Full Text of SB0090 97th General Assembly
SB0090ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jack D. Franks Filed: 4/28/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 90
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 90 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 the State.
| 11 | | The county clerk shall appoint all precinct | 12 | | committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | 13 | | accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | 14 | | except during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 15 | | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 16 | | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State |
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| 1 | | located at driver's license
examination stations and | 2 | | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 3 | | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 4 | | the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
| 5 | | The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 6 | | deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | 7 | | Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
| 8 | | The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | 9 | | persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | 10 | | 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 State,
| 15 | | at such library.
| 16 | | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 17 | | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 18 | | vocational school situated
within the election | 19 | | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 20 | | qualified resident of the State, at such school. The county | 21 | | clerk shall notify
every principal and vice-principal of | 22 | | each 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 to |
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| 1 | | every election.
| 2 | | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 3 | | the president, of
any university, college, community | 4 | | college, academy or other institution of
learning situated | 5 | | within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
| 6 | | registrations of any resident of the State, at such | 7 | | university, college,
community college, academy or | 8 | | institution.
| 9 | | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 10 | | labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | 11 | | members designated by such official,
who may accept the | 12 | | registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
| 13 | | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide | 14 | | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 15 | | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 16 | | designated by such official, who may accept
the | 17 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 18 | | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 19 | | appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | 20 | | of the 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
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| 1 | | event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | 2 | | applicable to every
civic organization requesting | 3 | | appointment of its members as deputy
registrars. The State | 4 | | Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | 5 | | of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
| 6 | | shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years, | 7 | | terminating on the first
business day of the month | 8 | | following the month of the general election, and
shall be | 9 | | valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by | 10 | | this
Code during the terms of such appointments.
| 11 | | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 12 | | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 13 | | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 14 | | registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | 15 | | such public aid office.
| 16 | | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 17 | | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 18 | | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 19 | | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| 20 | | resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
| 21 | | 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | 22 | | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 23 | | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 24 | | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 25 | | If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | 26 | | denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date |
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| 1 | | the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | 2 | | organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | 3 | | reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | 4 | | appointed as deputy registrar.
| 5 | | The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | 6 | | registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | 7 | | appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | 8 | | the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | 9 | | consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| 10 | | of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | 11 | | there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | 12 | | parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | 13 | | appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | 14 | | appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | 15 | | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | 16 | | party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
| 17 | | list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | 18 | | year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | 19 | | Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 20 | | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 21 | | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 22 | | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 23 | | within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | 24 | | oath or affirmation:
| 25 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 26 | | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the |
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| 1 | | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 2 | | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | 3 | | registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
| 4 | | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 5 | | personal
application before me.
| 6 | | ............................
| 7 | | (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
| 8 | | This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | 9 | | one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | 10 | | acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | 11 | | filed with the county clerk.
| 12 | | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 13 | | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 14 | | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 15 | | even-numbered year; except that the terms of
the initial | 16 | | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 17 | | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 18 | | be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | 19 | | convention following the general
primary at which they were | 20 | | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 21 | | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 22 | | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 23 | | appointees.
| 24 | | (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | 25 | | deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | 26 | | times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county |
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| 1 | | clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | 2 | | responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | 3 | | registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy | 4 | | registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | 5 | | removal for cause.
| 6 | | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 7 | | deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall | 8 | | be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | 9 | | except that completed registration materials
received by the | 10 | | deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | 11 | | day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
| 12 | | registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 13 | | after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | 14 | | received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | 15 | | election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars
within 24 | 16 | | hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
| 17 | | by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | 18 | | subsection (a),
not later than the next working day following | 19 | | the close of registration.
| 20 | | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 21 | | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 22 | | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 23 | | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 24 | | possession.
| 25 | | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 26 | | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or |
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| 1 | | her duties.
| 2 | | (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | 3 | | liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | 4 | | deputy registrars shall
not be deemed to be employees of the | 5 | | county clerk.
| 6 | | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 7 | | registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | 8 | | transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | 9 | | the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | 10 | | residence.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 12 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
| 13 | | Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all | 14 | | municipal and
township clerks or their duly authorized deputies | 15 | | as deputy registrars who
may accept the registration of all | 16 | | qualified residents of the State.
| 17 | | The county clerk shall appoint all precinct | 18 | | committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | 19 | | accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | 20 | | except during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 21 | | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 22 | | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 23 | | located at driver's license
examination stations and | 24 | | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 25 | | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of |
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| 1 | | the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
| 2 | | The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 3 | | deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | 4 | | Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
| 5 | | The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | 6 | | persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | 7 | | persons:
| 8 | | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 9 | | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 10 | | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 11 | | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
| 12 | | at such library.
