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 1        AN ACT concerning elections.

 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 4-6, 4-6.2, 4-6.3, 4-8,  4-8.03,  4-10,  4-16,  5-5,
 6    5-7, 5-7.03, 5-16.2, 5-16.3, 6-29, 6-35, 6-35.03, 6-43, 6-50,
 7    6-50.2, and 6-50.3 as follows:

 8        (10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
 9        Sec.  4-6.  For  the  purpose of registering voters under
10    this Article in addition to the method provided for  precinct
11    registration  under  Section  4-7,  the  office of the county
12    clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday,  Sunday,  and
13    legal  holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
14    hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00  noon,
15    and  such additional hours as the county clerk may designate.
16    If, however, the county board otherwise  duly  regulates  and
17    fixes  the hours of opening and closing of all county offices
18    at the county seat  of  any  county,  such  regulation  shall
19    control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall
20    be  no  registration  at the office of the county clerk or at
21    the office of municipal and township or road district  clerks
22    serving  as deputy registrars during the 27 28 days preceding
23    any regular or special election at which the  cards  provided
24    in this Article are used, or until the 2nd day following such
25    regular  or  special election; provided, that if by reason of
26    the proximity of any such elections to one another the effect
27    of this provision would be to close registrations for all  or
28    any  part  of the 10 days immediately prior to such 27 28 day
29    period, the county clerk shall accept, solely for use in  the
30    subsequent and not in any intervening election, registrations
31    and transfers of registration within the period from the 27th
 
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 1    28th  to  the  38th  days,  both  inclusive,  prior  to  such
 2    subsequent  election; provided, further that at the office of
 3    such clerks registration shall be permitted on the  28th  day
 4    preceding  the election in November of even-numbered years in
 5    any county in which such day is not designated as  a  day  of
 6    precinct   registration.  In  any  election  called  for  the
 7    submission  of  the  revision  or  alteration  of,   or   the
 8    amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional
 9    Convention,  the  final day for registration at the office of
10    the election authority  charged  with  the  printing  of  the
11    ballot  of  this  election shall be the 15th day prior to the
12    date of election.
13        Any qualified person residing within the  county  or  any
14    portion  thereof  subject  to  this  Article  may register or
15    re-register with the county clerk.
16        Each county clerk shall appoint one or more  registration
17    or  re-registration  teams  for  the purpose of accepting the
18    registration or re-registration of any  voter  who  files  an
19    affidavit  that  he  is  physically  unable  to appear at any
20    appointed place of registration or re-registration. Each team
21    shall consist of one member of each  political  party  having
22    the highest and second highest number of registered voters in
23    the  county. The county clerk shall designate a team to visit
24    each disabled person and shall  accept  the  registration  or
25    re-registration  of each such person as if he had applied for
26    registration or re-registration at the office of  the  county
27    clerk.
28        As   used   in  this  Article,  "deputy  registrars"  and
29    "registration officers" mean any person authorized to  accept
30    registrations of electors under this Article.
31    (Source: P.A. 83-1059.)

32        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
33        Sec.  4-6.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall  appoint all
 
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 1    municipal and township or road district clerks or their  duly
 2    authorized  deputies  as deputy registrars who may accept the
 3    registration of all qualified residents of  their  respective
 4    municipalities,   townships  and  road  districts.  A  deputy
 5    registrar serving as such  by  virtue  of  his  status  as  a
 6    municipal  clerk,  or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
 7    clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in  more
 8    than  one county may accept the registration of any qualified
 9    resident of the municipality, regardless of which county  the
10    resident,  municipal  clerk  or the duly authorized deputy of
11    the municipal clerk lives in.
12        The   county   clerk   shall   appoint    all    precinct
13    committeepersons  in  the county as deputy registrars who may
14    accept the registration of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
15    county, except during the 27 28 days preceding an election.
16        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
17    a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
18    located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
19    designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
20    State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
21    residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
22    examination stations.  The appointment of  employees  of  the
23    Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
24    manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
25    Code.
26        The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  each of the following
27    named persons as deputy registrars upon the  written  request
28    of such persons:
29             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
30        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
31        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
32        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
33        county, at such library.
34             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
 
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 1        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
 2        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
 3        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
 4        qualified resident of the county,  at  such  school.  The
 5        county   clerk   shall   notify   every   principal   and
 6        vice-principal  of  each  high school, elementary school,
 7        and  vocational  school  situated  within  the   election
 8        jurisdiction  of  their  eligibility  to  serve as deputy
 9        registrars and offer  training  courses  for  service  as
10        deputy  registrars  at conveniently located facilities at
11        least 4 months prior to every election.
12             3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
13        by  the  president, of any university, college, community
14        college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
15        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
16        the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
17        university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
18        institution.
19             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
20        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
21        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
22        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
23        county.
24             5.  A  duly  elected  or  appointed  official  of  a
25        bonafide   State   civic  organization,  as  defined  and
26        determined by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or
27        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
28        accept the registration of any qualified resident of  the
29        county.  In  determining  the number of deputy registrars
30        that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall  consider
31        the  population  of  the  jurisdiction,  the  size of the
32        organization, the geographic size  of  the  jurisdiction,
33        convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
34        registrars  in  the  jurisdiction and their location, the
 
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 1        registration activities of the organization and the  need
 2        to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
 3        registration  of non-English speaking individuals.  In no
 4        event shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary  number
 5        applicable   to   every   civic  organization  requesting
 6        appointment of its  members  as  deputy  registrars.  The
 7        State  Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide for
 8        certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
 9        appointments shall be made for a period not to  exceed  2
10        years, terminating on the first business day of the month
11        following the month of the general election, and shall be
12        valid  for  all periods of voter registration as provided
13        by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
14             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
15        Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
16        designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
17        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
18        resident of the county at any such public aid office.
19             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
20        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
21        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
22        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
23        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
24             8.  The president of any corporation as  defined  by
25        the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
26        number of employees designated by such president, who may
27        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
28        county.
29        If the request to be appointed  as  deputy  registrar  is
30    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
31    the  request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
32    organization with written notice setting forth  the  specific
33    reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the request to be
34    appointed as deputy registrar.
 
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 1        The county clerk may appoint as  many  additional  deputy
 2    registrars  as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
 3    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
 4    the  convenience  of  the  public  is  served,   giving   due
 5    consideration  to  both  population  concentration  and area.
 6    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
 7    that there are an equal number  from  each  of  the  2  major
 8    political  parties  in the election jurisdiction.  The county
 9    clerk, in appointing an additional  deputy  registrar,  shall
10    make  the  appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
11    the  Chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee   of   the
12    applicant's  political party.  A Chairman of a County Central
13    Committee shall submit a list of  applicants  to  the  county
14    clerk  by  November  30  of  each year.  The county clerk may
15    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
16    supplemental list of applicants.
17        Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
18    other  than  the  27 28 day period preceding an election. All
19    persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
20    voters  within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
21    following oath or affirmation:
22        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
23    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
24    Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
25    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office of deputy
26    registrar to the best of my ability and that I will  register
27    no  person  nor  cause  the registration of any person except
28    upon his personal application before me.
29                                     ............................
30                                    (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
31        This oath shall be administered by the county  clerk,  or
32    by  one  of  his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
33    acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter  be
34    filed with the county clerk.
 
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 1        Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
 2    except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
 3    commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
 4    each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
 5    appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
 6    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
 7    be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the county
 8    convention following the general primary at which  they  were
 9    elected.   The  county  clerk  shall  issue  a certificate of
10    appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
11    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
12    appointees.
13        (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
14    all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
15    at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
16    county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
17    responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
18    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
19    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
20    removal for cause.
21        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
22    of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
23    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
24    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
25    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
26    and  28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
27    the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
28    48 hours after receipt thereof.  The  completed  registration
29    materials  received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
30    day preceding an election shall be  returned  by  the  deputy
31    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
32    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
33    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
34    next working day following the close of registration.
 
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 1        (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
 2    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
 3    registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding  12
 4    month period.
 5        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
 6    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
 7    performance of his or her duties.
 8        (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
 9    liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
10    Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
11    the county clerk.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

13        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
14        Sec.  4-6.3.   The county clerk may establish a temporary
15    place of registration for such times and  at  such  locations
16    within  the  county as the county clerk may select.  However,
17    no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
18    the 27 28 days preceding an election.  Notice of the time and
19    place of registration under this Section shall  be  published
20    by   the  county  clerk  in  a  newspaper  having  a  general
21    circulation in the county not less than 3 nor  more  than  15
22    days before the holding of such registration.
23        Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
24    that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
25    public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
26    of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
27    units.   Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
28    registration include, but  are  not  limited  to,  facilities
29    licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
30    Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
31    districts, public buildings and county fairs.
32        Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
33    the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
 
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 1    population or fraction thereof in the county.
 2        All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
 3    deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed  pursuant
 4    to Section 4-6.2.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-873; 86-1028.)

