Bill Text: IL SB3530 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Changes the definition of "person with a disability" to include a person having an intellectual or developmental disability. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code. Requires an election authority to provide public notice 75 days (rather than 60 days) before each general and consolidated election calculated to reach elderly voters and voters with disabilities, of the availability of registration and voting aids under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking the ballot, procedures for voting by vote by mail ballot, and procedures for voting early by personal appearance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3530 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3530-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3530 Introduced 2/13/2020, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
10 ILCS 5/4-8.01 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.01
10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 ILCS 5/5-7.01 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.01
10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
10 ILCS 5/6-35.01 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.01
10 ILCS 5/7-47.1 from Ch. 46, par. 7-47.1
10 ILCS 5/7-48 from Ch. 46, par. 7-48
10 ILCS 5/12-1 from Ch. 46, par. 12-1
10 ILCS 5/17-14 from Ch. 46, par. 17-14
10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5
10 ILCS 5/19A-40
10 ILCS 5/24C-11
Amends the Election Code. Changes the definition of "person with a disability" to include a person having an intellectual or developmental disability. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code. Requires an election authority to provide public notice 75 days (rather than 60 days) before each general and consolidated election calculated to reach elderly voters and voters with disabilities, of the availability of registration and voting aids under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking the ballot, procedures for voting by vote by mail ballot, and procedures for voting early by personal appearance.
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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 1-3, 4-8, 4-8.01, 5-7, 5-7.01, 6-35, 6-35.01, 7-47.1,
7-48, 12-1, 17-14, 19-5, 19A-40, and 24C-11, as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions of
public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
popular vote, and includes primary elections when so indicated
by the context.
2. "Regular election" means the general, general primary,
consolidated and consolidated primary elections regularly
scheduled in Article 2A. The even numbered year municipal
primary established in Article 2A is a regular election only
with respect to those municipalities in which a primary is
required to be held on such date.
3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
held at the same time and place and by the same election
officers as a regular election.

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4. "General election" means the biennial election at which
members of the General Assembly are elected. "General primary
election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated primary
election" mean the respective elections or the election dates
designated and established in Article 2A of this Code.
5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
village or incorporated town.
6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any unit
of local government, or school district in which elections are
or may be held. "Political or governmental subdivision" also
includes, for election purposes, Regional Boards of School
Trustees, and Township Boards of School Trustees.
7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
Code, as now or hereafter amended.
8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board of
Election Commissioners.
9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county, in
the case of a county in which no city board of election
commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction of
a county board of election commissioners; (b) the territorial

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jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners; and (c)
the territory in a county outside of the jurisdiction of a city
board of election commissioners. In each instance election
jurisdiction shall be determined according to which election
authority maintains the permanent registration records of
qualified electors.
10. "Local election official" means the clerk or secretary
of a unit of local government or school district, as the case
may be, the treasurer of a township board of school trustees,
and the regional superintendent of schools with respect to the
various school officer elections and school referenda for which
the regional superintendent is assigned election duties by The
School Code, as now or hereafter amended.
11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
when used in connection with duties at an election during the
hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after the
closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
holdover judges.

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12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures of
qualified primary electors bound together.
13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the smallest
constituent territory in which electors vote as a unit at the
same polling place in any election governed by this Act.
14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for the
election of any officer, other than the State or a unit of
local government or school district, and includes, but is not
limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial districts,
judicial circuits, county board districts, municipal and
sanitary district wards, school board districts, and
precincts.
15. "Question of public policy" or "public question" means
any question, proposition or measure submitted to the voters at
an election dealing with subject matter other than the
nomination or election of candidates and shall include, but is
not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and questions
relating to the Constitution.
16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
adopted by referendum which provide for the form of government,
the officers or the manner of selection or terms of office of

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officers of such municipality or county, pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution.
17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
or other electronic data processing information containing
voter information.
18. "Accessible" means accessible to persons with
disabilities and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting
or registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
Elections.
19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20. "Person with a disability", "disability", "disabled
voter", or "voter with a disability" means a person having a
temporary or permanent physical disability or an intellectual
or developmental disability.
21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
highest or second highest average number of votes. The
political party whose candidates for governor received the
highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
leading political party and the political party whose
candidates for governor received the second highest average
number of votes shall be known as the second leading political
party.

