Full Text of SB0224 100th General Assembly
SB0224sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Iris Y. Martinez Filed: 3/3/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 224
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 224 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient | 8 | | number of blank
forms for the registration of electors, which | 9 | | shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall | 10 | | consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to | 11 | | contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter | 12 | | required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable | 13 | | nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration | 14 | | record
cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration | 15 | | as hereinafter
provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
| 16 | | The registration record card shall contain the following |
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| 1 | | and such
other information as the county clerk may think it | 2 | | proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for | 3 | | registration:
| 4 | | Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | 5 | | or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | 6 | | for such
middle name, if any.
| 7 | | Sex.
| 8 | | Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | 9 | | other location of
the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | 10 | | or room number, if any, and in the
case of a mobile home the lot | 11 | | number, and such additional clear and definite
description as | 12 | | may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
| 13 | | dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be | 14 | | determined by
street and number, then the section, | 15 | | congressional township and range
number may be used, or such | 16 | | other description as may be necessary,
including post-office | 17 | | mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual,
the | 18 | | individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing | 19 | | address shall be
included on his or her registration record | 20 | | card.
| 21 | | Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct. | 22 | | This
information shall be furnished by the applicant stating | 23 | | the place or
places where he resided and the dates during which | 24 | | he resided in such
place or places during the year next | 25 | | preceding the date of the next
ensuing election.
| 26 | | Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was |
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| 1 | | born.
| 2 | | Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | 3 | | naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of | 4 | | naturalization.
| 5 | | Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | 6 | | and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
| 7 | | Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
| 8 | | Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | 9 | | of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
| 10 | | The county and state in which the applicant was last | 11 | | registered.
| 12 | | Electronic mail address, if any. | 13 | | Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration | 14 | | and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | 15 | | registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | 16 | | or digitized form to the affidavit on both the
original and | 17 | | duplicate registration record cards.
| 18 | | Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
| 19 | | In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | 20 | | his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered | 21 | | to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed | 22 | | description of the applicant in
the space provided on the back | 23 | | or at the bottom of the card or sheet;
and shall ask the | 24 | | following questions and record the answers thereto:
| 25 | | Father's first name.
| 26 | | Mother's first name.
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| 1 | | From what address did the applicant last register?
| 2 | | Reason for inability to sign name.
| 3 | | Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
| 4 | | substantially the following form:
| 5 | | AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
| 6 | | STATE OF ILLINOIS
| 7 | | COUNTY OF .......
| 8 | | I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | 9 | | United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall | 10 | | have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | 11 | | precinct in which I reside 30 days and
that I intend that this | 12 | | location shall be my residence; that
I am fully qualified to | 13 | | vote, and that the above statements are true.
| 14 | | ..............................
| 15 | | (His or her signature or mark)
| 16 | | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| 17 | | ..................................
| 18 | | Signature of registration officer.
| 19 | | (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
| 20 | | Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | 21 | | record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | 22 | | registered
thereon.
| 23 | | Each registration record card shall be numbered according | 24 | | to
precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for | 25 | | identification in
such manner as the county clerk may |
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| 1 | | determine.
| 2 | | The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | 3 | | shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | 4 | | except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | 5 | | On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | 6 | | intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | 7 | | extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | 8 | | records of the election authority during the period
beginning | 9 | | with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
| 10 | | 28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | 11 | | hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | 12 | | of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | 13 | | authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | 14 | | sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | 15 | | records but the election authority is not required to extend | 16 | | its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | 17 | | business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | 18 | | extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | 19 | | such extended hours. Registration record
cards may also be | 20 | | inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
cards, | 21 | | during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
| 22 | | Registration
record cards shall also be open to inspection by | 23 | | certified judges and poll
watchers and challengers at the | 24 | | polling place on election day, but only to
the extent necessary | 25 | | to determine the question of the right of a person to
vote or | 26 | | to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers |
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| 1 | | or
challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration | 2 | | record cards.
