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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 and adding Sections 4-6.4,
6 5-16.4, and 6-50.4 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
8 Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
9 municipal and township or road district clerks or their duly
10 authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the
11 registration of all qualified residents of their respective
12 municipalities, townships and road districts. A deputy
13 registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
14 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
15 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
16 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
17 resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the
18 resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of
19 the municipal clerk lives in.
20 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
21 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
22 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
23 county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
24 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
25 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
26 located at driver's license examination stations and
27 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
28 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
29 residents of the county at any such driver's license
30 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
31 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
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1 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
2 Code.
3 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
4 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
5 of such persons:
6 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
7 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
8 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
9 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
10 county, at such library.
11 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
12 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
13 or vocational school situated within the election
14 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
15 qualified resident of the county, at such school. The
16 county clerk shall notify every principal and
17 vice-principal of each high school, elementary school,
18 and vocational school situated within the election
19 jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
20 registrars and offer training courses for service as
21 deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
22 least 4 months prior to every election.
23 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
24 by the president, of any university, college, community
25 college, academy or other institution of learning
26 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
27 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
28 university, college, community college, academy or
29 institution.
30 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
31 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
32 qualified members designated by such official, who may
33 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
34 county.
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1 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a
2 bonafide State civic organization, as defined and
3 determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, or
4 qualified members designated by such official, who may
5 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
6 county. In determining the number of deputy registrars
7 that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider
8 the population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
9 organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
10 convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
11 registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
12 registration activities of the organization and the need
13 to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
14 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
15 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
16 applicable to every civic organization requesting
17 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
18 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
19 certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
20 appointments shall be made for a period not to exceed 2
21 years, terminating on the first business day of the month
22 following the month of the general election, and shall be
23 valid for all periods of voter registration as provided
24 by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
25 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
26 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
27 designated by the Director and located at public aid
28 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
29 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
30 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
31 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
32 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
33 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
34 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
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1 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
2 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
3 number of employees designated by such president, who may
4 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
5 county.
6 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
7 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
8 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
9 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
10 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
11 appointed as deputy registrar.
12 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
13 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
14 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
15 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
16 consideration to both population concentration and area.
17 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
18 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
19 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
20 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
21 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
22 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
23 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
24 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
25 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
26 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
27 supplemental list of applicants.
28 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
29 other than the 28 day period preceding an election. All
30 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
31 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
32 following oath or affirmation:
33 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
34 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
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1 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
2 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
3 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
4 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
5 upon his personal application before me.
6 ............................
7 (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
8 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
9 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
10 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
11 filed with the county clerk.
12 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
13 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
14 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
15 each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
16 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
17 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
18 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
19 convention following the general primary at which they were
20 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
21 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
22 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
23 appointees.
24 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
25 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
26 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
27 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
28 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
29 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
30 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
31 removal for cause.
32 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
33 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
34 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
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1 days, except that completed registration materials received
2 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
3 and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
4 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
5 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
6 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
7 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
8 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
9 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
10 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
11 next working day following the close of registration.
12 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
13 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 500
14 200 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding
15 12 month period, excluding voided forms.
16 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
17 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
18 performance of his or her duties.
19 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
20 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
21 Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
22 the county clerk.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.4 new)
25 Sec. 4-6.4. Registration from another jurisdiction. The
26 county clerk must accept an application for registration in
27 another election jurisdiction in this State and must forward
28 that application, after having made a record of it, to the
29 county clerk or board of election commissioners of the other
30 election jurisdiction within 3 business days after accepting
31 it. The county clerk or board of election commissioners
32 receiving the transmitted application shall treat the
33 application as if it had been originally filed with that
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1 county clerk or board of election commissioners. The date
2 the transmitting county clerk accepted the application from
3 the applicant shall determine the voter's eligibility to vote
4 in the next ensuing election.
5 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
6 Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
7 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized
8 deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
9 of all qualified residents of their respective counties. A
10 deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
11 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
12 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
13 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
14 resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
15 regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or
16 the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
17 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
18 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
19 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
20 county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
21 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
22 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
23 located at driver's license examination stations and
24 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
25 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
26 residents of the county at any such driver's license
27 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
28 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
29 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
30 Code.
31 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
32 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
33 of such persons:
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1 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
2 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
3 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
4 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
5 county, at such library.
6 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
7 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
8 or vocational school situated within the election
9 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
10 resident of the county, at such school. The county clerk
11 shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
12 high school, elementary school, and vocational school
13 situated within the election jurisdiction of their
14 eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
15 training courses for service as deputy registrars at
16 conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior
17 to every election.
18 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
19 by the president, of any university, college, community
20 college, academy or other institution of learning
21 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
22 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
23 university, college, community college, academy or
24 institution.
25 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
26 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
27 qualified members designated by such official, who may
28 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
29 county.
30 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
31 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
32 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
33 members designated by such official, who may accept the
34 registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
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1 determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
2 appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
3 of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
4 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
5 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
6 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
7 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
8 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
9 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
10 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
11 applicable to every civic organization requesting
12 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
13 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
14 certification of bona fide State civic organizations.
15 Such appointments shall be made for a period not to
16 exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day of
17 the month following the month of the general election,
18 and shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
19 as provided by this Code during the terms of such
20 appointments.
21 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
22 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
23 designated by the Director and located at public aid
24 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
25 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
26 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
27 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
28 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
29 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
30 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
31 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
32 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
33 number of employees designated by such president, who may
34 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
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1 county.
2 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
3 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
4 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
5 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
6 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
7 appointed as deputy registrar.
8 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
9 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
10 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
11 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
12 consideration to both population concentration and area.
