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1 AN ACT concerning voter registration.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-6.2, 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
18 the 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
24 a 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
27 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
28 residents of the county at any such driver's license
29 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
30 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
31 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
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1 Code.
2 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
3 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
4 of such persons:
5 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
6 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
7 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
8 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
9 county, at such library.
10 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
11 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
12 or vocational school situated within the election
13 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
14 qualified resident of the county, at such school. The
15 county clerk shall notify every principal and
16 vice-principal of each high school, elementary school,
17 and vocational school situated within the election
18 jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
19 registrars and offer training courses for service as
20 deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
21 least 4 months prior to every election. At minimum,
22 principals of secondary and vocational schools must
23 request appointment as deputy registrars under this
24 paragraph and conduct voter registration in the school
25 district during the first 10 school days in May of each
26 year to register students who are 18 years of age or over
27 on the day of the next election. A principal need not
28 request appointment as deputy registrar under this
29 paragraph if a qualified person voluntarily agrees to act
30 as a substitute for the principal and actually conducts
31 the requisite voter registration. For purposes of this
32 paragraph, a qualified person is any person who currently
33 serves as or is qualified and is appointed to serve as a
34 registration officer or deputy registrar under this Code.
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1 Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the registration
2 of voters in the school district at times other than
3 during the first 10 school days in May of each year,
4 except during the 27 days preceding an election.
5 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
6 by the president, of any university, college, community
7 college, academy or other institution of learning
8 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
9 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
10 university, college, community college, academy or
11 institution.
12 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
13 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
14 qualified members designated by such official, who may
15 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
16 county.
17 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a
18 bonafide State civic organization, as defined and
19 determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, or
20 qualified members designated by such official, who may
21 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
22 county. In determining the number of deputy registrars
23 that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider
24 the population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
25 organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
26 convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
27 registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
28 registration activities of the organization and the need
29 to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
30 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
31 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
32 applicable to every civic organization requesting
33 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
34 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
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1 certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
2 appointments shall be made for a period not to exceed 2
3 years, terminating on the first business day of the month
4 following the month of the general election, and shall be
5 valid for all periods of voter registration as provided
6 by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
7 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
8 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
9 designated by the Director and located at public aid
10 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
11 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
12 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
13 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
14 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
15 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
16 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
17 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
18 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
19 number of employees designated by such president, who may
20 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
21 county.
22 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
23 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
24 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
25 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
26 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
27 appointed as deputy registrar.
28 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
29 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
30 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
31 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
32 consideration to both population concentration and area.
33 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
34 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
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1 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
2 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
3 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
4 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
5 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
6 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
7 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
8 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
9 supplemental list of applicants.
10 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
11 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
12 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
13 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
14 following oath or affirmation:
15 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
16 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
17 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
18 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
19 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
20 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
21 upon his personal application before me.
22 ............................
23 (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
24 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
25 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
26 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
27 filed with the county clerk.
28 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
29 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
30 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
31 each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
32 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
33 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
34 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
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1 convention following the general primary at which they were
2 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
3 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
4 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
5 appointees.
6 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
7 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
8 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
9 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
10 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
11 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
12 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
13 removal for cause.
14 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
15 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
16 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
17 days, except that completed registration materials received
18 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
19 and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
20 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
21 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
22 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
23 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
24 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
25 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
26 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
27 next working day following the close of registration.
28 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
29 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
30 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
31 month period.
32 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
33 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
34 performance of his or her duties.
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1 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
2 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
3 Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
4 the county clerk.
5 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
7 Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
8 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized
9 deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
10 of all qualified residents of their respective counties. A
11 deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
12 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
13 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
14 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
15 resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
16 regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or
17 the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
18 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
19 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
20 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
21 county, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
22 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
23 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
24 located at driver's license examination stations and
25 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
26 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
27 residents of the county at any such driver's license
28 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
29 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
30 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
31 Code.
32 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
33 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
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1 of such persons:
2 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
3 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
4 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
5 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
6 county, at such library.
7 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
8 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
9 or vocational school situated within the election
10 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
11 resident of the county, at such school. The county clerk
12 shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
13 high school, elementary school, and vocational school
14 situated within the election jurisdiction of their
15 eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
16 training courses for service as deputy registrars at
17 conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior
18 to every election. At minimum, principals of secondary
19 and vocational schools must request appointment as deputy
20 registrars under this paragraph and conduct voter
21 registration in the school district during the first 10
22 school days in May of each year to register students who
23 are 18 years of age or over on the day of the next
24 election. A principal need not request appointment as
25 deputy registrar under this paragraph if a qualified
26 person voluntarily agrees to act as a substitute for the
27 principal and actually conducts the requisite voter
28 registration. For purposes of this paragraph, a qualified
29 person is any person who currently serves as or is
30 qualified and is appointed to serve as a registration
31 officer or deputy registrar under this Code. Nothing in
32 this paragraph shall prohibit the registration of voters
33 in the school district at times other than during the
34 first 10 school days in May of each year, except during
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1 the 27 days preceding an election.
2 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
3 by the president, of any university, college, community
4 college, academy or other institution of learning
5 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
6 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
7 university, college, community college, academy or
8 institution.
9 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
10 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
11 qualified members designated by such official, who may
12 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
13 county.
14 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
15 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
16 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
17 members designated by such official, who may accept the
18 registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
19 determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
20 appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
21 of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
22 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
23 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
24 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
25 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
26 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
27 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
28 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
29 applicable to every civic organization requesting
30 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
31 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
32 certification of bona fide State civic organizations.
