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10 ILCS 5/14-4.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

Sec. 14-4.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.  Any person  who  is  appointed as an election judge under Section 13-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his  or her  employer at least 20 days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of  work for the  purpose of serving as an election judge.  An employer may not penalize an  employee for  that absence other than a deduction in salary for the time the employee was  absent from  his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave time to serve as an election judge.This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than 25 employees.  An employer with more than 25 employees  shall not be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be absent  under this Section on the same election day.    (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
10 ILCS 5/14-5.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5.1)Sec. 14-5.1.         Each judge of election shall be identified as such by a  suitable badge or label authorized and issued by the board of election  commissioners and bearing the date of the election for which issued.  On  such badge, the judge shall print his or her name and the ward or township  and precinct number in which he or she is serving.    (Source: P.A. 84-971.)
10 ILCS 5/14-5.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5.2)Sec. 14-5.2.         For each precinct in which there are 2 teams of judges, the board of  election commissioners shall designate 2 of the judges of election, one  from each political party, as holdover judges. The holdover judges shall be  on duty during the entire time from the opening of the polls until the  conclusion of the counting of the vote.    (Source: P.A. 76-1224.)
10 ILCS 5/14-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 14-6)Sec. 14-6.         If, in any municipality operating under Article 6 of this  Act, any judge shall not be present after the expiration of 15 minutes  from the time to open the polls, or within 15 minutes from the time of  closing the polls in the case of a judge appointed to count the vote or  if any judge becomes ill or if any member of his immediate family  becomes ill such judge may be excused from further attendance, and the  judge or judges present shall fill the place of such absent judge,  always selecting a person of the same political party as the party absent.  One of the judges shall administer to such substitute the oath as  required of the judge originally appointed, and blank forms shall be  sent out by the commissioners for such purpose, which oath shall be  preserved and returned to the commissioners, and such appointee shall be  considered an officer of the circuit court, and subject to the same  punishment and penalties as any other judge. Whenever such regular judge  shall be present such substitute shall cease to act. No judge shall  knowingly absent himself from the polls on election day, without good  cause. No judge shall knowingly detain any register or poll book or  cause it not to be produced at the polling place at the opening of the  polls, or for not more than 15 minutes thereafter.    (Source: P.A. 80-704.)
10 ILCS 5/14-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 14-7)Sec. 14-7.         Immediately after the confirmation of such judges by the  circuit court, the Board of Election Commissioners shall notify each  judge of election of his appointment and shall immediately mail to the  judge of election his commission.Previous to any vote being taken, judges of election shall severally  subscribe and take an oath or affirmation in the following form:"I, ...., residing at .... in the city (village or town) of .... in  the State of Illinois, do solemnly swear (or affirm) (in the case of a  registered voter, that I am a legal  voter in the .... ward of the city (village or town), of .... in the  State of Illinois); that I will support the laws and constitution of the  United States, and of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully  and honestly discharge the duties of the office of judge of election for  the .... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of  ...., in the county of ...., in the State of Illinois, according to the  best of my ability."    (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
10 ILCS 5/14-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 14-8)Sec. 14-8.         At least 60 days prior to the next election occurring  immediately after the expiration of the term of office of the judges, the  election commissioners shall cause judges of election again to be selected,  who shall be selected, appointed and commissioned in the same way,  according to the same forms and subject to the same qualifications and  limitations as required for the selection and appointment of such officers  in the first instance hereunder.    (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
10 ILCS 5/14-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

(10 ILCS 5/14-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-9)Sec. 14-9.         In all municipalities operating under Article VI of this Act,  judges of election shall receive the compensation specified in Section 13-10  in accordance with the population of the county as in said Section specified.When any judge of election, deputy registrar, judge of registration or  officer of registration does not perform all the services required by this  Act, then the board of election commissioners shall audit his time and  allow his pro rata compensation.    (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
10 ILCS 5/Art. 15 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

