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Public Act 094-0136
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| HB1971 Enrolled |
LRB094 02785 JAM 32786 b |
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
Sections 1A-25, 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/1A-25) |
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a |
delayed effective date) |
Sec. 1A-25. Centralized statewide voter registration list. |
The centralized statewide voter registration list required by |
Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act |
of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the State Board of |
Elections as provided in this Section. |
(1) The centralized statewide voter registration list |
shall be compiled from the voter registration data bases of |
each election authority in this State.
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(2) All new voter registration forms and applications |
to register to vote shall be transmitted to the appropriate |
election authority. The election authority shall process |
and verify each voter registration form and electronically |
enter verified registrations on an expedited basis onto the |
statewide voter registration list. All original |
registration cards shall remain permanently in the office |
of the election authority as required by Sections 4-20, |
5-28, and 6-65.
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(3) The centralized statewide voter registration list |
shall:
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(i) Be designed to allow election authorities to |
utilize the registration data on the statewide voter |
registration list pertinent to voters registered in |
their election jurisdiction on locally maintained |
software programs that are unique to each |
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jurisdiction.
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(ii) Allow each election authority to perform |
essential election management functions, including but |
not limited to production of voter lists, processing of |
absentee voters, production of individual, pre-printed |
applications to vote, administration of election |
judges, and polling place administration, but shall |
not prevent any election authority from using |
information from that election authority's own |
systems.
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(4) The registration information maintained by each |
election authority shall at all times be synchronized with |
that authority's information on the statewide list on a |
constant, real-time basis.
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To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter |
registration information, the disclosure of any portion of the |
centralized statewide voter registration list to any person or |
entity other than to a State or local political committee and |
other than to a governmental entity for a governmental purpose |
is specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to |
security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections |
which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or |
database, available for public view, including the name, |
address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list as |
well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the list |
on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the State |
Board of Elections, during normal business hours other than |
during the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing |
the list under this exception may not print, duplicate, |
transmit, or alter the list.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1071, eff. 6-1-05.)
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(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
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Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient |
number of blank
forms for the registration of electors, which |
shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall |
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consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to |
contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter |
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable |
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration |
record
cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration |
as hereinafter
provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
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The registration record card shall contain the following |
and such
other information as the county clerk may think it |
proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for |
registration:
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Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first |
or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial |
for such
middle name, if any.
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Sex.
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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or |
other location of
the dwelling, including the apartment, unit |
or room number, if any, and in the
case of a mobile home the lot |
number, and such additional clear and definite
description as |
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
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dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be |
determined by
street and number, then the section, |
congressional township and range
number may be used, or such |
other description as may be necessary,
including post-office |
mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual,
the |
individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing |
address shall be
included on his or her registration record |
card.
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Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct. |
This
information shall be furnished by the applicant stating |
the place or
places where he resided and the dates during which |
he resided in such
place or places during the year next |
preceding the date of the next
ensuing election.
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Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was |
born.
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Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or |
naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of |
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naturalization.
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Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month |
and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
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Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time |
of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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The county and state in which the applicant was last |
registered.
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Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration |
and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of |
registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink |
to the affidavit on both the
original and duplicate |
registration record cards.
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Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
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In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix |
his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered |
to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed |
description of the applicant in
the space provided on the back |
or at the bottom of the card or sheet;
and shall ask the |
following questions and record the answers thereto:
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Father's first name.
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Mother's first name.
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From what address did the applicant last register?
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Reason for inability to sign name.
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Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
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substantially the following form:
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AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
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COUNTY OF .......
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I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the |
United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall |
have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election |
precinct in which I reside 30 days and
that I intend that this |
location shall be my residence; that
I am fully qualified to |
vote, and that the above statements are true.
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..............................
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(His or her signature or mark)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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Signature of registration officer.
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(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration |
record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person |
registered
thereon.
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Each registration record card shall be numbered according |
to
precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for |
identification in
such manner as the county clerk may |
determine.
