093_HB2538

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning elections.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Election  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Sections 4-6, 4-6.2, 4-6.3, 4-8,  4-8.03,  4-10,  4-16,  5-5,
 6    5-7, 5-7.03, 5-16.2, 5-16.3, 6-29, 6-35, 6-35.03, 6-43, 6-50,
 7    6-50.2, and 6-50.3 as follows:

 8        (10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
 9        Sec.  4-6.  For  the  purpose of registering voters under
10    this Article in addition to the method provided for  precinct
11    registration  under  Section  4-7,  the  office of the county
12    clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday,  Sunday,  and
13    legal  holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
14    hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00  noon,
15    and  such additional hours as the county clerk may designate.
16    If, however, the county board otherwise  duly  regulates  and
17    fixes  the hours of opening and closing of all county offices
18    at the county seat  of  any  county,  such  regulation  shall
19    control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall
20    be  no  registration  at the office of the county clerk or at
21    the office of municipal and township or road district  clerks
22    serving  as deputy registrars during the 20 27 days preceding
23    any regular or special election at which the  cards  provided
24    in this Article are used, or until the 2nd day following such
25    regular  or  special election; provided, that if by reason of
26    the proximity of any such elections to one another the effect
27    of this provision would be to close registrations for all  or
28    any  part  of the 10 days immediately prior to such 20 27 day
29    period, the county clerk shall accept, solely for use in  the
30    subsequent and not in any intervening election, registrations
31    and transfers of registration within the period from the 21st
 
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 1    27th  to  the  38th  days,  both  inclusive,  prior  to  such
 2    subsequent   election.   In   any  election  called  for  the
 3    submission  of  the  revision  or  alteration  of,   or   the
 4    amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional
 5    Convention,  the  final day for registration at the office of
 6    the election authority  charged  with  the  printing  of  the
 7    ballot  of  this  election shall be the 15th day prior to the
 8    date of election.
 9        Any qualified person residing within the  county  or  any
10    portion  thereof  subject  to  this  Article  may register or
11    re-register with the county clerk.
12        Each county clerk shall appoint one or more  registration
13    or  re-registration  teams  for  the purpose of accepting the
14    registration or re-registration of any  voter  who  files  an
15    affidavit  that  he  is  physically  unable  to appear at any
16    appointed place of registration or re-registration. Each team
17    shall consist of one member of each  political  party  having
18    the highest and second highest number of registered voters in
19    the  county. The county clerk shall designate a team to visit
20    each disabled person and shall  accept  the  registration  or
21    re-registration  of each such person as if he had applied for
22    registration or re-registration at the office of  the  county
23    clerk.
24        As   used   in  this  Article,  "deputy  registrars"  and
25    "registration officers" mean any person authorized to  accept
26    registrations of electors under this Article.
27    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

28        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
29        Sec.  4-6.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall  appoint all
30    municipal and township or road district clerks or their  duly
31    authorized  deputies  as deputy registrars who may accept the
32    registration of all qualified residents of  their  respective
33    municipalities,   townships  and  road  districts.  A  deputy
 
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 1    registrar serving as such  by  virtue  of  his  status  as  a
 2    municipal  clerk,  or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
 3    clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in  more
 4    than  one county may accept the registration of any qualified
 5    resident of the municipality, regardless of which county  the
 6    resident,  municipal  clerk  or the duly authorized deputy of
 7    the municipal clerk lives in.
 8        The   county   clerk   shall   appoint    all    precinct
 9    committeepersons  in  the county as deputy registrars who may
10    accept the registration of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
11    county, except during the 20 27 days preceding an election.
12        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
13    a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
14    located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
15    designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
16    State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
17    residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
18    examination stations. The appointment  of  employees  of  the
19    Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
20    manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
21    Code.
22        The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  each of the following
23    named persons as deputy registrars upon the  written  request
24    of such persons:
25             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
26        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
27        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
28        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
29        county, at such library.
30             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
31        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
32        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
33        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
34        qualified resident of the county,  at  such  school.  The
 
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 1        county   clerk   shall   notify   every   principal   and
 2        vice-principal  of  each  high school, elementary school,
 3        and  vocational  school  situated  within  the   election
 4        jurisdiction  of  their  eligibility  to  serve as deputy
 5        registrars and offer  training  courses  for  service  as
 6        deputy  registrars  at conveniently located facilities at
 7        least 4 months prior to every election.
 8             3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
 9        by  the  president, of any university, college, community
10        college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
11        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
12        the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
13        university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
14        institution.
15             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
16        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
17        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
18        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
19        county.
20             5.  A  duly  elected  or  appointed  official  of  a
21        bonafide   State   civic  organization,  as  defined  and
22        determined by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or
23        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
24        accept the registration of any qualified resident of  the
25        county.  In  determining  the number of deputy registrars
26        that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall  consider
27        the  population  of  the  jurisdiction,  the  size of the
28        organization, the geographic size  of  the  jurisdiction,
29        convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
30        registrars  in  the  jurisdiction and their location, the
31        registration activities of the organization and the  need
32        to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
33        registration  of non-English speaking individuals.  In no
34        event shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary  number
 
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 1        applicable   to   every   civic  organization  requesting
 2        appointment of its  members  as  deputy  registrars.  The
 3        State  Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide for
 4        certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
 5        appointments shall be made for a period not to  exceed  2
 6        years, terminating on the first business day of the month
 7        following the month of the general election, and shall be
 8        valid  for  all periods of voter registration as provided
 9        by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
10             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
11        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
12        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
13        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
14        resident of the county at any such public aid office.
15             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
16        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
17        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
18        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
19        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
20             8.  The president of any corporation as  defined  by
21        the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
22        number of employees designated by such president, who may
23        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
24        county.
25        If the request to be appointed  as  deputy  registrar  is
26    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
27    the  request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
28    organization with written notice setting forth  the  specific
29    reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the request to be
30    appointed as deputy registrar.
31        The county clerk may appoint as  many  additional  deputy
32    registrars  as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
33    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
34    the  convenience  of  the  public  is  served,   giving   due
 
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 1    consideration  to  both  population  concentration  and area.
 2    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
 3    that there are an equal number  from  each  of  the  2  major
 4    political  parties  in the election jurisdiction.  The county
 5    clerk, in appointing an additional  deputy  registrar,  shall
 6    make  the  appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
 7    the  Chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee   of   the
 8    applicant's  political party.  A Chairman of a County Central
 9    Committee shall submit a list of  applicants  to  the  county
10    clerk  by  November  30  of  each year.  The county clerk may
11    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
12    supplemental list of applicants.
13        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
14    other  than  the  20 27 day period preceding an election. All
15    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
16    voters  within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
17    following oath or affirmation:
18        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
19    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
20    Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
21    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office of deputy
22    registrar to the best of my ability and that I will  register
23    no  person  nor  cause  the registration of any person except
24    upon his personal application before me.
25                                     ............................
26                                    (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
27        This oath shall be administered by the county  clerk,  or
28    by  one  of  his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
29    acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter  be
30    filed with the county clerk.
31        Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
32    except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
33    commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
34    each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
 
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 1    appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
 2    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
 3    be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the county
 4    convention following the general primary at which  they  were
 5    elected.   The  county  clerk  shall  issue  a certificate of
 6    appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
 7    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
 8    appointees.
 9        (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
10    all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
11    at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
12    county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
13    responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
14    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
15    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
16    removal for cause.
17        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
18    of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
19    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
20    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
21    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
22    and  21st 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by
23    the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
24    48 hours after receipt thereof.  The  completed  registration
25    materials  received by the deputy registrars on the 21st 28th
26    day preceding an election shall be  returned  by  the  deputy
27    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
28    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
29    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
30    next working day following the close of registration.
31        (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
32    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
33    registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding  12
34    month period.
 
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 1        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
 2    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
 3    performance of his or her duties.
 4        (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
 5    liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
 6    Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
 7    the county clerk.
 8    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

 9        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
10        Sec.  4-6.3.  The  county clerk may establish a temporary
11    place of registration for such times and  at  such  locations
12    within  the  county as the county clerk may select.  However,
13    no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
14    the 20 27 days preceding an election.  Notice of the time and
15    place of registration under this Section shall  be  published
16    by   the  county  clerk  in  a  newspaper  having  a  general
17    circulation in the county not less than 3 nor  more  than  15
18    days before the holding of such registration.
19        Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
20    that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
21    public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
22    of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
23    units.   Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
24    registration include, but  are  not  limited  to,  facilities
25    licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
26    Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
27    districts, public buildings and county fairs.
28        Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
29    the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
30    population or fraction thereof in the county.
31        All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
32    deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed  pursuant
33    to Section 4-6.2.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

 2        (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
 3        Sec.  4-8.  The  county  clerk shall provide a sufficient
 4    number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
 5    shall be known as registration record cards and  which  shall
 6    consist  of  loose  leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
 7    contain in plain writing and  figures  the  data  hereinafter
 8    required  thereon  or  shall  consist  of  computer  cards of
 9    suitable nature to contain the  data  required  thereon.  The
10    registration  record  cards, which shall include an affidavit
11    of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
12    duplicate.
13        The registration record card shall contain the  following
14    and  such  other information as the county clerk may think it
15    proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
16    registration:
17        Name.  The name of  the  applicant,  giving  surname  and
18    first  or  Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
19    initial for such middle name, if any.
20        Sex.
21        Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or
22    other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
23    or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home  the
24    lot   number,   and   such   additional  clear  and  definite
25    description as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the  exact
26    location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
27    cannot  be determined by street and number, then the section,
28    congressional township and range number may be used, or  such
29    other  description as may be necessary, including post-office
30    mailing address. In the case of a  homeless  individual,  the
31    individual's  voting  residence  that  is  his or her mailing
32    address shall be included on his or her  registration  record
33    card.
 
