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90_SB0541
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
10 ILCS 5/4-8.03 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03
10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 ILCS 5/5-7.03 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03
10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
10 ILCS 5/6-35.03 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03
Amends the Election Code. Provides exceptions from voter
registration record card requirements for election
authorities employing computer-based voter registration
files. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Sections
2 4-8, 4-8.03, 5-7, 5-7.03, 6-35, and 6-35.03.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 4-8, 4-8.03, 5-7, 5-7.03, 6-35, and 6-35.03 as
7 follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
9 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
10 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
11 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
12 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
13 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
14 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
15 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
16 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
17 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
18 duplicate.
19 The registration record card shall contain the following
20 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
21 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
22 registration:
23 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
24 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
25 for such middle name, if any.
26 Sex.
27 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
28 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
29 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
30 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
31 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
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1 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
2 cannot be determined by street and number, then the section,
3 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
4 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
5 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
6 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
7 address shall be included on his or her registration record
8 card.
9 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
10 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
11 the place or places where he resided and the dates during
12 which he resided in such place or places during the year next
13 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
14 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
15 born.
16 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
17 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
18 naturalization.
19 Date of application for registration, i. e., the day,
20 month and year when applicant presented himself for
21 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.
27 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
28 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
29 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
30 to the affidavit on both the original and duplicate
31 registration record cards.
32 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
33 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
34 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
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1 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
2 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
3 on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
4 ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
5 Father's first name.
6 Mother's first name.
7 From what address did the applicant last register?
8 Reason for inability to sign name.
9 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
10 in substantially the following form:
11 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
12 STATE OF ILLINOIS
13 COUNTY OF.......
14 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
15 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
16 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
17 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that
18 this location shall be my residence; that I am fully
19 qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
20 ..............................
21 (His or her signature or mark)
22 Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... day of....,
23 19...
24 ..................................
25 Signature of registration officer. (To be signed in
26 presence of registrant.)
27 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
28 registration record card for the notation of the voting
29 record of the person registered thereon, provided that an
30 election authority employing a computer-based voter
31 registration file as provided in Section 4-33 may store the
32 voting record electronically.
33 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
34 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
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1 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
2 determine.
3 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
4 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
5 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
6 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
7 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
8 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
9 and other records of the election authority during the period
10 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
11 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
12 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
13 containing signatures of registered voters in the
14 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
15 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
16 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
17 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
18 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
19 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
20 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
21 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
22 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
23 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
24 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
25 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
26 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
27 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
28 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
29 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
30 the registration record cards.
31 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
32 other electronic data processing information containing voter
33 registration information shall be furnished by the county
34 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
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1 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
2 Board. Registration information shall include, but not be
3 limited to, the following information: name, sex, residence,
4 telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation, if
5 applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
6 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
7 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
8 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
9 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
10 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
11 county in which the election authority maintains the
12 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
13 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
14 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
15 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
16 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
17 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
18 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
19 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
20 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
21 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
22 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
23 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
24 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
25 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
26 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
27 15% for administration. The individual representing a
28 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
29 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
30 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
31 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
32 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
33 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
34 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
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1 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
2 residents related to the operations of county government in
3 addition to registration information, that information shall
4 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
5 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
6 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
7 discs or other electronic data processing information
8 containing voter registration information for purposes of
9 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
10 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
11 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
12 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
13 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
14 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
15 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
16 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
17 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
18 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
19 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
20 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
21 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
22 of voter registration information shall comply with such
23 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
24 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
25 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
26 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
27 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
28 following form: To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois.
29 To the Election Commission of the City of...., Illinois.
30 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
31 (city) and that my residence was ............................
32 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
33 you to cancel said registration in your office.
34 Dated at...., Illinois, this.... day of...., 19...
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1 .................................
2 (Signature of Voter)
3 Attest:................, County Clerk,.....................
4 County, Illinois.
5 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
6 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
7 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
8 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
9 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1348; 87-1241.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
12 Sec. 4-8.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
13 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
14 in this Code for election authorities employing a
15 computer-based voter registration file as provided in Section
16 4-33 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
17 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
18 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
19 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
20 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
21 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
22 under Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such
23 cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
24 driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
25 social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
26 telephone number, if available.
27 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
28 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
29 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
30 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
31 completed transfer of registration.
32 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
33 same election jurisdiction or to another election
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1 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
2 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
3 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
4 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
5 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
6 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
7 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
8 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
9 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
10 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
11 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
12 previous registration card to the voter's new election
13 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
14 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
15 authority receives notification.
16 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
17 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
18 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
19 thereof, except that such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation
20 of Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
21 between the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be
22 returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
23 within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
24 return the cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
25 Registration received by them on the 28th day preceding an
26 election to the election authority within 24 hours after
27 receipt thereof.
