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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1313 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Creates the Illinois Election Integrity Act. Amends the Election Code. Requires that each election authority (i) conduct an election day audit of a random sample of 10% of votes cast and (ii) provide by contract or employment for the performance by one or more independent auditors of post-election parallel tabulations and audits. Provides for the scope of the audits and the resulting reports. Requires that optical scan technology and direct recording electronic voting systems meet certain federal and independent testing standards. Creates a voluntary tax checkoff for the Fund. With respect to early voting, requires that an election authority using only direct recording electronic voting systems have paper ballots available for voters wishing to use them. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Election Integrity Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1313 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Creates the Illinois Election Integrity Act. Amends the Election Code. Requires that each election authority (i) conduct an election day audit of a random sample of 10% of votes cast and (ii) provide by contract or employment for the performance by one or more independent auditors of post-election parallel tabulations and audits. Provides for the scope of the audits and the resulting reports. Requires that optical scan technology and direct recording electronic voting systems meet certain federal and independent testing standards. Creates a voluntary tax checkoff for the Fund. With respect to early voting, requires that an election authority using only direct recording electronic voting systems have paper ballots available for voters wishing to use them. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Election Integrity Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1313 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Creates the Illinois Election Integrity Act. Amends the Election Code. Requires that each election authority (i) conduct an election day audit of a random sample of 10% of votes cast and (ii) provide by contract or employment for the performance by one or more independent auditors of post-election parallel tabulations and audits. Provides for the scope of the audits and the resulting reports. Requires that optical scan technology and direct recording electronic voting systems meet certain federal and independent testing standards. Creates a voluntary tax checkoff for the Fund. With respect to early voting, requires that an election authority using only direct recording electronic voting systems have paper ballots available for voters wishing to use them. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Election Integrity Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be referred to as the
15	15	5 Illinois Election Integrity Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
17	17	7 Sections 19A-75, 24B-2, 24B-16, 24C-2, 24C-9, and 24C-16 and
18	18	8 by adding Article 17A as follows:
19	19	9 (10 ILCS 5/19A-75)
20	20	10 Sec. 19A-75. Early voting in jurisdictions using Direct
21	21	11 Recording Electronic Voting Systems under Article 24C.
22	22	12 Election authorities that have adopted for use Direct
23	23	13 Recording Electronic Voting Systems under Article 24C may (i)
24	24	14 either use those voting systems to conduct early voting,
25	25	15 provided that each early voting polling place shall have
26	26	16 available sufficient paper ballots for those voters who
27	27	17 request them, consistent with the limitations set forth in
28	28	18 subsection (b) of Section 19A-10, or (ii) , so long as at least
29	29	19 one Direct Recording Electronic Voting System device is
30	30	20 available at each early voting polling place, use whatever
31	31	21 method the election authority uses for vote by mail balloting;
32	32	22 provided that no early ballots are counted before the polls
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36	36	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1313 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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39	39	Creates the Illinois Election Integrity Act. Amends the Election Code. Requires that each election authority (i) conduct an election day audit of a random sample of 10% of votes cast and (ii) provide by contract or employment for the performance by one or more independent auditors of post-election parallel tabulations and audits. Provides for the scope of the audits and the resulting reports. Requires that optical scan technology and direct recording electronic voting systems meet certain federal and independent testing standards. Creates a voluntary tax checkoff for the Fund. With respect to early voting, requires that an election authority using only direct recording electronic voting systems have paper ballots available for voters wishing to use them. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Election Integrity Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
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67	67	1 close on election day.
68	68	2 (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
69	69	3 (10 ILCS 5/Art. 17A heading new)
70	70	4 ARTICLE 17A. AUDITS
71	71	5 (10 ILCS 5/17A-5 new)
72	72	6 Sec. 17A-5. Election day audit. There shall be conducted
73	73	7 a 10% election day audit of all votes cast for each designated
74	74	8 race or proposition on election day.
75	75	9 (10 ILCS 5/17A-10 new)
76	76	10 Sec. 17A-10. Scope of the audit. The 10% audit shall be
77	77	11 conducted for all races or propositions that meet the
78	78	12 following criteria:
79	79	13 (1) all statewide offices and propositions;
80	80	14 (2) all countywide offices and propositions;
81	81	15 (3) all federal races; and
82	82	16 (4) any municipal or other political sub-division or
83	83	17 taxing entity races where the number of registered voters
84	84	18 eligible to vote on that race or proposition exceeds
85	85	19 50,000 voters.
86	86	20 (10 ILCS 5/17A-15 new)
87	87	21 Sec. 17A-15. Time and place of the audit. The 10% audits
88	88	22 shall take place on election day as soon as practicable after
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99	99	1 the close of the polls and shall take place at the location
100	100	2 where votes are originally counted (in-precinct for all votes
101	101	3 cast on election day and at the central counting location for
102	102	4 early voting, grace, and absentee ballots), provided that the
103	103	5 10% hand count shall be subordinate to and not interfere with
104	104	6 the reporting of election results.
105	105	7 (10 ILCS 5/17A-20 new)
106	106	8 Sec. 17A-20. Conduct. The election day audit shall be
107	107	9 conducted by election judges selected and appointed in the
108	108	10 same manner as set forth in Sections 13-1, 13-2, 14-1, 14-2,
109	109	11 and 14-3 of this Code. Election authorities may implement the
110	110	12 appointment of part-time judges, job-sharing, split shifts, or
111	111	13 other methods of allocating election judge resources to ensure
112	112	14 that sufficient judges are available to conduct the election
113	113	15 day audits in a timely and efficient manner.
114	114	16 (10 ILCS 5/17A-25 new)
115	115	17 Sec. 17A-25. Random selection of ballots to be examined.
