Chapter 10 — ELECTIONS

(10 ILCS 5/24C-10) Sec. 24C-10. Recording of votes by Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems. Whenever a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used to automatically record and count the votes on ballots, the provisions of this Section shall apply. A voter shall cast a …

(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…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-12) Sec. 24C-12. Procedures for counting and tallying of ballots. In an election jurisdiction where a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the following procedures for counting and tallying the ballots shall apply: Before the opening of the polls, the…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-13) Sec. 24C-13. Vote by mail ballots; early voting ballots; proceedings at location for central counting; employees; approval of list. (a) All jurisdictions using Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems shall use paper ballots or paper ballot sheets approved fo…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-14) Sec. 24C-14. Tabulating Votes; Direction; Presence of Public; Computer Operator's Log and Canvass. The procedure for tabulating the votes by the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall be under the direction of the election authority and shall conform t…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-15) Sec. 24C-15. Official return of precinct; check of totals; audit. The precinct return printed by the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System tabulating equipment shall include the number of ballots cast and votes cast for each candidate and public question an…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-15.01) Sec. 24C-15.01. Transporting Ballots to Central Counting Station; Container. Upon completion of the tabulation, audit or test of voting equipment pursuant to Sections 24C-11 through 24C-15, the ballots and the medium containing the ballots from each precinct…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-15.1) Sec. 24C-15.1. Discovery, Recounts and Election Contests. Except as provided, discovery recounts and election contests shall be conducted as otherwise provided for in this Code. The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System equipment shall be tested prior to …

(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 mand…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-17) Sec. 24C-17. Rules; Number of Voting Stations. The State Board of Elections may make reasonable rules for the administration of this Article and may prescribe the number of voting stations required for the various types of voting systems. (Source: P.A. 93-574, …

(10 ILCS 5/24C-18) Sec. 24C-18. Specimen Ballots; Publication. When a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the election authority shall cause to be published, at least 5 days before the day of each general and general primary election, in 2 or more newspapers publis…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-19) Sec. 24C-19. Additional Method of Voting. The foregoing Sections of this Article shall be deemed to provide a method of voting in addition to the methods otherwise provided in this Code. (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/24C-2) Sec. 24C-2. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Audit trail" or "audit capacity" means a continuous trail of evidence linking individual transactions related to the casting of a vote, the vote count and the summary record of vote totals, but which shall not a…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-3) Sec. 24C-3. Adoption, experimentation or abandonment of Direct Recording Electronic Voting System; Boundaries of precincts; Notice. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any county board, board of county commissioners and any board of election commission…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-3.1) Sec. 24C-3.1. Retention or consolidation or alteration of existing precincts; Change of location. When a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the county board or board of election commissioners may retain existing precincts or may consolidate, co…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-4) Sec. 24C-4. Use of Direct Recording Electronic Voting System; Requisites; Applicable procedure. Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems may be used in elections provided that such Systems are approved for use by the State Board of Elections. So far as applica…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-5) Sec. 24C-5. Voting Stations. In precincts where a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, a sufficient number of voting stations shall be provided for the use of the System according to the requirements determined by the State Board of Elections. Each…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-5.1) Sec. 24C-5.1. Instruction of Voters; Instruction Model; Partiality to Political Party; Manner of Instruction. Before entering the voting booth each voter shall be offered instruction in using the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System. In instructing voters…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-5.2) Sec. 24C-5.2. Demonstration of Direct Recording Electronic Voting System; Placement in Public Library. When a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used in a forthcoming election, the election authority may provide, for the purpose of instructing voters…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-6) Sec. 24C-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Direct Recording Electronic Voting System; Vote by Mail Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots, except that the inform…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1) Sec. 24C-6.1. Security Designation. In all elections conducted under this Article, ballots shall have a security designation. In precincts where more than one ballot configuration may be voted upon, ballots shall have a different security designation for each …

(10 ILCS 5/24C-6.2) Sec. 24C-6.2. Programming of automatic tabulating equipment. Beginning with the 2014 general election and all primary, consolidated, general, and special elections thereafter, automatic tabulating equipment authorized by this Section and programmed for a prima…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-7) Sec. 24C-7. Write-In Ballots. A Direct Recording Electronic Voting System shall provide an acceptable method for a voter to vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot using the same apparatus used to record votes for candidates whose names do app…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-8) Sec. 24C-8. Preparation for Use; Comparison of Ballots; Operational Checks of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Equipment; Pollwatchers. The county clerk or board of election commissioners shall cause the approved Direct Recording Electronic Voting Syst…

(10 ILCS 5/24C-9) Sec. 24C-9. Testing of Direct Recording Electronic Voting System Equipment and Programs; Custody of Programs, Test Materials and Ballots. Prior to the public test, the election authority shall conduct an errorless pre-test of the Direct Recording Electronic Voti…

