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 1        AN ACT with regard to 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 4-8, 5-7, 6-35, 11-4.1, and 16-6.1 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
 7        Sec. 4-8.  The county clerk shall  provide  a  sufficient
 8    number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
 9    shall  be  known as registration record cards and which shall
10    consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of  suitable  size  to
11    contain  in  plain  writing  and figures the data hereinafter
12    required thereon  or  shall  consist  of  computer  cards  of
13    suitable  nature  to  contain  the data required thereon. The
14    registration record cards, which shall include  an  affidavit
15    of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
16    duplicate.
17        The  registration record card shall contain the following
18    and such other information as the county clerk may  think  it
19    proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
20    registration:
21        Name.   The  name  of  the  applicant, giving surname and
22    first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
23    initial for such middle name, if any.
24        Sex.
25        Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or
26    other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
27    or  room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
28    lot  number,  and  such   additional   clear   and   definite
29    description  as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the exact
30    location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
31    cannot be determined by street and number, then the  section,
 
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 1    congressional  township and range number may be used, or such
 2    other description as may be necessary, including  post-office
 3    mailing  address.  In  the case of a homeless individual, the
 4    individual's voting residence that  is  his  or  her  mailing
 5    address  shall  be included on his or her registration record
 6    card.
 7        Term of residence in the State of Illinois and  precinct.
 8    This  information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
 9    the place or places where he resided  and  the  dates  during
10    which he resided in such place or places during the year next
11    preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
12        Nativity.   The  state  or country in which the applicant
13    was born.
14        Citizenship.  Whether the applicant  is  native  born  or
15    naturalized.  If  naturalized,  the court, place, and date of
16    naturalization.
17        Date of application  for  registration,  i.e.,  the  day,
18    month   and   year   when  applicant  presented  himself  for
19    registration.
20        Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
21        Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
22    of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
23        The county and state in  which  the  applicant  was  last
24    registered.
25        Signature   of   voter.    The   applicant,   after   the
26    registration  and  in  the  presence of a deputy registrar or
27    other officer of registration shall be required to  sign  his
28    or  her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original and
29    duplicate registration record cards.
30        Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
31        In case applicant is unable to  sign  his  name,  he  may
32    affix  his  mark  to  the affidavit. In such case the officer
33    empowered  to  give  the  registration  oath  shall  write  a
34    detailed description of the applicant in the  space  provided
 
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 1    on  the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
 2    ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
 3        Father's first name.
 4        Mother's first name.
 5        From what address did the applicant last register?
 6        Reason for inability to sign name.
 7        Each applicant for registration shall make  an  affidavit
 8    in substantially the following form:
 9                      AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
10    STATE OF ILLINOIS
11    COUNTY OF .......
12        I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
13    United States; that on the date of the next election I  shall
14    have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
15    precinct in which I reside 30 days and  that  I  intend  that
16    this  location  shall  be  my  residence;  that  I  am  fully
17    qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
18                                   ..............................
19                                   (His or her signature or mark)
20        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
21    ..................................
22    Signature of registration officer.
23    (To be signed in presence of registrant.)

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

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

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

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

 8        (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)
 9        Sec. 11-4.1.  (a) In appointing polling places under this
10    Article,  the county board or board of election commissioners
11    shall, insofar as they  are  convenient  and  available,  use
12    schools and other public buildings as polling places.
13        (b)  Upon  request  of  the  county  board  or  board  of
14    election  commissioners,  the  proper  agency  of  government
15    (including  school  districts  and units of local government)
16    shall make a public building under its control available  for
17    use  as  a  polling  place  on  an  election  day  and  for a
18    reasonably necessary time  before  and  after  election  day,
19    without charge, unless such use is impossible.  If the county
20    board  or board of election commissioners chooses a school to
21    be a polling place, then the school district  must  make  the
22    school  available  for  use as a polling place.  However, for
23    the day of the election, a school district may choose to  (i)
24    keep  the  school  open  or (ii) hold a teachers institute on
25    that day.
26        (c)  A government agency which makes  a  public  building
27    under  its control available for use as a polling place shall
28    ensure the portion of the building to be used as the  polling
29    place is accessible to handicapped and elderly voters.
30    (Source: P.A. 84-1467.)