116	116	18 (a) The election authority shall provide to each polling
117	117	19 place, precinct, or central counting location as appropriate
118	118	20 one set of 10 plastic disks, each imprinted on one or both
119	119	21 sides with a number from 1 to 10. Each disk shall have one such
120	120	22 number imprinted, with the same number on each side, and no 2
121	121	23 disks shall have the same number. In addition, a suitable
122	122	24 opaque container shall be provided sufficient to contain the
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134	134	2 (b) After the close of the polls and prior to the
135	135	3 commencement of the election day audit, the election judges
136	136	4 present shall select one of their number to place the numbered
137	137	5 disk in the container and shake the container sufficiently so
138	138	6 that the disks shall be in random order. The judges shall
139	139	7 select another of their number to select one such disk from the
140	140	8 container in such a manner that the selecting judge has no
141	141	9 knowledge of which disk he or she is selecting. The disk drawn
142	142	10 from the container shall be examined and the number of the disk
143	143	11 chosen publicly announced. That result shall indicate which
144	144	12 ballots are to be examined, e.g. a result of 7 shall require
145	145	13 that the seventh and every tenth ballot thereafter be examined
146	146	14 (7, 17, 27, etc.). The result of the drawing shall be recorded
147	147	15 on the summary report section set forth in Section 17A-35.
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149	149	17 Sec. 17A-30. Ballots or paper records to be examined.
150	150	18 (a) The election authority shall provide to each polling
151	151	19 place, precinct, or central counting location as appropriate
152	152	20 one self-inked consecutive numbering stamp capable of
153	153	21 numbering from 1 to 999,999.
154	154	22 (b) All paper ballots shall be placed in a single stack in
155	155	23 a random order as retrieved from the ballot boxes and each
156	156	24 ballot shall be stamped with a consecutive number, starting
157	157	25 with the number 1 until all ballots have been numbered.
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168	168	1 (c) The starting number and tenth ballot thereafter shall
169	169	2 be examined in accordance with the selection number resulting
170	170	3 from the operation of Section 17A-25.
171	171	4 (d) For paper records printed by Direct Recording
172	172	5 Electronic voting machines, the paper records shall be
173	173	6 examined in the order printed on the Direct Recording
174	174	7 Electronic-produced paper records selecting each starting and
175	175	8 tenth paper record thereafter in accordance with the selection
176	176	9 number resulting from the operation of Section 17A-25.
177	177	10 (e) For paper records printed by Direct Recording
178	178	11 Electronic voting machines, only the human-readable portion of
179	179	12 the paper record shall be used in the election day audit. The
180	180	13 use of bar codes or other human unreadable records of votes
181	181	14 shall not be permitted.
182	182	15 (10 ILCS 5/17A-35 new)
183	183	16 Sec. 17A-35. Reports.
184	184	17 (a) Prior to election day, the appropriate election
185	185	18 authority shall cause to be created and printed an audit
186	186	19 summary form that shall state the races and propositions to be
187	187	20 audited in accordance with Section 17A-10 and shall have
188	188	21 pre-printed spaces, boxes, or both in which the results of the
189	189	22 election day audit shall be recorded. This form shall also
190	190	23 include a reconciliation of all ballots counted by category,
191	191	24 such as provisional, federal only, standard, etc., and shall
192	192	25 be provided in sufficient number to all auditing locations to
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203	203	1 facilitate the required distribution.
204	204	2 (b) Upon completion of the audit, 6 copies of the election
205	205	3 day audit summary shall be signed by all the judges
206	206	4 participating in the election day audit and shall be
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208	208	6 (1) One copy shall be posted in the polling or
209	209	7 counting location in a manner that the election day audit
210	210	8 summary is clearly visible and available for public
211	211	9 inspection for a period of not less than one hour.
212	212	10 (2) Two copies shall be placed in the ballot box or
213	213	11 designated envelope or envelopes and transported to the
214	214	12 election authority in the same manner as ballots.
215	215	13 (3) Three copies shall be made available on request to
216	216	14 pollwatchers or members of the public in that order of
217	217	15 preference.
218	218	16 (4) Pollwatchers and other observers in the polls may
219	219	17 take photographs of the posted copies without restriction.
220	220	18 (c) The audit reports from all in-precinct and central
221	221	19 counting locations shall be received by the election authority
222	222	20 and a consolidated report shall be prepared. The consolidated
223	223	21 reports shall be published by the election authority within 24
224	224	22 hours after the closing of the polls, and the authorities
225	225	23 shall certify the election day audit results and maintain both
226	226	24 consolidated and individual location reports in the same
227	227	25 manner and for the same period of time as ballots, except that
228	228	26 copies of consolidated and individual location reports shall
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239	239	1 be available to the public upon request. If that election
240	240	2 authority maintains a public website, then the copies shall
241	241	3 also be made freely available to the public via the Internet
242	242	4 for a period of not less than 60 days.
243	243	5 (d) The certified consolidated and individual location
244	244	6 reports shall be deemed admissible as evidence to the extent
245	245	7 permitted by law in any action for discovery or other recount.
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247	247	9 Sec. 17A-40. Parallel, independent audits. There shall be
248	248	10 conducted an independent parallel tabulation and audit for
249	249	11 each race or proposition in every election.
250	250	12 (10 ILCS 5/17A-45 new)
251	251	13 Sec. 17A-45. Authority. Each election authority shall be
252	252	14 empowered on behalf of all voters in that jurisdiction to
253	253	15 contract for, employ, or both contract for and employ one or
254	254	16 more independent auditors to conduct a parallel count and
255	255	17 tabulation of the results of every election conducted by the
256	256	18 election authority for every race and proposition in the
257	257	19 election.
258	258	20 (10 ILCS 5/17A-50 new)
259	259	21 Sec. 17A-50. Independent election audit committee. Each
260	260	22 election authority shall cause to be constituted an
261	261	23 independent election audit committee of not less than 5
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272	272	1 members, that shall have as its primary duties: (1) the
273	273	2 preparation of a request for proposal for the parallel
274	274	3 election tabulation and audit and (2) the selection of the
275	275	4 independent auditor or auditors to perform such audit.
276	276	5 (10 ILCS 5/17A-55 new)
277	277	6 Sec. 17A-55. Time of convening. The election audit
278	278	7 committee for each jurisdiction shall convene at least 120
279	279	8 days prior to election day and meet thereafter as often as
280	280	9 shall be deemed necessary and proper by its membership.