13 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
14 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
15 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
16 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
17 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
18 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
19 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
20 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
21 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
22 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
23 supplemental list of applicants.
24 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
25 other than the 28 day period preceding an election. All
26 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
27 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
28 following oath or affirmation:
29 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
30 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
31 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
32 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
33 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
34 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
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1 upon his personal application before me.
2 ...............................
3 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
4 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
5 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
6 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
7 filed with the county clerk.
8 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
9 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
10 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
11 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
12 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
13 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen
14 shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the
15 county convention following the general primary at which they
16 were elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
17 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
18 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
19 appointees.
20 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
21 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
22 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
23 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
24 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
25 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
26 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
27 removal for cause.
28 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
29 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
30 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
31 days, except that completed registration materials received
32 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
33 and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
34 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
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1 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
2 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
3 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
4 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
5 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
6 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
7 next working day following the close of registration.
8 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
9 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 500
10 200 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding
11 12 month period, excluding voided forms.
12 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
13 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
14 performance of his or her duties.
15 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
16 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
17 Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
18 the county clerk.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.4 new)
21 Sec. 5-16.4. Registration from another jurisdiction.
22 The county clerk must accept an application for registration
23 in another election jurisdiction in this State and must
24 forward that application, after having made a record of it,
25 to the county clerk or board of election commissioners of the
26 other election jurisdiction within 3 business days after
27 accepting it. The county clerk or board of election
28 commissioners receiving the transmitted application shall
29 treat the application as if it had been originally filed with
30 that county clerk or board of election commissioners. The
31 date the transmitting county clerk accepted the application
32 from the applicant shall determine the voter's eligibility to
33 vote in the next ensuing election.
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1 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
2 Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners
3 shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
4 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
5 registration of any qualified resident of the election
6 jurisdiction, except during the 28 days preceding an
7 election.
8 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
9 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
10 located at driver's license examination stations and
11 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
12 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
13 residents of the county at any such driver's license
14 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
15 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
16 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
17 Code.
18 The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
19 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
20 written request of such persons:
21 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
22 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
23 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
24 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
25 election jurisdiction, at such library.
26 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
27 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
28 or vocational school situated within the election
29 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
30 resident of the election jurisdiction, at such school.
31 The board of election commissioners shall notify every
32 principal and vice-principal of each high school,
33 elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
34 election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
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1 deputy registrars and offer training courses for service
2 as deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities
3 at least 4 months prior to every election.
4 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
5 by the president, of any university, college, community
6 college, academy or other institution of learning
7 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
8 the registrations of any resident of the election
9 jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
10 college, academy or institution.
11 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
12 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
13 qualified members designated by such official, who may
14 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
15 election jurisdiction.
16 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
17 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
18 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
19 members designated by such official, who may accept the
20 registration of any qualified resident of the election
21 jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
22 registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
23 commissioners shall consider the population of the
24 jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
25 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
26 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
27 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
28 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
29 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
30 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
31 event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
32 arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
33 requesting appointment of its members as deputy
34 registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
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1 provide for certification of bona fide State civic
2 organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a
3 period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
4 business day of the month following the month of the
5 general election, and shall be valid for all periods of
6 voter registration as provided by this Code during the
7 terms of such appointments.
8 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
9 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
10 designated by the Director and located at public aid
11 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
12 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such public
13 aid office.
14 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
15 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
16 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
17 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
18 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
19 unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
20 deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
21 commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
22 request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
23 organization with written notice setting forth the
24 specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
25 request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
26 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by
27 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
28 number of employees designated by such president, who may
29 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
30 election jurisdiction.
31 The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
32 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
33 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
34 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
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1 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
2 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
3 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal
4 number from each of the 2 major political parties in the
5 election jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners,
6 in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
7 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the
8 Chairman of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
9 political party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee
10 shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
11 of each year. The board may require a Chairman of a County
12 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of
13 applicants.
14 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
15 other than the 28 day period preceding an election. All
16 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
17 voters within the election jurisdiction and shall take and
18 subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
19 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
20 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
21 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
22 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
23 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
24 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
25 his personal application before me.
26 ....................................
27 (Signature of Registration Officer)"
28 This oath shall be administered and certified to by one
29 of the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
30 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
31 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
32 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
33 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
34 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
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1 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
2 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
3 affidavits as are required by this Article.
4 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
5 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
6 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
7 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
8 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
9 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
10 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
11 convention following the general primary at which they were
12 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
13 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
14 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
15 appointees.
16 (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
17 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
18 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
19 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
20 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall
21 be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
22 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
23 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
24 removal for cause.
25 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
26 of deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a)
27 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
28 days, except that completed registration materials received
29 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
30 and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
31 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
32 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
33 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
34 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
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1 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
2 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
3 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
4 next working day following the close of registration.
5 (d) The board of election commissioners shall not be
6 required to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
7 having more than 500 200 registration forms unaccounted for
8 during the preceding 12 month period, excluding voided forms.
9 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
10 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
11 performance of his or her duties.
12 (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
13 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
14 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
15 to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.4 new)
18 Sec. 6-50.4. Registration from another jurisdiction.
19 The board of election commissioners must accept an
20 application for registration in another election jurisdiction
21 in this State and must forward that application, after having
22 made a record of it, to the county clerk or board of election
23 commissioners of the other election jurisdiction within 3
24 business days after accepting it. The county clerk or board
25 of election commissioners receiving the transmitted
26 application shall treat the application as if it had been
27 originally filed with that county clerk or board of election
28 commissioners. The date the transmitting board of election
29 commissioners accepted the application from the applicant
30 shall determine the voter's eligibility to vote in the next
31 ensuing election.
32 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
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1 Section 8.25 as follows:
2 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
3 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
4 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
5 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
6 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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