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Public Act 094-0136
Public Act 0136 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 094-0136
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| HB1971 Enrolled |
LRB094 02785 JAM 32786 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | Sections 1A-25, 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 as follows:
| (10 ILCS 5/1A-25) | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | delayed effective date) | Sec. 1A-25. Centralized statewide voter registration list. | The centralized statewide voter registration list required by | Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act | of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the State Board of | Elections as provided in this Section. | (1) The centralized statewide voter registration list | shall be compiled from the voter registration data bases of | each election authority in this State.
| (2) All new voter registration forms and applications | to register to vote shall be transmitted to the appropriate | election authority. The election authority shall process | and verify each voter registration form and electronically | enter verified registrations on an expedited basis onto the | statewide voter registration list. All original | registration cards shall remain permanently in the office | of the election authority as required by Sections 4-20, | 5-28, and 6-65.
| (3) The centralized statewide voter registration list | shall:
| (i) Be designed to allow election authorities to | utilize the registration data on the statewide voter | registration list pertinent to voters registered in | their election jurisdiction on locally maintained | software programs that are unique to each |
| jurisdiction.
| (ii) Allow each election authority to perform | essential election management functions, including but | not limited to production of voter lists, processing of | absentee voters, production of individual, pre-printed | applications to vote, administration of election | judges, and polling place administration, but shall | not prevent any election authority from using | information from that election authority's own | systems.
| (4) The registration information maintained by each | election authority shall at all times be synchronized with | that authority's information on the statewide list on a | constant, real-time basis.
| To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | registration information, the disclosure of any portion of the | centralized statewide voter registration list to any person or | entity other than to a State or local political committee and | other than to a governmental entity for a governmental purpose | is specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to | security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections | which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or | database, available for public view, including the name, | address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list as | well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the list | on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the State | Board of Elections, during normal business hours other than | during the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing | the list under this exception may not print, duplicate, | transmit, or alter the list.
| (Source: P.A. 93-1071, eff. 6-1-05.)
| (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
| Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient | number of blank
forms for the registration of electors, which | shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall |
| consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to | contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter | required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable | nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration | record
cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration | as hereinafter
provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
| The registration record card shall contain the following | and such
other information as the county clerk may think it | proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for | registration:
| Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | for such
middle name, if any.
| Sex.
| Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | other location of
the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | or room number, if any, and in the
case of a mobile home the lot | number, and such additional clear and definite
description as | may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
| dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be | determined by
street and number, then the section, | congressional township and range
number may be used, or such | other description as may be necessary,
including post-office | mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual,
the | individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing | address shall be
included on his or her registration record | card.
| Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct. | This
information shall be furnished by the applicant stating | the place or
places where he resided and the dates during which | he resided in such
place or places during the year next | preceding the date of the next
ensuing election.
| Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was | born.
| Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of |
| naturalization.
| Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
| Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
| Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
| The county and state in which the applicant was last | registered.
| Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration | and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | to the affidavit on both the
original and duplicate | registration record cards.
| Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
| In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered | to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed | description of the applicant in
the space provided on the back | or at the bottom of the card or sheet;
and shall ask the | following questions and record the answers thereto:
| Father's first name.
| Mother's first name.
| From what address did the applicant last register?
| Reason for inability to sign name.
| Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
| substantially the following form:
| AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
| STATE OF ILLINOIS
| COUNTY OF .......
| I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall | have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | precinct in which I reside 30 days and
that I intend that this | location shall be my residence; that
I am fully qualified to | vote, and that the above statements are true.
| ..............................
|
| (His or her signature or mark)
| Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| ..................................
| Signature of registration officer.
| (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
| Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | registered
thereon.
| Each registration record card shall be numbered according | to
precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for | identification in
such manner as the county clerk may | determine.
| The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | records of the election authority during the period
beginning | with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
| 28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | records but the election authority is not required to extend | its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | such extended hours. Registration record
cards may also be | inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
cards, | during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
| Registration
record cards shall also be open to inspection by | certified judges and poll
watchers and challengers at the | polling place on election day, but only to
the extent necessary |
| to determine the question of the right of a person to
vote or | to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | or
challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration | record cards.
| Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | electronic data
processing information containing voter | registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk | within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and | within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the | State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For | the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed | 27
days before the date of any regular or special election. | Registration
information shall include, but not be limited to, | the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone | number, if any,
age, party affiliation, if applicable, | precinct, ward, township,
county, and representative, | legislative and
congressional districts. In the event of | noncompliance, the State
Board of Elections is directed to | obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of | the election authority by instituting legal
proceedings in the | circuit court of the county in which the election
authority | maintains the registration information. The costs of | furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a | rate of $.00034 per
name of registered voters in the election | jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall | be paid from appropriations made to the
State Board of | Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
such | purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, | discs, other
electronic data or compilations thereof to state | political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois | Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and | to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable | cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter | registration records to any person or entity other than to a
| State or local political
committee and other than to a |
| governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically | prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures | adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, | shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available | for public view, including the name, address, and telephone | number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of | that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide | voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield | office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business | hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the | person viewing the list under this exception may not print, | duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of
the tapes, | discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the | county
clerk to local political committees and governmental | entities at their request and at a
reasonable cost.