 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,
32    congressional township and range number may be used, or  such
33    other  description as may be necessary, including post-office
 
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 1    mailing address. In the case of a  homeless  individual,  the
 2    individual's  voting  residence  that  is  his or her mailing
 3    address shall be included on his or her  registration  record
 4    card.
 5        Term  of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
 6    This information shall be furnished by the applicant  stating
 7    the  place  or  places  where he resided and the dates during
 8    which he resided in such place or places during the year next
 9    preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
10        Nativity.  The state or country in  which  the  applicant
11    was born.
12        Citizenship.   Whether  the  applicant  is native born or
13    naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place,  and  date  of
14    naturalization.
15        Date  of  application  for  registration,  i.e., the day,
16    month  and  year  when  applicant   presented   himself   for
17    registration.
18        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
19        Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
20    of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
21        The  county  and  state  in  which the applicant was last
22    registered.
23        Signature   of   voter.    The   applicant,   after   the
24    registration and in the presence of  a  deputy  registrar  or
25    other  officer  of registration shall be required to sign his
26    or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original  and
27    duplicate registration record cards.
28        Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
29        In  case  applicant  is  unable  to sign his name, he may
30    affix his mark to the affidavit. In  such  case  the  officer
31    empowered  to  give  the  registration  oath  shall  write  a
32    detailed  description  of the applicant in the space provided
33    on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and  shall
34    ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
 
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 1        Father's first name.
 2        Mother's first name.
 3        From what address did the applicant last register?
 4        Reason for inability to sign name.
 5        Each  applicant  for registration shall make an affidavit
 6    in substantially the following form:
 7                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
 8    STATE OF ILLINOIS
 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 and that I intend that
14    this  location  shall  be  my  residence;  that  I  am  fully
15    qualified to vote, 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 precincts, and may be serially  or  otherwise  marked  for
27    identification  in  such  manner  as  the  county  clerk  may
28    determine.
29        The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
30    shall  be  open  to inspection during regular business hours,
31    except during  the  27  28  days  immediately  preceding  any
32    election.  On written request of any candidate or objector or
33    any person intending to object to a  petition,  the  election
34    authority   shall   extend   its   hours  for  inspection  of
 
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 1    registration  cards  and  other  records  of   the   election
 2    authority  during  the  period  beginning  with the filing of
 3    petitions  under  Sections  7-10,  8-8,  10-6  or  28-3   and
 4    continuing   through   the  termination  of  electoral  board
 5    hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
 6    of registered voters in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  election
 7    authority.   The  extension  shall  be  for a period of hours
 8    sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for  examination  of
 9    the  records  but  the  election authority is not required to
10    extend its hours beyond the period beginning  at  its  normal
11    opening for business and ending at midnight.  If the business
12    hours  are  so  extended, the election authority shall post a
13    public notice of such  extended  hours.  Registration  record
14    cards  may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in
15    charge of the  cards,  during  the  27  28  days  immediately
16    preceding  any election. Registration record cards shall also
17    be open to inspection by certified judges and  poll  watchers
18    and  challengers  at  the  polling place on election day, but
19    only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
20    right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election.
21    At no time shall poll watchers or challengers be  allowed  to
22    physically handle the registration record cards.
23        Updated  copies  of  computer  tapes or computer discs or
24    other electronic data processing information containing voter
25    registration information shall be  furnished  by  the  county
26    clerk  within  10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
27    and within 10 days after each registration period  is  closed
28    to  the  State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
29    Board. For the  purposes  of  this  Section,  a  registration
30    period is closed 27 28 days before the date of any regular or
31    special election. Registration information shall include, but
32    not  be  limited  to,  the following information:  name, sex,
33    residence, telephone number, if any, age, party  affiliation,
34    if   applicable,   precinct,   ward,  township,  county,  and
 
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 1    representative, legislative and congressional districts.   In
 2    the  event  of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
 3    directed   to   obtain   compliance   forthwith   with   this
 4    nondiscretionary  duty   of   the   election   authority   by
 5    instituting  legal  proceedings  in  the circuit court of the
 6    county  in  which  the  election  authority   maintains   the
 7    registration  information.   The  costs of furnishing updated
 8    copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate  of  $.00034
 9    per  name  of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
10    but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
11    appropriations made to  the  State  Board  of  Elections  for
12    reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
13    Board  shall  furnish  copies  of  such  tapes,  discs, other
14    electronic data or compilations thereof  to  state  political
15    committees  registered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Campaign
16    Finance  Act  or  the  Federal Election Campaign Act at their
17    request and at a reasonable cost.  Copies of the tapes, discs
18    or other electronic data shall be  furnished  by  the  county
19    clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
20    reasonable  cost.   Reasonable  cost  of the tapes, discs, et
21    cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
22    15%  for  administration.   The  individual  representing   a
23    political  committee  requesting  copies  of such tapes shall
24    make a sworn affidavit that the  information  shall  be  used
25    only  for  bona  fide political purposes, including by or for
26    candidates for  office  or  incumbent  office  holders.  Such
27    tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
28    any  circumstances  by any political committee or individuals
29    for 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. (or)
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 ............................
28    Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby  authorize
29    you to cancel said registration in your office.
30    Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
31                                .................................
32                                             (Signature of Voter)
33    Attest: ................,  County Clerk, .............
34    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; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)

 7        (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
 8        Sec. 4-8.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design a
 9    registration record card which, except as otherwise  provided
10    in  this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
11    authorities in the State, except those  election  authorities
12    adopting  a computer-based voter registration file authorized
13    under Section 4-33.  The Board shall prescribe the  form  and
14    specifications,  including  but  not limited to the weight of
15    paper, color and print of  such  cards.    Such  cards  shall
16    contain  boxes  or  spaces for the information required under
17    Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards
18    shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's  social
19    security  number,  which  shall  be  required  to  the extent
20    allowed by law but in no case  shall  the  applicant  provide
21    fewer  than  the last 4 digits of the social security number,
22    and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
23        Except  for  those  election   authorities   adopting   a
24    computer-based   voter  registration  file  authorized  under
25    Section  4-33,  the  original  and  duplicate   cards   shall
26    respectively  constitute  the master file and precinct binder
27    registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given  to
28    the  applicant  upon completion of his or her registration or
29    completed transfer of registration.
30        Whenever a voter moves to  another  precinct  within  the
31    same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
32    jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
33    registration  by  presenting  his or her copy to the election
 
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 1    authority or a deputy registrar.  If such  voter  is  not  in
 2    possession  of  or  has  lost  his or her copy, he or she may
 3    effect a transfer of registration by executing  an  Affidavit
 4    of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
 5        In  the  case  of  a  transfer  of  registration to a new
 6    election jurisdiction, the election authority shall  transmit
 7    the  voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
 8    of the voter's  former  election  jurisdiction,  which  shall
 9    immediately  cause  the  transmission of the voter's previous
10    registration card to the voter's new election  authority.  No
11    transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
12    be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
13    notification.
14        Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
15    record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
16    Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
17    after  the  receipt  thereof,  except  that  such  copies  or
18    Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
19    by  the  deputy registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day
20    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
21    registrars to the election authority within  48  hours  after
22    receipt.  The  deputy  registrars  shall return the copies or
23    Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
24    by  them  on  the  28th 29th day preceding an election to the
25    election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)

27        (10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
28        Sec. 4-10.  Except as herein provided, no person shall be
29    registered, unless he applies in  person  to  a  registration
30    officer,  answers  such relevant questions as may be asked of
31    him by the registration officer, and executes  the  affidavit
32    of  registration.  The registration officer shall require the
33    applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and  except
 