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282	282	11 Sec. 17A-60. Committee composition. The election audit
283	283	12 committee shall consist of the following members:
284	284	13 (1) One member appointed by each political party that
285	285	14 shall have had a candidate for jurisdiction-wide public
286	286	15 office in that jurisdiction on the ballot for the previous
287	287	16 general election, provided that the party shall have had
288	288	17 at least one candidate who received 10% of the ballots
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290	290	19 (2) Two members appointed by the election authority
291	291	20 for the jurisdiction.
292	292	21 (3) One election judge from each of the political
293	293	22 parties qualifying under paragraph (1) who has served as
294	294	23 an election judge in the most recent election conducted in
295	295	24 that jurisdiction and at least 2 previous elections. The
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306	306	1 election judge members shall be selected by lot from among
307	307	2 the pool of available judges from the most recent election
308	308	3 conducted in that jurisdiction.
309	309	4 (10 ILCS 5/17A-65 new)
310	310	5 Sec. 17A-65. Request for proposal. Each election authority
311	311	6 shall issue a request for proposal for a parallel election
312	312	7 tabulation and audit as prepared by the independent election
313	313	8 audit committee not less than 90 days before election day. The
314	314	9 proposals shall be examined and reviewed by the election audit
315	315	10 committee, and the election authority (or other governmental
316	316	11 body with appropriation and contracting authority for the
317	317	12 jurisdiction) shall award the contract for the audit not less
318	318	13 than 45 days before each election.
319	319	14 (10 ILCS 5/17A-70 new)
320	320	15 Sec. 17A-70. Funding. The public accounting firm
321	321	16 conducting the parallel election tabulation and audit shall be
322	322	17 paid from public funds appropriated by each election
323	323	18 jurisdiction and designated for that purposes.
324	324	19 (10 ILCS 5/17A-75 new)
325	325	20 Sec. 17A-75. Contractor qualifications. To qualify to
326	326	21 submit a proposal, a potential parallel election tabulation
327	327	22 and audit contractor shall include in its response to the
328	328	23 request for proposal:
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339	339	1 (1) Evidence that it is a public accounting firm
340	340	2 licensed by the State of Illinois to perform financial
341	341	3 audits.
342	342	4 (2) Provide evidence that upon awarding of a contract
343	343	5 to conduct the parallel election tabulation, the firm can
344	344	6 post a performance bond equal to $1 for every registered
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346	346	8 (3) An agreement to submit a response to the request
347	347	9 for proposal that shall limit the aggregate amount to be
348	348	10 paid the contractor to not more than (i) $75 per precinct
349	349	11 audited, (ii) $0.075 per ballot or paper record counted
350	350	12 and tallied at central counting locations, or (iii) both
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352	352	14 (4) A statement of performance secured by the
353	353	15 performance bond in item (2) that above the parallel
354	354	16 election tabulation and audit shall be completed and
355	355	17 public reports submitted within the time limitations set
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358	358	20 Sec. 17A-80. Award. The public accounting firm awarded the
359	359	21 contract shall be granted access to any and all records of the
360	360	22 election, including, but not limited to, paper ballots,
361	361	23 portable computer memory devices from Direct Recording
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374	374	1 software, computer logs and error reports of all voting
375	375	2 machines and central tabulation devices, servers,
376	376	3 communications protocols, databases of all types including
377	377	4 registration databases, pollwatcher and election judge logs
378	378	5 and reports, and any other records deemed relevant to the
379	379	6 conduct of the election as the auditing entity shall deem
380	380	7 necessary and reasonable for the conduct of the parallel
381	381	8 election tabulation and audit.
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383	383	10 Sec. 17A-85. Reports.
384	384	11 (a) The public accounting firm shall produce an initial
385	385	12 results report within 72 hours after the close of the polls
386	386	13 that shall examine and comment on at least, but not limited to,
387	387	14 the following:
388	388	15 (1) Whether proper procedures were used in the
389	389	16 compilation and tabulation of the 10% election day audit.
390	390	17 (2) Whether each voter's choices were accurately
391	391	18 summarized in the precinct or central count tallying.
392	392	19 (3) To the extent possible to determine from the
393	393	20 records available, that the central tabulation procedures,
394	394	21 equipment, and software functioned correctly and that the
395	395	22 totals reflected in the internal and public tabulation of
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397	397	24 The auditing entity shall certify, with any exceptions
398	398	25 noted thereto, the tabulated results of each race or
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409	409	1 proposition of the election as being accurate to the extent
410	410	2 that the winner of each race or the prevailing result for each
411	411	3 proposition is correct. For each and every race for which the
412	412	4 auditing entity is unable to certify, it shall state the
413	413	5 reasons therefore, citing specific circumstances as to why it
414	414	6 is unable to certify the outcome.
415	415	7 (b) The public accounting firm shall produce an
416	416	8 operational report within 21 days after the close of the polls
417	417	9 that shall examine and comment on at least, but not limited to,
418	418	10 the following:
419	419	11 (1) Pre-election preparation including the compiling
420	420	12 and production of registration and eligible voter lists,
421	421	13 including printed ballot applications and voter records in
422	422	14 electronic poll books, and candidate, voter, and poll
423	423	15 worker accessible records of eligibility.
424	424	16 (2) Proper compiling and production of ballots, both
425	425	17 paper and electronic, as to completeness and accuracy for
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427	427	19 (3) Adequacy and completeness of training manuals,
428	428	20 election judge's manuals, voter instruction materials, and
429	429	21 other internal and public documents related to the
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431	431	23 (4) The election process during the time the polls
432	432	24 were open, including reports of machine failures, election
433	433	25 problems of all varieties, poll workers and pollwatchers,
434	434	26 reports in order to determine and express an opinion of
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445	445	1 the efficacy of the election process and to determine to
446	446	2 the extent possible that:
447	447	3 (A) All eligible voters were given an opportunity
448	448	4 to vote.
449	449	5 (B) Each voter received a proper and complete
450	450	6 ballot.
451	451	7 (C) Each voter's choices were properly recorded by
452	452	8 the electronic or mechanical machines used in the
453	453	9 voting process.
454	454	10 (b-5) The auditors of the parallel election tabulation
455	455	11 shall examine the processes used after the polls closed to
456	456	12 determine, to the extent possible from the records available,
457	457	13 if:
458	458	14 (1) All election materials were properly secured and
459	459	15 that a complete and unbroken chain of custody exists for
460	460	16 all election materials.
