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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 1A-16 and by adding Section 1A-30 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/1A-16)
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| Sec. 1A-16. Voter registration information; internet |
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| posting; processing
of voter registration forms; content of |
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| such forms. Notwithstanding any law to
the contrary, the |
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| following provisions shall apply to voter registration under
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| this Code.
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| (a) Voter registration information; Internet posting of |
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| voter registration
form. Within 90 days after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd
General Assembly, the |
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| State Board of Elections shall post on its World Wide Web
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| the following information:
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| (1) A comprehensive list of the names, addresses, phone |
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| numbers, and
websites, if applicable, of all county clerks |
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| and boards
of election commissioners in Illinois.
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| (2) A schedule of upcoming elections and the deadline |
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| for voter
registration.
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| (3) A downloadable, printable voter registration form, |
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| in at least English
and in
Spanish versions, that a person |
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| may complete and mail or submit to the
State Board of |
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| Elections or the appropriate county clerk or
board of |
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| election commissioners.
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| Any forms described under paragraph (3) must state the |
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| following:
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| If you do not have a driver's license or social |
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| security number, and this
form is submitted by mail, and |
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| you have never registered to vote in the
jurisdiction you |
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| are now registering in, then you must send, with this
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| application, either (i) a copy of a current and valid photo |
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| identification, or
(ii) a copy of a current utility bill, |
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| bank statement, government check,
paycheck, or other |
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| government document that shows the name and address of the
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| voter. If you do not provide the information required |
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| above, then you will be
required to provide election |
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| officials with either (i) or (ii) described above
the first |
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| time you vote at a voting place or by absentee ballot.
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| (b) Acceptance of registration forms by the State Board of |
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| Elections and
county clerks and board of election |
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| commissioners. The
State Board of Elections, county clerks, and |
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| board of election commissioners
shall accept all completed |
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| voter registration forms
described in subsection (a)(3) of this |
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| Section and Section 1A-30 that are:
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| (1) postmarked on or before the day that voter |
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| registration is closed
under
the Election Code;
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| (2) not postmarked, but arrives no later than 5 days |
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| after the close
of registration;
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| (3) submitted in person by a person using the form on |
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| or before the
day that voter registration is closed under |
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| the Election Code; or
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| (4) submitted in person by a person who submits one or |
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| more forms
on behalf of one or more persons who used the |
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| form on or before
the day that voter registration is closed |
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| under the Election Code.
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| Upon the receipt of a registration form, the State Board of |
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| Elections shall
mark
the date on which the form was received
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| and send the form via first class mail to the appropriate |
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| county clerk or board
of
election commissioners, as the case |
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| may be, within 2 business days based upon
the home address of |
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| the person submitting the registration form. The county
clerk |
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| and board of election commissioners shall accept and process |
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| any form
received from the State Board of Elections.
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| (c) Processing of registration forms by county clerks and |
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| boards of election
commissioners. The county clerk or board of |
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| election commissioners shall
promulgate procedures for |
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| processing the voter registration form.
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| (d) Contents of the voter registration form. The State |
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| Board shall create
a voter registration form, which must |
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| contain the following content:
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| (1) Instructions for completing the form.
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| (2) A summary of the qualifications to register to vote |
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| in Illinois.
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| (3) Instructions for mailing in or submitting the form |
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| in person.
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| (4) The phone number for the State Board of Elections |
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| should a person
submitting the form have questions.
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| (5) A box for the person to check that explains one of |
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| 3 reasons for
submitting the form:
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| (a) new registration;
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| (b) change of address; or
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| (c) change of name.
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| (6) a box for the person to check yes or no that asks, |
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| "Are you a citizen
of the United States?", a box for the |
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| person to check yes or no that asks,
"Will you be 18 years |
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| of age on or before election day?", and a statement of
"If |
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| you checked 'no' in response to either of these questions, |
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| then do not
complete this form.".
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| (7) A space for the person to fill in his or her home |
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| telephone
number.
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| (8) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her first, |
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| middle, and last
names, street address (principal place of |
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| residence), county, city, state, and
zip code.
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| (9) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her mailing |
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| address, city,
state, and zip code if different from his or |
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| her principal place of residence.
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| (10) A space for the person to fill in his or her |
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| Illinois driver's
license number if the person has a |
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| driver's license.