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The registration cards shall be deemed public records and |
shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, |
except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. |
On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person |
intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall |
extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other |
records of the election authority during the period
beginning |
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
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28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board |
hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures |
of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election |
authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours |
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the |
records but the election authority is not required to extend |
its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for |
business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so |
extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of |
such extended hours. Registration record
cards may also be |
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
cards, |
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
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Registration
record cards shall also be open to inspection by |
certified judges and poll
watchers and challengers at the |
polling place on election day, but only to
the extent necessary |
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to determine the question of the right of a person to
vote or |
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers |
or
challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration |
record cards.
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Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other |
electronic data
processing information containing voter |
registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk |
within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and |
within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the |
State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For |
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed |
27
days before the date of any regular or special election. |
Registration
information shall include, but not be limited to, |
the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone |
number, if any,
age, party affiliation, if applicable, |
precinct, ward, township,
county, and representative, |
legislative and
congressional districts. In the event of |
noncompliance, the State
Board of Elections is directed to |
obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of |
the election authority by instituting legal
proceedings in the |
circuit court of the county in which the election
authority |
maintains the registration information. The costs of |
furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a |
rate of $.00034 per
name of registered voters in the election |
jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall |
be paid from appropriations made to the
State Board of |
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
such |
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, |
discs, other
electronic data or compilations thereof to state |
political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois |
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and |
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable |
cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter |
registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter |
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
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State or local political
committee and other than to a |
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governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically |
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures |
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, |
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available |
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone |
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of |
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide |
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield |
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business |
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the |
person viewing the list under this exception may not print, |
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of
the tapes, |
discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the |
county
clerk to local political committees and governmental |
entities at their request and at a
reasonable cost.
Reasonable |
cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this purpose would be |
the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The |
individual representing a political committee
requesting |
copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
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information shall be used only for bona fide political |
purposes,
including by or for candidates for office or |
incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other electronic |
data shall not be used under any
circumstances by any political |
committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial |
solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes
contain |
information on county residents related to the operations of
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county government in addition to registration information, |
that
information shall not be used under any circumstances for |
commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. The |
prohibition in this
Section against using the computer tapes or |
computer discs or other
electronic data processing information |
containing voter registration
information for purposes of |
commercial solicitation or other business
purposes shall be |
prospective only from the effective date of this
amended Act of |
1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
guilty of |
a Class 4 felony.
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The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October |
1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure |
uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing |
of voter registration information. The
regulations shall |
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform |
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be |
employed
by the election authorities of this State in the |
electronic data processing
of voter registration information. |
Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing |
of voter registration information shall comply
with such |
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
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If the applicant for registration was last registered in |
another
county within this State, he shall also sign a |
certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former |
registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the |
following form:
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To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
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To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) |
(city) and
that my residence was ............................
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Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize |
you to
cancel said registration in your office.
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Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
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(Signature of Voter)
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Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
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County, Illinois.
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The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately |
by the
County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission |
as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly |
registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority |
for cancellation of any previous
registration.
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(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; |
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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(10 ILCS 5/5-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
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Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient |
number of
blank forms for the registration of electors which |
shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall |
consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to |
contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter |
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable |
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
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record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration |
as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
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The registration record card shall contain the following |
and such
other information as the county clerk may think it |
proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for |
registration:
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Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first |
or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial |
for such
middle name, if any.
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Sex.
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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or |
other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit |
or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot |
number, and such additional
clear and definite description as |
may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the |
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
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address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's |
voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be |
included on his or her
registration record card.
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Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the |
precinct. Which
questions may be answered by the applicant |
stating, in excess of 30 days
in the State and in excess of 30 |
days in the precinct.
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Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was |
born.
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Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or |
naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place and date of |
naturalization.
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Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month |
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and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
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Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time |
of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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The county and state in which the applicant was last |
registered.
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Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration |
and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of |
registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink |
to the affidavit on the original
and duplicate registration |
record card.
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Signature of Deputy Registrar.
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In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix |
his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered |
to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed |
description of the applicant in
the space provided at the |
bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
following |
questions and record the answers thereto:
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Father's first name .......................
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Mother's first name .......................
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From what address did you last register?
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Reason for inability to sign name.