461	461	17 (2) In the case where election authorities gather
462	462	18 election results through electronic transmission, either
463	463	19 through land lines or wireless networks, the transmissions
464	464	20 were secure, reliable, and accurate.
465	465	21 (c) The auditing entity shall produce a report that
466	466	22 adequately describes all problems associated with the election
467	467	23 process and to the extent possible the causes of those
468	468	24 problems.
469	469	25 (d) To the extent possible within the time constraints
470	470	26 imposed by the 21-day requirement, the auditing entity shall
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481	481	1 include in its report recommendations for modifications to
482	482	2 procedures, equipment, or software that would eliminate
483	483	3 problems or improve the efficiency and accuracy of the process
484	484	4 in whatever stage examined or reported.
485	485	5 (10 ILCS 5/17A-90 new)
486	486	6 Sec. 17A-90. Availability and ownership of parallel
487	487	7 election tabulation and audit reports.
488	488	8 (a) The report of the auditing entity shall be public
489	489	9 property, in the public domain, and available to anyone upon
490	490	10 request and payment of a reasonable fee, subject to the
491	491	11 provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
492	492	12 (b) If the election authority contracting for the parallel
493	493	13 election tabulation and audit report maintains a website, the
494	494	14 Report shall be posted on the publicly accessible portion of
495	495	15 the website in an appropriate format for downloading and
496	496	16 printing by the public.
497	497	17 (10 ILCS 5/17A-95 new)
498	498	18 Sec. 17A-95. Legal effect. The parallel election
499	499	19 tabulation and audit reports shall be deemed admissible as
500	500	20 evidence to the extent permitted by law in any action for
501	501	21 discovery or other recount.
502	502	22 (10 ILCS 5/17A-100 new)
503	503	23 Sec. 17A-100. Illinois Election Integrity Fund. The
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514	514	1 Illinois Election Integrity Fund is created as a special fund
515	515	2 in the State treasury. All voluntary citizen contributions
516	516	3 shall be deposited into the Fund. All moneys deposited into
517	517	4 the Fund shall be used by the Illinois Board of Elections to
518	518	5 administer this Fund and to use Fund proceeds for all required
519	519	6 election audits. Approximately $2,000,000 in funding shall be
520	520	7 required for the first election cycle covered under this Act.
521	521	8 The Department must print on its standard individual income
522	522	9 tax form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
523	523	10 contribute to the Election Integrity Fund, he or she may do so
524	524	11 by stating the amount of the contribution on the return and
525	525	12 that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or
526	526	13 increase the amount of payment to accompany the return.
527	527	14 Failure to remit any amount of increase payment shall reduce
528	528	15 the contribution accordingly. This Section does not apply to
529	529	16 any amended return. All proceeds from voluntary taxpayer
530	530	17 checkoffs shall provide additional funding to cover the
531	531	18 administration of this Act and the costs of required election
532	532	19 audits.
533	533	20 (10 ILCS 5/24B-2)
534	534	21 Sec. 24B-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:
535	535	22 "Approved independent testing authority" means an
536	536	23 independent laboratory or authority certified by the federal
537	537	24 Election Assistance Commission.
538	538	25 "Computer", "automatic tabulating equipment" or
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549	549	1 "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
550	550	2 examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data
551	551	3 processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and
552	552	4 tabulating results.
553	553	5 "Ballot" means paper ballot sheets.
554	554	6 "Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of
555	555	7 political subdivision ballots including, for each political
556	556	8 subdivision, the particular combination of offices, candidate
557	557	9 names and questions as it appears for each group of voters who
558	558	10 may cast the same ballot.
559	559	11 "Ballot sheet" means a paper ballot printed on one or both
560	560	12 sides which is (1) designed and prepared so that the voter may
561	561	13 indicate his or her votes in designated areas, which must be
562	562	14 areas clearly printed or otherwise delineated for such
563	563	15 purpose, and (2) capable of having votes marked in the
564	564	16 designated areas automatically examined, counted, and
565	565	17 tabulated by an electronic scanning process.
566	566	18 "Central counting" means the counting of ballots in one or
567	567	19 more locations selected by the election authority for the
568	568	20 processing or counting, or both, of ballots. A location for
569	569	21 central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
570	570	22 of the election authority unless there is no suitable
571	571	23 tabulating equipment available within his territorial
572	572	24 jurisdiction. However, in any event a counting location shall
573	573	25 be within this State.
574	574	26 "Computer operator" means any person or persons designated
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585	585	1 by the election authority to operate the automatic tabulating
586	586	2 equipment during any portion of the vote tallying process in
587	587	3 an election, but shall not include judges of election
588	588	4 operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
589	589	5 "Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating
590	590	6 instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment that
591	591	7 examines, counts, tabulates, canvasses and prints votes
592	592	8 recorded by a voter on a ballot.
593	593	9 "Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the
594	594	10 names of each candidate and proposition as they appear in the
595	595	11 program for each precinct.
596	596	12 "Header sheet" means a data processing document which is
597	597	13 coded to indicate to the computer the precinct identity of the
598	598	14 ballots that will follow immediately and may indicate to the
599	599	15 computer how such ballots are to be tabulated.
600	600	16 "In-precinct counting" means the counting of ballots on
601	601	17 automatic tabulating equipment provided by the election
602	602	18 authority in the same precinct polling place in which those
603	603	19 ballots have been cast.
604	604	20 "Marking device" means a pen, computer, or other device
605	605	21 approved by the State Board of Elections for marking, or
606	606	22 causing to be marked, a paper ballot with ink or other
607	607	23 substance which will enable the ballot to be tabulated by
608	608	24 automatic tabulating equipment or by an electronic scanning
609	609	25 process.
610	610	26 "Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology" means the
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621	621	1 capability to examine a ballot through electronic means and
622	622	2 tabulate the votes at one or more counting places.
623	623	3 "Redundant count" means a verification of the original
624	624	4 computer count by another count using compatible equipment or
625	625	5 by hand as part of a discovery recount.
626	626	6 "Security designation" means a printed designation placed
627	627	7 on a ballot to identify to the computer program the offices and
628	628	8 propositions for which votes may be cast and to indicate the
629	629	9 manner in which votes cast should be tabulated while negating
630	630	10 any inadmissible votes.