33 Such appointments shall be made for a period not to
34 exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day of
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1 the month following the month of the general election,
2 and shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
3 as provided by this Code during the terms of such
4 appointments.
5 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
6 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
7 designated by the Director and located at public aid
8 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
9 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
10 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
11 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
12 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
13 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
14 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
15 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
16 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
17 number of employees designated by such president, who may
18 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
19 county.
20 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
21 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
22 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
23 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
24 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
25 appointed as deputy registrar.
26 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
27 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
28 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
29 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
30 consideration to both population concentration and area.
31 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
32 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
33 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
34 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
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1 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
2 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
3 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
4 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
5 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
6 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
7 supplemental list of applicants.
8 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
9 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
10 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
11 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
12 following oath or affirmation:
13 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
14 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
15 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
16 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
17 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
18 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
19 upon his personal application before me.
20 ...............................
21 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
22 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
23 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
24 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
25 filed with the county clerk.
26 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
27 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
28 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
29 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
30 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
31 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen
32 shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the
33 county convention following the general primary at which they
34 were elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
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1 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
2 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
3 appointees.
4 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
5 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
6 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
7 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
8 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
9 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
10 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
11 removal for cause.
12 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
13 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
14 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
15 days, except that completed registration materials received
16 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
17 and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
18 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
19 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
20 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
21 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
22 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
23 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
24 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
25 next working day following the close of registration.
26 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
27 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
28 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
29 month period.
30 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
31 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
32 performance of his or her duties.
33 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
34 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
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1 Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
2 the county clerk.
3 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
5 Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners
6 shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
7 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
8 registration of any qualified resident of the election
9 jurisdiction, except during the 27 days preceding an
10 election.
11 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
12 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
13 located at driver's license examination stations and
14 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
15 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
16 residents of the county at any such driver's license
17 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
18 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
19 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
20 Code.
21 The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
22 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
23 written request of such persons:
24 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
25 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
26 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
27 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
28 election jurisdiction, at such library.
29 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
30 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
31 or vocational school situated within the election
32 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
33 resident of the election jurisdiction, at such school.
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1 The board of election commissioners shall notify every
2 principal and vice-principal of each high school,
3 elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
4 election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
5 deputy registrars and offer training courses for service
6 as deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities
7 at least 4 months prior to every election. At minimum,
8 principals of secondary and vocational schools must
9 request appointment as deputy registrars under this
10 paragraph and conduct voter registration in the school
11 district during the first 10 school days in May of each
12 year to register students who are 18 years of age or over
13 on the day of the next election. A principal need not
14 request appointment as deputy registrar under this
15 paragraph if a qualified person voluntarily agrees to act
16 as a substitute for the principal and actually conducts
17 the requisite voter registration. For purposes of this
18 paragraph, a qualified person is any person who currently
19 serves as or is qualified and is appointed to serve as a
20 registration officer or deputy registrar under this Code.
21 Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the registration
22 of voters in the school district at times other than
23 during the first 10 school days in May of each year,
24 except during the 27 days preceding an election.
25 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
26 by the president, of any university, college, community
27 college, academy or other institution of learning
28 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
29 the registrations of any resident of the election
30 jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
31 college, academy or institution.
32 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
33 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
34 qualified members designated by such official, who may
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1 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
2 election jurisdiction.
3 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
4 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
5 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
6 members designated by such official, who may accept the
7 registration of any qualified resident of the election
8 jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
9 registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
10 commissioners shall consider the population of the
11 jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
12 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
13 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
14 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
15 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
16 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
17 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
18 event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
19 arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
20 requesting appointment of its members as deputy
21 registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
22 provide for certification of bona fide State civic
23 organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a
24 period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
25 business day of the month following the month of the
26 general election, and shall be valid for all periods of
27 voter registration as provided by this Code during the
28 terms of such appointments.
29 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
30 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
31 designated by the Director and located at public aid
32 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
33 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such public
34 aid office.
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1 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
2 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
3 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
4 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
5 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
6 unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
7 deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
8 commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
9 request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
10 organization with written notice setting forth the
11 specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
12 request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
13 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by
14 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
15 number of employees designated by such president, who may
16 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
17 election jurisdiction.
18 The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
19 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
20 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
21 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
22 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
23 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
24 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal
25 number from each of the 2 major political parties in the
26 election jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners,
27 in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
28 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the
29 Chairman of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
30 political party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee
31 shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
32 of each year. The board may require a Chairman of a County
33 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of
34 applicants.
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1 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
2 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
3 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
4 voters within the election jurisdiction and shall take and
5 subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
6 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
7 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
8 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
9 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
10 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
11 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
12 his personal application before me.
13 ....................................
14 (Signature of Registration Officer)"
15 This oath shall be administered and certified to by one
16 of the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
17 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
18 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
19 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
20 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
21 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
22 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
23 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
24 affidavits as are required by this Article.
25 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
26 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
27 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
28 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
29 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
30 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
31 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
32 convention following the general primary at which they were
33 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
34 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
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1 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
2 appointees.
3 (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
4 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
5 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
6 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
7 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall
8 be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
9 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
10 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
11 removal for cause.
12 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
13 of deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a)
14 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
15 days, except that completed registration materials received
16 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
17 and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
18 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
19 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
20 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
21 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
22 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
23 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
24 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
25 next working day following the close of registration.
26 (d) The board of election commissioners shall not be
27 required to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
28 having more than 200 registration forms unaccounted for
29 during the preceding 12 month period.
30 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
31 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
32 performance of his or her duties.
33 (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
34 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
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1 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
2 to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
3 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.
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