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92_HB3148
LRB9200995MWpkB
1 AN ACT concerning voter registration.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
7 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
8 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
9 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
10 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
11 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
12 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
13 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
14 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
15 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
16 duplicate.
17 The registration record card shall contain the following
18 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
19 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
20 registration:
21 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
22 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
23 initial for such middle name, if any.
24 Sex.
25 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
26 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
27 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
28 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
29 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
30 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
31 cannot be determined by street and number, then the section,
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1 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
2 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
3 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
4 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
5 address shall be included on his or her registration record
6 card.
7 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
8 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
9 the place or places where he resided and the dates during
10 which he resided in such place or places during the year next
11 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
12 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
13 was born.
14 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
15 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
16 naturalization.
17 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
18 month and year when applicant presented himself for
19 registration.
20 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
21 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
22 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
23 The county and state in which the applicant was last
24 registered.
25 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
26 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
27 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
28 or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original and
29 duplicate registration record cards.
30 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
31 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
32 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
33 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
34 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
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1 on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
2 ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
3 Father's first name.
4 Mother's first name.
5 From what address did the applicant last register?
6 Reason for inability to sign name.
7 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
8 in substantially the following form:
9 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
10 STATE OF ILLINOIS
11 COUNTY OF .......
12 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
13 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
14 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
15 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that
16 this location shall be my residence; that I am fully
17 qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
18 ..............................
19 (His or her signature or mark)
20 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
21 ..................................
22 Signature of registration officer.
23 (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
24 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
25 registration record card for the notation of the voting
26 record of the person registered thereon.
27 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
28 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
29 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
30 determine.
31 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
32 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
33 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
34 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
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1 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
2 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
3 and other records of the election authority during the period
4 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
5 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
6 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
7 containing signatures of registered voters in the
8 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
9 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
10 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
11 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
12 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
13 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
14 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
15 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
16 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
17 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
18 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
19 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
20 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
21 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
22 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
23 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
24 the registration record cards.
25 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
26 other electronic data processing information containing voter
27 registration information shall be furnished by the county
28 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
29 and within 7 days after each registration period is closed to
30 the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
31 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
32 period is closed 28 days before the date of any regular or
33 special election. Registration information shall include, but
34 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
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1 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
2 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
3 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
4 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
5 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
6 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
7 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
8 county in which the election authority maintains the
9 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
10 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
11 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
12 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
13 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
14 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
15 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
16 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
17 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
18 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
19 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
20 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
21 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
22 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
23 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
24 15% for administration. The individual representing a
25 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
26 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
27 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
28 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
29 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
30 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
31 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
32 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
33 residents related to the operations of county government in
34 addition to registration information, that information shall
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1 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
2 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
3 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
4 discs or other electronic data processing information
5 containing voter registration information for purposes of
6 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
7 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
8 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
9 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
10 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
11 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
12 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
13 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
14 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
15 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
16 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
17 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
18 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
19 of voter registration information shall comply with such
20 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
21 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
22 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
23 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
24 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
25 following form:
26 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
27 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
28 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
29 (city) and that my residence was ............................
30 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
31 you to cancel said registration in your office.
32 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
33 .................................
34 (Signature of Voter)
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1 Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
2 County, Illinois.
3 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
4 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
5 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
6 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
7 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
8 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
10 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
11 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
12 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
13 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
14 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
15 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
16 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
17 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
18 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
19 duplicate.
20 The registration record card shall contain the following
21 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
22 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
23 registration:
24 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
25 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
26 initial for such middle name, if any.
27 Sex.
28 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
29 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
30 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
31 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
32 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
33 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
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1 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
2 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
3 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
4 registration record card.
5 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
6 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
7 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
8 30 days in the precinct.
9 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
10 was born.
11 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
12 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
13 naturalization.
14 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
15 month and year when applicant presented himself for
16 registration.
17 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
18 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
19 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
20 The county and state in which the applicant was last
21 registered.
22 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
23 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
24 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
25 or her name in ink to the affidavit on the original and
26 duplicate registration record card.
27 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
28 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
29 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
30 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
31 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
32 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
33 following questions and record the answers thereto:
34 Father's first name .......................
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1 Mother's first name .......................
2 From what address did you last register?
3 Reason for inability to sign name.
4 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
5 in substantially the following form:
6 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
7 State of Illinois)
8 )ss
9 County of )
10 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
11 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
12 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
13 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
14 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
15 residence and that the above statements are true.
16 ..............................
17 (His or her signature or mark)
18 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
19 .........................................
20 Signature of Registration Officer.
21 (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
22 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
23 registration record card for the notation of the voting
24 record of the person registered thereon.
25 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
26 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
27 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
28 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
29 determine.