631	631	11 "Separate ballot", with respect to ballot sheets, means a
632	632	12 separate portion of the ballot sheet which is clearly defined
633	633	13 by a border or borders or shading.
634	634	14 "Specimen ballot" means a representation of names of
635	635	15 offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted
636	636	16 on which will appear on the official ballot or marking device
637	637	17 on election day. The specimen ballot also contains the party
638	638	18 and position number where applicable.
639	639	19 "Voting defect identification" means the capability to
640	640	20 detect overvoted ballots or ballots which cannot be read by
641	641	21 the automatic tabulating equipment.
642	642	22 "Voting defects" means an overvoted ballot, or a ballot
643	643	23 which cannot be read by the automatic tabulating equipment.
644	644	24 "Voting system" or "electronic voting system" means that
645	645	25 combination of equipment and programs used in the casting,
646	646	26 examination and tabulation of ballots and the cumulation and
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657	657	1 reporting of results by electronic means.
658	658	2 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
659	659	3 (10 ILCS 5/24B-16)
660	660	4 Sec. 24B-16. Approval of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
661	661	5 Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of
662	662	6 Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
663	663	7 Technology voting systems provided by this Article that
664	664	8 fulfill the voluntary provisions and mandatory requirements of
665	665	9 the federal voting system standards pertaining to Precinct
666	666	10 Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting systems promulgated
667	667	11 by the Federal Election Commission or the Election Assistance
668	668	12 Commission and that fulfill the testing requirements of an
669	669	13 approved independent testing authority.
670	670	14 No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
671	671	15 system shall be approved unless it has been certified by the
672	672	16 Federal Election Commission or the Election Assistance
673	673	17 Commission and fulfills the following requirements:
674	674	18 (a) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
675	675	19 (b) (Blank);
676	676	20 (c) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in
677	677	21 part from the nominees of one party, and in part from the
678	678	22 nominees of any or all parties, and in part from
679	679	23 independent candidates, and in part of candidates whose
680	680	24 names are written in by the voter;
681	681	25 (d) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed
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692	692	1 ticket of his or her own selection for any person for any
693	693	2 office for whom he or she may desire to vote;
694	694	3 (e) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
695	695	4 proposition when the voter has cast more votes for the
696	696	5 office or upon the proposition than he or she is entitled
697	697	6 to cast;
698	698	7 (e-5) It will identify when a voter has not voted for
699	699	8 all statewide constitutional offices; and
700	700	9 (f) It will accommodate all propositions to be
701	701	10 submitted to the voters in the form provided by law or,
702	702	11 where no form is provided, then in brief form, not to
703	703	12 exceed 75 words.
704	704	13 The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
705	705	14 equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data
706	706	15 Association (IrDA) communications port.
707	707	16 The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
708	708	17 approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
709	709	18 voting system if the system fails to fulfill the above
710	710	19 requirements.
711	711	20 The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be
712	712	21 solely responsible for the production and cost of: all
713	713	22 application fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers;
714	714	23 and other equipment or facilities needed and used in the
715	715	24 testing of the vendor's, person's, or other private entity's
716	716	25 respective equipment and software.
717	717	26 Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
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728	728	1 seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
729	729	2 system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to
730	730	3 the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
731	731	4 Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee
732	732	5 structure, taking into account the type of voting system
733	733	6 approval that is requested (such as approval of a new system, a
734	734	7 modification of an existing system, the size of the
735	735	8 modification, etc.). No voting system or modification of a
736	736	9 voting system shall be approved unless the fee is paid.
737	737	10 No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
738	738	11 loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
739	739	12 contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
740	740	13 voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
741	741	14 system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
742	742	15 system component to any election jurisdiction unless the
743	743	16 voting system or voting system component is first approved by
744	744	17 the State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
745	745	18 (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
746	746	19 (10 ILCS 5/24C-2)
747	747	20 Sec. 24C-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:
748	748	21 "Approved independent testing authority" means an
749	749	22 independent laboratory or authority certified by the federal
750	750	23 Election Assistance Commission.
751	751	24 "Audit trail" or "audit capacity" means a continuous trail
752	752	25 of evidence linking individual transactions related to the
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763	763	1 casting of a vote, the vote count and the summary record of
764	764	2 vote totals, but which shall not allow for the identification
765	765	3 of the voter. It shall permit verification of the accuracy of
766	766	4 the count and detection and correction of problems and shall
767	767	5 provide a record of each step taken in: defining and producing
768	768	6 ballots and generating related software for specific
769	769	7 elections; installing ballots and software; testing system
770	770	8 readiness; casting and tabulating ballots; and producing
771	771	9 images of votes cast and reports of vote totals. The record
772	772	10 shall incorporate system status and error messages generated
773	773	11 during election processing, including a log of machine
774	774	12 activities and routine and unusual intervention by authorized
775	775	13 and unauthorized individuals. Also part of an audit trail is
776	776	14 the documentation of such items as ballots delivered and
777	777	15 collected, administrative procedures for system security,
778	778	16 pre-election testing of voting systems, and maintenance
779	779	17 performed on voting equipment. All test plans, test results,
780	780	18 documentation, and other records used to plan, execute, and
781	781	19 record the results of the testing and verification, including
782	782	20 all material prepared or used by independent testing
783	783	21 authorities or other third parties, shall be made part of the
784	784	22 public record and shall be freely available via the Internet
785	785	23 and paper copy to anyone. "Audit trail" or "audit capacity"
786	786	24 also means that the voting system is capable of producing and
787	787	25 shall produce immediately after a ballot is cast a permanent
788	788	26 paper record of each ballot cast that shall be available as an
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799	799	1 official record for any recount, redundant count, or
800	800	2 verification or retabulation of the vote count conducted with
801	801	3 respect to any election in which the voting system is used.
802	802	4 "Ballot" means an electronic audio or video display or any
803	803	5 other medium, including paper, used to record a voter's
804	804	6 choices for the candidates of their preference and for or
805	805	7 against public questions.
806	806	8 "Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of
807	807	9 political subdivision or district ballots including, for each
808	808	10 political subdivision or district, the particular combination
809	809	11 of offices, candidate names and public questions as it appears
810	810	12 for each group of voters who may cast the same ballot.
