that use election machines authorized pursuant to Article
187	187	14 24C of this Code for casting provisional ballots may vary
188	188	15 procedures of this Section and Section 18A-218.30 as
189	189	16 appropriate for the counting of provisional ballots cast
190	190	17 on those machines.
191	191	18 (2) determine whether the voter was entitled to cast a
192	192	19 provisional ballot. The voter is entitled to cast a
193	193	20 provisional ballot if:
194	194	21 (A) the affidavit executed by the voter contains,
195	195	22 at a minimum, the provisional voter's first and last
196	196	23 name, house number and street name, and signature or
197	197	24 mark;
198	198	25 (B) the provisional voter is a registered voter
199	199	26 based on information available to the county clerk or
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210	210	1 board of election commissioners provided by or
211	211	2 obtained from the provisional voter, an election
212	212	3 judge, the Statewide voter registration database
213	213	4 maintained by the State Board of Elections, the
214	214	5 records of the county clerk or board of election
215	215	6 commissioners' database, or the records of the
216	216	7 Secretary of State or the voter is attempting to
217	217	8 register but lacks the necessary documentation; and
218	218	9 (C) the provisional voter did not vote using the
219	219	10 vote by mail ballot and did not vote during the period
220	220	11 for early voting.
221	221	12 (b) Once it has been determined by the election authority
222	222	13 that the voter was entitled to vote a provisional ballot, even
223	223	14 though it had been cast in an incorrect precinct, the election
224	224	15 authority shall select a team or teams of 2 duly commissioned
225	225	16 election judges, one from each of the two leading established
226	226	17 political parties in Illinois, to count the votes that are
227	227	18 eligible to be cast on the provisional ballot. In those
228	228	19 jurisdictions that use election officials as defined in
229	229	20 subsection (h) of Section 18A-15 of this Code, these duties
230	230	21 may be performed by those election officials.
231	231	22 (1) Votes cast for Statewide offices, the Office of
232	232	23 President of the United States (including votes cast in
233	233	24 the Presidential Preference Primary), and United States
234	234	25 Senate shall be counted on all provisional ballots cast in
235	235	26 the incorrect precinct.
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246	246	1 (2) Votes cast for Representative in Congress,
247	247	2 delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
248	248	3 convention, State Senator, State Representative, or
249	249	4 countywide, citywide, villagewide, or township office
250	250	5 shall be counted if it is determined by the election
251	251	6 judges or officials that the voter would have been
252	252	7 entitled to vote for one or more of these offices had the
253	253	8 voter voted in the precinct in which he or she is
254	254	9 registered to vote (the correct precinct) and had the
255	255	10 voter voted a ballot of the correct ballot style
256	256	11 containing all the offices and candidates for which the
257	257	12 voter was entitled to cast a ballot (the correct ballot
258	258	13 style). This determination shall be made by comparing a
259	259	14 sample ballot of the correct ballot style with the actual
260	260	15 provisional ballot cast by the voter. If the same office
261	261	16 (including the same district number for a Congressional,
262	262	17 Legislative or Representative district) appears on both
263	263	18 the correct ballot style sample ballot and the provisional
264	264	19 ballot cast by the voter, votes for that office shall be
265	265	20 counted. All votes cast for any remaining offices (offices
266	266	21 for which the voter would not have been entitled to vote
267	267	22 had he or she voted in the correct precinct) shall not be
268	268	23 counted.
269	269	24 (3) No votes shall be counted for an office when the
270	270	25 voter voted for more candidates than he or she was
271	271	26 allowed.
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282	282	1 (4) Once it has been determined which offices are to
283	283	2 be counted and the provisional ballot contains no other
284	284	3 votes, the provisional ballot shall be counted pursuant to
285	285	4 the procedures set forth in this subsection (b).
286	286	5 (5) If a provisional ballot does not contain any valid
287	287	6 votes, the provisional ballot shall be marked invalid and
288	288	7 shall not be counted.
289	289	8 (6) Any provisional voting verification system
290	290	9 established by an election authority shall inform the
291	291	10 provisional voter that his or her provisional ballot was
292	292	11 partially counted because it was cast in an incorrect
293	293	12 precinct.
294	294	13 (7) If a provisional ballot only contains votes cast
295	295	14 for eligible offices, and does not contain any votes cast
296	296	15 for ineligible offices, the ballot may be tabulated
297	297	16 without having to be remade.