 ARTICLE 15.      BALLOT BOXES AND POLL BOOKS
10 ILCS 5/15-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

 (from Ch. 46, par. 15-1)Sec. 15-1.         (a) Except in municipalities operating under Article 6 of this Act, the  county board shall provide a sufficient number of ballot boxes, with secure  locks and keys, at the expense of the county, for the several precincts and  districts. There shall be an opening in the top of each box not larger than  is sufficient to admit a single closed ballot to be inserted therein at one  time, through which each ballot voted shall be put into the box.(b) The county board may provide ballot boxes not of a permanent type,  not of wooden or metal construction, not requiring locks or keys, nor  having doors or windows, if (1) such ballot boxes are so constructed as to  be completely sealed and empty units upon delivery to the polling place,  (2) they can be prepared for the inserting and depositing of ballots by the  removal of a perforated section in the top of each such ballot box, which  removal creates an open slot not larger than is sufficient to admit a  single closed ballot to be inserted therein at one time and through which  each ballot voted shall be put into the boxes, and (3) such ballot boxes  contain a perforated door or flap on one side which can be unsealed and  opened for removal of the ballots when voting has been completed. No ballot  box authorized by this paragraph shall be used on more than one election day.    (Source: P.A. 77-6.)
10 ILCS 5/15-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

 (from Ch. 46, par. 15-2)Sec. 15-2.         The said ballot boxes shall be delivered to and kept by the  judges of election, and by them kept and delivered over to their  successors.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/15-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

 (from Ch. 46, par. 15-3)Sec. 15-3.         The county clerk shall provide, at the expense of the county,  proper blanks, poll books and other necessary election blanks for each  precinct and district in his county, and cause a suitable number thereof to  be delivered to the judges of election, at least ten (10) days before any  election is to be held. The provision for poll books in this section shall  not apply where Articles 4, 5 or 6 make provision for the use of an  official poll record in lieu of poll books.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/15-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

 (from Ch. 46, par. 15-4)Sec. 15-4.         (a) In municipalities operating under Article 6 of this Act the  Board of Election Commissioners shall provide all necessary ballot boxes  and all registration record cards, forms of affidavits, forms of  notices, certificates of registered voters, tally sheets, blanks and  stationery of every description, with printed headings and certificates,  necessary and proper for the registry of voters and the conduct of such  elections and for every incidental purpose, connected therewith.(b) The Board of Election Commissioners may provide ballot boxes not  of a permanent type, not of wooden or metal construction, not requiring  locks or keys, nor having doors or windows, if (1) such ballot boxes are  so constructed as to be completely sealed and empty units upon delivery  to the polling place, (2) they can be prepared for the inserting and  depositing of ballots by the removal of a perforated section in the top  of each such ballot box, which removal creates an open slot not larger  than is sufficient to admit a single closed ballot to be inserted  therein at one time and through which each ballot voted shall be put  into the boxes, and (3) such ballot boxes contain a perforated door or  flap on one side which can be unsealed and opened for removal of the  ballots when voting has been completed. No ballot box authorized by this  paragraph shall be used on more than one election day.    (Source: P.A. 77-6.)
10 ILCS 5/15-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

