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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code.
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 4-8.03, 4-33, 5-7.03, 5-43, 6-35.03, and 6-79 as
6 follows:
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 beginning with registrations taken on or
14 after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the form
15 and specifications, including but not limited to the weight
16 of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
17 contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
18 Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards
19 shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's social
20 security number, which shall be required to the extent
21 allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
22 fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number
23 driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
24 social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
25 telephone number, if available.
26 Except for those election authorities adopting a
27 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
28 Section 4-33, the original and duplicate cards shall
29 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
30 registration records of the voter. A copy The triplicate
31 card shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his
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1 or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
2 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
3 same election jurisdiction or to another election
4 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
5 registration by presenting his or her copy triplicate card to
6 the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter
7 is not in possession of or has lost his or her copy
8 triplicate card, he or she may effect a transfer of
9 registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of
10 Previous Registration.
11 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
12 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
13 the voter's copy triplicate card or such affidavit to the
14 election authority of the voter's former election
15 jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission
16 of the voter's previous registration card to the voter's new
17 election authority. No transfer of registration to a new
18 election jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old
19 election authority receives notification.
20 Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
21 record triplicate cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
22 Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
23 working days after the receipt thereof, except that such
24 copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
25 Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
26 35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election shall be
27 returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
28 within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
29 return the copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
30 Previous Registration received by them on the 29th 28th day
31 preceding an election to the election authority within 24
32 hours after receipt thereof.
33 The date by which an election authority is required to
34 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
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1 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
2 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
3 has received a written request for such an extension from the
4 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
5 the extension.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-33)
8 Sec. 4-33. Computerization of voter records.
9 (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
10 registration record card that, except as otherwise provided
11 in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
12 authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
13 registration file as provided in this Section. The Board
14 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
15 not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the
16 cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
17 information required under Sections 4-8 and 4-21; provided
18 that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the
19 applicant's social security number, which shall be required
20 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
21 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
22 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
23 number, if available.
24 (b) (a) The election authority may develop and implement
25 a system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
26 registration file that includes a computer-stored image of
27 the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
28 registration file may be used for all purposes for which the
29 original registration cards are to be used, provided that a
30 system for the storage of at least one copy of the original
31 registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file
32 shall be the master file.
33 (c) (b) Any system created, used, and maintained under
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1 subsection (b) (a) of this Section shall meet the following
2 standards:
3 (1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
4 file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
5 election authority, and each access to the computer-based
6 voter registration file, other than an access solely for
7 inquiry, shall be recorded.
8 (2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
9 any computer-based voter registration file that includes
10 any computer-stored image of the signature of any
11 registered voter shall be made available to the public
12 outside of the offices of the election authority.
13 (3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
14 any computer-based voter registration file that includes
15 a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
16 voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot
17 be reproduced.
18 (4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
19 application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
20 authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
21 to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
22 of the registered voter.
23 (5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
24 voter registration file that includes computer-stored
25 images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
26 in a polling place during an election shall be preserved
27 by the election authority in secure storage until the end
28 of the second calendar year following the election in
29 which it was used.
30 (d) (c) Before the first election in which the election
31 authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
32 computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
33 in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
34 comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
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1 shall certify that the system used by the election authority
2 complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
3 State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
4 intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
5 of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
6 the signatures of the registered voters.
7 (e) (d) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied
8 all of its voter signatures into a computer-based
9 registration file, all references in this Act or any other
10 Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
11 registration records shall be deemed to refer to their
12 computer-based equivalents.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
15 Sec. 5-7.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
16 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
17 in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
18 authorities in the State, except those election authorities
19 adopting a computer-based voter registration file authorized
20 under Section 5-43 beginning with registrations taken on or
21 after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the form
22 and specifications, including but not limited to the weight
23 of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
24 contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
25 Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that such
26 cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
27 social security number, which shall be required to the extent
28 allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
29 fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number
30 driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
31 social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
32 telephone number, if available.
33 Except for those election authorities adopting a
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1 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
2 Section 5-43, the original and duplicate cards shall
3 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
4 registration records of the voter. A copy The triplicate
5 card shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his
6 or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
7 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
8 same election jurisdiction or to another election
9 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
10 registration by presenting his or her copy triplicate card to
11 the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter
12 is not in possession of or has lost his or her copy
13 triplicate card, he or she may effect a transfer of
14 registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of
15 Previous Registration. In the case of a transfer of
16 registration to a new election jurisdiction, the election
17 authority shall transmit the voter's copy triplicate card or
18 such affidavit to the election authority of the voter's
19 former election jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause
20 the transmission of the voter's previous registration card to
21 the voter's new election authority. No transfer of
22 registration to a new election jurisdiction shall be complete
23 until the voter's old election authority receives
24 notification.
25 Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
26 record triplicate cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
27 Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
28 working days after the receipt thereof, except that such
29 copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
30 Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
31 35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election shall be
32 returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
33 within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
34 return the copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
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1 Previous Registration received by them on the 29th 28th day
2 preceding an election to the election authority within 24
3 hours after receipt thereof.
4 The date by which an election authority is required to
5 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
6 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
7 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
8 has received a written request for such an extension from the
9 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
10 the extension.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/5-43)
13 Sec. 5-43. Computerization of voter records.
14 (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
15 registration record card that, except as otherwise provided
16 in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
17 authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
18 registration file as provided in this Section. The Board
19 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
20 not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the
21 cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
22 information required under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1; provided
23 that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the
24 applicant's social security number, which shall be required
25 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
26 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
27 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
28 number, if available.
