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10 ILCS 5/17-26
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-26)Sec. 17-26.         During the hours of election or a primary in any election  precinct, or during the canvass of votes or of making returns thereof, no  person shall bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring,  take or send into any place of election or primary any distilled or  spirituous liquors whatever; or shall, at any such time and place drink or  partake of such liquor.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
10 ILCS 5/17-27
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-27)Sec. 17-27.         The sale of liquor on national, State and local election days is  governed by Section 6-14 of "An Act relating  to alcoholic liquors", approved January 31, 1934, as now or hereafter  amended.    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
10 ILCS 5/17-28
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-28)Sec. 17-28.         No person shall, prior to an election or primary, knowingly  destroy or deface any list of candidates posted in accordance with the  provisions of The Election Code, nor, during any election or primary,  knowingly deface, tear down, remove or destroy any card of instructions or  specimen ballot printed and posted for the instruction of voters, nor  knowingly remove or destroy any of the supplies or conveniences furnished  to enable voters to prepare their ballots.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
10 ILCS 5/17-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-30)Sec. 17-30.         Except as provided herein, each county shall provide for  and pay the costs and expenses of all elections within the county other  than within the jurisdiction of a municipal Board of Election  Commissioners, as well as the costs expended within the jurisdiction of  a municipal Board of Election Commissioners for the registration and canvassing  of voters in even-numbered years. Each municipality with the first  Board of Election Commissioners established within a county shall provide  for and pay the costs and expenses of all elections within the jurisdiction  of the Board of Election Commissioners. The State shall reimburse each  county and municipality in the amount of the increase in compensation  provided in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149 and by this amendatory Act of  1998.For each emergency referendum and each special election not conducted at  the time of a regular election, each county  and municipality responsible for paying for the costs and expenses shall  directly pay for or be reimbursed by every other political subdivision  for which officers or public questions are on the ballot within the  jurisdiction of the election authority of such county or municipality except  such costs and expenses as are required to be reimbursed by the State.  For each primary election for the nomination of municipal officers held  in a municipality with a population of 5000 or less in accordance with  Article 7, the county in which such municipality is located shall be  reimbursed by the municipality for all costs and expenses attributable to  such primary election, except for those costs and expenses required to be  reimbursed by the State. Each such political subdivision shall provide for  and shall promptly pay such reimbursement of the total costs and expenses  of that election attributable to its offices or propositions as the case  may be, not including such costs and expenses as are required to be  reimbursed by the State.    (Source: P.A. 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
10 ILCS 5/17-32
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-32)Sec. 17-32.         (1) The following shall be added together to determine the  total costs and expenses of an emergency referendum or special election  not conducted at the time of a regular election  reimbursed to the county or municipality under the jurisdiction of a board  of election commissioners by the political subdivisions:(a) The cost of printing and distributing ballots and other printed  material used in or for the election;(b) The amounts paid to judges of election for election day duties;(c) Extra office expenses of the election authority, including (i)  postage and (ii) compensation to temporary employees which are directly  attributable to election day and the canvass of the votes of political  subdivision candidates and propositions, whenever applicable;(d) The cost of election day supplies used in the election;(e) The cost of delivery and return of election day materials and  supplies, including voting machines and voting devices used in  connection with an electronic voting system; and(f) The cost of renting polling places, computers and any other  property, the use of which is directly attributable to election day  activities.(2) Any county of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants in which there is a  municipal board of election commissioners shall reimburse that  board for, or shall pay directly, the cost items hereinafter specified incurred  by that board in relation to the territory within its jurisdiction  for each general primary and general election and for any other election  where such cost items are incurred or increased as a result of the certification  of candidates or public questions by the county clerk to such board:(a) The cost of printing and distributing ballots;(b) The amounts paid to judges of election for election day duties;(c) Costs attributable to the canvass of votes;(d) The cost of delivery and return of election day materials and supplies,  including voting devices and equipment used in conjunction with an electronic  voting system; and(e) The cost of renting polling places, computers, and other property,  the use of which is directly attributable to election day activities.However, the State shall pay the amount of the increase in  compensation for judges of election, registrars and canvassers provided  in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149.    (Source: P.A. 83-999.)