811	811	13 "Ballot image" means a corresponding representation in
812	812	14 electronic or paper form of the mark or vote position of a
813	813	15 ballot.
814	814	16 "Ballot label" or "ballot screen" means the display of
815	815	17 material containing the names of offices and candidates and
816	816	18 public questions to be voted on.
817	817	19 "Central counting" means the counting of ballots in one or
818	818	20 more locations selected by the election authority for the
819	819	21 processing or counting, or both, of ballots. A location for
820	820	22 central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
821	821	23 of the election authority unless there is no suitable
822	822	24 tabulating equipment available within his territorial
823	823	25 jurisdiction. However, in any event a counting location shall
824	824	26 be within this State.
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835	835	1 "Computer", "automatic tabulating equipment" or
836	836	2 "equipment" includes apparatus necessary to automatically
837	837	3 examine and count votes as designated on ballots, and data
838	838	4 processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and
839	839	5 tabulating results.
840	840	6 "Computer operator" means any person or persons designated
841	841	7 by the election authority to operate the automatic tabulating
842	842	8 equipment during any portion of the vote tallying process in
843	843	9 an election, but shall not include judges of election
844	844	10 operating vote tabulating equipment in the precinct.
845	845	11 "Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating
846	846	12 instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment that
847	847	13 examines, records, displays, counts, tabulates, canvasses, or
848	848	14 prints votes recorded by a voter on a ballot or that displays
849	849	15 any and all information, graphics, or other visual or audio
850	850	16 information or images used in presenting voting information,
851	851	17 instructions, or voter choices.
852	852	18 "Direct recording electronic voting system", "voting
853	853	19 system" or "system" means the total combination of mechanical,
854	854	20 electromechanical or electronic equipment, programs and
855	855	21 practices used to define ballots, cast and count votes, report
856	856	22 or display election results, maintain or produce any audit
857	857	23 trail information, identify all system components, test the
858	858	24 system during development, maintenance and operation, maintain
859	859	25 records of system errors and defects, determine specific
860	860	26 system changes to be made to a system after initial
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871	871	1 qualification, and make available any materials to the voter
872	872	2 such as notices, instructions, forms or paper ballots.
873	873	3 "Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the
874	874	4 names of each candidate and public question as they appear in
875	875	5 the program for each precinct.
876	876	6 "In-precinct counting" means the recording and counting of
877	877	7 ballots on automatic tabulating equipment provided by the
878	878	8 election authority in the same precinct polling place in which
879	879	9 those ballots have been cast.
880	880	10 "Marking device" means any device approved by the State
881	881	11 Board of Elections for marking a ballot so as to enable the
882	882	12 ballot to be recorded, counted and tabulated by automatic
883	883	13 tabulating equipment.
884	884	14 "Permanent paper record" means a paper record upon which
885	885	15 shall be printed in human readable form the votes cast for each
886	886	16 candidate and for or against each public question on each
887	887	17 ballot recorded in the voting system. Each permanent paper
888	888	18 record shall be printed by the voting device upon activation
889	889	19 of the marking device by the voter and shall contain a unique,
890	890	20 randomly assigned identifying number that shall correspond to
891	891	21 the number randomly assigned by the voting system to each
892	892	22 ballot as it is electronically recorded.
893	893	23 "Redundant count" means a verification of the original
894	894	24 computer count of ballots by another count using compatible
895	895	25 equipment or other means as part of a discovery recount,
896	896	26 including a count of the permanent paper record of each ballot
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907	907	1 cast by using compatible equipment, different equipment
908	908	2 approved by the State Board of Elections for that purpose, or
909	909	3 by hand.
910	910	4 "Separate ballot" means a separate page or display screen
911	911	5 of the ballot that is clearly defined and distinguishable from
912	912	6 other portions of the ballot.
913	913	7 "Voting device" or "voting machine" means an apparatus
914	914	8 that contains the ballot label or ballot screen and allows the
915	915	9 voter to record his or her vote.
916	916	10 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
917	917	11 (10 ILCS 5/24C-9)
918	918	12 Sec. 24C-9. Testing of Direct Recording Electronic Voting
919	919	13 System Equipment and Programs; Custody of Programs, Test
920	920	14 Materials and Ballots. Prior to the public test, the election
921	921	15 authority shall conduct an errorless pre-test of the Direct
922	922	16 Recording Electronic Voting System equipment and programs to
923	923	17 determine that they will correctly detect voting defects and
924	924	18 count the votes cast for all offices and all public questions.
925	925	19 On any day not less than 5 days prior to use in an the election
926	926	20 day, the election authority shall publicly test the Direct
927	927	21 Recording Electronic Voting System equipment and programs to
928	928	22 determine that they will correctly detect voting errors and
929	929	23 accurately count the votes legally cast for all offices and on
930	930	24 all public questions. Public notice of the time and place of
931	931	25 the test shall be given at least 48 hours before the test by
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942	942	1 publishing the notice in one or more newspapers within the
943	943	2 election jurisdiction of the election authority, if a
944	944	3 newspaper is published in that jurisdiction. If a newspaper is
945	945	4 not published in that jurisdiction, notice shall be published
946	946	5 in a newspaper of general circulation in that jurisdiction.
