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 1        AN ACT concerning voter registration.

 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 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 as follows:

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

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

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

 4        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 5    becoming law.