| 3 | | Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | 4 | | electronic data
processing information containing voter | 5 | | registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk | 6 | | within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and | 7 | | within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the | 8 | | State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For | 9 | | the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed | 10 | | 27
days before the date of any regular or special election. | 11 | | Registration
information shall include, but not be limited to, | 12 | | the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone | 13 | | number, if any,
age, party affiliation, if applicable, | 14 | | precinct, ward, township,
county, and representative, | 15 | | legislative and
congressional districts. In the event of | 16 | | noncompliance, the State
Board of Elections is directed to | 17 | | obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of | 18 | | the election authority by instituting legal
proceedings in the | 19 | | circuit court of the county in which the election
authority | 20 | | maintains the registration information. The costs of | 21 | | furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a | 22 | | rate of $.00034 per
name of registered voters in the election | 23 | | jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall | 24 | | be paid from appropriations made to the
State Board of | 25 | | Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
such | 26 | | purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, |
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| 1 | | discs, other
electronic data or compilations thereof to state | 2 | | political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois | 3 | | Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act , | 4 | | Illinois-licensed attorneys employed by public interest | 5 | | organizations that have received an exemption under Section | 6 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and to governmental | 7 | | entities, at their request and at a reasonable cost.
To protect | 8 | | the privacy and confidentiality of voter registration | 9 | | information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter registration | 10 | | records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local | 11 | | political
committee , an Illinois-licensed attorney employed by | 12 | | a public interest organization that has received an exemption | 13 | | under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and other | 14 | | than to a governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is | 15 | | specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to security | 16 | | measures adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a | 17 | | minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, | 18 | | available for public view, including the name, address, and | 19 | | telephone number of the person viewing the list as well as the | 20 | | time of that viewing, any person may view the centralized | 21 | | statewide voter registration list on a computer screen at the | 22 | | Springfield office of the State Board of Elections, during | 23 | | normal business hours other than during the 27 days before an | 24 | | election, but the person viewing the list under this exception | 25 | | may not print, duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies | 26 | | of
the tapes, discs, or other electronic data shall be |
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| 1 | | furnished by the county
clerk to local political committees , | 2 | | Illinois-licensed attorneys employed by public interest | 3 | | organizations that have received an exemption under Section | 4 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and governmental entities | 5 | | at their request and at a
reasonable cost.
Reasonable cost of | 6 | | the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this purpose would be the cost | 7 | | of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The individual | 8 | | representing a political committee
requesting copies of such | 9 | | tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall | 10 | | be used only for bona fide political purposes,
including by or | 11 | | for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. The | 12 | | Illinois-licensed attorney representing a public interest | 13 | | organization that has received an exemption under Section | 14 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code requesting copies of such | 15 | | tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall | 16 | | be used only for bona fide legal purposes, including the | 17 | | protection of voting rights.
Such tapes, discs or other | 18 | | electronic data shall not be used under any
circumstances by | 19 | | any political committee or individuals for purposes of
| 20 | | commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such | 21 | | tapes
contain information on county residents related to the | 22 | | operations of
county government in addition to registration | 23 | | information, that
information shall not be used under any | 24 | | circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other business | 25 | | purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against using the | 26 | | computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data |
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| 1 | | processing information containing voter registration
| 2 | | information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | 3 | | business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | 4 | | date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | 5 | | provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
| 6 | | The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | 7 | | 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | 8 | | uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | 9 | | of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | 10 | | include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | 11 | | medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | 12 | | employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | 13 | | electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | 14 | | Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | 15 | | of voter registration information shall comply
with such | 16 | | regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| 17 | | If the applicant for registration was last registered in | 18 | | another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | 19 | | certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | 20 | | registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | 21 | | following form:
| 22 | | To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
| 23 | | To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
| 24 | | This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | 25 | | (city) and
that my residence was ............................
| 26 | | Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize |
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| 1 | | you to
cancel said registration in your office.
| 2 | | Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
| 3 | | .................................