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 1    in  the  case  of  a  homeless  individual, one of which must
 2    include  his  or  her  residence  address.   These  forms  of
 3    identification shall include, but not be limited to,  any  of
 4    the following: driver's license, social security card, public
 5    aid  identification  card,  utility bill, employee or student
 6    identification card,  credit  card,  or  a  civic,  union  or
 7    professional  association  membership card.  The registration
 8    officer  shall  require  a  homeless  individual  to  furnish
 9    evidence of his or her use of  the  mailing  address  stated.
10    This  use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to
11    that  individual  and  received  at  that  address  or  by  a
12    statement from  a  person  authorizing  use  of  the  mailing
13    address.    The   registration  officer  shall  require  each
14    applicant for registration to read or have read  to  him  the
15    affidavit  of  registration  before permitting him to execute
16    the affidavit.
17        One of the registration officers or a deputy registration
18    officer, county clerk, or clerk in the office of  the  county
19    clerk,  shall  administer to all persons who shall personally
20    apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
21        "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that  you  will  fully
22    and  truly  answer  all such questions as shall be put to you
23    touching your name, place of residence, place of birth,  your
24    qualifications  as  an  elector  and  your  right  as such to
25    register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
26        The registration officer shall satisfy himself that  each
27    applicant  for  registration  is qualified to register before
28    registering him.  If the registration officer has  reason  to
29    believe  that  the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
30    Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or  certified
31    pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the following question
32    shall  be  put,  "When  you  entered  the  home which is your
33    present address, was it your bona fide intention to become  a
34    resident thereof?"  Any voter of a township, city, village or
 
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 1    incorporated  town  in which such applicant resides, shall be
 2    permitted  to  be  present  at  the  place  of  any  precinct
 3    registration and  shall  have  the  right  to  challenge  any
 4    applicant who applies to be registered.
 5        In  case  the officer is not satisfied that the applicant
 6    is qualified he shall  forthwith  notify  such  applicant  in
 7    writing  to  appear  before  the county clerk to complete his
 8    registration.  Upon the  card  of  such  applicant  shall  be
 9    written  the word "incomplete" and no such applicant shall be
10    permitted to vote unless such registration is  satisfactorily
11    completed  as hereinafter provided.  No registration shall be
12    taken and marked as incomplete if information to complete  it
13    can be furnished on the date of the original application.
14        Any  person  claiming  to  be  an elector in any election
15    precinct and whose registration card is  marked  "Incomplete"
16    may  make  and sign an application in writing, under oath, to
17    the county clerk in substance in the following form:
18        "I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on  (insert  date)
19    make  application  to  the  board  of  registry  of  the ....
20    precinct of the township of .... (or to the county  clerk  of
21    .... county) and that said board or clerk refused to complete
22    my  registration as a qualified voter in said precinct.  That
23    I reside in said precinct, that I intend to  reside  in  said
24    precinct,  and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and
25    am entitled to be registered to vote in said precinct at  the
26    next election.
27    (Signature of applicant) ............................."

28        All  such  applications  shall be presented to the county
29    clerk  or  to  his  duly  authorized  representative  by  the
30    applicant, in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and  5:00
31    p.m.  on  any  day  after the days on which the 1969 and 1970
32    precinct re-registrations are held but not on any day  within
33    27  28  days  preceding  the  ensuing  general  election  and
34    thereafter  for  the registration provided in Section 4-7 all
 
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 1    such applications shall be presented to the county  clerk  or
 2    his duly authorized representative by the applicant in person
 3    between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior
 4    to  27  28 days preceding the ensuing general election.  Such
 5    application shall be heard by the county clerk  or  his  duly
 6    authorized  representative  at  the  time  the application is
 7    presented.  If the applicant for registration has  registered
 8    with  the  county clerk, such application may be presented to
 9    and heard by the county  clerk  or  by  his  duly  authorized
10    representative  upon the dates specified above or at any time
11    prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
12        Any otherwise qualified person who  is  absent  from  his
13    county  of  residence  either  due  to business of the United
14    States or because he is temporarily outside  the  territorial
15    limits  of the United States may become registered by mailing
16    an application to the county  clerk  within  the  periods  of
17    registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
18    application  for absentee registration and absentee ballot as
19    provided in Article 20 of this Code.
20        Upon receipt of such application the county  clerk  shall
21    immediately  mail  an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
22    which affidavit shall contain the following  and  such  other
23    information  as  the  State  Board  of Elections may think it
24    proper to require for the identification of the applicant:
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, and such additional clear and
31    definite  description  as  may  be necessary to determine the
32    exact location of the dwelling of the applicant.   Where  the
33    location  cannot be determined by street and number, then the
34    Section, congressional township and range number may be used,
 
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 1    or such other information as may be necessary, including post
 2    office mailing address.
 3        Term of residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the
 4    precinct.
 5        Nativity.   The  State  or country in which the applicant
 6    was born.
 7        Citizenship.  Whether the applicant  is  native  born  or
 8    naturalized.  If  naturalized,  the  court, place and date of
 9    naturalization.
10        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
11        Out of State address of ..........................
12                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
13    State of ...........)
14                        )ss
15    County of ..........)
16        I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am  a  citizen  of  the
17    United  States;  that on the day of the next election I shall
18    have resided in the State of Illinois  and  in  the  election
19    precinct  30  days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
20    am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
21    that I intend to remain a resident of the State  of  Illinois
22    and  of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
23    State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
24                                   ..............................
25                                   (His or her signature or mark)
26        Subscribed and sworn to before me, an  officer  qualified
27    to administer oaths, on (insert date).
28                         ........................................
29                         Signature of officer administering oath.
30        Upon  receipt  of  the  executed  duplicate  affidavit of
31    Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
32    contained thereon to duplicate  Registration  Cards  provided
33    for in Section 4-8 of this Article and shall attach thereto a
34    copy  of  each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
 
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 1    thereafter  such  registration  card  and   affidavit   shall
 2    constitute  the registration of such person the same as if he
 3    had applied for registration in person.
 4    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 5        (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
 6        Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence
 7    from one address to another within the  same  county  wherein
 8    this   Article  is  in  effect,  may  have  his  registration
 9    transferred to his new  address  by  making  and  signing  an
10    application for change of residence address upon a form to be
11    provided  by  the county clerk. Such application must be made
12    to the office of the county clerk and may be made  either  in
13    person  or  by mail. In case the person is unable to sign his
14    name, the county clerk  shall  require  him  to  execute  the
15    application  in  the  presence  of the county clerk or of his
16    properly authorized  representative,  by  his  mark,  and  if
17    satisfied  of  the  identity  of the person, the county clerk
18    shall make the transfer.
19        Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one
20    of his employees deputized to take registrations shall  cause
21    the  signature  of  the voter and the data appearing upon the
22    application to be compared with the signature and data on the
23    registration  record  card,  and  if  it  appears  that   the
24    applicant  is  the  same  person  as  the  person  previously
25    registered under that name the transfer shall be made.
26        No transfers of registration under the provisions of this
27    Section  shall  be  made  during the 27 28 days preceding any
28    election at which such voter would be entitled to vote.  When
29    a  removal of a registered voter takes place from one address
30    to another within the same precinct within  a  period  during
31    which  a  transfer  of registration cannot be made before any
32    election or primary,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  upon
33    presenting the judges of election his affidavit substantially
 
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 1    in  the  form  prescribed  in  Section 17-10 of this Act of a
 2    change of residence address within the  precinct  on  a  date
 3    therein specified.
 4        The  county  clerk  may  obtain  information from utility
 5    companies, city,  village,  incorporated  town  and  township
 6    records,  the  post  office, or from other sources, regarding
 7    the  removal  of  registered  voters,  and  may  treat   such
 8    information,  and  information  procured  from  his death and
 9    marriage records on file in his office, as an application  to
10    erase  from  the register any name concerning which he may so
11    have information that the voter is  no  longer  qualified  to
12    vote   under  the  name,  or  from  the  address  from  which
13    registered, and give notice thereof in the manner provided by
14    Section 4--12 of this Article, and  notify  voters  who  have
15    changed  their address that a transfer of registration may be
16    made in the manner provided in this Section enclosing a  form
17    therefor.
18        If  any person be registered by error in a precinct other
19    than that in which he resides, the county clerk may  transfer
20    his  registration to the proper precinct, and if the error is
21    or may be on the part of the registration officials,  and  is
22    disclosed  too late before an election or primary to mail the
23    certificate required by Section 4--15, such  certificate  may
24    be  personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon
25    as therein provided, but such certificates so issued shall be
26    specially listed with the reason for the issuance thereof.
27        Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
28    the county board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer
29    to the proper precinct the registration of any voter affected
30    by such revision or rearrangement of the precinct;  make  the
31    proper  notations  on  the  registration  cards  of  a  voter
32    affected  by  the  revision  or rearrangement and shall issue
33    revised certificates to each registrant of such change.
34        Any registered voter who  changes  his  or  her  name  by
 
