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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2431 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-310 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-310 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1110 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1810 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-510 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9 Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer shall be elected by ranked-choice voting. Provides for ranked-choice ballots to be produced. Provides that voters may rank their choice for candidates for those offices and provides for interpretations of certain ballot marks. Provides that tallying ranked-choice votes proceeds in rounds. Provides that in each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted, that each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round, and that exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. Provides that if only 2 candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total wins, and that if more than 2 candidates remain, the last-place candidate is eliminated and another round of tallying is to commence. Provides that rounds continue until a winner is found. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 09846 SPS 19914 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2431 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-310 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-310 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1110 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1810 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-510 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3 10 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-3 10 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-18 10 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new 10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5 10 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9 Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer shall be elected by ranked-choice voting. Provides for ranked-choice ballots to be produced. Provides that voters may rank their choice for candidates for those offices and provides for interpretations of certain ballot marks. Provides that tallying ranked-choice votes proceeds in rounds. Provides that in each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted, that each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round, and that exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. Provides that if only 2 candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total wins, and that if more than 2 candidates remain, the last-place candidate is eliminated and another round of tallying is to commence. Provides that rounds continue until a winner is found. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 09846 SPS 19914 b LRB104 09846 SPS 19914 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2431 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-310 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-310 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1110 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1810 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-510 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3 10 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-3 10 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-18 10 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new 10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5 10 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9
4	4	10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
5	5	10 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-3
6	6	10 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new
7	7	10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11
8	8	10 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-18
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10	10	10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5
11	11	10 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9
12	12	Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer shall be elected by ranked-choice voting. Provides for ranked-choice ballots to be produced. Provides that voters may rank their choice for candidates for those offices and provides for interpretations of certain ballot marks. Provides that tallying ranked-choice votes proceeds in rounds. Provides that in each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted, that each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round, and that exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. Provides that if only 2 candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total wins, and that if more than 2 candidates remain, the last-place candidate is eliminated and another round of tallying is to commence. Provides that rounds continue until a winner is found. Makes conforming changes.
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18	18	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
19	19	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
20	20	3 represented in the General Assembly:
21	21	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
22	22	5 Sections 1-3, 16-3, 17-11, 17-18, 18-5, and 18-9 and by adding
23	23	6 Sections 16-4.2 and 17-18.2 as follows:
24	24	7 (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
25	25	8 Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
26	26	9 otherwise requires:
27	27	10 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions of
28	28	11 public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
29	29	12 popular vote, and includes primary elections when so indicated
30	30	13 by the context.
31	31	14 2. "Regular election" means the general, general primary,
32	32	15 consolidated and consolidated primary elections regularly
33	33	16 scheduled in Article 2A. The even numbered year municipal
34	34	17 primary established in Article 2A is a regular election only
35	35	18 with respect to those municipalities in which a primary is
36	36	19 required to be held on such date.
37	37	20 3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
38	38	21 recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
39	39	22 held at the same time and place and by the same election
40	40	23 officers as a regular election.
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45	45	10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-310 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-310 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1110 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-1810 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-510 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3 10 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-3 10 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new 10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11 10 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-18 10 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new 10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5 10 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9
46	46	10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
47	47	10 ILCS 5/16-3 from Ch. 46, par. 16-3
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49	49	10 ILCS 5/17-11 from Ch. 46, par. 17-11
50	50	10 ILCS 5/17-18 from Ch. 46, par. 17-18
51	51	10 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new
52	52	10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5
53	53	10 ILCS 5/18-9 from Ch. 46, par. 18-9
54	54	Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer shall be elected by ranked-choice voting. Provides for ranked-choice ballots to be produced. Provides that voters may rank their choice for candidates for those offices and provides for interpretations of certain ballot marks. Provides that tallying ranked-choice votes proceeds in rounds. Provides that in each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted, that each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round, and that exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. Provides that if only 2 candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total wins, and that if more than 2 candidates remain, the last-place candidate is eliminated and another round of tallying is to commence. Provides that rounds continue until a winner is found. Makes conforming changes.
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89	89	1 4. "General election" means the biennial election at which
90	90	2 members of the General Assembly are elected. "General primary
91	91	3 election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated primary
92	92	4 election" mean the respective elections or the election dates
93	93	5 designated and established in Article 2A of this Code.
94	94	6 5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
95	95	7 either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
96	96	8 incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
97	97	9 village or incorporated town.
98	98	10 6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any unit
99	99	11 of local government, or school district in which elections are
100	100	12 or may be held. "Political or governmental subdivision" also
101	101	13 includes, for election purposes, Regional Boards of School
102	102	14 Trustees, and Township Boards of School Trustees.
103	103	15 7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
104	104	16 interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
105	105	17 established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
106	106	18 Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
107	107	19 referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
108	108	20 Code, as now or hereafter amended.
109	109	21 8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board of
110	110	22 Election Commissioners.
111	111	23 9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county, in
112	112	24 the case of a county in which no city board of election
113	113	25 commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction of
114	114	26 a county board of election commissioners; (b) the territorial
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125	125	1 jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners; and
126	126	2 (c) the territory in a county outside of the jurisdiction of a
127	127	3 city board of election commissioners. In each instance
128	128	4 election jurisdiction shall be determined according to which
129	129	5 election authority maintains the permanent registration
130	130	6 records of qualified electors.
131	131	7 10. "Local election official" means the clerk or secretary
132	132	8 of a unit of local government or school district, as the case
133	133	9 may be, the treasurer of a township board of school trustees,
134	134	10 and the regional superintendent of schools with respect to the
135	135	11 various school officer elections and school referenda for
136	136	12 which the regional superintendent is assigned election duties
137	137	13 by The School Code, as now or hereafter amended.
