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92_SB0188ham001
LRB9203851NTsbam08
1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 188
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 188 on page 1,
3 line 1, by replacing "education" with "elections"; and
4 on page 1, by replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
5 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 4-8, 5-7, 6-35, 11-4.1, and 16-6.1 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
8 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
9 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
10 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
11 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
12 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
13 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
14 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
15 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
16 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
17 duplicate.
18 The registration record card shall contain the following
19 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
20 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
21 registration:
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1 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
2 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
3 initial for such middle name, if any.
4 Sex.
5 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
6 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
7 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
8 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
9 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
10 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
11 cannot be determined by street and number, then the section,
12 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
13 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
14 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
15 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
16 address shall be included on his or her registration record
17 card.
18 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
19 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
20 the place or places where he resided and the dates during
21 which he resided in such place or places during the year next
22 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
23 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
24 was born.
25 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
26 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
27 naturalization.
28 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
29 month and year when applicant presented himself for
30 registration.
31 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
32 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
33 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
34 The county and state in which the applicant was last
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1 registered.
2 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
3 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
4 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
5 or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original and
6 duplicate registration record cards.
7 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
8 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
9 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
10 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
11 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
12 on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
13 ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
14 Father's first name.
15 Mother's first name.
16 From what address did the applicant last register?
17 Reason for inability to sign name.
18 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
19 in substantially the following form:
20 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
21 STATE OF ILLINOIS
22 COUNTY OF .......
23 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
24 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
25 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
26 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that
27 this location shall be my residence; that I am fully
28 qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
29 ..............................
30 (His or her signature or mark)
31 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
32 ..................................
33 Signature of registration officer.
34 (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
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1 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
2 registration record card for the notation of the voting
3 record of the person registered thereon.
4 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
5 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
6 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
7 determine.
8 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
9 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
10 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
11 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
12 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
13 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
14 and other records of the election authority during the period
15 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
16 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
17 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
18 containing signatures of registered voters in the
19 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
20 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
21 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
22 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
23 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
24 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
25 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
26 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
27 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
28 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
29 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
30 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
31 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
32 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
33 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
34 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
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1 the registration record cards.
2 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
3 other electronic data processing information containing voter
4 registration information shall be furnished by the county
5 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
6 and within 10 days after each registration period is closed
7 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
8 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
9 period is closed 28 days before the date of any regular or
10 special election. Registration information shall include, but
11 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
12 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
13 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
14 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
15 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
16 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
17 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
18 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
19 county in which the election authority maintains the
20 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
21 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
22 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
23 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
24 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
25 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
26 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
27 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
28 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
29 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
30 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
31 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
32 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
33 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
34 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
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1 15% for administration. The individual representing a
2 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
3 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
4 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
5 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
6 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
7 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
8 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
9 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
10 residents related to the operations of county government in
11 addition to registration information, that information shall
12 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
13 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
14 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
15 discs or other electronic data processing information
16 containing voter registration information for purposes of
17 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
18 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
19 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
20 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
21 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
22 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
23 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
24 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
25 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
26 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
27 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
28 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
29 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
30 of voter registration information shall comply with such
31 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
32 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
33 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
34 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
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1 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
2 following form:
3 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
4 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
5 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
6 (city) and that my residence was ............................
7 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
8 you to cancel said registration in your office.
9 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
10 .................................
11 (Signature of Voter)
12 Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
13 County, Illinois.
14 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
15 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
16 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
17 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
18 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
19 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
21 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
22 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
23 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
24 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
25 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
26 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
27 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
28 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
29 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
30 duplicate.
31 The registration record card shall contain the following
32 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
33 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
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1 registration:
2 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
3 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
4 initial for such middle name, if any.
5 Sex.
6 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
7 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
8 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
9 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
10 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
11 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
12 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
13 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
14 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
15 registration record card.
16 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
17 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
18 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
19 30 days in the precinct.
20 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
21 was born.
22 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
23 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
24 naturalization.
25 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
26 month and year when applicant presented himself for
27 registration.
28 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
29 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
30 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
31 The county and state in which the applicant was last
32 registered.
33 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
34 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
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1 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
2 or her name in ink to the affidavit on the original and
3 duplicate registration record card.
4 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
5 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
6 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
7 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
8 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
9 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
10 following questions and record the answers thereto:
11 Father's first name .......................
12 Mother's first name .......................
13 From what address did you last register?
14 Reason for inability to sign name.
15 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
16 in substantially the following form:
17 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
18 State of Illinois)
19 )ss
20 County of )
21 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
22 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
23 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
24 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
25 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
26 residence and that the above statements are true.
27 ..............................
