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90_SB1352
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. Requires that the voting record of a voter seeking
cancellation of his or her registration be retained for 5
years. Eliminates presentation of a voter's triplicate card,
or affidavit of cancellation, as a means of transferring
voter registration to a different election jurisdiction.
Eliminates an affidavit of cancellation as a means of
transferring a voter's registration within the same election
jurisdiction. 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 except that the applicant's voting record shall be retained
11 for 5 years.
12 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1348; 87-1241.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
14 Sec. 4-8.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
15 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
16 in this Code for election authorities employing a
17 computer-based voter registration file as provided in Section
18 4-33 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
19 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
20 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
21 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
22 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
23 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
24 under Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such
25 cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
26 driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
27 social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
28 telephone number, if available.
29 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
30 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
31 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
32 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
33 completed transfer of registration.
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1 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
2 same election jurisdiction or to another election
3 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
4 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
5 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
6 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
7 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
8 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
9 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
10 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
11 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
12 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
13 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
14 previous registration card to the voter's new election
15 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
16 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
17 authority receives notification.
18 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
19 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
20 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
21 thereof, except that such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation
22 of Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
23 between the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be
24 returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
25 within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
26 return the cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
27 Registration received by them on the 28th day preceding an
28 election to the election authority within 24 hours after
29 receipt thereof.
30 The date by which an election authority is required to
31 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
32 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
33 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
34 has received a written request for such an extension from the
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1 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
2 the extension.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
5 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
6 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
7 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
8 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
9 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
10 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
11 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
12 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
13 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
14 duplicate.
15 The registration record card shall contain the following
16 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
17 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
18 registration:
19 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
20 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
21 for such middle name, if any.
22 Sex.
23 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
24 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
25 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
26 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
27 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
28 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
29 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
30 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
31 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
32 registration record card.
33 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
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1 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
2 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
3 30 days in the precinct.
4 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
5 born.
6 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
7 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
8 naturalization.
9 Date of application for registration, i. e., the day,
10 month and year when applicant presented himself for
11 registration.
12 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
13 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
14 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
15 The county and state in which the applicant was last
16 registered.
17 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
18 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
19 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
20 to the affidavit on the original and duplicate registration
21 record card.
22 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
23 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
24 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
25 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
26 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
27 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
28 following questions and record the answers thereto:
29 Father's first name.......................
30 Mother's first name.......................
31 From what address did you last register?
32 Reason for inability to sign name.
33 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
34 in substantially the following form:
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1 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
2 State of Illinois)
3 )ss
4 County of )
5 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
6 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
7 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
8 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
9 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
10 residence and that the above statements are true.
11 ..............................
12 (His or her signature or mark)
13 Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... day of....,
14 19...
15 Signature of Registration Officer. (To be signed in
16 presence of Registrant.)
17 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
18 registration record card for the notation of the voting
19 record of the person registered thereon, provided that an
20 election authority employing a computer-based voter
21 registration file as provided in Section 5-43 may store the
22 voting record electronically.
23 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
24 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
25 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
26 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
27 determine.
28 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
29 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
30 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
31 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
32 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
33 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
34 and other records of the election authority during the period
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1 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
2 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
3 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
4 containing signatures of registered voters in the
5 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
6 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
7 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
8 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
9 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
10 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
11 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
12 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
13 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
14 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
15 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
16 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
17 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
18 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
19 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
20 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
21 the registration record cards.
22 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
23 other electronic data processing information containing voter
24 registration information shall be furnished by the county
25 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
26 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
27 Board. Registration information shall include, but not be
28 limited to, the following information: name, sex, residence,
29 telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation, if
30 applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
31 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
32 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
33 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
34 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
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1 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
2 county in which the election authority maintains the
3 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
4 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
5 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
6 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
7 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
8 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
9 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
10 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
11 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
12 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
13 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
14 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
15 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
16 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
17 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
18 15% for administration. The individual representing a
19 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
20 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
21 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
22 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
23 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
24 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
25 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
26 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
27 residents related to the operations of county government in
28 addition to registration information, that information shall
29 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
30 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
31 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
32 discs or other electronic data processing information
33 containing voter registration information for purposes of
34 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
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1 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
2 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
3 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
4 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
5 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
6 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
7 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
8 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
9 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
10 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
11 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
12 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
13 of voter registration information shall comply with such
14 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
15 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
16 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
17 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
18 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
19 following form:
20 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. To the Election
21 Commission of the City of...., Illinois.
22 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
23 (city) and that my residence was.....
24 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
25 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
26 Dated at.... Illinois, this.... day of...., 19...
27 ....................
28 (Signature of Voter)
29 Attest......, County Clerk,........ County, Illinois.
30 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
31 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
32 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
33 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
34 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration,
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1 except that the applicant's voting record shall be retained
2 for 5 years.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1348; 87-1241.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
5 Sec. 5-7.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
6 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
7 in this Code for election authorities employing a
8 computer-based voter registration file as provided in Section
9 5-43 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
10 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
11 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
12 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
13 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
14 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
15 under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that
16 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
17 applicant's driver's license number, or where allowable the
18 applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for the
19 applicant's telephone number, if available.
20 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
21 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
22 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
23 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
24 completed transfer of registration.
25 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
26 same election jurisdiction or to another election
27 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
28 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
29 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
30 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
31 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
32 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration. In the
33 case of a transfer of registration to a new election
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1 jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit the
2 voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
3 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
4 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
5 previous registration card to the voter's new election
6 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
7 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
8 authority receives notification.