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 1        Term  of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
 2    This information shall be furnished by the applicant  stating
 3    the  place  or  places  where he resided and the dates during
 4    which he resided in such place or places during the year next
 5    preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
 6        Nativity.  The state or country in  which  the  applicant
 7    was born.
 8        Citizenship.   Whether  the  applicant  is native born or
 9    naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place,  and  date  of
10    naturalization.
11        Date  of  application  for  registration,  i.e., the day,
12    month  and  year  when  applicant   presented   himself   for
13    registration.
14        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
15        Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
16    of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
17        The  county  and  state  in  which the applicant was last
18    registered.
19        Signature   of   voter.    The   applicant,   after   the
20    registration and in the presence of  a  deputy  registrar  or
21    other  officer  of registration shall be required to sign his
22    or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original  and
23    duplicate registration record cards.
24        Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
25        In  case  applicant  is  unable  to sign his name, he may
26    affix his mark to the affidavit. In  such  case  the  officer
27    empowered  to  give  the  registration  oath  shall  write  a
28    detailed  description  of the applicant in the space provided
29    on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and  shall
30    ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
31        Father's first name.
32        Mother's first name.
33        From what address did the applicant last register?
34        Reason for inability to sign name.
 
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 1        Each  applicant  for registration shall make an affidavit
 2    in substantially the following form:
 3                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
 4    STATE OF ILLINOIS
 5    COUNTY OF .......
 6        I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am  a  citizen  of  the
 7    United  States; that on the date of the next election I shall
 8    have resided in the State of Illinois  and  in  the  election
 9    precinct  in  which  I  reside 30 days and that I intend that
10    this  location  shall  be  my  residence;  that  I  am  fully
11    qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
12                                   ..............................
13                                   (His or her signature or mark)
14        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
15    ..................................
16    Signature of registration officer.
17    (To be signed in presence of registrant.)

18        Space  shall  be  provided  upon   the   face   of   each
19    registration  record  card  for  the  notation  of the voting
20    record of the person registered thereon.
21        Each registration record card shall be numbered according
22    to precincts, and may be serially  or  otherwise  marked  for
23    identification  in  such  manner  as  the  county  clerk  may
24    determine.
25        The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
26    shall  be  open  to inspection during regular business hours,
27    except during  the  20  27  days  immediately  preceding  any
28    election.  On written request of any candidate or objector or
29    any person intending to object to a  petition,  the  election
30    authority   shall   extend   its   hours  for  inspection  of
31    registration  cards  and  other  records  of   the   election
32    authority  during  the  period  beginning  with the filing of
33    petitions  under  Sections  7-10,  8-8,  10-6  or  28-3   and
34    continuing   through   the  termination  of  electoral  board
 
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 1    hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
 2    of registered voters in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  election
 3    authority.   The  extension  shall  be  for a period of hours
 4    sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for  examination  of
 5    the  records  but  the  election authority is not required to
 6    extend its hours beyond the period beginning  at  its  normal
 7    opening for business and ending at midnight.  If the business
 8    hours  are  so  extended, the election authority shall post a
 9    public notice of such  extended  hours.  Registration  record
10    cards  may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in
11    charge of the  cards,  during  the  20  27  days  immediately
12    preceding  any election. Registration record cards shall also
13    be open to inspection by certified judges and  poll  watchers
14    and  challengers  at  the  polling place on election day, but
15    only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
16    right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election.
17    At no time shall poll watchers or challengers be  allowed  to
18    physically handle the registration record cards.
19        Updated  copies  of  computer  tapes or computer discs or
20    other electronic data processing information containing voter
21    registration information shall be  furnished  by  the  county
22    clerk  within  10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
23    and within 10 days after each registration period  is  closed
24    to  the  State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
25    Board. For the  purposes  of  this  Section,  a  registration
26    period is closed 20 27 days before the date of any regular or
27    special election. Registration information shall include, but
28    not  be  limited  to,  the following information:  name, sex,
29    residence, telephone number, if any, age, party  affiliation,
30    if   applicable,   precinct,   ward,  township,  county,  and
31    representative, legislative and congressional districts.   In
32    the  event  of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
33    directed   to   obtain   compliance   forthwith   with   this
34    nondiscretionary  duty   of   the   election   authority   by
 
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 1    instituting  legal  proceedings  in  the circuit court of the
 2    county  in  which  the  election  authority   maintains   the
 3    registration  information.   The  costs of furnishing updated
 4    copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate  of  $.00034
 5    per  name  of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
 6    but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
 7    appropriations made to  the  State  Board  of  Elections  for
 8    reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
 9    Board  shall  furnish  copies  of  such  tapes,  discs, other
10    electronic data or compilations thereof  to  state  political
11    committees  registered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Campaign
12    Finance  Act  or  the  Federal Election Campaign Act at their
13    request and at a reasonable cost.  Copies of the tapes, discs
14    or other electronic data shall be  furnished  by  the  county
15    clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
16    reasonable  cost.   Reasonable  cost  of the tapes, discs, et
17    cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
18    15%  for  administration.   The  individual  representing   a
19    political  committee  requesting  copies  of such tapes shall
20    make a sworn affidavit that the  information  shall  be  used
21    only  for  bona  fide political purposes, including by or for
22    candidates for  office  or  incumbent  office  holders.  Such
23    tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
24    any  circumstances  by any political committee or individuals
25    for purposes of commercial  solicitation  or  other  business
26    purposes.   If  such  tapes  contain  information  on  county
27    residents  related  to the operations of county government in
28    addition to registration information, that information  shall
29    not   be   used   under   any  circumstances  for  commercial
30    solicitation or other business purposes.  The prohibition  in
31    this  Section  against  using  the computer tapes or computer
32    discs  or  other  electronic  data   processing   information
33    containing  voter  registration  information  for purposes of
34    commercial solicitation or other business purposes  shall  be
 
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 1    prospective  only from the effective date of this amended Act
 2    of 1979.  Any person who violates  this  provision  shall  be
 3    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
 4        The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
 5    1,  1987,  such  regulations  as  may  be necessary to ensure
 6    uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
 7    of voter registration  information.   The  regulations  shall
 8    include,  but  need  not  be  limited  to, specifications for
 9    uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
10    be employed by the election authorities of this State in  the
11    electronic data processing of voter registration information.
12    Each  election authority utilizing electronic data processing
13    of voter registration  information  shall  comply  with  such
14    regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
15        If  the applicant for registration was last registered in
16    another county within  this  State,  he  shall  also  sign  a
17    certificate    authorizing   cancellation   of   the   former
18    registration. The certificate shall be in  substantially  the
19    following form:
20    To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
21    To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
22        This  is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
23    (city) and that my residence was ............................
24    Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby  authorize
25    you to cancel said registration in your office.
26    Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
27                                .................................
28                                             (Signature of Voter)
29    Attest: ................,  County Clerk, .............
30    County, Illinois.
31        The  cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
32    by  the  County  Clerk  to  the  County  Clerk  (or  election
33    commission as the  case  may  be)  where  the  applicant  was
34    formerly  registered.  Receipt  of  such certificate shall be
 
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 1    full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  92-465,  eff.  1-1-02;
 3    92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

 4        (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
 5        Sec. 4-8.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design a
 6    registration  record card which, except as otherwise provided
 7    in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all  election
 8    authorities  in  the State, except those election authorities
 9    adopting a computer-based voter registration file  authorized
10    under  Section  4-33.  The Board shall prescribe the form and
11    specifications, including but not limited to  the  weight  of
12    paper,  color  and  print  of  such  cards.  Such cards shall
13    contain boxes or spaces for the  information  required  under
14    Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards
15    shall  also contain a box or space for the applicant's social
16    security number,  which  shall  be  required  to  the  extent
17    allowed  by  law  but  in no case shall the applicant provide
18    fewer than the last 4 digits of the social  security  number,
19    and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
20        Except   for   those   election  authorities  adopting  a
21    computer-based  voter  registration  file  authorized   under
22    Section   4-33,   the  original  and  duplicate  cards  shall
23    respectively constitute the master file and  precinct  binder
24    registration  records of the voter.  A copy shall be given to
25    the applicant upon completion of his or her  registration  or
26    completed transfer of registration.
27        Whenever  a  voter  moves  to another precinct within the
28    same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
29    jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
30    registration by presenting his or her copy  to  the  election
31    authority  or  a  deputy  registrar.  If such voter is not in
32    possession of or has lost his or her  copy,  he  or  she  may
33    effect  a  transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
 
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 1    of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
 2        In the case of  a  transfer  of  registration  to  a  new
 3    election  jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
 4    the voter's copy or such affidavit to the election  authority
 5    of  the  voter's  former  election  jurisdiction, which shall
 6    immediately cause the transmission of  the  voter's  previous
 7    registration  card  to the voter's new election authority. No
 8    transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
 9    be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
10    notification.
11        Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
12    record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
13    Registration to the election authority within 7 working  days
14    after  the  receipt  thereof,  except  that  such  copies  or
15    Affidavits  of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
16    by the deputy registrars between the 35th and 21st  28th  day
17    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
18    registrars  to  the  election authority within 48 hours after
19    receipt. The deputy registrars shall  return  the  copies  or
20    Affidavits  of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
21    by them on the 21st 28th day preceding  an  election  to  the
22    election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
23    (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
25        Sec. 4-10.  Except as herein provided, no person shall be
26    registered,  unless  he  applies  in person to a registration
27    officer, answers such relevant questions as may be  asked  of
28    him  by  the registration officer, and executes the affidavit
29    of registration.  The registration officer shall require  the
30    applicant  to furnish two forms of identification, and except
31    in the case of a  homeless  individual,  one  of  which  must
32    include  his  or  her  residence  address.   These  forms  of
33    identification  shall  include, but not be limited to, any of
 