| 13 | | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 14 | | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 15 | | vocational school situated
within the election | 16 | | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 17 | | resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk | 18 | | shall notify every
principal and vice-principal of each | 19 | | high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | 20 | | situated within the election jurisdiction of their
| 21 | | eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | 22 | | training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | 23 | | conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to | 24 | | every election.
| 25 | | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 26 | | the president, of
any university, college, community |
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| 1 | | college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | 2 | | within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
| 3 | | registrations of any resident of the State, at such | 4 | | university, college,
community college, academy or | 5 | | institution.
| 6 | | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 7 | | labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | 8 | | members designated by such official,
who may accept the | 9 | | registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
| 10 | | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 11 | | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 12 | | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 13 | | designated by such official, who may accept
the | 14 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 15 | | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 16 | | appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | 17 | | of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | 18 | | geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the | 19 | | public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
| 20 | | jurisdiction and their location, the registration | 21 | | activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | 22 | | deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | 23 | | registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
| 24 | | event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | 25 | | applicable to every
civic organization requesting | 26 | | appointment of its members as deputy registrars.
The State |
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| 1 | | Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | 2 | | of bona fide State civic organizations.
Such appointments | 3 | | shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
| 4 | | terminating on the first business day of the month | 5 | | following the month of
the general election, and shall be | 6 | | valid for all periods of voter
registration as provided by | 7 | | this Code during the terms of such appointments.
| 8 | | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 9 | | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 10 | | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 11 | | registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | 12 | | such public aid office.
| 13 | | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 14 | | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 15 | | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 16 | | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| 17 | | resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
| 18 | | 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | 19 | | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 20 | | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 21 | | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 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 |
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| 1 | | appointed as deputy registrar.
| 2 | | The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | 3 | | registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | 4 | | appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | 5 | | the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | 6 | | consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| 7 | | of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | 8 | | there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | 9 | | parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | 10 | | appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | 11 | | appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | 12 | | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | 13 | | party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
| 14 | | list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | 15 | | year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | 16 | | Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 17 | | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 18 | | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 19 | | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 20 | | within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | 21 | | oath or affirmation:
| 22 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 23 | | 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
no |
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| 1 | | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 2 | | personal
application before me.
| 3 | | ...............................
| 4 | | (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
| 5 | | This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | 6 | | one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | 7 | | acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | 8 | | filed with the county clerk.
| 9 | | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 10 | | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 11 | | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 12 | | even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | 13 | | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 14 | | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 15 | | be for
2-year terms commencing on the date of the county | 16 | | convention following the
general primary at which they were | 17 | | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 18 | | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 19 | | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 20 | | appointees.
| 21 | | (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | 22 | | deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | 23 | | times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county | 24 | | clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | 25 | | responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | 26 | | registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy |
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| 1 | | registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | 2 | | removal for cause.
| 3 | | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 4 | | deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall | 5 | | be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | 6 | | except that completed registration materials
received by the | 7 | | deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | 8 | | day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
| 9 | | registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 10 | | after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | 11 | | received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | 12 | | election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars within 24 | 13 | | hours after receipt thereof.
Unused materials shall be returned | 14 | | by deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | 15 | | subsection (a), not later
than the next working day following | 16 | | the close of registration.
| 17 | | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 18 | | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 19 | | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 20 | | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 21 | | possession.
| 22 | | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 23 | | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | 24 | | her duties.
| 25 | | (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | 26 | | liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such |
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| 1 | | deputy registers shall not
be deemed to be employees of the | 2 | | county clerk.
| 3 | | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 4 | | registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | 5 | | transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | 6 | | the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | 7 | | residence.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 9 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
| 10 | | Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall | 11 | | appoint all
precinct committeepersons in the election | 12 | | jurisdiction as deputy registrars
who may accept the | 13 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State, except | 14 | | during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 15 | | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 16 | | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 17 | | located at driver's license
examination stations and | 18 | | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 19 | | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 20 | | the State at any such driver's license examination stations. | 21 | | The
appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 22 | | deputy registrars shall
be made in the manner provided in | 23 | | Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
| 24 | | The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of | 25 | | the following
named persons as deputy registrars upon the |
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| 1 | | written request 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 State, | 6 | | at such library.