298	298	17 (8) If a provisional ballot contains both valid votes
299	299	18 that must be counted and invalid votes that cannot be
300	300	19 counted, : (A) the election judges, consisting in each
301	301	20 case of at least one of each of the 2 leading political
302	302	21 parties, shall, if the provisional ballot was cast on a
303	303	22 paper ballot sheet, proceed to remake the voted ballot
304	304	23 onto a blank ballot that includes all of the offices for
305	305	24 which valid votes were cast, transferring only valid
306	306	25 votes. The original provisional ballot shall be marked
307	307	26 "Original Provisional Ballot" with a serial number
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318	318	1 commencing at "1" and continuing consecutively for ballots
319	319	2 of that kind in the precinct. The duplicate provisional
320	320	3 ballot shall be marked "Duplicate Provisional Ballot" and
321	321	4 be given the same serial number as the original ballot
322	322	5 from which it was duplicated. The duplicate provisional
323	323	6 ballot shall then be treated in the same manner as other
324	324	7 provisional ballots.
325	325	8 (B) if the provisional ballot was cast on a direct
326	326	9 recording electronic voting device, the election
327	327	10 judges shall mark the original provisional ballot as a
328	328	11 partially counted defective electronic provisional
329	329	12 ballot because it was cast in the incorrect precinct
330	330	13 (or bear some similar notation) and proceed to either:
331	331	14 (i) remake the voted ballot by transferring
332	332	15 all valid votes to a duplicate paper ballot sheet
333	333	16 of the correct ballot style, marking the duplicate
334	334	17 ballot "Duplicate Electronic Provisional Ballot"
335	335	18 and then counting the duplicate provisional ballot
336	336	19 in the same manner as the other provisional
337	337	20 ballots marked on paper ballot sheets; or
338	338	21 (ii) transfer, or cause to be transferred, all
339	339	22 valid votes electronically to the correct
340	340	23 precinct, which shall be counted and added to the
341	341	24 vote totals for the correct precinct, excluding
342	342	25 any votes that cannot be counted. If this method
343	343	26 is used, a permanent paper record must be
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354	354	1 generated for both the defective provisional
355	355	2 ballot and the duplicate electronic provisional
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357	357	4 (c) For provisional ballots cast at a partisan primary
358	358	5 election, the judges shall use a duplicate ballot of the
359	359	6 correct ballot style for the same political party as the
360	360	7 ballot chosen by the voter.
361	361	8 (d) At least one qualified pollwatcher for each candidate,
362	362	9 political party, and civic organization, as authorized by
363	363	10 Section 17-23 of this Code, shall be permitted to observe the
364	364	11 ballot remaking process.
365	365	12 (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
366	366	13 (10 ILCS 5/19A-25.5)
367	367	14 Sec. 19A-25.5. Voting machines, automatic tabulating
368	368	15 equipment, and precinct tabulation optical scan technology
369	369	16 voting equipment.
370	370	17 (a) In all jurisdictions in which voting machines are
371	371	18 used, the provisions of this Code that are not inconsistent
372	372	19 with this Article relating to the furnishing of ballot boxes,
373	373	20 printing and furnishing ballots and supplies, the canvassing
374	374	21 of ballots, and the making of returns, apply with full force
375	375	22 and effect to the extent necessary to make this Article
376	376	23 effective, provided that the number of ballots to be printed
377	377	24 shall be in the discretion of the election authority, and
378	378	25 provided further that early ballots shall not be counted until
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389	389	1 after the polls are closed on election day.
390	390	2 (b) If the election authority has adopted the use of
391	391	3 automatic tabulating equipment under Article 24A of this Code,
392	392	4 and the provisions of that Article are in conflict with the
393	393	5 provisions of this Article 19A, the provisions of Article 24A
394	394	6 shall govern the procedures followed by the election
395	395	7 authority, its judges of election, and all employees and
396	396	8 agents; provided that early ballots shall be counted at the
397	397	9 election authority's central ballot counting location and
398	398	10 shall not be counted until after the polls are closed on
399	399	11 election day.