28 (His or her signature or mark)
29 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
30 .........................................
31 Signature of Registration Officer.
32 (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
33 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
34 registration record card for the notation of the voting
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1 record of the person registered thereon.
2 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
3 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
4 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
5 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
6 determine.
7 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
8 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
9 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
10 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
11 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
12 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
13 and other records of the election authority during the period
14 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
15 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
16 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
17 containing signatures of registered voters in the
18 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
19 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
20 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
21 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
22 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
23 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
24 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
25 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
26 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
27 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
28 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
29 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
30 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
31 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
32 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
33 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
34 the registration record cards.
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1 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
2 other electronic data processing information containing voter
3 registration information shall be furnished by the county
4 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
5 and within 10 days after each registration period is closed
6 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
7 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
8 period is closed 28 days before the date of any regular or
9 special election. Registration information shall include, but
10 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
11 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
12 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
13 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
14 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
15 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
16 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
17 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
18 county in which the election authority maintains the
19 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
20 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
21 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
22 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
23 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
24 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
25 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
26 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
27 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
28 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
29 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
30 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
31 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
32 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
33 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
34 15% for administration. The individual representing a
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1 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
2 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
3 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
4 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
5 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
6 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
7 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
8 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
9 residents related to the operations of county government in
10 addition to registration information, that information shall
11 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
12 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
13 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
14 discs or other electronic data processing information
15 containing voter registration information for purposes of
16 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
17 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
18 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
19 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
20 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
21 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
22 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
23 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
24 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
25 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
26 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
27 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
28 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
29 of voter registration information shall comply with such
30 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
31 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
32 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
33 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
34 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
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1 following form:
2 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
3 Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
4 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
5 (city) and that my residence was .....
6 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
7 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
8 Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
9 ....................
10 (Signature of Voter)
11 Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
12 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
13 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
14 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
15 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
16 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
19 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
20 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
21 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
22 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
23 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
24 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
25 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
26 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
27 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
28 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
29 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
30 original made by the use of other method or material used for
31 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
32 The registration record card shall contain the following
33 and such other information as the Board of Election
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1 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
2 identification of the applicant for registration:
3 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
4 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
5 initial for such middle name, if any.
6 Sex.
7 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
8 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
9 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
10 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
11 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
12 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
13 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
14 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
15 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
16 registration record card.
17 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
18 precinct.
19 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
20 was born.
21 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
22 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
23 naturalization.
24 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
25 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
26 registration.
27 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
28 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
29 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
30 The county and state in which the applicant was last
31 registered.
32 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration
33 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
34 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
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1 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
2 registration record card.
3 Signature of deputy registrar.
4 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
5 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
6 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
7 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
8 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
9 the answers thereto:
10 Father's first name .........................
11 Mother's first name .........................
12 From what address did you last register? ....
13 Reason for inability to sign name ...........
14 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
15 in substantially the following form:
16 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
17 State of Illinois )
18 )ss
19 County of ....... )
20 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
21 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
22 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
23 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
24 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
25 above statements are true.
26 ..............................
27 (His or her signature or mark)
28 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
29 ......................................
30 Signature of registration officer
31 (to be signed in presence of registrant).
32 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
33 registration record card for the notation of the voting
34 record of the person registered thereon.
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1 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
2 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
3 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
4 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
5 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
6 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
7 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
8 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
9 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
10 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
11 and other records of the election authority during the period
12 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
13 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
14 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
15 containing signatures of registered voters in the
16 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
17 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
18 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
19 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
20 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
21 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
22 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
23 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
24 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
25 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
26 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
27 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
28 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
29 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
30 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
31 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
32 the registration record cards.
33 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
34 other electronic data processing information containing voter
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1 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
2 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
3 May 15 each year and within 10 days after each registration
4 period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
5 prescribed by the State Board. For the purposes of this
6 Section, a registration period is closed 28 days before the
7 date of any regular or special election. Registration
8 information shall include, but not be limited to, the
9 following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
10 number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
11 precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
12 legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
13 noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
14 obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty
15 of the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in
16 the circuit court of the county in which the election
17 authority maintains the registration information. The costs
18 of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid
19 at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the
20 election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc
21 and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board
22 of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
23 such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
24 tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof
25 to state political committees registered pursuant to the
26 Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election
27 Campaign Act at their request and at a reasonable cost.
28 Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
29 furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
30 political committees at their request and at a reasonable
31 cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
32 this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
33 administration. The individual representing a political
34 committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
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1 affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona
2 fide political purposes, including by or for candidates for
3 office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
4 other electronic data shall not be used under any
5 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
6 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
7 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
8 residents related to the operations of county government in
9 addition to registration information, that information shall
10 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
11 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
12 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
13 discs or other electronic data processing information
14 containing voter registration information for purposes of
15 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
16 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
17 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
18 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
19 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
20 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
21 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
22 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
23 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
24 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
25 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
26 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
27 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
28 of voter registration information shall comply with such
29 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
30 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
31 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
32 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
33 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
34 following form:
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1 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
2 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
3 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
4 (city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of
5 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
6 registration in your office.
