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                                     LRB093 06399 JAM 11911 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1166

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1166  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

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

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

13        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
14    becoming law.".