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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5647
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 5647 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-6, 4-6.2, 4-6.3, 4-8, 4-8.03, 4-10, 4-16, 5-5,
6 5-7, 5-7.03, 5-16.2, 5-16.3, 6-29, 6-35, 6-35.03, 6-43, 6-50,
7 6-50.2, and 6-50.3 as follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
9 Sec. 4-6. For the purpose of registering voters under
10 this Article in addition to the method provided for precinct
11 registration under Section 4-7, the office of the county
12 clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday, Sunday, and
13 legal holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
14 hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon,
15 and such additional hours as the county clerk may designate.
16 If, however, the county board otherwise duly regulates and
17 fixes the hours of opening and closing of all county offices
18 at the county seat of any county, such regulation shall
19 control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall
20 be no registration at the office of the county clerk or at
21 the office of municipal and township or road district clerks
22 serving as deputy registrars during the 27 28 days preceding
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1 any regular or special election at which the cards provided
2 in this Article are used, or until the 2nd day following such
3 regular or special election; provided, that if by reason of
4 the proximity of any such elections to one another the effect
5 of this provision would be to close registrations for all or
6 any part of the 10 days immediately prior to such 27 28 day
7 period, the county clerk shall accept, solely for use in the
8 subsequent and not in any intervening election, registrations
9 and transfers of registration within the period from the 27th
10 28th to the 38th days, both inclusive, prior to such
11 subsequent election; provided, further that at the office of
12 such clerks registration shall be permitted on the 28th day
13 preceding the election in November of even-numbered years in
14 any county in which such day is not designated as a day of
15 precinct registration. In any election called for the
16 submission of the revision or alteration of, or the
17 amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional
18 Convention, the final day for registration at the office of
19 the election authority charged with the printing of the
20 ballot of this election shall be the 15th day prior to the
21 date of election.
22 Any qualified person residing within the county or any
23 portion thereof subject to this Article may register or
24 re-register with the county clerk.
25 Each county clerk shall appoint one or more registration
26 or re-registration teams for the purpose of accepting the
27 registration or re-registration of any voter who files an
28 affidavit that he is physically unable to appear at any
29 appointed place of registration or re-registration. Each team
30 shall consist of one member of each political party having
31 the highest and second highest number of registered voters in
32 the county. The county clerk shall designate a team to visit
33 each disabled person and shall accept the registration or
34 re-registration of each such person as if he had applied for
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1 registration or re-registration at the office of the county
2 clerk.
3 As used in this Article, "deputy registrars" and
4 "registration officers" mean any person authorized to accept
5 registrations of electors under this Article.
6 (Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
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 27 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
32 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
33 Code.
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1 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
2 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
3 of such persons:
4 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
5 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
6 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
7 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
8 county, at such library.
9 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
10 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
11 or vocational school situated within the election
12 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
13 qualified resident of the county, at such school. The
14 county clerk shall notify every principal and
15 vice-principal of each high school, elementary school,
16 and vocational school situated within the election
17 jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
18 registrars and offer training courses for service as
19 deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
20 least 4 months prior to every election.
21 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
22 by the president, of any university, college, community
23 college, academy or other institution of learning
24 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
25 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
26 university, college, community college, academy or
27 institution.
28 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
29 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
30 qualified members designated by such official, who may
31 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
32 county.
33 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a
34 bonafide State civic organization, as defined and
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1 determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, or
2 qualified members designated by such official, who may
3 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
4 county. In determining the number of deputy registrars
5 that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider
6 the population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
7 organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
8 convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
9 registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
10 registration activities of the organization and the need
11 to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
12 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
13 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
14 applicable to every civic organization requesting
15 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
16 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
17 certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
18 appointments shall be made for a period not to exceed 2
19 years, terminating on the first business day of the month
20 following the month of the general election, and shall be
21 valid for all periods of voter registration as provided
22 by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
23 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
24 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
25 designated by the Director and located at public aid
26 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
27 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
28 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
29 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
30 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
31 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
32 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
33 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
34 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
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1 number of employees designated by such president, who may
2 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
3 county.
4 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
5 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
6 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
7 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
8 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
9 appointed as deputy registrar.
10 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
11 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
12 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
13 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
14 consideration to both population concentration and area.
15 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
16 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
17 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
18 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
19 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
20 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
21 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
22 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
23 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
24 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
25 supplemental list of applicants.
26 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
27 other than the 27 28 day period preceding an election. All
28 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
29 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
30 following oath or affirmation:
31 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
32 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
33 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
34 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
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1 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
2 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
3 upon his personal application before me.
4 ............................
5 (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
6 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
7 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
8 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
9 filed with the county clerk.
10 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
11 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
12 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
13 each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
14 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
15 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
16 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
17 convention following the general primary at which they were
18 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
19 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
20 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
21 appointees.
22 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
23 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
24 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
25 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
26 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
27 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
28 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
29 removal for cause.
30 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
31 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
32 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
33 days, except that completed registration materials received
34 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
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1 and 28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
2 the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
3 48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
4 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
5 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
6 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
7 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
8 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
9 next working day following the close of registration.
10 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
11 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
12 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
13 month period.
14 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
15 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
16 performance of his or her duties.
17 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
18 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
19 Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
20 the county clerk.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
23 Sec. 4-6.3. The county clerk may establish a temporary
24 place of registration for such times and at such locations
25 within the county as the county clerk may select. However,
26 no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
27 the 27 28 days preceding an election. Notice of the time and
28 place of registration under this Section shall be published
29 by the county clerk in a newspaper having a general
30 circulation in the county not less than 3 nor more than 15
31 days before the holding of such registration.
32 Temporary places of registration shall be established so
33 that the areas of concentration of population or use by the
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1 public are served, whether by facilities provided in places
2 of private business or in public buildings or in mobile
3 units. Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
4 registration include, but are not limited to, facilities
5 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
6 Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes, shopping centers, business
7 districts, public buildings and county fairs.
