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Public Act 92-0816

HB5647 Enrolled                                LRB9213181JMmb

    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 4-6, 4-6.2, 4-6.3, 4-8,  4-8.03,  4-10,  4-16,  5-5,
5-7, 5-7.03, 5-16.2, 5-16.3, 6-29, 6-35, 6-35.03, 6-43, 6-50,
6-50.2, and 6-50.3 as follows:

    (10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
    Sec.  4-6.  For  the  purpose of registering voters under
this Article in addition to the method provided for  precinct
registration  under  Section  4-7,  the  office of the county
clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday,  Sunday,  and
legal  holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00  noon,
and  such additional hours as the county clerk may designate.
If, however, the county board otherwise  duly  regulates  and
fixes  the hours of opening and closing of all county offices
at the county seat  of  any  county,  such  regulation  shall
control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall
be  no  registration  at the office of the county clerk or at
the office of municipal and township or road district  clerks
serving  as deputy registrars during the 27 28 days preceding
any regular or special election at which the  cards  provided
in this Article are used, or until the 2nd day following such
regular  or  special election; provided, that if by reason of
the proximity of any such elections to one another the effect
of this provision would be to close registrations for all  or
any  part  of the 10 days immediately prior to such 27 28 day
period, the county clerk shall accept, solely for use in  the
subsequent and not in any intervening election, registrations
and transfers of registration within the period from the 27th
28th  to  the  38th  days,  both  inclusive,  prior  to  such
subsequent  election; provided, further that at the office of
such clerks registration shall be permitted on the  28th  day
preceding  the election in November of even-numbered years in
any county in which such day is not designated as  a  day  of
precinct   registration.  In  any  election  called  for  the
submission  of  the  revision  or  alteration  of,   or   the
amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional
Convention,  the  final day for registration at the office of
the election authority  charged  with  the  printing  of  the
ballot  of  this  election shall be the 15th day prior to the
date of election.
    Any qualified person residing within the  county  or  any
portion  thereof  subject  to  this  Article  may register or
re-register with the county clerk.
    Each county clerk shall appoint one or more  registration
or  re-registration  teams  for  the purpose of accepting the
registration or re-registration of any  voter  who  files  an
affidavit  that  he  is  physically  unable  to appear at any
appointed place of registration or re-registration. Each team
shall consist of one member of each  political  party  having
the highest and second highest number of registered voters in
the  county. The county clerk shall designate a team to visit
each disabled person and shall  accept  the  registration  or
re-registration  of each such person as if he had applied for
registration or re-registration at the office of  the  county
clerk.
    As   used   in  this  Article,  "deputy  registrars"  and
"registration officers" mean any person authorized to  accept
registrations of electors under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)