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 1    marriage  or otherwise shall be required to register anew and
 2    authorize the cancellation of the previous registration;  but
 3    if  the  voter  still resides in the same precinct and if the
 4    change of name takes place within a  period  during  which  a
 5    transfer  of  registration  cannot  be  made,  preceding  any
 6    election or primary, the elector may, if otherwise qualified,
 7    vote  upon  making  an  affidavit  substantially  in the form
 8    prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act.
 9        The precinct  election  officials  shall  report  to  the
10    county  clerk the names and addresses of all persons who have
11    changed their addresses and voted, which shall be treated  as
12    an  application  to change address accordingly, and the names
13    and addresses of all persons otherwise voting by affidavit as
14    in this Section  provided,  which  shall  be  treated  as  an
15    application to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
16    (Source: P.A. 83-999.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)
18        Sec.  5-5.   For  the purpose of registering voters under
19    this Article 5,  in  addition  to  the  method  provided  for
20    precinct  registration  under  Sections  5-6 and 5-17 of this
21    Article 5, the office of  the  county  clerk  shall  be  open
22    between  9:00  a.  m.  and  5:00  p.  m.  on  all days except
23    Saturday,  Sunday  and  holidays,  but  there  shall  be   no
24    registration  at  such  office during the 35 days immediately
25    preceding any election required to be held under the law  but
26    if  no  precinct registration is being conducted prior to any
27    election then registration may be taken in the office of  the
28    county  clerk  up to and including the 28th 29th day prior to
29    an election. On Saturdays, the hours of registration shall be
30    from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. noon. During such 35 or 27  28
31    day   period,   registration   of   electors   of   political
32    subdivisions  wherein  a  regular,  or  special  election  is
33    required  to be held shall cease and shall not be resumed for
 
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 1    the registration of electors of such  political  subdivisions
 2    until  the  second day following the day of such election. In
 3    any election called for the submission  of  the  revision  or
 4    alteration   of,  or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,
 5    submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final  day  for
 6    registration  at the office of the election authority charged
 7    with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
 8    15th day prior to the date of the election.
 9        Each county  clerk  shall  appoint  one  deputy  for  the
10    purpose  of accepting the registration of any voter who files
11    an affidavit that he is physically unable to  appear  at  any
12    appointed  place  of  registration.  The  county  clerk shall
13    designate a deputy to visit each disabled  person  and  shall
14    accept  the  registration  of  each  such person as if he had
15    applied for registration at the office of the county clerk.
16        The offices of city, village, incorporated town and  town
17    clerks  shall  also  be  open  for the purpose of registering
18    voters residing in the territory in which this Article is  in
19    effect,   and   also,  in  the  case  of  city,  village  and
20    incorporated town clerks,  for  the  purpose  of  registering
21    voters  residing  in  a  portion  of  the  city,  village  or
22    incorporated  town not located within the county, on all days
23    on which the office of the  county  clerk  is  open  for  the
24    registration of voters of such cities, villages, incorporated
25    towns and townships.
26    (Source: P.A. 84-762.)

27        (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
28        Sec.  5-7.  The  county  clerk shall provide a sufficient
29    number of blank forms for the registration of electors  which
30    shall  be  known as registration record cards and which shall
31    consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of  suitable  size  to
32    contain  in  plain  writing  and figures the data hereinafter
33    required thereon  or  shall  consist  of  computer  cards  of
 
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 1    suitable  nature  to  contain the data required thereon.  The
 2    registration record cards, which shall include  an  affidavit
 3    of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
 4    duplicate.
 5        The  registration record card shall contain the following
 6    and such other information as the county clerk may  think  it
 7    proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
 8    registration:
 9        Name.   The  name  of  the  applicant, giving surname and
10    first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
11    initial for such middle name, if any.
12        Sex.
13        Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or
14    other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
15    or  room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
16    lot  number,  and  such   additional   clear   and   definite
17    description  as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the exact
18    location  of  the  dwelling  of  the   applicant,   including
19    post-office  mailing  address.  In  the  case  of  a homeless
20    individual, the individual's voting residence that is his  or
21    her   mailing  address  shall  be  included  on  his  or  her
22    registration record card.
23        Term of residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the
24    precinct.   Which  questions may be answered by the applicant
25    stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in  excess  of
26    30 days in the precinct.
27        Nativity.   The  State  or country in which the applicant
28    was born.
29        Citizenship.  Whether the applicant  is  native  born  or
30    naturalized.  If  naturalized,  the  court, place and date of
31    naturalization.
32        Date of application  for  registration,  i.e.,  the  day,
33    month   and   year   when  applicant  presented  himself  for
34    registration.
 
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 1        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
 2        Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
 3    of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
 4        The county and state in  which  the  applicant  was  last
 5    registered.
 6        Signature   of   voter.    The   applicant,   after   the
 7    registration  and  in  the  presence of a deputy registrar or
 8    other officer of registration shall be required to  sign  his
 9    or  her  name  in  ink  to  the affidavit on the original and
10    duplicate registration record card.
11        Signature of Deputy Registrar.
12        In case applicant is unable to  sign  his  name,  he  may
13    affix  his  mark  to the affidavit.  In such case the officer
14    empowered  to  give  the  registration  oath  shall  write  a
15    detailed description of the applicant in the  space  provided
16    at  the  bottom  of  the  card  or  sheet;  and shall ask the
17    following questions and record the answers thereto:
18        Father's first name .......................
19        Mother's first name .......................
20        From what address did you last register?
21        Reason for inability to sign name.
22        Each applicant for registration shall make  an  affidavit
23    in substantially the following form:
24                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
25    State of Illinois)
26                     )ss
27    County of        )
28        I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
29    United States; that on the date of the next election I  shall
30    have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
31    precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
32    to vote.  That I  intend  that  this  location  shall  be  my
33    residence and that the above statements are true.
34                                   ..............................
 
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 1                                   (His or her signature or mark)
 2        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
 3    .........................................
 4        Signature of Registration Officer.
 5    (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)

 6        Space   shall   be   provided   upon  the  face  of  each
 7    registration record card  for  the  notation  of  the  voting
 8    record of the person registered thereon.
 9        Each registration record card shall be numbered according
10    to  towns  and  precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
11    case may be, and may be  serially  or  otherwise  marked  for
12    identification  in  such  manner  as  the  county  clerk  may
13    determine.
14        The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
15    shall  be  open  to inspection during regular business hours,
16    except during  the  27  28  days  immediately  preceding  any
17    election.  On written request of any candidate or objector or
18    any person intending to object to a  petition,  the  election
19    authority   shall   extend   its   hours  for  inspection  of
20    registration  cards  and  other  records  of   the   election
21    authority  during  the  period  beginning  with the filing of
22    petitions  under  Sections  7-10,  8-8,  10-6  or  28-3   and
23    continuing   through   the  termination  of  electoral  board
24    hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
25    of registered voters in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  election
26    authority.  The  extension  shall  be  for  a period of hours
27    sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for  examination  of
28    the  records  but  the  election authority is not required to
29    extend its hours beyond the period beginning  at  its  normal
30    opening  for business and ending at midnight. If the business
31    hours are so extended, the election authority  shall  post  a
32    public  notice  of  such  extended hours. Registration record
33    cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer  in
34    charge  of  the  cards,  during  the  27  28 days immediately
 
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 1    preceding any election. Registration record cards shall  also
 2    be  open  to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
 3    and challengers at the polling place  on  election  day,  but
 4    only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
 5    right of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election.
 6    At  no  time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
 7    physically handle the registration record cards.
 8        Updated copies of computer tapes  or  computer  discs  or
 9    other electronic data processing information containing voter
10    registration  information  shall  be  furnished by the county
11    clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15  each  year
12    and  within  10 days after each registration period is closed
13    to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed  by  the
14    Board.  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section, a registration
15    period is closed 27 28 days before the date of any regular or
16    special election. Registration information shall include, but
17    not be limited to,  the  following  information:  name,  sex,
18    residence,  telephone number, if any, age, party affiliation,
19    if  applicable,  precinct,  ward,   township,   county,   and
20    representative,  legislative and congressional districts.  In
21    the event of noncompliance, the State Board of  Elections  is
22    directed   to   obtain   compliance   forthwith   with   this
23    nondiscretionary   duty   of   the   election   authority  by
24    instituting legal proceedings in the  circuit  court  of  the
25    county   in   which  the  election  authority  maintains  the
26    registration information.  The costs  of  furnishing  updated
27    copies  of  tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
28    per name of registered voters in the  election  jurisdiction,
29    but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
30    appropriations  made  to  the  State  Board  of Elections for
31    reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
32    Board shall  furnish  copies  of  such  tapes,  discs,  other
33    electronic  data  or  compilations thereof to state political
34    committees  registered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Campaign
 
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 1    Finance Act or the Federal Election  Campaign  Act  at  their
 2    request and at a reasonable cost.  Copies of the tapes, discs
 3    or  other  electronic  data  shall be furnished by the county
 4    clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
 5    reasonable cost.  Reasonable cost of  the  tapes,  discs,  et
 6    cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
 7    15%   for  administration.   The  individual  representing  a
 8    political committee requesting copies  of  such  tapes  shall
 9    make  a  sworn  affidavit  that the information shall be used
10    only for bona fide political purposes, including  by  or  for
11    candidates  for  office  or  incumbent  office  holders. Such
12    tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
13    any circumstances by any political committee  or  individuals
14    for  purposes  of  commercial  solicitation or other business
15    purposes.   If  such  tapes  contain  information  on  county
16    residents related to the operations of county  government  in
17    addition  to registration information, that information shall
18    not  be  used  under   any   circumstances   for   commercial
19    solicitation  or other business purposes.  The prohibition in
20    this Section against using the  computer  tapes  or  computer
21    discs   or   other  electronic  data  processing  information
22    containing voter registration  information  for  purposes  of
23    commercial  solicitation  or other business purposes shall be
24    prospective only from the effective date of this amended  Act
25    of  1979.    Any  person who violates this provision shall be
26    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
27        The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
28    1, 1987, such regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  ensure
29    uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
30    of  voter  registration  information.   The regulations shall
31    include, but need  not  be  limited  to,  specifications  for
32    uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
33    be  employed by the election authorities of this State in the
34    electronic data processing of voter registration information.
 
