10 ILCS 5/24B-14

Current through Public Act 103-1052
Section 10 ILCS 5/24B-14 - Damaged, defective, or unreadable ballots; duplicates

If any ballot is damaged, defective, or cannot otherwise properly be counted by the automatic Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology tabulating equipment, a true duplicate copy shall be made of the ballot in the presence of witnesses and substituted for the original ballot. Likewise, a duplicate ballot shall not include the invalid votes appearing on the original ballot. All duplicate ballots shall be clearly labeled "Duplicate", shall bear a serial number which shall be registered on the damaged, defective, or otherwise unreadable ballot, and shall be counted in lieu of the damaged, defective, or otherwise unreadable ballot.

10 ILCS 5/24B-14

Amended by P.A. 102-0819,§ 5, eff. 5/13/2022.
P.A. 89-394, eff. 1/1/1997.