    (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
    Sec.  4-6.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall  appoint all
municipal and township or road district clerks or their  duly
authorized  deputies  as deputy registrars who may accept the
registration of all qualified residents of  their  respective
municipalities,   townships  and  road  districts.  A  deputy
registrar serving as such  by  virtue  of  his  status  as  a
municipal  clerk,  or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in  more
than  one county may accept the registration of any qualified
resident of the municipality, regardless of which county  the
resident,  municipal  clerk  or the duly authorized deputy of
the municipal clerk lives in.
    The   county   clerk   shall   appoint    all    precinct
committeepersons  in  the county as deputy registrars who may
accept the registration of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
county, except during the 27 28 days preceding an election.
    The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
examination stations.  The appointment of  employees  of  the
Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
Code.
    The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  each of the following
named persons as deputy registrars upon the  written  request
of such persons:
         1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
    designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
    the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
    county, at such library.
         2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
    by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
    or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
    jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
    qualified resident of the county,  at  such  school.  The
    county   clerk   shall   notify   every   principal   and
    vice-principal  of  each  high school, elementary school,
    and  vocational  school  situated  within  the   election
    jurisdiction  of  their  eligibility  to  serve as deputy
    registrars and offer  training  courses  for  service  as
    deputy  registrars  at conveniently located facilities at
    least 4 months prior to every election.
         3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
    by  the  president, of any university, college, community
    college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
    the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
    university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
    institution.
         4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
    fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
    qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
    accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
    county.
         5.  A  duly  elected  or  appointed  official  of  a
    bonafide   State   civic  organization,  as  defined  and
    determined by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or
    qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
    accept the registration of any qualified resident of  the
    county.  In  determining  the number of deputy registrars
    that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall  consider
    the  population  of  the  jurisdiction,  the  size of the
    organization, the geographic size  of  the  jurisdiction,
    convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
    registrars  in  the  jurisdiction and their location, the
    registration activities of the organization and the  need
    to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
    registration  of non-English speaking individuals.  In no
    event shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary  number
    applicable   to   every   civic  organization  requesting
    appointment of its  members  as  deputy  registrars.  The
    State  Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide for
    certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
    appointments shall be made for a period not to  exceed  2
    years, terminating on the first business day of the month
    following the month of the general election, and shall be
    valid  for  all periods of voter registration as provided
    by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
         6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
    Public  Aid,  or  a  reasonable   number   of   employees
    designated  by  the  Director  and  located at public aid
    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
    resident of the county at any such public aid office.
         7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
    Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
    designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
    resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
         8.  The president of any corporation as  defined  by
    the  Business  Corporation  Act  of 1983, or a reasonable
    number of employees designated by such president, who may
    accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
    county.
    If the request to be appointed  as  deputy  registrar  is
denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
the  request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
organization with written notice setting forth  the  specific
reasons  or  criteria  relied  upon to deny the request to be
appointed as deputy registrar.
    The county clerk may appoint as  many  additional  deputy
registrars  as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
the  convenience  of  the  public  is  served,   giving   due
consideration  to  both  population  concentration  and area.
Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
that there are an equal number  from  each  of  the  2  major
political  parties  in the election jurisdiction.  The county
clerk, in appointing an additional  deputy  registrar,  shall
make  the  appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
the  Chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee   of   the
applicant's  political party.  A Chairman of a County Central
Committee shall submit a list of  applicants  to  the  county
clerk  by  November  30  of  each year.  The county clerk may
require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
supplemental list of applicants.
    Deputy registrars may accept registrations  at  any  time
other  than  the  27 28 day period preceding an election. All
persons appointed as deputy registrars shall  be   registered
voters  within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
following oath or affirmation:
    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
Constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office of deputy
registrar to the best of my ability and that I will  register
no  person  nor  cause  the registration of any person except
upon his personal application before me.
                                 ............................
                                (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
    This oath shall be administered by the county  clerk,  or
by  one  of  his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter  be
filed with the county clerk.
    Appointments  of  deputy  registrars  under this Section,
except precinct committeemen,  shall  be  for  2-year  terms,
commencing  on  December  1 following the general election of
each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
appointments shall be until December 1st following  the  next
general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
be  for  2-year  terms  commencing  on the date of the county
convention following the general primary at which  they  were
elected.   The  county  clerk  shall  issue  a certificate of
appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
appointees.
    (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
removal for cause.
    (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
days,  except  that completed registration materials received
by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
and  28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
48 hours after receipt thereof.  The  completed  registration
materials  received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
day preceding an election shall be  returned  by  the  deputy
registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
next working day following the close of registration.
    (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding  12
month period.
    (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
performance of his or her duties.
    (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

    (10 ILCS 5/4-6.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
    Sec.  4-6.3.   The county clerk may establish a temporary
place of registration for such times and  at  such  locations
within  the  county as the county clerk may select.  However,
no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
the 27 28 days preceding an election.  Notice of the time and
place of registration under this Section shall  be  published
by   the  county  clerk  in  a  newspaper  having  a  general
circulation in the county not less than 3 nor  more  than  15
days before the holding of such registration.
    Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
units.   Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
registration include, but  are  not  limited  to,  facilities
licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
districts, public buildings and county fairs.
    Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
population or fraction thereof in the county.
    All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed  pursuant
to Section 4-6.2.
(Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-873; 86-1028.)

    (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  28  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  28  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 28 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
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 at their
request and at a reasonable cost.  Copies of the tapes, discs
or other electronic data shall be  furnished  by  the  county
clerk to local political committees 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. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)

    (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
    Sec. 4-8.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card which, except as otherwise  provided
in  this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
authorities in the State, except those  election  authorities
adopting  a computer-based voter registration file authorized
under Section 4-33.  The Board shall prescribe the  form  and
specifications,  including  but  not limited to the weight of
paper, color and print of  such  cards.    Such  cards  shall
contain  boxes  or  spaces for the information required under
Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards
shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's  social
security  number,  which  shall  be  required  to  the extent
allowed by law but in no case  shall  the  applicant  provide
fewer  than  the last 4 digits of the social security number,
and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
    Except  for  those  election   authorities   adopting   a
computer-based   voter  registration  file  authorized  under
Section  4-33,  the  original  and  duplicate   cards   shall
respectively  constitute  the master file and precinct binder
registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given  to
the  applicant  upon completion of his or her registration or
completed transfer of registration.
    Whenever a voter moves to  another  precinct  within  the
same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
registration  by  presenting  his or her copy to the election
authority or a deputy registrar.  If such  voter  is  not  in
possession  of  or  has  lost  his or her copy, he or she may
effect a transfer of registration by executing  an  Affidavit
of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
    In  the  case  of  a  transfer  of  registration to a new
election jurisdiction, the election authority shall  transmit
the  voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
of the voter's  former  election  jurisdiction,  which  shall
immediately  cause  the  transmission of the voter's previous
registration card to the voter's new election  authority.  No
transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
notification.
    Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
after  the  receipt  thereof,  except  that  such  copies  or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
by  the  deputy registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day
preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
registrars to the election authority within  48  hours  after
receipt.  The  deputy  registrars  shall return the copies or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
by  them  on  the  28th 29th day preceding an election to the
election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)