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 1    Each election authority utilizing electronic data  processing
 2    of  voter  registration  information  shall  comply with such
 3    regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
 4        If the applicant for registration was last registered  in
 5    another  county  within  this  State,  he  shall  also sign a
 6    certificate   authorizing   cancellation   of   the    former
 7    registration.  The  certificate shall be in substantially the
 8    following form:
 9    To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
10    Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
11        This is to certify that I am registered in your  (county)
12    (city) and that my residence was .....
13        Having  moved  out  of  your  (county)  (city),  I hereby
14    authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
15    Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
16                                             ....................
17                                             (Signature of Voter)
18          Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
19        The cancellation certificate shall be mailed  immediately
20    by  the  county  clerk  to  the  county  clerk  (or  election
21    commission  as  the  case  may  be)  where  the applicant was
22    formerly registered. Receipt of  such  certificate  shall  be
23    full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
24    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)

25        (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
26        Sec. 5-7.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design a
27    registration  record card which, except as otherwise provided
28    in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all  election
29    authorities  in  the State, except those election authorities
30    adopting a computer-based voter registration file  authorized
31    under  Section  5-43.  The Board shall prescribe the form and
32    specifications, including but not limited to  the  weight  of
33    paper,  color  and  print  of  such  cards.  Such cards shall
 
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 1    contain boxes or spaces for the  information  required  under
 2    Sections  5-7  and  5-28.1  of this Code; provided, that such
 3    cards shall also contain a box or space for  the  applicant's
 4    social security number, which shall be required to the extent
 5    allowed  by  law  but  in no case shall the applicant provide
 6    fewer than the last 4 digits of the social  security  number,
 7    and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
 8        Except   for   those   election  authorities  adopting  a
 9    computer-based  voter  registration  file  authorized   under
10    Section   5-43,   the  original  and  duplicate  cards  shall
11    respectively constitute the master file and  precinct  binder
12    registration  records of the voter.  A copy shall be given to
13    the applicant upon completion of his or her  registration  or
14    completed transfer of registration.
15        Whenever  a  voter  moves  to another precinct within the
16    same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
17    jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
18    registration by presenting his or her copy  to  the  election
19    authority  or  a  deputy  registrar.  If such voter is not in
20    possession of or has lost his or her  copy,  he  or  she  may
21    effect  a  transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
22    of Cancellation of Previous Registration. In the  case  of  a
23    transfer  of registration to a new election jurisdiction, the
24    election authority shall transmit the voter's  copy  or  such
25    affidavit  to  the  election  authority of the voter's former
26    election jurisdiction,  which  shall  immediately  cause  the
27    transmission of the voter's previous registration card to the
28    voter's  new election authority.  No transfer of registration
29    to a new election jurisdiction shall be  complete  until  the
30    voter's old election authority receives notification.
31        Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
32    record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
33    Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
34    after  the  receipt  thereof,  except  that  such  copies  or
 
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 1    Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
 2    by  the  deputy registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day
 3    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
 4    registrars to the election authority within  48  hours  after
 5    receipt.   The  deputy  registrars shall return the copies or
 6    Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
 7    by  them  on  the  28th 29th day preceding an election to the
 8    election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)

10        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
11        Sec. 5-16.2.  (a) The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  all
12    municipal  and  township  clerks  or  their  duly  authorized
13    deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
14    of  all  qualified  residents of their respective counties. A
15    deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
16    municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of  a  municipal
17    clerk,  of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
18    than one county may accept the registration of any  qualified
19    resident  of any county in which the municipality is located,
20    regardless of which county the resident, municipal  clerk  or
21    the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
22        The    county    clerk   shall   appoint   all   precinct
23    committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars  who  may
24    accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified resident of the
25    county, except during the 27 28 days preceding an election.
26        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
27    a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
28    located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
29    designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
30    State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
31    residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
32    examination  stations.    The appointment of employees of the
33    Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
 
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 1    manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
 2    Code.
 3        The county clerk shall  appoint  each  of  the  following
 4    named  persons  as deputy registrars upon the written request
 5    of such persons:
 6             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
 7        designated by the chief librarian, of any public  library
 8        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 9        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
10        county, at such library.
11             2.  The  principal, or a qualified person designated
12        by the principal, of any high school, elementary  school,
13        or   vocational   school  situated  within  the  election
14        jurisdiction, who may accept  the  registrations  of  any
15        resident  of the county, at such school. The county clerk
16        shall notify every principal and vice-principal  of  each
17        high  school,  elementary  school,  and vocational school
18        situated  within  the  election  jurisdiction  of   their
19        eligibility  to  serve  as  deputy  registrars  and offer
20        training courses for  service  as  deputy  registrars  at
21        conveniently  located  facilities at least 4 months prior
22        to every election.
23             3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
24        by  the  president, of any university, college, community
25        college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
26        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
27        the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
28        university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
29        institution.
30             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
31        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
32        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
33        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
34        county.
 
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 1             5.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
 2        fide State civic organization, as defined and  determined
 3        by  rule  of  the  State Board of Elections, or qualified
 4        members designated by such official, who may  accept  the
 5        registration  of any qualified resident of the county. In
 6        determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
 7        appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
 8        of the jurisdiction, the size of  the  organization,  the
 9        geographic  size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
10        public, the existing number of deputy registrars  in  the
11        jurisdiction   and   their   location,  the  registration
12        activities of the organization and the  need  to  appoint
13        deputy   registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate  the
14        registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
15        event  shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary number
16        applicable  to  every   civic   organization   requesting
17        appointment  of  its  members  as  deputy registrars. The
18        State Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide  for
19        certification  of  bona  fide  State civic organizations.
20        Such appointments shall be  made  for  a  period  not  to
21        exceed  2 years, terminating on the first business day of
22        the month following the month of  the  general  election,
23        and  shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
24        as provided  by  this  Code  during  the  terms  of  such
25        appointments.
26             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
27        Public   Aid,   or   a  reasonable  number  of  employees
28        designated by the Director  and  located  at  public  aid
29        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
30        resident of the county at any such public aid office.
31             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
32        Employment  Security, or a reasonable number of employees
33        designated by the Director and  located  at  unemployment
34        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
 
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 1        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
 2             8.  The  president  of any corporation as defined by
 3        the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
 4        number of employees designated by such president, who may
 5        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 6        county.
 7        If  the  request  to  be appointed as deputy registrar is
 8    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
 9    the request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
10    organization  with  written notice setting forth the specific
11    reasons or criteria relied upon to deny  the  request  to  be
12    appointed as deputy registrar.
13        The  county  clerk  may appoint as many additional deputy
14    registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk  shall
15    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
16    the   convenience   of  the  public  is  served,  giving  due
17    consideration to  both  population  concentration  and  area.
18    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
19    that  there  are  an  equal  number  from each of the 2 major
20    political parties in the election jurisdiction.   The  county
21    clerk,  in  appointing  an additional deputy registrar, shall
22    make the appointment from a list of applicants  submitted  by
23    the   Chairman   of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the
24    applicant's political party.  A Chairman of a County  Central
25    Committee  shall  submit  a  list of applicants to the county
26    clerk by November 30 of each  year.   The  county  clerk  may
27    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
28    supplemental list of applicants.
29        Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
30    other than the 27 28 day period preceding  an  election.  All
31    persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
32    voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to  the
33    following oath or affirmation:
34        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
 