28 The date by which an election authority is required to
29 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
30 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
31 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
32 has received a written request for such an extension from the
33 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
34 the extension.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
3 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
4 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
5 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
6 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
7 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
8 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
9 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
10 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
11 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
12 duplicate.
13 The registration record card shall contain the following
14 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
15 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
16 registration:
17 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
18 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
19 for such middle name, if any.
20 Sex.
21 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
22 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
23 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
24 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
25 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
26 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
27 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
28 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
29 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
30 registration record card.
31 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
32 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
33 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
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1 30 days in the precinct.
2 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
3 born.
4 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
5 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
6 naturalization.
7 Date of application for registration, i. e., the day,
8 month and year when applicant presented himself for
9 registration.
10 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
11 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
12 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
13 The county and state in which the applicant was last
14 registered.
15 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
16 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
17 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
18 to the affidavit on the original and duplicate registration
19 record card.
20 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
21 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
22 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
23 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
24 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
25 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
26 following questions and record the answers thereto:
27 Father's first name.......................
28 Mother's first name.......................
29 From what address did you last register?
30 Reason for inability to sign name.
31 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
32 in substantially the following form:
33 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
34 State of Illinois)
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1 )ss
2 County of )
3 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
4 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
5 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
6 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
7 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
8 residence and that the above statements are true.
9 ..............................
10 (His or her signature or mark)
11 Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... day of....,
12 19...
13 Signature of Registration Officer. (To be signed in
14 presence of Registrant.)
15 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
16 registration record card for the notation of the voting
17 record of the person registered thereon, provided that an
18 election authority employing a computer-based voter
19 registration file as provided in Section 5-43 may store the
20 voting record electronically.
21 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
22 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
23 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
24 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
25 determine.
26 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
27 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
28 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
29 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
30 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
31 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
32 and other records of the election authority during the period
33 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
34 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
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1 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
2 containing signatures of registered voters in the
3 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
4 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
5 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
6 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
7 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
8 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
9 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
10 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
11 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
12 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
13 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
14 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
15 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
16 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
17 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
18 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
19 the registration record cards.
20 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
21 other electronic data processing information containing voter
22 registration information shall be furnished by the county
23 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
24 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
25 Board. Registration information shall include, but not be
26 limited to, the following information: name, sex, residence,
27 telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation, if
28 applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
29 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
30 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
31 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
32 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
33 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
34 county in which the election authority maintains the
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1 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
2 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
3 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
4 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
5 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
6 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
7 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
8 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
9 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
10 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
11 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
12 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
13 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
14 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
15 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
16 15% for administration. The individual representing a
17 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
18 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
19 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
20 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
21 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
22 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
23 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
24 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
25 residents related to the operations of county government in
26 addition to registration information, that information shall
27 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
28 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
29 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
30 discs or other electronic data processing information
31 containing voter registration information for purposes of
32 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
33 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
34 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
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1 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
2 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
3 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
4 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
5 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
6 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
7 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
8 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
9 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
10 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
11 of voter registration information shall comply with such
12 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
13 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
14 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
15 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
16 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
17 following form:
18 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. To the Election
19 Commission of the City of...., Illinois.
20 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
21 (city) and that my residence was.....
22 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
23 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
24 Dated at.... Illinois, this.... day of...., 19...
25 ....................
26 (Signature of Voter)
27 Attest......, County Clerk,........ County, Illinois.
28 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
29 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
30 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
31 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
32 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
33 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1348; 87-1241.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
2 Sec. 5-7.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
3 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
4 in this Code for election authorities employing a
5 computer-based voter registration file as provided in Section
6 5-43 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
7 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
8 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
9 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
10 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
11 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
12 under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that
13 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
14 applicant's driver's license number, or where allowable the
15 applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for the
16 applicant's telephone number, if available.
17 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
18 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
19 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
20 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
21 completed transfer of registration.
22 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
23 same election jurisdiction or to another election
24 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
25 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
26 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
27 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
28 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
29 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration. In the
30 case of a transfer of registration to a new election
31 jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit the
32 voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
33 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
34 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
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1 previous registration card to the voter's new election
2 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
3 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
4 authority receives notification.
5 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
6 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
7 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
8 thereof, except that such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation
9 of Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
10 between the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be
11 returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
12 within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
13 return the cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
14 Registration received by them on the 28th day preceding an
15 election to the election authority within 24 hours after
16 receipt thereof.
17 The date by which an election authority is required to
18 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
19 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
20 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
21 has received a written request for such an extension from the
22 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
23 the extension.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
26 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
27 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
28 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
29 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
30 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
31 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
32 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
33 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
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1 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
2 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
3 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
4 original made by the use of other method or material used for
5 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
6 The registration record card shall contain the following
7 and such other information as the Board of Election
8 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
9 identification of the applicant for registration:
10 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
11 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
12 for such middle name, if any.