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 1    the following: driver's license, social security card, public
 2    aid identification card, utility bill,  employee  or  student
 3    identification  card,  credit  card,  or  a  civic,  union or
 4    professional association membership  card.  The  registration
 5    officer  shall  require  a  homeless  individual  to  furnish
 6    evidence  of  his  or  her use of the mailing address stated.
 7    This use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed  to
 8    that  individual  and  received  at  that  address  or  by  a
 9    statement  from  a  person  authorizing  use  of  the mailing
10    address.   The  registration  officer  shall   require   each
11    applicant  for  registration  to read or have read to him the
12    affidavit of registration before permitting  him  to  execute
13    the affidavit.
14        One of the registration officers or a deputy registration
15    officer,  county  clerk, or clerk in the office of the county
16    clerk, shall administer to all persons who  shall  personally
17    apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
18        "You  do  solemnly  swear (or affirm) that you will fully
19    and truly answer all such questions as shall be  put  to  you
20    touching  your name, place of residence, place of birth, your
21    qualifications as an  elector  and  your  right  as  such  to
22    register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
23        The  registration officer shall satisfy himself that each
24    applicant for registration is qualified  to  register  before
25    registering  him.   If the registration officer has reason to
26    believe that the applicant is a resident of a  Soldiers'  and
27    Sailors'  Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
28    pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the following question
29    shall be put, "When  you  entered  the  home  which  is  your
30    present  address, was it your bona fide intention to become a
31    resident thereof?"  Any voter of a township, city, village or
32    incorporated town in which such applicant resides,  shall  be
33    permitted  to  be  present  at  the  place  of  any  precinct
34    registration  and  shall  have  the  right  to  challenge any
 
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 1    applicant who applies to be registered.
 2        In case the officer is not satisfied that  the  applicant
 3    is  qualified  he  shall  forthwith  notify such applicant in
 4    writing to appear before the county  clerk  to  complete  his
 5    registration.   Upon  the  card  of  such  applicant shall be
 6    written the word "incomplete" and no such applicant shall  be
 7    permitted  to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily
 8    completed as hereinafter provided.  No registration shall  be
 9    taken  and marked as incomplete if information to complete it
10    can be furnished on the date of the original application.
11        Any person claiming to be  an  elector  in  any  election
12    precinct  and  whose registration card is marked "Incomplete"
13    may make and sign an application in writing, under  oath,  to
14    the county clerk in substance in the following form:
15        "I  do  solemnly swear that I, ...., did on (insert date)
16    make application  to  the  board  of  registry  of  the  ....
17    precinct  of  the township of .... (or to the county clerk of
18    .... county) and that said board or clerk refused to complete
19    my registration as a qualified voter in said precinct.   That
20    I  reside  in  said precinct, that I intend to reside in said
21    precinct, and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct  and
22    am  entitled to be registered to vote in said precinct at the
23    next election.
24    (Signature of applicant) ............................."

25        All such applications shall be presented  to  the  county
26    clerk  or  to  his  duly  authorized  representative  by  the
27    applicant,  in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
28    p.m. on any day after the days on which  the  1969  and  1970
29    precinct  re-registrations are held but not on any day within
30    20  27  days  preceding  the  ensuing  general  election  and
31    thereafter for the registration provided in Section  4-7  all
32    such  applications  shall be presented to the county clerk or
33    his duly authorized representative by the applicant in person
34    between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior
 
                            -19-     LRB093 07680 JAM 07861 b
 1    to 20 27 days preceding the ensuing general  election.   Such
 2    application  shall  be  heard by the county clerk or his duly
 3    authorized representative at  the  time  the  application  is
 4    presented.   If the applicant for registration has registered
 5    with the county clerk, such application may be  presented  to
 6    and  heard  by  the  county  clerk  or by his duly authorized
 7    representative upon the dates specified above or at any  time
 8    prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
 9        Any  otherwise  qualified  person  who is absent from his
10    county of residence either due  to  business  of  the  United
11    States  or  because he is temporarily outside the territorial
12    limits of the United States may become registered by  mailing
13    an  application  to  the  county  clerk within the periods of
14    registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
15    application for absentee registration and absentee ballot  as
16    provided in Article 20 of this Code.
17        Upon  receipt  of such application the county clerk shall
18    immediately mail an affidavit of registration  in  duplicate,
19    which  affidavit  shall  contain the following and such other
20    information as the State Board  of  Elections  may  think  it
21    proper to require for the identification of the applicant:
22        Name.   The  name  of  the  applicant, giving surname and
23    first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
24    initial for such middle name, if any.
25        Sex.
26        Residence.   The name and number of the street, avenue or
27    other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
28    definite description as may be  necessary  to  determine  the
29    exact  location  of the dwelling of the applicant.  Where the
30    location cannot be determined by street and number, then  the
31    Section, congressional township and range number may be used,
32    or such other information as may be necessary, including post
33    office mailing address.
34        Term  of  residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois and the
 
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 1    precinct.
 2        Nativity.  The State or country in  which  the  applicant
 3    was born.
 4        Citizenship.   Whether  the  applicant  is native born or
 5    naturalized. If naturalized, the court,  place  and  date  of
 6    naturalization.
 7        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
 8        Out of State address of ..........................
 9                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
10    State of ...........)
11                        )ss
12    County of ..........)
13        I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
14    United States; that on the day of the next election  I  shall
15    have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
16    precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote,  that  I
17    am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
18    that  I  intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois
19    and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to  the
20    State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
21                                   ..............................
22                                   (His or her signature or mark)
23        Subscribed  and  sworn to before me, an officer qualified
24    to administer oaths, on (insert date).
25                         ........................................
26                         Signature of officer administering oath.
27        Upon receipt  of  the  executed  duplicate  affidavit  of
28    Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
29    contained  thereon  to  duplicate Registration Cards provided
30    for in Section 4-8 of this Article and shall attach thereto a
31    copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of  registration  and
32    thereafter   such   registration  card  and  affidavit  shall
33    constitute the registration of such person the same as if  he
34    had applied for registration in person.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

 2        (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
 3        Sec.   4-16.  Any   registered   voter  who  changes  his
 4    residence from one address to another within the same  county
 5    wherein  this Article is in effect, may have his registration
 6    transferred to his new  address  by  making  and  signing  an
 7    application for change of residence address upon a form to be
 8    provided  by  the county clerk. Such application must be made
 9    to the office of the county clerk and may be made  either  in
10    person  or  by mail. In case the person is unable to sign his
11    name, the county clerk  shall  require  him  to  execute  the
12    application  in  the  presence  of the county clerk or of his
13    properly authorized  representative,  by  his  mark,  and  if
14    satisfied  of  the  identity  of the person, the county clerk
15    shall make the transfer.
16        Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one
17    of his employees deputized to take registrations shall  cause
18    the  signature  of  the voter and the data appearing upon the
19    application to be compared with the signature and data on the
20    registration  record  card,  and  if  it  appears  that   the
21    applicant  is  the  same  person  as  the  person  previously
22    registered under that name the transfer shall be made.
23        No transfers of registration under the provisions of this
24    Section  shall  be  made  during the 20 27 days preceding any
25    election at which such voter would be entitled to vote.  When
26    a  removal of a registered voter takes place from one address
27    to another within the same precinct within  a  period  during
28    which  a  transfer  of registration cannot be made before any
29    election or primary,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  upon
30    presenting the judges of election his affidavit substantially
31    in  the  form  prescribed  in  Section 17-10 of this Act of a
32    change of residence address within the  precinct  on  a  date
33    therein specified.
 
                            -22-     LRB093 07680 JAM 07861 b
 1        The  county  clerk  may  obtain  information from utility
 2    companies, city,  village,  incorporated  town  and  township
 3    records,  the  post  office, or from other sources, regarding
 4    the  removal  of  registered  voters,  and  may  treat   such
 5    information,  and  information  procured  from  his death and
 6    marriage records on file in his office, as an application  to
 7    erase  from  the register any name concerning which he may so
 8    have information that the voter is  no  longer  qualified  to
 9    vote   under  the  name,  or  from  the  address  from  which
10    registered, and give notice thereof in the manner provided by
11    Section 4--12 of this Article, and  notify  voters  who  have
12    changed  their address that a transfer of registration may be
13    made in the manner provided in this Section enclosing a  form
14    therefor.
15        If  any person be registered by error in a precinct other
16    than that in which he resides, the county clerk may  transfer
17    his  registration to the proper precinct, and if the error is
18    or may be on the part of the registration officials,  and  is
19    disclosed  too late before an election or primary to mail the
20    certificate required by Section 4--15, such  certificate  may
21    be  personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon
22    as therein provided, but such certificates so issued shall be
23    specially listed with the reason for the issuance thereof.
24        Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
25    the county board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer
26    to the proper precinct the registration of any voter affected
27    by such revision or rearrangement of the precinct;  make  the
28    proper  notations  on  the  registration  cards  of  a  voter
29    affected  by  the  revision  or rearrangement and shall issue
30    revised certificates to each registrant of such change.
31        Any registered voter who  changes  his  or  her  name  by
32    marriage  or otherwise shall be required to register anew and
33    authorize the cancellation of the previous registration;  but
34    if  the  voter  still resides in the same precinct and if the
 
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 1    change of name takes place within a  period  during  which  a
 2    transfer  of  registration  cannot  be  made,  preceding  any
 3    election or primary, the elector may, if otherwise qualified,
 4    vote  upon  making  an  affidavit  substantially  in the form
 5    prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act.
 6        The precinct  election  officials  shall  report  to  the
 7    county  clerk the names and addresses of all persons who have
 8    changed their addresses and voted, which shall be treated  as
 9    an  application  to change address accordingly, and the names
10    and addresses of all persons otherwise voting by affidavit as
11    in this Section  provided,  which  shall  be  treated  as  an
12    application to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
13    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

