093_HB1166ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1166
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1166 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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.
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1 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
2 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
3 located at driver's license examination stations and
4 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
5 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
6 residents of the county at any such driver's license
7 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
8 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
9 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
10 Code.
11 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
12 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
13 of such persons:
14 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
15 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
16 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
17 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
18 county, at such library.
19 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
20 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
21 or vocational school situated within the election
22 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
23 qualified resident of the county, at such school. The
24 county clerk shall notify every principal and
25 vice-principal of each high school, elementary school,
26 and vocational school situated within the election
27 jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
28 registrars and offer training courses for service as
29 deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
30 least 4 months prior to every election. At minimum,
31 principals of secondary and vocational schools must
32 request appointment as deputy registrars under this
33 paragraph and conduct voter registration in the school
34 district during the first 10 school days in May of each
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1 year to register students who are 18 years of age or over
2 on the day of the next election. A principal need not
3 request appointment as deputy registrar under this
4 paragraph if a qualified person voluntarily agrees to act
5 as a substitute for the principal and actually conducts
6 the requisite voter registration. For purposes of this
7 paragraph, a qualified person is any person who currently
8 serves as or is qualified and is appointed to serve as a
9 registration officer or deputy registrar under this Code.
10 Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the registration
11 of voters in the school district at times other than
12 during the first 10 school days in May of each year,
13 except during the 27 days preceding an election.
14 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
15 by the president, of any university, college, community
16 college, academy or other institution of learning
17 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
18 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
19 university, college, community college, academy or
20 institution.
21 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
22 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
23 qualified members designated by such official, who may
24 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
25 county.
26 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a
27 bonafide State civic organization, as defined and
28 determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, or
29 qualified members designated by such official, who may
30 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
31 county. In determining the number of deputy registrars
32 that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider
33 the population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
34 organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
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1 convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
2 registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
3 registration activities of the organization and the need
4 to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
5 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
6 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
7 applicable to every civic organization requesting
8 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
9 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
10 certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
11 appointments shall be made for a period not to exceed 2
12 years, terminating on the first business day of the month
13 following the month of the general election, and shall be
14 valid for all periods of voter registration as provided
15 by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
16 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
17 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
18 designated by the Director and located at public aid
19 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
20 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
21 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
22 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
23 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
24 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
25 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
26 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
27 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
28 number of employees designated by such president, who may
29 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
30 county.
31 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
32 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
33 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
34 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.
8 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
9 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
10 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
11 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
12 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
13 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
14 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
15 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
16 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
17 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
18 supplemental list of applicants.
19 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
20 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
21 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
22 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
23 following oath or affirmation:
24 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
25 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
26 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
27 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
28 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
29 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
30 upon his personal application before me.
31 ............................
32 (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
33 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
34 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
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1 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
2 filed with the county clerk.
3 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
4 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
5 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
6 each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
7 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
8 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
9 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
10 convention following the general primary at which they were
11 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
12 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
13 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
14 appointees.
15 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
16 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
17 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
18 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
19 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
20 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
21 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
22 removal for cause.
23 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
24 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
25 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
26 days, except that completed registration materials received
27 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
28 and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
29 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
30 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
31 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
32 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
33 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
34 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
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1 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
2 next working day following the close of registration.
3 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
4 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
5 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
6 month period.
7 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
8 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
9 performance of his or her duties.
10 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
11 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
12 Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
13 the county clerk.
14 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
16 Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
17 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized
18 deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
19 of all qualified residents of their respective counties. A
20 deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
21 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
22 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
23 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
24 resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
25 regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or
26 the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
27 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
28 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
29 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
30 county, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
31 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
32 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
33 located at driver's license examination stations and
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1 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
2 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
3 residents of the county at any such driver's license
4 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
5 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
6 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
7 Code.
8 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
9 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
10 of such 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
15 county, at such library.
16 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
17 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
18 or 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
27 to every election. At minimum, principals of secondary
28 and vocational schools must request appointment as deputy
29 registrars under this paragraph and conduct voter
30 registration in the school district during the first 10
31 school days in May of each year to register students who
32 are 18 years of age or over on the day of the next
33 election. A principal need not request appointment as
34 deputy registrar under this paragraph if a qualified
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1 person voluntarily agrees to act as a substitute for the
2 principal and actually conducts the requisite voter
3 registration. For purposes of this paragraph, a qualified
4 person is any person who currently serves as or is
5 qualified and is appointed to serve as a registration
6 officer or deputy registrar under this Code. Nothing in
7 this paragraph shall prohibit the registration of voters
8 in the school district at times other than during the
9 first 10 school days in May of each year, except during
10 the 27 days preceding an election.
11 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
12 by the president, of any university, college, community
13 college, academy or other institution of learning
14 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
15 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
16 university, college, community college, academy or
17 institution.
18 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
19 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
20 qualified members designated by such official, who may
21 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
22 county.
23 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
24 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
25 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
26 members designated by such official, who may accept the
27 registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
28 determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
29 appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
30 of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
31 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
32 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
33 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
34 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
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1 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
2 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
3 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
4 applicable to every civic organization requesting
5 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
6 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
7 certification of bona fide State civic organizations.
8 Such appointments shall be made for a period not to
9 exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day of
10 the month following the month of the general election,
11 and shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
12 as provided by this Code during the terms of such
13 appointments.