    (10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
    Sec. 4-10.  Except as herein provided, no person shall be
registered, unless he applies in  person  to  a  registration
officer,  answers  such relevant questions as may be asked of
him by the registration officer, and executes  the  affidavit
of  registration.  The registration officer shall require the
applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and  except
in  the  case  of  a  homeless  individual, one of which must
include  his  or  her  residence  address.   These  forms  of
identification shall include, but not be limited to,  any  of
the following: driver's license, social security card, public
aid  identification  card,  utility bill, employee or student
identification card,  credit  card,  or  a  civic,  union  or
professional  association  membership card.  The registration
officer  shall  require  a  homeless  individual  to  furnish
evidence of his or her use of  the  mailing  address  stated.
This  use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to
that  individual  and  received  at  that  address  or  by  a
statement from  a  person  authorizing  use  of  the  mailing
address.    The   registration  officer  shall  require  each
applicant for registration to read or have read  to  him  the
affidavit  of  registration  before permitting him to execute
the affidavit.
    One of the registration officers or a deputy registration
officer, county clerk, or clerk in the office of  the  county
clerk,  shall  administer to all persons who shall personally
apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
    "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that  you  will  fully
and  truly  answer  all such questions as shall be put to you
touching your name, place of residence, place of birth,  your
qualifications  as  an  elector  and  your  right  as such to
register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
    The registration officer shall satisfy himself that  each
applicant  for  registration  is qualified to register before
registering him.  If the registration officer has  reason  to
believe  that  the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or  certified
pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the following question
shall  be  put,  "When  you  entered  the  home which is your
present address, was it your bona fide intention to become  a
resident thereof?"  Any voter of a township, city, village or
incorporated  town  in which such applicant resides, shall be
permitted  to  be  present  at  the  place  of  any  precinct
registration and  shall  have  the  right  to  challenge  any
applicant who applies to be registered.
    In  case  the officer is not satisfied that the applicant
is qualified he shall  forthwith  notify  such  applicant  in
writing  to  appear  before  the county clerk to complete his
registration.  Upon the  card  of  such  applicant  shall  be
written  the word "incomplete" and no such applicant shall be
permitted to vote unless such registration is  satisfactorily
completed  as hereinafter provided.  No registration shall be
taken and marked as incomplete if information to complete  it
can be furnished on the date of the original application.
    Any  person  claiming  to  be  an elector in any election
precinct and whose registration card is  marked  "Incomplete"
may  make  and sign an application in writing, under oath, to
the county clerk in substance in the following form:
    "I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on  (insert  date)
make  application  to  the  board  of  registry  of  the ....
precinct of the township of .... (or to the county  clerk  of
.... county) and that said board or clerk refused to complete
my  registration as a qualified voter in said precinct.  That
I reside in said precinct, that I intend to  reside  in  said
precinct,  and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and
am entitled to be registered to vote in said precinct at  the
next election.
(Signature of applicant) ............................."

    All  such  applications  shall be presented to the county
clerk  or  to  his  duly  authorized  representative  by  the
applicant, in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and  5:00
p.m.  on  any  day  after the days on which the 1969 and 1970
precinct re-registrations are held but not on any day  within
27  28  days  preceding  the  ensuing  general  election  and
thereafter  for  the registration provided in Section 4-7 all
such applications shall be presented to the county  clerk  or
his duly authorized representative by the applicant in person
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior
to  27  28 days preceding the ensuing general election.  Such
application shall be heard by the county clerk  or  his  duly
authorized  representative  at  the  time  the application is
presented.  If the applicant for registration has  registered
with  the  county clerk, such application may be presented to
and heard by the county  clerk  or  by  his  duly  authorized
representative  upon the dates specified above or at any time
prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
    Any otherwise qualified person who  is  absent  from  his
county  of  residence  either  due  to business of the United
States or because he is temporarily outside  the  territorial
limits  of the United States may become registered by mailing
an application to the county  clerk  within  the  periods  of
registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
application  for absentee registration and absentee ballot as
provided in Article 20 of this Code.
    Upon receipt of such application the county  clerk  shall
immediately  mail  an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
which affidavit shall contain the following  and  such  other
information  as  the  State  Board  of Elections may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant:
    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, 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 information as may be necessary, including post
office mailing address.
    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.
    Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
    Out of State address of ..........................
                  AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of ...........)
                    )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; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
that I intend to remain a resident of the State  of  Illinois
and  of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
                               ..............................
                               (His or her signature or mark)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me, an  officer  qualified
to administer oaths, on (insert date).
                     ........................................
                     Signature of officer administering oath.
    Upon  receipt  of  the  executed  duplicate  affidavit of
Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
contained thereon to duplicate  Registration  Cards  provided
for in Section 4-8 of this Article and shall attach thereto a
copy  of  each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
thereafter  such  registration  card  and   affidavit   shall
constitute  the registration of such person the same as if he
had applied for registration in person.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

