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 1        AN ACT concerning elections.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Election  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 and adding Sections 4-6.4,
 6    5-16.4, and 6-50.4 as follows:

 7        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
 8        Sec.  4-6.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall  appoint all
 9    municipal and township or road district clerks or their  duly
10    authorized  deputies  as deputy registrars who may accept the
11    registration of all qualified residents of  their  respective
12    municipalities,   townships  and  road  districts.  A  deputy
13    registrar serving as such  by  virtue  of  his  status  as  a
14    municipal  clerk,  or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
15    clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in  more
16    than  one county may accept the registration of any qualified
17    resident of the municipality, regardless of which county  the
18    resident,  municipal  clerk  or the duly authorized deputy of
19    the municipal clerk lives in.
20        The   county   clerk   shall   appoint    all    precinct
21    committeepersons  in  the county as deputy registrars who may
22    accept the registration of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
23    county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
24        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
25    a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
26    located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
27    designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
28    State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
29    residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
30    examination stations.  The appointment of  employees  of  the
31    Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
 
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 1    manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
 2    Code.
 3        The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  each of the following
 4    named persons as deputy registrars upon the  written  request
 5    of such persons:
 6             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
 7        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
 8        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 9        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
10        county, at such library.
11             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
12        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
13        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
14        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
15        qualified resident of the county,  at  such  school.  The
16        county   clerk   shall   notify   every   principal   and
17        vice-principal  of  each  high school, elementary school,
18        and  vocational  school  situated  within  the   election
19        jurisdiction  of  their  eligibility  to  serve as deputy
20        registrars and offer  training  courses  for  service  as
21        deputy  registrars  at conveniently located facilities at
22        least 4 months prior to every election.
23             3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
24        by  the  president, of any university, college, community
25        college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
26        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
27        the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
28        university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
29        institution.
30             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
31        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
32        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
33        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
34        county.
 
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 1             5.  A  duly  elected  or  appointed  official  of  a
 2        bonafide   State   civic  organization,  as  defined  and
 3        determined by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or
 4        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
 5        accept the registration of any qualified resident of  the
 6        county.  In  determining  the number of deputy registrars
 7        that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall  consider
 8        the  population  of  the  jurisdiction,  the  size of the
 9        organization, the geographic size  of  the  jurisdiction,
10        convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
11        registrars  in  the  jurisdiction and their location, the
12        registration activities of the organization and the  need
13        to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
14        registration  of non-English speaking individuals.  In no
15        event shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary  number
16        applicable   to   every   civic  organization  requesting
17        appointment of its  members  as  deputy  registrars.  The
18        State  Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide for
19        certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
20        appointments shall be made for a period not to  exceed  2
21        years, terminating on the first business day of the month
22        following the month of the general election, and shall be
23        valid  for  all periods of voter registration as provided
24        by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
25             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
26        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
27        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
28        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
29        resident of the county at any such public aid office.
30             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
31        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
32        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
33        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
34        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
 
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 1             8.  The president of any corporation as  defined  by
 2        the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
 3        number of employees designated by such president, who may
 4        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 5        county.
 6        If the request to be appointed  as  deputy  registrar  is
 7    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
 8    the  request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
 9    organization with written notice setting forth  the  specific
10    reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the request to be
11    appointed as deputy registrar.
12        The county clerk may appoint as  many  additional  deputy
13    registrars  as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
14    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
15    the  convenience  of  the  public  is  served,   giving   due
16    consideration  to  both  population  concentration  and area.
17    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
18    that there are an equal number  from  each  of  the  2  major
19    political  parties  in the election jurisdiction.  The county
20    clerk, in appointing an additional  deputy  registrar,  shall
21    make  the  appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
22    the  Chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee   of   the
23    applicant's  political party.  A Chairman of a County Central
24    Committee shall submit a list of  applicants  to  the  county
25    clerk  by  November  30  of  each year.  The county clerk may
26    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
27    supplemental list of applicants.
28        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
29    other  than  the  28  day  period  preceding an election. All
30    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
31    voters  within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
32    following oath or affirmation:
33        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
34    I 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
 4    no  person  nor  cause  the registration of any person except
 5    upon his personal application before me.
 6                                     ............................
 7                                    (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
 8        This oath shall be administered by the county  clerk,  or
 9    by  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
15    each 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
22    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
23    appointees.
24        (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
25    all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
26    at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
27    county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
28    responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
29    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
30    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
31    removal for cause.
32        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
33    of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
34    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
 
