093_HB3113eng HB3113 Engrossed LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 AN ACT concerning elections. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 4-33, 5-43, and 6-79 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/4-33) 7 Sec. 4-33. Computerization of voter records. 8 (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a 9 registration record card that, except as otherwise provided 10 in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election 11 authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter 12 registration file as provided in this Section. The Board 13 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but 14 not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the 15 cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the 16 information required under Sections 4-8 and 4-21; provided 17 that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the 18 applicant's social security number, which shall be required 19 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the 20 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social 21 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone 22 number, if available. 23 (b) The election authority may develop and implement a 24 system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter 25 registration file that includes a computer-stored image of 26 the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter 27 registration file may be used for all purposes for which the 28 original registration cards are to be used, provided that a 29 system for the storage of at least one copy of the original 30 registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file 31 shall be the master file. HB3113 Engrossed -2- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 (c) Any system created, used, and maintained under 2 subsection (b) of this Section shall meet the following 3 standards: 4 (1) Access to any computer-based voter registration 5 file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the 6 election authority, and each access to the computer-based 7 voter registration file, other than an access solely for 8 inquiry, shall be recorded. 9 (2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of 10 any computer-based voter registration file that includes 11 any computer-stored image of the signature of any 12 registered voter shall be made available to the public 13 outside of the offices of the election authority. 14 (3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of 15 any computer-based voter registration file that includes 16 a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered 17 voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot 18 be reproduced. 19 (4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an 20 application for a ballot, and the signature comparison 21 authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made 22 to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature 23 of the registered voter. 24 (5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based 25 voter registration file that includes computer-stored 26 images of the signatures of registered voters and is used 27 in a polling place during an election shall be preserved 28 by the election authority in secure storage until the end 29 of the second calendar year following the election in 30 which it was used. 31 (d) Before the first election in which the election 32 authority elects to use a voter list produced from the 33 computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters 34 in a computer-based voter registration file for signature HB3113 Engrossed -3- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections 2 shall certify that the system used by the election authority 3 complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The 4 State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list 5 intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy 6 of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of 7 the signatures of the registered voters. 8 (e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all 9 of its voter signatures into a computer-based registration 10 file, all references in this Act or any other Act to the use, 11 other than storage, of paper-based voter registration records 12 shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents. 13 (f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election 14 authority from submitting to the State Board of Elections a 15 duplicate copy of some, as the State Board of Elections shall 16 determine, or all of the data contained in each voter 17 registration record that is part of the electronic master 18 file. The duplicate copy of the registration record shall be 19 maintained by the State Board of Elections under the same 20 terms and limitations applicable to the election authority 21 and shall be of equal legal dignity with the original 22 registration record maintained by the election authority as 23 proof of any fact contained in the voter registration record. 24 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.) 25 (10 ILCS 5/5-43) 26 Sec. 5-43. Computerization of voter records. 27 (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a 28 registration record card that, except as otherwise provided 29 in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election 30 authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter 31 registration file as provided in this Section. The Board 32 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but 33 not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the HB3113 Engrossed -4- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the 2 information required under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1; provided 3 that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the 4 applicant's social security number, which shall be required 5 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the 6 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social 7 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone 8 number, if available. 9 (b) The election authority may develop and implement a 10 system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter 11 registration file that includes a computer-stored image of 12 the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter 13 registration file may be used for all purposes for which the 14 original registration cards are to be used, provided that a 15 system for the storage of at least one copy of the original 16 registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file 17 shall be the master file. 18 (c) Any system created, used, and maintained under 19 subsection (b) of this Section shall meet the following 20 standards: 21 (1) Access to any computer-based voter registration 22 file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the 23 election authority, and each access to the computer-based 24 voter registration file, other than an access solely for 25 inquiry, shall be recorded. 26 (2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of 27 any computer-based voter registration file that includes 28 any computer-stored image of the signature of any 29 registered voter shall be made available to the public 30 outside of the offices of the election authority. 31 (3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of 32 any computer-based voter registration file that includes 33 a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered 34 voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot HB3113 Engrossed -5- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 be reproduced. 