8 Temporary places of registration shall be available to
9 the public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000
10 population or fraction thereof in the county.
11 All temporary places of registration shall be manned by
12 deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant
13 to Section 4-6.2.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-873; 86-1028.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
16 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
17 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
18 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
19 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
20 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
21 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
22 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
23 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
24 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
25 duplicate.
26 The registration record card shall contain the following
27 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
28 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
29 registration:
30 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
31 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
32 initial for such middle name, if any.
33 Sex.
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1 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
2 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
3 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
4 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
5 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
6 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
7 cannot be determined by street and number, then the section,
8 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
9 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
10 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
11 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
12 address shall be included on his or her registration record
13 card.
14 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
15 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
16 the place or places where he resided and the dates during
17 which he resided in such place or places during the year next
18 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
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 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 the
33 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
34 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
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1 or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original and
2 duplicate registration record cards.
3 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
4 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
5 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
6 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
7 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
8 on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
9 ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
10 Father's first name.
11 Mother's first name.
12 From what address did the applicant 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 COUNTY OF .......
19 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
20 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
21 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
22 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that
23 this location shall be my residence; that I am fully
24 qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
25 ..............................
26 (His or her signature or mark)
27 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
28 ..................................
29 Signature of registration officer.
30 (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
31 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
32 registration record card for the notation of the voting
33 record of the person registered thereon.
34 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
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1 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
2 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
3 determine.
4 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
5 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
6 except during the 27 28 days immediately preceding any
7 election. On written request of any candidate or objector or
8 any person intending to object to a petition, the election
9 authority shall extend its hours for inspection of
10 registration cards and other records of the election
11 authority during the period beginning with the filing of
12 petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and
13 continuing through the termination of electoral board
14 hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
15 of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
16 authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
17 sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
18 the records but the election authority is not required to
19 extend its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal
20 opening for business and ending at midnight. If the business
21 hours are so extended, the election authority shall post a
22 public notice of such extended hours. Registration record
23 cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in
24 charge of the cards, during the 27 28 days immediately
25 preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
26 be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
27 and challengers at the polling place on election day, but
28 only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
29 right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election.
30 At no time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
31 physically handle the registration record cards.
32 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
33 other electronic data processing information containing voter
34 registration information shall be furnished by the county
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1 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
2 and within 10 days after each registration period is closed
3 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
4 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
5 period is closed 27 28 days before the date of any regular or
6 special election. Registration information shall include, but
7 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
8 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
9 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
10 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
11 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
12 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
13 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
14 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
15 county in which the election authority maintains the
16 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
17 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
18 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
19 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
20 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
21 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
22 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
23 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
24 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
25 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
26 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
27 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
28 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
29 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
30 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
31 15% for administration. The individual representing a
32 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
33 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
34 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
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1 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
2 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
3 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
4 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
5 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
6 residents related to the operations of county government in
7 addition to registration information, that information shall
8 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
9 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
10 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
11 discs or other electronic data processing information
12 containing voter registration information for purposes of
13 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
14 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
15 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
16 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
17 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
18 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
19 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
20 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
21 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
22 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
23 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
24 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
25 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
26 of voter registration information shall comply with such
27 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
28 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
29 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
30 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
31 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
32 following form:
33 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
34 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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1 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
2 (city) and that my residence was ............................
3 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
4 you to cancel said registration in your office.
5 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
6 .................................
7 (Signature of Voter)
8 Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
9 County, Illinois.
10 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
11 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
12 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
13 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
14 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
17 Sec. 4-8.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
18 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
19 in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
20 authorities in the State, except those election authorities
21 adopting a computer-based voter registration file authorized
22 under Section 4-33. The Board shall prescribe the form and
23 specifications, including but not limited to the weight of
24 paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
25 contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
26 Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards
27 shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's social
28 security number, which shall be required to the extent
29 allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
30 fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number,
31 and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
32 Except for those election authorities adopting a
33 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
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1 Section 4-33, the original and duplicate cards shall
2 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
3 registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to
4 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
5 completed transfer of registration.
6 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
7 same election jurisdiction or to another election
8 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
9 registration by presenting his or her copy to the election
10 authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not in
11 possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may
12 effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
13 of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
14 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
15 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
16 the voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
17 of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which shall
18 immediately cause the transmission of the voter's previous
19 registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
20 transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
21 be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
22 notification.
23 Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
24 record cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
25 Registration to the election authority within 7 working days
26 after the receipt thereof, except that such copies or
27 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
28 by the deputy registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day
29 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
30 registrars to the election authority within 48 hours after
31 receipt. The deputy registrars shall return the copies or
32 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
33 by them on the 28th 29th day preceding an election to the
34 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
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1 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
3 Sec. 4-10. Except as herein provided, no person shall be
4 registered, unless he applies in person to a registration
5 officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of
6 him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit
7 of registration. The registration officer shall require the
8 applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except
9 in the case of a homeless individual, one of which must
10 include his or her residence address. These forms of
11 identification shall include, but not be limited to, any of
12 the following: driver's license, social security card, public
13 aid identification card, utility bill, employee or student
14 identification card, credit card, or a civic, union or
15 professional association membership card. The registration
16 officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish
17 evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated.
18 This use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to
19 that individual and received at that address or by a
20 statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing
21 address. The registration officer shall require each
22 applicant for registration to read or have read to him the
23 affidavit of registration before permitting him to execute
24 the affidavit.
