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 1        AN ACT to amend the Election Code  by  changing  Sections
 2    4-33, 5-43, and 6-79.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Election  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections 4-33, 5-43, and 6-79 as follows:

 7        (10 ILCS 5/4-33)
 8        Sec. 4-33.  Computerization of voter records.
 9        (a)  The  election  authority may develop and implement a
10    system to prepare, use, and maintain a  computer-based  voter
11    registration  file  that  includes a computer-stored image of
12    the signature of each voter. The computer-stored image of the
13    signature of each voter shall be captured pursuant  to  State
14    Board of Elections' rule and shall not be reduced or altered.
15    
16        The  computer-based  voter  registration file may be used
17    for all purposes for which the  original  registration  cards
18    are  to be used, provided that a system for the storage of at
19    least one copy of the original registration cards remains  in
20    effect.
21        (b)  Any  system  created,  used,  and  maintained  under
22    subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  shall  meet the following
23    standards:
24             (1)  Access to any computer-based voter registration
25        file shall be limited to the State Board of Elections and
26        to those persons authorized by  the  election  authority.
27        The  ability to alter data shall be limited to only those
28        persons authorized by the election authority.,  and  Each
29        access  to  the  computer-based  voter registration file,
30        other  than  an  access  solely  for  inquiry,  shall  be
31        recorded by identifying the person, time, date,  and  any
 
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 1        change  made  to the file.  Any access solely for inquiry
 2        shall not provide access to any social security  data  or
 3        vital records data.
 4             (2)  No  copy,  summary, list, abstract, or index of
 5        any computer-based voter registration file that  includes
 6        any   computer-stored  image  of  the  signature  of  any
 7        registered voter shall be made available  to  the  public
 8        outside of the offices of the election authority.
 9             (3)  Any  copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
10        any computer-based voter registration file that  includes
11        a  computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
12        voter shall be produced in such a manner that  it  cannot
13        be reproduced.
14             (4)  Each  person  desiring  to  vote  shall sign an
15        application for a ballot, and  the  signature  comparison
16        authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
17        to  a  copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
18        of the registered voter.
19             (5)  Any voter list produced from  a  computer-based
20        voter  registration  file  that  includes computer-stored
21        images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
22        in a polling place during an election shall be  preserved
23        by the election authority in secure storage until the end
24        of  the  second  calendar  year following the election in
25        which it was used.
26        (c)  Before the first  election  in  which  the  election
27    authority  elects  to  use  a  voter  list  produced from the
28    computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
29    in a computer-based voter  registration  file  for  signature
30    comparison  in  a polling place, the State Board of Elections
31    shall certify that the system used by the election  authority
32    complies  with  the standards set forth in this Section.  The
33    State Board of Elections  may  request  a  sample  poll  list
34    intended  to  be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
 
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 1    of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
 2    the signatures of the registered voters.
 3        (d)  With respect to a jurisdiction that has  copied  all
 4    of  its  voter  signatures into a computer-based registration
 5    file, all references in this Act or any other Act to the use,
 6    other than storage, of paper-based voter registration records
 7    shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)

 9        (10 ILCS 5/5-43)
10        Sec. 5-43.  Computerization of voter records.
11        (a)  The election authority may develop and  implement  a
12    system  to  prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
13    registration file that includes a  computer-stored  image  of
14    the signature of each voter. The computer-stored image of the
15    signature  of  each voter shall be captured pursuant to State
16    Board of Elections' rule and shall not be reduced or altered.
17    
18        The computer-based voter registration file  may  be  used
19    for  all  purposes  for which the original registration cards
20    are to be used, provided that a system for the storage of  at
21    least  one copy of the original registration cards remains in
22    effect.
23        (b)  Any  system  created,  used,  and  maintained  under
24    subsection (a) of  this  Section  shall  meet  the  following
25    standards:
26             (1)  Access to any computer-based voter registration
27        file shall be limited to the State Board of Elections and
28        to  those  persons  authorized by the election authority.
29        The ability to alter data shall be limited to only  those
30        persons  authorized  by the election authority., and Each
31        access to the  computer-based  voter  registration  file,
32        other  than  an  access  solely  for  inquiry,  shall  be
33        recorded  by  identifying the person, time, date, and any
 
