10 ILCS 5/24C-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 24C - Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems

Sec. 24C-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:"Audit trail" or "audit capacity" means a continuous trail  of evidence linking individual transactions related to the  casting of a vote, the vote count and the summary record of vote  totals, but which shall not allow for the identification of the  voter.  It shall permit verification of the accuracy of the  count and detection and correction of problems and shall provide  a record of each step taken in: defining and producing ballots  and generating related software for specific elections;  installing ballots and software; testing system readiness;  casting and tabulating ballots; and producing images of votes  cast and reports of vote totals.  The record shall incorporate  system status and error messages generated during election  processing, including a log of machine activities and routine  and unusual intervention by authorized and unauthorized  individuals.  Also part of an audit trail is the documentation  of such items as ballots delivered and collected, administrative  procedures for system security, pre-election testing of voting  systems, and maintenance performed on voting equipment.  All test plans, test results, documentation, and other records used to plan, execute, and record the results of the testing and verification, including all material prepared or used by independent testing authorities or other third parties, shall be made part of the public record and shall be freely available via the Internet and paper copy to anyone. "Audit trail" or "audit capacity" also  means that the voting system is capable of producing and shall  produce immediately after a ballot is cast a permanent paper  record of each ballot cast that shall be available as an  official record for any recount, redundant count, or  verification or retabulation of the vote count conducted with  respect to any election in which the voting system is used."Ballot" means an electronic audio or video display or any  other medium, including paper, used to record a voter's choices  for the candidates of their preference and for or against public  questions."Ballot configuration" means the particular combination of  political subdivision or district ballots including, for each  political subdivision or district, the particular combination of  offices, candidate names and public questions as it appears for  each group of voters who may cast the same ballot."Ballot image" means a corresponding representation in  electronic or paper form of the mark or vote position of a  ballot."Ballot label" or "ballot screen" means the display of  material containing the names of offices and candidates and  public questions to be voted on."Central counting" means the counting of ballots in one or  more locations selected by the election authority for the  processing or counting, or both, of ballots.  A location for  central counting shall be within the territorial jurisdiction of  the election authority unless there is no suitable tabulating  equipment available within his territorial jurisdiction.  However, in any event a counting location shall be within this  State."Computer", "automatic tabulating equipment" or "equipment"  includes apparatus necessary to automatically examine and count  votes as designated on ballots, and data processing machines  which can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results."Computer operator" means any person or persons designated  by the election authority to operate the automatic tabulating  equipment during any portion of the vote tallying process in an  election, but shall not include judges of election operating  vote tabulating equipment in the precinct."Computer program" or "program" means the set of operating  instructions for the automatic tabulating equipment that  examines, records, displays, counts, tabulates, canvasses, or prints votes  recorded by a voter on a ballot or that displays any and all information, graphics, or other visual or audio information or images used in presenting voting information, instructions, or voter choices."Direct recording electronic voting system", "voting  system" or "system" means the total combination of mechanical,  electromechanical or electronic equipment, programs and  practices used to define ballots, cast and count votes, report  or display election results, maintain or produce any audit trail  information, identify all system components, test the system  during development, maintenance and operation, maintain records  of system errors and defects, determine specific system changes  to be made to a system after initial qualification, and make  available any materials to the voter such as notices,  instructions, forms or paper ballots."Edit listing" means a computer generated listing of the  names of each candidate and public question as they appear in  the program for each precinct."In-precinct counting" means the recording and counting of  ballots on automatic tabulating equipment provided by the  election authority in the same precinct polling place in which  those ballots have been cast."Marking device" means any device approved by the State  Board of Elections for marking a ballot so as to enable the  ballot to be recorded, counted and tabulated by automatic  tabulating equipment."Permanent paper record" means a paper record upon which  shall be printed in human readable form the votes cast for each  candidate and for or against each public question on each ballot  recorded in the voting system.  Each permanent paper record  shall be printed by the voting device upon activation of the  marking device by the voter and shall contain a unique, randomly  assigned identifying number that shall correspond to the number  randomly assigned by the voting system to each ballot as it is  electronically recorded."Redundant count" means a verification of the original  computer count of ballots by another count using compatible  equipment or other means as part of a discovery recount,  including a count of the permanent paper record of each ballot  cast by using compatible equipment, different equipment approved  by the State Board of Elections for that purpose, or by hand."Separate ballot" means a separate page or display screen  of the ballot that is clearly defined and distinguishable from  other portions of the ballot."Voting device" or "voting machine" means an apparatus that  contains the ballot label or ballot screen and allows the voter  to record his or her vote.       (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)