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92_SB0663ham001
LRB9207745JMdvam01
1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 663
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 663 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-8, 5-7, 6-35, 16-3, and 16-6.1 and by adding
6 Sections 4-6.4, 5-16.4, and 6-50.4 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.4 new)
8 Sec. 4-6.4. Registration from another jurisdiction. The
9 county clerk must accept an application for registration in
10 another election jurisdiction in this State and must forward
11 that application, after having made a record of it, to the
12 county clerk or board of election commissioners of the other
13 election jurisdiction within 3 business days after accepting
14 it. The county clerk or board of election commissioners
15 receiving the transmitted application shall treat the
16 application as if it had been originally filed with that
17 county clerk or board of election commissioners. The date
18 the transmitting county clerk accepted the application from
19 the applicant shall determine the voter's eligibility to vote
20 in the next ensuing election.
21 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
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1 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
2 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
3 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
4 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
5 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
6 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
7 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
8 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
9 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
10 duplicate.
11 The registration record card shall contain the following
12 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
13 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
14 registration:
15 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
16 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
17 initial for such middle name, if any.
18 Sex.
19 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
20 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
21 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
22 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
23 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
24 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
25 cannot be determined by street and number, then the section,
26 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
27 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
28 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
29 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
30 address shall be included on his or her registration record
31 card.
32 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
33 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
34 the place or places where he resided and the dates during
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1 which he resided in such place or places during the year next
2 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
3 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
4 was born.
5 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
6 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
7 naturalization.
8 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
9 month and year when applicant presented himself for
10 registration.
11 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
12 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
13 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
14 The county and state in which the applicant was last
15 registered.
16 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
17 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
18 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
19 or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original and
20 duplicate registration record cards.
21 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
22 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
23 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
24 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
25 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
26 on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
27 ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
28 Father's first name.
29 Mother's first name.
30 From what address did the applicant last register?
31 Reason for inability to sign name.
32 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
33 in substantially the following form:
34 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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1 STATE OF ILLINOIS
2 COUNTY OF .......
3 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
4 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
5 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
6 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that
7 this location shall be my residence; that I am fully
8 qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
9 ..............................
10 (His or her signature or mark)
11 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
12 ..................................
13 Signature of registration officer.
14 (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
15 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
16 registration record card for the notation of the voting
17 record of the person registered thereon.
18 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
19 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
20 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
21 determine.
22 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
23 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
24 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
25 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
26 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
27 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
28 and other records of the election authority during the period
29 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
30 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
31 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
32 containing signatures of registered voters in the
33 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
34 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
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1 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
2 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
3 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
4 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
5 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
6 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
7 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
8 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
9 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
10 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
11 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
12 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
13 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
14 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
15 the registration record cards.
16 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
17 other electronic data processing information containing voter
18 registration information shall be furnished by the county
19 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
20 and within 10 days after each registration period is closed
21 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
22 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
23 period is closed 28 days before the date of any regular or
24 special election. Registration information shall include, but
25 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
26 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
27 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
28 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
29 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
30 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
31 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
32 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
33 county in which the election authority maintains the
34 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
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1 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
2 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
3 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
4 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
5 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
6 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
7 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
8 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
9 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
10 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
11 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
12 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
13 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
14 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
15 15% for administration. The individual representing a
16 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
17 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
18 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
19 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
20 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
21 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
22 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
23 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
24 residents related to the operations of county government in
25 addition to registration information, that information shall
26 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
27 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
28 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
29 discs or other electronic data processing information
30 containing voter registration information for purposes of
31 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
32 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
33 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
34 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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1 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
2 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
3 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
4 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
5 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
6 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
7 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
8 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
9 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
10 of voter registration information shall comply with such
11 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
12 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
13 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
14 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
15 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
16 following form:
17 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
18 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
19 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
20 (city) and that my residence was ............................
21 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
22 you to cancel said registration in your office.
23 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
24 .................................
25 (Signature of Voter)
26 Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
27 County, Illinois.
28 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
29 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
30 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
31 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
32 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
33 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
2 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
3 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
4 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
5 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
6 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
7 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
8 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
9 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
10 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
11 duplicate.
12 The registration record card shall contain the following
13 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
14 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
15 registration:
16 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
17 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
18 initial for such middle name, if any.
19 Sex.
20 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
21 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
22 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
23 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
24 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
25 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
26 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
27 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
28 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
29 registration record card.