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22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of an
election authority, local election official or the State Board
of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7 hours.
23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
nontraditional residence, including, but not limited to, a
shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space under
a bridge.
24. "Signature" means a name signed in ink or in digitized
form. This definition does not apply to a nominating or
candidate petition or a referendum petition.
25. "Intelligent mail barcode tracking system" means a
printed trackable barcode attached to the return business reply
envelope for mail-in ballots under Article 19 or Article 20
that allows an election authority to determine the date the
envelope was mailed in absence of a postmark.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration

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as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be
determined by street and number, then the section,
congressional township and range number may be used, or such
other description as may be necessary, including post-office
mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
address shall be included on his or her registration record
card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
the place or places where he resided and the dates during which
he resided in such place or places during the year next

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preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Disability Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at
the time of registration, which would require assistance in
voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.
Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and
duplicate registration record cards.
Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
description of the applicant in the space provided on the back
or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the

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following questions and record the answers thereto:
Father's first name.
Mother's first name.
From what address did the applicant last register?
Reason for inability to sign name.
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF .......
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this
location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
..................................
Signature of registration officer.
(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.

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Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the

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polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
circuit court of the county in which the election authority
maintains the registration information. The costs of
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall

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be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the
county clerk to local political committees and governmental
entities at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable

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cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be
the cost of duplication plus 15% for administration. The
individual representing a political committee requesting
copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide political
purposes, including by or for candidates for office or
incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other electronic
data shall not be used under any circumstances by any political
committee or individuals for purposes of commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes contain
information on county residents related to the operations of
county government in addition to registration information,
that information shall not be used under any circumstances for
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The
prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes or
computer discs or other electronic data processing information
containing voter registration information for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act of
1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of
a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform

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medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ............................
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
.................................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission
as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority

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for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.01)
Sec. 4-8.01. If an applicant for registration reports a
permanent physical disability which would require assistance
in voting, the county clerk shall mark all his registration
cards in the right margin on the front of the card with a band
of ink running the full margin which shall be of contrast to,
and easily distinguishable from, the color of the card. If an
applicant for registration declares upon properly witnessed
oath, with his signature or mark affixed, that he cannot read
the English language and that he will require assistance in
voting, all his registration cards shall be marked in a manner
similar to the marking on the cards of a voter who requires
assistance because of physical disability, except that the
marking shall be of a different distinguishing color. Following
each election the cards of any voter who has requested
assistance as a voter with a disability, and has stated that
the disability is permanent, or who has received assistance
because of inability to read the English language, shall be
marked in the same manner.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient

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number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the

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precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
days in the precinct.
Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Disability Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at
the time of registration, which would require assistance in
voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.
Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
or digitized form to the affidavit on the original and
duplicate registration record card.
Signature of Deputy Registrar.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed

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description of the applicant in the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
questions and record the answers thereto:
Father's first name .......................
Mother's first name .......................
From what address did you last register?
Reason for inability to sign name.
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois)
)ss
County of )
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence
and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................................
Signature of Registration Officer.
(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)

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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case
may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be

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inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
circuit court of the county in which the election authority

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maintains the registration information. The costs of
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,

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duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
clerk to local political committees and governmental entities
at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of
the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost
of duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
representing a political committee requesting copies of such
tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
any circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. If such tapes contain information on county residents
related to the operations of county government in addition to
registration information, that information shall not be used
under any circumstances for commercial solicitation or other
business purposes. The prohibition in this Section against
using the computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic
data processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure

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uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was .....
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission

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as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-7.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.01)
Sec. 5-7.01. If an applicant for registration reports a
permanent physical disability which would require assistance
in voting, the county clerk shall mark all his registration
cards in the right margin on the front of the card with a band
of ink running the full margin which shall be of contrast to,
and easily distinguishable from, the color of the card. If an
applicant for registration declares upon properly witnessed
oath, with his signature or mark affixed, that he cannot read
the English language and that he will require assistance in
voting, all his registration cards shall be marked in a manner
similar to the marking on the cards of a voter who requires
assistance because of physical disability, except that the
marking shall be of a different distinguishing color. Following
each election the cards of any voter who has requested
assistance as a voter with a disability, and has stated that
the disability is permanent, or who has received assistance
because of inability to read the English language, shall be
marked in the same manner.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

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(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the registration
of electors which shall be known as registration record cards
and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of
suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the data
hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards
of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a carbon copy of the
original or a copy of the original made by the use of other
method or material used for making simultaneous true copies or
duplications.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the Board of Election
Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
identification of the applicant for registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as

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may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct.
Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when the applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Disability Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at
the time of registration, which would require assistance in
voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.
Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and the
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Signature of deputy registrar.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
shall ask the following questions and record the answers
thereto:
Father's first name .........................
Mother's first name .........................
From what address did you last register? ....
Reason for inability to sign name ...........
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois )
)ss
County of ....... )
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).

