94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0814

 

Introduced 2/2/2005, by Rep. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/4-6.2   from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2
10 ILCS 5/5-16.2   from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2
10 ILCS 5/6-50.2   from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2

    Amends the Election Code. Prohibits the unauthorized copying or retention of personal or other information from a voter registration application. Makes violation a Class A misdemeanor.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
7     Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
8 municipal and township or road district clerks or their duly
9 authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the
10 registration of all qualified residents of their respective
11 municipalities, townships and road districts. A deputy
12 registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
13 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
14 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
15 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
16 resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the
17 resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of the
18 municipal clerk lives in.
19     The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
20 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
21 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
22 county, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
23     The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
24 reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
25 located at driver's license examination stations and
26 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
27 who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
28 the county at any such driver's license examination stations.
29 The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as
30 deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided in
31 Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
32     The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named

 

 

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1 persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
2 persons:
3         1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
4     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
5     situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
6     the registrations of any qualified resident of the county,
7     at such library.
8         2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
9     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
10     vocational school situated within the election
11     jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
12     qualified resident of the county, at such school. The
13     county clerk shall notify every principal and
14     vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and
15     vocational school situated within the election
16     jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
17     registrars and offer training courses for service as deputy
18     registrars at conveniently located facilities at least 4
19     months prior to every election.
20         3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
21     the president, of any university, college, community
22     college, academy or other institution of learning situated
23     within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
24     registrations of any resident of the county, at such
25     university, college, community college, academy or
26     institution.
27         4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
28     labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
29     members designated by such official, who may accept the
30     registrations of any qualified resident of the county.
31         5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide
32     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
33     of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
34     designated by such official, who may accept the
35     registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
36     determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be

 

 

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1     appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
2     of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
3     geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
4     public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
5     jurisdiction and their location, the registration
6     activities of the organization and the need to appoint
7     deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
8     registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
9     event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
10     applicable to every civic organization requesting
11     appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
12     Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
13     of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
14     shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
15     terminating on the first business day of the month
16     following the month of the general election, and shall be
17     valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
18     this Code during the terms of such appointments.
19         6. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public
20     Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the
21     Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
22     the registration of any qualified resident of the county at
23     any such public aid office.
24         7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
25     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
26     designated by the Director and located at unemployment
27     offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
28     resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
29         8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
30     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
31     employees designated by such president, who may accept the
32     registrations of any qualified resident of the county.
33     If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
34 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
35 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
36 organization with written notice setting forth the specific

 

 

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1 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
2 appointed as deputy registrar.
3     The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
4 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
5 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
6 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
7 consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
8 of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
9 there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
10 parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
11 appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
12 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
13 of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
14 party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
15 list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
16 year. The county clerk may require a Chairman of a County
17 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
18     Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
19 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
20 appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
21 within the county and shall take and subscribe to the following
22 oath or affirmation:
23     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
24 will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
25 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
26 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
27 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
28 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
29 personal application before me.
30
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31
(Signature Deputy Registrar)"
32     This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
33 one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
34 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
35 filed with the county clerk.
36     Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,

 

 

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1 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
2 commencing on December 1 following the general election of each
3 even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
4 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
5 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
6 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
7 convention following the general primary at which they were
8 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
9 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in his
10 office for public inspection a list of the names of all
11 appointees.
12     (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
13 deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
14 times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
15 clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
16 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
17 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
18 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
19 removal for cause.
20     (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
21 deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
22 be returned to the proper election authority within 7 days,
23 except that completed registration materials received by the
24 deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and 28th
25 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
26 registrars to the proper election authority within 48 hours
27 after receipt thereof. The completed registration materials
28 received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day preceding an
29 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 24
30 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
31 by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
32 subsection (a), not later than the next working day following
33 the close of registration.
34     (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
35 the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
36 any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted

 

 

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1 registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
2 possession.
3     (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
4 or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
5 her duties.
6     (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
7 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
8 deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of the
9 county clerk. A person, including a deputy registrar, who
10 copies, photocopies, or in any way retains information from a
11 voter registration application except as authorized or
12 required by State or federal law, rule, or regulation commits a
13 Class A misdemeanor. Information includes, but is not limited
14 to, personal information such as the applicant's name, address,
15 phone number, social security number, or driver's license
16 number.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
 