30 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
31 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
32 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
33 30 days in the precinct.
34 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
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1 was born.
2 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
3 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
4 naturalization.
5 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
6 month and year when applicant presented himself for
7 registration.
8 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
9 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
10 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
11 The county and state in which the applicant was last
12 registered.
13 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
14 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
15 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
16 or her name in ink to the affidavit on the original and
17 duplicate registration record card.
18 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
19 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
20 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
21 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
22 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
23 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
24 following questions and record the answers thereto:
25 Father's first name .......................
26 Mother's first name .......................
27 From what address did you last register?
28 Reason for inability to sign name.
29 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
30 in substantially the following form:
31 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
32 State of Illinois)
33 )ss
34 County of )
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1 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
2 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
3 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
4 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
5 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
6 residence and that the above statements are true.
7 ..............................
8 (His or her signature or mark)
9 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
10 .........................................
11 Signature of Registration Officer.
12 (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
13 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
14 registration record card for the notation of the voting
15 record of the person registered thereon.
16 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
17 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
18 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
19 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
20 determine.
21 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
22 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
23 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
24 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
25 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
26 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
27 and other records of the election authority during the period
28 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
29 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
30 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
31 containing signatures of registered voters in the
32 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
33 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
34 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
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1 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
2 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
3 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
4 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
5 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
6 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
7 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
8 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
9 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
10 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
11 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
12 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
13 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
14 the registration record cards.
15 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
16 other electronic data processing information containing voter
17 registration information shall be furnished by the county
18 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
19 and within 10 days after each registration period is closed
20 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
21 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
22 period is closed 28 days before the date of any regular or
23 special election. Registration information shall include, but
24 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
25 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
26 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
27 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
28 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
29 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
30 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
31 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
32 county in which the election authority maintains the
33 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
34 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
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1 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
2 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
3 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
4 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
5 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
6 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
7 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
8 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
9 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
10 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
11 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
12 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
13 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
14 15% for administration. The individual representing a
15 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
16 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
17 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
18 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
19 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
20 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
21 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
22 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
23 residents related to the operations of county government in
24 addition to registration information, that information shall
25 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
26 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
27 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
28 discs or other electronic data processing information
29 containing voter registration information for purposes of
30 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
31 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
32 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
33 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
34 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
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1 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
2 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
3 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
4 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
5 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
6 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
7 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
8 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
9 of voter registration information shall comply with such
10 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
11 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
12 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
13 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
14 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
15 following form:
16 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
17 Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
18 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
19 (city) and that my residence was .....
20 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
21 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
22 Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
23 ....................
24 (Signature of Voter)
25 Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
26 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
27 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
28 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
29 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
30 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
31 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.4 new)
33 Sec. 5-16.4. Registration from another jurisdiction.
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1 The county clerk must accept an application for registration
2 in another election jurisdiction in this State and must
3 forward that application, after having made a record of it,
4 to the county clerk or board of election commissioners of the
5 other election jurisdiction within 3 business days after
6 accepting it. The county clerk or board of election
7 commissioners receiving the transmitted application shall
8 treat the application as if it had been originally filed with
9 that county clerk or board of election commissioners. The
10 date the transmitting county clerk accepted the application
11 from the applicant shall determine the voter's eligibility to
12 vote in the next ensuing election.
13 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
14 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
15 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
16 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
17 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
18 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
19 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
20 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
21 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
22 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
23 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
24 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
25 original made by the use of other method or material used for
26 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
27 The registration record card shall contain the following
28 and such other information as the Board of Election
29 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
30 identification of the applicant for registration:
31 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
32 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
33 initial for such middle name, if any.
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1 Sex.
2 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
3 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
4 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
5 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
6 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
7 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
8 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
9 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
10 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
11 registration record card.
12 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
13 precinct.
14 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
15 was born.
16 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
17 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
18 naturalization.
19 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
20 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
21 registration.
22 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
23 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
24 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
25 The county and state in which the applicant was last
26 registered.
27 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration
28 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
29 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
30 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
31 registration record card.
32 Signature of deputy registrar.
33 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
34 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
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1 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
2 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
3 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
4 the answers thereto:
5 Father's first name .........................
6 Mother's first name .........................
7 From what address did you last register? ....
8 Reason for inability to sign name ...........
9 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
10 in substantially the following form:
11 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
12 State of Illinois )
13 )ss
14 County of ....... )
15 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
16 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
17 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
18 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
19 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
20 above statements are true.