    (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
    Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence
from one address to another within the  same  county  wherein
this   Article  is  in  effect,  may  have  his  registration
transferred to his new  address  by  making  and  signing  an
application for change of residence address upon a form to be
provided  by  the county clerk. Such application must be made
to the office of the county clerk and may be made  either  in
person  or  by mail. In case the person is unable to sign his
name, the county clerk  shall  require  him  to  execute  the
application  in  the  presence  of the county clerk or of his
properly authorized  representative,  by  his  mark,  and  if
satisfied  of  the  identity  of the person, the county clerk
shall make the transfer.
    Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one
of his employees deputized to take registrations shall  cause
the  signature  of  the voter and the data appearing upon the
application to be compared with the signature and data on the
registration  record  card,  and  if  it  appears  that   the
applicant  is  the  same  person  as  the  person  previously
registered under that name the transfer shall be made.
    No transfers of registration under the provisions of this
Section  shall  be  made  during the 27 28 days preceding any
election at which such voter would be entitled to vote.  When
a  removal of a registered voter takes place from one address
to another within the same precinct within  a  period  during
which  a  transfer  of registration cannot be made before any
election or primary,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  upon
presenting the judges of election his affidavit substantially
in  the  form  prescribed  in  Section 17-10 of this Act of a
change of residence address within the  precinct  on  a  date
therein specified.
    The  county  clerk  may  obtain  information from utility
companies, city,  village,  incorporated  town  and  township
records,  the  post  office, or from other sources, regarding
the  removal  of  registered  voters,  and  may  treat   such
information,  and  information  procured  from  his death and
marriage records on file in his office, as an application  to
erase  from  the register any name concerning which he may so
have information that the voter is  no  longer  qualified  to
vote   under  the  name,  or  from  the  address  from  which
registered, and give notice thereof in the manner provided by
Section 4--12 of this Article, and  notify  voters  who  have
changed  their address that a transfer of registration may be
made in the manner provided in this Section enclosing a  form
therefor.
    If  any person be registered by error in a precinct other
than that in which he resides, the county clerk may  transfer
his  registration to the proper precinct, and if the error is
or may be on the part of the registration officials,  and  is
disclosed  too late before an election or primary to mail the
certificate required by Section 4--15, such  certificate  may
be  personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon
as therein provided, but such certificates so issued shall be
specially listed with the reason for the issuance thereof.
    Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
the county board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer
to the proper precinct the registration of any voter affected
by such revision or rearrangement of the precinct;  make  the
proper  notations  on  the  registration  cards  of  a  voter
affected  by  the  revision  or rearrangement and shall issue
revised certificates to each registrant of such change.
    Any registered voter who  changes  his  or  her  name  by
marriage  or otherwise shall be required to register anew and
authorize the cancellation of the previous registration;  but
if  the  voter  still resides in the same precinct and if the
change of name takes place within a  period  during  which  a
transfer  of  registration  cannot  be  made,  preceding  any
election or primary, the elector may, if otherwise qualified,
vote  upon  making  an  affidavit  substantially  in the form
prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act.
    The precinct  election  officials  shall  report  to  the
county  clerk the names and addresses of all persons who have
changed their addresses and voted, which shall be treated  as
an  application  to change address accordingly, and the names
and addresses of all persons otherwise voting by affidavit as
in this Section  provided,  which  shall  be  treated  as  an
application to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
(Source: P.A. 83-999.)

    (10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)
    Sec.  5-5.   For  the purpose of registering voters under
this Article 5,  in  addition  to  the  method  provided  for
precinct  registration  under  Sections  5-6 and 5-17 of this
Article 5, the office of  the  county  clerk  shall  be  open
between  9:00  a.  m.  and  5:00  p.  m.  on  all days except
Saturday,  Sunday  and  holidays,  but  there  shall  be   no
registration  at  such  office during the 35 days immediately
preceding any election required to be held under the law  but
if  no  precinct registration is being conducted prior to any
election then registration may be taken in the office of  the
county  clerk  up to and including the 28th 29th day prior to
an election. On Saturdays, the hours of registration shall be
from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. noon. During such 35 or 27  28
day   period,   registration   of   electors   of   political
subdivisions  wherein  a  regular,  or  special  election  is
required  to be held shall cease and shall not be resumed for
the registration of electors of such  political  subdivisions
until  the  second day following the day of such election. In
any election called for the submission  of  the  revision  or
alteration   of,  or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,
submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final  day  for
registration  at the office of the election authority charged
with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
15th day prior to the date of the election.
    Each county  clerk  shall  appoint  one  deputy  for  the
purpose  of accepting the registration of any voter who files
an affidavit that he is physically unable to  appear  at  any
appointed  place  of  registration.  The  county  clerk shall
designate a deputy to visit each disabled  person  and  shall
accept  the  registration  of  each  such person as if he had
applied for registration at the office of the county clerk.
    The offices of city, village, incorporated town and  town
clerks  shall  also  be  open  for the purpose of registering
voters residing in the territory in which this Article is  in
effect,   and   also,  in  the  case  of  city,  village  and
incorporated town clerks,  for  the  purpose  of  registering
voters  residing  in  a  portion  of  the  city,  village  or
incorporated  town not located within the county, on all days
on which the office of the  county  clerk  is  open  for  the
registration of voters of such cities, villages, incorporated
towns and townships.
(Source: P.A. 84-762.)

