Full Text of SB1591 96th General Assembly
SB1591sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Filed: 3/6/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1591
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1591 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
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| Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all | 8 |
| municipal and township
or road district clerks or their duly | 9 |
| authorized deputies as deputy registrars
who may accept the | 10 |
| registration of all qualified residents of the State.
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| The county clerk shall appoint all precinct | 12 |
| committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | 13 |
| accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | 14 |
| except during the 27 days preceding an election.
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| The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 16 |
| reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State |
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| located at driver's license
examination stations and | 2 |
| designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 3 |
| who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 4 |
| the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
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| The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 6 |
| deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | 7 |
| Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
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| The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | 9 |
| persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | 10 |
| persons:
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| 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 12 |
| designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 13 |
| situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 14 |
| the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
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| at such library.
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| 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 17 |
| the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 18 |
| vocational school situated
within the election | 19 |
| jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
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| qualified resident of the State, at such school. The county | 21 |
| clerk shall notify
every principal and vice-principal of | 22 |
| each high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | 23 |
| situated within the election jurisdiction of their
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| eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | 25 |
| training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | 26 |
| conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to |
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| every election.
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| 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 3 |
| the president, of
any university, college, community | 4 |
| college, academy or other institution of
learning situated | 5 |
| within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
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| registrations of any resident of the State, at such | 7 |
| university, college,
community college, academy or | 8 |
| institution.
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| 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 10 |
| labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | 11 |
| members designated by such official,
who may accept the | 12 |
| registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
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| 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide | 14 |
| State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 15 |
| of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 16 |
| designated by such official, who may accept
the | 17 |
| registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 18 |
| determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 19 |
| appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | 20 |
| of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | 21 |
| geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the | 22 |
| public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
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| jurisdiction and their location, the registration | 24 |
| activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | 25 |
| deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | 26 |
| registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
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| event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | 2 |
| applicable to every
civic organization requesting | 3 |
| appointment of its members as deputy
registrars. The State | 4 |
| Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | 5 |
| of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
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| shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years, | 7 |
| terminating on the first
business day of the month | 8 |
| following the month of the general election, and
shall be | 9 |
| valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by | 10 |
| this
Code during the terms of such appointments.
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The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
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| reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 13 |
| and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 14 |
| registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | 15 |
| such public aid office.
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| 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 17 |
| Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 18 |
| designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 19 |
| offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
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| resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
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| 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | 22 |
| Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 23 |
| employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 24 |
| registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
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| If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | 26 |
| denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date |
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| the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | 2 |
| organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | 3 |
| reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | 4 |
| appointed as deputy registrar.
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| The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | 6 |
| registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | 7 |
| appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | 8 |
| the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | 9 |
| consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
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| of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | 11 |
| there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | 12 |
| parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | 13 |
| appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | 14 |
| appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | 15 |
| of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | 16 |
| party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
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| list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | 18 |
| year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | 19 |
| Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
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| Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 21 |
| other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 22 |
| appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 23 |
| within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | 24 |
| oath or affirmation:
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| "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 26 |
| will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the |
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| Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 2 |
| faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | 3 |
| registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
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| person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 5 |
| personal
application before me.
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| (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
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| This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | 9 |
| one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | 10 |
| acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | 11 |
| filed with the county clerk.
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| Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 13 |
| except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 14 |
| commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 15 |
| even-numbered year; except that the terms of
the initial | 16 |
| appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
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| general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 18 |
| be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | 19 |
| convention following the general
primary at which they were | 20 |
| elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 21 |
| appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 22 |
| office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 23 |
| appointees.
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| (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | 25 |
| deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | 26 |
| times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county |
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| clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | 2 |
| responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | 3 |
| registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy | 4 |
| registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | 5 |
| removal for cause.
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| (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 7 |
| deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall | 8 |
| be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | 9 |
| except that completed registration materials
received by the | 10 |
| deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | 11 |
| day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
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| registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 13 |
| after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | 14 |
| received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | 15 |
| election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars
within 24 | 16 |
| hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
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| by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | 18 |
| subsection (a),
not later than the next working day following | 19 |
| the close of registration.
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| (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 21 |
| the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 22 |
| any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 23 |
| registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 24 |
| possession.
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| (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 26 |
| or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or |
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| her duties.
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| (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | 3 |
| liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | 4 |
| deputy registrars shall
not be deemed to be employees of the | 5 |
| county clerk.