Reasonable | cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this purpose would be | the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The | individual representing a political committee
requesting | copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
| information shall be used only for bona fide political | purposes,
including by or for candidates for office or | incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other electronic | data shall not be used under any
circumstances by any political | committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial | solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes
contain | information on county residents related to the operations of
| county government in addition to registration information, | that
information shall not be used under any circumstances for | commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. The | prohibition in this
Section against using the computer tapes or | computer discs or other
electronic data processing information | containing voter registration
information for purposes of | commercial solicitation or other business
purposes shall be | prospective only from the effective date of this
amended Act of | 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
guilty of | a Class 4 felony.
|
| The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | of voter registration information shall comply
with such | regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| If the applicant for registration was last registered in | another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | following form:
| To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
| To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
| This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | (city) and
that my residence was ............................
| Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize | you to
cancel said registration in your office.
| Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
| .................................
| (Signature of Voter)
| Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
| County, Illinois.
| The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | by the
County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission | as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly | registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority | for cancellation of any previous
registration.
| (Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; | 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| (10 ILCS 5/5-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
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| Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient | number of
blank forms for the registration of electors which | shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall | consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to | contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter | required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable | nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
| record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration | as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
| The registration record card shall contain the following | and such
other information as the county clerk may think it | proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for | registration:
| Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | for such
middle name, if any.
| Sex.
| Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot | number, and such additional
clear and definite description as | may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the | dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
| address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's | voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be | included on his or her
registration record card.
| Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the | precinct. Which
questions may be answered by the applicant | stating, in excess of 30 days
in the State and in excess of 30 | days in the precinct.
| Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was | born.
| Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place and date of | naturalization.
| Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month |
| and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
| Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
| Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
| The county and state in which the applicant was last | registered.
| Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration | and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | to the affidavit on the original
and duplicate registration | record card.
| Signature of Deputy Registrar.
| In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered | to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed | description of the applicant in
the space provided at the | bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
following | questions and record the answers thereto:
| Father's first name .......................
| Mother's first name .......................
| From what address did you last register?
| Reason for inability to sign name.
| Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
| substantially the following form:
| AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
| State of Illinois)
| )ss
| County of )
| I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall | have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | precinct in which I reside 30 days; that
I am fully qualified | to vote. That I intend that this location shall be
my residence | and that the above statements are true.
| ..............................
| (His or her signature or mark)
|
| Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| .........................................
| Signature of Registration Officer.
| (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
| Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | registered
thereon.
| Each registration record card shall be numbered according | to towns
and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case | may be, and may
be serially or otherwise marked for | identification in such manner as the
county clerk may | determine.
| The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | records of the election authority during the period
beginning | with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
| 28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | records but the election authority is not required to extend | its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be | inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
| during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. | Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by | certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the | polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary |
| to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or | to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration | record cards.
| Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | electronic data
processing information containing voter | registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk | within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and | within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the | State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For | the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed | 27
days before the date of any regular or special election. | Registration
information
shall include, but not be limited to, | the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone | number, if any, age,
party affiliation, if applicable, | precinct, ward, township, county, and
representative, | legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
| noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to | obtain compliance
forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of | the election authority by
instituting legal proceedings in the | circuit court of the county in which the
election authority | maintains the registration information. The costs of
| furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a | rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in the election | jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall | be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of | Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
| purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, | discs, other electronic
data or compilations thereof to state | political committees registered pursuant
to the Illinois | Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and | to governmental entities, at
their request and at a reasonable | cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter | registration records to any person or entity other than to a
| State or local political
committee and other than to a |
| governmental entity for a governmental
purpose
is specifically | prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures | adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, | shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available | for public view, including the name, address, and telephone | number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of | that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide | voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield | office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business | hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the | person viewing the list under this exception may not print, | duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies of the tapes, | discs or other
electronic data shall be furnished by the county | clerk to local political
committees and governmental entities | at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of | the
tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost | of duplication plus
15% for administration. The individual | representing a political committee
requesting copies of such | tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall | be used only for bona fide political purposes,
including by or | for candidates for office or incumbent office holders.
