{"data":{"id":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-24b-14","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"10 ILCS 5/24B-14","heading":"Damaged, defective, or unreadable ballots; duplicates.","body":"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.","path":["CHAPTER 10 ELECTIONS","Election Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=170\u0026ChapterID=3\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:12Z","sha256":"934ef5c7ff546b35411f75ba721f778236f89596e5016f3eed143a0a97795cd0","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-24b-13","next":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-24b-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}