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......................................
Signature of registration officer
(to be signed in presence of registrant).
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the
Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
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extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and May
15 each year and within 10 days after each registration period
is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed
by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any
regular or special election. Registration information shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:
name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any, age, party
affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county,
and representative, legislative and congressional districts.
In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this

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nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which
the election authority maintains the registration information.
The costs of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall
be paid at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in
the election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or
disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority
for such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to
state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
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hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board
of Election Commissioners to local political committees and
governmental entities at their request and at a reasonable
cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this
purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The individual representing a political
committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide
political purposes, including by or for candidates for office
or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other
electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by
any political committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such
tapes contain information on county residents related to the
operations of county government in addition to registration
information, that information shall not be used under any
circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the
computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this

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provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your
(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)

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Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the applicant
was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-35.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.01)
Sec. 6-35.01. If an applicant for registration reports a
permanent physical disability which would require assistance
in voting, the board of election commissioners shall mark all
his registration cards in the right margin on the front of the
card with a band of ink running the full margin which shall be
of contrast to, and easily distinguishable from, the color of
the card. If an applicant for registration declares upon
properly witnessed oath, with his signature or mark affixed,
that he cannot read the English language and that he will
require assistance in voting, all his registration cards shall
be marked in a manner similar to the marking on the cards of a
voter who requires assistance because of physical disability,
except that the marking shall be of a different distinguishing
color. Following each election the cards of any voter who has
requested assistance as a voter with a disability, and has
stated that the disability is permanent, or who has received

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assistance because of inability to read the English language,
shall be marked in the same manner.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-47.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-47.1)
Sec. 7-47.1. (a) In the case of an emergency, as determined
by the State Board of Elections, or if the Board determines
that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the
election authority and that no accessible polling place, as
defined by rule of the State Board of Elections, is available
within a precinct nor is the election authority able to make a
polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the
Board, upon written application by the election authority, is
authorized to grant an exemption from the accessibility
requirements of the Federal Voting Accessibility for the
Elderly and Handicapped Act (Public Law 98-435). Such exemption
shall be valid for a period of 2 years.
(b) Any temporarily or permanently physically disabled
voter who, because of structural features of the building in
which the polling place is located, is unable to access or
enter the polling place, may request that 2 judges of election
of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at
the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion
toward the polling place; but, in no case, shall a ballot be
delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the
building in which the polling place is located. Such request

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shall be made to the election authority not later than the
close of business at the election authority's office on the day
before the election and on a form prescribed by the State Board
of Elections. The election authority shall notify the judges of
election for the appropriate precinct polling places of such
requests.
Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to
the disabled voter the ballot which he or she is entitled to
vote, a portable voting booth or other enclosure that will
allow such voter to mark his or her ballot in secrecy, and a
marking device.
(c) The voter must complete the entire voting process,
including the application for ballot from which the judges of
election shall compare the voter's signature with the signature
on his or her registration record card in the precinct binder.
After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed it
in the ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner prescribed
for paper ballots), the 2 judges of election shall return the
ballot to the polling place and give it to the judge in charge
of the ballot box who shall deposit it therein.
Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of this
Code shall be permitted to accompany the judges and observe the
above procedure.
No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his or
her ballot, unless the voter requests assistance and completes
the affidavit required by Section 17-14 of this Code.