21 ..............................
22 (His or her signature or mark)
23 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
24 ......................................
25 Signature of registration officer
26 (to be signed in presence of registrant).
27 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
28 registration record card for the notation of the voting
29 record of the person registered thereon.
30 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
31 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
32 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
33 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
34 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
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1 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
2 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
3 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
4 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
5 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
6 and other records of the election authority during the period
7 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
8 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
9 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
10 containing signatures of registered voters in the
11 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
12 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
13 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
14 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
15 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
16 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
17 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
18 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
19 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
20 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
21 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
22 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
23 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
24 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
25 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
26 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
27 the registration record cards.
28 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
29 other electronic data processing information containing voter
30 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
31 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
32 May 15 each year and within 10 days after each registration
33 period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
34 prescribed by the State Board. For the purposes of this
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1 Section, a registration period is closed 28 days before the
2 date of any regular or special election. Registration
3 information shall include, but not be limited to, the
4 following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
5 number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
6 precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
7 legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
8 noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
9 obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty
10 of the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in
11 the circuit court of the county in which the election
12 authority maintains the registration information. The costs
13 of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid
14 at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the
15 election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc
16 and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board
17 of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
18 such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
19 tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof
20 to state political committees registered pursuant to the
21 Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election
22 Campaign Act at their request and at a reasonable cost.
23 Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
24 furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
25 political committees at their request and at a reasonable
26 cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
27 this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
28 administration. The individual representing a political
29 committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
30 affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona
31 fide political purposes, including by or for candidates for
32 office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
33 other electronic data shall not be used under any
34 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
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1 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
2 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
3 residents related to the operations of county government in
4 addition to registration information, that information shall
5 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
6 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
7 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
8 discs or other electronic data processing information
9 containing voter registration information for purposes of
10 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
11 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
12 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
13 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
14 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
15 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
16 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
17 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
18 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
19 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
20 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
21 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
22 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
23 of voter registration information shall comply with such
24 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
25 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
26 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
27 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
28 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
29 following form:
30 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
31 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
32 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
33 (city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of
34 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
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1 registration in your office.
2 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
3 ....................
4 (Signature of Voter)
5 Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
6 of...., Illinois.
7 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
8 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
9 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
10 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
11 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
12 previous registration.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.4 new)
15 Sec. 6-50.4. Registration from another jurisdiction.
16 The board of election commissioners must accept an
17 application for registration in another election jurisdiction
18 in this State and must forward that application, after having
19 made a record of it, to the county clerk or board of election
20 commissioners of the other election jurisdiction within 3
21 business days after accepting it. The county clerk or board
22 of election commissioners receiving the transmitted
23 application shall treat the application as if it had been
24 originally filed with that county clerk or board of election
25 commissioners. The date the transmitting board of election
26 commissioners accepted the application from the applicant
27 shall determine the voter's eligibility to vote in the next
28 ensuing election.
29 (10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
30 Sec. 16-3. The names of all candidates to be voted for
31 in each election district or precinct shall be printed on one
32 ballot, except as is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01
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1 of this Act and except as otherwise provided in this Act with
2 respect to the odd year regular elections and the emergency
3 referenda; all nominations of any political party being
4 placed under the party appellation or title of such party as
5 designated in the certificates of nomination or petitions.
6 The names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
7 the ballot in a column or columns under the heading
8 "independent" arranged under the names or titles of the
9 respective offices for which such independent candidates
10 shall have been nominated and so far as practicable, the name
11 or names of any independent candidate or candidates for any
12 office shall be printed upon the ballot opposite the name or
13 names of any candidate or candidates for the same office
14 contained in any party column or columns upon said ballot.