10 ILCS 5/17-33
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-33)Sec. 17-33.         Each election authority shall render a bill to the State  Board of Elections for the increase in compensation provided in Public Acts  81-850 and 81-1149, to the political subdivisions for the total costs  and expenses of said emergency referenda and special elections, and to  each municipality with a population of 5000 or less which has determined  that established political parties, within the meaning of Section 10-2, shall  nominate candidates for municipal office in such municipality by primary in  accordance with Article 7.  The election authority shall also transmit a  copy of such bills to the county treasurer or the municipal treasurer as the case may be.Any dispute regarding the amount of election expenses billed to a  political subdivision under this Section shall be arbitrated by the  State Board of Elections.  The decision of the State Board of Elections  in such an arbitration shall be enforceable against both the political  subdivision and the county, and such decision shall be a final  administrative decision for purposes of review under the  Administrative Review Law.    (Source: P.A. 83-1337.)
10 ILCS 5/17-43
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

Sec. 17-43. Voting.(a) 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 17, 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.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), when voting equipment governed by any Article of this Code is used, the requirements of Section 7-11 that (i) the voter must be notified of the voting equipment's acceptance or rejection of the ballot or identification of an under-vote for a statewide constitutional office and (ii) the voter shall have the opportunity to correct an under-vote for a statewide constitutional office or surrender the ballot that was not accepted and vote another ballot shall not be modified.  (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
10 ILCS 5/17-100
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

(10 ILCS 5/17-100)Sec. 17-100. Definition of a vote.(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the purpose of this  Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch card ballot when:(1) A chad on the card has at least one corner     detached from the card;(2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the     chad are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be seen through the card; or(3) An indentation on the chad from the stylus or     other object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter to vote based on the totality of the circumstances, including but not limited to any pattern or frequency of indentations on other ballot positions from the same ballot card.(b) Write-in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent with the existing  provisions of this Code.(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion of a ballot card  that a voter punches or perforates with a stylus or other designated marking  device to manifest his or her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot  card as defined in subsection (a).(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or manipulation of chads.         (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
10 ILCS 5/Art. 18 heading
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)

 ARTICLE 18.      CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS AND MAKING RETURNS (IN MUNICIPALITIES UNDER JURISDICTION OF BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS)
10 ILCS 5/18-1
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. 18-1)Sec. 18-1.   The provisions of this Article 18 shall be applicable only to  and in municipalities operating under Article 6 of this Act.At every election in any municipality operating under Article 6 of this  Act, each of the political parties shall have the right to designate a  canvasser for each election precinct, who may make a canvass of the  precinct in which he is appointed to act, not less than 20 nor more than 31  days previous to such election, for the purpose of ascertaining the names  and addresses of the legal voters residing in such precinct. An authority  signed by the executive director of the board of election  commissioners, shall be  sufficient evidence of the right of such canvasser to make a canvass of the  precinct in which he is appointed to act. The executive director of the board of  election commissioners shall issue such certificate of authority to any  person designated in a written request signed by the recognized chair or  presiding officer of the chief managing committee of a political party in  such city, village or incorporated town; and a record shall be kept in the  office of the election commissioners of all appointments of such  canvassers. In making such canvass no person shall refuse to answer  questions and give the information asked for and known to him or her.  (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
10 ILCS 5/18-2
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. 18-2)Sec. 18-2.         In any municipality operating under Article 6 of this Act,  the election polls shall be open at 6:00 a.m., and  continued open until 7:00 p.m., of the same day, at  which time the polls shall be closed, and no judge shall be behind time  for more than 15 minutes after the time for opening such polls. Any  judge may absent himself for a reasonable time but only during the  casting of ballots, and upon leaving and returning, the judge shall sign  a time sheet indicating the period of his absence. When absent for any  cause, the judge shall authorize some one of the same political party  with himself to act for him until his return.    (Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)
10 ILCS 5/18-3
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. 18-3)Sec. 18-3.         (a) Before voting begins in such municipalities the ballot box shall be  empty; and shall be opened and shown to those present to be empty, after  which it shall be locked and the key delivered to one of the judges, and it  shall not be removed from public view from the time when it is shown to be  empty until after the close of the polls.  It shall remain locked and shall  not be again opened until after 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  15-4, paragraph (b).(b) When non-permanent type ballot boxes are used in accordance with  section 15-4, 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.  This sealed opening on the side of the box shall  not be unsealed or opened until after the close of the polls.(c) Regardless of whether a permanent type or a non-permanent type  ballot boxes are used, the judges of election shall keep such ballot box  constantly in public view during the progress of the election.  If any  barricade or other obstruction of any kind is, prior to or during such  election, interposed, so that all who desire cannot constantly see such  ballot box, the judges shall remove such obstruction on request or on their  own motion, and if such obstruction is not removed on request, any sheriff  or police officer shall remove the same on request.  Any court  has jurisdiction, on complaint, to issue a warrant to the sheriff of the  county to remove such obstruction as a nuisance; and in executing such  warrant he may call any person to his assistance, and no other officer of  the law or private individual shall interpose or interfere with such  removal.    (Source: P.A. 79-1364.)