| 4 | | (Signature of Voter)
| 5 | | Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
| 6 | | County, Illinois.
| 7 | | The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | 8 | | by the
County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission | 9 | | as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly | 10 | | registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority | 11 | | for cancellation of any previous
registration.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
| 13 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
| 14 | | Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient | 15 | | number of
blank forms for the registration of electors which | 16 | | shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall | 17 | | consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to | 18 | | contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter | 19 | | required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable | 20 | | nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
| 21 | | record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration | 22 | | as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
| 23 | | The registration record card shall contain the following | 24 | | and such
other information as the county clerk may think it | 25 | | proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for |
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| 1 | | registration:
| 2 | | Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | 3 | | or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | 4 | | for such
middle name, if any.
| 5 | | Sex.
| 6 | | Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | 7 | | other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | 8 | | or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot | 9 | | number, and such additional
clear and definite description as | 10 | | may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the | 11 | | dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
| 12 | | address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's | 13 | | voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be | 14 | | included on his or her
registration record card.
| 15 | | Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the | 16 | | precinct. Which
questions may be answered by the applicant | 17 | | stating, in excess of 30 days
in the State and in excess of 30 | 18 | | days in the precinct.
| 19 | | Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was | 20 | | born.
| 21 | | Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | 22 | | naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place and date of | 23 | | naturalization.
| 24 | | Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | 25 | | and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
| 26 | | Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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| 1 | | Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | 2 | | of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
| 3 | | The county and state in which the applicant was last | 4 | | registered.
| 5 | | Electronic mail address, if any. | 6 | | Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration | 7 | | and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | 8 | | registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | 9 | | or digitized form to the affidavit on the original
and | 10 | | duplicate registration record card.
| 11 | | Signature of Deputy Registrar.
| 12 | | In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | 13 | | his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered | 14 | | to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed | 15 | | description of the applicant in
the space provided at the | 16 | | bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
following | 17 | | questions and record the answers thereto:
| 18 | | Father's first name .......................
| 19 | | Mother's first name .......................
| 20 | | From what address did you last register?
| 21 | | Reason for inability to sign name.
| 22 | | Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
| 23 | | substantially the following form:
| 24 | | AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
| 25 | | State of Illinois)
| 26 | | )ss
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| 1 | | County of )
| 2 | | I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | 3 | | United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall | 4 | | have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | 5 | | precinct in which I reside 30 days; that
I am fully qualified | 6 | | to vote. That I intend that this location shall be
my residence | 7 | | and that the above statements are true.
| 8 | | ..............................
| 9 | | (His or her signature or mark)
| 10 | | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| 11 | | .........................................
| 12 | | Signature of Registration Officer.
| 13 | | (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
| 14 | | Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | 15 | | record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | 16 | | registered
thereon.
| 17 | | Each registration record card shall be numbered according | 18 | | to towns
and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case | 19 | | may be, and may
be serially or otherwise marked for | 20 | | identification in such manner as the
county clerk may | 21 | | determine.
| 22 | | The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | 23 | | shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | 24 | | except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | 25 | | On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person |
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| 1 | | intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | 2 | | extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | 3 | | records of the election authority during the period
beginning | 4 | | with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
| 5 | | 28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | 6 | | hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | 7 | | of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | 8 | | authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | 9 | | sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | 10 | | records but the election authority is not required to extend | 11 | | its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | 12 | | business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | 13 | | extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | 14 | | such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be | 15 | | inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
| 16 | | during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. | 17 | | Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by | 18 | | certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the | 19 | | polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary | 20 | | to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or | 21 | | to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | 22 | | or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration | 23 | | record cards.
