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