    (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
    Sec.  5-7.  The  county  clerk shall provide a sufficient
number of blank forms for the registration of electors  which
shall  be  known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of  suitable  size  to
contain  in  plain  writing  and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon  or  shall  consist  of  computer  cards  of
suitable  nature  to  contain the data required thereon.  The
registration record cards, which shall include  an  affidavit
of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
duplicate.
    The  registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may  think  it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
    Name.   The  name  of  the  applicant, giving surname and
first or Christian name in full, and the middle name  or  the
initial for such middle name, if any.
    Sex.
    Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or  room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
lot  number,  and  such   additional   clear   and   definite
description  as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the exact
location  of  the  dwelling  of  the   applicant,   including
post-office  mailing  address.  In  the  case  of  a homeless
individual, the individual's voting residence that is his  or
her   mailing  address  shall  be  included  on  his  or  her
registration record card.
    Term of residence  in  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the
precinct.   Which  questions may be answered by the applicant
stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in  excess  of
30 days in the precinct.
    Nativity.   The  State  or country in which the applicant
was born.
    Citizenship.  Whether the applicant  is  native  born  or
naturalized.  If  naturalized,  the  court, place and date of
naturalization.
    Date of application  for  registration,  i.e.,  the  day,
month   and   year   when  applicant  presented  himself  for
registration.
    Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
    Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
    The county and state in  which  the  applicant  was  last
registered.
    Signature   of   voter.    The   applicant,   after   the
registration  and  in  the  presence of a deputy registrar or
other officer of registration shall be required to  sign  his
or  her  name  in  ink  to  the affidavit on the original and
duplicate registration record card.
    Signature of Deputy Registrar.
    In case applicant is unable to  sign  his  name,  he  may
affix  his  mark  to the affidavit.  In such case the officer
empowered  to  give  the  registration  oath  shall  write  a
detailed description of the applicant in the  space  provided
at  the  bottom  of  the  card  or  sheet;  and shall ask the
following questions and record the answers thereto:
    Father's first name .......................
    Mother's first name .......................
    From what address did you last register?
    Reason for inability to sign name.
    Each applicant for registration shall make  an  affidavit
in substantially the following form:
                  AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois)
                 )ss
County of        )
    I  hereby  swear  (or  affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I  shall
have  resided  in  the  State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
to vote.  That I  intend  that  this  location  shall  be  my
residence and that the above statements are true.
                               ..............................
                               (His or her signature or mark)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................................
    Signature of Registration Officer.
(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)

    Space   shall   be   provided   upon  the  face  of  each
registration record card  for  the  notation  of  the  voting
record of the person registered thereon.
    Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to  towns  and  precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
case may be, and may be  serially  or  otherwise  marked  for
identification  in  such  manner  as  the  county  clerk  may
determine.
    The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall  be  open  to inspection during regular business hours,
except during  the  27  28  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  28 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 28 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
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  at  their
request and at a reasonable cost.  Copies of the tapes, discs
or  other  electronic  data  shall be furnished by the county
clerk to local political committees 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. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)

    (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
    Sec. 5-7.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration  record card which, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all  election
authorities  in  the State, except those election authorities
adopting a computer-based voter registration file  authorized
under  Section  5-43.  The Board shall prescribe the form and
specifications, including but not limited to  the  weight  of
paper,  color  and  print  of  such  cards.  Such cards shall
contain boxes or spaces for the  information  required  under
Sections  5-7  and  5-28.1  of this Code; provided, that such
cards shall also contain a box or space for  the  applicant's
social security number, which shall be required to the extent
allowed  by  law  but  in no case shall the applicant provide
fewer than the last 4 digits of the social  security  number,
and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
    Except   for   those   election  authorities  adopting  a
computer-based  voter  registration  file  authorized   under
Section   5-43,   the  original  and  duplicate  cards  shall
respectively constitute the master file and  precinct  binder
registration  records of the voter.  A copy shall be given to
the applicant upon completion of his or her  registration  or
completed transfer of registration.
    Whenever  a  voter  moves  to another precinct within the
same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
registration by presenting his or her copy  to  the  election
authority  or  a  deputy  registrar.  If such voter is not in
possession of or has lost his or her  copy,  he  or  she  may
effect  a  transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
of Cancellation of Previous Registration. In the  case  of  a
transfer  of registration to a new election jurisdiction, the
election authority shall transmit the voter's  copy  or  such
affidavit  to  the  election  authority of the voter's former
election jurisdiction,  which  shall  immediately  cause  the
transmission of the voter's previous registration card to the
voter's  new election authority.  No transfer of registration
to a new election jurisdiction shall be  complete  until  the
voter's old election authority receives notification.
    Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
after  the  receipt  thereof,  except  that  such  copies  or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
by  the  deputy registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th day
preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
registrars to the election authority within  48  hours  after
receipt.   The  deputy  registrars shall return the copies or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration  received
by  them  on  the  28th 29th day preceding an election to the
election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)