138	138	14 11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
139	139	15 terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
140	140	16 when used in connection with duties at an election during the
141	141	17 hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
142	142	18 election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
143	143	19 reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
144	144	20 the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after the
145	145	21 closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
146	146	22 pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
147	147	23 after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
148	148	24 performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
149	149	25 performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
150	150	26 holdover judges.
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161	161	1 12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
162	162	2 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
163	163	3 statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures of
164	164	4 qualified primary electors bound together.
165	165	5 13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
166	166	6 reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
167	167	7 smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
168	168	8 unit at the same polling place in any election governed by this
169	169	9 Act.
170	170	10 14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for the
171	171	11 election of any officer, other than the State or a unit of
172	172	12 local government or school district, and includes, but is not
173	173	13 limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial districts,
174	174	14 judicial circuits, county board districts, municipal and
175	175	15 sanitary district wards, school board districts, and
176	176	16 precincts.
177	177	17 15. "Question of public policy" or "public question" means
178	178	18 any question, proposition or measure submitted to the voters
179	179	19 at an election dealing with subject matter other than the
180	180	20 nomination or election of candidates and shall include, but is
181	181	21 not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and questions
182	182	22 relating to the Constitution.
183	183	23 16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
184	184	24 municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
185	185	25 Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
186	186	26 adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
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197	197	1 government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
198	198	2 of office of officers of such municipality or county, pursuant
199	199	3 to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article VII of the
200	200	4 Constitution.
201	201	5 17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
202	202	6 6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
203	203	7 or other electronic data processing information containing
204	204	8 voter information.
205	205	9 18. "Accessible" means accessible to persons with
206	206	10 disabilities and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting
207	207	11 or registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
208	208	12 Elections.
209	209	13 19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
210	210	14 20. "Person with a disability" means a person having a
211	211	15 temporary or permanent physical disability.
212	212	16 21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
213	213	17 political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
214	214	18 recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
215	215	19 highest or second highest average number of votes. The
216	216	20 political party whose candidates for governor received the
217	217	21 highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
218	218	22 leading political party and the political party whose
219	219	23 candidates for governor received the second highest average
220	220	24 number of votes shall be known as the second leading political
221	221	25 party.
222	222	26 22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of an
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233	233	1 election authority, local election official or the State Board
234	234	2 of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7 hours.
235	235	3 23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
236	236	4 nontraditional residence, including, but not limited to, a
237	237	5 shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
238	238	6 under a bridge.
239	239	7 24. "Signature" means a name signed in ink or in digitized
240	240	8 form. This definition does not apply to a nominating or
241	241	9 candidate petition or a referendum petition.
242	242	10 25. "Intelligent mail barcode tracking system" means a
243	243	11 printed trackable barcode attached to the return business
244	244	12 reply envelope for mail-in ballots under Article 19 or Article
245	245	13 20 that allows an election authority to determine the date the
246	246	14 envelope was mailed in absence of a postmark.
247	247	15 26. "Office elected by ranked-choice voting" means any
248	248	16 member of the General Assembly, as well as the offices of
249	249	17 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
250	250	18 State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. These offices shall only be
251	251	19 elected by ranked-choice voting during a general or special
252	252	20 election, and not during a primary, consolidated primary, or
253	253	21 similar election.
254	254	22 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
255	255	23 (10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
256	256	24 Sec. 16-3. (a) Except as provided in Section 16-4.2 of
257	257	25 this Code, the The names of all candidates to be voted for in
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268	268	1 each election district or precinct shall be printed on one
269	269	2 ballot, except as is provided in Sections 16-6, 16-6.1, and
270	270	3 21-1.01 of this Code and except as otherwise provided in this
271	271	4 Code with respect to the odd year regular elections and the
272	272	5 emergency referenda. The lettering of candidate names on a
273	273	6 ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in
274	274	7 conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless
275	275	8 compliance is not feasible due to the election system utilized
276	276	9 by the election authority. All nominations of any political
277	277	10 party shall be placed under the party appellation or title of
278	278	11 such party as designated in the certificates of nomination or
279	279	12 petitions. The names of all independent candidates shall be
280	280	13 printed upon the ballot in a column or columns under the
281	281	14 heading "independent" arranged under the names or titles of
282	282	15 the respective offices for which such independent candidates
283	283	16 shall have been nominated and so far as practicable, the name
284	284	17 or names of any independent candidate or candidates for any
285	285	18 office shall be printed upon the ballot opposite the name or
286	286	19 names of any candidate or candidates for the same office
287	287	20 contained in any party column or columns upon said ballot. The
288	288	21 ballot shall contain no other names, except that in cases of
289	289	22 electors for President and Vice-President of the United
290	290	23 States, the names of the candidates for President and
291	291	24 Vice-President may be added to the party designation and words
292	292	25 calculated to aid the voter in his choice of candidates may be
293	293	26 added, such as "Vote for one," or "Vote for not more than
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304	304	1 three"." If no candidate or candidates file for an office and
305	305	2 if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in
306	306	3 candidate for that office, then below the title of that office
307	307	4 the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate".