(10 ILCS 5/25-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-1) Sec. 25-1. Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-2, resignations of elective offices shall be made to the officer, court or county board authorized by law to fill a vacancy in such office by appointment, or to order an election to fi…

(10 ILCS 5/25-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-10) Sec. 25-10. This Section applies only to counties of 3,000,000 or more population. When a vacancy occurs in the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of any of the counties in this State, it shall be the duty of the Circuit Judges of the…

(10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11) Sec. 25-11. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, when a vacancy occurs in any elective county office, or in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in the office of clerk of the circuit court, in a county which is not a ho…

(10 ILCS 5/25-11.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11.1) Sec. 25-11.1. A vacancy in the office of a State's Attorney or superintendent of an educational service region who serves 2 or more counties shall be filled by joint appointment of the county boards of those counties until the next …

(10 ILCS 5/25-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-2) Sec. 25-2. Events on which an elective office becomes vacant. Every elective office shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term of such office: (1) The death of the incumbent. (2) …

(10 ILCS 5/25-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-3) Sec. 25-3. (a) Whenever it is alleged that a vacancy in any office exists, the officer, body, or county board who has authority to fill the vacancy by appointment, or to order an election to fill such vacancy, shall have power to determin…

(10 ILCS 5/25-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-4) Sec. 25-4. In case of vacancies in the offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, the officer performing the duties of the office of Governor, or if there is no such officer, the Secretary of State, shall issue a proclamation appointing…

(10 ILCS 5/25-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-5) Sec. 25-5. In accordance with Section 7 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, if the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer fails to qualify, or if his or her office becomes vacant, the Governor shall…

(10 ILCS 5/25-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6) Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be filled within 30 days by appointment of the legislative or representative comm…

(10 ILCS 5/25-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-7) Sec. 25-7. (a) When any vacancy shall occur in the office of representative in congress from this state more than 240 days before the next general election, the Governor shall issue a writ of election within 5 days after the occurrence of…

(10 ILCS 5/25-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-8) Sec. 25-8. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of United States Senator from this state, the Governor shall make temporary appointment to fill such vacancy until the next election of representatives in Congress, at which time such va…

(10 ILCS 5/28-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-1) Sec. 28-1. The initiation and submission of all public questions to be voted upon by the electors of the State or of any political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts shall be subject to the provisions of this …

(10 ILCS 5/28-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-10) Sec. 28-10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11. Repealed by P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)

(10 ILCS 5/28-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-11) Sec. 28-11. The Board shall design a standard and scientific random sampling method for the verification of petition signatures for statewide advisory referenda and shall conduct a public test to prove the validity of its sampling metho…

(10 ILCS 5/28-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-12) Sec. 28-12. Upon receipt of the certificates of the election authorities showing the results of the sample signature verification, the Board shall: 1. Based on the sample, calculate the ratio of invalid or valid signatures in each elect…

(10 ILCS 5/28-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-13) Sec. 28-13. Each political party and civic organization as well as the registered proponents and opponents of a proposed statewide advisory public question shall be entitled to one watcher in the office of the election authority to obse…

(10 ILCS 5/28-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-2) Sec. 28-2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, petitions for the submission of public questions to referendum must be filed with the appropriate officer or board not less than 92 days prior to a regular election to be eligib…

(10 ILCS 5/28-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-3) Sec. 28-3. Form of petition for public question. Petitions for the submission of public questions shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above the space for signature, an appropriate heading, giving the info…

(10 ILCS 5/28-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-4) Sec. 28-4. The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to objections to nominating petitions, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall apply to and govern, insofar as may be practicable, objections to petitions for …

(10 ILCS 5/28-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-5) Sec. 28-5. Not less than 68 days before a regularly scheduled election, each local election official shall certify the public questions to be submitted to the voters of or within his political subdivision at that election which have been …

(10 ILCS 5/28-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-6) Sec. 28-6. Petitions; filing. (a) On a written petition signed by a number of voters equal to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the registered voters of the municipa…

(10 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-7) Sec. 28-7. Except as provided in Article 24 of the Township Code, in any case in which Article VII or paragraph (a) of Section 5 of the Transition Schedule of the Constitution authorizes any action to be taken by or with respect to any un…

(10 ILCS 5/28-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8) Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall continue to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, …

(10 ILCS 5/28-8.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8.1; formerly Ch. 46, pars. 1001, 1002 and 1003) Sec. 28-8.1. Proposition publication. (a) Whenever any proposition required by law to be voted upon before its adoption, other than a constitutional amendment, is submitted to the people, it…

(10 ILCS 5/28-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-9) Sec. 28-9. Petitions for proposed amendments to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the Constitution shall be signed by a number of electors equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candi…