400	400	12 (c) If the election authority has adopted the use of
401	401	13 tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment under
402	402	14 Article 24B of this Code, and the provisions of that Article
403	403	15 are in conflict with the provisions of this Article 19A, the
404	404	16 provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed
405	405	17 by the election authority, its judges of election, and all
406	406	18 employees and agents; provided that early ballots shall be
407	407	19 counted at the election authority's central ballot counting
408	408	20 location and shall not be counted until after the polls are
409	409	21 closed on election day.
410	410	22 (d) (Blank). If the election authority has adopted the use
411	411	23 of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems under Article
412	412	24 24C of this Code, and the provisions of that Article are in
413	413	25 conflict with the provisions of this Article 19A, the
414	414	26 provisions of Article 24C shall govern the procedures followed
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425	425	1 by the election authority, its judges of election, and all
426	426	2 employees and agents; provided that early ballots shall be
427	427	3 counted at the election authority's central ballot counting
428	428	4 location and shall not be counted until after the polls are
429	429	5 closed on election day.
430	430	6 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
431	431	7 (10 ILCS 5/23-50)
432	432	8 Sec. 23-50. Definition of a vote. For the purpose of any
433	433	9 recount of votes under this Code, a vote is defined as provided
434	434	10 in Sections 7-100, 17-100, 18-100, 24A-22, or 24B-9.1, or
435	435	11 24C-10, depending upon the type of voting equipment or system
436	436	12 used to cast the vote.
437	437	13 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
438	438	14 (10 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new)
439	439	15 Sec. 24-0.5. Definition. As used in this Article, "voting
440	440	16 machine" does not mean a direct recording electronic voting
441	441	17 machine or a machine that uses a computer as the marking device
442	442	18 to mark a ballot sheet.
443	443	19 (10 ILCS 5/24A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-2)
444	444	20 Sec. 24A-2. As used in this Article:
445	445	21 "Computer", "Automatic tabulating equipment" or
446	446	22 "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
447	447	23 examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data
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458	458	1 processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and
459	459	2 tabulating results.
460	460	3 "Ballot card" means a ballot which is voted by the process
461	461	4 of punching.
462	462	5 "Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of
463	463	6 political subdivision ballots including, for each political
464	464	7 subdivision, the particular combination of offices, candidate
465	465	8 names and ballot position numbers for each candidate and
466	466	9 question as it appears for each group of voters who may cast
467	467	10 the same ballot.
468	468	11 "Ballot labels" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages or
469	469	12 other material containing the names of officers and candidates
470	470	13 and statements of measures to be voted on.
471	471	14 "Ballot sheet" means a paper ballot printed on one or both
472	472	15 sides which is (1) designed and prepared so that the voter may
473	473	16 indicate his or her votes in designated areas, which must be
474	474	17 enclosed areas clearly printed or otherwise delineated for
475	475	18 such purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in the
476	476	19 designated areas automatically examined, counted, and
477	477	20 tabulated by an electronic scanning process.
478	478	21 "Ballot" may include ballot cards, ballot labels and paper
479	479	22 ballots.
480	480	23 "Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a
481	481	24 separate portion of the ballot sheet in which the color of the
482	482	25 ink used in printing that portion of the ballot sheet is
483	483	26 distinct from the color of the ink used in printing any other
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494	494	1 portion of the ballot sheet.
495	495	2 "Column" in an electronic voting system which utilizes a
496	496	3 ballot card means a space on a ballot card for punching the
497	497	4 voter's vote arranged in a row running lengthwise on the
498	498	5 ballot card.
499	499	6 "Central Counting" means the counting of ballots in one or
500	500	7 more locations selected by the election authority for the
501	501	8 processing or counting, or both, of ballots. A location for
502	502	9 central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
503	503	10 of such election authority unless there is no suitable
504	504	11 tabulating equipment available within his territorial
505	505	12 jurisdiction. However, in any event a counting location shall
506	506	13 be within this State.
507	507	14 "In-precinct counting" means the counting of ballots on
508	508	15 automatic tabulating equipment provided by the election
509	509	16 authority in the same precinct polling place in which those
510	510	17 ballots have been cast.
511	511	18 "Computer operator" means any person or persons designated
512	512	19 by the election authority to operate the automatic tabulating
513	513	20 equipment during any portion of the vote tallying process in
514	514	21 an election, but shall not include judges of election
515	515	22 operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
516	516	23 "Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating
517	517	24 instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment by which
518	518	25 it examines, counts, tabulates, canvasses and prints votes
519	519	26 recorded by a voter on a ballot card or other medium.