14        (10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)
15        Sec.  5-5.  For  the  purpose of registering voters under
16    this Article 5,  in  addition  to  the  method  provided  for
17    precinct  registration  under  Sections  5-6 and 5-17 of this
18    Article 5, the office of  the  county  clerk  shall  be  open
19    between  9:00  a.  m.  and  5:00  p.  m.  on  all days except
20    Saturday,  Sunday  and  holidays,  but  there  shall  be   no
21    registration  at  such  office during the 35 days immediately
22    preceding any election required to be held under the law  but
23    if  no  precinct registration is being conducted prior to any
24    election then registration may be taken in the office of  the
25    county  clerk  up to and including the 21st 28th day prior to
26    an election. On Saturdays, the hours of registration shall be
27    from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. noon. During such 35 or 20  27
28    day   period,   registration   of   electors   of   political
29    subdivisions  wherein  a  regular,  or  special  election  is
30    required  to be held shall cease and shall not be resumed for
31    the registration of electors of such  political  subdivisions
32    until  the  second day following the day of such election. In
33    any election called for the submission  of  the  revision  or
 
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 1    alteration   of,  or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,
 2    submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final  day  for
 3    registration  at the office of the election authority charged
 4    with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
 5    15th day prior to the date of the election.
 6        Each county  clerk  shall  appoint  one  deputy  for  the
 7    purpose  of accepting the registration of any voter who files
 8    an affidavit that he is physically unable to  appear  at  any
 9    appointed  place  of  registration.  The  county  clerk shall
10    designate a deputy to visit each disabled  person  and  shall
11    accept  the  registration  of  each  such person as if he had
12    applied for registration at the office of the county clerk.
13        The offices of city, village, incorporated town and  town
14    clerks  shall  also  be  open  for the purpose of registering
15    voters residing in the territory in which this Article is  in
16    effect,   and   also,  in  the  case  of  city,  village  and
17    incorporated town clerks,  for  the  purpose  of  registering
18    voters  residing  in  a  portion  of  the  city,  village  or
19    incorporated  town not located within the county, on all days
20    on which the office of the  county  clerk  is  open  for  the
21    registration of voters of such cities, villages, incorporated
22    towns and townships.
23    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
25        Sec.  5-7.  The  county  clerk shall provide a sufficient
26    number of blank forms for the registration of electors  which
27    shall  be  known as registration record cards and which shall
28    consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of  suitable  size  to
29    contain  in  plain  writing  and figures the data hereinafter
30    required thereon  or  shall  consist  of  computer  cards  of
31    suitable  nature  to  contain the data required thereon.  The
32    registration record cards, which shall include  an  affidavit
33    of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
 
                            -25-     LRB093 07680 JAM 07861 b
 1    duplicate.
 2        The  registration record card shall contain the following
 3    and such other information as the county clerk may  think  it
 4    proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
 5    registration:
 6        Name.   The  name  of  the  applicant, giving surname and
 7    first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
 8    initial for such middle name, if any.
 9        Sex.
10        Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or
11    other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
12    or  room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
13    lot  number,  and  such   additional   clear   and   definite
14    description  as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the exact
15    location  of  the  dwelling  of  the   applicant,   including
16    post-office  mailing  address.  In  the  case  of  a homeless
17    individual, the individual's voting residence that is his  or
18    her   mailing  address  shall  be  included  on  his  or  her
19    registration record card.
20        Term of residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the
21    precinct.   Which  questions may be answered by the applicant
22    stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in  excess  of
23    30 days in the precinct.
24        Nativity.   The  State  or country in which the applicant
25    was born.
26        Citizenship.  Whether the applicant  is  native  born  or
27    naturalized.  If  naturalized,  the  court, place and date of
28    naturalization.
29        Date of application  for  registration,  i.e.,  the  day,
30    month   and   year   when  applicant  presented  himself  for
31    registration.
32        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
33        Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
34    of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
 
                            -26-     LRB093 07680 JAM 07861 b
 1        The county and state in  which  the  applicant  was  last
 2    registered.
 3        Signature   of   voter.    The   applicant,   after   the
 4    registration  and  in  the  presence of a deputy registrar or
 5    other officer of registration shall be required to  sign  his
 6    or  her  name  in  ink  to  the affidavit on the original and
 7    duplicate registration record card.
 8        Signature of Deputy Registrar.
 9        In case applicant is unable to  sign  his  name,  he  may
10    affix  his  mark  to the affidavit.  In such case the officer
11    empowered  to  give  the  registration  oath  shall  write  a
12    detailed description of the applicant in the  space  provided
13    at  the  bottom  of  the  card  or  sheet;  and shall ask the
14    following questions and record the answers thereto:
15        Father's first name .......................
16        Mother's first name .......................
17        From what address did you last register?
18        Reason for inability to sign name.
19        Each applicant for registration shall make  an  affidavit
20    in substantially the following form:
21                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
22    State of Illinois)
23                     )ss
24    County of        )
25        I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
26    United States; that on the date of the next election I  shall
27    have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
28    precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
29    to vote.  That I  intend  that  this  location  shall  be  my
30    residence and that the above statements are true.
31                                   ..............................
32                                   (His or her signature or mark)
33        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
34    .........................................
 
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 1        Signature of Registration Officer.
 2    (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)

 3        Space   shall   be   provided   upon  the  face  of  each
 4    registration record card  for  the  notation  of  the  voting
 5    record of the person registered thereon.
 6        Each registration record card shall be numbered according
 7    to  towns  and  precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
 8    case may be, and may be  serially  or  otherwise  marked  for
 9    identification  in  such  manner  as  the  county  clerk  may
10    determine.
11        The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
12    shall  be  open  to inspection during regular business hours,
13    except during  the  20  27  days  immediately  preceding  any
14    election.  On written request of any candidate or objector or
15    any person intending to object to a  petition,  the  election
16    authority   shall   extend   its   hours  for  inspection  of
17    registration  cards  and  other  records  of   the   election
18    authority  during  the  period  beginning  with the filing of
19    petitions  under  Sections  7-10,  8-8,  10-6  or  28-3   and
20    continuing   through   the  termination  of  electoral  board
21    hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
22    of registered voters in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  election
23    authority.  The  extension  shall  be  for  a period of hours
24    sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for  examination  of
25    the  records  but  the  election authority is not required to
26    extend its hours beyond the period beginning  at  its  normal
27    opening  for business and ending at midnight. If the business
28    hours are so extended, the election authority  shall  post  a
29    public  notice  of  such  extended hours. Registration record
30    cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer  in
31    charge  of  the  cards,  during  the  20  27 days immediately
32    preceding any election. Registration record cards shall  also
33    be  open  to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
34    and challengers at the polling place  on  election  day,  but
 
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 1    only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
 2    right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election.
 3    At  no  time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
 4    physically handle the registration record cards.
 5        Updated copies of computer tapes  or  computer  discs  or
 6    other electronic data processing information containing voter
 7    registration  information  shall  be  furnished by the county
 8    clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15  each  year
 9    and  within  10 days after each registration period is closed
10    to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed  by  the
11    Board.  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section, a registration
12    period is closed 20 27 days before the date of any regular or
13    special election. Registration information shall include, but
14    not be limited to,  the  following  information:  name,  sex,
15    residence,  telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
16    if  applicable,  precinct,  ward,   township,   county,   and
17    representative,  legislative and congressional districts.  In
18    the event of noncompliance, the State Board of  Elections  is
19    directed   to   obtain   compliance   forthwith   with   this
20    nondiscretionary   duty   of   the   election   authority  by
21    instituting legal proceedings in the  circuit  court  of  the
22    county   in   which  the  election  authority  maintains  the
23    registration information.  The costs  of  furnishing  updated
24    copies  of  tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
25    per name of registered voters in the  election  jurisdiction,
26    but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
27    appropriations  made  to  the  State  Board  of Elections for
28    reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
29    Board shall  furnish  copies  of  such  tapes,  discs,  other
30    electronic  data  or  compilations thereof to state political
31    committees  registered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Campaign
32    Finance Act or the Federal Election  Campaign  Act  at  their
33    request and at a reasonable cost.  Copies of the tapes, discs
34    or  other  electronic  data  shall be furnished by the county
 
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 1    clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
 2    reasonable cost.  Reasonable cost of  the  tapes,  discs,  et
 3    cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
 4    15%   for  administration.   The  individual  representing  a
 5    political committee requesting copies  of  such  tapes  shall
 6    make  a  sworn  affidavit  that the information shall be used
 7    only for bona fide political purposes, including  by  or  for
 8    candidates  for  office  or  incumbent  office  holders. Such
 9    tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
10    any circumstances by any political committee  or  individuals
11    for  purposes  of  commercial  solicitation or other business
12    purposes.   If  such  tapes  contain  information  on  county
13    residents related to the operations of county  government  in
14    addition  to registration information, that information shall
15    not  be  used  under   any   circumstances   for   commercial
16    solicitation  or other business purposes.  The prohibition in
17    this Section against using the  computer  tapes  or  computer
18    discs   or   other  electronic  data  processing  information
19    containing voter registration  information  for  purposes  of
20    commercial  solicitation  or other business purposes shall be
21    prospective only from the effective date of this amended  Act
22    of  1979.    Any  person who violates this provision shall be
23    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
24        The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
25    1, 1987, such regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  ensure
26    uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
27    of  voter  registration  information.   The regulations shall
28    include, but need  not  be  limited  to,  specifications  for
29    uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
30    be  employed by the election authorities of this State in the
31    electronic data processing of voter registration information.
32    Each election authority utilizing electronic data  processing
33    of  voter  registration  information  shall  comply with such
34    regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
 