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 1    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
 2    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
 3    and  29th  day preceding an election shall be returned by the
 4    deputy registrars to the proper election authority within  48
 5    hours  after  receipt  thereof.   The  completed registration
 6    materials received by the deputy registrars on the  29th  day
 7    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
 8    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
 9    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
10    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
11    next working day following the close of registration.
12        (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
13    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 500
14    200 registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding
15    12 month period, excluding voided forms.
16        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
17    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
18    performance of his or her duties.
19        (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
20    liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
21    Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
22    the county clerk.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.4 new)
25        Sec. 4-6.4.  Registration from another jurisdiction.  The
26    county  clerk  must accept an application for registration in
27    another election jurisdiction in this State and must  forward
28    that  application,  after  having made a record of it, to the
29    county clerk or board of election commissioners of the  other
30    election  jurisdiction within 3 business days after accepting
31    it.  The county clerk  or  board  of  election  commissioners
32    receiving   the   transmitted  application  shall  treat  the
33    application as if it had  been  originally  filed  with  that
 
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 1    county  clerk  or  board of election commissioners.  The date
 2    the transmitting county clerk accepted the  application  from
 3    the applicant shall determine the voter's eligibility to vote
 4    in the next ensuing election.

 5        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
 6        Sec.  5-16.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall appoint all
 7    municipal  and  township  clerks  or  their  duly  authorized
 8    deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
 9    of all qualified residents of their  respective  counties.  A
10    deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
11    municipal  clerk,  or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
12    clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in  more
13    than  one county may accept the registration of any qualified
14    resident of any county in which the municipality is  located,
15    regardless  of  which county the resident, municipal clerk or
16    the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
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
20    county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
21        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
22    a  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
25    State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
26    residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
27    examination stations.  The appointment of  employees  of  the
28    Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
29    manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
30    Code.
31        The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  each of the following
32    named persons as deputy registrars upon the  written  request
33    of such persons:
 
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 1             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
 2        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
 3        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 4        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
 5        county, at such library.
 6             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
 7        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
 8        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
 9        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
10        resident of the county, at such school. The county  clerk
11        shall  notify  every principal and vice-principal of each
12        high school, elementary  school,  and  vocational  school
13        situated   within  the  election  jurisdiction  of  their
14        eligibility to  serve  as  deputy  registrars  and  offer
15        training  courses  for  service  as  deputy registrars at
16        conveniently located facilities at least 4  months  prior
17        to every election.
18             3.  The  president, or a qualified person designated
19        by the president, of any university,  college,  community
20        college,   academy   or  other  institution  of  learning
21        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
22        the registrations of any resident of the county, at  such
23        university,   college,   community  college,  academy  or
24        institution.
25             4.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
26        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
27        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
28        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
29        county.
30             5.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
31        fide  State civic organization, as defined and determined
32        by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or  qualified
33        members  designated  by such official, who may accept the
34        registration of any qualified resident of the county.  In
 
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 1        determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
 2        appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
 3        of  the  jurisdiction,  the size of the organization, the
 4        geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for  the
 5        public,  the  existing number of deputy registrars in the
 6        jurisdiction  and  their   location,   the   registration
 7        activities  of  the  organization and the need to appoint
 8        deputy  registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate   the
 9        registration  of non-English speaking individuals.  In no
10        event shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary  number
11        applicable   to   every   civic  organization  requesting
12        appointment of its  members  as  deputy  registrars.  The
13        State  Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide for
14        certification of bona  fide  State  civic  organizations.
15        Such  appointments  shall  be  made  for  a period not to
16        exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day  of
17        the  month  following  the month of the general election,
18        and shall be valid for all periods of voter  registration
19        as  provided  by  this  Code  during  the  terms  of such
20        appointments.
21             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
22        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
23        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
24        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
25        resident of the county at any such public aid office.
26             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
27        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
28        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
29        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
30        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
31             8.  The president of any corporation as  defined  by
32        the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
33        number of employees designated by such president, who may
34        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 
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 1        county.
 2        If the request to be appointed  as  deputy  registrar  is
 3    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
 4    the  request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
 5    organization with written notice setting forth  the  specific
 6    reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the request to be
 7    appointed as deputy registrar.
 8        The county clerk may appoint as  many  additional  deputy
 9    registrars  as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
10    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
11    the  convenience   of  the  public  is  served,  giving   due
12    consideration  to  both  population  concentration  and area.
13    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
14    that there are an equal number  from  each  of  the  2  major
15    political  parties  in the election jurisdiction.  The county
16    clerk, in appointing an additional  deputy  registrar,  shall
17    make  the  appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
18    the  Chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee   of   the
19    applicant's  political party.  A Chairman of a County Central
20    Committee shall submit a list of  applicants  to  the  county
21    clerk  by  November  30  of  each year.  The county clerk may
22    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
23    supplemental list of applicants.
24        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
25    other  than  the  28  day  period  preceding an election. All
26    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
27    voters  within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
28    following oath or affirmation:
29        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
30    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
31    Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
32    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office of deputy
33    registrar to the best of my ability and that I will  register
34    no  person  nor  cause  the registration of any person except
 