    (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
    Sec. 5-16.2.  (a) The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  all
municipal  and  township  clerks  or  their  duly  authorized
deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
of  all  qualified  residents of their respective counties. A
deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of  a  municipal
clerk,  of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
than one county may accept the registration of any  qualified
resident  of any county in which the municipality is located,
regardless of which county the resident, municipal  clerk  or
the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
    The    county    clerk   shall   appoint   all   precinct
committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars  who  may
accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified resident of the
county, except during the 27 28 days preceding an election.
    The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
examination  stations.    The appointment of employees of the
Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
    The county clerk shall  appoint  each  of  the  following
named  persons  as deputy registrars upon the written request
of such persons:
         1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
    designated by the chief librarian, of any public  library
    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
    the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
    county, at such library.
         2.  The  principal, or a qualified person designated
    by the principal, of any high school, elementary  school,
    or   vocational   school  situated  within  the  election
    jurisdiction, who may accept  the  registrations  of  any
    resident  of the county, at such school. The county clerk
    shall notify every principal and vice-principal  of  each
    high  school,  elementary  school,  and vocational school
    situated  within  the  election  jurisdiction  of   their
    eligibility  to  serve  as  deputy  registrars  and offer
    training courses for  service  as  deputy  registrars  at
    conveniently  located  facilities at least 4 months prior
    to every election.
         3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
    by  the  president, of any university, college, community
    college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
    the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
    university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
    institution.
         4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
    fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
    qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
    accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
    county.
         5.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
    fide State civic organization, as defined and  determined
    by  rule  of  the  State Board of Elections, or qualified
    members designated by such official, who may  accept  the
    registration  of any qualified resident of the county. In
    determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
    appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
    of the jurisdiction, the size of  the  organization,  the
    geographic  size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
    public, the existing number of deputy registrars  in  the
    jurisdiction   and   their   location,  the  registration
    activities of the organization and the  need  to  appoint
    deputy   registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate  the
    registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
    event  shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary number
    applicable  to  every   civic   organization   requesting
    appointment  of  its  members  as  deputy registrars. The
    State Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide  for
    certification  of  bona  fide  State civic organizations.
    Such appointments shall be  made  for  a  period  not  to
    exceed  2 years, terminating on the first business day of
    the month following the month of  the  general  election,
    and  shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
    as provided  by  this  Code  during  the  terms  of  such
    appointments.
         6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
    Public   Aid,   or   a  reasonable  number  of  employees
    designated by the Director  and  located  at  public  aid
    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
    resident of the county at any such public aid office.
         7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
    Employment  Security, or a reasonable number of employees
    designated by the Director and  located  at  unemployment
    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
    resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
         8.  The  president  of any corporation as defined by
    the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
    number of employees designated by such president, who may
    accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
    county.
    If  the  request  to  be appointed as deputy registrar is
denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
the request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
organization  with  written notice setting forth the specific
reasons or criteria relied upon to deny  the  request  to  be
appointed as deputy registrar.
    The  county  clerk  may appoint as many additional deputy
registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk  shall
appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
the   convenience   of  the  public  is  served,  giving  due
consideration to  both  population  concentration  and  area.
Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
that  there  are  an  equal  number  from each of the 2 major
political parties in the election jurisdiction.   The  county
clerk,  in  appointing  an additional deputy registrar, shall
make the appointment from a list of applicants  submitted  by
the   Chairman   of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the
applicant's political party.  A Chairman of a County  Central
Committee  shall  submit  a  list of applicants to the county
clerk by November 30 of each  year.   The  county  clerk  may
require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
supplemental list of applicants.
    Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
other than the 27 28 day period preceding  an  election.  All
persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to  the
following oath or affirmation:
    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
faithfully discharge the  duties  of  the  office  of  deputy
registrar  to the best of my ability and that I will register
no person nor cause the registration  of  any  person  except
upon his personal application before me.
                              ...............................
                             (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
    This  oath  shall be administered by the county clerk, or
by one of his deputies, or by any person  qualified  to  take
acknowledgement  of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
filed with the county clerk.
    Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
general  election.   Appointments  of  precinct  committeemen
shall be for 2-year terms  commencing  on  the  date  of  the
county convention following the general primary at which they
were  elected.  The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
appointees.
    (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
removal for cause.
    (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
days,  except  that completed registration materials received
by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
and  28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by
the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
48 hours after receipt thereof.  The  completed  registration
materials  received by the deputy registrars on the 28th 29th
day preceding an election shall be  returned  by  the  deputy
registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
next working day following the close of registration.
    (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding  12
month period.
    (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
performance of his or her duties.
    (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
Such  deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