14 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
15 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
16 designated by the Director and located at public aid
17 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
18 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
19 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
20 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
21 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
22 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
23 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
24 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
25 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
26 number of employees designated by such president, who may
27 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
28 county.
29 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
30 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
31 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
32 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
33 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
34 appointed as deputy registrar.
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1 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
2 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
3 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
4 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
5 consideration to both population concentration and area.
6 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
7 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
8 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
9 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
10 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
11 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
12 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
13 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
14 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
15 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
16 supplemental list of applicants.
17 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
18 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
19 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
20 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
21 following oath or affirmation:
22 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
23 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
24 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
25 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
26 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
27 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
28 upon his personal application before me.
29 ...............................
30 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
31 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
32 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
33 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
34 filed with the county clerk.
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1 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
2 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
3 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
4 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
5 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
6 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen
7 shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the
8 county convention following the general primary at which they
9 were elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
10 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
11 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
12 appointees.
13 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
14 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
15 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
16 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
17 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
18 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
19 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
20 removal for cause.
21 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
22 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
23 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
24 days, except that completed registration materials received
25 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
26 and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
27 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
28 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
29 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
30 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
31 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
32 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
33 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
34 next working day following the close of registration.
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1 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
2 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
3 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
4 month period.
5 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
6 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
7 performance of his or her duties.
8 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
9 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
10 Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
11 the county clerk.
12 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
14 Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners
15 shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
16 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
17 registration of any qualified resident of the election
18 jurisdiction, except during the 27 days preceding an
19 election.
20 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
21 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
22 located at driver's license examination stations and
23 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
24 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
25 residents of the county at any such driver's license
26 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
27 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
28 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
29 Code.
30 The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
31 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
32 written request of such persons:
33 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
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1 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
2 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
3 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
4 election jurisdiction, at such library.
5 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
6 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
7 or vocational school situated within the election
8 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
9 resident of the election jurisdiction, at such school.
10 The board of election commissioners shall notify every
11 principal and vice-principal of each high school,
12 elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
13 election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
14 deputy registrars and offer training courses for service
15 as deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities
16 at least 4 months prior to every election. At minimum,
17 principals of secondary and vocational schools must
18 request appointment as deputy registrars under this
19 paragraph and conduct voter registration in the school
20 district during the first 10 school days in May of each
21 year to register students who are 18 years of age or over
22 on the day of the next election. A principal need not
23 request appointment as deputy registrar under this
24 paragraph if a qualified person voluntarily agrees to act
25 as a substitute for the principal and actually conducts
26 the requisite voter registration. For purposes of this
27 paragraph, a qualified person is any person who currently
28 serves as or is qualified and is appointed to serve as a
29 registration officer or deputy registrar under this Code.
30 Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the registration
31 of voters in the school district at times other than
32 during the first 10 school days in May of each year,
33 except during the 27 days preceding an election.
34 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
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1 by the president, of any university, college, community
2 college, academy or other institution of learning
3 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
4 the registrations of any resident of the election
5 jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
6 college, academy or institution.
7 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
8 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
9 qualified members designated by such official, who may
10 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
11 election jurisdiction.
12 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
13 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
14 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
15 members designated by such official, who may accept the
16 registration of any qualified resident of the election
17 jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
18 registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
19 commissioners shall consider the population of the
20 jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
21 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
22 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
23 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
24 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
25 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
26 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
27 event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
28 arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
29 requesting appointment of its members as deputy
30 registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
31 provide for certification of bona fide State civic
32 organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a
33 period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
34 business day of the month following the month of the
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1 general election, and shall be valid for all periods of
2 voter registration as provided by this Code during the
3 terms of such appointments.
4 6. The Director of the Illinois Department of
5 Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
6 designated by the Director and located at public aid
7 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
8 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such public
9 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 election jurisdiction at any such
15 unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
16 deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
17 commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
18 request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
19 organization with written notice setting forth the
20 specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
21 request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
22 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by
23 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
24 number of employees designated by such president, who may
25 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
26 election jurisdiction.
27 The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
28 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
29 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
30 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
31 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
32 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
33 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal
34 number from each of the 2 major political parties in the
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1 election jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners,
2 in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
3 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the
4 Chairman of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
5 political party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee
6 shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
7 of each year. The board may require a Chairman of a County
8 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of
9 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 election jurisdiction and shall take and
14 subscribe to the 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 registration
19 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
20 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
21 his personal application before me.
22 ....................................
23 (Signature of Registration Officer)"
24 This oath shall be administered and certified to by one
25 of the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
26 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
27 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
28 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
29 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
30 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
31 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
32 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
33 affidavits as are required by this Article.
34 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
3 each 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
10 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
11 appointees.
12 (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
13 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
14 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
15 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
16 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall
17 be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
18 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
19 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
20 removal for cause.
21 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
22 of deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a)
23 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
24 days, except that completed registration materials received
25 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
26 and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
27 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
28 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
29 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
30 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
31 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
32 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
33 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
34 next working day following the close of registration.
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1 (d) The board of election commissioners shall not be
2 required to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
3 having more than 200 registration forms unaccounted for
4 during the preceding 12 month period.
5 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
6 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
7 performance of his or her duties.
8 (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
9 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
10 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
11 to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
12 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.".