25 One of the registration officers or a deputy registration
26 officer, county clerk, or clerk in the office of the county
27 clerk, shall administer to all persons who shall personally
28 apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
29 "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully
30 and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you
31 touching your name, place of residence, place of birth, your
32 qualifications as an elector and your right as such to
33 register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
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1 The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each
2 applicant for registration is qualified to register before
3 registering him. If the registration officer has reason to
4 believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
5 Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
6 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the following question
7 shall be put, "When you entered the home which is your
8 present address, was it your bona fide intention to become a
9 resident thereof?" Any voter of a township, city, village or
10 incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
11 permitted to be present at the place of any precinct
12 registration and shall have the right to challenge any
13 applicant who applies to be registered.
14 In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant
15 is qualified he shall forthwith notify such applicant in
16 writing to appear before the county clerk to complete his
17 registration. Upon the card of such applicant shall be
18 written the word "incomplete" and no such applicant shall be
19 permitted to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily
20 completed as hereinafter provided. No registration shall be
21 taken and marked as incomplete if information to complete it
22 can be furnished on the date of the original application.
23 Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
24 precinct and whose registration card is marked "Incomplete"
25 may make and sign an application in writing, under oath, to
26 the county clerk in substance in the following form:
27 "I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on (insert date)
28 make application to the board of registry of the ....
29 precinct of the township of .... (or to the county clerk of
30 .... county) and that said board or clerk refused to complete
31 my registration as a qualified voter in said precinct. That
32 I reside in said precinct, that I intend to reside in said
33 precinct, and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and
34 am entitled to be registered to vote in said precinct at the
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1 next election.
2 (Signature of applicant) ............................."
3 All such applications shall be presented to the county
4 clerk or to his duly authorized representative by the
5 applicant, in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
6 p.m. on any day after the days on which the 1969 and 1970
7 precinct re-registrations are held but not on any day within
8 27 28 days preceding the ensuing general election and
9 thereafter for the registration provided in Section 4-7 all
10 such applications shall be presented to the county clerk or
11 his duly authorized representative by the applicant in person
12 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior
13 to 27 28 days preceding the ensuing general election. Such
14 application shall be heard by the county clerk or his duly
15 authorized representative at the time the application is
16 presented. If the applicant for registration has registered
17 with the county clerk, such application may be presented to
18 and heard by the county clerk or by his duly authorized
19 representative upon the dates specified above or at any time
20 prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
21 Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
22 county of residence either due to business of the United
23 States or because he is temporarily outside the territorial
24 limits of the United States may become registered by mailing
25 an application to the county clerk within the periods of
26 registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
27 application for absentee registration and absentee ballot as
28 provided in Article 20 of this Code.
29 Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall
30 immediately mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
31 which affidavit shall contain the following and such other
32 information as the State Board of Elections may think it
33 proper to require for the identification of the applicant:
34 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
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1 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
2 initial for such middle name, if any.
3 Sex.
4 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
5 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
6 definite description as may be necessary to determine the
7 exact location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
8 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
9 Section, congressional township and range number may be used,
10 or such other information as may be necessary, including post
11 office mailing address.
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 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
20 Out of State address of ..........................
21 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
22 State of ...........)
23 )ss
24 County of ..........)
25 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
26 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
27 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
28 precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
29 am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
30 that I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois
31 and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
32 State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
33 ..............................
34 (His or her signature or mark)
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1 Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified
2 to administer oaths, on (insert date).
3 ........................................
4 Signature of officer administering oath.
5 Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
6 Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
7 contained thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided
8 for in Section 4-8 of this Article and shall attach thereto a
9 copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
10 thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
11 constitute the registration of such person the same as if he
12 had applied for registration in person.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
15 Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence
16 from one address to another within the same county wherein
17 this Article is in effect, may have his registration
18 transferred to his new address by making and signing an
19 application for change of residence address upon a form to be
20 provided by the county clerk. Such application must be made
21 to the office of the county clerk and may be made either in
22 person or by mail. In case the person is unable to sign his
23 name, the county clerk shall require him to execute the
24 application in the presence of the county clerk or of his
25 properly authorized representative, by his mark, and if
26 satisfied of the identity of the person, the county clerk
27 shall make the transfer.
28 Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one
29 of his employees deputized to take registrations shall cause
30 the signature of the voter and the data appearing upon the
31 application to be compared with the signature and data on the
32 registration record card, and if it appears that the
33 applicant is the same person as the person previously
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1 registered under that name the transfer shall be made.
2 No transfers of registration under the provisions of this
3 Section shall be made during the 27 28 days preceding any
4 election at which such voter would be entitled to vote. When
5 a removal of a registered voter takes place from one address
6 to another within the same precinct within a period during
7 which a transfer of registration cannot be made before any
8 election or primary, he shall be entitled to vote upon
9 presenting the judges of election his affidavit substantially
10 in the form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act of a
11 change of residence address within the precinct on a date
12 therein specified.
13 The county clerk may obtain information from utility
14 companies, city, village, incorporated town and township
15 records, the post office, or from other sources, regarding
16 the removal of registered voters, and may treat such
17 information, and information procured from his death and
18 marriage records on file in his office, as an application to
19 erase from the register any name concerning which he may so
20 have information that the voter is no longer qualified to
21 vote under the name, or from the address from which
22 registered, and give notice thereof in the manner provided by
23 Section 4--12 of this Article, and notify voters who have
24 changed their address that a transfer of registration may be
25 made in the manner provided in this Section enclosing a form
26 therefor.
27 If any person be registered by error in a precinct other
28 than that in which he resides, the county clerk may transfer
29 his registration to the proper precinct, and if the error is
30 or may be on the part of the registration officials, and is
31 disclosed too late before an election or primary to mail the
32 certificate required by Section 4--15, such certificate may
33 be personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon
34 as therein provided, but such certificates so issued shall be
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1 specially listed with the reason for the issuance thereof.
2 Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
3 the county board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer
4 to the proper precinct the registration of any voter affected
5 by such revision or rearrangement of the precinct; make the
6 proper notations on the registration cards of a voter
7 affected by the revision or rearrangement and shall issue
8 revised certificates to each registrant of such change.
