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92_HB3148

 
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 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.)

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