10 ILCS 5/24B-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24B - Electronic, Mechanical Or Electric Voting Systems With Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Capability

Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System; Vote by Mail   Ballots; Spoiled Ballots.   The ballot information, shall, as far  as practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided for paper  ballots, except that the information may be in vertical or  horizontal rows, or on a number of separate pages or displays on the marking  device.  Ballots for  all questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided  in a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or marking  device in  the places provided for such purposes.  Ballots shall be of white  paper unless provided otherwise by administrative rule of the State Board of  Elections or otherwise specified.All propositions, including but not limited to propositions  calling for a constitutional convention, constitutional  amendment, judicial retention, and public measures to be voted  upon shall be placed on separate portions of the ballot sheet or marking  device by  utilizing borders or grey screens.   Candidates shall be listed on  a separate portion of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing  borders or  grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1,   a line or lines on which the voter  may select a  write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of the last candidate nominated for such office.  Such line or lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking  votes for the write-in candidate or  candidates. The number of write-in lines for an office shall equal the number  of persons who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that candidate, up to the number of  candidates  for which a voter may vote. In the case of write-in lines for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, 2 lines shall be printed within a bracket and a single square shall be printed in front of the bracket. More than one amendment to the constitution may be  placed on the  same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.  Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment  propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate portion of the  ballot  sheet or marking device and designated by borders or grey screens, unless  otherwise  provided by administrative rule of the State Board of Elections.  More than one public measure or proposition may be placed on the  same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.  More than  one proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed  on the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.  Names of candidates shall be printed in black. The party  affiliation of each candidate or the word "independent" shall  appear near or under the candidate's name, and the names of  candidates for the same office shall be listed vertically under  the title of that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as  otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below the title of that office the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate".  In the case of  nonpartisan elections  for officers of political subdivisions, unless the statute or an  ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution  requires otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates  shall not include any party or "independent" designation.  Judicial retention  questions and ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions  shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or marking  device.  In primary  elections, a separate ballot, or displays on the marking device, shall be  used for each political  party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking device arranged to  include  names of the candidates of the party and public measures and  other propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary  election.If the ballot includes both candidates for office and public  measures or propositions to be voted on, the election official in  charge of the election shall divide the ballot or displays on the marking  device in sections for  "Candidates" and "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.Vote by Mail ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots, or  ballot sheets.  Where a  Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for  voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or has a ballot  returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may return  the ballot to the judges of election and get another ballot.(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)