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Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
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substantially the following form:
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AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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State of Illinois)
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)ss
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County of )
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I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the |
United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall |
have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election |
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that
I am fully qualified |
to vote. That I intend that this location shall be
my residence |
and that the above statements are true.
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..............................
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(His or her signature or mark)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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.........................................
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Signature of Registration Officer.
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(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration |
record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person |
registered
thereon.
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Each registration record card shall be numbered according |
to towns
and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case |
may be, and may
be serially or otherwise marked for |
identification in such manner as the
county clerk may |
determine.
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The registration cards shall be deemed public records and |
shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, |
except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. |
On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person |
intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall |
extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other |
records of the election authority during the period
beginning |
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
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28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board |
hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures |
of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election |
authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours |
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the |
records but the election authority is not required to extend |
its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for |
business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so |
extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of |
such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be |
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
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during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. |
Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by |
certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the |
polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary |
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to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or |
to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers |
or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration |
record cards.
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Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other |
electronic data
processing information containing voter |
registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk |
within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and |
within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the |
State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For |
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed |
27
days before the date of any regular or special election. |
Registration
information
shall include, but not be limited to, |
the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone |
number, if any, age,
party affiliation, if applicable, |
precinct, ward, township, county, and
representative, |
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
|
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to |
obtain compliance
forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of |
the election authority by
instituting legal proceedings in the |
circuit court of the county in which the
election authority |
maintains the registration information. The costs of
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furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a |
rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in the election |
jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall |
be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of |
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
|
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, |
discs, other electronic
data or compilations thereof to state |
political committees registered pursuant
to the Illinois |
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and |
to governmental entities, at
their request and at a reasonable |
cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter |
registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter |
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
|
State or local political
committee and other than to a |
|
governmental entity for a governmental
purpose
is specifically |
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures |
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, |
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available |
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone |
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of |
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide |
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield |
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business |
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the |
person viewing the list under this exception may not print, |
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies of the tapes, |
discs or other
electronic data shall be furnished by the county |
clerk to local political
committees and governmental entities |
at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of |
the
tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost |
of duplication plus
15% for administration. The individual |
representing a political committee
requesting copies of such |
tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall |
be used only for bona fide political purposes,
including by or |
for candidates for office or incumbent office holders.
Such |
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under |
any
circumstances by any political committee or individuals for |
purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business |
purposes. If such tapes
contain information on county residents |
related to the operations of
county government in addition to |
registration information, that
information shall not be used |
under any circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other |
business purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against |
using the computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic |
data processing information containing voter registration
|
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other |
business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective |
date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this |
provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
|
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October |
|
1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure |
uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing |
of voter registration information. The
regulations shall |
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform |
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be |
employed
by the election authorities of this State in the |
electronic data processing
of voter registration information. |
Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing |
of voter registration information shall comply
with such |
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
|
If the applicant for registration was last registered in |
another
county within this State, he shall also sign a |
certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former |
registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the |
following form:
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To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
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Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) |
(city) and
that my residence was .....
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Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby |
authorize you to
cancel said registration in your office.
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Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
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....................
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(Signature of Voter)
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Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
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The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately |
by the
county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission |
as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly |
registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority |
for cancellation of any previous
registration.
|
(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; |
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
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Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall |
provide a
sufficient number of blank forms for the registration |
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of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards |
and which shall consist of
loose leaf sheets or cards, of |
suitable size to contain in plain writing
and figures the data |
hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer
cards |
of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The |
registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of |
registration as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in |
duplicate. The duplicate of
which may be a carbon copy of the |
original or a copy of the original
made by the use of other |
method or material used for making simultaneous
true copies or |
duplications.
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The registration record card shall contain the following |
and such
other information as the Board of Election |
Commissioners may think it
proper to require for the |
identification of the applicant for
registration:
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Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first |
or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial |
for such
middle name, if any.
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Sex.
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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or |
other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit |
or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot |
number, and such additional
clear and definite description as |
may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the |
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
|
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's |
voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be |
included on his or her
registration record card.
|
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the |
precinct.
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Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was |
born.
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Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or |
naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of |
naturalization.