(10 ILCS 5/15-6)Sec. 15-6.         Precinct tabulation optical scan technology  voting equipment.If the election authority has adopted the use of Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting equipment pursuant to  Article 24B of this Code, and the provisions of the Article are  in conflict with the provisions of this Article 15, the  provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed by  the election authority, its judges of elections, and all  employees and agents.  In following the provisions of  Article 24B, the election authority is authorized to develop and  implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan Technology voting equipment authorized by the State Board of  Elections as long as the procedure is not in conflict with  either Article 24B or the administrative rules of the State Board  of Elections.    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
10 ILCS 5/Art. 16 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 ARTICLE 16.      BALLOTS
10 ILCS 5/16-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-1)Sec. 16-1.         In all elections hereafter to be held in this state for  public officers, the voting shall be by ballots  printed and distributed at public expense as provided in this article  and no other ballots shall be used.    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
10 ILCS 5/16-4.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1)Sec. 16-4.1.     Ballots; Form; Consolidated Elections.     This Section shall  apply only to the consolidated primary election, and the consolidated election,  except as otherwise expressly provided herein.The ballot for the nomination or election of officers of each political  subdivision shall be considered a separate ballot, and candidates for such  offices shall be grouped together.  Where paper ballots are used, the names  of candidates for nomination or election to more than one political subdivision  may be contained on a common ballot, provided that such ballot clearly  indicates and separates each political subdivision from which such officers  are to be nominated or elected.At the consolidated election, the ballot for school  district offices shall  precede the ballot for community college district offices, and thereafter  the ballot order of the political subdivision officers to be elected shall  be as determined by the election authority.  In the case of school districts  other than community consolidated school districts, the ballot for non-high  school district offices shall precede the ballot for high school district  offices.At the consolidated primary and at the consolidated election, the ballot  for nomination or election of municipal officers shall precede the ballot  for township officers.  At the consolidated election, following the ballot  for municipal and township offices shall be the ballots for park district  and library district offices, following which shall be the ballots for other  political subdivision offices in the order determined by the election authority.The election authority, in determining the order of ballot placement for  offices of political subdivisions whose ballot placement is not specified  in this Section, shall give due regard to the clarity of the ballot presentation  to the voters, cost and administrative ease, and the requirement to provide  separate ballot formats within precincts in which the electors are not entitled  to vote for the same offices or propositions.  At the request of a political  subdivision which extends into more than one election jurisdiction, the  election authority shall endeavor to coordinate placement and color of the  ballot for such subdivision with the other election authorities responsible  for preparing ballots for such subdivision election.  The election authority  may conduct a lottery to determine the order of ballot placement of political  subdivision ballots where such order is not specified in this Section.  Such lottery may be conducted jointly by two or more  election authorities.    (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98;  90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
10 ILCS 5/16-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5)Sec. 16-5.         For all elections to which this article applies, the  county clerks, in their respective counties, shall have charge of the  printing of the ballots for all elections, including referenda,  and shall furnish  them to the judges of election.  In municipalities and counties having a board of election commissioners, such board  shall have charge  of the printing of the ballots and furnish them to the judges of  election within the territory under their jurisdiction. Ballots shall be  printed and in possession of the respective election authorities  at least two days before each election and subject to the inspection of  candidates and their agents; if any mistakes be discovered they shall be  corrected without delay. The election authority shall cause to be delivered  to the judges of election at the  polling place of each precinct or district, not less than twelve hours  before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls therein, at  least 10% more ballots of the kind to be voted in such precinct or  district than the number of voters registered therein for the purposes  of such election, such ballots shall be put up in separate sealed  packages, with marks on the outside clearly designating the polling  place for which they are intended and the number of ballots enclosed,  and receipt therefor shall be given by the judges of election to whom  they are delivered, which receipt shall be preserved by the election authority.  The election authority shall provide  and retain at its office an ample supply of ballots, in  addition to those distributed to the several voting precincts or  districts, and if at any time on or before the day of election the  ballots furnished to any precinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted  before the polls are closed, on written application signed by a majority  of the judges he or they shall immediately cause to be delivered to such  judges at the polling place, such additional supply of ballots as may be  required and sufficient to comply with the provisions of this Act.    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
10 ILCS 5/16-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-9)Sec. 16-9.         The election authorities shall prepare full instructions  for the guidance of voters at each election as to obtaining ballots, as  to the manner of marking them and the method of gaining assistance and  as to obtaining new ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled; and  they shall respectively cause the same to be  printed in large, clear type, on separate cards, to be called cards of  instruction; and the election authorities shall furnish to the judges of  election a sufficient number of such cards of instruction to enable the  judges of election to comply with the provisions of this article.    (Source: P.A. 81-1194.)
10 ILCS 5/16-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-10)Sec. 16-10. The judges of election shall cause not less than one of  such cards to be posted in each voting booth provided for the  preparation of ballots, and not less than four of such cards to be  posted in and about the polling places upon the day of election. In  every county of not more than 500,000  inhabitants, each election authority shall cause to be published, prior to the  day of any election, in at least two newspapers, if there be so many  published in such county, a list of all the nominations made as in this Act provided and  to be voted for at such election, as near as may be, in the form in  which they shall appear upon the general ballot; provided that this requirement shall not apply with respect to any consolidated primary for which the local election official is required to make the publication under Section 7-21.  (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
10 ILCS 5/16-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