| 7 | | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 8 | | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 9 | | vocational school situated
within the election | 10 | | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 11 | | resident of the State, at such school. The board of | 12 | | election
commissioners shall notify every principal and | 13 | | vice-principal of each high
school, elementary school, and | 14 | | vocational school situated in the election
jurisdiction of | 15 | | their 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 to | 18 | | every election.
| 19 | | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 20 | | the president, of
any university, college, community | 21 | | college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | 22 | | within the State, who may accept the
registrations of any | 23 | | resident of the election jurisdiction, at such university,
| 24 | | college, community college, academy or institution.
| 25 | | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 26 | | labor
organization, or a reasonable number of qualified |
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| 1 | | members designated
by such official, who may accept the | 2 | | registrations of any qualified
resident of the State.
| 3 | | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 4 | | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 5 | | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 6 | | designated by such official, who may accept
the | 7 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 8 | | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 9 | | appointed,
the board of election commissioners shall | 10 | | consider the population of the
jurisdiction, the size of | 11 | | the organization, the geographic size of the
jurisdiction, | 12 | | convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
| 13 | | registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the | 14 | | registration
activities of the organization and the need to | 15 | | appoint deputy registrars to
assist and facilitate the | 16 | | registration of non-English speaking individuals.
In no | 17 | | event shall a board of election commissioners fix an | 18 | | arbitrary
number applicable to every civic organization | 19 | | requesting appointment of its
members as deputy | 20 | | registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
| 21 | | provide for certification of bona fide State civic | 22 | | organizations. Such
appointments shall be made for a period | 23 | | not to exceed 2 years, terminating
on the first business | 24 | | day of the month following the month of the general
| 25 | | election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter | 26 | | registration as
provided by this Code during the terms of |
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| 1 | | such appointments.
| 2 | | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 3 | | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 4 | | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 5 | | registration of any qualified
resident of the election | 6 | | jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
| 7 | | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 8 | | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 9 | | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 10 | | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| 11 | | resident of the election jurisdiction at any such | 12 | | unemployment office.
If the request to be appointed as | 13 | | deputy registrar is denied, the board
of election | 14 | | commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the | 15 | | request
is submitted, provide the affected individual or | 16 | | organization with written
notice setting forth the | 17 | | specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny
the | 18 | | request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
| 19 | | 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the | 20 | | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 21 | | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 22 | | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 23 | | The board of election commissioners may appoint as many | 24 | | additional deputy
registrars as it considers necessary. The | 25 | | board of election commissioners
shall appoint such additional | 26 | | deputy registrars in such manner that the
convenience of the |
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| 1 | | public is served, giving due consideration to both
population | 2 | | concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
| 3 | | registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number | 4 | | from
each of the 2 major political parties in the election | 5 | | jurisdiction. The
board of election commissioners, in | 6 | | appointing an additional deputy registrar,
shall make the | 7 | | appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
| 8 | | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political | 9 | | party. A Chairman
of a County Central Committee shall submit a | 10 | | list of applicants to the board
by November 30 of each year. | 11 | | The board may require a Chairman of a County
Central Committee | 12 | | to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 13 | | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 14 | | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 15 | | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 16 | | within the election jurisdiction and
shall take and subscribe | 17 | | to the following oath or affirmation:
| 18 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 19 | | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | 20 | | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 21 | | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of registration | 22 | | officer to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | 23 | | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 24 | | personal
application before me.
| 25 | | ....................................
| 26 | | (Signature of Registration Officer)"
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| 1 | | This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of | 2 | | the commissioners
or by the executive director or by some | 3 | | person designated by the board of
election commissioners, and | 4 | | shall immediately thereafter be filed with the
board of | 5 | | election commissioners. The members of the board of election
| 6 | | commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the | 7 | | provisions of
this Article to take registrations, after | 8 | | themselves taking and subscribing
to the above oath, are | 9 | | authorized to take or administer such oaths and
execute such | 10 | | affidavits as are required by this Article.
| 11 | | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 12 | | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 13 | | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 14 | | even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | 15 | | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 16 | | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 17 | | be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | 18 | | convention following the general
primary at which they were | 19 | | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 20 | | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 21 | | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 22 | | appointees.
| 23 | | (b) The board of election commissioners shall be | 24 | | responsible for training
all deputy registrars appointed | 25 | | pursuant to subsection (a), at times and
locations reasonably | 26 | | convenient for both the board of election commissioners
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| 1 | | such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be | 2 | | responsible
for certifying and supervising all deputy | 3 | | registrars appointed pursuant
to subsection (a). Deputy | 4 | | registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall
be subject to | 5 | | removal for cause.
