10 ILCS 5/24B-3
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-3.         Adoption, experimentation or abandonment of  Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology system; Boundaries of  precincts; Notice.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section,  any county board, board of county commissioners and any board of  election commissioners, with respect to territory within its  jurisdiction, may adopt, experiment with, or abandon a Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting system approved for use  by the State Board of Elections and may use the Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting system in all or some  of the precincts within its jurisdiction, or in combination with  paper ballots or voting machines.  Any county board, board  of county commissioners or board of election commissioners may  contract for the tabulation of votes at a location outside its  territorial jurisdiction when there is no suitable tabulating  equipment available within its territorial jurisdiction.  In no  case may a county board, board of county commissioners or board  of election commissioners contract or arrange for the purchase,  lease or loan of an electronic Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan  Technology voting system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan  Technology voting system component without the approval of the  State Board of Elections as provided by Section 24B-16.  However,  the county board and board of county commissioners of each county  having a population of 40,000 or more, with respect to all  elections for which the county board or the county clerk is  charged with the duty of providing materials and supplies, and  each board of election commissioners in a municipality having a  population of 40,000 or more, with respect to elections under its  jurisdiction, must provide either Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan Technology voting systems approved for use by the State  Board of Elections under this Article or voting systems under  Article 24A or Article 24 for each precinct for all such  elections except as provided in Section 24-1.2.  For purposes of  this Section 24B-3, the term "population" does not include  persons prohibited from voting by Section 3-5 of this Code.Before any such Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology  system is introduced, adopted or used in any precinct or  territory at least 2 months public notice must be given before  the date of the first election where the Precinct Tabulation  Optical Scan Technology voting system is to be used.  The  election authority shall publish the notice at least once in one  or more newspapers published within the county, or other  jurisdiction, where the election is held.  If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be published in a  newspaper published in the county and having a general  circulation within such jurisdiction.  The notice shall be  substantially as follows:Notice is hereby given that on (give date),  at (give place where election is held) in the county  of ...., an election will be held for (give name of offices to  be filled) at which a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan  Technology electronic voting system will be used.Dated at.... on (insert date).This notice referred to shall be given only at the  first election at which the Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan  Technology voting machines or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan  Technology voting systems are used.    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)