Section 1000.41  Voter Registration at Driver Services Facilities

a)         The Secretary of State shall adopt the following definitions for the terms listed as follows:

"Department" – Driver Services Department within the Office of the Secretary of State.

"Driver Services Facility" or "Facility" – offices located throughout Illinois for the purpose of issuing driver's licenses and providing to the public other necessary services connected with the Secretary of State's Office.

"Secretary of State" – The Secretary of State of Illinois.

b)         Pursuant to Section 1A-25 of the Election Code, the Department shall make Driver Services Facilities available for use as places of accepting applications for voter registration. [625 ILCS 5/2-105(c)]

c)         With the exception of applicants for Temporary Visitor's Driver's Licenses issued pursuant to Section 6-105.1 of the Vehicle Code, each person applying at a driver services facility for a driver's license or permit, a corrected driver's license or permit, an Illinois identification card or a corrected Illinois identification card shall be notified that the person may apply to register to vote at that facility and may also apply to transfer his or her voter registration at the facility to a different address in the State.  The notification may be made in writing or verbally, issued by an employee of the Secretary of State. [ 625 ILCS 5/2-105(e)]

d)         Facilities shall be available as places of accepting applications for voter registration during all hours the facility is open for business.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 1254, effective January 17, 2013)