947	947	6 Timely written notice stating the date, time, and location of
948	948	7 the public test shall also be provided to the State Board of
949	949	8 Elections. The test shall be open to representatives of the
950	950	9 political parties, the press, representatives of the State
951	951	10 Board of Elections, and the public. The test shall be
952	952	11 conducted by entering a pre- audited group of votes designed
953	953	12 to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each
954	954	13 candidate and on each public question, and shall include for
955	955	14 each office one or more ballots having votes exceeding the
956	956	15 number allowed by law to test the ability of the automatic
957	957	16 tabulating equipment to reject the votes. The test shall also
958	958	17 include producing an edit listing. In those election
959	959	18 jurisdictions where in-precinct counting equipment is used, a
960	960	19 public test of both the equipment and program shall be
961	961	20 conducted as nearly as possible in the manner prescribed
962	962	21 above. The State Board of Elections may select as many
963	963	22 election jurisdictions as the Board deems advisable in the
964	964	23 interests of the election process of this State, to order a
965	965	24 special test of the automatic tabulating equipment and program
966	966	25 before any regular election. The Board may order a special
967	967	26 test in any election jurisdiction where, during the preceding
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973	973	HB1313 - 27 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
974	974
975	975
976	976	HB1313- 28 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 28 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
977	977	HB1313 - 28 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
978	978	1 12 months, computer programming errors or other errors in the
979	979	2 use of System resulted in vote tabulation errors. Not less
980	980	3 than 30 days before any election, the State Board of Elections
981	981	4 shall provide written notice to those selected jurisdictions
982	982	5 of their intent to conduct a test. Within 5 days of receipt of
983	983	6 the State Board of Elections' written notice of intent to
984	984	7 conduct a test, the selected jurisdictions shall forward to
985	985	8 the principal office of the State Board of Elections a copy of
986	986	9 all specimen ballots. The State Board of Elections' tests
987	987	10 shall be conducted and completed not less than 2 days before
988	988	11 the public test and under the supervision of the Board. The
989	989	12 vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely
990	990	13 responsible for the production and cost of: all ballots;
991	991	14 additional temporary workers; and other equipment or
992	992	15 facilities needed and used in the testing of the vendor's,
993	993	16 person's, or other private entity's respective equipment and
994	994	17 software. After an errorless test, materials used in the
995	995	18 public test, including the program, if appropriate, shall be
996	996	19 sealed and remain sealed until the test is run again on
997	997	20 election day. If any error is detected, the cause of the error
998	998	21 shall be determined and corrected, and an errorless public
999	999	22 test shall be made before the automatic tabulating equipment
1000	1000	23 is approved. Each election authority shall file a sealed copy
1001	1001	24 of each tested program to be used within its jurisdiction at an
1002	1002	25 election with the State Board of Elections before the
1003	1003	26 election. The Board shall secure the program or programs of
1004	1004
1005	1005
1006	1006
1007	1007
1008	1008
1009	1009	HB1313 - 28 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1010	1010
1011	1011
1012	1012	HB1313- 29 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 29 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1013	1013	HB1313 - 29 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1014	1014	1 each election jurisdiction so filed in its office until the
1015	1015	2 next election of the same type (general primary, general
1016	1016	3 election, consolidated primary, or consolidated election) for
1017	1017	4 which the program or programs were filed. At the expiration of
1018	1018	5 that time, if no election contest or appeal is pending in an
1019	1019	6 election jurisdiction, the Board shall destroy the sealed
1020	1020	7 program or programs. Except where in-precinct counting
1021	1021	8 equipment is used, the test shall be repeated immediately
1022	1022	9 before the start of the official counting of the ballots, in
1023	1023	10 the same manner as set forth above. After the completion of the
1024	1024	11 count, the test shall be re-run using the same program.
1025	1025	12 Immediately after the re-run, all material used in testing the
1026	1026	13 program and the programs shall be sealed and retained under
1027	1027	14 the custody of the election authority for a period of 60 days.
1028	1028	15 At the expiration of that time the election authority shall
1029	1029	16 destroy the voted ballots, together with all unused ballots
1030	1030	17 returned from the precincts. Provided, if any contest of
1031	1031	18 election is pending at the time in which the ballots may be
1032	1032	19 required as evidence and the election authority has notice of
1033	1033	20 the contest, the same shall not be destroyed until after the
1034	1034	21 contest is finally determined. If the use of back-up equipment
1035	1035	22 becomes necessary, the same testing required for the original
1036	1036	23 equipment shall be conducted.
1037	1037	24 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
1038	1038	25 (10 ILCS 5/24C-16)
1039	1039
1040	1040
1041	1041
1042	1042
1043	1043
1044	1044	HB1313 - 29 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1045	1045
1046	1046
1047	1047	HB1313- 30 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 30 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1048	1048	HB1313 - 30 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1049	1049	1 Sec. 24C-16. Approval of Direct Recording Electronic
1050	1050	2 Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of Elections
1051	1051	3 shall approve all Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems
1052	1052	4 that fulfill the functional requirements provided by Section
1053	1053	5 24C-11 of this Code, voluntary provisions and the mandatory
1054	1054	6 requirements of the federal voting system standards pertaining
1055	1055	7 to Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems promulgated by
1056	1056	8 the Federal Election Commission or the Election Assistance
1057	1057	9 Commission, the testing requirements of an approved
1058	1058	10 independent testing authority and the rules of the State Board
1059	1059	11 of Elections.
1060	1060	12 The State Board of Elections shall not approve any Direct
1061	1061	13 Recording Electronic Voting System that (i) has not been
1062	1062	14 certified by the Federal Election Commission or the Election
1063	1063	15 Assistance Commission or (ii) includes an external Infrared
1064	1064	16 Data Association (IrDA) communications port.
1065	1065	17 The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
1066	1066	18 approval of a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System if the
1067	1067	19 System, once approved, fails to fulfill the above
1068	1068	20 requirements.
1069	1069	21 The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be
1070	1070	22 solely responsible for the production and cost of: all
1071	1071	23 application fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers;
1072	1072	24 and other equipment or facilities needed and used in the
1073	1073	25 testing of the vendor's, person's, or other private entity's
1074	1074	26 respective equipment and software.
1075	1075
1076	1076
1077	1077
1078	1078
1079	1079
1080	1080	HB1313 - 30 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1081	1081
1082	1082
1083	1083	HB1313- 31 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 31 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1084	1084	HB1313 - 31 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1085	1085	1 Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
1086	1086	2 seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
1087	1087	3 system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to
1088	1088	4 the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
1089	1089	5 Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee
1090	1090	6 structure, taking into account the type of voting system
1091	1091	7 approval that is requested (such as approval of a new system, a
1092	1092	8 modification of an existing system, the size of the
1093	1093	9 modification, etc.). No voting system or modification of a
1094	1094	10 voting system shall be approved unless the fee is paid.
1095	1095	11 No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
1096	1096	12 loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
1097	1097	13 contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
1098	1098	14 voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a Direct
1099	1099	15 Recording Electronic Voting System or system component to any
1100	1100	16 election jurisdiction unless the system or system component is
1101	1101	17 first approved by the State Board of Elections pursuant to
1102	1102	18 this Section.