7 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
8 ....................
9 (Signature of Voter)
10 Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
11 of...., Illinois.
12 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
13 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
14 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
15 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
16 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
17 previous registration.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)"; and
19 on page 1, immediately below line 28, by inserting the
20 following:
21 "(10 ILCS 5/16-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1)
22 Sec. 16-6.1. In elections held pursuant to the
23 provisions of Section 12 of Article VI of the Constitution
24 relating to retention of judges in office, the form of the
25 proposition to be submitted for each candidate shall be as
26 provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as the election authority
27 may choose.
28 (1) The names of all persons seeking retention in
29 the same office shall be listed, in the order provided in
30 this Section, with one proposition that reads
31 substantially as follows: "Shall each of the persons
32 listed be retained in office as (insert name of office
33 and court)?". To the right of each candidate's name must
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1 be places for the voter to mark "Yes" or "No". If the
2 list of candidates for retention in the same office
3 exceeds one page of the ballot, the proposition must
4 appear on each page upon which the list of candidates
5 continues.
6 (2) The form of the proposition for each candidate
7 shall be substantially as follows:
8 ___________________________________________________
9 Shall ....... (insert name YES
10 of candidate) be retained in
11 office as ..... (insert name
12 of office and Court)? NO
13 ___________________________________________________
14 The names of all candidates thus submitting their names
15 for retention in office in any particular judicial district
16 or circuit shall appear on the same ballot which shall be
17 separate from all other ballots voted on at the general
18 election.
19 Propositions on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking
20 retention, shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for
21 judges of the Appellate Court in the second group immediately
22 under the first, and for circuit judges in the last group.
23 The grouping of candidates for the same office shall be
24 preceded by a heading describing the office and the court.
25 If there are two or more candidates for each office, the
26 names of such candidates in each group shall be listed in the
27 order determined as follows: The name of the person with the
28 greatest length of time served in the specified office of the
29 specified court shall be listed first in each group. The
30 rest of the names shall be listed in the appropriate order
31 based on the same seniority standard. If two or more
32 candidates for each office have served identical periods of
33 time in the specified office, such candidates shall be listed
34 alphabetically at the appropriate place in the order of names
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1 based on seniority in the office as described. Circuit
2 judges shall be credited for the purposes of this section
3 with service as associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and
4 with service on any court the judges of which were made
5 associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of Paragraph 4,
6 subparagraphs (c) and (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of
7 the former Illinois Constitution.
8 At the top of the ballot on the same side as the
9 propositions on the candidates are listed shall be printed an
10 explanation to read substantially as follows: "Vote on the
11 proposition with respect to all or any of the judges listed
12 on this ballot. No judge listed is running against any other
13 judge. The sole question is whether each judge shall be
14 retained in his present office".
15 Such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of
16 sufficient size so that when folded once it shall be large
17 enough to contain the following words, which shall be printed
18 on the back, "Ballot for judicial candidates seeking
19 retention in office". Such ballot shall be handed to the
20 elector at the same time as the ballot containing the names
21 of other candidates for the general election and shall be
22 returned therewith by the elector to the proper officer in
23 the manner designated by this Act. All provisions of this
24 Act relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot,
25 except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
26 Such separate ballot shall be printed upon paper of a green
27 color. No other ballot at the same election shall be green
28 in color.
29 In precincts in which voting machines are used, the
30 special ballot containing the propositions on the retention
31 of judges may be placed on the voting machines if such voting
32 machines permit the casting of votes on such propositions.
33 An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may
34 be used in voting and tabulating the judicial retention
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1 ballots. When an electronic voting system is used which
2 utilizes a ballot label booklet and ballot card, there shall
3 be used in the label booklet a separate ballot label page or
4 pages as required for such proposition, which page or pages
5 for such proposition shall be of a green color separate and
6 distinct from the ballot label page or pages used for any
7 other proposition or candidates.
8 (Source: P.A. 79-201.)
9 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
10 Section 8.25 as follows:
11 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
12 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
13 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
14 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
15 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly."; and
16 on page 1, line 29, by replacing "Act takes" with "Section
17 and the provisions changing Section 11-4.1 of the Election
18 Code take".