Sec. 9-257. Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials.
Sec. 9-257. Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials. The room
in which the election is held shall be separated from the part of the room to be occupied
by the election officials and the voting tabulator shall be placed, if possible, at least
three feet from any wall or partition and at least four feet from the official checkers'
table and the ballot clerks' table. Every part of the polling place shall be in plain view
of the election officials. The tabulator shall be so placed that no person from any part
of the room or from any place outside the room can see or determine how the elector
casts his or her vote. The election officials shall be so stationed that no member thereof
shall be concealed by the tabulator from the electors within the polling place. The moderator or some one designated by the moderator shall be stationed near the tabulator, shall
regulate the admission of the elector's ballots thereto and shall always be in full view
of the other election officials and the electors within the polling place.
(1949 Rev., S. 1204, 1207; 1953, S. 733d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 15; P.A. 07-194, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 07-194 changed "machine" to "tabulator" and made conforming and technical changes.