| 24 | | Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | 25 | | electronic data
processing information containing voter | 26 | | registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk |
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| 1 | | within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and | 2 | | within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the | 3 | | State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For | 4 | | the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed | 5 | | 27
days before the date of any regular or special election. | 6 | | Registration
information
shall include, but not be limited to, | 7 | | the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone | 8 | | number, if any, age,
party affiliation, if applicable, | 9 | | precinct, ward, township, county, and
representative, | 10 | | legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
| 11 | | noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to | 12 | | obtain compliance
forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of | 13 | | the election authority by
instituting legal proceedings in the | 14 | | circuit court of the county in which the
election authority | 15 | | maintains the registration information. The costs of
| 16 | | furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a | 17 | | rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in the election | 18 | | jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall | 19 | | be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of | 20 | | Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
| 21 | | purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, | 22 | | discs, other electronic
data or compilations thereof to state | 23 | | political committees registered pursuant
to the Illinois | 24 | | Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act , | 25 | | Illinois-licensed attorneys employed by public interest | 26 | | organizations that have received an exemption under Section |
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| 1 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and to governmental | 2 | | entities, at
their request and at a reasonable cost.
To protect | 3 | | the privacy and confidentiality of voter registration | 4 | | information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter registration | 5 | | records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local | 6 | | political
committee , an Illinois-licensed attorney employed by | 7 | | a public interest organization that has received an exemption | 8 | | under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and other | 9 | | than to a governmental entity for a governmental
purpose
is | 10 | | specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to security | 11 | | measures adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a | 12 | | minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, | 13 | | available for public view, including the name, address, and | 14 | | telephone number of the person viewing the list as well as the | 15 | | time of that viewing, any person may view the centralized | 16 | | statewide voter registration list on a computer screen at the | 17 | | Springfield office of the State Board of Elections, during | 18 | | normal business hours other than during the 27 days before an | 19 | | election, but the person viewing the list under this exception | 20 | | may not print, duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies | 21 | | of the tapes, discs or other
electronic data shall be furnished | 22 | | by the county clerk to local political
committees , | 23 | | Illinois-licensed attorneys employed by public interest | 24 | | organizations that have received an exemption under Section | 25 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and governmental entities | 26 | | at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of |
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| 1 | | the
tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost | 2 | | of duplication plus
15% for administration. The individual | 3 | | representing a political committee
requesting copies of such | 4 | | tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall | 5 | | be used only for bona fide political purposes,
including by or | 6 | | for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. The | 7 | | Illinois-licensed attorney representing a public interest | 8 | | organization that has received an exemption under Section | 9 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code requesting copies of such | 10 | | tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall | 11 | | be used only for bona fide legal purposes, including the | 12 | | protection of voting rights.
Such tapes, discs or other | 13 | | electronic data shall not be used under any
circumstances by | 14 | | any political committee or individuals for purposes of
| 15 | | commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such | 16 | | tapes
contain information on county residents related to the | 17 | | operations of
county government in addition to registration | 18 | | information, that
information shall not be used under any | 19 | | circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other business | 20 | | purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against using the | 21 | | computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data | 22 | | processing information containing voter registration
| 23 | | information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | 24 | | business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | 25 | | date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | 26 | | provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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| 1 | | The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | 2 | | 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | 3 | | uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | 4 | | of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | 5 | | include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | 6 | | medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | 7 | | employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | 8 | | electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | 9 | | Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | 10 | | of voter registration information shall comply
with such | 11 | | regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| 12 | | If the applicant for registration was last registered in | 13 | | another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | 14 | | certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | 15 | | registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | 16 | | following form:
| 17 | | To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
| 18 | | Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
| 19 | | This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | 20 | | (city) and
that my residence was .....
| 21 | | Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby | 22 | | authorize you to
cancel said registration in your office.
| 23 | | Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
| 24 | | ....................
| 25 | | (Signature of Voter)
| 26 | | Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
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| 1 | | The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | 2 | | by the
county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission | 3 | | as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly | 4 | | registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority | 5 | | for cancellation of any previous
registration.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
| 7 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
| 8 | | Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall | 9 | | provide a
sufficient number of blank forms for the registration | 10 | | of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards | 11 | | and which shall consist of
loose leaf sheets or cards, of | 12 | | suitable size to contain in plain writing
and figures the data | 13 | | hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer
cards | 14 | | of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The | 15 | | registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of | 16 | | registration as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in | 17 | | duplicate. The duplicate of
which may be a carbon copy of the | 18 | | original or a copy of the original
made by the use of other | 19 | | method or material used for making simultaneous
true copies or | 20 | | duplications.