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(Source: P.A. 84-808.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-48)
Sec. 7-48. Any primary elector who may declare upon oath,
properly witnessed and with his or her signature or mark
affixed, that he or she requires assistance to vote by reason
of blindness, physical disability or inability to read, write
or speak the English language, shall, upon request, be assisted
in marking his or her primary ballot in the same manner as
provided by this Act for general elections.
(Source: P.A. 84-808.)
(10 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-1)
Sec. 12-1. At least 75 60 days prior to each general and
consolidated election, the election authority shall provide
public notice, calculated to reach elderly voters and voters
with disabilities, of the availability of registration and
voting aids under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the
Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance
in marking the ballot, procedures for voting by vote by mail
ballot, and procedures for voting early by personal appearance.
At least 30 days before any general election, and at least
20 days before any special congressional election, the county
clerk shall publish a notice of the election in 2 or more
newspapers published in the county, city, village,
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no such newspaper, then in any 2 or more newspapers published
in the county and having a general circulation throughout the
community. The notice may be substantially as follows:
Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give the
place of holding the election and the name of the precinct or
district) in the county of (name county), an election will be
held for (give the title of the several offices to be filled),
which election will be open at 6:00 a.m. and continued open
until 7:00 p.m. of that day.
Dated at .... on (insert date).
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/17-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-14)
Sec. 17-14. Any voter who declares upon oath, properly
witnessed and with his or her signature or mark affixed, that
he or she requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness,
physical disability or inability to read, write or speak the
English language shall, upon request, be assisted in marking
his or her ballot, by 2 judges of election of different
political parties, to be selected by all judges of election of
each precinct at the opening of the polls or by a person of the
voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent of
that employer or officer or agent of the voter's union. A voter
who presents an Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Card, issued to that person under the provisions
of the Illinois Identification Card Act, indicating that such

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voter has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability under the provisions
of Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act, or a
voter who declares upon oath, properly witnessed, that by
reason of any physical disability he is unable to mark his
ballot shall, upon request, be assisted in marking his ballot
by 2 of the election officers of different parties as provided
above in this Section or by a person of the voter's choice
other than the voter's employer or agent of that employer or
officer or agent of the voter's union. Such voter shall state
specifically the reason why he cannot vote without assistance
and, in the case of a voter with a physical disability, what
his physical disability is. Prior to entering the voting booth,
the person providing the assistance, if other than 2 judges of
election, shall be presented with written instructions on how
assistance shall be provided. This instruction shall be
prescribed by the State Board of Elections and shall include
the penalties for attempting to influence the voter's choice of
candidates, party, or votes in relation to any question on the
ballot and for not marking the ballot as directed by the voter.
Additionally, the person providing the assistance shall sign an
oath, swearing not to influence the voter's choice of
candidates, party, or votes in relation to any question on the
ballot and to cast the ballot as directed by the voter. The
oath shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections and
shall include the penalty for violating this Section. In the
voting booth, such person shall mark the ballot as directed by

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the voter, and shall thereafter give no information regarding
the same. The judges of election shall enter upon the poll
lists or official poll record after the name of any elector who
received such assistance in marking his ballot a memorandum of
the fact and if the disability is permanent. Intoxication shall
not be regarded as a physical disability, and no intoxicated
person shall be entitled to assistance in marking his ballot.
No person shall secure or attempt to secure assistance in
voting who is not blind, a person with a physical disability,
or illiterate as herein provided, nor shall any person
knowingly assist a voter in voting contrary to the provisions
of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-5)
Sec. 19-5. It shall be the duty of the election authority
to fold the ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the
statute for folding ballots prior to their deposit in the
ballot box, and to enclose such ballot or ballots in an
envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which envelope shall
bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and post
office address of the election authority, and upon the other
side a printed certification in substantially the following
form:
I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in

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the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
address for .... months last past; and that I am lawfully
entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
held on .....
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
ballot in secret.
Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
that the statements set forth in this certification are true
and correct.
.......................
If the ballot is to go to an elector who is physically
incapacitated and needs assistance marking the ballot, the
envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a certification in
substantially the following form:
I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
....; that I am physically incapable of personally marking the
ballot for such election.
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I further state that I marked the enclosed ballot in secret
with the assistance of
.................................
(Individual rendering assistance)
.................................
(Residence Address)
Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
that the statements set forth in this certification are true
and correct.
.......................
In the case of a voter with a physical incapacity, marking
a ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the
assistance of another individual, other than a candidate whose
name appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the
voter's employer, an agent of that employer, or an officer or
agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical
incapacity necessitates such assistance.
In the case of a physically incapacitated voter, marking a
ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the assistance
of another individual, other than a candidate whose name
appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the
voter's employer, an agent of that employer, or an officer or
agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical

