Bill Text: IL SB3006 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that no voting machine used, adopted, or purchased by an election authority may be made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States or constructed with parts made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States, including, but not limited to, any hardware or software. In provisions concerning voting machines, precinct tabulation optical scan technology voting systems, and direct recording electronic voting systems, provides that the State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting equipment or system that is made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States or constructed with parts made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States, including, but not limited to, any hardware or software.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3006 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3006-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3006 Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/24-2.1 new
10 ILCS 5/24A-16 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16
10 ILCS 5/24B-16
10 ILCS 5/24C-16
Amends the Election Code. Provides that no voting machine used, adopted, or purchased by an election authority may be made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States or constructed with parts made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States, including, but not limited to, any hardware or software. In provisions concerning voting machines, precinct tabulation optical scan technology voting systems, and direct recording electronic voting systems, provides that the State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting equipment or system that is made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States or constructed with parts made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United States, including, but not limited to, any hardware or software.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 24A-16, 24B-16, and 24C-16 and by adding Section
24-2.1 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/24-2.1 new)
Sec. 24-2.1. Foreign voting machines prohibited. No voting
machine used, adopted, or purchased by an election authority
may be made, manufactured, or assembled outside the United
States or constructed with parts made, manufactured, or
assembled outside the United States, including, but not limited
to, any hardware or software.
(10 ILCS 5/24A-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-16)
Sec. 24A-16. The State Board of Elections shall approve all
voting systems provided by this Article.
No voting system shall be approved unless it fulfills the
following requirements:
(1) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
(2) (Blank);
(3) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in
part from the nominees of one party, and in part from the

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nominees of any or all parties, and in part from
independent candidates and in part of candidates whose
names are written in by the voter;
(4) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed
ticket of his own selection for any person for any office
for whom he may desire to vote;
(5) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
proposition when the voter has cast more votes for such
office or upon such proposition than he is entitled to
cast;
(5.5) It will identify when a voter has not voted for
all statewide constitutional offices;
(6) It will accommodate all propositions to be
submitted to the voters in the form provided by law or,
where no such form is provided, then in brief form, not to
exceed 75 words;
(7) It will accommodate the tabulation programming
requirements of Sections 24A-6.2, 24B-6.2, and 24C-6.2.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data
Association (IrDA) communications port.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
equipment or system that is made, manufactured, or assembled
outside the United States or constructed with parts made,
manufactured, or assembled outside the United States,
including, but not limited to, any hardware or software.

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The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
approval of a voting system if the system fails to fulfill the
above requirements.
The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely
responsible for the production and cost of: all application
fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other
equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the
vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective
equipment and software.
Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to
the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure,
taking into account the type of voting system approval that is
requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of
an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No
voting system or modification of a voting system shall be
approved unless the fee is paid.
No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
system or voting system component to any election jurisdiction
unless the voting system or voting system component is first
approved by the State Board of Elections pursuant to this

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Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
(10 ILCS 5/24B-16)
Sec. 24B-16. Approval of Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
Technology Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of
Elections shall approve all Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
Technology voting systems provided by this Article.
No Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
system shall be approved unless it fulfills the following
requirements:
(a) It enables a voter to vote in absolute secrecy;
(b) (Blank);
(c) It enables a voter to vote a ticket selected in
part from the nominees of one party, and in part from the
nominees of any or all parties, and in part from
independent candidates, and in part of candidates whose
names are written in by the voter;
(d) It enables a voter to vote a written or printed
ticket of his or her own selection for any person for any
office for whom he or she may desire to vote;
(e) It will reject all votes for an office or upon a
proposition when the voter has cast more votes for the
office or upon the proposition than he or she is entitled
to cast;
(e-5) It will identify when a voter has not voted for

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all statewide constitutional offices; and
(f) It will accommodate all propositions to be
submitted to the voters in the form provided by law or,
where no form is provided, then in brief form, not to
exceed 75 words.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
equipment or system that includes an external Infrared Data
Association (IrDA) communications port.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
equipment or system that is made, manufactured, or assembled
outside the United States or constructed with parts made,
manufactured, or assembled outside the United States,
including, but not limited to, any hardware or software.
The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
approval of a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
voting system if the system fails to fulfill the above
requirements.
The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely
responsible for the production and cost of: all application
fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other
equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the
vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective
equipment and software.
Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to

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the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure,
taking into account the type of voting system approval that is
requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of
an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No
voting system or modification of a voting system shall be
approved unless the fee is paid.
No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a voting
system or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
system component to any election jurisdiction unless the voting
system or voting system component is first approved by the
State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
(10 ILCS 5/24C-16)
Sec. 24C-16. Approval of Direct Recording Electronic
Voting Systems; Requisites. The State Board of Elections shall
approve all Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems that
fulfill the functional requirements provided by Section 24C-11
of this Code, the mandatory requirements of the federal voting
system standards pertaining to Direct Recording Electronic
Voting Systems promulgated by the Federal Election Commission
or the Election Assistance Commission, the testing

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requirements of an approved independent testing authority and
the rules of the State Board of Elections.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any Direct
Recording Electronic Voting System that includes an external
Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communications port.
The State Board of Elections shall not approve any voting
equipment or system that is made, manufactured, or assembled
outside the United States or constructed with parts made,
manufactured, or assembled outside the United States,
including, but not limited to, any hardware or software.
The State Board of Elections is authorized to withdraw its
approval of a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System if the
System, once approved, fails to fulfill the above requirements.
The vendor, person, or other private entity shall be solely
responsible for the production and cost of: all application
fees; all ballots; additional temporary workers; and other
equipment or facilities needed and used in the testing of the
vendor's, person's, or other private entity's respective
equipment and software.
Any voting system vendor, person, or other private entity
seeking the State Board of Elections' approval of a voting
system shall, as part of the approval application, submit to
the State Board a non-refundable fee. The State Board of
Elections by rule shall establish an appropriate fee structure,
taking into account the type of voting system approval that is
requested (such as approval of a new system, a modification of

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an existing system, the size of the modification, etc.). No
voting system or modification of a voting system shall be
approved unless the fee is paid.
No vendor, person, or other entity may sell, lease, or
loan, or have a written contract, including a contract
contingent upon State Board approval of the voting system or
voting system component, to sell, lease, or loan, a Direct
Recording Electronic Voting System or system component to any
election jurisdiction unless the system or system component is
first approved by the State Board of Elections pursuant to this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)