9 Any registered voter who changes his or her name by
10 marriage or otherwise shall be required to register anew and
11 authorize the cancellation of the previous registration; but
12 if the voter still resides in the same precinct and if the
13 change of name takes place within a period during which a
14 transfer of registration cannot be made, preceding any
15 election or primary, the elector may, if otherwise qualified,
16 vote upon making an affidavit substantially in the form
17 prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act.
18 The precinct election officials shall report to the
19 county clerk the names and addresses of all persons who have
20 changed their addresses and voted, which shall be treated as
21 an application to change address accordingly, and the names
22 and addresses of all persons otherwise voting by affidavit as
23 in this Section provided, which shall be treated as an
24 application to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
25 (Source: P.A. 83-999.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)
27 Sec. 5-5. For the purpose of registering voters under
28 this Article 5, in addition to the method provided for
29 precinct registration under Sections 5-6 and 5-17 of this
30 Article 5, the office of the county clerk shall be open
31 between 9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on all days except
32 Saturday, Sunday and holidays, but there shall be no
33 registration at such office during the 35 days immediately
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1 preceding any election required to be held under the law but
2 if no precinct registration is being conducted prior to any
3 election then registration may be taken in the office of the
4 county clerk up to and including the 28th 29th day prior to
5 an election. On Saturdays, the hours of registration shall be
6 from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. noon. During such 35 or 27 28
7 day period, registration of electors of political
8 subdivisions wherein a regular, or special election is
9 required to be held shall cease and shall not be resumed for
10 the registration of electors of such political subdivisions
11 until the second day following the day of such election. In
12 any election called for the submission of the revision or
13 alteration of, or the amendments to the Constitution,
14 submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
15 registration at the office of the election authority charged
16 with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
17 15th day prior to the date of the election.
18 Each county clerk shall appoint one deputy for the
19 purpose of accepting the registration of any voter who files
20 an affidavit that he is physically unable to appear at any
21 appointed place of registration. The county clerk shall
22 designate a deputy to visit each disabled person and shall
23 accept the registration of each such person as if he had
24 applied for registration at the office of the county clerk.
25 The offices of city, village, incorporated town and town
26 clerks shall also be open for the purpose of registering
27 voters residing in the territory in which this Article is in
28 effect, and also, in the case of city, village and
29 incorporated town clerks, for the purpose of registering
30 voters residing in a portion of the city, village or
31 incorporated town not located within the county, on all days
32 on which the office of the county clerk is open for the
33 registration of voters of such cities, villages, incorporated
34 towns and townships.
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1 (Source: P.A. 84-762.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
3 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
4 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
5 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
6 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
7 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
8 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
9 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
10 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
11 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
12 duplicate.
13 The registration record card shall contain the following
14 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
15 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
16 registration:
17 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
18 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
19 initial for such middle name, if any.
20 Sex.
21 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
22 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
23 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
24 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
25 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
26 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
27 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
28 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
29 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
30 registration record card.
31 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
32 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
33 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
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1 30 days in the precinct.
2 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
3 was born.
4 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
5 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
6 naturalization.
7 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
8 month and year when applicant presented himself for
9 registration.
10 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
11 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
12 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
13 The county and state in which the applicant was last
14 registered.
15 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
16 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
17 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
18 or her name in ink to the affidavit on the original and
19 duplicate registration record card.
20 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
21 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
22 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
23 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
24 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
25 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
26 following questions and record the answers thereto:
27 Father's first name .......................
28 Mother's first name .......................
29 From what address did you last register?
30 Reason for inability to sign name.
31 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
32 in substantially the following form:
33 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
34 State of Illinois)
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1 )ss
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; that I am fully qualified
7 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
8 residence 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 towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
20 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
21 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
22 determine.
23 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
24 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
25 except during the 27 28 days immediately preceding any
26 election. On written request of any candidate or objector or
27 any person intending to object to a petition, the election
28 authority shall extend its hours for inspection of
29 registration cards and other records of the election
30 authority during the period beginning with the filing of
31 petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and
32 continuing through the termination of electoral board
33 hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
34 of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
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1 authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
2 sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
3 the records but the election authority is not required to
4 extend its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal
5 opening for business and ending at midnight. If the business
6 hours are so extended, the election authority shall post a
7 public notice of such extended hours. Registration record
8 cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in
9 charge of the cards, during the 27 28 days immediately
10 preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
11 be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
12 and challengers at the polling place on election day, but
13 only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
14 right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election.
15 At no time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
16 physically handle the registration record cards.
17 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
18 other electronic data processing information containing voter
19 registration information shall be furnished by the county
20 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
21 and within 10 days after each registration period is closed
22 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
23 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
24 period is closed 27 28 days before the date of any regular or
25 special election. Registration information shall include, but
26 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
27 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
28 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
29 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
30 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
31 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
32 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
33 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
34 county in which the election authority maintains the
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1 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
2 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
3 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
4 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
5 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
6 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
7 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
8 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
9 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
10 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
11 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
12 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
13 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
14 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
15 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
16 15% for administration. The individual representing a
17 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
18 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
19 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
20 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
21 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
22 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
23 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
24 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
25 residents related to the operations of county government in
26 addition to registration information, that information shall
27 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
28 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
29 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
30 discs or other electronic data processing information
31 containing voter registration information for purposes of
32 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
33 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
34 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
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1 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
2 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
3 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
4 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
5 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
6 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
7 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
8 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
9 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
10 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
11 of voter registration information shall comply with such
12 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
13 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
14 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
15 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
16 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
17 following form:
18 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
19 Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
20 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
21 (city) and that my residence was .....
22 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
23 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
24 Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
25 ....................