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| (11) A space for a person without a driver's license to |
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| fill in the last
four digits of his or her social security |
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| number if the person has a social
security number.
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| (12) A space for a person without an Illinois driver's |
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| license to fill in
his or her identification number from |
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| his or her State Identification card
issued by the |
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| Secretary of State.
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| (13) A space for the person to fill the name appearing |
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| on his or her last
voter registration, the street address |
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| of his or her last registration,
including the city, |
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| county, state, and zip code.
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| (14) A space where the person swears or affirms the |
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| following under
penalty of perjury with his or her |
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| signature:
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| (a) "I am a citizen of the United States.";
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| (b) "I will be at least 18 years old on or before |
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| the next election.";
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| (c) "I will have lived in the State of Illinois and |
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| in my election
precinct at least 30 days as of the date |
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| of the next election."; and
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| "The information I have provided is true to the |
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| best of my knowledge
under penalty of perjury. If I |
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| have provided false information, then
than I may be
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| fined, imprisoned, or if I am not a U.S. citizen, |
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| deported from or refused
entry into the United States."
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| (d) Compliance with federal law; rulemaking authority. The |
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| voter
registration
form described in this Section shall be |
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| consistent with the form prescribed by
the
Federal
Election |
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| Commission under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
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| P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and the Help America |
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| Vote Act of
2002, P.L. 107-252, in all relevant respects. The |
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| State Board of Elections
shall periodically update the form |
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| based on changes to federal or State law.
The State Board of |
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| Elections shall promulgate any rules necessary for the
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| implementation of this Section; provided that the rules
comport |
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| with the letter and spirit of the National Voter Registration |
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| Act of
1993 and Help America Vote Act of 2002 and maximize the |
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| opportunity for a
person to register to vote.
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| (e) Forms available in paper form. The State Board of |
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| Elections shall make
the voter registration form available in |
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| regular paper stock and form in
sufficient quantities for the |
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| general public. The State Board of Elections may
provide the |
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| voter registration form to the Secretary of State, county
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| clerks, boards of election commissioners, designated agencies |
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| of the State of
Illinois, and any other person or entity |
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| designated to have these forms by the
Election Code in regular |
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| paper stock and form or some other format deemed
suitable by |
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| the Board. Each county clerk or board of election commissioners |
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| has
the authority to design and print its own voter |
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| registration form so long as
the form complies with the |
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| requirements of this Section. The State Board
of Elections, |
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| county clerks, boards of election commissioners, or other
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| designated agencies of the State of Illinois required to have |
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| these forms under
the Election Code shall provide a member of |
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| the public with any reasonable
number of forms
that he or she |
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| may request. Nothing in this Section shall permit the State
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| Board of
Elections, county clerk, board of election |
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| commissioners, or other appropriate
election official who may |
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| accept a voter registration form to refuse to accept
a voter |
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| registration form because the form is printed on photocopier or |
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| regular
paper
stock and form.
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| (f) Internet voter registration study. The State Board of |
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| Elections shall
investigate the feasibility of offering voter |
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| registration on its website and
consider voter registration |
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| methods of other states in an effort to maximize
the |
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| opportunity for all Illinois citizens to register to vote. The |
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| State Board
of Elections shall assemble its findings in a |
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| report and submit it to the
General Assembly no later than |
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| January 1, 2006. The report shall contain
legislative |
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| recommendations to the General Assembly on improving voter
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| registration in Illinois.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/1A-30 new) |
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| Sec. 1A-30. College voter outreach. Each public |
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| institution of higher learning in Illinois must make available |
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| on its World Wide Web site a downloadable, printable voter |
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| registration form that complies with the requirements in |
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| subsection (d) of Section 1A-16 for the State Board of |
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| Elections' voter registration form. |
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| Each public institution of higher learning in Illinois must |
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| include voter registration information and a voter |
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| registration form supplied by the State Board of Elections |
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| under subsection (e) of Section 1A-16 in any mailing of student |
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| registration materials to an address located in Illinois. Each |
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| public institution of higher learning must provide voter |
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| registration information and a voter registration form |
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| supplied by the State Board of Elections under subsection (e) |
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| of Section 1A-16 to each person with whom the institution |
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| conducts in-person student registration.
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