9 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
10 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
11 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
12 thereof, except that such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation
13 of Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
14 between the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be
15 returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority
16 within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy registrars shall
17 return the cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
18 Registration received by them on the 28th day preceding an
19 election to the election authority within 24 hours after
20 receipt thereof.
21 The date by which an election authority is required to
22 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
23 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
24 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
25 has received a written request for such an extension from the
26 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
27 the extension.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
30 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
31 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
32 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
33 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
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1 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
2 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
3 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
4 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
5 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
6 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
7 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
8 original made by the use of other method or material used for
9 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
10 The registration record card shall contain the following
11 and such other information as the Board of Election
12 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
13 identification of the applicant for registration:
14 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
15 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
16 for such middle name, if any.
17 Sex.
18 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
19 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
20 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
21 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
22 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
23 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
24 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
25 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
26 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
27 registration record card.
28 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
29 precinct.
30 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
31 born.
32 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
33 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
34 naturalization.
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1 Date of application for registration, i. e., the day,
2 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
3 registration.
4 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
5 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
6 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
7 The county and state in which the applicant was last
8 registered.
9 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
10 in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
11 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
12 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
13 registration record card.
14 Signature of deputy registrar.
15 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
16 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
17 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
18 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
19 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
20 the answers thereto:
21 Father's first name.........................
22 Mother's first name.........................
23 From what address did you last register?....
24 Reason for inability to sign name...........
25 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
26 in substantially the following form:
27 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
28 State of Illinois )
29 )ss
30 County of....... )
31 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
32 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
33 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
34 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
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1 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
2 above statements are true.
3 ..............................
4 (His or her signature or mark)
5 Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... day of....,
6 19...
7 Signature of registration officer (to be signed in
8 presence of registrant).
9 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
10 registration record card for the notation of the voting
11 record of the person registered thereon, provided that an
12 election authority employing a computer-based voter
13 registration file as provided in Section 6-79 may store the
14 voting record electronically.
15 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
16 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
17 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
18 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
19 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
20 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
21 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
22 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
23 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
24 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
25 and other records of the election authority during the period
26 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
27 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
28 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
29 containing signatures of registered voters in the
30 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
31 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
32 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
33 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
34 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
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1 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
2 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
3 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
4 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
5 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
6 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
7 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
8 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
9 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
10 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
11 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
12 the registration record cards.
13 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
14 other electronic data processing information containing voter
15 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
16 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
17 May 15 each year to the State Board of Elections in a form
18 prescribed by the State Board. Registration information
19 shall include, but not be limited to, the following
20 information: name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any,
21 age, party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward,
22 township, county, and representative, legislative and
23 congressional districts. In the event of noncompliance, the
24 State Board of Elections is directed to obtain compliance
25 forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of the election
26 authority by instituting legal proceedings in the circuit
27 court of the county in which the election authority maintains
28 the registration information. The costs of furnishing
29 updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of
30 $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
31 jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and
32 shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
33 Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
34 such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
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1 tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof
2 to state political committees registered pursuant to the
3 Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election
4 Campaign Act at their request and at a reasonable cost.
5 Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
6 furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
7 political committees at their request and at a reasonable
8 cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
9 this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
10 administration. The individual representing a political
11 committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
12 affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona
13 fide political purposes, including by or for candidates for
14 office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
15 other electronic data shall not be used under any
16 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
17 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
18 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
19 residents related to the operations of county government in
20 addition to registration information, that information shall
21 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
22 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
23 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
24 discs or other electronic data processing information
25 containing voter registration information for purposes of
26 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
27 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
28 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
29 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
30 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
31 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
32 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
33 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
34 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
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1 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
2 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
3 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
4 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
5 of voter registration information shall comply with such
6 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
7 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
8 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
9 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
10 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
11 following form:
12 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois.
13 To the Election Commission of the City of...., Illinois.
14 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
15 (city) and that my residence was..... Having moved out of
16 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
17 registration in your office.
18 Dated at...., Illinois, this.... day of.... 19...
19 ....................
20 (Signature of Voter)
21 Attest...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
22 of...., Illinois.
23 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
24 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
25 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
26 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
27 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
28 previous registration, except that the applicant's voting
29 record shall be retained for 5 years.
30 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1348; 87-1241.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
32 Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design
33 a registration record card which, except as otherwise
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1 provided in this Code for election authorities employing a
2 computer-based voter registration file as provided in Section
3 6-79 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
4 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
5 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
6 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
7 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
8 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
9 under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code; provided, that
10 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
11 applicant's driver's license number, or where allowable the
12 applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for the
13 applicant's telephone number, if available.
14 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
15 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
16 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
17 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
18 completed transfer of registration.
19 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
20 same election jurisdiction or to another election
21 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
22 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
23 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
24 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
25 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
26 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
27 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
28 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
29 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
30 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
31 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
32 previous registration card to the voter's new election
33 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
34 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
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1 authority receives notification.
2 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
3 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
4 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
5 thereof. Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
6 Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
7 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by
8 the deputy registrars within 48 hours after receipt thereof.
9 Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
10 Registration received by the deputy registrars on the 28th
11 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
12 registrars to the election authority within 24 hours after
13 receipt thereof.
14 The date by which an election authority is required to
15 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
16 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
17 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
18 has received a written request for such an extension from the
19 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
20 the extension.
21 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
22 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
23 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
24 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
25 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
26 previous registration card to the voter's new election
27 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
28 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
29 authority receives notification.
30 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
31 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
32 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
33 thereof, except that the deputy registrars shall return the
34 cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
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1 received by them between the 35th and 28th day preceding an
2 election to the election authority within 48 hours after the
3 receipt thereof.
4 Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
5 Registration received during the 28th day preceding an
6 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
7 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.