2 (4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an 3 application for a ballot, and the signature comparison 4 authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made 5 to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature 6 of the registered voter. 7 (5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based 8 voter registration file that includes computer-stored 9 images of the signatures of registered voters and is used 10 in a polling place during an election shall be preserved 11 by the election authority in secure storage until the end 12 of the second calendar year following the election in 13 which it was used. 14 (d) Before the first election in which the election 15 authority elects to use a voter list produced from the 16 computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters 17 in a computer-based voter registration file for signature 18 comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections 19 shall certify that the system used by the election authority 20 complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The 21 State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list 22 intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy 23 of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of 24 the signatures of the registered voters. 25 (e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all 26 of its voter signatures into a computer-based registration 27 file, all references in this Act or any other Act to the use, 28 other than storage, of paper-based voter registration records 29 shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents. 30 (f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election 31 authority from submitting to the State Board of Elections a 32 duplicate copy of some, as the State Board of Elections shall 33 determine, or all of the data contained in each voter 34 registration record that is part of the electronic master HB3113 Engrossed -6- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 file. The duplicate copy of the registration record shall be 2 maintained by the State Board of Elections under the same 3 terms and limitations applicable to the election authority 4 and shall be of equal legal dignity with the original 5 registration record maintained by the election authority as 6 proof of any fact contained in the voter registration record. 7 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.) 8 (10 ILCS 5/6-79) 9 Sec. 6-79. Computerization of voter records. 10 (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a 11 registration record card that, except as otherwise provided 12 in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election 13 authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter 14 registration file as provided in this Section. The Board 15 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but 16 not limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the 17 cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the 18 information required under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35; provided 19 that the cards shall also contain a box or space for the 20 applicant's social security number, which shall be required 21 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the 22 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social 23 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone 24 number, if available. 25 (b) The election authority may develop and implement a 26 system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter 27 registration file that includes a computer-stored image of 28 the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter 29 registration file may be used for all purposes for which the 30 original registration cards are to be used, provided that a 31 system for the storage of at least one copy of the original 32 registration cards remains in effect. The electronic file 33 shall be the master file. HB3113 Engrossed -7- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 (c) Any system created, used, and maintained under 2 subsection (b) of this Section shall meet the following 3 standards: 4 (1) Access to any computer-based voter registration 5 file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the 6 election authority, and each access to the computer-based 7 voter registration file, other than an access solely for 8 inquiry, shall be recorded. 9 (2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of 10 any computer-based voter registration file that includes 11 any computer-stored image of the signature of any 12 registered voter shall be made available to the public 13 outside of the offices of the election authority. 14 (3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of 15 any computer-based voter registration file that includes 16 a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered 17 voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot 18 be reproduced. 19 (4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an 20 application for a ballot, and the signature comparison 21 authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made 22 to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature 23 of the registered voter. 24 (5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based 25 voter registration file that includes computer-stored 26 images of the signatures of registered voters and is used 27 in a polling place during an election shall be preserved 28 by the election authority in secure storage until the end 29 of the second calendar year following the election in 30 which it was used. 31 (d) Before the first election in which the election 32 authority elects to use a voter list produced from the 33 computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters 34 in a computer-based voter registration file for signature HB3113 Engrossed -8- LRB093 02138 JAM 02145 b 1 comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections 2 shall certify that the system used by the election authority 3 complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The 4 State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list 5 intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy 6 of the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of 7 the signatures of the registered voters. 8 (e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all 9 of its voter signatures into a computer-based registration 10 file, all references in this Act or any other Act to the use, 11 other than storage, of paper-based voter registration records 12 shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents. 13 (f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election 14 authority from submitting to the State Board of Elections a 15 duplicate copy of some, as the State Board of Elections shall 16 determine, or all of the data contained in each voter 17 registration record that is part of the electronic master 18 file. The duplicate copy of the registration record shall be 19 maintained by the State Board of Elections under the same 20 terms and limitations applicable to the election authority 21 and shall be of equal legal dignity with the original 22 registration record maintained by the election authority as 23 proof of any fact contained in the voter registration record. 24 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.) 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law.