| 6 | | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 7 | | deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be | 8 | | returned to the
appointing election authority within 7 days, | 9 | | except that completed registration
materials received by the | 10 | | deputy registrars during the period between the
35th and 28th | 11 | | day preceding an election shall be returned by the
deputy
| 12 | | registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 13 | | after receipt
thereof. The completed registration materials | 14 | | received by the deputy
registrars on the 28th day preceding an | 15 | | election shall be returned
by the
deputy registrars within 24 | 16 | | hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials
shall be returned | 17 | | by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
| 18 | | subsection (a), not later than the next working day following | 19 | | the close of
registration.
| 20 | | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 21 | | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 22 | | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 23 | | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 24 | | possession.
| 25 | | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 26 | | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or |
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| 1 | | her duties.
| 2 | | (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be | 3 | | criminally or
civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any | 4 | | deputy registrar. Such
deputy registrars shall not be deemed to | 5 | | be employees of the board of
election commissioners.
| 6 | | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 7 | | registrars for persons residing outside the election | 8 | | jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election | 9 | | commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election | 10 | | authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 12 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 2-105 as follows:
| 14 | | (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
| 15 | | Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State. | 16 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the | 17 | | State capital and
in such other places in the State as he may | 18 | | deem necessary to properly
carry out the powers and duties | 19 | | vested in him.
| 20 | | (b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or | 21 | | more buildings in
the State of Illinois outside of the County | 22 | | of Sangamon as he deems
necessary to properly carry out the | 23 | | powers and duties vested in him. The
Secretary of State may, on | 24 | | behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public
or private |
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| 1 | | property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
| 2 | | The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings | 3 | | constructed
thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State. | 4 | | Expenditures for the
construction and equipping of any of such | 5 | | buildings upon premises owned by
another public entity shall | 6 | | not be subject to the provisions of any State
law requiring | 7 | | that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
| 8 | | premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary | 9 | | of State by
this Section is subject to the appropriation of the | 10 | | necessary funds.
| 11 | | (c) Pursuant to Section 1A-25 Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and | 12 | | 6-50.2 of the Election Code,
the Secretary of State shall make | 13 | | driver services facilities available for use as temporary | 14 | | places of accepting applications for voter registration. | 15 | | Registration
within the offices shall be in the most public, | 16 | | orderly and convenient portions
thereof, and Section 4-3, 5-3, | 17 | | and 11-4 of the Election Code relative
to the attendance of | 18 | | police officers during the conduct of registration
shall apply. | 19 | | Registration under this Section shall be made in the manner
| 20 | | provided by Sections 4-8, 4-10, 5-7, 5-9, 6-34, 6-35, and 6-37 | 21 | | of the
Election Code.
| 22 | | (d) (Blank). Within 30 days after the effective date of | 23 | | this amendatory Act of 1990,
and no later than November 1 of | 24 | | each even-numbered year thereafter, the
Secretary of State, to | 25 | | the extent practicable, shall designate to each
election | 26 | | authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at each
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| 1 | | driver services facility
registered
to vote
within the
| 2 | | jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent | 3 | | election
jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars by | 4 | | the election
authority located within the election | 5 | | jurisdiction where the employees
maintain their residences. | 6 | | Such designation shall be in writing and
certified by the | 7 | | Secretary of State.
| 8 | | (e) Each person applying at a driver services facility for | 9 | | a driver's
license or permit, a corrected driver's license or | 10 | | permit, an Illinois
identification card or a corrected Illinois | 11 | | identification card
shall be notified that the person may apply | 12 | | to register to vote at such station to vote in
the State and | 13 | | may also apply to
transfer his or her voter registration at | 14 | | such station to a different address in the
State. Such | 15 | | notification may be made in
writing or verbally issued by an | 16 | | employee or the Secretary of State.
| 17 | | The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may | 18 | | be necessary
for the efficient execution of his duties and the | 19 | | duties of his employees
under this Section amendatory Act of | 20 | | 1990 .
| 21 | | (f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for | 22 | | issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois | 23 | | Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a | 24 | | brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial | 25 | | identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional | 26 | | Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to |
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| 1 | | the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall | 2 | | (i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be | 3 | | an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft, | 4 | | (ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader | 5 | | believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity | 6 | | theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone | 7 | | numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that | 8 | | provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1001, eff. 1-1-07.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.".
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