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10 ILCS 5/24-1.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.1)Sec. 24-1.1.         The county board of each county having a population of  35,000 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 35,000 or more with respect to elections under  its jurisdiction, must provide either voting machines in accordance with  this Article or electronic voting systems in accordance with Article 24A  for each precinct for all such elections except as provided in Section  24-1.2 except in elections held pursuant to the provisions of Section 12  of Article VI of the Constitution relating to retention of judges in  office, in which event, the special ballot containing the propositions  on the retention of judges may be placed on the voting machines or  devices. For purposes of this Section 24-1.1, the term "population" does  not include persons prohibited from voting by Section 3-5 of this Act.Before voting machines or electronic voting systems are 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 wherein such  machines are to be used.  The election authority shall publish the notice  at least once in one or more newspapers published within its  jurisdiction in which 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 political  subdivision of this State.  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 office to be filled) at which voting  machines will be used.Dated at .... on (insert date).The notice referred to herein shall be given only at the first election at  which such voting machines or electronic voting systems are used.    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
10 ILCS 5/24-1.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.2)Sec. 24-1.2.         Paper ballots may be used for the conduct of the consolidated election in odd-numbered  years, the special  municipal primary in even-numbered years, and emergency referenda held at  any time, except in regular elections in which the only offices or propositions  on the ballot are for political subdivisions for which offices have heretofore  been voted on using voting machines or electronic voting systems and except  as otherwise provided by regulation of the State Board of Elections adopted  pursuant to this Section.The State Board of Elections may adopt regulations requiring the use of  voting machines or electronic voting devices, as are available in the  jurisdiction  of the election authority, in such elections.  Such regulations shall be  applicable uniformly statewide, and shall require the use of such voting  equipment only in those elections and only in those precincts where (1)  the ballots to be voted are complex, due to large numbers of offices,  candidates,  or public questions required to be on the ballot, (2) the number of political  subdivisions whose officers or public questions are to be included on the  ballot is substantial, and (3) the use of such voting equipment is efficient,  cost effective, and does not result in unjustified election expenses to  be reimbursed by the political subdivisions that will share such expenses  pursuant to Sections 17-30 through 17-33.  Such regulations may provide  reasonable classifications based on the above factors.    (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
10 ILCS 5/24-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-2)Sec. 24-2.         The voting machine or machines to be used, adopted, purchased as  herein provided must be so constructed as to meet all requirements  specified in this Article.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/24-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-3)Sec. 24-3.         The State Board of Elections shall appoint 2 mechanical experts to  examine voting machines. No member of the board nor their appointees shall  have any interest in any voting machine. Any person or corporation owning  or being interested in any voting machine may apply to said board to  examine such machine and report on its accuracy, efficiency, capacity and  safety. The experts shall examine the machine and make full report thereon  in the office of the State Board of Elections. They shall state in the  report whether or not the kind of machine so examined complies with the  requirements of this Article and can be safely used by voters at elections  under the conditions prescribed in this Article. If the report be in the  affirmative upon said questions, the machine shall be deemed approved by  the board and the machines of its kind may be adopted for use at elections  as herein provided. When the machine has been so approved any improvement  or change that does not impair its accuracy, efficiency, capacity or safety  shall not render necessary a re-examination or re-approval thereof. Any  form of voting machine not so approved cannot be used at any election. Each  of the 2 mechanical experts shall be entitled to $100 for his compensation  and expenses in making such examination and report, to be paid by the  person or corporation applying for such examination, which sum may be  demanded in advance of making the examination, and which shall be the sole  compensation to be received by any such expert. The board may, if it  consents to do so, go to any point in the state for the purpose of  examining a machine, but it shall not be compelled to make such examination  at any place other than the capital of the state; Provided, that each of  the 2 mechanical experts shall not receive and retain to exceed $1500 and  reasonable expenses in any one year, and all sums collected for such  examinations over and above said maximum salaries and reasonable expenses  shall be turned into the State Treasury.    (Source: P.A. 78-918.)
10 ILCS 5/24-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-4)Sec. 24-4.         The election authorities may  provide for the experimental use, at any election or elections, in one  or more election precincts, of a machine or machines which it might  lawfully adopt, without a formal adoption thereof, and their use at such  elections shall be as valid for all purposes as if they had been  lawfully adopted.    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
10 ILCS 5/24-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-5)Sec. 24-5.         The local authorities may for the purpose of paying for such  voting machines issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other  obligations, which shall be a charge on the city, village, incorporated  town, county or other governmental taxing division. Such bonds,  certificates or other obligations may be issued with or without interest,  payable at such time or times as the authorities may determine, but shall  not be issued or sold at less than par.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2702.)