26 (Signature of Voter)
27 Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ 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; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
2 Sec. 5-7.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
3 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
4 in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
5 authorities in the State, except those election authorities
6 adopting a computer-based voter registration file authorized
7 under Section 5-43. The Board shall prescribe the form and
8 specifications, including but not limited to the weight of
9 paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
10 contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
11 Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that such
12 cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
13 social security number, which shall be required to the extent
14 allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
15 fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number,
16 and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
17 Except for those election authorities adopting a
18 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
19 Section 5-43, the original and duplicate cards shall
20 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
21 registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to
22 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
23 completed transfer of registration.
24 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
25 same election jurisdiction or to another election
26 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
27 registration by presenting his or her copy to the election
28 authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not in
29 possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may
30 effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
31 of Cancellation of Previous Registration. In the case of a
32 transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction, the
33 election authority shall transmit the voter's copy or such
34 affidavit to the election authority of the voter's former
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1 election jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the
2 transmission of the voter's previous registration card to the
3 voter's new election authority. No transfer of registration
4 to a new election jurisdiction shall be complete until the
5 voter's old election authority receives notification.
6 Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
7 record cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
8 Registration to the election authority within 7 working days
9 after the receipt thereof, except that such copies or
10 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
11 by the deputy registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day
12 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
13 registrars to the election authority within 48 hours after
14 receipt. The deputy registrars shall return the copies or
15 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
16 by them on the 28th 29th day preceding an election to the
17 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
20 Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
21 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized
22 deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
23 of all qualified residents of their respective counties. A
24 deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
25 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
26 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
27 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
28 resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
29 regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or
30 the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
31 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
32 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
33 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
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1 county, except during the 27 28 days preceding an election.
2 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
3 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
4 located at driver's license examination stations and
5 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
6 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
7 residents of the county at any such driver's license
8 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
9 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
10 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
11 Code.
12 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
13 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
14 of such persons:
15 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
16 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
17 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
18 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
19 county, at such library.
20 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
21 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
22 or vocational school situated within the election
23 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
24 resident of the county, at such school. The county clerk
25 shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
26 high school, elementary school, and vocational school
27 situated within the election jurisdiction of their
28 eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
29 training courses for service as deputy registrars at
30 conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior
31 to every election.
32 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
33 by the president, of any university, college, community
34 college, academy or other institution of learning
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1 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
2 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
3 university, college, community college, academy or
4 institution.
5 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
6 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
7 qualified members designated by such official, who may
8 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
9 county.
10 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
11 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
12 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
13 members designated by such official, who may accept the
14 registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
15 determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
16 appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
17 of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
18 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
19 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
20 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
21 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
22 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
23 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
24 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
25 applicable to every civic organization requesting
26 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
27 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
28 certification of bona fide State civic organizations.
29 Such appointments shall be made for a period not to
30 exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day of
31 the month following the month of the general election,
32 and shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
33 as provided by this Code during the terms of such
34 appointments.
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1 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
2 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
3 designated by the Director and located at public aid
4 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
5 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
6 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
7 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
8 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
9 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
10 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
11 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
12 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
13 number of employees designated by such president, who may
14 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
15 county.
16 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
17 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
18 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
19 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
20 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
21 appointed as deputy registrar.
22 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
23 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
24 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
25 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
26 consideration to both population concentration and area.
27 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
28 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
29 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
30 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
31 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
32 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
33 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
34 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
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1 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
2 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
3 supplemental list of applicants.
4 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
5 other than the 27 28 day period preceding an election. All
6 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
7 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
8 following oath or affirmation:
9 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
10 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
11 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
12 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
13 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
14 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
15 upon his personal application before me.
16 ...............................
17 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
18 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
19 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
20 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
21 filed with the county clerk.
22 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
23 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
24 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
25 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
26 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
27 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen
28 shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the
29 county convention following the general primary at which they
30 were elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
31 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
32 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
33 appointees.
34 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
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1 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
2 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
3 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
4 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
5 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
6 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
7 removal for cause.
8 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
9 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
10 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
11 days, except that completed registration materials received
12 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
13 and 28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
14 the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
15 48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
16 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
17 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
18 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
19 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
20 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
21 next working day following the close of registration.
22 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
23 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
24 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
25 month period.
26 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
27 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
28 performance of his or her duties.
29 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
30 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
31 Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
32 the county clerk.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3)
2 Sec. 5-16.3. The county clerk may establish temporary
3 places of registration for such times and at such locations
4 within the county as the county clerk may select. However,
5 no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
6 the 27 28 days preceding an election. Notice of time and
7 place of registration at any such temporary place of
8 registration under this Section shall be published by the
9 county clerk in a newspaper having a general circulation in
10 the county not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the
11 holding of such registration.
12 Temporary places of registration shall be established so
13 that the areas of concentration of population or use by the
14 public are served, whether by facilities provided in places
15 of private business or in public buildings or in mobile
16 units. Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
17 registration include, but are not limited to, facilities
18 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
19 Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes, shopping centers, business
20 districts, public buildings and county fairs.
21 Temporary places of registration shall be available to
22 the public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000
23 population or fraction thereof in the county.
24 All temporary places of registration shall be manned by
25 deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant
26 to Section 5-16.2.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1028.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
29 Sec. 6-29. For the purpose of registering voters under
30 this Article, the office of the Board of Election
31 Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
32 each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
33 four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
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1 registration preceding each election, and such other days and
2 such other times as the board may direct. During the 27 28
3 days immediately preceding any election there shall be no
4 registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election
5 Commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
6 fewer than 200,000 inhabitants. In cities, villages and
7 incorporated towns of 200,000 or more inhabitants, there
8 shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board
9 of Election Commissioners during the 35 days immediately
10 preceding any election; provided, however, where no precinct
11 registration is being conducted prior to any election then
12 registration may be taken in the office of the Board up to
13 and including the 28th 29th day prior to such election. The
14 Board of Election Commissioners may set up and establish as
15 many branch offices for the purpose of taking registrations
16 as it may deem necessary, and the branch offices may be open
17 on any or all dates and hours during which registrations may
18 be taken in the main office. All officers and employees of
19 the Board of Election Commissioners who are authorized by
20 such board to take registrations under this Article shall be
21 considered officers of the circuit court, and shall be
22 subject to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of
23 this Act with respect to judges of election.