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 1    upon his personal application before me.
 2                                  ...............................
 3                                 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
 4        This oath shall be administered by the county  clerk,  or
 5    by  one  of  his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
 6    acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter  be
 7    filed with the county clerk.
 8        Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
 9    except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
10    commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
11    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
12    appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
13    general  election.   Appointments  of  precinct  committeemen
14    shall  be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the
15    county convention following the general primary at which they
16    were elected.  The county clerk shall issue a certificate  of
17    appointment  to  each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
18    his office for public inspection a list of the names  of  all
19    appointees.
20        (b)  The  county  clerk shall be responsible for training
21    all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to  subsection  (a),
22    at  times  and  locations  reasonably convenient for both the
23    county clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall  be
24    responsible   for   certifying  and  supervising  all  deputy
25    registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).   Deputy
26    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
27    removal for cause.
28        (c)  Completed  registration  materials under the control
29    of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to  subsection  (a),
30    shall  be  returned to the proper election authority within 7
31    days, except that completed registration  materials  received
32    by  the  deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
33    and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned  by  the
34    deputy  registrars to the proper election authority within 48
 
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 1    hours after  receipt  thereof.   The  completed  registration
 2    materials  received  by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
 3    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
 4    registrars within 24  hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Unused
 5    materials  shall  be  returned by deputy registrars appointed
 6    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
 7    next working day following the close of registration.
 8        (d)  The county clerk shall not be  required  to  provide
 9    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 500
10    200  registration  forms unaccounted for during the preceding
11    12 month period, excluding voided forms.
12        (e)  No   deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in    any
13    electioneering  or  the  promotion  of  any  cause during the
14    performance of his or her duties.
15        (f)  The county clerk shall not be criminally or  civilly
16    liable  for  the  acts  or omissions of any deputy registrar.
17    Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees  of
18    the county clerk.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

20        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.4 new)
21        Sec.  5-16.4.   Registration  from  another jurisdiction.
22    The county clerk must accept an application for  registration
23    in  another  election  jurisdiction  in  this  State and must
24    forward that application, after having made a record  of  it,
25    to the county clerk or board of election commissioners of the
26    other  election  jurisdiction  within  3  business days after
27    accepting  it.  The  county  clerk  or  board   of   election
28    commissioners  receiving  the  transmitted  application shall
29    treat the application as if it had been originally filed with
30    that county clerk or board of  election  commissioners.   The
31    date  the  transmitting county clerk accepted the application
32    from the applicant shall determine the voter's eligibility to
33    vote in the next ensuing election.
 
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
 2        Sec. 6-50.2. (a)  The  board  of  election  commissioners
 3    shall  appoint  all precinct committeepersons in the election
 4    jurisdiction  as  deputy  registrars  who  may   accept   the
 5    registration  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the  election
 6    jurisdiction,   except   during  the  28  days  preceding  an
 7    election.
 8        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
 9    a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
10    located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
11    designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
12    State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
13    residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
14    examination  stations.   The  appointment of employees of the
15    Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
16    manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
17    Code.
18        The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
19    the following named persons as  deputy  registrars  upon  the
20    written request of such persons:
21             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
22        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
23        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
24        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
25        election jurisdiction, at such library.
26             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
27        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
28        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
29        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
30        resident of the election jurisdiction,  at  such  school.
31        The  board  of  election commissioners shall notify every
32        principal  and  vice-principal  of  each   high   school,
33        elementary  school, and vocational school situated in the
34        election jurisdiction of their eligibility  to  serve  as
 
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 1        deputy  registrars and offer training courses for service
 2        as deputy registrars at conveniently  located  facilities
 3        at least 4 months prior to every election.
 4             3.  The  president, or a qualified person designated
 5        by the president, of any university,  college,  community
 6        college,   academy   or  other  institution  of  learning
 7        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 8        the  registrations  of  any  resident  of  the   election
 9        jurisdiction,  at  such  university,  college,  community
10        college, academy or institution.
11             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
12        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
13        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
14        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
15        election jurisdiction.
16             5.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
17        fide State civic organization, as defined and  determined
18        by  rule  of  the  State Board of Elections, or qualified
19        members designated by such official, who may  accept  the
20        registration  of  any  qualified resident of the election
21        jurisdiction.  In  determining  the  number   of   deputy
22        registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
23        commissioners   shall  consider  the  population  of  the
24        jurisdiction,  the  size   of   the   organization,   the
25        geographic  size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
26        public, the existing number of deputy registrars  in  the
27        jurisdiction   and   their   location,  the  registration
28        activities of the organization and the  need  to  appoint
29        deputy   registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate  the
30        registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
31        event  shall  a  board  of  election commissioners fix an
32        arbitrary number applicable to every  civic  organization
33        requesting   appointment   of   its   members  as  deputy
34        registrars. The State Board of Elections  shall  by  rule
 