10 ILCS 5/24-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-6)Sec. 24-6.         For any election in which voting machines are to be used, the  election precincts in which such  voting machines are to be used may be created or consolidated into one  area by the election authority so as to contain as near as may be five hundred  voters for  each voting machine to be used therein. The said consolidated precincts  to consist of no more than four and to be contiguous and to be known as  Consolidated Areas. When voting machines are used in contiguous  precincts as now or hereafter established, they shall be consolidated in  such manner as to provide for the efficient and economical use thereof.  Such consolidation shall be made under  such regulations as  to time and manner as are now provided by law, shall be for the purpose  of more efficient conduct of an election and shall not constitute a change  in precinct boundaries.    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
10 ILCS 5/24-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-7)Sec. 24-7.         The election authority  shall preserve and keep the  voting machine or voting machines in repair, and shall have the custody  thereof, and of the furniture and equipment of the polling place when  not in use at an election. No person shall be employed or allowed to  perform any mechanical services in connection with any voting machine  which is used or to be used at any election or primary in which such  person is a candidate.    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
10 ILCS 5/24-8.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-8.1)Sec. 24-8.1.         Whenever on the same day as a primary election there  is also an election for officers or on propositions in which qualified voters  have the right to vote without participating in the primary of any party, either  a separate voting machine or a voting booth and paper ballots may be provided  for those voters who do not wish to participate in the primary of any party.  Such determination shall be made by resolution of the county board, municipal board  of election commissioners or county board of election commissioners, whichever  is applicable.    (Source: P.A. 79-200.)
10 ILCS 5/24-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-9)Sec. 24-9.   Assistance to illiterate voters and voters with disabilities shall be given in  accordance with the provisions in Section 17-14 of this Act.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
10 ILCS 5/24-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-10)Sec. 24-10.         For the instruction of the voters on election day, there shall  be provided for each polling place, one mechanically operated instruction  model for each machine, showing a portion of the face of the voting  machine. Each such instruction model shall show the arrangement of party  rows, office columns and questions, but only fictitious candidates' names  shall be used. Such model shall be located on the election officials'  table, or in some other place which the voters must pass to reach the  machine, and each voter, upon request, before entering the machine, shall  be offered instruction in its operation by use of the instruction model,  and the voter shall be given ample opportunity to operate the model  himself. Each voter shall also have called to his attention the facsimile  diagrams at least two of which shall be posted on the walls of the polling  place, which facsimile diagrams shall be exact facsimiles, including the  color of the ballot labels, as near as may be, of the face of the voting  machine, so that the voter can become familiar with the location of the  questions, parties, officers and candidates. In case any voter after  entering the voting machine booth shall ask for further instructions  concerning the manner of voting, two judges of opposite political parties  shall give such instructions to him; but no precinct election official, or  person assisting a voter shall in any manner request, suggest or seek to  persuade, or induce any voter to vote any particular ticket, or for any  particular candidate, or for or against any particular amendment, question  or proposition. During such instruction, the curtains shall be thrown aside  so that the instruction may be observed by persons in the polling place.  After giving such instructions such precinct election officials shall  retire from the machine booth, and the voter shall thereafter, with the  curtains closed around him, proceed to vote as in the case of an unassisted  voter.    (Source: Laws 1949, p. 817.)
10 ILCS 5/24-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-12)Sec. 24-12.         The election authority shall provide at least 4 facsimile  diagrams which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the  entire front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official  ballot labels are arranged for voting purposes on election day. Where  colored ballot labels are required to be used, the facsimile diagrams  shall be appropriately colored to indicate such ballot labels. Such  diagrams shall be displayed for public inspection, 2 on the outside of  the polling place, and 2 on the inside thereof, at such polling place  during the day preceding election or primary day and throughout election  day. At each election where voting machines are to be used, the election  authority shall, not less than 10 days before the election, provide for  each election precinct in which a voting machine is to be used,  facsimile diagrams, printed on tinted paper, in an amount equal to at  least 1/5 of the number of votes cast in such precinct at the last  preceding general election. Such facsimile diagrams shall be made  available for public distribution except that  ten per cent (10%) of the number of the ballots printed shall be  supplied to the judges of election on election day for use in instructing  the voters and for distribution to the voters by them in their  discretion. Such facsimile diagrams may be of reduced size and shall  provide complete instructions for operating the voting machine in that  election.    (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
10 ILCS 5/24-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-14)Sec. 24-14.         Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the  ballot label on the machine as a candidate for office are herein referred  to as irregular ballots.Such irregular ballot shall be deposited, written or affixed in or upon  the receptacle or device provided on the machine for that purpose.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 288.)