308	308	5 When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes a
309	309	6 ballot label booklet, the candidates and questions shall
310	310	7 appear on the pages of such booklet in the order provided by
311	311	8 this Code; and, in any case where candidates for an office
312	312	9 appear on a page which does not contain the name of any
313	313	10 candidate for another office, and where less than 50% of the
314	314	11 page is utilized, the name of no candidate shall be printed on
315	315	12 the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or outside of the
316	316	13 ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
317	317	14 "Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling
318	318	15 place for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the
319	319	16 election and a facsimile of the signature of the election
320	320	17 authority who has caused the ballots to be printed. The
321	321	18 ballots shall be of plain white paper, through which the
322	322	19 printing or writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use
323	323	20 at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed
324	324	21 on different color paper, except blue paper, whenever
325	325	22 necessary or desirable to facilitate distinguishing between
326	326	23 ballots for different political subdivisions. In the case of
327	327	24 nonpartisan elections for officers of a political subdivision,
328	328	25 unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article
329	329	26 VII of the Constitution providing the form of government
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340	340	1 therefor requires otherwise, the column listing such
341	341	2 nonpartisan candidates shall be printed with no appellation or
342	342	3 circle at its head. The party appellation or title, or the word
343	343	4 "independent" at the head of any column provided for
344	344	5 independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less
345	345	6 than one-fourth of an inch in height and a circle one-half inch
346	346	7 in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of the line in
347	347	8 which such appellation or title is printed, provided, however,
348	348	9 that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
349	349	10 or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names
350	350	11 of candidates shall be printed in letters not less than
351	351	12 one-eighth nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and
352	352	13 at the beginning of each line in which a name of a candidate is
353	353	14 printed a square shall be printed, the sides of which shall be
354	354	15 not less than one-fourth of an inch in length. However, the
355	355	16 names of the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
356	356	17 on the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket and a
357	357	18 single square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The
358	358	19 list of candidates of the several parties and any such list of
359	359	20 independent candidates shall be placed in separate columns on
360	360	21 the ballot in such order as the election authorities charged
361	361	22 with the printing of the ballots shall decide; provided, that
362	362	23 the names of the candidates of the several political parties,
363	363	24 certified by the State Board of Elections to the several
364	364	25 county clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
365	365	26 proper county on the official ballot in the order certified by
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376	376	1 the State Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing,
377	377	2 neglecting or failing to print on the official ballot the
378	378	3 names of candidates of the several political parties in the
379	379	4 order certified by the State Board of Elections, and any
380	380	5 county clerk who prints or causes to be printed upon the
381	381	6 official ballot the name of a candidate, for an office to be
382	382	7 filled by the Electors of the entire State, whose name has not
383	383	8 been duly certified to him upon a certificate signed by the
384	384	9 State Board of Elections shall be guilty of a Class C
385	385	10 misdemeanor.
386	386	11 (b) When an electronic voting system is used which
387	387	12 utilizes a ballot card, on the inside flap of each ballot card
388	388	13 envelope there shall be printed a form for write-in voting
389	389	14 which shall be substantially as follows:
390	390	15 WRITE-IN VOTES
391	391	16 (See card of instructions for specific information.
392	392	17 Duplicate form below by hand for additional write-in votes.)
393	393	18 .............................
394	394	19 Title of Office
395	395	20 ( ) .............................
396	396	21 Name of Candidate
397	397	22 Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which
398	398	23 a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or
399	399	24 more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in
400	400	25 candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in
401	401	26 candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the
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412	412	1 certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION
413	413	2 PENDING".
414	414	3 (c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a
415	415	4 ballot sheet, the instructions to voters on the ballot sheet
416	416	5 shall refer the voter to the card of instructions for specific
417	417	6 information on write-in voting. Below each office appearing on
418	418	7 such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for the casting of
419	419	8 a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of
420	420	9 candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an
421	421	10 office only if one or more persons filed declarations of
422	422	11 intent to be write-in candidates or qualify to file
423	423	12 declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1
424	424	13 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words
425	425	14 "OBJECTION PENDING".
426	426	15 (d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be
427	427	16 printed on the back of each ballot card, each ballot card
428	428	17 envelope, and the first page of the ballot label when a ballot
429	429	18 label is used, the words "Official Ballot," followed by the
430	430	19 number of the precinct or other precinct identification, which
431	431	20 may be stamped, in lieu thereof and, as applicable, the number
432	432	21 and name of the township, ward or other election district for
433	433	22 which the ballot card, ballot card envelope, and ballot label
434	434	23 are prepared, the date of the election and a facsimile of the
435	435	24 signature of the election authority who has caused the ballots
436	436	25 to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include a
437	437	26 method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a
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448	448	1 listing of the political subdivisions and districts for which
449	449	2 votes may be cast on that ballot, or a number code identifying
450	450	3 the ballot configuration or color coded ballots, except that
451	451	4 where there is only one ballot configuration in a precinct,
452	452	5 the precinct identification, and any applicable ward
453	453	6 identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes
454	454	7 used in punch card systems shall be of paper through which no
455	455	8 writing or punches may be discerned and shall be of sufficient
456	456	9 length to enclose all voting positions. However, the election
457	457	10 authority may provide ballot card envelopes on which no
458	458	11 precinct number or township, ward or other election district
459	459	12 designation, or election date are preprinted, if space and a
460	460	13 preprinted form are provided below the space provided for the
461	461	14 names of write-in candidates where such information may be
462	462	15 entered by the judges of election. Whenever an election
463	463	16 authority utilizes ballot card envelopes on which the election
464	464	17 date and precinct is not preprinted, a judge of election shall
465	465	18 mark such information for the particular precinct and election
466	466	19 on the envelope in ink before tallying and counting any
467	467	20 write-in vote written thereon. If some method of insuring
468	468	21 ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used, such
469	469	22 information must be provided on the ballot itself.