    (10 ILCS 5/5-16.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3)
    Sec. 5-16.3.  The county clerk  may  establish  temporary
places  of  registration for such times and at such locations
within the county as the county clerk may  select.   However,
no temporary place of registration may be in operation during
the    27  28 days preceding an election.  Notice of time and
place  of  registration  at  any  such  temporary  place   of
registration  under  this  Section  shall be published by the
county clerk in a newspaper having a general  circulation  in
the  county  not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the
holding of such registration.
    Temporary places of registration shall be established  so
that  the  areas of concentration of population or use by the
public are served, whether by facilities provided  in  places
of  private  business  or  in  public  buildings or in mobile
units. Areas which may be designated as temporary  places  of
registration  include,  but  are  not  limited to, facilities
licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care  Act,
Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers, business
districts, public buildings and county fairs.
    Temporary places of registration shall  be  available  to
the  public  not  less  than  2 hours per year for each 1,000
population or fraction thereof in the county.
    All temporary places of registration shall be  manned  by
deputy  county clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant
to Section 5-16.2.
(Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1028.)

    (10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
    Sec. 6-29. For the purpose of  registering  voters  under
this   Article,   the   office   of  the  Board  of  Election
Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock  noon  on  the  last
four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
registration preceding each election, and such other days and
such  other  times  as the board may direct. During the 27 28
days immediately preceding any election  there  shall  be  no
registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election
Commissioners  in  cities, villages and incorporated towns of
fewer than 200,000  inhabitants.   In  cities,  villages  and
incorporated  towns  of  200,000  or  more inhabitants, there
shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board
of Election Commissioners  during  the  35  days  immediately
preceding  any election; provided, however, where no precinct
registration is being conducted prior to  any  election  then
registration  may  be  taken in the office of the Board up to
and including the 28th 29th day prior to such election.   The
Board  of  Election Commissioners may set up and establish as
many branch offices for the purpose of  taking  registrations
as  it may deem necessary, and the branch offices may be open
on any or all dates and hours during which registrations  may
be  taken  in  the main office. All officers and employees of
the Board of Election Commissioners  who  are  authorized  by
such  board to take registrations under this Article shall be
considered officers  of  the  circuit  court,  and  shall  be
subject to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of
this Act with respect to judges of election.
    In any election called for the submission of the revision
or  alteration  of,  or  the  amendments to the Constitution,
submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final  day  for
registration  at the office of the election authority charged
with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
15th day prior to the date of election.
    The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one  or
more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
each  team,  for the purpose of accepting the registration of
any voter who files  an  affidavit,  within  the  period  for
taking registrations provided for in this article, that he is
physically  unable to appear at the office of the Board or at
any appointed place of registration.  On the day or days when
a precinct registration is being conducted such  teams  shall
consist  of  one  member from each of the 2 leading political
parties who are serving on the Precinct  Registration  Board.
Each  team so designated shall visit each disabled person and
shall accept the registration of such person the same  as  if
he had applied for registration in person.
    Any  otherwise  qualified  person  who is absent from his
county of residence due to business of the United States,  or
who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
the  United States, may make application to become registered
by mail to the Board of  Election  Commissioners  within  the
periods  for  registration provided for in this Article or by
simultaneous  application  for  absentee   registration   and
absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of this Code.
    Upon  receipt  of  such application the Board of Election
Commissioners  shall  immediately  mail   an   affidavit   of
registration  in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain the
following and such other information as the  State  Board  of
Elections   may   think   it   proper   to  require  for  the
identification of the applicant:
    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, 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 information as may be necessary, including post
office mailing address.
    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.
    Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
    Out of State address of ..................
                    AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of .........)
                  ) 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; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
that I intend to remain a resident of the State of  Illinois,
and  of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
                               ..............................
                               (His or her signature or mark)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me, an  officer  qualified
to administer oaths, on (insert date).
                     ........................................
                     Signature of officer administering oath.
    Upon  receipt  of  the  executed  duplicate  affidavit of
Registration,  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  shall
transfer  the  information  contained  thereon  to  duplicate
Registration Cards provided  for  in  Section  6-35  of  this
Article  and  shall  attach  thereto  a  copy  of each of the
duplicate  affidavit  of  registration  and  thereafter  such
registration  card  and  affidavit   shall   constitute   the
registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
registration in person.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

    (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  28  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  28 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 28 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  at  their  request  and  at a reasonable cost.
Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall  be
furnished  by  the  Board  of Election Commissioners to local
political committees 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. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-465, eff. 1-1-02.)