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 1    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
 2    Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
 3    faithfully discharge the  duties  of  the  office  of  deputy
 4    registrar  to the best of my ability and that I will register
 5    no person nor cause the registration  of  any  person  except
 6    upon his personal application before me.
 7                                  ...............................
 8                                 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
 9        This  oath  shall be administered by the county clerk, or
10    by one of his deputies, or by any person  qualified  to  take
11    acknowledgement  of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
12    filed with the county clerk.
13        Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
14    except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
15    commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
16    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
17    appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
18    general  election.   Appointments  of  precinct  committeemen
19    shall be for 2-year terms  commencing  on  the  date  of  the
20    county convention following the general primary at which they
21    were  elected.  The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
22    appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
23    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
24    appointees.
25        (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
26    all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
27    at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
28    county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
29    responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
30    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
31    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
32    removal for cause.
33        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
34    of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
 
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 1    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
 2    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
 3    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
 4    and  28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
 5    the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
 6    48 hours after receipt thereof.  The  completed  registration
 7    materials  received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
 8    day preceding an election shall be  returned  by  the  deputy
 9    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
10    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
11    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
12    next working day following the close of registration.
13        (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
14    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
15    registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding  12
16    month period.
17        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
18    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
19    performance of his or her duties.
20        (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
21    liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
22    Such  deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
23    the county clerk.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

25        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3)
26        Sec. 5-16.3.  The county clerk  may  establish  temporary
27    places  of  registration for such times and at such locations
28    within the county as the county clerk may  select.   However,
29    no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
30    the    27  28 days preceding an election.  Notice of time and
31    place  of  registration  at  any  such  temporary  place   of
32    registration  under  this  Section  shall be published by the
33    county clerk in a newspaper having a general  circulation  in
 
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 1    the  county  not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the
 2    holding of such registration.
 3        Temporary places of registration shall be established  so
 4    that  the  areas of concentration of population or use by the
 5    public are served, whether by facilities provided  in  places
 6    of  private  business  or  in  public  buildings or in mobile
 7    units. Areas which may be designated as temporary  places  of
 8    registration  include,  but  are  not  limited to, facilities
 9    licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care  Act,
10    Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers, business
11    districts, public buildings and county fairs.
12        Temporary places of registration shall  be  available  to
13    the  public  not  less  than  2 hours per year for each 1,000
14    population or fraction thereof in the county.
15        All temporary places of registration shall be  manned  by
16    deputy  county clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant
17    to Section 5-16.2.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1028.)

19        (10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
20        Sec. 6-29. For the purpose of  registering  voters  under
21    this   Article,   the   office   of  the  Board  of  Election
22    Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
23    each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock  noon  on  the  last
24    four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
25    registration preceding each election, and such other days and
26    such  other  times  as the board may direct. During the 27 28
27    days immediately preceding any election  there  shall  be  no
28    registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election
29    Commissioners  in  cities, villages and incorporated towns of
30    fewer than 200,000  inhabitants.   In  cities,  villages  and
31    incorporated  towns  of  200,000  or  more inhabitants, there
32    shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board
33    of Election Commissioners  during  the  35  days  immediately
 
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 1    preceding  any election; provided, however, where no precinct
 2    registration is being conducted prior to  any  election  then
 3    registration  may  be  taken in the office of the Board up to
 4    and including the 28th 29th day prior to such election.   The
 5    Board  of  Election Commissioners may set up and establish as
 6    many branch offices for the purpose of  taking  registrations
 7    as  it may deem necessary, and the branch offices may be open
 8    on any or all dates and hours during which registrations  may
 9    be  taken  in  the main office. All officers and employees of
10    the Board of Election Commissioners  who  are  authorized  by
11    such  board to take registrations under this Article shall be
12    considered officers  of  the  circuit  court,  and  shall  be
13    subject to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of
14    this Act with respect to judges of election.
15        In any election called for the submission of the revision
16    or  alteration  of,  or  the  amendments to the Constitution,
17    submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final  day  for
18    registration  at the office of the election authority charged
19    with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
20    15th day prior to the date of election.
21        The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one  or
22    more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
23    each  team,  for the purpose of accepting the registration of
24    any voter who files  an  affidavit,  within  the  period  for
25    taking registrations provided for in this article, that he is
26    physically  unable to appear at the office of the Board or at
27    any appointed place of registration.  On the day or days when
28    a precinct registration is being conducted such  teams  shall
29    consist  of  one  member from each of the 2 leading political
30    parties who are serving on the Precinct  Registration  Board.
31    Each  team so designated shall visit each disabled person and
32    shall accept the registration of such person the same  as  if
33    he had applied for registration in person.
34        Any  otherwise  qualified  person  who is absent from his
 
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 1    county of residence due to business of the United States,  or
 2    who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
 3    the  United States, may make application to become registered
 4    by mail to the Board of  Election  Commissioners  within  the
 5    periods  for  registration provided for in this Article or by
 6    simultaneous  application  for  absentee   registration   and
 7    absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of this Code.
 8        Upon  receipt  of  such application the Board of Election
 9    Commissioners  shall  immediately  mail   an   affidavit   of
10    registration  in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain the
11    following and such other information as the  State  Board  of
12    Elections   may   think   it   proper   to  require  for  the
13    identification of the applicant:
14        Name.  The name of  the  applicant,  giving  surname  and
15    first  or  Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
16    initial 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, and such additional clear and
20    definite  description  as  may  be necessary to determine the
21    exact location of the dwelling of the applicant.   Where  the
22    location  cannot be determined by street and number, then the
23    section, congressional township and range number may be used,
24    or such other information as may be necessary, including post
25    office mailing address.
26        Term of residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the
27    precinct.
28        Nativity.   The  state  or country in which the applicant
29    was born.
30        Citizenship.  Whether the applicant  is  native  born  or
31    naturalized.  If  naturalized,  the  court, place and date of
32    naturalization.
33        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
34        Out of State address of ..................
 
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 1                        AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
 2    State of .........)
 3                      ) ss.
 4    County of ........)
 5        I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am  a  citizen  of  the
 6    United  States;  that on the day of the next election I shall
 7    have resided in the State of Illinois  and  in  the  election
 8    precinct  30  days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
 9    am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
10    that I intend to remain a resident of the State of  Illinois,
11    and  of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
12    State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
13                                   ..............................
14                                   (His or her signature or mark)
15        Subscribed and sworn to before me, an  officer  qualified
16    to administer oaths, on (insert date).
17                         ........................................
18                         Signature of officer administering oath.
19        Upon  receipt  of  the  executed  duplicate  affidavit of
20    Registration,  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  shall
21    transfer  the  information  contained  thereon  to  duplicate
22    Registration Cards provided  for  in  Section  6-35  of  this
23    Article  and  shall  attach  thereto  a  copy  of each of the
24    duplicate  affidavit  of  registration  and  thereafter  such
25    registration  card  and  affidavit   shall   constitute   the
26    registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
27    registration in person.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

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
15    first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
16    initial 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
31    was 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
10    and 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 on (insert date).
 6    ......................................
 7        Signature of registration officer
 8    (to be signed in 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.
12        Each registration record card shall be numbered according
13    to  wards  or  precincts,  as  the  case  may  be, and may be
14    serially or  otherwise  marked  for  identification  in  such
15    manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
16        The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
17    shall  be  open  to inspection during regular business hours,
18    except during  the  27  28  days  immediately  preceding  any
19    election.  On written request of any candidate or objector or
20    any person intending to object to a  petition,  the  election
21    authority   shall   extend   its   hours  for  inspection  of
22    registration  cards  and  other  records  of   the   election
23    authority  during  the  period  beginning  with the filing of
24    petitions  under  Sections  7-10,  8-8,  10-6  or  28-3   and
25    continuing   through   the  termination  of  electoral  board
26    hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
27    of registered voters in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  election
28    authority.  The  extension  shall  be  for  a period of hours
29    sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for  examination  of
30    the  records  but  the  election authority is not required to
31    extend its hours beyond the period beginning  at  its  normal
32    opening  for business and ending at midnight. If the business
33    hours are so extended, the election authority  shall  post  a
34    public  notice  of  such  extended hours. Registration record
 