18     (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
19     Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
20 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized deputies
21 as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of all
22 qualified residents of their respective counties. A deputy
23 registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
24 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
25 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
26 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
27 resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
28 regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or the
29 duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
30     The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
31 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
32 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
33 county, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
34     The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
35 reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State

 

 

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1 located at driver's license examination stations and
2 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
3 who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
4 the county at any such driver's license examination stations.
5 The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as
6 deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided in
7 Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8     The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
9 persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
10 persons:
11         1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
12     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
13     situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
14     the registrations of any qualified resident of the county,
15     at such library.
16         2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
17     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
18     vocational school situated within the election
19     jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
20     resident of the county, at such school. The county clerk
21     shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
22     high school, elementary school, and vocational school
23     situated within the election jurisdiction of their
24     eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
25     training courses for service as deputy registrars at
26     conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to
27     every election.
28         3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
29     the president, of any university, college, community
30     college, academy or other institution of learning situated
31     within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
32     registrations of any resident of the county, at such
33     university, college, community college, academy or
34     institution.
35         4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
36     labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified

 

 

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1     members designated by such official, who may accept the
2     registrations of any qualified resident of the county.
3         5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
4     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
5     of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
6     designated by such official, who may accept the
7     registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
8     determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
9     appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
10     of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
11     geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
12     public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
13     jurisdiction and their location, the registration
14     activities of the organization and the need to appoint
15     deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
16     registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
17     event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
18     applicable to every civic organization requesting
19     appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
20     Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
21     of bona fide State civic organizations. Such appointments
22     shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
23     terminating on the first business day of the month
24     following the month of the general election, and shall be
25     valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
26     this Code during the terms of such appointments.
27         6. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public
28     Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the
29     Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
30     the registration of any qualified resident of the county at
31     any such public aid office.
32         7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
33     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
34     designated by the Director and located at unemployment
35     offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
36     resident of the county at any such unemployment office.

 

 

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1         8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
2     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
3     employees designated by such president, who may accept the
4     registrations of any qualified resident of the county.
5     If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
6 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
7 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
8 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
9 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
10 appointed as deputy registrar.
11     The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
12 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
13 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
14 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
15 consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
16 of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
17 there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
18 parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
19 appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
20 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
21 of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
22 party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
23 list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
24 year. The county clerk may require a Chairman of a County
25 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
26     Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
27 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
28 appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
29 within the county and shall take and subscribe to the following
30 oath or affirmation:
31     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
32 will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
33 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
34 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
35 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
36 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his

 

 

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1 personal application before me.
2
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3
(Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
4     This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
5 one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
6 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
7 filed with the county clerk.
8     Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
9 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
10 commencing on December 1 following the general election of each
11 even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
12 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
13 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
14 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
15 convention following the general primary at which they were
16 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
17 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in his
18 office for public inspection a list of the names of all
19 appointees.
20     (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
21 deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
22 times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
23 clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
24 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
25 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
26 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
27 removal for cause.
28     (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
29 deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
30 be returned to the proper election authority within 7 days,
31 except that completed registration materials received by the
32 deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and 28th
33 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
34 registrars to the proper election authority within 48 hours
35 after receipt thereof. The completed registration materials
36 received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day preceding an

 

 

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1 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 24
2 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
3 by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
4 subsection (a), not later than the next working day following
5 the close of registration.
6     (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
7 the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
8 any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
9 registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
10 possession.
11     (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
12 or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
13 her duties.
14     (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
15 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
16 deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of the
17 county clerk. A person, including a deputy registrar, who
18 copies, photocopies, or in any way retains information from a
19 voter registration application except as authorized or
20 required by State or federal law, rule, or regulation commits a
21 Class A misdemeanor. Information includes, but is not limited
22 to, personal information such as the applicant's name, address,
23 phone number, social security number, or driver's license
24 number.
25 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
 
26     (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
27     Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall
28 appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
29 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
30 registration of any qualified resident of the election
31 jurisdiction, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
32     The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
33 reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
34 located at driver's license examination stations and
35 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State