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 1        provide  for  certification  of  bona  fide  State  civic
 2        organizations.  Such  appointments  shall  be  made for a
 3        period not to exceed 2 years, terminating  on  the  first
 4        business  day  of  the  month  following the month of the
 5        general election, and shall be valid for all  periods  of
 6        voter  registration  as  provided by this Code during the
 7        terms of such appointments.
 8             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
 9        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
10        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
11        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
12        resident of the election jurisdiction at any such  public
13        aid office.
14             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
15        Employment  Security, or a reasonable number of employees
16        designated by the Director and  located  at  unemployment
17        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
18        resident   of  the  election  jurisdiction  at  any  such
19        unemployment office. If the request to  be  appointed  as
20        deputy   registrar  is  denied,  the  board  of  election
21        commissioners shall, within 10 days after  the  date  the
22        request  is submitted, provide the affected individual or
23        organization  with  written  notice  setting  forth   the
24        specific  reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the
25        request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
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        election jurisdiction.
31        The board of election commissioners may appoint  as  many
32    additional  deputy registrars as it considers necessary.  The
33    board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
34    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
 4    number from each of the 2  major  political  parties  in  the
 5    election  jurisdiction.  The board of election commissioners,
 6    in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make  the
 7    appointment  from  a  list  of  applicants  submitted  by the
 8    Chairman of the County Central Committee of  the  applicant's
 9    political  party.   A  Chairman of a County Central Committee
10    shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
11    of each year.  The board may require a Chairman of  a  County
12    Central   Committee   to   furnish  a  supplemental  list  of
13    applicants.
14        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
15    other  than  the  28  day  period  preceding an election. All
16    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
17    voters  within  the  election jurisdiction and shall take and
18    subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
19        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
20    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
21    Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
22    faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
23    officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
24    person  nor  cause the registration of any person except upon
25    his personal application before me.
26                             ....................................
27                             (Signature of Registration Officer)"
28        This oath shall be administered and certified to  by  one
29    of  the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
30    person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
31    shall immediately thereafter  be  filed  with  the  board  of
32    election commissioners.  The members of the board of election
33    commissioners  and  all  persons authorized by them under the
34    provisions of  this  Article  to  take  registrations,  after
 
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 1    themselves  taking  and  subscribing  to  the above oath, are
 2    authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute  such
 3    affidavits as are required by this Article.
 4        Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
 5    except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
 6    commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
 7    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
 8    appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
 9    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
10    be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the county
11    convention following the general primary at which  they  were
12    elected.   The  county  clerk  shall  issue  a certificate of
13    appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
14    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
15    appointees.
16        (b)  The  board  of  election  commissioners   shall   be
17    responsible  for  training  all  deputy  registrars appointed
18    pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
19    convenient for both the board of election  commissioners  and
20    such  appointees.   The board of election commissioners shall
21    be responsible for  certifying  and  supervising  all  deputy
22    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
23    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
24    removal for cause.
25        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
26    of  deputy  registrars  appointed  pursuant to subsection (a)
27    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
28    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
29    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
30    and  29th  day preceding an election shall be returned by the
31    deputy registrars to the proper election authority within  48
32    hours  after  receipt  thereof.   The  completed registration
33    materials received by the deputy registrars on the  29th  day
34    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
 
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 1    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
 2    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
 3    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
 4    next working day following the close of registration.
 5        (d)  The  board  of  election  commissioners shall not be
 6    required to provide additional forms to any deputy  registrar
 7    having  more  than 500 200 registration forms unaccounted for
 8    during the preceding 12 month period, excluding voided forms.
 9        (e)  No   deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in    any
10    electioneering  or  the  promotion  of  any  cause during the
11    performance of his or her duties.
12        (f)  The board of election  commissioners  shall  not  be
13    criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
14    deputy registrar.  Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
15    to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.4 new)
18        Sec.  6-50.4.   Registration  from  another jurisdiction.
19    The  board  of  election   commissioners   must   accept   an
20    application for registration in another election jurisdiction
21    in this State and must forward that application, after having
22    made a record of it, to the county clerk or board of election
23    commissioners  of  the  other  election jurisdiction within 3
24    business days after accepting it. The county clerk  or  board
25    of   election   commissioners   receiving   the   transmitted
26    application  shall  treat  the  application as if it had been
27    originally filed with that county clerk or board of  election
28    commissioners.   The  date the transmitting board of election
29    commissioners accepted the  application  from  the  applicant
30    shall  determine  the voter's eligibility to vote in the next
31    ensuing election.

32        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
 
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 1    Section 8.25 as follows:

 2        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
 3        Sec.  8.25.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
 4    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
 5    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 6    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

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