2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS › 10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code. › Article 15 - Ballot Boxes And Poll Books

(10 ILCS 5/Art. 15 heading)
ARTICLE 15.  
		BALLOT BOXES AND POLL BOOKS
(10 ILCS 5/15-1) (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) (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) (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) (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)
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.)