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Public Act 91-0073
HB0939 Enrolled LRB9101715JMmb
AN ACT to amend the Election Code.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 4-8.03, 4-33, 5-7.03, 5-43, 6-35.03, and 6-79 as
follows:
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
Sec. 4-8.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
authorities in the State, except those election authorities
adopting a computer-based voter registration file authorized
under Section 4-33 beginning with registrations taken on or
after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the form
and specifications, including but not limited to the weight
of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards
shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's social
security number, which shall be required to the extent
allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number
driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
telephone number, if available.
Except for those election authorities adopting a
computer-based voter registration file authorized under
Section 4-33, the original and duplicate cards shall
respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
registration records of the voter. A copy The triplicate
card shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his
or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
same election jurisdiction or to another election
jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
registration by presenting his or her copy triplicate card to
the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter
is not in possession of or has lost his or her copy
triplicate card, he or she may effect a transfer of
registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of
Previous Registration.
In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
the voter's copy triplicate card or such affidavit to the
election authority of the voter's former election
jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission
of the voter's previous registration card to the voter's new
election authority. No transfer of registration to a new
election jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old
election authority receives notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
record triplicate cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
working days after the receipt thereof, except that such
copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election shall be
returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
return the copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
Previous Registration received by them on the 29th 28th day
preceding an election to the election authority within 24
hours after receipt thereof.
The date by which an election authority is required to
take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
has received a written request for such an extension from the
election authority and such request has shown good cause for
the extension.
(Source: P.A. 86-873.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-33)
Sec. 4-33. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card that, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section. The Board
shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the
cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
information required under Sections 4-8 and 4-21; provided
that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the
applicant's social security number, which shall be required
to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
number, if available.
(b) (a) The election authority may develop and implement
a system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
registration file that includes a computer-stored image of
the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
registration file may be used for all purposes for which the
original registration cards are to be used, provided that a
system for the storage of at least one copy of the original
registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file
shall be the master file.
(c) (b) Any system created, used, and maintained under
subsection (b) (a) of this Section shall meet the following
standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
election authority, and each access to the computer-based
voter registration file, other than an access solely for
inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
any computer-based voter registration file that includes
any computer-stored image of the signature of any
registered voter shall be made available to the public
outside of the offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
any computer-based voter registration file that includes
a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot
be reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
of the registered voter.
(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
voter registration file that includes computer-stored
images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
in a polling place during an election shall be preserved
by the election authority in secure storage until the end
of the second calendar year following the election in
which it was used.
(d) (c) Before the first election in which the election
authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
shall certify that the system used by the election authority
complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
the signatures of the registered voters.
(e) (d) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied
all of its voter signatures into a computer-based
registration file, all references in this Act or any other
Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
registration records shall be deemed to refer to their
computer-based equivalents.
(Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
Sec. 5-7.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
authorities in the State, except those election authorities
adopting a computer-based voter registration file authorized
under Section 5-43 beginning with registrations taken on or
after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the form
and specifications, including but not limited to the weight
of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that such
cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
social security number, which shall be required to the extent
allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number
driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
telephone number, if available.
Except for those election authorities adopting a
computer-based voter registration file authorized under
Section 5-43, the original and duplicate cards shall
respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
registration records of the voter. A copy The triplicate
card shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his
or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
same election jurisdiction or to another election
jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
registration by presenting his or her copy triplicate card to
the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter
is not in possession of or has lost his or her copy
triplicate card, he or she may effect a transfer of
registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of
Previous Registration. In the case of a transfer of
registration to a new election jurisdiction, the election
authority shall transmit the voter's copy triplicate card or
such affidavit to the election authority of the voter's
former election jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause
the transmission of the voter's previous registration card to
the voter's new election authority. No transfer of
registration to a new election jurisdiction shall be complete
until the voter's old election authority receives
notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
record triplicate cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
working days after the receipt thereof, except that such
copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election shall be
returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
return the copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
Previous Registration received by them on the 29th 28th day
preceding an election to the election authority within 24
hours after receipt thereof.
The date by which an election authority is required to
take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
has received a written request for such an extension from the
election authority and such request has shown good cause for
the extension.