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 1        If the applicant for registration was last registered  in
 2    another  county  within  this  State,  he  shall  also sign a
 3    certificate   authorizing   cancellation   of   the    former
 4    registration.  The  certificate shall be in substantially the
 5    following form:
 6    To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
 7    Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
 8        This is to certify that I am registered in your  (county)
 9    (city) and that my residence was .....
10        Having  moved  out  of  your  (county)  (city),  I hereby
11    authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
12    Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
13                                             ....................
14                                             (Signature of Voter)
15          Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
16        The cancellation certificate shall be mailed  immediately
17    by  the  county  clerk  to  the  county  clerk  (or  election
18    commission  as  the  case  may  be)  where  the applicant was
19    formerly registered. Receipt of  such  certificate  shall  be
20    full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
21    (Source: P.A.  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  92-465,  eff. 1-1-02;
22    92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

23        (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
24        Sec. 5-7.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design a
25    registration record card which, except as otherwise  provided
26    in  this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
27    authorities in the State, except those  election  authorities
28    adopting  a computer-based voter registration file authorized
29    under Section 5-43.  The Board shall prescribe the  form  and
30    specifications,  including  but  not limited to the weight of
31    paper, color and  print  of  such  cards.  Such  cards  shall
32    contain  boxes  or  spaces for the information required under
33    Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this  Code;  provided,  that  such
 
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 1    cards  shall  also contain a box or space for the applicant's
 2    social security number, which shall be required to the extent
 3    allowed by law but in no case  shall  the  applicant  provide
 4    fewer  than  the last 4 digits of the social security number,
 5    and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
 6        Except  for  those  election   authorities   adopting   a
 7    computer-based   voter  registration  file  authorized  under
 8    Section  5-43,  the  original  and  duplicate   cards   shall
 9    respectively  constitute  the master file and precinct binder
10    registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given  to
11    the  applicant  upon completion of his or her registration or
12    completed transfer of registration.
13        Whenever a voter moves to  another  precinct  within  the
14    same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
15    jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
16    registration  by  presenting  his or her copy to the election
17    authority or a deputy registrar.  If such  voter  is  not  in
18    possession  of  or  has  lost  his or her copy, he or she may
19    effect a transfer of registration by executing  an  Affidavit
20    of  Cancellation  of  Previous Registration. In the case of a
21    transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction,  the
22    election  authority  shall  transmit the voter's copy or such
23    affidavit to the election authority  of  the  voter's  former
24    election  jurisdiction,  which  shall  immediately  cause the
25    transmission of the voter's previous registration card to the
26    voter's new election authority.  No transfer of  registration
27    to  a  new  election jurisdiction shall be complete until the
28    voter's old election authority receives notification.
29        Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
30    record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
31    Registration to the election authority within 7 working  days
32    after  the  receipt  thereof,  except  that  such  copies  or
33    Affidavits  of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
34    by the deputy registrars between the 35th and 21st  28th  day
 
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 1    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
 2    registrars  to  the  election authority within 48 hours after
 3    receipt.  The deputy registrars shall return  the  copies  or
 4    Affidavits  of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
 5    by them on the 21st 28th day preceding  an  election  to  the
 6    election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

 8        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
 9        Sec.  5-16.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall appoint all
10    municipal  and  township  clerks  or  their  duly  authorized
11    deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
12    of all qualified residents of their  respective  counties.  A
13    deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
14    municipal  clerk,  or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
15    clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in  more
16    than  one county may accept the registration of any qualified
17    resident of any county in which the municipality is  located,
18    regardless  of  which county the resident, municipal clerk or
19    the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
20        The   county   clerk   shall   appoint    all    precinct
21    committeepersons  in  the county as deputy registrars who may
22    accept the registration of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
23    county, except during the 20 27 days preceding an election.
24        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
25    a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
26    located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
27    designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
28    State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
29    residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
30    examination stations. The appointment  of  employees  of  the
31    Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
32    manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
33    Code.
 
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 1        The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  each of the following
 2    named persons as deputy registrars upon the  written  request
 3    of such persons:
 4             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
 5        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
 6        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 7        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
 8        county, at such library.
 9             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
10        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
11        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
12        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
13        resident of the county, at such school. The county  clerk
14        shall  notify  every principal and vice-principal of each
15        high school, elementary  school,  and  vocational  school
16        situated   within  the  election  jurisdiction  of  their
17        eligibility to  serve  as  deputy  registrars  and  offer
18        training  courses  for  service  as  deputy registrars at
19        conveniently located facilities at least 4  months  prior
20        to every election.
21             3.  The  president, or a qualified person designated
22        by the president, of any university,  college,  community
23        college,   academy   or  other  institution  of  learning
24        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
25        the registrations of any resident of the county, at  such
26        university,   college,   community  college,  academy  or
27        institution.
28             4.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
29        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
30        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
31        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
32        county.
33             5.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
34        fide  State civic organization, as defined and determined
 
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 1        by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or  qualified
 2        members  designated  by such official, who may accept the
 3        registration of any qualified resident of the county.  In
 4        determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
 5        appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
 6        of  the  jurisdiction,  the size of the organization, the
 7        geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for  the
 8        public,  the  existing number of deputy registrars in the
 9        jurisdiction  and  their   location,   the   registration
10        activities  of  the  organization and the need to appoint
11        deputy  registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate   the
12        registration  of non-English speaking individuals.  In no
13        event shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary  number
14        applicable   to   every   civic  organization  requesting
15        appointment of its  members  as  deputy  registrars.  The
16        State  Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide for
17        certification of bona  fide  State  civic  organizations.
18        Such  appointments  shall  be  made  for  a period not to
19        exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day  of
20        the  month  following  the month of the general election,
21        and shall be valid for all periods of voter  registration
22        as  provided  by  this  Code  during  the  terms  of such
23        appointments.
24             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
25        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
26        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
27        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
28        resident of the county at any such public aid office.
29             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
30        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
31        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
32        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
33        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
34             8.  The president of any corporation as  defined  by
 
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 1        the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
 2        number of employees designated by such president, who may
 3        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 4        county.
 5        If the request to be appointed  as  deputy  registrar  is
 6    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
 7    the  request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
 8    organization with written notice setting forth  the  specific
 9    reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the request to be
10    appointed as deputy registrar.
11        The county clerk may appoint as  many  additional  deputy
12    registrars  as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
13    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
14    the  convenience   of  the  public  is  served,  giving   due
15    consideration  to  both  population  concentration  and area.
16    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
17    that there are an equal number  from  each  of  the  2  major
18    political  parties  in the election jurisdiction.  The county
19    clerk, in appointing an additional  deputy  registrar,  shall
20    make  the  appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
21    the  Chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee   of   the
22    applicant's  political party.  A Chairman of a County Central
23    Committee shall submit a list of  applicants  to  the  county
24    clerk  by  November  30  of  each year.  The county clerk may
25    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
26    supplemental list of applicants.
27        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
28    other  than  the  20 27 day period preceding an election. All
29    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
30    voters  within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
31    following oath or affirmation:
32        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
33    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
34    Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
 
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 1    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office of deputy
 2    registrar to the best of my ability and that I will  register
 3    no  person  nor  cause  the registration of any person except
 4    upon his personal application before me.
 5                                  ...............................
 6                                 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
 7        This oath shall be administered by the county  clerk,  or
 8    by  one  of  his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
 9    acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter  be
10    filed with the county clerk.
11        Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
12    except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
13    commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
14    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
15    appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
16    general  election.   Appointments  of  precinct  committeemen
17    shall  be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the
18    county convention following the general primary at which they
19    were elected.  The county clerk shall issue a certificate  of
20    appointment  to  each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
21    his office for public inspection a list of the names  of  all
22    appointees.
23        (b)  The  county  clerk shall be responsible for training
24    all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to  subsection  (a),
25    at  times  and  locations  reasonably convenient for both the
26    county clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall  be
27    responsible   for   certifying  and  supervising  all  deputy
28    registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).   Deputy
29    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
30    removal for cause.
31        (c)  Completed  registration  materials under the control
32    of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to  subsection  (a),
33    shall  be  returned to the proper election authority within 7
34    days, except that completed registration  materials  received
 
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 1    by  the  deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
 2    and 21st 28th day preceding an election shall be returned  by
 3    the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
 4    48  hours  after receipt thereof.  The completed registration
 5    materials received by the deputy registrars on the 21st  28th
 6    day  preceding  an  election  shall be returned by the deputy
 7    registrars within 24  hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Unused
 8    materials  shall  be  returned by deputy registrars appointed
 9    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
10    next working day following the close of registration.
11        (d)  The county clerk shall not be  required  to  provide
12    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
13    registration  forms  unaccounted  for during the preceding 12
14    month period.
15        (e)  No   deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in    any
16    electioneering  or  the  promotion  of  any  cause during the
17    performance of his or her duties.
18        (f)  The county clerk shall not be criminally or  civilly
19    liable  for  the  acts  or omissions of any deputy registrar.
20    Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees  of
21    the county clerk.
22    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

23        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3)
24        Sec.  5-16.3.  The  county  clerk may establish temporary
25    places of registration for such times and at  such  locations
26    within  the  county as the county clerk may select.  However,
27    no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
28    the 20 27 days preceding an election.   Notice  of  time  and
29    place   of  registration  at  any  such  temporary  place  of
30    registration under this Section shall  be  published  by  the
31    county  clerk  in a newspaper having a general circulation in
32    the county not less than 3 nor more than 15 days  before  the
33    holding of such registration.
 