24 In any election called for the submission of the revision
25 or alteration of, or the amendments to the Constitution,
26 submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
27 registration at the office of the election authority charged
28 with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
29 15th day prior to the date of election.
30 The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
31 more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
32 each team, for the purpose of accepting the registration of
33 any voter who files an affidavit, within the period for
34 taking registrations provided for in this article, that he is
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1 physically unable to appear at the office of the Board or at
2 any appointed place of registration. On the day or days when
3 a precinct registration is being conducted such teams shall
4 consist of one member from each of the 2 leading political
5 parties who are serving on the Precinct Registration Board.
6 Each team so designated shall visit each disabled person and
7 shall accept the registration of such person the same as if
8 he had applied for registration in person.
9 Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
10 county of residence due to business of the United States, or
11 who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
12 the United States, may make application to become registered
13 by mail to the Board of Election Commissioners within the
14 periods for registration provided for in this Article or by
15 simultaneous application for absentee registration and
16 absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of this Code.
17 Upon receipt of such application the Board of Election
18 Commissioners shall immediately mail an affidavit of
19 registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain the
20 following and such other information as the State Board of
21 Elections may think it proper to require for the
22 identification of the applicant:
23 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
24 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
25 initial for such middle name, if any.
26 Sex.
27 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
28 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
29 definite description as may be necessary to determine the
30 exact location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
31 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
32 section, congressional township and range number may be used,
33 or such other information as may be necessary, including post
34 office mailing address.
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1 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
2 precinct.
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 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
9 Out of State address of ..................
10 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
11 State of .........)
12 ) ss.
13 County of ........)
14 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
15 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
16 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
17 precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
18 am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
19 that I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois,
20 and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
21 State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
22 ..............................
23 (His or her signature or mark)
24 Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified
25 to administer oaths, on (insert date).
26 ........................................
27 Signature of officer administering oath.
28 Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
29 Registration, the Board of Election Commissioners shall
30 transfer the information contained thereon to duplicate
31 Registration Cards provided for in Section 6-35 of this
32 Article and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the
33 duplicate affidavit of registration and thereafter such
34 registration card and affidavit shall constitute the
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1 registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
2 registration in person.
3 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
5 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
6 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
7 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
8 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
9 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
10 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
11 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
12 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
13 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
14 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
15 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
16 original made by the use of other method or material used for
17 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
18 The registration record card shall contain the following
19 and such other information as the Board of Election
20 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
21 identification of the applicant for registration:
22 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
23 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
24 initial for such middle name, if any.
25 Sex.
26 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
27 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
28 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
29 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
30 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
31 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
32 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
33 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
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1 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
2 registration record card.
3 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
4 precinct.
5 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
6 was born.
7 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
8 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
9 naturalization.
10 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
11 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
12 registration.
13 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
14 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
15 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
16 The county and state in which the applicant was last
17 registered.
18 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration
19 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
20 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
21 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
22 registration record card.
23 Signature of deputy registrar.
24 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
25 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
26 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
27 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
28 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
29 the answers thereto:
30 Father's first name .........................
31 Mother's first name .........................
32 From what address did you last register? ....
33 Reason for inability to sign name ...........
34 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
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1 in substantially the following form:
2 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
3 State of Illinois )
4 )ss
5 County of ....... )
6 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
7 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
8 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
9 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
10 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
11 above statements are true.
12 ..............................
13 (His or her signature or mark)
14 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
15 ......................................
16 Signature of registration officer
17 (to be signed in presence of registrant).
18 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
19 registration record card for the notation of the voting
20 record of the person registered thereon.
21 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
22 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
23 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
24 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
25 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
26 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
27 except during the 27 28 days immediately preceding any
28 election. On written request of any candidate or objector or
29 any person intending to object to a petition, the election
30 authority shall extend its hours for inspection of
31 registration cards and other records of the election
32 authority during the period beginning with the filing of
33 petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and
34 continuing through the termination of electoral board
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1 hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
2 of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
3 authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
4 sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
5 the records but the election authority is not required to
6 extend its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal
7 opening for business and ending at midnight. If the business
8 hours are so extended, the election authority shall post a
9 public notice of such extended hours. Registration record
10 cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in
11 charge of the cards, during the 27 28 days immediately
12 preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
13 be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
14 and challengers at the polling place on election day, but
15 only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
16 right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of
17 election. At no time shall poll watchers or challengers be
18 allowed to physically handle the registration record cards.
19 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
20 other electronic data processing information containing voter
21 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
22 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
23 May 15 each year and within 10 days after each registration
24 period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
25 prescribed by the State Board. For the purposes of this
26 Section, a registration period is closed 27 28 days before
27 the date of any regular or special election. Registration
28 information shall include, but not be limited to, the
29 following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
30 number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
31 precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
32 legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
33 noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
34 obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty
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1 of the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in
2 the circuit court of the county in which the election
3 authority maintains the registration information. The costs
4 of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid
5 at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the
6 election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc
7 and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board
8 of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
9 such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
10 tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof
11 to state political committees registered pursuant to the
12 Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election
13 Campaign Act at their request and at a reasonable cost.
14 Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
15 furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
16 political committees at their request and at a reasonable
17 cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
18 this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
19 administration. The individual representing a political
20 committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
21 affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona
22 fide political purposes, including by or for candidates for
23 office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
24 other electronic data shall not be used under any
25 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
26 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
27 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
28 residents related to the operations of county government in
29 addition to registration information, that information shall
30 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
31 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
32 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
33 discs or other electronic data processing information
34 containing voter registration information for purposes of
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1 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
2 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
3 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
4 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
5 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
6 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
7 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
8 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
9 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
10 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
11 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
12 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
13 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
14 of voter registration information shall comply with such
15 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
16 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
17 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
18 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
19 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
20 following form:
21 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
22 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
23 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
24 (city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of
25 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
26 registration in your office.
