Full Text of SB1586 97th General Assembly
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| 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 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
| 7 | | 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.
| 11 | | 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.
| 15 | | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 16 | | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 17 | | located at driver's license
examination stations and | 18 | | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 19 | | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 20 | | the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
| 21 | | The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 22 | | deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | 23 | | Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
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| 1 | | The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | 2 | | persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | 3 | | persons:
| 4 | | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 5 | | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 6 | | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 7 | | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
| 8 | | at such library.
| 9 | | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 10 | | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 11 | | vocational school situated
within the election | 12 | | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 13 | | qualified resident of the State, at such school. The county | 14 | | clerk shall notify
every principal and vice-principal of | 15 | | each high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | 16 | | situated within the election jurisdiction of their
| 17 | | eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | 18 | | training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | 19 | | conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to | 20 | | every election.
| 21 | | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 22 | | the president, of
any university, college, community | 23 | | college, academy or other institution of
learning situated | 24 | | within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
| 25 | | registrations of any resident of the State, at such | 26 | | university, college,
community college, academy or |
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| 1 | | institution.
| 2 | | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 3 | | labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | 4 | | members designated by such official,
who may accept the | 5 | | registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
| 6 | | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide | 7 | | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 8 | | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 9 | | designated by such official, who may accept
the | 10 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 11 | | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 12 | | appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | 13 | | of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | 14 | | geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the | 15 | | public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
| 16 | | jurisdiction and their location, the registration | 17 | | activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | 18 | | deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | 19 | | registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
| 20 | | event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | 21 | | applicable to every
civic organization requesting | 22 | | appointment of its members as deputy
registrars. The State | 23 | | Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | 24 | | of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
| 25 | | shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years, | 26 | | terminating on the first
business day of the month |
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| 1 | | following the month of the general election, and
shall be | 2 | | valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by | 3 | | this
Code during the terms of such appointments.
| 4 | | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 5 | | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 6 | | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 7 | | registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | 8 | | such public aid office.
| 9 | | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 10 | | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 11 | | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 12 | | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| 13 | | resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
| 14 | | 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | 15 | | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 16 | | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 17 | | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 18 | | If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | 19 | | denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date | 20 | | the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | 21 | | organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | 22 | | reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | 23 | | appointed as deputy registrar.
| 24 | | The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | 25 | | registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | 26 | | appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that |
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| 1 | | the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | 2 | | consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| 3 | | of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | 4 | | there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | 5 | | parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | 6 | | appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | 7 | | appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | 8 | | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | 9 | | party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
| 10 | | list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | 11 | | year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | 12 | | Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 13 | | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 14 | | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 15 | | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 16 | | within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | 17 | | oath or affirmation:
| 18 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 19 | | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | 20 | | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 21 | | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | 22 | | registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
| 23 | | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 24 | | personal
application before me.
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| 26 | | (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
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| 1 | | This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | 2 | | one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | 3 | | acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | 4 | | filed with the county clerk.
| 5 | | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 6 | | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 7 | | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 8 | | even-numbered year; except that the terms of
the initial | 9 | | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 10 | | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 11 | | be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | 12 | | convention following the general
primary at which they were | 13 | | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 14 | | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 15 | | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 16 | | appointees.
| 17 | | (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | 18 | | deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | 19 | | times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county | 20 | | clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | 21 | | responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | 22 | | registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy | 23 | | registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | 24 | | removal for cause.
| 25 | | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 26 | | deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall |
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| 1 | | be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | 2 | | except that completed registration materials
received by the | 3 | | deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | 4 | | day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
| 5 | | registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 6 | | after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | 7 | | received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | 8 | | election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars
within 24 | 9 | | hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
| 10 | | by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | 11 | | subsection (a),
not later than the next working day following | 12 | | the close of registration.
| 13 | | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 14 | | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 15 | | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 16 | | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 17 | | possession.
| 18 | | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 19 | | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | 20 | | her duties.
| 21 | | (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | 22 | | liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | 23 | | deputy registrars shall
not be deemed to be employees of the | 24 | | county clerk.
| 25 | | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 26 | | registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be |
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| 1 | | transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | 2 | | the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | 3 | | residence.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
| 6 | | Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all | 7 | | municipal and
township clerks or their duly authorized deputies | 8 | | as deputy registrars who
may accept the registration of all | 9 | | qualified residents of the State.
| 10 | | The county clerk shall appoint all precinct | 11 | | committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | 12 | | accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | 13 | | except during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 14 | | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 15 | | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 16 | | located at driver's license
examination stations and | 17 | | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 18 | | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 19 | | the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
| 20 | | The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 21 | | deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | 22 | | Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
| 23 | | The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | 24 | | persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | 25 | | persons:
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| 1 | | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 2 | | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 3 | | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 4 | | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
| 5 | | at such library.