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 1        Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
 2    that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
 3    public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
 4    of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
 5    units.  Areas  which may be designated as temporary places of
 6    registration include, but  are  not  limited  to,  facilities
 7    licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
 8    Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
 9    districts, public buildings and county fairs.
10        Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
11    the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
12    population or fraction thereof in the county.
13        All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
14    deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed  pursuant
15    to Section 5-16.2.
16    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
18        Sec.  6-29.  For  the purpose of registering voters under
19    this  Article,  the  office  of   the   Board   of   Election
20    Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
21    each  week  day,  from  9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
22    four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
23    registration preceding each election, and such other days and
24    such other times as the board may direct. During  the  20  27
25    days  immediately  preceding  any  election there shall be no
26    registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election
27    Commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated  towns  of
28    fewer  than  200,000  inhabitants.   In  cities, villages and
29    incorporated towns of  200,000  or  more  inhabitants,  there
30    shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board
31    of  Election  Commissioners  during  the  35 days immediately
32    preceding any election; provided, however, where no  precinct
33    registration  is  being  conducted prior to any election then
 
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 1    registration may be taken in the office of the  Board  up  to
 2    and  including the 21st 28th day prior to such election.  The
 3    Board of Election Commissioners may set up and  establish  as
 4    many  branch  offices for the purpose of taking registrations
 5    as it may deem necessary, and the branch offices may be  open
 6    on  any or all dates and hours during which registrations may
 7    be taken in the main office. All officers  and  employees  of
 8    the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners who are authorized by
 9    such board to take registrations under this Article shall  be
10    considered  officers  of  the  circuit  court,  and  shall be
11    subject to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of
12    this Act with respect to judges of election.
13        In any election called for the submission of the revision
14    or alteration of, or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,
15    submitted  by  a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
16    registration at the office of the election authority  charged
17    with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
18    15th day prior to the date of election.
19        The  Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
20    more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
21    each team, for the purpose of accepting the  registration  of
22    any  voter  who  files  an  affidavit,  within the period for
23    taking registrations provided for in this article, that he is
24    physically unable to appear at the office of the Board or  at
25    any appointed place of registration.  On the day or days when
26    a  precinct  registration is being conducted such teams shall
27    consist of one member from each of the  2  leading  political
28    parties  who  are serving on the Precinct Registration Board.
29    Each team so designated shall visit each disabled person  and
30    shall  accept  the registration of such person the same as if
31    he had applied for registration in person.
32        Any otherwise qualified person who  is  absent  from  his
33    county  of residence due to business of the United States, or
34    who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
 
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 1    the United States, may make application to become  registered
 2    by  mail  to  the  Board of Election Commissioners within the
 3    periods for registration provided for in this Article  or  by
 4    simultaneous   application   for  absentee  registration  and
 5    absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of this Code.
 6        Upon receipt of such application the  Board  of  Election
 7    Commissioners   shall   immediately   mail  an  affidavit  of
 8    registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain  the
 9    following  and  such  other information as the State Board of
10    Elections  may  think  it   proper   to   require   for   the
11    identification of the applicant:
12        Name.   The  name  of  the  applicant, giving surname and
13    first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
14    initial for such middle name, if any.
15        Sex.
16        Residence.   The name and number of the street, avenue or
17    other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
18    definite description as may be  necessary  to  determine  the
19    exact  location  of the dwelling of the applicant.  Where the
20    location cannot be determined by street and number, then  the
21    section, congressional township and range number may be used,
22    or such other information as may be necessary, including post
23    office mailing address.
24        Term  of  residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois and the
25    precinct.
26        Nativity.  The state or country in  which  the  applicant
27    was born.
28        Citizenship.   Whether  the  applicant  is native born or
29    naturalized. If naturalized, the court,  place  and  date  of
30    naturalization.
31        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
32        Out of State address of ..................
33                        AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
34    State of .........)
 
                            -41-     LRB093 07680 JAM 07861 b
 1                      ) ss.
 2    County of ........)
 3        I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
 4    United States; that on the day of the next election  I  shall
 5    have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
 6    precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote,  that  I
 7    am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
 8    that  I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois,
 9    and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to  the
10    State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
11                                   ..............................
12                                   (His or her signature or mark)
13        Subscribed  and  sworn to before me, an officer qualified
14    to administer oaths, on (insert date).
15                         ........................................
16                         Signature of officer administering oath.
17        Upon receipt  of  the  executed  duplicate  affidavit  of
18    Registration,  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  shall
19    transfer  the  information  contained  thereon  to  duplicate
20    Registration  Cards  provided  for  in  Section  6-35 of this
21    Article and shall attach  thereto  a  copy  of  each  of  the
22    duplicate  affidavit  of  registration  and  thereafter  such
23    registration   card   and   affidavit  shall  constitute  the
24    registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
25    registration in person.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

27        (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
28        Sec. 6-35.  The Boards of  Election  Commissioners  shall
29    provide   a   sufficient   number  of  blank  forms  for  the
30    registration of electors which shall be known as registration
31    record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets  or
32    cards,  of  suitable  size  to  contain  in plain writing and
33    figures  the  data  hereinafter  required  thereon  or  shall
 
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 1    consist of computer cards of suitable nature to  contain  the
 2    data  required  thereon. The registration record cards, which
 3    shall include an affidavit  of  registration  as  hereinafter
 4    provided,  shall  be executed in duplicate.  The duplicate of
 5    which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy  of  the
 6    original made by the use of other method or material used for
 7    making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
 8        The  registration record card shall contain the following
 9    and  such  other  information  as  the  Board   of   Election
10    Commissioners   may  think  it  proper  to  require  for  the
11    identification of the applicant for registration:
12        Name.  The name of  the  applicant,  giving  surname  and
13    first  or  Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
14    initial for such middle name, if any.
15        Sex.
16        Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or
17    other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
18    or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home  the
19    lot   number,   and   such   additional  clear  and  definite
20    description as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the  exact
21    location   of   the  dwelling  of  the  applicant,  including
22    post-office mailing  address.  In  the  case  of  a  homeless
23    individual,  the individual's voting residence that is his or
24    her  mailing  address  shall  be  included  on  his  or   her
25    registration record card.
26        Term  of  residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois and the
27    precinct.
28        Nativity.  The state or country in  which  the  applicant
29    was born.
30        Citizenship.   Whether  the  applicant  is native born or
31    naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place,  and  date  of
32    naturalization.
33        Date  of  application  for  registration,  i.e., the day,
34    month and year  when  the  applicant  presented  himself  for
 
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 1    registration.
 2        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
 3        Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
 4    of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
 5        The  county  and  state  in  which the applicant was last
 6    registered.
 7        Signature of voter.  The  applicant,  after  registration
 8    and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
 9    registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
10    to  the  affidavit  on  both  the  original and the duplicate
11    registration record card.
12        Signature of deputy registrar.
13        In case applicant is unable to  sign  his  name,  he  may
14    affix   his   mark  to  the  affidavit.   In  such  case  the
15    registration officer shall write a  detailed  description  of
16    the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
17    or  sheet;  and  shall ask the following questions and record
18    the answers thereto:
19        Father's first name .........................
20        Mother's first name .........................
21        From what address did you last register? ....
22        Reason for inability to sign name ...........
23        Each applicant for registration shall make  an  affidavit
24    in substantially the following form:
25                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
26    State of Illinois  )
27                       )ss
28    County of .......  )
29        I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
30    United States, that on the day of the next election  I  shall
31    have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
32    precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location  is  my
33    residence;  that  I  am fully qualified to vote, and that the
34    above statements are true.
 
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 1                                   ..............................
 2                                   (His or her signature or mark)
 3        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
 4    ......................................
 5        Signature of registration officer
 6    (to be signed in presence of registrant).
 7        Space  shall  be  provided  upon   the   face   of   each
 8    registration  record  card  for  the  notation  of the voting
 9    record of the person registered thereon.
10        Each registration record card shall be numbered according
11    to wards or precincts,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  may  be
12    serially  or  otherwise  marked  for  identification  in such
13    manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
14        The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
15    shall be open to inspection during  regular  business  hours,
16    except  during  the  20  27  days  immediately  preceding any
17    election. On written request of any candidate or objector  or
18    any  person  intending  to object to a petition, the election
19    authority  shall  extend  its   hours   for   inspection   of
20    registration   cards   and  other  records  of  the  election
21    authority during the period  beginning  with  the  filing  of
22    petitions   under  Sections  7-10,  8-8,  10-6  or  28-3  and
23    continuing  through  the  termination  of   electoral   board
24    hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
25    of  registered  voters  in  the  jurisdiction of the election
26    authority. The extension shall  be  for  a  period  of  hours
27    sufficient  to  allow adequate opportunity for examination of
28    the records but the election authority  is  not  required  to
29    extend  its  hours  beyond the period beginning at its normal
30    opening for business and ending at midnight. If the  business
31    hours  are  so  extended, the election authority shall post a
32    public notice of such  extended  hours.  Registration  record
33    cards  may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in
34    charge of the  cards,  during  the  20  27  days  immediately
 
