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10 ILCS 5/29-9 (2026)

Unlawful observation of voting

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(10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
    Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting. Except as permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device so that it can be observed by another person, and any person who knowingly observes another person lawfully marking a ballot or lawfully casting his vote on a voting machine or voting device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 78-887.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: Oettle v. Guthrie, 2020 IL App (5th) 190306, 189 N.E.3d 22.
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Oettle v. Guthrie, 2020 IL App (5th) 190306, 189 N.E.3d 22. · cites it 4× “OPINION ¶1 This appeal raises the issue of whether section 29-9 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-9 (West 2018)) is facially unconstitutional.”
Oettle v. Guthrie, 2020 IL App (5th) 190306, 189 N.E.3d 22. · cites it 4× “OPINION ¶1 This appeal raises the issue of whether section 29-9 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-9 (West 2018)) is facially unconstitutional.”
People v. Deganutti, No. 1-02-2855 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. May 12, 2004). · cites it 2× “On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of unlawful observation of voting; (2) she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of absentee ballot violations; and (3) section 29-9 of the Election Code (Code) (unlawful…”
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