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incapacity necessitates such assistance.
Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a
primary election, the certification shall designate the name of
the political party with which the voter is affiliated.
In addition to the above, the election authority shall
provide printed slips giving full instructions regarding the
manner of marking and returning the ballot in order that the
same may be counted, and shall furnish one of such printed
slips to each of such applicants at the same time the ballot is
delivered to him. Such instructions shall include the following
statement: "In signing the certification on the vote by mail
ballot envelope, you are attesting that you personally marked
this vote by mail ballot in secret. If you are physically
unable to mark the ballot, a friend or relative may assist you
after completing the enclosed affidavit. Federal and State laws
prohibit a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless
you are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of
the candidate), your employer, your employer's agent or an
officer or agent of your union from assisting voters with
physical disabilities."
In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an
elector pursuant to this Section contains a public question
described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory
concerning which the question is to be submitted is not
described on the ballot due to the space limitations of such
ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of

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a notice of the public question, which shall include a
description of the territory in the manner required by Section
16-7. The notice shall be furnished to the elector at the same
time the ballot is delivered to the elector.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/19A-40)
Sec. 19A-40. Enclosure of ballots in envelope. It is the
duty of the election judge or official to fold the ballot or
ballots in the manner specified by the statute for folding
ballots prior to their deposit in the ballot box, and to
enclose the ballot or ballots in an envelope unsealed to be
furnished by him or her, which envelope shall bear upon the
face thereof the name, official title, and post office address
of the election authority, and upon the other side a printed
certification in substantially the following form:
I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
the city of .... residing at .... in that city or town in the
county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at that
address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
to vote in that precinct at the .... election to be held on
.... .
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
ballot in secret.

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Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
Section 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies
that the statements set forth in this certification are true
and correct.
.......................
If the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a primary
election, the certification shall designate the name of the
political party with which the voter is affiliated.
In addition to the above, the election authority shall
provide printed slips giving full instructions regarding the
manner of marking and returning the ballot in order that the
same may be counted, and shall furnish one of the printed slips
to each of such applicants at the same time the ballot is
delivered to him or her. The instructions shall include the
following statement: "In signing the certification on the early
ballot envelope, you are attesting that you personally marked
this early ballot in secret. If you are physically unable to
mark the ballot, a friend or relative may assist you. Federal
and State laws prohibit your employer, your employer's agent,
or an officer or agent of your union from assisting voters with
physical disabilities."
In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to a
voter pursuant to this Section contains a public question
described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory
concerning which the question is to be submitted is not
described on the ballot due to the space limitations of the

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ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
a notice of the public question, which shall include a
description of the territory in the manner required by Section
16-7. The notice shall be furnished to the voter at the same
time the ballot is delivered to the voter.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/24C-11)
Sec. 24C-11. Functional requirements. A Direct Recording
Electronic Voting System shall, in addition to satisfying the
other requirements of this Article, fulfill the following
functional requirements:
(a) Provide a voter in a primary election with the means of
casting a ballot containing votes for any and all candidates of
the party or parties of his or her choice, and for any and all
non-partisan candidates and public questions and preclude the
voter from voting for any candidate of any other political
party except when legally permitted. In a general election, the
system shall provide the voter with means of selecting the
appropriate number of candidates for any office, and of voting
on any public question on the ballot to which he or she is
entitled to vote.
(b) If a voter is not entitled to vote for particular
candidates or public questions appearing on the ballot, the
system shall prevent the selection of the prohibited votes.
(c) Once the proper ballot has been selected, the system

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devices shall provide a means of enabling the recording of
votes and the casting of said ballot.
(d) System voting devices shall provide voting choices that
are clear to the voter and labels indicating the names of every
candidate and the text of every public question on the voter's
ballot. Each label shall identify the selection button or
switch, or the active area of the ballot associated with it.
The system shall be able to incorporate minimal, easy-to-follow
on-screen instruction for the voter on how to cast a ballot.
(e) Voting devices shall (i) enable the voter to vote for
any and all candidates and public questions appearing on the
ballot for which the voter is lawfully entitled to vote, in any
legal number and combination; (ii) detect and reject all votes
for an office or upon a public question when the voter has cast
more votes for the office or upon the public question than the
voter is entitled to cast; (iii) notify the voter if the
voter's choices as recorded on the ballot for an office or
public question are fewer than or exceed the number that the
voter is entitled to vote for on that office or public question
and the effect of casting more or fewer votes than legally
permitted; (iv) notify the voter if the voter has failed to
completely cast a vote for an office or public question
appearing on the ballot; and (v) permit the voter, in a private
and independent manner, to verify the votes selected by the
voter, to change the ballot or to correct any error on the
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means shall be provided to indicate each selection after it has
been made or canceled.
(f) System voting devices shall provide a means for the
voter to signify that the selection of candidates and public
questions has been completed. Upon activation, the system shall
record an image of the completed ballot, increment the proper
ballot position registers, and shall signify to the voter that
the ballot has been cast. The system shall then prevent any
further attempt to vote until it has been reset or re-enabled
by a judge of election.
(g) Each system voting device shall be equipped with a
public counter that can be set to zero prior to the opening of
the polling place, and that records the number of ballots cast
at a particular election. The counter shall be incremented only
by the casting of a ballot. The counter shall be designed to
prevent disabling or resetting by other than authorized persons
after the polls close. The counter shall be visible to all
judges of election so long as the device is installed at the
polling place.
(h) Each system voting device shall be equipped with a
protective counter that records all of the testing and election
ballots cast since the unit was built. This counter shall be
designed so that its reading cannot be changed by any cause
other than the casting of a ballot. The protective counter
shall be incapable of ever being reset and it shall be visible
at all times when the device is configured for testing,