31        (10 ILCS 5/16-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1)
32        Sec.   16-6.1.    In   elections  held  pursuant  to  the
 
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 1    provisions of Section 12 of Article VI  of  the  Constitution
 2    relating  to  retention  of judges in office, the form of the
 3    proposition to be submitted for each candidate  shall  be  as
 4    provided  in  paragraph (1) or (2), as the election authority
 5    may choose.
 6             (1)  The names of all persons seeking  retention  in
 7        the same office shall be listed, in the order provided in
 8        this   Section,   with   one   proposition   that   reads
 9        substantially  as  follows:  "Shall  each  of the persons
10        listed be retained in office as (insert  name  of  office
11        and  court)?". To the right of each candidate's name must
12        be places for the voter to mark "Yes" or  "No".   If  the
13        list  of  candidates  for  retention  in  the same office
14        exceeds one page of  the  ballot,  the  proposition  must
15        appear  on  each  page  upon which the list of candidates
16        continues.
17             (2)  The form of the proposition for each  candidate
18        shall be substantially as follows:
19             ___________________________________________________
20                 Shall ....... (insert name           YES
21               of candidate) be retained in
22               office as ..... (insert name
23               of office and Court)?                   NO
24             ___________________________________________________
25        The  names  of all candidates thus submitting their names
26    for retention in office in any particular  judicial  district
27    or  circuit  shall  appear  on the same ballot which shall be
28    separate from all other  ballots  voted  on  at  the  general
29    election.
30        Propositions  on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking
31    retention, shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for
32    judges of the Appellate Court in the second group immediately
33    under the first, and for circuit judges in  the  last  group.
34    The  grouping  of  candidates  for  the  same office shall be
 
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 1    preceded by a heading describing the office  and  the  court.
 2    If  there  are  two  or  more candidates for each office, the
 3    names of such candidates in each group shall be listed in the
 4    order determined as follows: The name of the person with  the
 5    greatest length of time served in the specified office of the
 6    specified  court  shall  be  listed first in each group.  The
 7    rest of the names shall be listed in  the  appropriate  order
 8    based  on  the  same  seniority  standard.   If  two  or more
 9    candidates for each office have served identical  periods  of
10    time in the specified office, such candidates shall be listed
11    alphabetically at the appropriate place in the order of names
12    based  on  seniority  in  the  office  as described.  Circuit
13    judges shall be credited for the  purposes  of  this  section
14    with  service  as  associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and
15    with service on any court  the  judges  of  which  were  made
16    associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of Paragraph 4,
17    subparagraphs  (c)  and  (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of
18    the former Illinois Constitution.
19        At the top  of  the  ballot  on  the  same  side  as  the
20    propositions on the candidates are listed shall be printed an
21    explanation  to  read  substantially as follows: "Vote on the
22    proposition with respect to all or any of the  judges  listed
23    on this ballot.  No judge listed is running against any other
24    judge.   The  sole  question  is  whether each judge shall be
25    retained in his present office".
26        Such  separate  ballot  shall  be  printed  on  paper  of
27    sufficient size so that when folded once it  shall  be  large
28    enough to contain the following words, which shall be printed
29    on   the   back,  "Ballot  for  judicial  candidates  seeking
30    retention in office".  Such ballot shall  be  handed  to  the
31    elector  at  the same time as the ballot containing the names
32    of other candidates for the general  election  and  shall  be
33    returned  therewith  by  the elector to the proper officer in
34    the manner designated by this Act.  All  provisions  of  this
 
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 1    Act  relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot,
 2    except as otherwise specifically provided  in  this  section.
 3    Such  separate  ballot shall be printed upon paper of a green
 4    color.  No other ballot at the same election shall  be  green
 5    in color.
 6        In  precincts  in  which  voting  machines  are used, the
 7    special ballot containing the propositions on  the  retention
 8    of judges may be placed on the voting machines if such voting
 9    machines permit the casting of votes on such propositions.
10        An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may
11    be  used  in  voting  and  tabulating  the judicial retention
12    ballots.  When an electronic  voting  system  is  used  which
13    utilizes  a ballot label booklet and ballot card, there shall
14    be used in the label booklet a separate ballot label page  or
15    pages  as  required for such proposition, which page or pages
16    for such proposition shall be of a green color  separate  and
17    distinct  from  the  ballot  label page or pages used for any
18    other proposition or candidates.
19    (Source: P.A. 79-201.)

20        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
21    Section 8.25 as follows:

22        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
23        Sec.  8.25.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
24    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
25    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
26    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

27        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Section  and  the
28    provisions changing Section 11-4.1  of the Election Code take
 
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 1    effect upon becoming law.

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