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| (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 7 |
| registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | 8 |
| transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | 9 |
| the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | 10 |
| residence.
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| (h) Notwithstanding any collective bargaining agreement, | 12 |
| while registering voters as a deputy registrar or assisting | 13 |
| persons in completing mail-in voter registration applications, | 14 |
| a person may not wear or have within the view of a prospective | 15 |
| voter any button, lapel pin, bumper sticker, or other item that | 16 |
| expresses support for or opposition to (i) a candidate, as | 17 |
| defined in Article 9, for State, federal, or local office or | 18 |
| (ii) a referendum question. | 19 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
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| Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all | 22 |
| municipal and
township clerks or their duly authorized deputies | 23 |
| as deputy registrars who
may accept the registration of all | 24 |
| qualified residents of the State.
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| The county clerk shall appoint all precinct |
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| committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | 2 |
| accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | 3 |
| except during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 4 |
| The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 5 |
| reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 6 |
| located at driver's license
examination stations and | 7 |
| designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 8 |
| who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 9 |
| the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
| 10 |
| The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 11 |
| deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | 12 |
| Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
| 13 |
| The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | 14 |
| persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | 15 |
| persons:
| 16 |
| 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 17 |
| designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 18 |
| situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 19 |
| the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
| 20 |
| at such library.
| 21 |
| 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 22 |
| the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 23 |
| vocational school situated
within the election | 24 |
| jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 25 |
| resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk | 26 |
| shall notify every
principal and vice-principal of each |
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| high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | 2 |
| situated within the election jurisdiction of their
| 3 |
| eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | 4 |
| training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | 5 |
| conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to | 6 |
| every election.
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| 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 8 |
| the president, of
any university, college, community | 9 |
| college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | 10 |
| within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
| 11 |
| registrations of any resident of the State, at such | 12 |
| university, college,
community college, academy or | 13 |
| institution.
| 14 |
| 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 15 |
| labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | 16 |
| members designated by such official,
who may accept the | 17 |
| registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
| 18 |
| 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 19 |
| State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 20 |
| of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 21 |
| designated by such official, who may accept
the | 22 |
| registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 23 |
| determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 24 |
| appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | 25 |
| of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | 26 |
| geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the |
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| public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
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| jurisdiction and their location, the registration | 3 |
| activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | 4 |
| deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | 5 |
| registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
| 6 |
| event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | 7 |
| applicable to every
civic organization requesting | 8 |
| appointment of its members as deputy registrars.
The State | 9 |
| Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | 10 |
| of bona fide State civic organizations.
Such appointments | 11 |
| shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
| 12 |
| terminating on the first business day of the month | 13 |
| following the month of
the general election, and shall be | 14 |
| valid for all periods of voter
registration as provided by | 15 |
| this Code during the terms of such appointments.
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| 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
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| reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 18 |
| and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 19 |
| registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | 20 |
| such public aid office.
| 21 |
| 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 22 |
| Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 23 |
| designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 24 |
| offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
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| resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
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| 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the |
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| Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 2 |
| employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 3 |
| registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
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| If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | 5 |
| denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date | 6 |
| the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | 7 |
| organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | 8 |
| reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | 9 |
| appointed as deputy registrar.
| 10 |
| The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | 11 |
| registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | 12 |
| appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | 13 |
| the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | 14 |
| consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| 15 |
| of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | 16 |
| there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | 17 |
| parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | 18 |
| appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | 19 |
| appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | 20 |
| of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | 21 |
| party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
| 22 |
| list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | 23 |
| year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | 24 |
| Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
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| Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 26 |
| other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons |
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| appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 2 |
| within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | 3 |
| oath or affirmation:
| 4 |
| "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 5 |
| will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | 6 |
| Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 7 |
| faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | 8 |
| registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | 9 |
| person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 10 |
| personal
application before me.
| 11 |
| ...............................
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| (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
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| This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | 14 |
| one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | 15 |
| acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | 16 |
| filed with the county clerk.
| 17 |
| Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 18 |
| except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 19 |
| commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 20 |
| even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | 21 |
| appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 22 |
| general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 23 |
| be for
2-year terms commencing on the date of the county | 24 |
| convention following the
general primary at which they were | 25 |
| elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 26 |
| appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his |
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| office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 2 |
| appointees.
| 3 |
| (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | 4 |
| deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | 5 |
| times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county | 6 |
| clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | 7 |
| responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | 8 |
| registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy | 9 |
| registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | 10 |
| removal for cause.
| 11 |
| (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 12 |
| deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall | 13 |
| be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | 14 |
| except that completed registration materials
received by the | 15 |
| deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | 16 |
| day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
| 17 |
| registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 18 |
| after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | 19 |
| received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | 20 |
| election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars within 24 | 21 |
| hours after receipt thereof.