10 ILCS 5/18-4
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. 18-4)Sec. 18-4.         The official poll record provided for by sections 6-66 and 6-67  of Article 6 of this Act shall constitute the poll list, and poll books  shall not be kept by judges of election. Where in respect to any  municipality operating under Article 6 reference is made to poll lists or  poll books, such reference shall hereafter apply to the official poll  record.    (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
10 ILCS 5/18-5.1
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. 18-5.1)Sec. 18-5.1.   The provisions of Section 17-13, insofar as they may be  made applicable to voters with disabilities in elections under the jurisdiction of  boards of election commissioners, shall be applicable herein.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
10 ILCS 5/18-6
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. 18-6)Sec. 18-6.         The provisions of Section 17-23 of this Code, insofar as applicable  to pollwatchers in elections under the jurisdiction of boards of  election commissioners, shall be applicable herein.    (Source: P.A. 80-1090.)
10 ILCS 5/18-7
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. 18-7)Sec. 18-7.         Said judges of election shall have authority and it shall be  their duty to keep the peace, and to cause any person to be arrested for  any breach of the peace or for any breach of election laws, or any  interference with the progress of registration, revision, election or of  the canvass of the ballots; and it shall be the duty of all officers of the  law present to obey the order of such judges of election, or either of  them, and an officer making an arrest, by direction of any judge, shall be  protected in making such arrest the same as if a warrant had been issued to  him to make such arrest.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/18-8
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. 18-8)Sec. 18-8.         As soon as the poll of an election shall have been finally  closed, the judges of election, in their several precincts, shall  immediately, and at the place of the poll, proceed to canvass the vote  so cast. Such canvass shall not be adjourned or postponed until it shall  have been fully completed, nor until the several statements herein  required to be made by the judges shall have been made out and signed by  them. The judges of election shall have the right to station one or more  police officers or officers of the peace, at such entrance to the room  where such canvass is begun, or about to take place, to exclude  disorderly persons, and to keep the peace.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.    (Source: P.A. 83-333.)
10 ILCS 5/18-9.1
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. 18-9.1)Sec. 18-9.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who have  filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in candidates with  the proper election authority or authorities not later than 61 days prior to   the election. However, whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days prior to the election.Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall  be supplied by the election authorities.  Such declaration shall specify  the office for which the person seeks election as a write-in candidate.The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list of all persons  who have filed such declarations to the election judges in the appropriate  precincts prior to the election.A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan  candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her  nomination at the primary election, is ineligible to file a declaration of  intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that general or  consolidated election.A candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of  political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the  caucus and who is defeated for his or her nomination at such caucus is  ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for  election in that general or consolidated election.A candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates are  nominated at a primary election on a nonpartisan basis and who is defeated  for his or her nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a  declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that  general or consolidated election.Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to votes  cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 16-5.01.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
10 ILCS 5/18-9.2
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. 18-9.2)Sec. 18-9.2.   Where a vacancy in nomination is filled pursuant  to Section 7-61 or Section 10-11, the vote by mail votes cast for the  original candidate on the first ballot shall not be counted.  For this purpose, in those jurisdictions  where electronic voting systems are used, the election authority  shall determine a method by which the first ballots containing  the name of the original candidate may be segregated from the  revised ballots containing the name of the successor candidate  and separately counted.Where a vacancy in nomination is not filled pursuant to Section  7-61 or Section 10-11, all votes cast for the original candidate  shall be counted for such candidate.  (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
10 ILCS 5/18-10
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. 18-10)Sec. 18-10.         Each batch of ten ballots counted by the judges of election  shall, as soon as counted, read and tallied, be strung upon a strong  string, thread or twine in the order in which they have been read; and each  batch shall thus be disposed of before the commencement of the count as to  the next batch.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.    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)