15 The ballot shall contain no other names, except that in cases
16 of electors for President and Vice-President of the United
17 States, the names of the candidates for President and
18 Vice-President may be added to the party designation and
19 words calculated to aid the voter in his choice of candidates
20 may be added, such as "Vote for one," "Vote for three." When
21 an electronic voting system is used which utilizes a ballot
22 label booklet, the candidates and questions shall appear on
23 the pages of such booklet in the order provided by this Code;
24 and, in any case where candidates for an office appear on a
25 page which does not contain the name of any candidate for
26 another office, and where less than 50% of the page is
27 utilized, the name of no candidate shall be printed on the
28 lowest 25% of such page. On the back or outside of the
29 ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the
30 words "Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the
31 polling place for which the ballot is prepared, the date of
32 the election and a facsimile of the signature of the election
33 authority who has caused the ballots to be printed. The
34 ballots shall be of plain white paper, through which the
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1 printing or writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use
2 at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed
3 on different color paper, except blue paper, whenever
4 necessary or desirable to facilitate distinguishing between
5 ballots for different political subdivisions. In the case of
6 nonpartisan elections for officers of a political
7 subdivision, unless the statute or an ordinance adopted
8 pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution providing the
9 form of government therefor requires otherwise, the column
10 listing such nonpartisan candidates shall be printed with no
11 appellation or circle at its head. The party appellation or
12 title, or the word "independent" at the head of any column
13 provided for independent candidates, shall be printed in
14 capital letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height
15 and a circle one-half inch in diameter shall be printed at
16 the beginning of the line in which such appellation or title
17 is printed, provided, however, that no such circle shall be
18 printed at the head of any column or columns provided for
19 such independent candidates. The names of candidates shall be
20 printed in capital letters not less than one-eighth nor more
21 than one-fourth of an inch in height, and at the beginning of
22 each line in which a name of a candidate is printed a square
23 shall be printed, the sides of which shall be not less than
24 one-fourth of an inch in length. However, the names of the
25 candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on the same
26 ticket shall be printed within a bracket and a single square
27 shall be printed in front of the bracket. The list of
28 candidates of the several parties and any such list of
29 independent candidates shall be placed in separate columns on
30 the ballot in such order as the election authorities charged
31 with the printing of the ballots shall decide; provided, that
32 the names of the candidates of the several political parties,
33 certified by the State Board of Elections to the several
34 county clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
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1 proper county on the official ballot in the order certified
2 by the State Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing,
3 neglecting or failing to print on the official ballot the
4 names of candidates of the several political parties in the
5 order certified by the State Board of Elections, and any
6 county clerk who prints or causes to be printed upon the
7 official ballot the name of a candidate, for an office to be
8 filled by the Electors of the entire State, whose name has
9 not been duly certified to him upon a certificate signed by
10 the State Board of Elections shall be guilty of a Class C
11 misdemeanor.
12 When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes a
13 ballot card, on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope
14 there shall be printed a form for write-in voting which shall
15 be substantially as follows:
16 WRITE-IN VOTES
17 (See card of instructions for specific information.
18 Duplicate form below by hand for additional write-in votes.)
19 _____________________________
20 Title of Office
21 ( ) ____________________________
22 Name of Candidate
23 When an electronic voting system is used which uses a
24 ballot sheet, the instructions to voters on the ballot sheet
25 shall refer the voter to the card of instructions for
26 specific information on write-in voting. Below each office
27 appearing on such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
28 the casting of a write-in vote.
29 When such electronic system is used, there shall be
30 printed on the back of each ballot card, each ballot card
31 envelope, and the first page of the ballot label when a
32 ballot label is used, the words "Official Ballot," followed
33 by the number of the precinct or other precinct
34 identification, which may be stamped, in lieu thereof and, as
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1 applicable, the number and name of the township, ward or
2 other election district for which the ballot card, ballot
3 card envelope, and ballot label are prepared, the date of the
4 election and a facsimile of the signature of the election
5 authority who has caused the ballots to be printed. The back
6 of the ballot card shall also include a method of identifying
7 the ballot configuration such as a listing of the political
8 subdivisions and districts for which votes may be cast on
9 that ballot, or a number code identifying the ballot
10 configuration or color coded ballots, except that where there
11 is only one ballot configuration in a precinct, the precinct
12 identification, and any applicable ward identification, shall
13 be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes used in punch card
14 systems shall be of paper through which no writing or punches
15 may be discerned and shall be of sufficient length to enclose
16 all voting positions. However, the election authority may
17 provide ballot card envelopes on which no precinct number or
18 township, ward or other election district designation, or
19 election date are preprinted, if space and a preprinted form
20 are provided below the space provided for the names of
21 write-in candidates where such information may be entered by
22 the judges of election. Whenever an election authority
23 utilizes ballot card envelopes on which the election date and
24 precinct is not preprinted, a judge of election shall mark
25 such information for the particular precinct and election on
26 the envelope in ink before tallying and counting any write-in
27 vote written thereon. If some method of insuring ballot
28 secrecy other than an envelope is used, such information must
29 be provided on the ballot itself.