10 ILCS 5/24-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-17)Sec. 24-17.         All of the keys of the machine or machines other than those  automatically sealed in the machine, shall be placed in the envelopes  provided for that purpose, and the envelopes shall be sealed and the  envelopes shall designate the serial number of the voting machine to which  such keys belong, and the number of the precinct and ward in which such  voting machine was used at such election, and such keys shall be returned  along with the written statements or returns of such election.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/24-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-18)Sec. 24-18.         A voting machine which passes all of the qualities  required by this Article may be supplied, in addition, with any  recording or photographic device on which the votes registered on the  mechanical counters will be separately recorded or photographed.  When a  machine is supplied with a recording device which automatically  registers the votes cast for candidates, questions or propositions, on  separate recording sheets one copy shall be removed at the close of the  polls to record the vote cast for each candidate, question or  proposition and the other recording device shall not be taken out or  examined by the election officers who make returns from the precinct,  but such machine shall be locked with such device therein and so remain  until the record made by such photographic or other device is removed  and prepared for examination by the official canvassing board having  charge of canvassing the returns of such election or primary, and the  official canvassing board shall compare the totals as shown on the  official return sheets with the totals as shown on the photographic or  other device, and see that both such totals are the same.  In case such  totals are found not to be the same, such canvassing board shall summon  the precinct election board which made the returns and together these  two official bodies shall make the necessary investigation to ascertain  the true facts and shall then correct the official return sheets as  necessary.  The record provided by such photographic or other device  shall be filed along with the official return sheets by the officials  now charged by law with filing and preserving the official return  sheets, and shall be kept so filed for the same length of time as the  law now provides for the filing and preservations of the official return  sheets.    (Source: P.A. 80-1031.)
10 ILCS 5/24-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-19)Sec. 24-19.         No person not an election officer or other public official  shall tamper or attempt to tamper with such voting machine or voting  machines, or in any way intentionally impair or attempt to impair its use,  or attempt any dishonest practice upon any such voting machine, or with or  by its use.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
10 ILCS 5/24-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-20)Sec. 24-20.         No judge of an election or inspector, or any custodian or other  public official authorized to take part in the holding of an election or in  preparing for an election, shall, with intent to cause or permit any voting  machine to fail to register correctly all votes cast thereon; or tamper  with or disarrange such machine in any way or any part or appliance  thereof, or cause or consent to said machine being used for voting at any  election with knowledge of the fact that the same is not in order, or not  perfectly set and adjusted so that it will correctly register all votes  cast thereon; or, with the purpose of defrauding or deceiving any voter or  of causing it to be doubtful for what ticket or candidate or candidates or  proposition any vote is cast, or of causing it to appear on said machine  that the votes cast for one ticket, candidate or proposition, were cast for  another ticket, candidate or proposition, remove, change or mutilate any  ballot label on said machine or any part thereof; or do any other thing  intended to interfere with the validity or accuracy of the election, and  the results thereof, or fraudulently cause an incorrect return of the  election.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
10 ILCS 5/24-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24-22)Sec. 24-22.         All the provisions of this Act, not inconsistent with this  Article, shall apply to all the elections in the precincts where such  voting machines are used. Any provisions of law which conflict with the use  of such machine or machines as set forth in this Article, shall not apply  to the precinct or precincts in which an election is conducted by the use  of such machine or machines.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/24-23
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24 - Voting Machines

(10 ILCS 5/24-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-23)Sec. 24-23.         If any section, paragraph, sentence, or clause of this Article  is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision  shall not affect the remaining portion of this Article, or any section or  part thereof; if this entire article is held invalid, such invalidity shall  not affect any other article of this Act.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/Art. 24A heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24A - Electronic, Mechanical Or Electric Voting Systems

 ARTICLE 24A.      ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL OR ELECTRIC VOTING SYSTEMS
10 ILCS 5/24A-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24A - Electronic, Mechanical Or Electric Voting Systems

 (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-1)Sec. 24A-1.         The purpose of this Article is to authorize the use of voting  systems approved by the State Board of Elections in which the voter records  his votes by means of marking or punching a ballot or one or more ballot  cards, which are so designed that votes will be counted by data processing  machines at one or more counting places.    (Source: P.A. 84-862.)