| 6 | | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | 7 | | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 8 | | vocational school situated
within the election | 9 | | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 10 | | resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk | 11 | | shall notify every
principal and vice-principal of each | 12 | | high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | 13 | | situated within the election jurisdiction of their
| 14 | | eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | 15 | | training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | 16 | | conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to | 17 | | every election.
| 18 | | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 19 | | the president, of
any university, college, community | 20 | | college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | 21 | | within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
| 22 | | registrations of any resident of the State, at such | 23 | | university, college,
community college, academy or | 24 | | institution.
| 25 | | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 26 | | labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified |
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| 1 | | members designated by such official,
who may accept the | 2 | | registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
| 3 | | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 4 | | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 5 | | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 6 | | designated by such official, who may accept
the | 7 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | 8 | | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 9 | | appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | 10 | | of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | 11 | | geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the | 12 | | public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
| 13 | | jurisdiction and their location, the registration | 14 | | activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | 15 | | deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | 16 | | registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
| 17 | | event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | 18 | | applicable to every
civic organization requesting | 19 | | appointment of its members as deputy registrars.
The State | 20 | | Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | 21 | | of bona fide State civic organizations.
Such appointments | 22 | | shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
| 23 | | terminating on the first business day of the month | 24 | | following the month of
the general election, and shall be | 25 | | valid for all periods of voter
registration as provided by | 26 | | this Code during the terms of such appointments.
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| 1 | | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 2 | | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 3 | | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 4 | | registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | 5 | | such public aid office.
| 6 | | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | 7 | | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 8 | | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 9 | | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| 10 | | resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
| 11 | | 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | 12 | | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 13 | | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 14 | | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 15 | | If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | 16 | | denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date | 17 | | the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | 18 | | organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | 19 | | reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | 20 | | appointed as deputy registrar.
| 21 | | The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | 22 | | registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | 23 | | appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | 24 | | the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | 25 | | consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| 26 | | of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that |
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| 1 | | there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | 2 | | parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | 3 | | appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | 4 | | appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | 5 | | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | 6 | | party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
| 7 | | list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | 8 | | year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | 9 | | Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 10 | | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 11 | | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 12 | | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 13 | | within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | 14 | | oath or affirmation:
| 15 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 16 | | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | 17 | | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 18 | | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | 19 | | registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | 20 | | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 21 | | personal
application before me.
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| 23 | | (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
| 24 | | This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | 25 | | one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | 26 | | acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be |
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| 1 | | filed with the county clerk.
| 2 | | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 3 | | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 4 | | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 5 | | even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | 6 | | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 7 | | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 8 | | be for
2-year terms commencing on the date of the county | 9 | | convention following the
general primary at which they were | 10 | | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 11 | | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 12 | | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 13 | | appointees.
| 14 | | (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | 15 | | deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | 16 | | times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county | 17 | | clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
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 | 24 | | be 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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| 1 | | 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 county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | 19 | | liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | 20 | | deputy registers shall not
be deemed to be employees of the | 21 | | county clerk.
| 22 | | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 23 | | registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | 24 | | transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | 25 | | the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | 26 | | residence.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 2 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
| 3 | | Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall | 4 | | appoint all
precinct committeepersons in the election | 5 | | jurisdiction as deputy registrars
who may accept the | 6 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State, except | 7 | | during the 27 days preceding an election.
| 8 | | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | 9 | | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | 10 | | located at driver's license
examination stations and | 11 | | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | 12 | | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | 13 | | the State at any such driver's license examination stations. | 14 | | The
appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | 15 | | deputy registrars shall
be made in the manner provided in | 16 | | Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
| 17 | | The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of | 18 | | the following
named persons as deputy registrars upon the | 19 | | written request of such persons:
| 20 | | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | 21 | | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | 22 | | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | 23 | | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State, | 24 | | at such library.
| 25 | | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by |
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| 1 | | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | 2 | | vocational school situated
within the election | 3 | | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| 4 | | resident of the State, at such school. The board of | 5 | | election
commissioners shall notify every principal and | 6 | | vice-principal of each high
school, elementary school, and | 7 | | vocational school situated in the election
jurisdiction of | 8 | | their eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
| 9 | | training courses for service as deputy registrars at | 10 | | conveniently located
facilities at least 4 months prior to | 11 | | every election.
| 12 | | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | 13 | | the president, of
any university, college, community | 14 | | college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | 15 | | within the State, who may accept the
registrations of any | 16 | | resident of the election jurisdiction, at such university,
| 17 | | college, community college, academy or institution.
| 18 | | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 19 | | labor
organization, or a reasonable number of qualified | 20 | | members designated
by such official, who may accept the | 21 | | registrations of any qualified
resident of the State.
| 22 | | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | 23 | | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | 24 | | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | 25 | | designated by such official, who may accept
the | 26 | | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In |
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| 1 | | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | 2 | | appointed,
the board of election commissioners shall | 3 | | consider the population of the
jurisdiction, the size of | 4 | | the organization, the geographic size of the
jurisdiction, | 5 | | convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
| 6 | | registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the | 7 | | registration
activities of the organization and the need to | 8 | | appoint deputy registrars to
assist and facilitate the | 9 | | registration of non-English speaking individuals.