| 21 | | The registration record card shall contain the following | 22 | | and such
other information as the Board of Election | 23 | | Commissioners may think it
proper to require for the | 24 | | identification of the applicant for
registration:
| 25 | | Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first |
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| 1 | | or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | 2 | | for such
middle name, if any.
| 3 | | Sex.
| 4 | | Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | 5 | | other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | 6 | | or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot | 7 | | number, and such additional
clear and definite description as | 8 | | may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the | 9 | | dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
| 10 | | address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's | 11 | | voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be | 12 | | included on his or her
registration record card.
| 13 | | Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the | 14 | | precinct.
| 15 | | Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was | 16 | | born.
| 17 | | Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | 18 | | naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of | 19 | | naturalization.
| 20 | | Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | 21 | | and year
when the applicant presented himself for registration.
| 22 | | Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
| 23 | | Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | 24 | | of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
| 25 | | The county and state in which the applicant was last | 26 | | registered.
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| 1 | | Electronic mail address, if any. | 2 | | Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and | 3 | | in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | 4 | | registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | 5 | | or digitized form to the affidavit on both the
original and the | 6 | | duplicate registration record card.
| 7 | | Signature of deputy registrar.
| 8 | | In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | 9 | | his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the registration | 10 | | officer shall write a
detailed description of the applicant in | 11 | | the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and | 12 | | shall ask the following questions and
record the answers | 13 | | thereto:
| 14 | | Father's first name .........................
| 15 | | Mother's first name .........................
| 16 | | From what address did you last register? ....
| 17 | | Reason for inability to sign name ...........
| 18 | | Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
| 19 | | substantially the following form:
| 20 | | AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
| 21 | | State of Illinois )
| 22 | | )ss
| 23 | | County of ....... )
| 24 | | I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | 25 | | United States,
that on the day of the next election I shall | 26 | | have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election |
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| 1 | | precinct 30 days and that I intend that
this location is my | 2 | | residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the | 3 | | above statements are true.
| 4 | | ..............................
| 5 | | (His or her signature or mark)
| 6 | | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| 7 | | ......................................
| 8 | | Signature of registration officer
| 9 | | (to be signed in presence of registrant).
| 10 | | Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | 11 | | record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | 12 | | registered
thereon.
| 13 | | Each registration record card shall be numbered according | 14 | | to wards or
precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially | 15 | | or otherwise marked
for identification in such manner as the | 16 | | Board of Election Commissioners
may determine.
| 17 | | The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | 18 | | shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | 19 | | except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | 20 | | On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | 21 | | intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | 22 | | extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | 23 | | records of the election authority during the period
beginning | 24 | | with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
| 25 | | 28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | 26 | | hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures |
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| 1 | | of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | 2 | | authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | 3 | | sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | 4 | | records but the election authority is not required to extend | 5 | | its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | 6 | | business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | 7 | | extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | 8 | | such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be | 9 | | inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
| 10 | | during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. | 11 | | Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by | 12 | | certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the | 13 | | polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary | 14 | | to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or | 15 | | to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | 16 | | or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration | 17 | | record cards.