(10 ILCS 5/16-11)Sec. 16-11.         Precinct tabulation optical scan technology  voting equipment.If the election authority has adopted the use of Precinct  Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting equipment pursuant to  Article 24B of this Code, and the provisions of the Article are  in conflict with the provisions of this Article 16, the  provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed by  the election authority, its judges of elections, and all  employees and agents.  In following the provisions of  Article 24B, the election authority is authorized to develop and  implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation Optical  Scan Technology voting equipment authorized by the State Board of  Elections as long as the procedure is not in conflict with  either Article 24B or the administrative rules of the State Board  of Elections.    (Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
10 ILCS 5/Art. 17 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 ARTICLE 17.      CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS AND MAKING RETURNS
10 ILCS 5/17-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-1)Sec. 17-1.     The polls shall be opened at the hour of 6:00 a.m.     and continued  open until 7:00 p.m. of the same day, at which time the polls shall be closed;  but if the judges shall not attend at the hour of six o'clock in the morning,  or if it shall be necessary for the electors present to appoint judges to  conduct the election, as herein prescribed, the polls may, in that case,  be opened at any hour before the time for closing the same shall arrive,  as the case may require.    (Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)
10 ILCS 5/17-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-2)Sec. 17-2.         Upon opening the polls one of the judges of election shall make  proclamation of the same, and at least 30 minutes before the closing of the  polls proclamation shall be made in like manner that the polls will be  closed in half an hour.    (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
10 ILCS 5/17-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-3)Sec. 17-3.         (a) Before voting begins, the ballot box shall be publicly opened and  exhibited, and the judges shall see that no ballot is in such box; after  which the box shall be locked and the key delivered to one of the judges,  and shall not be again opened until the close of the polls. This paragraph  (a) applies whenever permanent type ballot boxes are used, and does not  apply when non-permanent type ballot boxes are used in accordance with  section 15-1, paragraph (b).(b) When non-permanent type ballot boxes are used in accordance with  section 15-1, paragraph (b), prior to the commencement of voting and before  any ballots are deposited therein, the judges shall examine each sealed  ballot box, show it to those present and insure that it is in fact sealed  and empty; the sealed slot shall be broken open before those present and  the box inspected to insure that it is empty and such ballot box shall not  be removed from public view from the time it is so inspected until after  the close of the polls. The sealed opening on the side of the box shall not  be unsealed or opened until after the close of the polls.    (Source: P.A. 77-6.)
10 ILCS 5/17-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-4)Sec. 17-4.         Each of 2 judges of the election shall keep a poll list, which  shall contain a column headed "number", and another headed "names of  voters". The name of each elector voting shall be entered upon each of the  poll books by such judges, in regular succession, under the proper  headings, and the number of such voter placed opposite his name in the  column headed "number". This section shall not apply where Articles 4, 5 or  6 of this Act make provision for the use of an official poll record in  lieu of poll books.    (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1452.)
10 ILCS 5/17-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-5)Sec. 17-5.     The manner of voting shall be by ballot.     The ballot shall be  printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, and shall be,  except as otherwise provided in Article 8A, in form as prescribed in  Article 16 of this Act.    (Source: Laws 1964, 1st S.S., p. 711.)