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 1    preceding  any election. Registration record cards shall also
 2    be open to inspection by certified judges and  poll  watchers
 3    and  challengers  at  the  polling place on election day, but
 4    only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
 5    right of a  person  to  vote  or  to  serve  as  a  judge  of
 6    election.  At  no  time shall poll watchers or challengers be
 7    allowed to physically handle the registration record cards.
 8        Updated copies of computer tapes  or  computer  discs  or
 9    other electronic data processing information containing voter
10    registration  information  shall be furnished by the Board of
11    Election Commissioners within 10 days after December  15  and
12    May  15  each year and within 10 days after each registration
13    period is closed to the State Board of Elections  in  a  form
14    prescribed  by  the  State  Board.  For  the purposes of this
15    Section, a registration period is closed 20  27  days  before
16    the  date  of  any  regular or special election. Registration
17    information  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
18    following  information:  name,  sex,   residence,   telephone
19    number,  if  any,  age,  party  affiliation,  if  applicable,
20    precinct,   ward,   township,   county,  and  representative,
21    legislative and congressional districts.   In  the  event  of
22    noncompliance,  the  State  Board of Elections is directed to
23    obtain compliance forthwith with this  nondiscretionary  duty
24    of the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in
25    the  circuit  court  of  the  county  in  which  the election
26    authority maintains the registration information.  The  costs
27    of  furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid
28    at a rate of $.00034 per name of  registered  voters  in  the
29    election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc
30    and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board
31    of  Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
32    such purpose. The State Board shall furnish  copies  of  such
33    tapes,  discs,  other electronic data or compilations thereof
34    to state political  committees  registered  pursuant  to  the
 
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 1    Illinois   Campaign  Finance  Act  or  the  Federal  Election
 2    Campaign Act at their  request  and  at  a  reasonable  cost.
 3    Copies  of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
 4    furnished by the Board of  Election  Commissioners  to  local
 5    political  committees  at  their  request and at a reasonable
 6    cost.  Reasonable cost of the tapes,  discs,  et  cetera  for
 7    this  purpose  would  be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
 8    administration.   The  individual  representing  a  political
 9    committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a  sworn
10    affidavit  that  the  information shall be used only for bona
11    fide political purposes, including by or for  candidates  for
12    office  or  incumbent  office  holders.  Such tapes, discs or
13    other  electronic  data  shall  not   be   used   under   any
14    circumstances  by  any political committee or individuals for
15    purposes  of  commercial  solicitation  or   other   business
16    purposes.   If  such  tapes  contain  information  on  county
17    residents  related  to the operations of county government in
18    addition to registration information, that information  shall
19    not   be   used   under   any  circumstances  for  commercial
20    solicitation or other business purposes.  The prohibition  in
21    this  Section  against  using  the computer tapes or computer
22    discs  or  other  electronic  data   processing   information
23    containing  voter  registration  information  for purposes of
24    commercial solicitation or other business purposes  shall  be
25    prospective  only from the effective date of this amended Act
26    of 1979.   Any person who violates this  provision  shall  be
27    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
28        The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
29    1,  1987,  such  regulations  as  may  be necessary to ensure
30    uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
31    of voter registration  information.   The  regulations  shall
32    include,  but  need  not  be  limited  to, specifications for
33    uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
34    be employed by the election authorities of this State in  the
 
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 1    electronic data processing of voter registration information.
 2    Each  election authority utilizing electronic data processing
 3    of voter registration  information  shall  comply  with  such
 4    regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
 5        If  the applicant for registration was last registered in
 6    another county within  this  State,  he  shall  also  sign  a
 7    certificate    authorizing   cancellation   of   the   former
 8    registration. The certificate shall be in  substantially  the
 9    following form:
10    To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
11    To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
12        This  is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
13    (city) and that my residence was .....   Having moved out  of
14    your  (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
15    registration in your office.
16        Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
17                                             ....................
18                                             (Signature of Voter)
19        Attest ....,  Clerk,  Election  Commission  of  the  City
20    of...., Illinois.
21        The  cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
22    by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county  clerk,
23    (or  Election  Commission  as  the  case  may  be)  where the
24    applicant  was   formerly   registered.   Receipt   of   such
25    certificate  shall  be full authority for cancellation of any
26    previous registration.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  92-465,  eff.  1-1-02;
28    92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

29        (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
30        Sec.  6-35.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design
31    a  registration  record  card  which,  except  as   otherwise
32    provided  in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
33    election authorities in  the  State,  except  those  election
 
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 1    authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
 2    authorized under Section 6-79.  The Board shall prescribe the
 3    form  and  specifications,  including  but not limited to the
 4    weight of paper, color and print of such  cards.  Such  cards
 5    shall  contain  boxes  or spaces for the information required
 6    under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code;  provided,  that
 7    such  cards  shall  also  contain  a  box  or  space  for the
 8    applicant's social security number, which shall  be  required
 9    to  the  extent  allowed  by  law  but  in  no case shall the
10    applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the  social
11    security  number,  and  a  box  for the applicant's telephone
12    number, if available.
13        Except  for  those  election   authorities   adopting   a
14    computer-based   voter  registration  file  authorized  under
15    Section  6-79,  the  original  and  duplicate   cards   shall
16    respectively  constitute  the master file and precinct binder
17    registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given  to
18    the  applicant  upon completion of his or her registration or
19    completed transfer of registration.
20        Whenever a voter moves to  another  precinct  within  the
21    same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
22    jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
23    registration  by  presenting  his or her copy to the election
24    authority or a deputy registrar.  If such  voter  is  not  in
25    possession  of  or  has  lost  his or her copy, he or she may
26    effect a transfer of registration by executing  an  Affidavit
27    of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
28        In  the  case  of  a  transfer  of  registration to a new
29    election jurisdiction, the election authority shall  transmit
30    the  voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
31    of the voter's  former  election  jurisdiction,  which  shall
32    immediately  cause  the  transmission of the voter's previous
33    registration card to the voter's new election authority.   No
34    transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
 
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 1    be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
 2    notification.
 3        Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
 4    record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
 5    Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
 6    after the receipt thereof.   Such  copies  or  Affidavits  of
 7    Cancellation  of Previous Registration received by the deputy
 8    registrars between the 35th and 21st 28th  day  preceding  an
 9    election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 48
10    hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Such copies or Affidavits of
11    Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the  deputy
12    registrars  on  the 21st 28th day preceding an election shall
13    be  returned  by  the  deputy  registrars  to  the   election
14    authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
15    (Source:  P.A.  91-73,  eff.  7-9-99;  91-533,  eff. 8-13-99;
16    92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43)
18        Sec.  6-43.  Immediately  after  the  completion  of  the
19    revision by the Board of Election  Commissioners,  the  board
20    shall  cause  copies  to  be  made  of  all  names  upon  the
21    registration  record  cards  not  marked  or erased, with the
22    address, and shall have the same arranged  according  to  the
23    streets,  avenues,  courts,  or  alleys,  commencing with the
24    lowest number, and arranging the same in order  according  to
25    the  street  numbers,  and  shall  then  cause  such precinct
26    register, upon such arrangement,  to  be  printed  in  plain,
27    large  type  in  sufficient  numbers to meet all demands, and
28    upon application a copy of the same shall  be  given  to  any
29    person   applying   therefor.   Provided,  however,  that  in
30    municipalities having a population of more than  500,000  and
31    having   a   Board  of  Election  Commissioners,  as  to  all
32    elections, excepting any elections held for  the  purpose  of
33    electing  judges  of  the  circuit  courts, registrations for
 
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 1    which  are  made  solely  before  the   Board   of   Election
 2    Commissioners,  and  where  no general precinct registrations
 3    were provided for or  held  within  20  27  days  before  the
 4    election,  the  Board  of Election Commissioners shall cause,
 5    within 10 days after the last day of registration before such
 6    board, copies to be made of all names of  qualified  electors
 7    appearing  upon  each registration record card in like manner
 8    as hereinabove provided, and upon application a copy  of  the
 9    same   shall  be  given  to  any  person  applying  therefor:
10    Provided, further, that whenever an election is  held  within
11    90 days after a preceding election, or when any elections are
12    held  for  the  purpose  of  electing  judges  of the circuit
13    courts, the printed list and the supplement thereto  provided
14    for  the last preceding election shall constitute the Printed
15    Precinct Register for the ensuing election, subject  to  such
16    changes  as  shall be made, if any, as herein provided, which
17    changes, if any, and the contents of any  supplemental  list,
18    insofar  as the latter have not been changed pursuant to this
19    Act, shall be printed in a new supplemental list which  shall
20    supplant  the  prior supplemental list and shall be delivered
21    to the judges of the respective precincts, with  the  printed
22    register and the certification, in the manner and at the time
23    provided in Sections 6-48 and 6-60 of this Article. Such list
24    shall  have  printed  on  the  bottom  thereof  the facsimile
25    signatures  of  the  members  of  the   Board   of   Election
26    Commissioners  certifying  that the names on the list are the
27    names  of  all  voters  entitled  to  vote  in  the  precinct
28    indicated on the top thereof. Such list shall be  termed  the
29    "Printed Precinct Register" and shall be prima facie evidence
30    that  the electors whose names appear thereon are entitled to
31    vote. Provided that if, on order of  the  Board  of  Election
32    Commissioners  a  corrected  or  revised precinct register of
33    voters in a precinct or precincts is printed,  such  list  or
34    lists  shall  have  printed thereon the day and month of such
 
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 1    revision and shall be designated "Revised  Precinct  Register
 2    of Voters."
 3        Any  elector  whose  name does not appear as a registered
 4    voter on such printed precinct register, supplemental list or
 5    any list provided for in this Article and whose name has  not
 6    been  erased  or  withdrawn  shall  be  entitled  to  vote as
 7    hereinafter in this Article provided if his registration card
 8    is in the master file. Such elector shall within 7 days after
 9    the publication of such printed precinct register, file  with
10    the  Board  of  Election Commissioners an application stating
11    that he is a duly registered voter and that his  registration
12    card  is  in  the master file. The Board shall hold a hearing
13    upon such application within 2 days after the filing  thereof
14    and  shall  announce its decision thereon within 3 days after
15    the hearing. If the name of such applicant appears  upon  the
16    registration  card  in the master file, the board shall issue
17    to such elector a certificate setting  forth  that  his  name
18    does  so  appear and certifying that he has the right to vote
19    at the next succeeding election. Such  certificate  shall  be
20    issued  in  duplicate, one to be retained in the files of the
21    board, and the other to be issued to the elector.
22        The Board of Election Commissioners upon the issuance  of
23    such  certificate  shall  see  that  the name of such elector
24    appears upon the precinct registry list in the precinct.
25    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