29 (b) (a) The election authority may develop and implement
30 a system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
31 registration file that includes a computer-stored image of
32 the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
33 registration file may be used for all purposes for which the
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1 original registration cards are to be used, provided that a
2 system for the storage of at least one copy of the original
3 registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file
4 shall be the master file.
5 (c) (b) Any system created, used, and maintained under
6 subsection (b) (a) of this Section shall meet the following
7 standards:
8 (1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
9 file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
10 election authority, and each access to the computer-based
11 voter registration file, other than an access solely for
12 inquiry, shall be recorded.
13 (2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
14 any computer-based voter registration file that includes
15 any computer-stored image of the signature of any
16 registered voter shall be made available to the public
17 outside of the offices of the election authority.
18 (3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
19 any computer-based voter registration file that includes
20 a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
21 voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot
22 be reproduced.
23 (4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
24 application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
25 authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
26 to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
27 of the registered voter.
28 (5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
29 voter registration file that includes computer-stored
30 images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
31 in a polling place during an election shall be preserved
32 by the election authority in secure storage until the end
33 of the second calendar year following the election in
34 which it was used.
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1 (d) (c) Before the first election in which the election
2 authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
3 computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
4 in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
5 comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
6 shall certify that the system used by the election authority
7 complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
8 State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
9 intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
10 of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
11 the signatures of the registered voters.
12 (e) (d) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied
13 all of its voter signatures into a computer-based
14 registration file, all references in this Act or any other
15 Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
16 registration records shall be deemed to refer to their
17 computer-based equivalents.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
20 Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design
21 a registration record card which, except as otherwise
22 provided in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
23 election authorities in the State, except those election
24 authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
25 authorized under Section 6-79 beginning with registrations
26 taken on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe
27 the form and specifications, including but not limited to the
28 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
29 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
30 under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code; provided, that
31 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
32 applicant's social security number, which shall be required
33 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
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1 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
2 security number driver's license number, or where allowable
3 the applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for
4 the applicant's telephone number, if available.
5 Except for those election authorities adopting a
6 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
7 Section 6-79, the original and duplicate cards shall
8 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
9 registration records of the voter. A copy The triplicate
10 card shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his
11 or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
12 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
13 same election jurisdiction or to another election
14 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
15 registration by presenting his or her copy triplicate card to
16 the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter
17 is not in possession of or has lost his or her copy
18 triplicate card, he or she may effect a transfer of
19 registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of
20 Previous Registration.
21 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
22 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
23 the voter's copy triplicate card or such affidavit to the
24 election authority of the voter's former election
25 jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission
26 of the voter's previous registration card to the voter's new
27 election authority. No transfer of registration to a new
28 election jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old
29 election authority receives notification.
30 Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
31 record triplicate cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
32 Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
33 working days after the receipt thereof. Such copies cards or
34 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received
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1 by the deputy registrars between the 35th and 29th 28th day
2 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
3 registrars within 48 hours after receipt thereof. Such
4 copies cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
5 Registration received by the deputy registrars on the 29th
6 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
7 deputy registrars to the election authority within 24 hours
8 after receipt thereof.
9 The date by which an election authority is required to
10 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
11 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
12 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
13 has received a written request for such an extension from the
14 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
15 the extension.
16 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
17 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
18 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
19 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
20 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
21 previous registration card to the voter's new election
22 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
23 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
24 authority receives notification.
25 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
26 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
27 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
28 thereof, except that the deputy registrars shall return the
29 cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
30 received by them between the 35th and 28th day preceding an
31 election to the election authority within 48 hours after the
32 receipt thereof.
33 Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
34 Registration received during the 28th day preceding an
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1 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
2 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-873; revised 1-28-99.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/6-79)
5 Sec. 6-79. Computerization of voter records.
6 (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
7 registration record card that, except as otherwise provided
8 in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
9 authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
10 registration file as provided in this Section. The Board
11 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
12 not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the
13 cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
14 information required under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35; provided
15 that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the
16 applicant's social security number, which shall be required
17 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
18 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
19 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
20 number, if available.
21 (b) (a) The election authority may develop and implement
22 a system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
23 registration file that includes a computer-stored image of
24 the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
25 registration file may be used for all purposes for which the
26 original registration cards are to be used, provided that a
27 system for the storage of at least one copy of the original
28 registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file
29 shall be the master file.
30 (c) (b) Any system created, used, and maintained under
31 subsection (b) (a) of this Section shall meet the following
32 standards:
33 (1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
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1 file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
2 election authority, and each access to the computer-based
3 voter registration file, other than an access solely for
4 inquiry, shall be recorded.
5 (2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
6 any computer-based voter registration file that includes
7 any computer-stored image of the signature of any
8 registered voter shall be made available to the public
9 outside of the offices of the election authority.
10 (3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of
11 any computer-based voter registration file that includes
12 a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
13 voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot
14 be reproduced.
15 (4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
16 application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
17 authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
18 to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature
19 of the registered voter.
20 (5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
21 voter registration file that includes computer-stored
22 images of the signatures of registered voters and is used
23 in a polling place during an election shall be preserved
24 by the election authority in secure storage until the end
25 of the second calendar year following the election in
26 which it was used.
27 (d) (c) Before the first election in which the election
28 authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
29 computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
30 in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
31 comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
32 shall certify that the system used by the election authority
33 complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
34 State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
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1 intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy
2 of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of
3 the signatures of the registered voters.
4 (e) (d) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied
5 all of its voter signatures into a computer-based
6 registration file, all references in this Act or any other
7 Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
8 registration records shall be deemed to refer to their
9 computer-based equivalents.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-40, eff. 6-23-95.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.
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