Such | tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under | any
circumstances by any political committee or individuals for | purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business | purposes. If such tapes
contain information on county residents | related to the operations of
county government in addition to | registration information, that
information shall not be used | under any circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other | business purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against | using the computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic | data processing information containing voter registration
| information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
| The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October |
| 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | of voter registration information shall comply
with such | regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| If the applicant for registration was last registered in | another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | following form:
| To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
| Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
| This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | (city) and
that my residence was .....
| Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby | authorize you to
cancel said registration in your office.
| Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
| ....................
| (Signature of Voter)
| Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
| The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | by the
county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission | as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly | registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority | for cancellation of any previous
registration.
| (Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; | 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
| Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall | provide a
sufficient number of blank forms for the registration |
| of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards | and which shall consist of
loose leaf sheets or cards, of | suitable size to contain in plain writing
and figures the data | hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer
cards | of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The | registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of | registration as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in | duplicate. The duplicate of
which may be a carbon copy of the | original or a copy of the original
made by the use of other | method or material used for making simultaneous
true copies or | duplications.
| The registration record card shall contain the following | and such
other information as the Board of Election | Commissioners may think it
proper to require for the | identification of the applicant for
registration:
| Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | for such
middle name, if any.
| Sex.
| Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot | number, and such additional
clear and definite description as | may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the | dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
| address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's | voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be | included on his or her
registration record card.
| Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the | precinct.
| Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was | born.
| Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of | naturalization.
| Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month |
| and year
when the applicant presented himself for registration.
| Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
| Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
| The county and state in which the applicant was last | registered.
| Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and | in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | to the affidavit on both the
original and the duplicate | registration record card.
| Signature of deputy registrar.
| In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the registration | officer shall write a
detailed description of the applicant in | the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and | shall ask the following questions and
record the answers | thereto:
| Father's first name .........................
| Mother's first name .........................
| From what address did you last register? ....
| Reason for inability to sign name ...........
| Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
| substantially the following form:
| AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
| State of Illinois )
| )ss
| County of ....... )
| I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | United States,
that on the day of the next election I shall | have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | precinct 30 days and that I intend that
this location is my | residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the | above statements are true.
| ..............................
| (His or her signature or mark)
|
| Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| ......................................
| Signature of registration officer
| (to be signed in presence of registrant).
| Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | registered
thereon.
| Each registration record card shall be numbered according | to wards or
precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially | or otherwise marked
for identification in such manner as the | Board of Election Commissioners
may determine.
| The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | records of the election authority during the period
beginning | with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
| 28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | records but the election authority is not required to extend | its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be | inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
| during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. | Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by | certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the | polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary | to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or | to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers |
| or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration | record cards.
| Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | electronic data
processing information containing voter | registration information shall
be furnished by the Board of | Election Commissioners within 10 days after
December 15 and May | 15 each year and within 10
days after each registration period | is closed to the State Board
of Elections in a
form prescribed | by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
| registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any | regular
or special
election. Registration information shall
| include, but not be limited to, the following information: | name, sex,
residence, telephone number, if any, age, party | affiliation, if
applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, | and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. | In the event of noncompliance,
the State Board of Elections is | directed to obtain compliance forthwith
with this | nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
| legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which | the election
authority maintains the registration information. | The costs of furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall | be paid at a rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in | the election jurisdiction, but not less
than $50 per tape or | disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the
State | Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority | for
such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such | tapes, discs,
other electronic data or compilations thereof to | state political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois | Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and | to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable | cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter | registration records to any person or entity other than to a
| State or local political
committee and other than to a | governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically | prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures |
| adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, | shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available | for public view, including the name, address, and telephone | number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of | that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide | voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield | office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business | hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the | person viewing the list under this exception may not print, | duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies of the
tapes, | discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board | of
Election Commissioners to local political committees and | governmental entities at their request and at a
reasonable | cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this | purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
| administration. The individual representing a political | committee
requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn | affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide | political purposes,
including by or for candidates for office | or incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other | electronic data shall not be used under any
circumstances by | any political committee or individuals for purposes of
| commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such | tapes
contain information on county residents related to the | operations of
county government in addition to registration | information, that
information shall not be used under any | circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other business | purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against using the | computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data | processing information containing voter registration
| information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
| The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure |
| uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | of voter registration information shall comply
with such | regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| If the applicant for registration was last registered in | another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | following form:
| To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
| To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
| This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | (city) and
that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your | (county), (city), I
hereby authorize you to cancel that | registration in your office.
| Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
| ....................
| (Signature of Voter)
| Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
| Illinois.
| The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | by the clerk
of the Election Commission to the county clerk, | (or Election Commission
as the case may be) where the applicant | was formerly registered. Receipt
of such certificate shall be | full authority for cancellation of any
previous registration.
| (Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; | 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | changes in a
statute that is represented in this Act by text | that is not yet or no longer in
effect (for example, a Section |
| represented by multiple versions), the use of
that text does | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | Public Act.
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 7/7/2005
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