27 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
28 ....................
29 (Signature of Voter)
30 Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
31 of...., Illinois.
32 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
33 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
34 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
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1 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
2 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
3 previous registration.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
6 Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design
7 a registration record card which, except as otherwise
8 provided in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
9 election authorities in the State, except those election
10 authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
11 authorized under Section 6-79. The Board shall prescribe the
12 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
13 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
14 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
15 under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code; provided, that
16 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
17 applicant's social security number, which shall be required
18 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
19 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
20 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
21 number, if available.
22 Except for those election authorities adopting a
23 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
24 Section 6-79, the original and duplicate cards shall
25 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
26 registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to
27 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
28 completed transfer of registration.
29 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
30 same election jurisdiction or to another election
31 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
32 registration by presenting his or her copy to the election
33 authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not in
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1 possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may
2 effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
3 of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
4 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
5 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
6 the voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
7 of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which shall
8 immediately cause the transmission of the voter's previous
9 registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
10 transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
11 be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
12 notification.
13 Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
14 record cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
15 Registration to the election authority within 7 working days
16 after the receipt thereof. Such copies or Affidavits of
17 Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
18 registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day preceding an
19 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 48
20 hours after receipt thereof. Such copies or Affidavits of
21 Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
22 registrars on the 28th 29th day preceding an election shall
23 be returned by the deputy registrars to the election
24 authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43)
27 Sec. 6-43. Immediately after the completion of the
28 revision by the Board of Election Commissioners, the board
29 shall cause copies to be made of all names upon the
30 registration record cards not marked or erased, with the
31 address, and shall have the same arranged according to the
32 streets, avenues, courts, or alleys, commencing with the
33 lowest number, and arranging the same in order according to
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1 the street numbers, and shall then cause such precinct
2 register, upon such arrangement, to be printed in plain,
3 large type in sufficient numbers to meet all demands, and
4 upon application a copy of the same shall be given to any
5 person applying therefor. Provided, however, that in
6 municipalities having a population of more than 500,000 and
7 having a Board of Election Commissioners, as to all
8 elections, excepting any elections held for the purpose of
9 electing judges of the circuit courts, registrations for
10 which are made solely before the Board of Election
11 Commissioners, and where no general precinct registrations
12 were provided for or held within 27 28 days before the
13 election, the Board of Election Commissioners shall cause,
14 within 10 days after the last day of registration before such
15 board, copies to be made of all names of qualified electors
16 appearing upon each registration record card in like manner
17 as hereinabove provided, and upon application a copy of the
18 same shall be given to any person applying therefor:
19 Provided, further, that whenever an election is held within
20 90 days after a preceding election, or when any elections are
21 held for the purpose of electing judges of the circuit
22 courts, the printed list and the supplement thereto provided
23 for the last preceding election shall constitute the Printed
24 Precinct Register for the ensuing election, subject to such
25 changes as shall be made, if any, as herein provided, which
26 changes, if any, and the contents of any supplemental list,
27 insofar as the latter have not been changed pursuant to this
28 Act, shall be printed in a new supplemental list which shall
29 supplant the prior supplemental list and shall be delivered
30 to the judges of the respective precincts, with the printed
31 register and the certification, in the manner and at the time
32 provided in Sections 6-48 and 6-60 of this Article. Such list
33 shall have printed on the bottom thereof the facsimile
34 signatures of the members of the Board of Election
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1 Commissioners certifying that the names on the list are the
2 names of all voters entitled to vote in the precinct
3 indicated on the top thereof. Such list shall be termed the
4 "Printed Precinct Register" and shall be prima facie evidence
5 that the electors whose names appear thereon are entitled to
6 vote. Provided that if, on order of the Board of Election
7 Commissioners a corrected or revised precinct register of
8 voters in a precinct or precincts is printed, such list or
9 lists shall have printed thereon the day and month of such
10 revision and shall be designated "Revised Precinct Register
11 of Voters."
12 Any elector whose name does not appear as a registered
13 voter on such printed precinct register, supplemental list or
14 any list provided for in this Article and whose name has not
15 been erased or withdrawn shall be entitled to vote as
16 hereinafter in this Article provided if his registration card
17 is in the master file. Such elector shall within 7 days after
18 the publication of such printed precinct register, file with
19 the Board of Election Commissioners an application stating
20 that he is a duly registered voter and that his registration
21 card is in the master file. The Board shall hold a hearing
22 upon such application within 2 days after the filing thereof
23 and shall announce its decision thereon within 3 days after
24 the hearing. If the name of such applicant appears upon the
25 registration card in the master file, the board shall issue
26 to such elector a certificate setting forth that his name
27 does so appear and certifying that he has the right to vote
28 at the next succeeding election. Such certificate shall be
29 issued in duplicate, one to be retained in the files of the
30 board, and the other to be issued to the elector.
31 The Board of Election Commissioners upon the issuance of
32 such certificate shall see that the name of such elector
33 appears upon the precinct registry list in the precinct.