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 1    cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer  in
 2    charge  of  the  cards,  during  the  27  28 days immediately
 3    preceding any election. Registration record cards shall  also
 4    be  open  to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
 5    and challengers at the polling place  on  election  day,  but
 6    only to the extent necessary to determine the question of the
 7    right  of  a   person  to  vote  or  to  serve  as a judge of
 8    election. At no time shall poll watchers  or  challengers  be
 9    allowed to physically handle the registration record cards.
10        Updated  copies  of  computer  tapes or computer discs or
11    other electronic data processing information containing voter
12    registration information shall be furnished by the  Board  of
13    Election  Commissioners  within 10 days after December 15 and
14    May 15 each year and within 10 days after  each  registration
15    period  is  closed  to the State Board of Elections in a form
16    prescribed by the State  Board.  For  the  purposes  of  this
17    Section,  a  registration  period is closed 27 28 days before
18    the date of any regular  or  special  election.  Registration
19    information  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
20    following   information:  name,   sex,  residence,  telephone
21    number,  if  any,  age,  party  affiliation,  if  applicable,
22    precinct,  ward,  township,   county,   and   representative,
23    legislative  and  congressional  districts.   In the event of
24    noncompliance, the State Board of Elections  is  directed  to
25    obtain  compliance  forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty
26    of the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in
27    the circuit  court  of  the  county  in  which  the  election
28    authority  maintains the registration information.  The costs
29    of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be  paid
30    at  a  rate  of  $.00034 per name of registered voters in the
31    election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc
32    and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State Board
33    of 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, on (insert date).
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.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)

30        (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
31        Sec.  6-35.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design
32    a  registration  record  card  which,  except  as   otherwise
33    provided  in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
 
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 1    election authorities in  the  State,  except  those  election
 2    authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
 3    authorized under Section 6-79.  The Board shall prescribe the
 4    form  and  specifications,  including  but not limited to the
 5    weight of paper, color and print of such cards.   Such  cards
 6    shall  contain  boxes  or spaces for the information required
 7    under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code;  provided,  that
 8    such  cards  shall  also  contain  a  box  or  space  for the
 9    applicant's social security number, which shall  be  required
10    to  the  extent  allowed  by  law  but  in  no case shall the
11    applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the  social
12    security  number,  and  a  box  for the applicant's telephone
13    number, if available.
14        Except  for  those  election   authorities   adopting   a
15    computer-based   voter  registration  file  authorized  under
16    Section  6-79,  the  original  and  duplicate   cards   shall
17    respectively  constitute  the master file and precinct binder
18    registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given  to
19    the  applicant  upon completion of his or her registration or
20    completed transfer of registration.
21        Whenever a voter moves to  another  precinct  within  the
22    same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
23    jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
24    registration  by  presenting  his or her copy to the election
25    authority or a deputy registrar.  If such  voter  is  not  in
26    possession  of  or  has  lost  his or her copy, he or she may
27    effect a transfer of registration by executing  an  Affidavit
28    of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
29        In  the  case  of  a  transfer  of  registration to a new
30    election jurisdiction, the election authority shall  transmit
31    the  voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
32    of the voter's  former  election  jurisdiction,  which  shall
33    immediately  cause  the  transmission of the voter's previous
34    registration card to the voter's new election authority.   No
 
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 1    transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
 2    be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
 3    notification.
 4        Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
 5    record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
 6    Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
 7    after the receipt thereof.   Such  copies  or  Affidavits  of
 8    Cancellation  of Previous Registration received by the deputy
 9    registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th  day  preceding  an
10    election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 48
11    hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Such copies or Affidavits of
12    Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the  deputy
13    registrars  on  the 28th 29th day preceding an election shall
14    be  returned  by  the  deputy  registrars  to  the   election
15    authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43)
18        Sec.  6-43.  Immediately  after  the  completion  of  the
19    revision  by  the  Board of Election Commissioners, the board
20    shall  cause  copies  to  be  made  of  all  names  upon  the
21    registration record cards not  marked  or  erased,  with  the
22    address,  and  shall  have the same arranged according to the
23    streets, avenues, courts,  or  alleys,  commencing  with  the
24    lowest  number,  and arranging the same in order according to
25    the street  numbers,  and  shall  then  cause  such  precinct
26    register,  upon  such  arrangement,  to  be printed in plain,
27    large type in sufficient numbers to  meet  all  demands,  and
28    upon  application  a  copy  of the same shall be given to any
29    person  applying  therefor.  Provided,   however,   that   in
30    municipalities  having  a population of more than 500,000 and
31    having  a  Board  of  Election  Commissioners,  as   to   all
32    elections,  excepting  any  elections held for the purpose of
33    electing judges of  the  circuit  courts,  registrations  for
 
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 1    which   are   made   solely  before  the  Board  of  Election
 2    Commissioners, and where no  general  precinct  registrations
 3    were  provided  for  or  held  within  27  28 days before the
 4    election, the Board of Election  Commissioners  shall  cause,
 5    within 10 days after the last day of registration before such
 6    board,  copies  to be made of all names of qualified electors
 7    appearing upon each registration record card in  like  manner
 8    as  hereinabove  provided, and upon application a copy of the
 9    same  shall  be  given  to  any  person  applying   therefor:
10    Provided,  further,  that whenever an election is held within
11    90 days after a preceding election, or when any elections are
12    held for the  purpose  of  electing  judges  of  the  circuit
13    courts,  the printed list and the supplement thereto provided
14    for the last preceding election shall constitute the  Printed
15    Precinct  Register  for the ensuing election, subject to such
16    changes as shall be made, if any, as herein  provided,  which
17    changes,  if  any, and the contents of any supplemental list,
18    insofar as the latter have not been changed pursuant to  this
19    Act,  shall be printed in a new supplemental list which shall
20    supplant the prior supplemental list and shall  be  delivered
21    to  the  judges of the respective precincts, with the printed
22    register and the certification, in the manner and at the time
23    provided in Sections 6-48 and 6-60 of this Article. Such list
24    shall have  printed  on  the  bottom  thereof  the  facsimile
25    signatures   of   the   members  of  the  Board  of  Election
26    Commissioners certifying that the names on the list  are  the
27    names  of  all  voters  entitled  to  vote  in  the  precinct
28    indicated  on  the top thereof. Such list shall be termed the
29    "Printed Precinct Register" and shall be prima facie evidence
30    that the electors whose names appear thereon are entitled  to
31    vote.  Provided  that  if,  on order of the Board of Election
32    Commissioners a corrected or  revised  precinct  register  of
33    voters  in  a  precinct or precincts is printed, such list or
34    lists shall have printed thereon the day and  month  of  such
 
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 1    revision  and  shall be designated "Revised Precinct Register
 2    of Voters."
 3        Any elector whose name does not appear  as  a  registered
 4    voter on such printed precinct register, supplemental list or
 5    any  list provided for in this Article and whose name has not
 6    been erased  or  withdrawn  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  as
 7    hereinafter in this Article provided if his registration card
 8    is in the master file. Such elector shall within 7 days after
 9    the  publication of such printed precinct register, file with
10    the Board of Election Commissioners  an  application  stating
11    that  he is a duly registered voter and that his registration
12    card is in the master file. The Board shall  hold  a  hearing
13    upon  such application within 2 days after the filing thereof
14    and shall announce its decision thereon within 3  days  after
15    the  hearing.  If the name of such applicant appears upon the
16    registration card in the master file, the board  shall  issue
17    to  such  elector  a  certificate setting forth that his name
18    does so appear and certifying that he has the right  to  vote
19    at  the  next  succeeding election. Such certificate shall be
20    issued in duplicate, one to be retained in the files  of  the
21    board, and the other to be issued to the elector.
22        The  Board of Election Commissioners upon the issuance of
23    such certificate shall see that  the  name  of  such  elector
24    appears upon the precinct registry list in the precinct.
25    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)

26        (10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
27        Sec.   6-50.    The  office  of  the  board  of  election
28    commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
29    each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock  noon  on  the  last
30    four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
31    registration preceding each election, and such other days and
32    such  other  times as the board may direct. There shall be no
33    registration  at  the  office  of  the  board   of   election
 
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 1    commissioners  in  cities, villages and incorporated towns of
 2    fewer  than  200,000  inhabitants  during  the  27  28   days
 3    preceding  any  primary, regular or special election at which
 4    the cards provided for in this article are used, or until the
 5    second  day  following  such  primary,  regular  or   special
 6    election.   In  cities,  villages  and  incorporated towns of
 7    200,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be  no  registration
 8    of   voters   at   the   office  of  the  board  of  election
 9    commissioners during the 35 days  immediately  preceding  any
10    election;  provided,  however, where no precinct registration
11    is being conducted prior to any  election  then  registration
12    may  be  taken in the office of the board up to and including
13    the 28th 29th day prior to such election.   In  any  election
14    called  for  the submission of the revision or alteration of,
15    or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,  submitted  by  a
16    Constitutional Convention, the final day for registration  at
17    the  office  of  the  election  authority  charged  with  the
18    printing of the ballot of this election shall be the 15th day
19    prior to the date of election.
20        The  Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
21    more registration teams, each consisting of one  member  from
22    each  of  the 2 leading political parties, for the purpose of
23    accepting  the  registration  of  any  voter  who  files   an
24    affidavit,   within   the  period  for  taking  registrations
25    provided for in this Article, that he is physically unable to
26    appear at the office of the Board or at any  appointed  place
27    of  registration.   On  the  day  or  days  when  a  precinct
28    registration  is  being conducted such teams shall consist of
29    one member from each of the 2 leading political  parties  who
30    are serving on the precinct registration board.  Each team so
31    designated  shall visit each disabled person and shall accept
32    the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
33    for registration in person.
34        The office of the board of election commissioners may  be
 
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 1    designated  as  a place of registration under Section 6-51 of
 2    this Article and, if so designated,  may  also  be  open  for
 3    purposes  of  registration  on  such  day  or  days as may be
 4    specified by the board of election  commissioners  under  the
 5    provisions of that Section.
 6    (Source: P.A. 79-1134.)