30 In the designation of the name of a candidate on the
31 ballot, the candidate's given name or names, initial or
32 initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly
33 known, or a combination thereof, may be used in addition to
34 the candidate's surname. No other designation such as a title
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1 or degree or nickname suggesting or implying possession of a
2 title, degree or professional status, or similar information
3 may be used in connection with the candidate's surname,
4 except that the title "Mrs." may be used in the case of a
5 married woman.
6 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
7 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
8 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A,
9 whichever is applicable.
10 Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election
11 authorities from using or reusing ballot card envelopes which
12 were printed before the effective date of this amendatory Act
13 of 1985.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/16-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1)
16 Sec. 16-6.1. In elections held pursuant to the
17 provisions of Section 12 of Article VI of the Constitution
18 relating to retention of judges in office, the form of the
19 proposition to be submitted for each candidate shall be as
20 provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as the election authority
21 may choose.
22 (1) The names of all persons seeking retention in
23 the same office shall be listed, in the order provided in
24 this Section, with one proposition that reads
25 substantially as follows: "Shall each of the persons
26 listed be retained in office as (insert name of office
27 and court)?". To the right of each candidate's name must
28 be places for the voter to mark "Yes" or "No". If the
29 list of candidates for retention in the same office
30 exceeds one page of the ballot, the proposition must
31 appear on each page upon which the list of candidates
32 continues.
33 (2) The form of the proposition for each candidate
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1 shall be substantially as follows:
2 ___________________________________________________
3 Shall ....... (insert name YES
4 of candidate) be retained in
5 office as ..... (insert name
6 of office and Court)? NO
7 ___________________________________________________
8 The names of all candidates thus submitting their names
9 for retention in office in any particular judicial district
10 or circuit shall appear on the same ballot which shall be
11 separate from all other ballots voted on at the general
12 election.
13 Propositions on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking
14 retention, shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for
15 judges of the Appellate Court in the second group immediately
16 under the first, and for circuit judges in the last group.
17 The grouping of candidates for the same office shall be
18 preceded by a heading describing the office and the court.
19 If there are two or more candidates for each office, the
20 names of such candidates in each group shall be listed in the
21 order determined as follows: The name of the person with the
22 greatest length of time served in the specified office of the
23 specified court shall be listed first in each group. The
24 rest of the names shall be listed in the appropriate order
25 based on the same seniority standard. If two or more
26 candidates for each office have served identical periods of
27 time in the specified office, such candidates shall be listed
28 alphabetically at the appropriate place in the order of names
29 based on seniority in the office as described. Circuit
30 judges shall be credited for the purposes of this section
31 with service as associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and
32 with service on any court the judges of which were made
33 associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of Paragraph 4,
34 subparagraphs (c) and (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of
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1 the former Illinois Constitution.
2 At the top of the ballot on the same side as the
3 propositions on the candidates are listed shall be printed an
4 explanation to read substantially as follows: "Vote on the
5 proposition with respect to all or any of the judges listed
6 on this ballot. No judge listed is running against any other
7 judge. The sole question is whether each judge shall be
8 retained in his present office".
9 Such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of
10 sufficient size so that when folded once it shall be large
11 enough to contain the following words, which shall be printed
12 on the back, "Ballot for judicial candidates seeking
13 retention in office". Such ballot shall be handed to the
14 elector at the same time as the ballot containing the names
15 of other candidates for the general election and shall be
16 returned therewith by the elector to the proper officer in
17 the manner designated by this Act. All provisions of this
18 Act relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot,
19 except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
20 Such separate ballot shall be printed upon paper of a green
21 color. No other ballot at the same election shall be green
22 in color.
23 In precincts in which voting machines are used, the
24 special ballot containing the propositions on the retention
25 of judges may be placed on the voting machines if such voting
26 machines permit the casting of votes on such propositions.
27 An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may
28 be used in voting and tabulating the judicial retention
29 ballots. When an electronic voting system is used which
30 utilizes a ballot label booklet and ballot card, there shall
31 be used in the label booklet a separate ballot label page or
32 pages as required for such proposition, which page or pages
33 for such proposition shall be of a green color separate and
34 distinct from the ballot label page or pages used for any
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1 other proposition or candidates.
2 (Source: P.A. 79-201.)
3 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
4 Section 8.25 as follows:
5 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
6 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
7 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
8 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
9 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.".