470	470	23 (e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the
471	471	24 ballot, the candidate's given name or names, initial or
472	472	25 initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
473	473	26 or a combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
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484	484	1 candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
485	485	2 name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
486	486	3 Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
487	487	4 last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination
488	488	5 papers, or certificate of nomination for that office,
489	489	6 whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the
490	490	7 ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior
491	491	8 names during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list
492	492	9 date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers,
493	493	10 or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's
494	494	11 affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the
495	495	12 period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those
496	496	13 names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be
497	497	14 grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for
498	498	15 the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot,
499	499	16 as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name
500	500	17 changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's
501	501	18 or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a
502	502	19 spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or
503	503	20 declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume
504	504	21 a former surname or a name change that conforms the
505	505	22 candidate's name to his or her gender identity. No other
506	506	23 designation such as a political slogan, title, or degree or
507	507	24 nickname suggesting or implying possession of a title, degree
508	508	25 or professional status, or similar information may be used in
509	509	26 connection with the candidate's surname. For purposes of this
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520	520	1 Section, a "political slogan" is defined as any word or words
521	521	2 expressing or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that
522	522	3 the candidate may espouse, including, but not limited to, any
523	523	4 word or words conveying any meaning other than that of the
524	524	5 personal identity of the candidate. A candidate may not use a
525	525	6 political slogan as part of his or her name on the ballot,
526	526	7 notwithstanding that the political slogan may be part of the
527	527	8 candidate's name.
528	528	9 (f) The State Board of Elections, a local election
529	529	10 official, or an election authority shall remove any
530	530	11 candidate's name designation from a ballot that is
531	531	12 inconsistent with subsection (e) of this Section. In addition,
532	532	13 the State Board of Elections, a local election official, or an
533	533	14 election authority shall not certify to any election authority
534	534	15 any candidate name designation that is inconsistent with
535	535	16 subsection (e) of this Section.
536	536	17 (g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election
537	537	18 official, or an election authority removes a candidate's name
538	538	19 designation from a ballot under subsection (f) of this
539	539	20 Section, then the aggrieved candidate may seek appropriate
540	540	21 relief in circuit court.
541	541	22 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
542	542	23 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
543	543	24 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
544	544	25 is applicable.
545	545	26 Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election
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556	556	1 authorities from using or reusing ballot card envelopes which
557	557	2 were printed before January 1, 1986 (the effective date of
558	558	3 Public Act 84-820).
559	559	4 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
560	560	5 103-467, eff. 8-4-23; revised 7-23-24.)
561	561	6 (10 ILCS 5/16-4.2 new)
562	562	7 Sec. 16-4.2. Ranked-choice ballots.
563	563	8 (a) For an election for an office elected by ranked-choice
564	564	9 voting that has more than 2 choices, the ballot shall be laid
565	565	10 out to allow the voter to rank the candidates for an office in
566	566	11 order of preference. Space shall be provided for a voter to
567	567	12 include one write-in candidate if he or she desires. The
568	568	13 ballot shall be as simple and easy to understand as possible.
569	569	14 Any ballot laid out in such a manner shall be tallied in
570	570	15 accordance with Section 17-18.2 of this Code.
571	571	16 (b) All other requirements of this Article apply with
572	572	17 regards to ballots for offices elected by ranked-choice voting
573	573	18 to the extent that they do not contradict the provisions of
574	574	19 this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
575	575	20 (10 ILCS 5/17-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-11)
576	576	21 Sec. 17-11. On receipt of his ballot the voter shall
577	577	22 forthwith, and without leaving the inclosed space, retire
578	578	23 alone, or accompanied by children as provided in Section 17-8,
579	579	24 to one of the voting booths so provided and shall prepare his
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590	590	1 ballot by making in the appropriate margin or place a cross (X)
591	591	2 opposite the name of the candidate of his choice for each
592	592	3 office to be filled, or by writing in the name of the candidate
593	593	4 of his choice in a blank space on said ticket, making a cross
594	594	5 (X) opposite thereto; and in case of a question submitted to
595	595	6 the vote of the people, by making in the appropriate margin or
596	596	7 place a cross (X) against the answer he desires to give. A
597	597	8 cross (X) in the square in front of the bracket enclosing the
598	598	9 names of a team of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
599	599	10 Governor counts as one vote for each of such candidates.
600	600	11 Before leaving the voting booth the voter shall fold his
601	601	12 ballot in such manner as to conceal the marks thereon. He shall
602	602	13 then vote forthwith in the manner herein provided, except that
603	603	14 the number corresponding to the number of the voter on the poll
604	604	15 books shall not be indorsed on the back of his ballot. He shall
605	605	16 mark and deliver his ballot without undue delay, and shall
606	606	17 quit said inclosed space as soon as he has voted; except that
607	607	18 immediately after voting, the voter shall be instructed
608	608	19 whether the voting equipment, if used, accepted or rejected
609	609	20 the ballot or identified the ballot as under-voted for a
610	610	21 statewide constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is
611	611	22 identified as under-voted may return to the voting booth and
612	612	23 complete the voting of that ballot. A voter whose ballot is not
613	613	24 accepted by the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the
614	614	25 ballot, request and vote another ballot. The voter's
615	615	26 surrendered ballot shall be initialed by the election judge
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626	626	1 and handled as provided in the appropriate Article governing
627	627	2 that voting equipment.
628	628	3 No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already
629	629	4 occupied by another, nor remain within said inclosed space
630	630	5 more than ten minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than
631	631	6 five minutes in case all of said voting booths are in use and
632	632	7 other voters waiting to occupy the same. No voter not an
633	633	8 election officer, shall, after having voted, be allowed to
634	634	9 re-enter said inclosed space during said election. No person
635	635	10 shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before
636	636	11 the close of the poll. No voter shall vote or offer to vote any
637	637	12 ballot except such as he has received from the judges of
638	638	13 election in charge of the ballots. Any voter who shall, by
639	639	14 accident or mistake, spoil his ballot, may, on returning said
640	640	15 spoiled ballot, receive another in place thereof only after
641	641	16 the word "spoiled" has been written in ink diagonally across
642	642	17 the entire face of the ballot returned by the voter.
643	643	18 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
644	644	19 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
645	645	20 required or authorized by Article 24, 24A, 24B, or 24C,
646	646	21 whichever is applicable, except that the requirements of this
647	647	22 Section that (i) the voter must be notified of the voting
648	648	23 equipment's acceptance or rejection of the voter's ballot or
649	649	24 identification of an under-vote for a statewide constitutional
650	650	25 office and (ii) the voter shall have the opportunity to
651	651	26 correct an under-vote or surrender the ballot that was not
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662	662	1 accepted and vote another ballot shall not be modified.
