10 ILCS 5/18-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 18 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns (In Municipalities Under Jurisdiction of Boards of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 18-14)Sec. 18-14.   The judges of election shall make duplicate statements of  the result of the canvass, which shall be written or partly written and  partly printed. Each of the statements shall contain a caption stating  the day on which, and the number of the election precinct and the ward,  city and county, in relation to which such statements shall be made, and  the time of opening and closing of the polls of such election precinct.  It shall also contain a statement showing the whole number of votes  given for each person, designating the office for which they were given,  which statement shall be written, or partly written and partly printed,  in words at length; and in case a proposition of any kind has been  submitted to a vote at such election, such statements shall also show  the whole number of votes cast for or against such proposition, written  out or partly written and partly printed, in words at length, and at the  end thereof a certificate that such statement is correct in all  respects; which certificate, and each sheet of paper forming part of the  statement, shall be subscribed by the judges. If any judge shall decline  to sign such return, he shall state his reason therefor in writing, and  a copy thereof, signed by himself, shall be enclosed with each return.  Each of the statements shall be enclosed in an envelope, which shall  then be securely sealed with sealing wax or other adhesive material; and  each of the judges shall write his name across every fold at which the  envelope, if unfastened, could be opened. One of the envelopes shall be  directed to the county clerk and one to the comptroller of the city, or  to the officer of such city whose duties correspond with those of  comptroller. The judges of election shall make quadruplicate sets of  tallies, and each set of tallies shall also be signed by the judges of  the election. If, however, the number of established political parties,  as defined in Section 10-2, exceeds 2, one additional set of tallies  shall be made and signed for each established political party in excess  of 2. Each set shall be enclosed in an envelope, securely sealed and  signed in like manner; and one of the envelopes shall be directed on the  outside to the election commissioners and the other to the city, village  or town clerk; the other two envelopes shall be addressed, respectively,  to the chairmen of the county central committees of the established  political parties. On the outside of every envelope shall be endorsed  whether it contains the statements of the votes cast or the tallies, and  for what precinct and ward, village or town.However, in those jurisdictions where electronic voting systems utilizing  in-precinct counting equipment are used, one such envelope shall be transmitted  to the chair of the county central committee of each established political  party and 2 such envelopes shall be transmitted to the board of election  commissioners.Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used, the  provisions of this Section may be modified as required or authorized by  Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever is applicable.At the nonpartisan and consolidated elections, the judges of election  shall make a tally sheet and certificate of results for each political  subdivision as to which candidates or public questions are on the ballot  at such election, except where such votes are to be canvassed by the  board of election commissioners or by the city canvassing board provided  in Section 22-8. The judges shall sign, seal in a marked envelope and  deliver them to the county clerk with the other certificates of results  herein required. Such tally sheets and certificates of results may be  duplicates of the tally sheet and certificate of results otherwise  required by this Section, showing all votes for all candidates and  public questions voted for or upon in the precinct, or may be on  separate forms prepared by the election authority and showing only those  votes cast for candidates and public questions of each such political  subdivision.Within 2 days of delivery of complete returns of the consolidated and  nonpartisan elections, the board of election commissioners shall  transmit an original, sealed tally sheet and certificate of results from  each precinct in its jurisdiction in which candidates or public  questions of a political subdivision were on the ballot to the local  election official of such political subdivision where a local canvassing  board is designated to canvass such votes. Each local election official,  within 24 hours of receipt of all of the tally sheets and certificates  of results for all precincts in which candidates or public questions of  his political subdivision were on the ballot, shall transmit such sealed  tally sheets and certificates of results to the canvassing board for  that political subdivision.In the case of referenda for the formation of a political subdivision  the tally sheets and certificates of results shall be transmitted by the  board of election commissioners to the circuit court that ordered the  proposition submitted or to the officials designated by the court to  conduct the canvass of votes. In the case of school referenda for which  a regional superintendent of schools is responsible for the canvass of  votes, the board of election commissioners shall transmit the tally  sheets and certificates of results to the regional superintendent.  (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)