 

 

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1 who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
2 the county at any such driver's license examination stations.
3 The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as
4 deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided in
5 Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
6     The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
7 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
8 written request of such persons:
9         1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
10     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
11     situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
12     the registrations of any qualified resident of the election
13     jurisdiction, at such library.
14         2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
15     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
16     vocational school situated within the election
17     jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
18     resident of the election jurisdiction, at such school. The
19     board of election commissioners shall notify every
20     principal and vice-principal of each high school,
21     elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
22     election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
23     deputy registrars and offer training courses for service as
24     deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
25     least 4 months prior to every election.
26         3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
27     the president, of any university, college, community
28     college, academy or other institution of learning situated
29     within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
30     registrations of any resident of the election
31     jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
32     college, academy or institution.
33         4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
34     labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
35     members designated by such official, who may accept the
36     registrations of any qualified resident of the election

 

 

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1     jurisdiction.
2         5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
3     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
4     of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
5     designated by such official, who may accept the
6     registration of any qualified resident of the election
7     jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
8     registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
9     commissioners shall consider the population of the
10     jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the geographic
11     size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the public, the
12     existing number of deputy registrars in the jurisdiction
13     and their location, the registration activities of the
14     organization and the need to appoint deputy registrars to
15     assist and facilitate the registration of non-English
16     speaking individuals. In no event shall a board of election
17     commissioners fix an arbitrary number applicable to every
18     civic organization requesting appointment of its members
19     as deputy registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by
20     rule provide for certification of bona fide State civic
21     organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a period
22     not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business
23     day of the month following the month of the general
24     election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter
25     registration as provided by this Code during the terms of
26     such appointments.
27         6. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public
28     Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the
29     Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
30     the registration of any qualified resident of the election
31     jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
32         7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
33     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
34     designated by the Director and located at unemployment
35     offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
36     resident of the election jurisdiction at any such

 

 

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1     unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
2     deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
3     commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
4     request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
5     organization with written notice setting forth the
6     specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
7     request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
8         8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the
9     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
10     employees designated by such president, who may accept the
11     registrations of any qualified resident of the election
12     jurisdiction.
13     The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
14 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
15 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
16 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
17 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
18 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
19 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number
20 from each of the 2 major political parties in the election
21 jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners, in
22 appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
23 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
24 of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
25 party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
26 list of applicants to the board by November 30 of each year.
27 The board may require a Chairman of a County Central Committee
28 to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
29     Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
30 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
31 appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
32 within the election jurisdiction and shall take and subscribe
33 to the following oath or affirmation:
34     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
35 will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
36 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will

 

 

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1 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
2 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
3 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
4 personal application before me.
5
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6
(Signature of Registration Officer)"
7     This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of
8 the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
9 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
10 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
11 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
12 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
13 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
14 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
15 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
16 affidavits as are required by this Article.
17     Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
18 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
19 commencing on December 1 following the general election of each
20 even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
21 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
22 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
23 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
24 convention following the general primary at which they were
25 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
26 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in his
27 office for public inspection a list of the names of all
28 appointees.
29     (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
30 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
31 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
32 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
33 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be
34 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
35 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
36 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to

 

 

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1 removal for cause.
2     (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
3 deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
4 returned to the proper election authority within 7 days, except
5 that completed registration materials received by the deputy
6 registrars during the period between the 35th and 28th day
7 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
8 registrars to the proper election authority within 48 hours
9 after receipt thereof. The completed registration materials
10 received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day preceding an
11 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 24
12 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
13 by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
14 subsection (a), not later than the next working day following
15 the close of registration.
16     (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
17 the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
18 any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
19 registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
20 possession.
21     (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
22 or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
23 her duties.
24     (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
25 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
26 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to
27 be employees of the board of election commissioners. A person,
28 including a deputy registrar, who copies, photocopies, or in
29 any way retains information from a voter registration
30 application except as authorized or required by State or
31 federal law, rule, or regulation commits a Class A misdemeanor.
32 Information includes, but is not limited to, personal
33 information such as the applicant's name, address, phone
34 number, social security number, or driver's license number.
35 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)