663	663	2 Where a ranked-choice balloting is used for an office
664	664	3 elected by ranked-choice balloting, the voter may rank his or
665	665	4 her preferences for the candidates for that office. A voter
666	666	5 shall not be required to rank all candidates for that office. A
667	667	6 cross (X) for only one candidate shall be interpreted as a vote
668	668	7 of rank 1 for that particular candidate, with no other
669	669	8 candidate being ranked. Crosses (X) for 2 or more candidates
670	670	9 shall not count as votes for any candidate, and shall cause the
671	671	10 ballot to be identified as under-voted, subject to the
672	672	11 provisions for under-voted ballots under Section 18-5.
673	673	12 (Source: P.A. 94-288, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
674	674	13 (10 ILCS 5/17-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-18)
675	675	14 Sec. 17-18. Immediately upon closing the polls the judges
676	676	15 shall proceed to canvass the votes polled. They shall first
677	677	16 count the whole number of ballots in the box. If 2 or more
678	678	17 ballots are folded together so as to appear to have been cast
679	679	18 by the same person, all of the ballots so folded together shall
680	680	19 be marked and returned with the other ballots in the same
681	681	20 conditions, as near as may be, in which they were found when
682	682	21 first opened, but shall not be counted. If the remaining
683	683	22 ballots shall be found to exceed the number of applications
684	684	23 for ballot, the ballots shall be replaced in the box, and the
685	685	24 box closed and well shaken and again opened and one of the
686	686	25 judges shall publicly draw out so many ballots unopened as
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697	697	1 shall be equal to such excess; and the number of the ballots
698	698	2 agreeing with the poll lists, or being made to agree. Such
699	699	3 excess ballots shall be marked "Excess-Not Counted" and signed
700	700	4 by a majority of the judges and shall be placed in the "After
701	701	5 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots Envelope". The number of excess
702	702	6 ballots shall be noted in the remarks section of the
703	703	7 Certificate of Results. "Excess" ballots shall not be counted
704	704	8 in the total of "defective" ballots.
705	705	9 The judges shall then proceed to count and record the
706	706	10 votes; and when the judges of election shall open and read the
707	707	11 ballots, 3 judges, with at least one from each political party
708	708	12 from which the precinct judges were chosen, shall carefully
709	709	13 and correctly mark down upon the three tally sheets the vote
710	710	14 each candidate has received, in a separate box prepared for
711	711	15 that purpose, with the name of such candidate at the head of
712	712	16 such box, and the office designated by the votes such
713	713	17 candidate shall fill. Whenever a proposition is submitted to
714	714	18 the electors at the same election, the ballots for or against
715	715	19 such proposition shall always be canvassed, counted or
716	716	20 tallied. The votes shall be canvassed in the room or place
717	717	21 where the election is held, and the judges shall not allow the
718	718	22 ballot box, or any of the ballots, or the applications for
719	719	23 ballot, or any of the tally sheets to be removed or carried
720	720	24 away from such room or place, until the canvass of the vote is
721	721	25 completed, and the returns carefully enveloped and sealed up
722	722	26 as provided by law.
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733	733	1 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
734	734	2 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
735	735	3 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
736	736	4 is applicable.
737	737	5 Where ranked-choice ballot tallying is used for an office
738	738	6 elected by ranked-choice voting, the provisions of this
739	739	7 Section may be modified as required or authorized by Section
740	740	8 16-4.2 or Section 17-18.2 of this Code, whichever is
741	741	9 applicable.
742	742	10 (Source: P.A. 83-333.)
743	743	11 (10 ILCS 5/17-18.2 new)
744	744	12 Sec. 17-18.2. Ranked-choice ballot tallying.
745	745	13 (a) As used in this Section,
746	746	14 "Batch elimination" means the simultaneous defeat of
747	747	15 multiple candidates for whom it is mathematically impossible
748	748	16 to be elected.
749	749	17 "Continuing ballot" means a ballot that is not an
750	750	18 exhausted ballot.
751	751	19 "Continuing candidate" means a candidate who has not been
752	752	20 defeated.
753	753	21 "Exhausted ballot" means a ballot that does not rank any
754	754	22 continuing candidate, contains an overvote at the highest
755	755	23 continuing ranking or contains 2 or more sequential skipped
756	756	24 rankings before its highest continuing ranking.
757	757	25 "Highest continuing ranking" means the highest ranking on
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768	768	1 a voter's ballot for a continuing candidate.
769	769	2 "Last-place candidate" means the candidate with the fewest
770	770	3 votes in a round of the ranked-choice voting tallying.
771	771	4 "Mathematically impossible to be elected," with respect to
772	772	5 a candidate, means either:
773	773	6 (1) the candidate cannot be elected because the
774	774	7 candidate's vote total in a round of the ranked-choice
775	775	8 voting tabulation plus all votes that could possibly be
776	776	9 transferred to the candidate in future rounds from
777	777	10 candidates with fewer votes or an equal number of votes
778	778	11 would not be enough to surpass the candidate with the
779	779	12 next-higher vote total in the round; or
780	780	13 (2) the candidate has a lower vote total than a
781	781	14 candidate described in subparagraph (1) of this
782	782	15 definition.
783	783	16 "Overvote" means a circumstance in which a voter has
784	784	17 ranked more than one candidate at the same ranking.
785	785	18 "Round" means an instance of the sequence of voting
786	786	19 tabulation steps established in subsection (b) of this
787	787	20 Section.
788	788	21 "Skipped ranking" means a circumstance in which a voter
789	789	22 has left a ranking blank and ranks a candidate at a subsequent
790	790	23 ranking.
