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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 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 21st28th
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 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 21st28th 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 2027 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
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1 to 2027 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 2027 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.
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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 21st28th 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 2027
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
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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.
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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 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 21st28th 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 21st28th
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 2027 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 2027
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 21st28th 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 .........)
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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 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 21st28th 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 2027 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 2027 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 21st28th 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 21st28th
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 2027 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.
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