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maintenance, or election use.
(i) All system devices shall provide a means of preventing
further voting once the polling place has closed and after all
eligible voters have voted. Such means of control shall
incorporate a visible indication of system status. Each device
shall prevent any unauthorized use, prevent tampering with
ballot labels and preclude its re-opening once the poll closing
has been completed for that election.
(j) The system shall produce a printed summary report of
the votes cast upon each voting device. Until the proper
sequence of events associated with closing the polling place
has been completed, the system shall not allow the printing of
a report or the extraction of data. The printed report shall
also contain all system audit information to be required by the
election authority. Data shall not be altered or otherwise
destroyed by report generation and the system shall ensure the
integrity and security of data for a period of at least 6
months after the polls close.
(k) If more than one voting device is used in a polling
place, the system shall provide a means to manually or
electronically consolidate the data from all such units into a
single report even if different voting systems are used to
record ballots. The system shall also be capable of merging the
vote tabulation results produced by other vote tabulation
systems, if necessary.
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unauthorized access to them is prevented and the execution of
authorized functions in an improper sequence is precluded.
System functions shall be executable only in the intended
manner and order, and only under the intended conditions. If
the preconditions to a system function have not been met, the
function shall be precluded from executing by the system's
control logic.
(m) All system voting devices shall incorporate at least 3
memories in the machine itself and in its programmable memory
devices.
(n) The system shall include capabilities of recording and
reporting the date and time of normal and abnormal events and
of maintaining a permanent record of audit information that
cannot be turned off. Provisions shall be made to detect and
record significant events (e.g., casting a ballot, error
conditions that cannot be disposed of by the system itself,
time-dependent or programmed events that occur without the
intervention of the voter or a judge of election).
(o) The system and each system voting device must be
capable of creating, printing and maintaining a permanent paper
record and an electronic image of each ballot that is cast such
that records of individual ballots are maintained by a
subsystem independent and distinct from the main vote
detection, interpretation, processing and reporting path. The
electronic images of each ballot must protect the integrity of
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of storage location scrambling. The ballot image records may be
either machine-readable or manually transcribed, or both, at
the discretion of the election authority.
(p) The system shall include built-in test, measurement and
diagnostic software and hardware for detecting and reporting
the system's status and degree of operability.
(q) The system shall contain provisions for maintaining the
integrity of memory voting and audit data during an election
and for a period of at least 6 months thereafter and shall
provide the means for creating an audit trail.
(r) The system shall be fully accessible so as to permit
blind or visually impaired voters as well as voters with
physical disabilities to exercise their right to vote in
private and without assistance.
(s) The system shall provide alternative language
accessibility if required pursuant to Section 203 of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965.
(t) Each voting device shall enable a voter to vote for a
person whose name does not appear on the ballot.
(u) The system shall record and count accurately each vote
properly cast for or against any candidate and for or against
any public question, including the names of all candidates
whose names are written in by the voters.
(v) The system shall allow for accepting provisional
ballots and for separating such provisional ballots from
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(w) The system shall provide an effective audit trail as
defined in Section 24C-2 in this Code.
(x) The system shall be suitably designed for the purpose
used, be durably constructed, and be designed for safety,
accuracy and efficiency.
(y) The system shall comply with all provisions of federal,
State and local election laws and regulations and any future
modifications to those laws and regulations.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)