30 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
31 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
32 except during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
33 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
34 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
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1 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
2 and other records of the election authority during the period
3 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
4 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
5 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
6 containing signatures of registered voters in the
7 jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall
8 be for a period of hours sufficient to allow adequate
9 opportunity for examination of the records but the election
10 authority is not required to extend its hours beyond the
11 period beginning at its normal opening for business and
12 ending at midnight. If the business hours are so extended,
13 the election authority shall post a public notice of such
14 extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
15 inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
16 cards, during the 28 days immediately preceding any election.
17 Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
18 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
19 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
20 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
21 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
22 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
23 the registration record cards.
24 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
25 other electronic data processing information containing voter
26 registration information shall be furnished by the county
27 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
28 and within 7 days after each registration period is closed to
29 the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
30 Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration
31 period is closed 28 days before the date of any regular or
32 special election. Registration information shall include, but
33 not be limited to, the following information: name, sex,
34 residence, telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
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1 if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
2 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
3 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
4 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
5 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
6 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
7 county in which the election authority maintains the
8 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
9 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
10 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
11 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
12 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
13 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
14 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
15 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
16 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
17 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
18 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
19 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
20 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
21 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
22 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
23 15% for administration. The individual representing a
24 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
25 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
26 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
27 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
28 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
29 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
30 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
31 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
32 residents related to the operations of county government in
33 addition to registration information, that information shall
34 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
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1 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
2 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
3 discs or other electronic data processing information
4 containing voter registration information for purposes of
5 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
6 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
7 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
8 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
9 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
10 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
11 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
12 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
13 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
14 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
15 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
16 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
17 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
18 of voter registration information shall comply with such
19 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
20 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
21 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
22 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
23 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
24 following form:
25 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
26 Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
27 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
28 (city) and that my residence was .....
29 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
30 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
31 Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
32 ....................
33 (Signature of Voter)
34 Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
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1 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
2 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
3 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
4 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
5 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
8 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
9 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
10 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
11 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
12 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
13 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
14 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
15 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
16 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
17 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
18 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
19 original made by the use of other method or material used for
20 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
21 The registration record card shall contain the following
22 and such other information as the Board of Election
23 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
24 identification of the applicant for registration:
25 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
26 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
27 initial for such middle name, if any.
28 Sex.
29 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
30 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
31 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
32 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
33 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
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1 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
2 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
3 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
4 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
5 registration record card.
6 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
7 precinct.
8 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
9 was born.
10 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
11 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
12 naturalization.
13 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
14 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
15 registration.
16 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
17 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
18 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
19 The county and state in which the applicant was last
20 registered.
21 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration
22 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
23 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
24 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
25 registration record card.
26 Signature of deputy registrar.
27 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
28 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
29 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
30 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
31 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
32 the answers thereto:
33 Father's first name .........................
34 Mother's first name .........................
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1 From what address did you last register? ....
2 Reason for inability to sign name ...........
3 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
4 in substantially the following form:
5 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
6 State of Illinois )
7 )ss
8 County of ....... )
9 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
10 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
11 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
12 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
13 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
14 above statements are true.
15 ..............................
16 (His or her signature or mark)
17 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
18 ......................................
19 Signature of registration officer
20 (to be signed in presence of registrant).
21 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
22 registration record card for the notation of the voting
23 record of the person registered thereon.
24 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
25 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
26 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
27 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may 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 Board of
25 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
26 May 15 each year and within 7 days after each registration
27 period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
28 prescribed by the State Board. For the purposes of this
29 Section, a registration period is closed 28 days before the
30 date of any regular or special election. Registration
31 information shall include, but not be limited to, the
32 following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
33 number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
34 precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
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1 legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
2 noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
3 obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty
4 of the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in
5 the circuit court of the county in which the election
6 authority maintains the registration information. The costs
7 of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid
8 at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the
9 election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc
10 and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board
11 of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
12 such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
13 tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof
14 to state political committees registered pursuant to the
15 Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election
16 Campaign Act at their request and at a reasonable cost.
17 Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
18 furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
19 political committees at their request and at a reasonable
20 cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
21 this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
22 administration. The individual representing a political
23 committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
24 affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona
25 fide political purposes, including by or for candidates for
26 office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
27 other electronic data shall not be used under any
28 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
29 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
30 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
31 residents related to the operations of county government in
32 addition to registration information, that information shall
33 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
34 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
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1 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
2 discs or other electronic data processing information
3 containing voter registration information for purposes of
4 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
5 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
6 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
7 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
8 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
9 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
10 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
11 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
12 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
13 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
14 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
15 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
16 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
17 of voter registration information shall comply with such
18 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
19 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
20 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
21 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
22 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
23 following form:
24 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
25 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
26 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
27 (city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of
28 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
29 registration in your office.
30 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
31 ....................
32 (Signature of Voter)
33 Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
34 of...., Illinois.
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1 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
2 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
3 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
4 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
5 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
6 previous registration.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)