26        (10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
27        Sec.  6-50.  The  office  of  the   board   of   election
28    commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
29    each  week  day,  from  9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
30    four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
31    registration preceding each election, and such other days and
32    such other times as the board may direct. There shall  be  no
33    registration   at   the  office  of  the  board  of  election
 
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 1    commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated  towns  of
 2    fewer   than  200,000  inhabitants  during  the  20  27  days
 3    preceding any primary, regular or special election  at  which
 4    the cards provided for in this article are used, or until the
 5    second   day  following  such  primary,  regular  or  special
 6    election.  In cities,  villages  and  incorporated  towns  of
 7    200,000  or  more inhabitants, there shall be no registration
 8    of  voters  at  the  office  of   the   board   of   election
 9    commissioners  during  the  35 days immediately preceding any
10    election; provided, however, where no  precinct  registration
11    is  being  conducted  prior to any election then registration
12    may be taken in the office of the board up to  and  including
13    the  21st  28th  day prior to such election.  In any election
14    called for the submission of the revision or  alteration  of,
15    or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,  submitted  by  a
16    Constitutional  Convention, the final day for registration at
17    the  office  of  the  election  authority  charged  with  the
18    printing of the ballot of this election shall be the 15th day
19    prior to the date of election.
20        The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one  or
21    more  registration  teams, each consisting of one member from
22    each of the 2 leading political parties, for the  purpose  of
23    accepting   the  registration  of  any  voter  who  files  an
24    affidavit,  within  the  period  for   taking   registrations
25    provided for in this Article, that he is physically unable to
26    appear  at  the office of the Board or at any appointed place
27    of  registration.   On  the  day  or  days  when  a  precinct
28    registration is being conducted such teams shall  consist  of
29    one  member  from each of the 2 leading political parties who
30    are serving on the precinct registration board.  Each team so
31    designated shall visit each disabled person and shall  accept
32    the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
33    for registration in person.
34        The  office of the board of election commissioners may be
 
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 1    designated as a place of registration under Section  6-51  of
 2    this  Article  and,  if  so  designated, may also be open for
 3    purposes of registration on  such  day  or  days  as  may  be
 4    specified  by  the  board of election commissioners under the
 5    provisions of that Section.
 6    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

 7        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
 8        Sec. 6-50.2.  (a) The  board  of  election  commissioners
 9    shall  appoint  all precinct committeepersons in the election
10    jurisdiction  as  deputy  registrars  who  may   accept   the
11    registration  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the  election
12    jurisdiction,  except  during  the  20  27  days preceding an
13    election.
14        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
15    a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
16    located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
17    designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
18    State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
19    residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
20    examination  stations.   The  appointment of employees of the
21    Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
22    manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
23    Code.
24        The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
25    the following named persons as  deputy  registrars  upon  the
26    written request of such persons:
27             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
28        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
29        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
30        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
31        election jurisdiction, at such library.
32             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
33        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
 
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 1        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
 2        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
 3        resident of the election jurisdiction,  at  such  school.
 4        The  board  of  election commissioners shall notify every
 5        principal  and  vice-principal  of  each   high   school,
 6        elementary  school, and vocational school situated in the
 7        election jurisdiction of their eligibility  to  serve  as
 8        deputy  registrars and offer training courses for service
 9        as deputy registrars at conveniently  located  facilities
10        at least 4 months prior to every election.
11             3.  The  president, or a qualified person designated
12        by the president, of any university,  college,  community
13        college,   academy   or  other  institution  of  learning
14        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
15        the  registrations  of  any  resident  of  the   election
16        jurisdiction,  at  such  university,  college,  community
17        college, academy or institution.
18             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
19        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
20        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
21        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
22        election jurisdiction.
23             5.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
24        fide State civic organization, as defined and  determined
25        by  rule  of  the  State Board of Elections, or qualified
26        members designated by such official, who may  accept  the
27        registration  of  any  qualified resident of the election
28        jurisdiction.  In  determining  the  number   of   deputy
29        registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
30        commissioners   shall  consider  the  population  of  the
31        jurisdiction,  the  size   of   the   organization,   the
32        geographic  size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
33        public, the existing number of deputy registrars  in  the
34        jurisdiction   and   their   location,  the  registration
 
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 1        activities of the organization and the  need  to  appoint
 2        deputy   registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate  the
 3        registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
 4        event  shall  a  board  of  election commissioners fix an
 5        arbitrary number applicable to every  civic  organization
 6        requesting   appointment   of   its   members  as  deputy
 7        registrars. The State Board of Elections  shall  by  rule
 8        provide  for  certification  of  bona  fide  State  civic
 9        organizations.  Such  appointments  shall  be  made for a
10        period not to exceed 2 years, terminating  on  the  first
11        business  day  of  the  month  following the month of the
12        general election, and shall be valid for all  periods  of
13        voter  registration  as  provided by this Code during the
14        terms of such appointments.
15             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
16        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
17        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
18        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
19        resident of the election jurisdiction at any such  public
20        aid office.
21             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
22        Employment  Security, or a reasonable number of employees
23        designated by the Director and  located  at  unemployment
24        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
25        resident   of  the  election  jurisdiction  at  any  such
26        unemployment office. If the request to  be  appointed  as
27        deputy   registrar  is  denied,  the  board  of  election
28        commissioners shall, within 10 days after  the  date  the
29        request  is submitted, provide the affected individual or
30        organization  with  written  notice  setting  forth   the
31        specific  reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the
32        request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
33             8.  The president of any corporation, as defined  by
34        the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
 
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 1        number of employees designated by such president, who may
 2        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 3        election jurisdiction.
 4        The board of election commissioners may appoint  as  many
 5    additional  deputy registrars as it considers necessary.  The
 6    board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
 7    deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of  the
 8    public is served, giving due consideration to both population
 9    concentration  and  area.   Some  of  the  additional  deputy
10    registrars  shall  be  selected  so  that  there are an equal
11    number from each of the 2  major  political  parties  in  the
12    election  jurisdiction.  The board of election commissioners,
13    in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make  the
14    appointment  from  a  list  of  applicants  submitted  by the
15    Chairman of the County Central Committee of  the  applicant's
16    political  party.   A  Chairman of a County Central Committee
17    shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
18    of each year.  The board may require a Chairman of  a  County
19    Central   Committee   to   furnish  a  supplemental  list  of
20    applicants.
21        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
22    other  than  the  20 27 day period preceding an election. All
23    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
24    voters  within  the  election jurisdiction and shall take and
25    subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
26        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
27    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
28    Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
29    faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
30    officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
31    person  nor  cause the registration of any person except upon
32    his personal application before me.
33                             ....................................
34                             (Signature of Registration Officer)"
 
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 1        This oath shall be administered and certified to  by  one
 2    of  the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
 3    person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
 4    shall immediately thereafter  be  filed  with  the  board  of
 5    election commissioners.  The members of the board of election
 6    commissioners  and  all  persons authorized by them under the
 7    provisions of  this  Article  to  take  registrations,  after
 8    themselves  taking  and  subscribing  to  the above oath, are
 9    authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute  such
10    affidavits as are required by this Article.
11        Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
12    except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
13    commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
14    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
15    appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
16    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
17    be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the county
18    convention following the general primary at which  they  were
19    elected.   The  county  clerk  shall  issue  a certificate of
20    appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
21    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
22    appointees.
23        (b)  The  board  of  election  commissioners   shall   be
24    responsible  for  training  all  deputy  registrars appointed
25    pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
26    convenient for both the board of election  commissioners  and
27    such  appointees.   The board of election commissioners shall
28    be responsible for  certifying  and  supervising  all  deputy
29    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
30    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
31    removal for cause.
32        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
33    of  deputy  registrars  appointed  pursuant to subsection (a)
34    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
 
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 1    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
 2    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
 3    and  21st 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by
 4    the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
 5    48 hours after receipt thereof.  The  completed  registration
 6    materials  received by the deputy registrars on the 21st 28th
 7    day preceding an election shall be  returned  by  the  deputy
 8    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
 9    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
10    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
11    next working day following the close of registration.
12        (d)  The  board  of  election  commissioners shall not be
13    required to provide additional forms to any deputy  registrar
14    having  more  than  200  registration  forms  unaccounted for
15    during the preceding 12 month period.
16        (e)  No   deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in    any
17    electioneering  or  the  promotion  of  any  cause during the
18    performance of his or her duties.
19        (f)  The board of election  commissioners  shall  not  be
20    criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
21    deputy registrar.  Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
22    to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
23    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3)
25        Sec.  6-50.3.  The  board  of  election commissioners may
26    establish temporary places of registration for such times and
27    at such locations  as  the  board  may  select.  However,  no
28    temporary  place  of  registration may be in operation during
29    the 20 27 days preceding an election. Notice of the time  and
30    place   of  registration  at  any  such  temporary  place  of
31    registration under this Section shall  be  published  by  the
32    board  of  election  commissioners  in  a  newspaper having a
33    general circulation in the city, village or incorporated town
 
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 1    not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the  holding  of
 2    such registration.
 3        Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
 4    that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
 5    public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
 6    of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
 7    units.  Areas  which may be designated as temporary places of
 8    registration include,  but  are  not  limited  to  facilities
 9    licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
10    Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
11    districts, public buildings and county fairs.
12        Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
13    the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
14    population or fraction thereof in the county.
15        All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
16    employees of the board of election  commissioners  or  deputy
17    registrars appointed pursuant to Section 6-50.2.
18    (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)

19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.