791	791	24 (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this
792	792	25 Section, the following procedures are used to determine the
793	793	26 winner in an election for an office elected by ranked-choice
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804	804	1 voting. Tallying must proceed in rounds. In each round, the
805	805	2 number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted.
806	806	3 Each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its
807	807	4 highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round. Exhausted
808	808	5 ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. The
809	809	6 round then ends with one of the following 2 potential
810	810	7 outcomes:
811	811	8 (1) If there are 2 or fewer continuing candidates, the
812	812	9 candidate with the most votes is declared the winner of
813	813	10 the election.
814	814	11 (2) If there are more than 2 continuing candidates,
815	815	12 the last-place candidate is defeated and a new round
816	816	13 begins.
817	817	14 (c) A tie under this Section between candidates for the
818	818	15 most votes in the final round or a tie between last-place
819	819	16 candidates in any round must be decided by lot, and the
820	820	17 candidate chosen by lot is defeated. The result of the tie
821	821	18 resolution must be recorded and reused in the event of a
822	822	19 recount. Election authorities may resolve prospective ties
823	823	20 between candidates before the election.
824	824	21 (d) Modification of a ranked-choice voting ballot and
825	825	22 tabulation is permitted in accordance with the following:
826	826	23 (1) The number of allowable rankings may be limited to
827	827	24 no fewer than 6.
828	828	25 (2) Two or more candidates may be defeated
829	829	26 simultaneously by batch elimination in any round of
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840	840	1 tabulation.
841	841	2 (e) For all statutory and constitutional provisions in the
842	842	3 State pertaining to the rights of political parties, the
843	843	4 number of votes cast for a party's candidate for an office
844	844	5 elected by ranked-choice voting is the number of votes
845	845	6 credited to that candidate after the initial counting in the
846	846	7 first round described in subsection (b).
847	847	8 (f) The State Board of Elections may adopt rules to
848	848	9 implement the provisions of this Section.
849	849	10 (10 ILCS 5/18-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-5)
850	850	11 Sec. 18-5. Any person desiring to vote and whose name is
851	851	12 found upon the register of voters by the person having charge
852	852	13 thereof, shall then be questioned by one of the judges as to
853	853	14 his nativity, his term of residence at present address,
854	854	15 precinct, State and United States, his age, whether
855	855	16 naturalized and if so the date of naturalization papers and
856	856	17 court from which secured, and he shall be asked to state his
857	857	18 residence when last previously registered and the date of the
858	858	19 election for which he then registered. The judges of elections
859	859	20 shall check each application for ballot against the list of
860	860	21 voters registered in that precinct to whom grace period, vote
861	861	22 by mail, and early ballots have been issued for that election,
862	862	23 which shall be provided by the election authority and which
863	863	24 list shall be available for inspection by pollwatchers. A
864	864	25 voter applying to vote in the precinct on election day whose
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875	875	1 name appears on the list as having been issued a grace period,
876	876	2 vote by mail, or early ballot shall not be permitted to vote in
877	877	3 the precinct, except that a voter to whom a vote by mail ballot
878	878	4 was issued may vote in the precinct if the voter submits to the
879	879	5 election judges that vote by mail ballot for cancellation. If
880	880	6 the voter is unable to submit the vote by mail ballot, it shall
881	881	7 be sufficient for the voter to submit to the election judges
882	882	8 (i) a portion of the vote by mail ballot if the vote by mail
883	883	9 ballot was torn or mutilated or (ii) an affidavit executed
884	884	10 before the election judges specifying that (A) the voter never
885	885	11 received a vote by mail ballot or (B) the voter completed and
886	886	12 returned a vote by mail ballot and was informed that the
887	887	13 election authority did not receive that vote by mail ballot.
888	888	14 If such person so registered shall be challenged as
889	889	15 disqualified, the party challenging shall assign his reasons
890	890	16 therefor, and thereupon one of the judges shall administer to
891	891	17 him an oath to answer questions, and if he shall take the oath
892	892	18 he shall then be questioned by the judge or judges touching
893	893	19 such cause of challenge, and touching any other cause of
894	894	20 disqualification. And he may also be questioned by the person
895	895	21 challenging him in regard to his qualifications and identity.
896	896	22 But if a majority of the judges are of the opinion that he is
897	897	23 the person so registered and a qualified voter, his vote shall
898	898	24 then be received accordingly. But if his vote be rejected by
899	899	25 such judges, such person may afterward produce and deliver an
900	900	26 affidavit to such judges, subscribed and sworn to by him
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911	911	1 before one of the judges, in which it shall be stated how long
912	912	2 he has resided in such precinct, and state; that he is a
913	913	3 citizen of the United States, and is a duly qualified voter in
914	914	4 such precinct, and that he is the identical person so
915	915	5 registered. In addition to such an affidavit, the person so
916	916	6 challenged shall provide to the judges of election proof of
917	917	7 residence by producing 2 forms of identification showing the
918	918	8 person's current residence address, provided that such
919	919	9 identification may include a lease or contract for a residence
920	920	10 and not more than one piece of mail addressed to the person at
921	921	11 his current residence address and postmarked not earlier than
922	922	12 30 days prior to the date of the election, or the person shall
923	923	13 procure a witness personally known to the judges of election,
924	924	14 and resident in the precinct (or district), or who shall be
925	925	15 proved by some legal voter of such precinct or district, known
926	926	16 to the judges to be such, who shall take the oath following,
927	927	17 viz:
928	928	18 I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident of
929	929	19 this election precinct (or district), and entitled to vote at
930	930	20 this election, and that I have been a resident of this State
931	931	21 for 30 days last past, and am well acquainted with the person
932	932	22 whose vote is now offered; that he is an actual and bona fide
933	933	23 resident of this election precinct (or district), and has
934	934	24 resided herein 30 days, and as I verily believe, in this State,
935	935	25 30 days next preceding this election.