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530	530	1 "Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the
531	531	2 names and ballot position numbers for each candidate and
532	532	3 proposition as they appear in the program for each precinct.
533	533	4 "Voting System" or "Electronic Voting System" means that
534	534	5 combination of equipment and programs used in the casting,
535	535	6 examination and tabulation of ballots and the cumulation and
536	536	7 reporting of results by electronic means. "Voting System" or
537	537	8 "Electronic Voting System" does not mean a direct recording
538	538	9 electronic voting system or a system that uses a computer as
539	539	10 the marking device to mark a ballot sheet.
540	540	11 "Header card" means a data processing card which is coded
541	541	12 to indicate to the computer the precinct identity of the
542	542	13 ballot cards that will follow immediately and may indicate to
543	543	14 the computer how such ballot cards are to be tabulated.
544	544	15 "Marking device" means either an apparatus in which
545	545	16 ballots or ballot cards are inserted and used in connection
546	546	17 with a punch apparatus for the piercing of ballots by the
547	547	18 voter, or any approved device for marking a paper ballot with
548	548	19 ink or other substance which will enable the ballot to be
549	549	20 tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment or by an
550	550	21 electronic scanning process.
551	551	22 "Redundant count" means a verification of the original
552	552	23 computer count by another count using compatible equipment or
553	553	24 by hand as part of a discovery recount.
554	554	25 "Security punch" means a punch placed on a ballot card to
555	555	26 identify to the computer program the offices and propositions
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566	566	1 for which votes may be cast and to indicate the manner in which
567	567	2 votes cast should be tabulated while negating any inadmissible
568	568	3 votes.
569	569	4 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
570	570	5 (10 ILCS 5/24A-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16)
571	571	6 Sec. 24A-16. The State Board of Elections shall approve
572	572	7 all voting systems provided by this Article.
573	573	8 No voting system shall be approved unless it fulfills the
574	574	9 following requirements:
575	575	10 (1) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
576	576	11 (2) (Blank);
577	577	12 (3) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in
578	578	13 part from the nominees of one party, and in part from the
579	579	14 nominees of any or all parties, and in part from
580	580	15 independent candidates and in part of candidates whose
581	581	16 names are written in by the voter;
582	582	17 (4) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed
583	583	18 ticket of his own selection for any person for any office
584	584	19 for whom he may desire to vote;
585	585	20 (5) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
586	586	21 proposition when the voter has cast more votes for such
587	587	22 office or upon such proposition than he is entitled to
588	588	23 cast;
589	589	24 (5.5) It will identify when a voter has not voted for
590	590	25 all statewide constitutional offices;
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601	601	1 (6) It will accommodate all propositions to be
602	602	2 submitted to the voters in the form provided by law or,
603	603	3 where no such form is provided, then in brief form, not to
604	604	4 exceed 75 words;
605	605	5 (7) It will accommodate the tabulation programming
606	606	6 requirements of Sections 24A-6.2, and 24B-6.2, and
607	607	7 24C-6.2.
608	608	8 The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
609	609	9 equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data
610	610	10 Association (IrDA) communications port.
611	611	11 The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
612	612	12 approval of a voting system if the system fails to fulfill the
613	613	13 above requirements.
614	614	14 The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be
615	615	15 solely responsible for the production and cost of: all
616	616	16 application fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers;
617	617	17 and other equipment or facilities needed and used in the
618	618	18 testing of the vendor's, person's, or other private entity's
619	619	19 respective equipment and software.
620	620	20 Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
621	621	21 seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
622	622	22 system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to
623	623	23 the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
624	624	24 Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee
625	625	25 structure, taking into account the type of voting system
626	626	26 approval that is requested (such as approval of a new system, a
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637	637	1 modification of an existing system, the size of the
638	638	2 modification, etc.). No voting system or modification of a
639	639	3 voting system shall be approved unless the fee is paid.
640	640	4 No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
641	641	5 loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
642	642	6 contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
643	643	7 voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
644	644	8 system or voting system component to any election jurisdiction
645	645	9 unless the voting system or voting system component is first
646	646	10 approved by the State Board of Elections pursuant to this
647	647	11 Section.