1103	1103	19 (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
1104	1104	20 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
1105	1105	21 Section 5.1030 as follows:
1106	1106	22 (30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
1107	1107	23 Sec. 5.1030. The Election Integrity Fund.
1108	1108	HB1313- 32 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b 1 INDEX 2 Statutes amended in order of appearance 3 10 ILCS 5/19A-754 10 ILCS 5/Art. 17A heading 5 new6 10 ILCS 5/17A-5 new7 10 ILCS 5/17A-10 new8 10 ILCS 5/17A-15 new9 10 ILCS 5/17A-20 new10 10 ILCS 5/17A-25 new11 10 ILCS 5/17A-30 new12 10 ILCS 5/17A-35 new13 10 ILCS 5/17A-40 new14 10 ILCS 5/17A-45 new15 10 ILCS 5/17A-50 new16 10 ILCS 5/17A-55 new17 10 ILCS 5/17A-60 new18 10 ILCS 5/17A-65 new19 10 ILCS 5/17A-70 new20 10 ILCS 5/17A-75 new21 10 ILCS 5/17A-80 new22 10 ILCS 5/17A-85 new23 10 ILCS 5/17A-90 new24 10 ILCS 5/17A-95 new25 10 ILCS 5/17A-100 new HB1313- 33 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313- 32 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 32 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b 1 INDEX 2 Statutes amended in order of appearance 3 10 ILCS 5/19A-75 4 10 ILCS 5/Art. 17A heading 5 new 6 10 ILCS 5/17A-5 new 7 10 ILCS 5/17A-10 new 8 10 ILCS 5/17A-15 new 9 10 ILCS 5/17A-20 new 10 10 ILCS 5/17A-25 new 11 10 ILCS 5/17A-30 new 12 10 ILCS 5/17A-35 new 13 10 ILCS 5/17A-40 new 14 10 ILCS 5/17A-45 new 15 10 ILCS 5/17A-50 new 16 10 ILCS 5/17A-55 new 17 10 ILCS 5/17A-60 new 18 10 ILCS 5/17A-65 new 19 10 ILCS 5/17A-70 new 20 10 ILCS 5/17A-75 new 21 10 ILCS 5/17A-80 new 22 10 ILCS 5/17A-85 new 23 10 ILCS 5/17A-90 new 24 10 ILCS 5/17A-95 new 25 10 ILCS 5/17A-100 new HB1313- 33 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 33 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1109	1109	HB1313- 32 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 32 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1110	1110	HB1313 - 32 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1111	1111	1 INDEX
1112	1112	2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
1113	1113	3 10 ILCS 5/19A-75
1114	1114	4 10 ILCS 5/Art. 17A heading
1115	1115	5 new
1116	1116	6 10 ILCS 5/17A-5 new
1117	1117	7 10 ILCS 5/17A-10 new
1118	1118	8 10 ILCS 5/17A-15 new
1119	1119	9 10 ILCS 5/17A-20 new
1120	1120	10 10 ILCS 5/17A-25 new
1121	1121	11 10 ILCS 5/17A-30 new
1122	1122	12 10 ILCS 5/17A-35 new
1123	1123	13 10 ILCS 5/17A-40 new
1124	1124	14 10 ILCS 5/17A-45 new
1125	1125	15 10 ILCS 5/17A-50 new
1126	1126	16 10 ILCS 5/17A-55 new
1127	1127	17 10 ILCS 5/17A-60 new
1128	1128	18 10 ILCS 5/17A-65 new
1129	1129	19 10 ILCS 5/17A-70 new
1130	1130	20 10 ILCS 5/17A-75 new
1131	1131	21 10 ILCS 5/17A-80 new
1132	1132	22 10 ILCS 5/17A-85 new
1133	1133	23 10 ILCS 5/17A-90 new
1134	1134	24 10 ILCS 5/17A-95 new
1135	1135	25 10 ILCS 5/17A-100 new
1136	1136	HB1313- 33 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 33 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1137	1137	HB1313 - 33 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1138	1138
1139	1139
1140	1140
1141	1141
1142	1142
1143	1143	HB1313 - 31 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1144	1144
1145	1145
1146	1146
1147	1147	HB1313- 32 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 32 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1148	1148	HB1313 - 32 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1149	1149	1 INDEX
1150	1150	2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
1151	1151	3 10 ILCS 5/19A-75
1152	1152	4 10 ILCS 5/Art. 17A heading
1153	1153	5 new
1154	1154	6 10 ILCS 5/17A-5 new
1155	1155	7 10 ILCS 5/17A-10 new
1156	1156	8 10 ILCS 5/17A-15 new
1157	1157	9 10 ILCS 5/17A-20 new
1158	1158	10 10 ILCS 5/17A-25 new
1159	1159	11 10 ILCS 5/17A-30 new
1160	1160	12 10 ILCS 5/17A-35 new
1161	1161	13 10 ILCS 5/17A-40 new
1162	1162	14 10 ILCS 5/17A-45 new
1163	1163	15 10 ILCS 5/17A-50 new
1164	1164	16 10 ILCS 5/17A-55 new
1165	1165	17 10 ILCS 5/17A-60 new
1166	1166	18 10 ILCS 5/17A-65 new
1167	1167	19 10 ILCS 5/17A-70 new
1168	1168	20 10 ILCS 5/17A-75 new
1169	1169	21 10 ILCS 5/17A-80 new
1170	1170	22 10 ILCS 5/17A-85 new
1171	1171	23 10 ILCS 5/17A-90 new
1172	1172	24 10 ILCS 5/17A-95 new
1173	1173	25 10 ILCS 5/17A-100 new
1174	1174
1175	1175
1176	1176
1177	1177
1178	1178
1179	1179	HB1313 - 32 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1180	1180
1181	1181
1182	1182	HB1313- 33 -LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b HB1313 - 33 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1183	1183	HB1313 - 33 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b
1184	1184
1185	1185
1186	1186
1187	1187
1188	1188
1189	1189	HB1313 - 33 - LRB104 08031 SPS 18077 b