936	936	26 The oath in each case may be administered by one of the
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947	947	1 judges of election, or by any officer, resident in the
948	948	2 precinct or district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
949	949	3 Also supported by an affidavit by a registered voter residing
950	950	4 in such precinct, stating his own residence, and that he knows
951	951	5 such person; and that he does reside at the place mentioned and
952	952	6 has resided in such precinct and state for the length of time
953	953	7 as stated by such person, which shall be subscribed and sworn
954	954	8 to in the same way. For purposes of this Section, the
955	955	9 submission of a photo identification issued by a college or
956	956	10 university, accompanied by either (i) a copy of the
957	957	11 applicant's contract or lease for a residence or (ii) one
958	958	12 piece of mail addressed to the person at his or her current
959	959	13 residence address and postmarked not earlier than 30 days
960	960	14 prior to the date of the election, shall be sufficient to
961	961	15 establish proof of residence. Whereupon the vote of such
962	962	16 person shall be received, and entered as other votes. But such
963	963	17 judges, having charge of such registers, shall state in their
964	964	18 respective books the facts in such case, and the affidavits,
965	965	19 so delivered to the judges, shall be preserved and returned to
966	966	20 the office of the commissioners of election. Blank affidavits
967	967	21 of the character aforesaid shall be sent out to the judges of
968	968	22 all the precincts, and the judges of election shall furnish
969	969	23 the same on demand and administer the oaths without criticism.
970	970	24 Such oaths, if administered by any other officer than such
971	971	25 judge of election, shall not be received. Whenever a proposal
972	972	26 for a constitutional amendment or for the calling of a
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983	983	1 constitutional convention is to be voted upon at the election,
984	984	2 the separate blue ballot or ballots pertaining thereto shall
985	985	3 be placed on top of the other ballots to be voted at the
986	986	4 election in such manner that the legend appearing on the back
987	987	5 thereof, as prescribed in Section 16-6 of this Act, shall be
988	988	6 plainly visible to the voter, and in this fashion the ballots
989	989	7 shall be handed to the voter by the judge.
990	990	8 Immediately after voting, the voter shall be instructed
991	991	9 whether the voting equipment, if used, accepted or rejected
992	992	10 the ballot or identified the ballot as under-voted. A voter
993	993	11 whose ballot is identified as under-voted for an office
994	994	12 elected by ranked-choice voting a statewide constitutional
995	995	13 office may return to the voting booth and complete the voting
996	996	14 of that ballot. A voter whose ballot is not accepted by the
997	997	15 voting equipment may, upon surrendering the ballot, request
998	998	16 and vote another ballot. If a ballot for an office elected by
999	999	17 ranked-choice voting is considered under-voted because the
1000	1000	18 ballot has crosses (X) for 2 or more candidates, the voter may,
1001	1001	19 upon surrendering the ballot, request and vote upon another
1002	1002	20 ballot. The voter's surrendered ballot shall be initialed by
1003	1003	21 the election judge and handled as provided in the appropriate
1004	1004	22 Article governing that voting equipment.
1005	1005	23 The voter shall, upon quitting the voting booth, deliver
1006	1006	24 to one of the judges of election all of the ballots, properly
1007	1007	25 folded, which he received. The judge of election to whom the
1008	1008	26 voter delivers his ballots shall not accept the same unless
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1019	1019	1 all of the ballots given to the voter are returned by him. If a
1020	1020	2 voter delivers less than all of the ballots given to him, the
1021	1021	3 judge to whom the same are offered shall advise him in a voice
1022	1022	4 clearly audible to the other judges of election that the voter
1023	1023	5 must return the remainder of the ballots. The statement of the
1024	1024	6 judge to the voter shall clearly express the fact that the
1025	1025	7 voter is not required to vote such remaining ballots but that
1026	1026	8 whether or not he votes them he must fold and deliver them to
1027	1027	9 the judge. In making such statement the judge of election
1028	1028	10 shall not indicate by word, gesture or intonation of voice
1029	1029	11 that the unreturned ballots shall be voted in any particular
1030	1030	12 manner. No new voter shall be permitted to enter the voting
1031	1031	13 booth of a voter who has failed to deliver the total number of
1032	1032	14 ballots received by him until such voter has returned to the
1033	1033	15 voting booth pursuant to the judge's request and again quit
1034	1034	16 the booth with all of the ballots required to be returned by
1035	1035	17 him. Upon receipt of all such ballots the judges of election
1036	1036	18 shall enter the name of the voter, and his number, as above
1037	1037	19 provided in this Section, and the judge to whom the ballots are
1038	1038	20 delivered shall immediately put the ballots into the ballot
1039	1039	21 box. If any voter who has failed to deliver all the ballots
1040	1040	22 received by him refuses to return to the voting booth after
1041	1041	23 being advised by the judge of election as herein provided, the
1042	1042	24 judge shall inform the other judges of such refusal, and
1043	1043	25 thereupon the ballot or ballots returned to the judge shall be
1044	1044	26 deposited in the ballot box, the voter shall be permitted to
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1055	1055	1 depart from the polling place, and a new voter shall be
1056	1056	2 permitted to enter the voting booth.
1057	1057	3 The judge of election who receives the ballot or ballots
1058	1058	4 from the voter shall announce the residence and name of such
1059	1059	5 voter in a loud voice. The judge shall put the ballot or
1060	1060	6 ballots received from the voter into the ballot box in the
1061	1061	7 presence of the voter and the judges of election, and in plain
1062	1062	8 view of the public. The judges having charge of such registers
1063	1063	9 shall then, in a column prepared thereon, in the same line of,
1064	1064	10 the name of the voter, mark "Voted" or the letter "V".