(Source: P.A. 86-873.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-43)
Sec. 5-43. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card that, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section. The Board
shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the
cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
information required under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1; provided
that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the
applicant's social security number, which shall be required
to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
number, if available.
(b) (a) The election authority may develop and implement
a system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
registration file that includes a computer-stored image of
the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
registration file may be used for all purposes for which the
original registration cards are to be used, provided that a
system for the storage of at least one copy of the original
registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file
shall be the master file.
(c) (b) Any system created, used, and maintained under
subsection (b) (a) of this Section shall meet the following
standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
election authority, and each access to the computer-based
voter registration file, other than an access solely for
inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
any computer-based voter registration file that includes
any computer-stored image of the signature of any
registered voter shall be made available to the public
outside of the offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
any computer-based voter registration file that includes
a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot
be reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
of the registered voter.
(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
voter registration file that includes computer-stored
images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
in a polling place during an election shall be preserved
by the election authority in secure storage until the end
of the second calendar year following the election in
which it was used.
(d) (c) Before the first election in which the election
authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
shall certify that the system used by the election authority
complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
the signatures of the registered voters.
(e) (d) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied
all of its voter signatures into a computer-based
registration file, all references in this Act or any other
Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
registration records shall be deemed to refer to their
computer-based equivalents.
(Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design
a registration record card which, except as otherwise
provided in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
election authorities in the State, except those election
authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
authorized under Section 6-79 beginning with registrations
taken on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe
the form and specifications, including but not limited to the
weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code; provided, that
such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
applicant's social security number, which shall be required
to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
security number driver's license number, or where allowable
the applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for
the applicant's telephone number, if available.
Except for those election authorities adopting a
computer-based voter registration file authorized under
Section 6-79, the original and duplicate cards shall
respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
registration records of the voter. A copy The triplicate
card shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his
or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
same election jurisdiction or to another election
jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
registration by presenting his or her copy triplicate card to
the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter
is not in possession of or has lost his or her copy
triplicate card, he or she may effect a transfer of
registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of
Previous Registration.
In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
the voter's copy triplicate card or such affidavit to the
election authority of the voter's former election
jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission
of the voter's previous registration card to the voter's new
election authority. No transfer of registration to a new
election jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old
election authority receives notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
record triplicate cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
working days after the receipt thereof. Such copies cards or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
by the deputy registrars between the 35th and 29th 28th day
preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars within 48 hours after receipt thereof. Such
copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
Registration received by the deputy registrars on the 29th
28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
deputy registrars to the election authority within 24 hours
after receipt thereof.
The date by which an election authority is required to
take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
has received a written request for such an extension from the
election authority and such request has shown good cause for
the extension.
In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
previous registration card to the voter's new election
authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
authority receives notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
thereof, except that the deputy registrars shall return the
cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
received by them between the 35th and 28th day preceding an
election to the election authority within 48 hours after the
receipt thereof.
Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
Registration received during the 28th day preceding an
election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
(Source: P.A. 86-873; revised 1-28-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-79)
Sec. 6-79. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card that, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section. The Board
shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the
cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
information required under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35; provided
that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the
applicant's social security number, which shall be required
to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
number, if available.
(b) (a) The election authority may develop and implement
a system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
registration file that includes a computer-stored image of
the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
registration file may be used for all purposes for which the
original registration cards are to be used, provided that a
system for the storage of at least one copy of the original
registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file
shall be the master file.
(c) (b) Any system created, used, and maintained under
subsection (b) (a) of this Section shall meet the following
standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
election authority, and each access to the computer-based
voter registration file, other than an access solely for
inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
any computer-based voter registration file that includes
any computer-stored image of the signature of any
registered voter shall be made available to the public
outside of the offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
any computer-based voter registration file that includes
a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot
be reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
of the registered voter.
(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
voter registration file that includes computer-stored
images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
in a polling place during an election shall be preserved
by the election authority in secure storage until the end
of the second calendar year following the election in
which it was used.
(d) (c) Before the first election in which the election
authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
shall certify that the system used by the election authority
complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
the signatures of the registered voters.
(e) (d) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied
all of its voter signatures into a computer-based
registration file, all references in this Act or any other
Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
registration records shall be deemed to refer to their
computer-based equivalents.
(Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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