Bill Text: IL SB2215 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the nomination of candidates for the General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2215 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2215-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2215
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2215 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 17-11 and 24B-16 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/17-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-11)
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7 | Sec. 17-11. On receipt of his ballot the voter shall | ||||||
8 | forthwith, and
without leaving the inclosed space, retire | ||||||
9 | alone, or accompanied by children as provided in Section 17-8,
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10 | to one of the voting
booths so provided and shall prepare his | ||||||
11 | ballot by making in the
appropriate margin or place a cross (X) | ||||||
12 | opposite the name of the
candidate of his choice for each | ||||||
13 | office to be filled, or by writing in
the name of the candidate | ||||||
14 | of his choice in a blank space on said ticket,
making a cross | ||||||
15 | (X) opposite thereto; and in case of a question submitted
to | ||||||
16 | the vote of the people, by making in the appropriate margin or |
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1 | place
a cross (X) against the answer he desires to give. A | ||||||
2 | cross (X) in the
square in front of the bracket enclosing the | ||||||
3 | names of a team of
candidates for Governor and Lieutenant | ||||||
4 | Governor counts as one vote for
each of such candidates. Before | ||||||
5 | leaving the voting booth the voter shall fold
his
ballot in | ||||||
6 | such manner as to conceal the marks thereon. He shall then
vote | ||||||
7 | forthwith in the manner herein provided, except that the number
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8 | corresponding to the number of the voter on the poll books | ||||||
9 | shall not be
indorsed on the back of his ballot. He shall mark | ||||||
10 | and deliver his ballot
without undue delay, and shall quit said | ||||||
11 | inclosed space as soon as he
has voted; except that immediately | ||||||
12 | after voting, the voter shall be instructed whether the voting | ||||||
13 | equipment, if used, accepted or rejected the ballot or | ||||||
14 | identified the ballot as under-voted for a statewide | ||||||
15 | constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is identified as | ||||||
16 | under-voted may return to the voting booth and complete the | ||||||
17 | voting of that ballot . A voter whose ballot is not accepted by | ||||||
18 | the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the ballot, request | ||||||
19 | and vote another ballot. The voter's surrendered ballot shall | ||||||
20 | be initialed by the election judge and handled as provided in | ||||||
21 | the appropriate Article governing that voting equipment. | ||||||
22 | No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already
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23 | occupied by another, nor remain within said inclosed space more | ||||||
24 | than ten
minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than five | ||||||
25 | minutes in case all
of said voting booths are in use and other | ||||||
26 | voters waiting to occupy the
same. No voter not an election |
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1 | officer, shall, after having voted, be
allowed to re-enter said | ||||||
2 | inclosed space during said election. No person
shall take or | ||||||
3 | remove any ballot from the polling place before the close
of | ||||||
4 | the poll. No voter shall vote or offer to vote any ballot | ||||||
5 | except such
as he has received from the judges of election in | ||||||
6 | charge of the ballots.
Any voter who shall, by accident or | ||||||
7 | mistake, spoil his ballot, may, on
returning said spoiled | ||||||
8 | ballot, receive another in place thereof only after
the word | ||||||
9 | "spoiled" has been written in ink diagonally across the entire
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10 | face of the ballot returned by the voter.
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11 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
12 | used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||||||
13 | required or authorized by
Article 24,
24A, 24B, or 24C, | ||||||
14 | whichever is applicable, except that the requirements of this | ||||||
15 | Section that (i) the voter must be notified of the voting | ||||||
16 | equipment's acceptance or rejection of the voter's ballot or | ||||||
17 | identification of an under-vote for a statewide constitutional | ||||||
18 | office and (ii) the voter shall have the opportunity to correct | ||||||
19 | an under-vote or surrender the ballot that was not accepted and | ||||||
20 | vote another ballot shall not be modified.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 94-288, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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22 | (10 ILCS 5/24B-16)
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23 | Sec. 24B-16. Approval of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
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24 | Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of
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25 | Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
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1 | Technology voting systems provided by this Article.
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2 | No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting | ||||||
3 | system
shall be approved unless it fulfills the following | ||||||
4 | requirements:
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5 | (a) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
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6 | (b) (Blank);
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7 | (c) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in | ||||||
8 | part
from the nominees of one party, and in part from the | ||||||
9 | nominees of
any or all parties, and in part from | ||||||
10 | independent candidates, and
in part of candidates whose | ||||||
11 | names are written in by the voter;
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12 | (d) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed | ||||||
13 | ticket
of his or her own selection for any person for any | ||||||
14 | office for whom he or she
may desire to vote;
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15 | (e) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
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16 | proposition when the voter has cast more votes for the | ||||||
17 | office or
upon the proposition than he or she is entitled | ||||||
18 | to cast;
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19 | (e-5) (Blank) It will identify when a voter has not | ||||||
20 | voted for all statewide constitutional offices ; and
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21 | (f) It will accommodate all propositions to be | ||||||
22 | submitted to
the voters in the form provided by law or, | ||||||
23 | where no form is
provided, then in brief form, not to | ||||||
24 | exceed 75 words.
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25 | The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting | ||||||
26 | equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data |
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1 | Association (IrDA) communications port.
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2 | The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
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3 | approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology | ||||||
4 | voting
system if the system fails to fulfill the above | ||||||
5 | requirements.
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6 | The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely | ||||||
7 | responsible for the production and cost of: all application | ||||||
8 | fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other | ||||||
9 | equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the | ||||||
10 | vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective | ||||||
11 | equipment and software.
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12 | Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity | ||||||
13 | seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting | ||||||
14 | system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to | ||||||
15 | the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of | ||||||
16 | Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure, | ||||||
17 | taking into account the type of voting system approval that is | ||||||
18 | requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of | ||||||
19 | an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No | ||||||
20 | voting system or modification of a voting system shall be | ||||||
21 | approved unless the fee is paid.
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22 | No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or | ||||||
23 | loan, or have a written contract, including a contract | ||||||
24 | contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or | ||||||
25 | voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a
voting | ||||||
26 | system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
voting |
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1 | system component to any election jurisdiction unless the
voting | ||||||
2 | system or voting system component is first approved by the
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3 | State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".
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