34 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
2 Sec. 6-50. The office of the board of election
3 commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
4 each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
5 four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
6 registration preceding each election, and such other days and
7 such other times as the board may direct. There shall be no
8 registration at the office of the board of election
9 commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
10 fewer than 200,000 inhabitants during the 27 28 days
11 preceding any primary, regular or special election at which
12 the cards provided for in this article are used, or until the
13 second day following such primary, regular or special
14 election. In cities, villages and incorporated towns of
15 200,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be no registration
16 of voters at the office of the board of election
17 commissioners during the 35 days immediately preceding any
18 election; provided, however, where no precinct registration
19 is being conducted prior to any election then registration
20 may be taken in the office of the board up to and including
21 the 28th 29th day prior to such election. In any election
22 called for the submission of the revision or alteration of,
23 or the amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a
24 Constitutional Convention, the final day for registration at
25 the office of the election authority charged with the
26 printing of the ballot of this election shall be the 15th day
27 prior to the date of election.
28 The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
29 more registration teams, each consisting of one member from
30 each of the 2 leading political parties, for the purpose of
31 accepting the registration of any voter who files an
32 affidavit, within the period for taking registrations
33 provided for in this Article, that he is physically unable to
34 appear at the office of the Board or at any appointed place
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1 of registration. On the day or days when a precinct
2 registration is being conducted such teams shall consist of
3 one member from each of the 2 leading political parties who
4 are serving on the precinct registration board. Each team so
5 designated shall visit each disabled person and shall accept
6 the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
7 for registration in person.
8 The office of the board of election commissioners may be
9 designated as a place of registration under Section 6-51 of
10 this Article and, if so designated, may also be open for
11 purposes of registration on such day or days as may be
12 specified by the board of election commissioners under the
13 provisions of that Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 79-1134.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
16 Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners
17 shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
18 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
19 registration of any qualified resident of the election
20 jurisdiction, except during the 27 28 days preceding an
21 election.
22 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
23 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
24 located at driver's license examination stations and
25 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
26 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
27 residents of the county at any such driver's license
28 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
29 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
30 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
31 Code.
32 The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
33 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
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1 written request of such persons:
2 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
3 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
4 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
5 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
6 election jurisdiction, at such library.
7 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
8 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
9 or vocational school situated within the election
10 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
11 resident of the election jurisdiction, at such school.
12 The board of election commissioners shall notify every
13 principal and vice-principal of each high school,
14 elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
15 election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
16 deputy registrars and offer training courses for service
17 as deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities
18 at least 4 months prior to every election.
19 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
20 by the president, of any university, college, community
21 college, academy or other institution of learning
22 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
23 the registrations of any resident of the election
24 jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
25 college, academy or institution.
26 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
27 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
28 qualified members designated by such official, who may
29 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
30 election jurisdiction.
31 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
32 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
33 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
34 members designated by such official, who may accept the
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1 registration of any qualified resident of the election
2 jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
3 registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
4 commissioners shall consider the population of the
5 jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
6 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
7 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
8 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
9 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
10 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
11 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
12 event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
13 arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
14 requesting appointment of its members as deputy
15 registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
16 provide for certification of bona fide State civic
17 organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a
18 period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
19 business day of the month following the month of the
20 general election, and shall be valid for all periods of
21 voter registration as provided by this Code during the
22 terms of such appointments.
23 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
24 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
25 designated by the Director and located at public aid
26 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
27 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such public
28 aid office.
29 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
30 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
31 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
32 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
33 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
34 unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
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1 deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
2 commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
3 request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
4 organization with written notice setting forth the
5 specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
6 request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
7 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by
8 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
9 number of employees designated by such president, who may
10 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
11 election jurisdiction.
12 The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
13 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
14 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
15 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
16 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
17 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
18 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal
19 number from each of the 2 major political parties in the
20 election jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners,
21 in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
22 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the
23 Chairman of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
24 political party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee
25 shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
26 of each year. The board may require a Chairman of a County
27 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of
28 applicants.
29 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
30 other than the 27 28 day period preceding an election. All
31 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
32 voters within the election jurisdiction and shall take and
33 subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
34 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
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1 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
2 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
3 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
4 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
5 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
6 his personal application before me.
7 ....................................
8 (Signature of Registration Officer)"
9 This oath shall be administered and certified to by one
10 of the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
11 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
12 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
13 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
14 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
15 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
16 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
17 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
18 affidavits as are required by this Article.
19 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
20 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
21 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
22 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
23 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
24 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
25 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
26 convention following the general primary at which they were
27 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
28 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
29 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
30 appointees.
31 (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
32 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
33 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
34 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
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1 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall
2 be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
3 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
4 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
5 removal for cause.
6 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
7 of deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a)
8 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
9 days, except that completed registration materials received
10 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
11 and 28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
12 the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
13 48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
14 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
15 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
16 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
17 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
18 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
19 next working day following the close of registration.
20 (d) The board of election commissioners shall not be
21 required to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
22 having more than 200 registration forms unaccounted for
23 during the preceding 12 month period.
24 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
25 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
26 performance of his or her duties.
27 (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
28 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
29 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
30 to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3)
33 Sec. 6-50.3. The board of election commissioners may
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1 establish temporary places of registration for such times and
2 at such locations as the board may select. However, no
3 temporary place of registration may be in operation during
4 the 27 28 days preceding an election. Notice of the time and
5 place of registration at any such temporary place of
6 registration under this Section shall be published by the
7 board of election commissioners in a newspaper having a
8 general circulation in the city, village or incorporated town
9 not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the holding of
10 such registration.
11 Temporary places of registration shall be established so
12 that the areas of concentration of population or use by the
13 public are served, whether by facilities provided in places
14 of private business or in public buildings or in mobile
15 units. Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
16 registration include, but are not limited to facilities
17 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
18 Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes, shopping centers, business
19 districts, public buildings and county fairs.
20 Temporary places of registration shall be available to
21 the public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000
22 population or fraction thereof in the county.
23 All temporary places of registration shall be manned by
24 employees of the board of election commissioners or deputy
25 registrars appointed pursuant to Section 6-50.2.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-873; 86-1028.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.".