1065	1065	11 No judge of election shall accept from any voter less than
1066	1066	12 the full number of ballots received by such voter without
1067	1067	13 first advising the voter in the manner above provided of the
1068	1068	14 necessity of returning all of the ballots, nor shall any such
1069	1069	15 judge advise such voter in a manner contrary to that which is
1070	1070	16 herein permitted, or in any other manner violate the
1071	1071	17 provisions of this Section; provided, that the acceptance by a
1072	1072	18 judge of election of less than the full number of ballots
1073	1073	19 delivered to a voter who refuses to return to the voting booth
1074	1074	20 after being properly advised by such judge shall not be a
1075	1075	21 violation of this Section.
1076	1076	22 Where ranked-choice ballot tallying is used for an office
1077	1077	23 elected by ranked-choice voting, the voter may rank his or her
1078	1078	24 preferences for the candidates for that office. A voter shall
1079	1079	25 not be required to rank all candidates for that office. A cross
1080	1080	26 (X) for only one candidate shall be interpreted as a vote of
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1091	1091	1 rank 1 for that particular candidate, with no other candidate
1092	1092	2 being ranked. Crosses (X) for 2 or more candidates shall not
1093	1093	3 count as votes for any candidate, and shall cause the ballot to
1094	1094	4 be identified as under-voted, shall be subject to the
1095	1095	5 provisions for under-voted ballots in this Section.
1096	1096	6 (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
1097	1097	7 (10 ILCS 5/18-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-9)
1098	1098	8 Sec. 18-9. The judges of election shall first count the
1099	1099	9 whole number of ballots in the box. If the ballots shall be
1100	1100	10 found to exceed the number of applications for ballot, they
1101	1101	11 shall reject the ballots, if any, found folded inside of a
1102	1102	12 ballot. And if the ballots and the applications for ballot
1103	1103	13 still do not agree after such rejection, the ballots shall be
1104	1104	14 replaced in the box and the box closed and well shaken, and
1105	1105	15 again opened; and one of the judges shall publicly draw out so
1106	1106	16 many ballots unopened as shall be equal to such excess. Such
1107	1107	17 excess ballots shall be marked "Excess-Not Counted" and signed
1108	1108	18 by a majority of judges and shall be placed in the "After 6:00
1109	1109	19 p.m. Defective Ballots Envelope". The number of excess ballots
1110	1110	20 shall be noted in the remarks section of the Certificate of
1111	1111	21 Results. "Excess" ballots shall not be counted in the total of
1112	1112	22 "defective" ballots. And the ballots and applications for
1113	1113	23 ballot being made to agree in this way, the judges shall
1114	1114	24 proceed to count the votes in the following manner: The judges
1115	1115	25 shall open the ballots and place those which contain the same
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1126	1126	1 names together, so that the several kinds shall be in separate
1127	1127	2 piles or on separate files. Each of the judges shall examine
1128	1128	3 the separate files which are, or are supposed to be, alike, and
1129	1129	4 exclude from such files any which may have a name or an
1130	1130	5 erasure, or in any manner shall be different from the others of
1131	1131	6 such file. One of the judges shall then take one file of the
1132	1132	7 kind of ballots which contain the same names, and count them by
1133	1133	8 tens, carefully examining each name on each of the ballots.
1134	1134	9 Such judge shall then pass the ten ballots aforesaid to the
1135	1135	10 judge sitting next to him, who shall count them in the same
1136	1136	11 manner, who shall then pass them to a third judge, who shall
1137	1137	12 also count them in the same manner. Then the third judge shall
1138	1138	13 call the names of the persons named in the ten ballots, and the
1139	1139	14 offices for which they are designated, and 2 of the judges, who
1140	1140	15 did not assist in the counting shall tally ten votes for each
1141	1141	16 of such persons, except as herein otherwise provided. When the
1142	1142	17 judges shall have gone through such file of ballots,
1143	1143	18 containing the same names, and shall count them by tens in the
1144	1144	19 same way, and shall call the names of the persons named in the
1145	1145	20 ballots and the office for which they are designated, the
1146	1146	21 tally judges shall tally the votes by tens for each of such
1147	1147	22 persons in the same manner as in the first instance. When the
1148	1148	23 counting of each file of ballots which contain the same names
1149	1149	24 shall be completed, the tally judges shall compare their
1150	1150	25 tallies together and ascertain the total number of ballots of
1151	1151	26 that kind so canvassed; and when they agree upon the number,
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1162	1162	1 one of them shall announce it in a loud voice to the other
1163	1163	2 judges. The judges shall then canvass the other kinds of
1164	1164	3 ballots which do not correspond, those containing names partly
1165	1165	4 from one kind of ballots and partly from another, being those
1166	1166	5 from which the name of the person proper to be voted for on
1167	1167	6 such ballots has been omitted or erased, usually called
1168	1168	7 "scratched tickets". They shall be canvassed separately by one
1169	1169	8 of the judges sitting between 2 other judges, which judge
1170	1170	9 shall call each name to the tally judges and the office for
1171	1171	10 which it is designated, and the other judges looking at the
1172	1172	11 ballot at the same time, and the tally judges making tally of
1173	1173	12 the same. When all the ballots have been canvassed in this
1174	1174	13 manner, the tally judges shall compare their tallies together,
1175	1175	14 and ascertain the total number of votes received by each
1176	1176	15 candidate and when they agree upon the numbers one of them
1177	1177	16 shall announce in a loud voice to the judges the number of
1178	1178	17 votes received by each candidate on each of the kinds of
1179	1179	18 ballots containing his name, the number received by him on
1180	1180	19 scratch tickets, and the total number of votes received by
1181	1181	20 him.
1182	1182	21 The votes for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
1183	1183	22 Governor shall be counted and tallied jointly.
1184	1184	23 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
1185	1185	24 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
1186	1186	25 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
1187	1187	26 is applicable.
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