Unused materials shall be returned | 22 |
| by deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | 23 |
| subsection (a), not later
than the next working day following | 24 |
| the close of registration.
| 25 |
| (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 26 |
| the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by |
|
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| any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 2 |
| registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 3 |
| possession.
| 4 |
| (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 5 |
| or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | 6 |
| her duties.
| 7 |
| (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | 8 |
| liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | 9 |
| deputy registers shall not
be deemed to be employees of the | 10 |
| county clerk.
| 11 |
| (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 12 |
| registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | 13 |
| transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | 14 |
| the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | 15 |
| residence.
| 16 |
| (h) Notwithstanding any collective bargaining agreement, | 17 |
| while registering voters as a deputy registrar or assisting | 18 |
| persons in completing mail-in voter registration applications, | 19 |
| a person may not wear or have within the view of a prospective | 20 |
| voter any button, lapel pin, bumper sticker, or other item that | 21 |
| expresses support for or opposition to (i) a candidate, as | 22 |
| defined in Article 9, for State, federal, or local office or | 23 |
| (ii) a referendum question. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
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| Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall | 2 |
| appoint all
precinct committeepersons in the election | 3 |
| jurisdiction as deputy registrars
who may accept the | 4 |
| registration of any qualified resident of the State, except | 5 |
| during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 6 |
| The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 7 |
| reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 8 |
| located at driver's license
examination stations and | 9 |
| designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 10 |
| who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 11 |
| the State at any such driver's license examination stations. | 12 |
| The
appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 13 |
| deputy registrars shall
be made in the manner provided in | 14 |
| Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
| 15 |
| The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of | 16 |
| the following
named persons as deputy registrars upon the | 17 |
| written request of such persons:
| 18 |
| 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 19 |
| designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 20 |
| situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 21 |
| the registrations of any qualified resident of the State, | 22 |
| at such library.
| 23 |
| 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 24 |
| the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 25 |
| vocational school situated
within the election | 26 |
| jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
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| resident of the State, at such school. The board of | 2 |
| election
commissioners shall notify every principal and | 3 |
| vice-principal of each high
school, elementary school, and | 4 |
| vocational school situated in the election
jurisdiction of | 5 |
| their eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
| 6 |
| training courses for service as deputy registrars at | 7 |
| conveniently located
facilities at least 4 months prior to | 8 |
| every election.
| 9 |
| 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 10 |
| the president, of
any university, college, community | 11 |
| college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | 12 |
| within the State, who may accept the
registrations of any | 13 |
| resident of the election jurisdiction, at such university,
| 14 |
| college, community college, academy or institution.
| 15 |
| 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 16 |
| labor
organization, or a reasonable number of qualified | 17 |
| members designated
by such official, who may accept the | 18 |
| registrations of any qualified
resident of the State.
| 19 |
| 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 20 |
| State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 21 |
| of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 22 |
| designated by such official, who may accept
the | 23 |
| registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 24 |
| determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 25 |
| appointed,
the board of election commissioners shall | 26 |
| consider the population of the
jurisdiction, the size of |
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| the organization, the geographic size of the
jurisdiction, | 2 |
| convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
| 3 |
| registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the | 4 |
| registration
activities of the organization and the need to | 5 |
| appoint deputy registrars to
assist and facilitate the | 6 |
| registration of non-English speaking individuals.
In no | 7 |
| event shall a board of election commissioners fix an | 8 |
| arbitrary
number applicable to every civic organization | 9 |
| requesting appointment of its
members as deputy | 10 |
| registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
| 11 |
| provide for certification of bona fide State civic | 12 |
| organizations. Such
appointments shall be made for a period | 13 |
| not to exceed 2 years, terminating
on the first business | 14 |
| day of the month following the month of the general
| 15 |
| election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter | 16 |
| registration as
provided by this Code during the terms of | 17 |
| such appointments.
| 18 |
| 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 19 |
| reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 20 |
| and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 21 |
| registration of any qualified
resident of the election | 22 |
| jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
| 23 |
| 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 24 |
| Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 25 |
| designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 26 |
| offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
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| resident of the election jurisdiction at any such | 2 |
| unemployment office.