 7        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
 8        Sec.  6-50.2.  (a)  The  board  of election commissioners
 9    shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in  the  election
10    jurisdiction   as   deputy  registrars  who  may  accept  the
11    registration  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the  election
12    jurisdiction, except during  the  27  28  days  preceding  an
13    election.
14        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
15    a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
16    located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
17    designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
18    State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
19    residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
20    examination stations.  The appointment of  employees  of  the
21    Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
22    manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
23    Code.
24        The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
25    the  following  named  persons  as deputy registrars upon the
26    written request of such persons:
27             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
28        designated by the chief librarian, of any public  library
29        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
30        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
31        election jurisdiction, at such library.
32             2.  The  principal, or a qualified person designated
33        by the principal, of any high school, elementary  school,
 
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 1        or   vocational   school  situated  within  the  election
 2        jurisdiction, who may accept  the  registrations  of  any
 3        resident  of  the  election jurisdiction, at such school.
 4        The board of election commissioners  shall  notify  every
 5        principal   and   vice-principal  of  each  high  school,
 6        elementary school, and vocational school situated in  the
 7        election  jurisdiction  of  their eligibility to serve as
 8        deputy registrars and offer training courses for  service
 9        as  deputy  registrars at conveniently located facilities
10        at least 4 months prior to every election.
11             3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
12        by  the  president, of any university, college, community
13        college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
14        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
15        the   registrations  of  any  resident  of  the  election
16        jurisdiction,  at  such  university,  college,  community
17        college, academy or institution.
18             4.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
19        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
20        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
21        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
22        election jurisdiction.
23             5.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
24        fide  State civic organization, as defined and determined
25        by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or  qualified
26        members  designated  by such official, who may accept the
27        registration of any qualified resident  of  the  election
28        jurisdiction.   In   determining  the  number  of  deputy
29        registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
30        commissioners  shall  consider  the  population  of   the
31        jurisdiction,   the   size   of   the  organization,  the
32        geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for  the
33        public,  the  existing number of deputy registrars in the
34        jurisdiction  and  their   location,   the   registration
 
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 1        activities  of  the  organization and the need to appoint
 2        deputy  registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate   the
 3        registration  of  non-English speaking individuals. In no
 4        event shall a board  of  election  commissioners  fix  an
 5        arbitrary  number  applicable to every civic organization
 6        requesting  appointment  of   its   members   as   deputy
 7        registrars.  The  State  Board of Elections shall by rule
 8        provide  for  certification  of  bona  fide  State  civic
 9        organizations. Such appointments  shall  be  made  for  a
10        period  not  to  exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
11        business day of the month  following  the  month  of  the
12        general  election,  and shall be valid for all periods of
13        voter registration as provided by this  Code  during  the
14        terms of such appointments.
15             6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
16        Public   Aid,   or   a  reasonable  number  of  employees
17        designated by the Director  and  located  at  public  aid
18        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
19        resident  of the election jurisdiction at any such public
20        aid office.
21             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
22        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
23        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
24        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
25        resident  of  the  election  jurisdiction  at  any   such
26        unemployment  office.  If  the request to be appointed as
27        deputy  registrar  is  denied,  the  board  of   election
28        commissioners  shall,  within  10 days after the date the
29        request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
30        organization   with  written  notice  setting  forth  the
31        specific reasons or criteria  relied  upon  to  deny  the
32        request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
33             8.  The  president of any corporation, as defined by
34        the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
 
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 1        number of employees designated by such president, who may
 2        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 3        election jurisdiction.
 4        The  board  of election commissioners may appoint as many
 5    additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary.   The
 6    board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
 7    deputy  registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
 8    public is served, giving due consideration to both population
 9    concentration  and  area.   Some  of  the  additional  deputy
10    registrars shall be selected  so  that  there  are  an  equal
11    number  from  each  of  the  2 major political parties in the
12    election jurisdiction.  The board of election  commissioners,
13    in  appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
14    appointment from  a  list  of  applicants  submitted  by  the
15    Chairman  of  the County Central Committee of the applicant's
16    political party.  A Chairman of a  County  Central  Committee
17    shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
18    of  each  year.  The board may require a Chairman of a County
19    Central  Committee  to  furnish  a   supplemental   list   of
20    applicants.
21        Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
22    other than the 27 28 day period preceding  an  election.  All
23    persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
24    voters within the election jurisdiction and  shall  take  and
25    subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
26        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
27    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
28    Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
29    faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
30    officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
31    person nor cause the registration of any person  except  upon
32    his personal application before me.
33                             ....................................
34                             (Signature of Registration Officer)"
 
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 1        This  oath  shall be administered and certified to by one
 2    of the commissioners or by the executive director or by  some
 3    person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
 4    shall  immediately  thereafter  be  filed  with  the board of
 5    election commissioners.  The members of the board of election
 6    commissioners and all persons authorized by  them  under  the
 7    provisions  of  this  Article  to  take  registrations, after
 8    themselves taking and subscribing  to  the  above  oath,  are
 9    authorized  to take or administer such oaths and execute such
10    affidavits as are required by this Article.
11        Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
12    except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
13    commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
14    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
15    appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
16    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
17    be for 2-year terms commencing on  the  date  of  the  county
18    convention  following  the general primary at which they were
19    elected.  The county  clerk  shall  issue  a  certificate  of
20    appointment  to  each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
21    his office for public inspection a list of the names  of  all
22    appointees.
23        (b)  The   board   of  election  commissioners  shall  be
24    responsible for  training  all  deputy  registrars  appointed
25    pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
26    convenient  for  both the board of election commissioners and
27    such appointees.  The board of election  commissioners  shall
28    be  responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising all deputy
29    registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).   Deputy
30    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
31    removal for cause.
32        (c)  Completed  registration  materials under the control
33    of deputy registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a)
34    shall  be  returned to the proper election authority within 7
 
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 1    days, except that completed registration  materials  received
 2    by  the  deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
 3    and 28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned  by
 4    the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
 5    48  hours  after receipt thereof.  The completed registration
 6    materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th  29th
 7    day  preceding  an  election  shall be returned by the deputy
 8    registrars within 24  hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Unused
 9    materials  shall  be  returned by deputy registrars appointed
10    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
11    next working day following the close of registration.
12        (d)  The board of election  commissioners  shall  not  be
13    required  to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
14    having more  than  200  registration  forms  unaccounted  for
15    during the preceding 12 month period.
16        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
17    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
18    performance of his or her duties.
19        (f)  The  board  of  election  commissioners shall not be
20    criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
21    deputy registrar.  Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
22    to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3)
25        Sec. 6-50.3.  The board  of  election  commissioners  may
26    establish temporary places of registration for such times and
27    at  such  locations  as  the  board  may  select. However, no
28    temporary place of registration may be  in  operation  during
29    the 27 28 days preceding an election.  Notice of the time and
30    place   of  registration  at  any  such  temporary  place  of
31    registration under this Section shall  be  published  by  the
32    board  of  election  commissioners  in  a  newspaper having a
33    general circulation in the city, village or incorporated town
 
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 1    not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the  holding  of
 2    such registration.
 3        Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
 4    that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
 5    public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
 6    of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
 7    units.  Areas  which may be designated as temporary places of
 8    registration include,  but  are  not  limited  to  facilities
 9    licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
10    Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
11    districts, public buildings and county fairs.
12        Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
13    the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
14    population or fraction thereof in the county.
15        All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
16    employees of the board of election  commissioners  or  deputy
17    registrars appointed pursuant to Section 6-50.2.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-873; 86-1028.)

19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.

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