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Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month |
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and year
when the applicant presented himself for registration.
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Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time |
of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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The county and state in which the applicant was last |
registered.
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Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and |
in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of |
registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink |
to the affidavit on both the
original and the duplicate |
registration record card.
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Signature of deputy registrar.
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In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix |
his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the registration |
officer shall write a
detailed description of the applicant in |
the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and |
shall ask the following questions and
record the answers |
thereto:
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Father's first name .........................
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Mother's first name .........................
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From what address did you last register? ....
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Reason for inability to sign name ...........
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Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
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substantially the following form:
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AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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State of Illinois )
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)ss
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County of ....... )
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I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the |
United States,
that on the day of the next election I shall |
have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election |
precinct 30 days and that I intend that
this location is my |
residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the |
above statements are true.
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..............................
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(His or her signature or mark)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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......................................
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Signature of registration officer
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(to be signed in presence of registrant).
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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration |
record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person |
registered
thereon.
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Each registration record card shall be numbered according |
to wards or
precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially |
or otherwise marked
for identification in such manner as the |
Board of Election Commissioners
may determine.
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The registration cards shall be deemed public records and |
shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, |
except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. |
On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person |
intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall |
extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other |
records of the election authority during the period
beginning |
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
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28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board |
hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures |
of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election |
authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours |
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the |
records but the election authority is not required to extend |
its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for |
business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so |
extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of |
such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be |
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
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during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. |
Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by |
certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the |
polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary |
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or |
to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers |
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or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration |
record cards.
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Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other |
electronic data
processing information containing voter |
registration information shall
be furnished by the Board of |
Election Commissioners within 10 days after
December 15 and May |
15 each year and within 10
days after each registration period |
is closed to the State Board
of Elections in a
form prescribed |
by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
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registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any |
regular
or special
election. Registration information shall
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include, but not be limited to, the following information: |
name, sex,
residence, telephone number, if any, age, party |
affiliation, if
applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, |
and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. |
In the event of noncompliance,
the State Board of Elections is |
directed to obtain compliance forthwith
with this |
nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
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legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which |
the election
authority maintains the registration information. |
The costs of furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall |
be paid at a rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in |
the election jurisdiction, but not less
than $50 per tape or |
disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the
State |
Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority |
for
such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such |
tapes, discs,
other electronic data or compilations thereof to |
state political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois |
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and |
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable |
cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter |
registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter |
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
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State or local political
committee and other than to a |
governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically |
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures |
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adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, |
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available |
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone |
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of |
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide |
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield |
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business |
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the |
person viewing the list under this exception may not print, |
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies of the
tapes, |
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board |
of
Election Commissioners to local political committees and |
governmental entities at their request and at a
reasonable |
cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this |
purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
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administration. The individual representing a political |
committee
requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn |
affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide |
political purposes,
including by or for candidates for office |
or incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other |
electronic data shall not be used under any
circumstances by |
any political committee or individuals for purposes of
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commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such |
tapes
contain information on county residents related to the |
operations of
county government in addition to registration |
information, that
information shall not be used under any |
circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other business |
purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against using the |
computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data |
processing information containing voter registration
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information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other |
business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective |
date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this |
provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October |
1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure |
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uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing |
of voter registration information. The
regulations shall |
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform |
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be |
employed
by the election authorities of this State in the |
electronic data processing
of voter registration information. |
Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing |
of voter registration information shall comply
with such |
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
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If the applicant for registration was last registered in |
another
county within this State, he shall also sign a |
certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former |
registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the |
following form:
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To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
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To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) |
(city) and
that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your |
(county), (city), I
hereby authorize you to cancel that |
registration in your office.
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Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
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(Signature of Voter)
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Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
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Illinois.
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The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately |
by the clerk
of the Election Commission to the county clerk, |
(or Election Commission
as the case may be) where the applicant |
was formerly registered. Receipt
of such certificate shall be |
full authority for cancellation of any
previous registration.
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(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; |
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
changes in a
statute that is represented in this Act by text |
that is not yet or no longer in
effect (for example, a Section |