| 18 | | Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | 19 | | electronic data
processing information containing voter | 20 | | registration information shall
be furnished by the Board of | 21 | | Election Commissioners within 10 days after
December 15 and May | 22 | | 15 each year and within 10
days after each registration period | 23 | | is closed to the State Board
of Elections in a
form prescribed | 24 | | by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
| 25 | | registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any | 26 | | regular
or special
election. Registration information shall
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| 1 | | include, but not be limited to, the following information: | 2 | | name, sex,
residence, telephone number, if any, age, party | 3 | | affiliation, if
applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, | 4 | | and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. | 5 | | In the event of noncompliance,
the State Board of Elections is | 6 | | directed to obtain compliance forthwith
with this | 7 | | nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
| 8 | | legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which | 9 | | the election
authority maintains the registration information. | 10 | | The costs of furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall | 11 | | be paid at a rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in | 12 | | the election jurisdiction, but not less
than $50 per tape or | 13 | | disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the
State | 14 | | Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority | 15 | | for
such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such | 16 | | tapes, discs,
other electronic data or compilations thereof to | 17 | | state political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois | 18 | | Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act , | 19 | | Illinois-licensed attorneys employed by public interest | 20 | | organizations that have received an exemption under Section | 21 | | 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and to governmental | 22 | | entities, at their request and at a reasonable cost.
To protect | 23 | | the privacy and confidentiality of voter registration | 24 | | information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter registration | 25 | | records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local | 26 | | political
committee , an Illinois-licensed attorney employed by |
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| 1 | | a public interest organization that has received an exemption | 2 | | under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and other | 3 | | than to a governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is | 4 | | specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to security | 5 | | measures adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a | 6 | | minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, | 7 | | available for public view, including the name, address, and | 8 | | telephone number of the person viewing the list as well as the | 9 | | time of that viewing, any person may view the centralized | 10 | | statewide voter registration list on a computer screen at the | 11 | | Springfield office of the State Board of Elections, during | 12 | | normal business hours other than during the 27 days before an | 13 | | election, but the person viewing the list under this exception | 14 | | may not print, duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies | 15 | | of the
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be furnished | 16 | | by the Board of
Election Commissioners to local political | 17 | | committees , Illinois-licensed attorneys employed by public | 18 | | interest organizations that have received an exemption under | 19 | | Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and governmental | 20 | | entities at their request and at a
reasonable cost. Reasonable | 21 | | cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this purpose would be | 22 | | the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The | 23 | | individual representing a political committee
requesting | 24 | | copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
| 25 | | information shall be used only for bona fide political | 26 | | purposes,
including by or for candidates for office or |
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| 1 | | incumbent office holders. The Illinois-licensed attorney | 2 | | representing a public interest organization that has received | 3 | | an exemption under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code | 4 | | requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit | 5 | | that the information shall be used only for bona fide legal | 6 | | purposes, including the protection of voting rights.
Such | 7 | | tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under | 8 | | any
circumstances by any political committee or individuals for | 9 | | purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business | 10 | | purposes. If such tapes
contain information on county residents | 11 | | related to the operations of
county government in addition to | 12 | | registration information, that
information shall not be used | 13 | | under any circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other | 14 | | business purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against | 15 | | using the computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic | 16 | | data processing information containing voter registration
| 17 | | information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | 18 | | business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | 19 | | date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | 20 | | provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
| 21 | | The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | 22 | | 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | 23 | | uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | 24 | | of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | 25 | | include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | 26 | | medium, communications protocol and file structure to be |
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| 1 | | employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | 2 | | electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | 3 | | Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | 4 | | of voter registration information shall comply
with such | 5 | | regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| 6 | | If the applicant for registration was last registered in | 7 | | another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | 8 | | certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | 9 | | registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | 10 | | following form:
| 11 | | To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
| 12 | | To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
| 13 | | This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | 14 | | (city) and
that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your | 15 | | (county), (city), I
hereby authorize you to cancel that | 16 | | registration in your office.
| 17 | | Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
| 18 | | ....................
| 19 | | (Signature of Voter)
| 20 | | Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
| 21 | | Illinois.
| 22 | | The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | 23 | | by the clerk
of the Election Commission to the county clerk, | 24 | | (or Election Commission
as the case may be) where the applicant | 25 | | was formerly registered. Receipt
of such certificate shall be | 26 | | full authority for cancellation of any
previous registration.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)".
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