Public Act 094-0136
 
HB1971 Enrolled LRB094 02785 JAM 32786 b

    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 1A-25, 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/1A-25)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
    Sec. 1A-25. Centralized statewide voter registration list.
The centralized statewide voter registration list required by
Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act
of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the State Board of
Elections as provided in this Section.
        (1) The centralized statewide voter registration list
    shall be compiled from the voter registration data bases of
    each election authority in this State.
        (2) All new voter registration forms and applications
    to register to vote shall be transmitted to the appropriate
    election authority. The election authority shall process
    and verify each voter registration form and electronically
    enter verified registrations on an expedited basis onto the
    statewide voter registration list. All original
    registration cards shall remain permanently in the office
    of the election authority as required by Sections 4-20,
    5-28, and 6-65.
        (3) The centralized statewide voter registration list
    shall:
            (i) Be designed to allow election authorities to
        utilize the registration data on the statewide voter
        registration list pertinent to voters registered in
        their election jurisdiction on locally maintained
        software programs that are unique to each
        jurisdiction.
            (ii) Allow each election authority to perform
        essential election management functions, including but
        not limited to production of voter lists, processing of
        absentee voters, production of individual, pre-printed
        applications to vote, administration of election
        judges, and polling place administration, but shall
        not prevent any election authority from using
        information from that election authority's own
        systems.
        (4) The registration information maintained by each
    election authority shall at all times be synchronized with
    that authority's information on the statewide list on a
    constant, real-time basis.
    To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of any portion of the
centralized statewide voter registration list to any person or
entity other than to a State or local political committee and
other than to a governmental entity for a governmental purpose
is specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to
security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections
which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or
database, available for public view, including the name,
address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list as
well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the list
on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the State
Board of Elections, during normal business hours other than
during the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing
the list under this exception may not print, duplicate,
transmit, or alter the list.
(Source: P.A. 93-1071, eff. 6-1-05.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/4-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
    Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
    The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
    Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
    Sex.
    Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be
determined by street and number, then the section,
congressional township and range number may be used, or such
other description as may be necessary, including post-office
mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
address shall be included on his or her registration record
card.
    Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
the place or places where he resided and the dates during which
he resided in such place or places during the year next
preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
    Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
    Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
    Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
    Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
    Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
    The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
    Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
to the affidavit on both the original and duplicate
registration record cards.
    Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
    In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
description of the applicant in the space provided on the back
or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
following questions and record the answers thereto:
    Father's first name.
    Mother's first name.
    From what address did the applicant last register?
    Reason for inability to sign name.
    Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF .......
    I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this
location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
..................................
Signature of registration officer.
(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
 
    Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
    Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
    The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
    Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
circuit court of the county in which the election authority
maintains the registration information. The costs of
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the
county clerk to local political committees and governmental
entities at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable
cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be
the cost of duplication plus 15% for administration. The
individual representing a political committee requesting
copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide political
purposes, including by or for candidates for office or
incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other electronic
data shall not be used under any circumstances by any political
committee or individuals for purposes of commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes contain
information on county residents related to the operations of
county government in addition to registration information,
that information shall not be used under any circumstances for
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The
prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes or
computer discs or other electronic data processing information
containing voter registration information for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act of
1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of
a Class 4 felony.
    The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
    If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
    This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ............................
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
.................................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest: ................,  County Clerk, .............
County, Illinois.
    The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission
as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/5-7)   (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
    Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
    The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
    Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
    Sex.
    Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
    Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
days in the precinct.
    Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
born.
    Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
naturalization.
    Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
    Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
    Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
    The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
    Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
to the affidavit on the original and duplicate registration
record card.
    Signature of Deputy Registrar.
    In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
description of the applicant in the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
questions and record the answers thereto:
    Father's first name .......................
    Mother's first name .......................
    From what address did you last register?
    Reason for inability to sign name.
    Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois)
                 )ss
County of        )
    I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence
and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................................
    Signature of Registration Officer.
(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
 
    Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
    Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case
may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
    The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
    Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
circuit court of the county in which the election authority
maintains the registration information. The costs of
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
clerk to local political committees and governmental entities
at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of
the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost
of duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
representing a political committee requesting copies of such
tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
any circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. If such tapes contain information on county residents
related to the operations of county government in addition to
registration information, that information shall not be used
under any circumstances for commercial solicitation or other
business purposes. The prohibition in this Section against
using the computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic
data processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
    The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
    If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
    This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was .....
    Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
    The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission
as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/6-35)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
    Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the registration
of electors which shall be known as registration record cards
and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of
suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the data
hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards
of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a carbon copy of the
original or a copy of the original made by the use of other
method or material used for making simultaneous true copies or
duplications.
    The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the Board of Election
Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
identification of the applicant for registration:
    Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
    Sex.
    Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
    Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct.
    Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
    Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
    Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when the applicant presented himself for registration.
    Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
    Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
    The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
    Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
registration record card.
    Signature of deputy registrar.
    In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
shall ask the following questions and record the answers
thereto:
    Father's first name .........................
    Mother's first name .........................
    From what address did you last register? ....
    Reason for inability to sign name ...........
    Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois  )
                   )ss
County of .......  )
    I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
......................................
    Signature of registration officer
(to be signed in presence of registrant).
    Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
    Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the
Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
    The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
    Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and May
15 each year and within 10 days after each registration period
is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed
by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any
regular or special election. Registration information shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:
name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any, age, party
affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county,
and representative, legislative and congressional districts.
In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which
the election authority maintains the registration information.
The costs of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall
be paid at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in
the election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or
disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority
for such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to
state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board
of Election Commissioners to local political committees and
governmental entities at their request and at a reasonable
cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this
purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The individual representing a political
committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide
political purposes, including by or for candidates for office
or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other
electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by
any political committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such
tapes contain information on county residents related to the
operations of county government in addition to registration
information, that information shall not be used under any
circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the
computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
    The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
    If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
    This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your
(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
registration in your office.
    Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
    Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
Illinois.
    The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the applicant
was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.