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 1        change made to the file.  Any access solely  for  inquiry
 2        shall  not  provide access to any social security data or
 3        vital records data.
 4             (2)  No copy, summary, list, abstract, or  index  of
 5        any  computer-based voter registration file that includes
 6        any  computer-stored  image  of  the  signature  of   any
 7        registered  voter  shall  be made available to the public
 8        outside of the offices of the election authority.
 9             (3)  Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index  of
10        any  computer-based voter registration file that includes
11        a computer-stored image of the signature of a  registered
12        voter  shall  be produced in such a manner that it cannot
13        be reproduced.
14             (4)  Each person desiring  to  vote  shall  sign  an
15        application  for  a  ballot, and the signature comparison
16        authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
17        to a copy of the computer-stored image of  the  signature
18        of the registered voter.
19             (5)  Any  voter  list produced from a computer-based
20        voter registration  file  that  includes  computer-stored
21        images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
22        in  a polling place during an election shall be preserved
23        by the election authority in secure storage until the end
24        of the second calendar year  following  the  election  in
25        which it was used.
26        (c)  Before  the  first  election  in  which the election
27    authority elects to  use  a  voter  list  produced  from  the
28    computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
29    in  a  computer-based  voter  registration file for signature
30    comparison in a polling place, the State Board  of  Elections
31    shall  certify that the system used by the election authority
32    complies with the standards set forth in this  Section.   The
33    State  Board  of  Elections  may  request  a sample poll list
34    intended to be used in a polling place to test  the  accuracy
 
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 1    of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
 2    the signatures of the registered voters.
 3        (d)  With  respect  to a jurisdiction that has copied all
 4    of its voter signatures into  a  computer-based  registration
 5    file, all references in this Act or any other Act to the use,
 6    other than storage, of paper-based voter registration records
 7    shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)

 9        (10 ILCS 5/6-79)
10        Sec. 6-79.  Computerization of voter records.
11        (a)  The  election  authority may develop and implement a
12    system to prepare, use, and maintain a  computer-based  voter
13    registration  file  that  includes a computer-stored image of
14    the signature of each voter. The computer-stored image of the
15    signature of each voter shall be captured pursuant  to  State
16    Board of Elections' rule and shall not be reduced or altered.
17    
18        The  computer-based  voter  registration file may be used
19    for all purposes for which the  original  registration  cards
20    are  to be used, provided that a system for the storage of at
21    least one copy of the original registration cards remains  in
22    effect.
23        (b)  Any  system  created,  used,  and  maintained  under
24    subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  shall  meet the following
25    standards:
26             (1)  Access to any computer-based voter registration
27        file shall be limited to the State Board of Elections and
28        to those persons authorized by  the  election  authority.
29        The  ability to alter data shall be limited to only those
30        persons authorized by the election authority.,  and  Each
31        access  to  the  computer-based  voter registration file,
32        other  than  an  access  solely  for  inquiry,  shall  be
33        recorded by identifying the person, time, date,  and  any
 
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 1        change  made  to the file.  Any access solely for inquiry
 2        shall not provide access to any social security  data  or
 3        vital records data.
 4             (2)  No  copy,  summary, list, abstract, or index of
 5        any computer-based voter registration file that  includes
 6        any   computer-stored  image  of  the  signature  of  any
 7        registered voter shall be made available  to  the  public
 8        outside of the offices of the election authority.
 9             (3)  Any  copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
10        any computer-based voter registration file that  includes
11        a  computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
12        voter shall be produced in such a manner that  it  cannot
13        be reproduced.
14             (4)  Each  person  desiring  to  vote  shall sign an
15        application for a ballot, and  the  signature  comparison
16        authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
17        to  a  copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
18        of the registered voter.
19             (5)  Any voter list produced from  a  computer-based
20        voter  registration  file  that  includes computer-stored
21        images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
22        in a polling place during an election shall be  preserved
23        by the election authority in secure storage until the end
24        of  the  second  calendar  year following the election in
25        which it was used.
26        (c)  Before the first  election  in  which  the  election
27    authority  elects  to  use  a  voter  list  produced from the
28    computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
29    in a computer-based voter  registration  file  for  signature
30    comparison  in  a polling place, the State Board of Elections
31    shall certify that the system used by the election  authority
32    complies  with  the standards set forth in this Section.  The
33    State Board of Elections  may  request  a  sample  poll  list
34    intended  to  be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
 
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 1    of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
 2    the signatures of the registered voters.
 3        (d)  With respect to a jurisdiction that has  copied  all
 4    of  its  voter  signatures into a computer-based registration
 5    file, all references in this Act or any other Act to the use,
 6    other than storage, of paper-based voter registration records
 7    shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)

 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.

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