13 Sex.
14 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
15 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
16 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
17 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
18 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
19 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
20 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
21 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
22 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
23 registration record card.
24 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
25 precinct.
26 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
27 born.
28 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
29 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
30 naturalization.
31 Date of application for registration, i. e., the day,
32 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
33 registration.
34 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 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
6 in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
7 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
8 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
9 registration record card.
10 Signature of deputy registrar.
11 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
12 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
13 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
14 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
15 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
16 the answers thereto:
17 Father's first name.........................
18 Mother's first name.........................
19 From what address did you last register?....
20 Reason for inability to sign name...........
21 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
22 in substantially the following form:
23 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
24 State of Illinois )
25 )ss
26 County of....... )
27 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
28 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
29 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
30 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
31 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
32 above statements are true.
33 ..............................
34 (His or her signature or mark)
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1 Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... day of....,
2 19...
3 Signature of registration officer (to be signed in
4 presence of registrant).
5 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
6 registration record card for the notation of the voting
7 record of the person registered thereon, provided that an
8 election authority employing a computer-based voter
9 registration file as provided in Section 6-79 may store the
10 voting record electronically.
11 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
12 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
13 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
14 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
15 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
16 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
17 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
18 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
19 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
20 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
21 and other records of the election authority during the period
22 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
23 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
24 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
25 containing signatures of registered voters in the
26 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
27 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
28 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
29 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
30 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
31 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
32 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
33 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
34 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
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1 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
2 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
3 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
4 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
5 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
6 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
7 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
8 the registration record cards.
9 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
10 other electronic data processing information containing voter
11 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
12 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
13 May 15 each year to the State Board of Elections in a form
14 prescribed by the State Board. Registration information
15 shall include, but not be limited to, the following
16 information: name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any,
17 age, party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward,
18 township, county, and representative, legislative and
19 congressional districts. In the event of noncompliance, the
20 State Board of Elections is directed to obtain compliance
21 forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of the election
22 authority by instituting legal proceedings in the circuit
23 court of the county in which the election authority maintains
24 the registration information. The costs of furnishing
25 updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of
26 $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
27 jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and
28 shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
29 Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
30 such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
31 tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof
32 to state political committees registered pursuant to the
33 Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election
34 Campaign Act at their request and at a reasonable cost.
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1 Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
2 furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
3 political committees at their request and at a reasonable
4 cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
5 this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
6 administration. The individual representing a political
7 committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
8 affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona
9 fide political purposes, including by or for candidates for
10 office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
11 other electronic data shall not be used under any
12 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
13 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
14 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
15 residents related to the operations of county government in
16 addition to registration information, that information shall
17 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
18 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
19 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
20 discs or other electronic data processing information
21 containing voter registration information for purposes of
22 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
23 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
24 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
25 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
26 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
27 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
28 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
29 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
30 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
31 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
32 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
33 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
34 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
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1 of voter registration information shall comply with such
2 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
3 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
4 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
5 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
6 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
7 following form:
8 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois.
9 To the Election Commission of the City of...., Illinois.
10 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
11 (city) and that my residence was..... Having moved out of
12 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
13 registration in your office.
14 Dated at...., Illinois, this.... day of.... 19...
15 ....................
16 (Signature of Voter)
17 Attest...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
18 of...., Illinois.
19 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
20 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
21 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
22 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
23 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
24 previous registration.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1348; 87-1241.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
27 Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design
28 a registration record card which, except as otherwise
29 provided in this Code for election authorities employing a
30 computer-based voter registration file as provided in Section
31 6-79 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
32 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
33 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
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1 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
2 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
3 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
4 under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code; provided, that
5 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
6 applicant's driver's license number, or where allowable the
7 applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for the
8 applicant's telephone number, if available.
9 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
10 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
11 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
12 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
13 completed transfer of registration.
14 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
15 same election jurisdiction or to another election
16 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
17 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
18 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
19 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
20 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
21 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
22 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
23 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
24 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
25 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
26 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
27 previous registration card to the voter's new election
28 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
29 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
30 authority receives notification.
31 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
32 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
33 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
34 thereof. Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
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1 Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
2 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by
3 the deputy registrars within 48 hours after receipt thereof.
4 Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
5 Registration received by the deputy registrars on the 28th
6 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
7 registrars to the election authority within 24 hours after
8 receipt thereof.
9 The date by which an election authority is required to
10 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
11 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
12 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
13 has received a written request for such an extension from the
14 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
15 the extension.
16 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
17 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
18 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
19 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
20 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
21 previous registration card to the voter's new election
22 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
23 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
24 authority receives notification.
25 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
26 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
27 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
28 thereof, except that the deputy registrars shall return the
29 cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
30 received by them between the 35th and 28th day preceding an
31 election to the election authority within 48 hours after the
32 receipt thereof.
33 Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
34 Registration received during the 28th day preceding an
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1 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
2 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.