648	648	12 (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
649	649	13 (10 ILCS 5/24B-2)
650	650	14 Sec. 24B-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:
651	651	15 "Computer", "automatic tabulating equipment" or
652	652	16 "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
653	653	17 examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data
654	654	18 processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and
655	655	19 tabulating results.
656	656	20 "Ballot" means paper ballot sheets.
657	657	21 "Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of
658	658	22 political subdivision ballots including, for each political
659	659	23 subdivision, the particular combination of offices, candidate
660	660	24 names and questions as it appears for each group of voters who
661	661	25 may cast the same ballot.
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672	672	1 "Ballot sheet" means a paper ballot printed on one or both
673	673	2 sides which is (1) designed and prepared so that the voter may
674	674	3 indicate his or her votes in designated areas, which must be
675	675	4 areas clearly printed or otherwise delineated for such
676	676	5 purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in the
677	677	6 designated areas automatically examined, counted, and
678	678	7 tabulated by an electronic scanning process.
679	679	8 "Central counting" means the counting of ballots in one or
680	680	9 more locations selected by the election authority for the
681	681	10 processing or counting, or both, of ballots. A location for
682	682	11 central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
683	683	12 of the election authority unless there is no suitable
684	684	13 tabulating equipment available within his territorial
685	685	14 jurisdiction. However, in any event a counting location shall
686	686	15 be within this State.
687	687	16 "Computer operator" means any person or persons designated
688	688	17 by the election authority to operate the automatic tabulating
689	689	18 equipment during any portion of the vote tallying process in
690	690	19 an election, but shall not include judges of election
691	691	20 operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
692	692	21 "Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating
693	693	22 instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment that
694	694	23 examines, counts, tabulates, canvasses and prints votes
695	695	24 recorded by a voter on a ballot.
696	696	25 "Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the
697	697	26 names of each candidate and proposition as they appear in the
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708	708	1 program for each precinct.
709	709	2 "Header sheet" means a data processing document which is
710	710	3 coded to indicate to the computer the precinct identity of the
711	711	4 ballots that will follow immediately and may indicate to the
712	712	5 computer how such ballots are to be tabulated.
713	713	6 "In-precinct counting" means the counting of ballots on
714	714	7 automatic tabulating equipment provided by the election
715	715	8 authority in the same precinct polling place in which those
716	716	9 ballots have been cast.
717	717	10 "Marking device" means a pen, computer, or other device
718	718	11 approved by the State Board of Elections for marking, or
719	719	12 causing to be marked, a paper ballot with ink or other
720	720	13 substance which will enable the ballot to be tabulated by
721	721	14 automatic tabulating equipment or by an electronic scanning
722	722	15 process.
723	723	16 "Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology" means the
724	724	17 capability to examine a ballot through electronic means and
725	725	18 tabulate the votes at one or more counting places.
726	726	19 "Redundant count" means a verification of the original
727	727	20 computer count by another count using compatible equipment or
728	728	21 by hand as part of a discovery recount.
729	729	22 "Security designation" means a printed designation placed
730	730	23 on a ballot to identify to the computer program the offices and
731	731	24 propositions for which votes may be cast and to indicate the
732	732	25 manner in which votes cast should be tabulated while negating
733	733	26 any inadmissible votes.
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744	744	1 "Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a
745	745	2 separate portion of the ballot sheet which is clearly defined
746	746	3 by a border or borders or shading.
747	747	4 "Specimen ballot" means a representation of names of
748	748	5 offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted
749	749	6 on which will appear on the official ballot or marking device
750	750	7 on election day. The specimen ballot also contains the party
751	751	8 and position number where applicable.
752	752	9 "Voting defect identification" means the capability to
753	753	10 detect overvoted ballots or ballots which cannot be read by
754	754	11 the automatic tabulating equipment.
755	755	12 "Voting defects" means an overvoted ballot, or a ballot
756	756	13 which cannot be read by the automatic tabulating equipment.
757	757	14 "Voting system" or "electronic voting system" means that
758	758	15 combination of equipment and programs used in the casting,
759	759	16 examination and tabulation of ballots and the cumulation and
760	760	17 reporting of results by electronic means. "Voting System" or
761	761	18 "Electronic Voting System" does not mean a direct recording
762	762	19 electronic voting system or a system that uses a computer as
763	763	20 the marking device to mark a ballot sheet.