In no | 10 | | event shall a board of election commissioners fix an | 11 | | arbitrary
number applicable to every civic organization | 12 | | requesting appointment of its
members as deputy | 13 | | registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
| 14 | | provide for certification of bona fide State civic | 15 | | organizations. Such
appointments shall be made for a period | 16 | | not to exceed 2 years, terminating
on the first business | 17 | | day of the month following the month of the general
| 18 | | election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter | 19 | | registration as
provided by this Code during the terms of | 20 | | such appointments.
| 21 | | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| 22 | | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | 23 | | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | 24 | | registration of any qualified
resident of the election | 25 | | jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
| 26 | | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of |
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| 1 | | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | 2 | | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | 3 | | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| 4 | | resident of the election jurisdiction at any such | 5 | | unemployment office.
If the request to be appointed as | 6 | | deputy registrar is denied, the board
of election | 7 | | commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the | 8 | | request
is submitted, provide the affected individual or | 9 | | organization with written
notice setting forth the | 10 | | specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny
the | 11 | | request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
| 12 | | 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the | 13 | | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | 14 | | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | 15 | | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| 16 | | The board of election commissioners may appoint as many | 17 | | additional deputy
registrars as it considers necessary. The | 18 | | board of election commissioners
shall appoint such additional | 19 | | deputy registrars in such manner that the
convenience of the | 20 | | public is served, giving due consideration to both
population | 21 | | concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
| 22 | | registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number | 23 | | from
each of the 2 major political parties in the election | 24 | | jurisdiction. The
board of election commissioners, in | 25 | | appointing an additional deputy registrar,
shall make the | 26 | | appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
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| 1 | | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political | 2 | | party. A Chairman
of a County Central Committee shall submit a | 3 | | list of applicants to the board
by November 30 of each year. | 4 | | The board may require a Chairman of a County
Central Committee | 5 | | to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| 6 | | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | 7 | | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | 8 | | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | 9 | | within the election jurisdiction and
shall take and subscribe | 10 | | to the following oath or affirmation:
| 11 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 12 | | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | 13 | | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | 14 | | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of registration | 15 | | officer to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | 16 | | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | 17 | | personal
application before me.
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| 19 | | (Signature of Registration Officer)"
| 20 | | This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of | 21 | | the commissioners
or by the executive director or by some | 22 | | person designated by the board of
election commissioners, and | 23 | | shall immediately thereafter be filed with the
board of | 24 | | election commissioners. The members of the board of election
| 25 | | commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the | 26 | | provisions of
this Article to take registrations, after |
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| 1 | | themselves taking and subscribing
to the above oath, are | 2 | | authorized to take or administer such oaths and
execute such | 3 | | affidavits as are required by this Article.
| 4 | | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | 5 | | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | 6 | | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | 7 | | even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | 8 | | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| 9 | | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | 10 | | be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | 11 | | convention following the general
primary at which they were | 12 | | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | 13 | | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | 14 | | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | 15 | | appointees.
| 16 | | (b) The board of election commissioners shall be | 17 | | responsible for training
all deputy registrars appointed | 18 | | pursuant to subsection (a), at times and
locations reasonably | 19 | | convenient for both the board of election commissioners
and | 20 | | such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be | 21 | | responsible
for certifying and supervising all deputy | 22 | | registrars appointed pursuant
to subsection (a). Deputy | 23 | | registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall
be subject to | 24 | | removal for cause.
| 25 | | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | 26 | | deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be |
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| 1 | | returned to the
appointing election authority within 7 days, | 2 | | except that completed registration
materials received by the | 3 | | deputy registrars during the period between the
35th and 28th | 4 | | day preceding an election shall be returned by the
deputy
| 5 | | registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours | 6 | | after receipt
thereof. The completed registration materials | 7 | | received by the deputy
registrars on the 28th day preceding an | 8 | | election shall be returned
by the
deputy registrars within 24 | 9 | | hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials
shall be returned | 10 | | by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
| 11 | | subsection (a), not later than the next working day following | 12 | | the close of
registration.
| 13 | | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | 14 | | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | 15 | | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | 16 | | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | 17 | | possession.
| 18 | | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | 19 | | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | 20 | | her duties.
| 21 | | (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be | 22 | | criminally or
civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any | 23 | | deputy registrar. Such
deputy registrars shall not be deemed to | 24 | | be employees of the board of
election commissioners.
| 25 | | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | 26 | | registrars for persons residing outside the election |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election | 2 | | commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election | 3 | | authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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