If the request to be appointed as | 3 |
| deputy registrar is denied, the board
of election | 4 |
| commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the | 5 |
| request
is submitted, provide the affected individual or | 6 |
| organization with written
notice setting forth the | 7 |
| specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny
the | 8 |
| request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
| 9 |
| 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the | 10 |
| Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 11 |
| employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 12 |
| registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 13 |
| The board of election commissioners may appoint as many | 14 |
| additional deputy
registrars as it considers necessary. The | 15 |
| board of election commissioners
shall appoint such additional | 16 |
| deputy registrars in such manner that the
convenience of the | 17 |
| public is served, giving due consideration to both
population | 18 |
| concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
| 19 |
| registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number | 20 |
| from
each of the 2 major political parties in the election | 21 |
| jurisdiction. The
board of election commissioners, in | 22 |
| appointing an additional deputy registrar,
shall make the | 23 |
| appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
| 24 |
| of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political | 25 |
| party. A Chairman
of a County Central Committee shall submit a | 26 |
| list of applicants to the board
by November 30 of each year. |
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| The board may require a Chairman of a County
Central Committee | 2 |
| to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 3 |
| Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 4 |
| other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 5 |
| appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 6 |
| within the election jurisdiction and
shall take and subscribe | 7 |
| to the following oath or affirmation:
| 8 |
| "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 9 |
| will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | 10 |
| Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 11 |
| faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of registration | 12 |
| officer to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | 13 |
| person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 14 |
| personal
application before me.
| 15 |
| ....................................
| 16 |
| (Signature of Registration Officer)"
| 17 |
| This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of | 18 |
| the commissioners
or by the executive director or by some | 19 |
| person designated by the board of
election commissioners, and | 20 |
| shall immediately thereafter be filed with the
board of | 21 |
| election commissioners. The members of the board of election
| 22 |
| commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the | 23 |
| provisions of
this Article to take registrations, after | 24 |
| themselves taking and subscribing
to the above oath, are | 25 |
| authorized to take or administer such oaths and
execute such | 26 |
| affidavits as are required by this Article.
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| Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 2 |
| except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 3 |
| commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 4 |
| even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | 5 |
| appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 6 |
| general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 7 |
| be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | 8 |
| convention following the general
primary at which they were | 9 |
| elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 10 |
| appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 11 |
| office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 12 |
| appointees.
| 13 |
| (b) The board of election commissioners shall be | 14 |
| responsible for training
all deputy registrars appointed | 15 |
| pursuant to subsection (a), at times and
locations reasonably | 16 |
| convenient for both the board of election commissioners
and | 17 |
| such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be | 18 |
| responsible
for certifying and supervising all deputy | 19 |
| registrars appointed pursuant
to subsection (a). Deputy | 20 |
| registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall
be subject to | 21 |
| removal for cause.
| 22 |
| (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 23 |
| deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be | 24 |
| returned to the
appointing election authority within 7 days, | 25 |
| except that completed registration
materials received by the | 26 |
| deputy registrars during the period between the
35th and 28th |
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| day preceding an election shall be returned by the
deputy
| 2 |
| registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 3 |
| after receipt
thereof. The completed registration materials | 4 |
| received by the deputy
registrars on the 28th day preceding an | 5 |
| election shall be returned
by the
deputy registrars within 24 | 6 |
| hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials
shall be returned | 7 |
| by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
| 8 |
| subsection (a), not later than the next working day following | 9 |
| the close of
registration.
| 10 |
| (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 11 |
| the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 12 |
| any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 13 |
| registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 14 |
| possession.
| 15 |
| (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 16 |
| or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | 17 |
| her duties.
| 18 |
| (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be | 19 |
| criminally or
civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any | 20 |
| deputy registrar. Such
deputy registrars shall not be deemed to | 21 |
| be employees of the board of
election commissioners.
| 22 |
| (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 23 |
| registrars for persons residing outside the election | 24 |
| jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election | 25 |
| commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election | 26 |
| authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
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| (h) Notwithstanding any collective bargaining agreement, | 2 |
| while registering voters as a deputy registrar or assisting | 3 |
| persons in completing mail-in voter registration applications, | 4 |
| a person may not wear or have within the view of a prospective | 5 |
| voter any button, lapel pin, bumper sticker, or other item that | 6 |
| expresses support for or opposition to (i) a candidate, as | 7 |
| defined in Article 9, for State, federal, or local office or | 8 |
| (ii) a referendum question. | 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)".
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