764	764	21 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
765	765	22 (10 ILCS 5/24B-9.1)
766	766	23 Sec. 24B-9.1. Examination of Votes by Electronic Precinct
767	767	24 Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Scanning Process or other
768	768	25 authorized electronic process; definition of a vote.
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779	779	1 (a) Examination of Votes by Electronic Precinct Tabulation
780	780	2 Optical Scan Technology Scanning Process. Whenever a Precinct
781	781	3 Tabulation Optical Scan Technology process is used to
782	782	4 automatically examine and count the votes on ballot sheets,
783	783	5 the provisions of this Section shall apply. A voter shall cast
784	784	6 a proper vote on a ballot sheet by making a mark, or causing a
785	785	7 mark to be made, in the designated area for the casting of a
786	786	8 vote for any party or candidate or for or against any
787	787	9 proposition. For this purpose, a mark is an intentional
788	788	10 darkening of the designated area on the ballot, and not an
789	789	11 identifying mark.
790	790	12 (b) For any ballot sheet that does not register a vote for
791	791	13 one or more ballot positions on the ballot sheet on a
792	792	14 Electronic Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
793	793	15 Scanning Process, the following shall constitute a vote on the
794	794	16 ballot sheet:
795	795	17 (1) the designated area for casting a vote for a
796	796	18 particular ballot position on the ballot sheet is fully
797	797	19 darkened or shaded in;
798	798	20 (2) the designated area for casting a vote for a
799	799	21 particular ballot position on the ballot sheet is
800	800	22 partially darkened or shaded in;
801	801	23 (3) the designated area for casting a vote for a
802	802	24 particular ballot position on the ballot sheet contains a
803	803	25 dot or ".", a check, or a plus or "+";
804	804	26 (4) the designated area for casting a vote for a
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815	815	1 particular ballot position on the ballot sheet contains
816	816	2 some other type of mark that indicates the clearly
817	817	3 ascertainable intent of the voter to vote based on the
818	818	4 totality of the circumstances, including but not limited
819	819	5 to any pattern or frequency of marks on other ballot
820	820	6 positions from the same ballot sheet; or
821	821	7 (5) the designated area for casting a vote for a
822	822	8 particular ballot position on the ballot sheet is not
823	823	9 marked, but the ballot sheet contains other markings
824	824	10 associated with a particular ballot position, such as
825	825	11 circling a candidate's name, that indicates the clearly
826	826	12 ascertainable intent of the voter to vote, based on the
827	827	13 totality of the circumstances, including but not limited
828	828	14 to, any pattern or frequency of markings on other ballot
829	829	15 positions from the same ballot sheet.
830	830	16 (c) (Blank). For other electronic voting systems that use
831	831	17 a computer as the marking device to mark a ballot sheet, the
832	832	18 bar code found on the ballot sheet shall constitute the votes
833	833	19 found on the ballot. If, however, the county clerk or board of
834	834	20 election commissioners determines that the votes represented
835	835	21 by the tally on the bar code for one or more ballot positions
836	836	22 is inconsistent with the votes represented by numerical ballot
837	837	23 positions identified on the ballot sheet produced using a
838	838	24 computer as the marking device, then the numerical ballot
839	839	25 positions identified on the ballot sheet shall constitute the
840	840	26 votes for purposes of any official canvass or recount
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851	851	1 proceeding. An electronic voting system that uses a computer
852	852	2 as the marking device to mark a ballot sheet shall be capable
853	853	3 of producing a ballot sheet that contains all numerical ballot
854	854	4 positions selected by the voter, and provides a place for the
855	855	5 voter to cast a write-in vote for a candidate for a particular
856	856	6 numerical ballot position.
857	857	7 (d) The election authority shall provide an envelope,
858	858	8 sleeve or other device to each voter so the voter can deliver
859	859	9 the voted ballot sheet to the counting equipment and ballot
860	860	10 box without the votes indicated on the ballot sheet being
861	861	11 visible to other persons in the polling place.
862	862	12 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
863	863	13 (10 ILCS 5/19A-20 rep.)
864	864	14 (10 ILCS 5/24A-20 rep.)
865	865	15 (10 ILCS 5/Art. 24C rep.)
866	866	16 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
867	867	17 Sections 19A-20 and 24A-20 and Article 24C.
868	868	18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
869	869	19 1, 2024.
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