    (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
    Sec.  6-35.03.  The State Board of Elections shall design
a  registration  record  card  which,  except  as   otherwise
provided  in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all

election authorities in  the  State,  except  those  election
authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
authorized under Section 6-79.  The Board shall prescribe the
form  and  specifications,  including  but not limited to the
weight of paper, color and print of such cards.   Such  cards
shall  contain  boxes  or spaces for the information required
under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code;  provided,  that
such  cards  shall  also  contain  a  box  or  space  for the
applicant's social security number, which shall  be  required
to  the  extent  allowed  by  law  but  in  no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the  social
security  number,  and  a  box  for the applicant's telephone
number, if available.
    Except  for  those  election   authorities   adopting   a
computer-based   voter  registration  file  authorized  under
Section  6-79,  the  original  and  duplicate   cards   shall
respectively  constitute  the master file and precinct binder
registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given  to
the  applicant  upon completion of his or her registration or
completed transfer of registration.
    Whenever a voter moves to  another  precinct  within  the
same   election   jurisdiction   or   to   another   election
jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
registration  by  presenting  his or her copy to the election
authority or a deputy registrar.  If such  voter  is  not  in
possession  of  or  has  lost  his or her copy, he or she may
effect a transfer of registration by executing  an  Affidavit
of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
    In  the  case  of  a  transfer  of  registration to a new
election jurisdiction, the election authority shall  transmit
the  voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
of the voter's  former  election  jurisdiction,  which  shall
immediately  cause  the  transmission of the voter's previous
registration card to the voter's new election authority.   No
transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
notification.
    Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration
record  cards  or  Affidavits  of  Cancellation  of  Previous
Registration  to the election authority within 7 working days
after the receipt thereof.   Such  copies  or  Affidavits  of
Cancellation  of Previous Registration received by the deputy
registrars between the 35th and 28th 29th  day  preceding  an
election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 48
hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Such copies or Affidavits of
Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the  deputy
registrars  on  the 28th 29th day preceding an election shall
be  returned  by  the  deputy  registrars  to  the   election
authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99.)

    (10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43)
    Sec.  6-43.  Immediately  after  the  completion  of  the
revision  by  the  Board of Election Commissioners, the board
shall  cause  copies  to  be  made  of  all  names  upon  the
registration record cards not  marked  or  erased,  with  the
address,  and  shall  have the same arranged according to the
streets, avenues, courts,  or  alleys,  commencing  with  the
lowest  number,  and arranging the same in order according to
the street  numbers,  and  shall  then  cause  such  precinct
register,  upon  such  arrangement,  to  be printed in plain,
large type in sufficient numbers to  meet  all  demands,  and
upon  application  a  copy  of the same shall be given to any
person  applying  therefor.  Provided,   however,   that   in
municipalities  having  a population of more than 500,000 and
having  a  Board  of  Election  Commissioners,  as   to   all
elections,  excepting  any  elections held for the purpose of
electing judges of  the  circuit  courts,  registrations  for
which   are   made   solely  before  the  Board  of  Election
Commissioners, and where no  general  precinct  registrations
were  provided  for  or  held  within  27  28 days before the
election, the Board of Election  Commissioners  shall  cause,
within 10 days after the last day of registration before such
board,  copies  to be made of all names of qualified electors
appearing upon each registration record card in  like  manner
as  hereinabove  provided, and upon application a copy of the
same  shall  be  given  to  any  person  applying   therefor:
Provided,  further,  that whenever an election is held within
90 days after a preceding election, or when any elections are
held for the  purpose  of  electing  judges  of  the  circuit
courts,  the printed list and the supplement thereto provided
for the last preceding election shall constitute the  Printed
Precinct  Register  for the ensuing election, subject to such
changes as shall be made, if any, as herein  provided,  which
changes,  if  any, and the contents of any supplemental list,
insofar as the latter have not been changed pursuant to  this
Act,  shall be printed in a new supplemental list which shall
supplant the prior supplemental list and shall  be  delivered
to  the  judges of the respective precincts, with the printed
register and the certification, in the manner and at the time
provided in Sections 6-48 and 6-60 of this Article. Such list
shall have  printed  on  the  bottom  thereof  the  facsimile
signatures   of   the   members  of  the  Board  of  Election
Commissioners certifying that the names on the list  are  the
names  of  all  voters  entitled  to  vote  in  the  precinct
indicated  on  the top thereof. Such list shall be termed the
"Printed Precinct Register" and shall be prima facie evidence
that the electors whose names appear thereon are entitled  to
vote.  Provided  that  if,  on order of the Board of Election
Commissioners a corrected or  revised  precinct  register  of
voters  in  a  precinct or precincts is printed, such list or
lists shall have printed thereon the day and  month  of  such
revision  and  shall be designated "Revised Precinct Register
of Voters."
    Any elector whose name does not appear  as  a  registered
voter on such printed precinct register, supplemental list or
any  list provided for in this Article and whose name has not
been erased  or  withdrawn  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  as
hereinafter in this Article provided if his registration card
is in the master file. Such elector shall within 7 days after
the  publication of such printed precinct register, file with
the Board of Election Commissioners  an  application  stating
that  he is a duly registered voter and that his registration
card is in the master file. The Board shall  hold  a  hearing
upon  such application within 2 days after the filing thereof
and shall announce its decision thereon within 3  days  after
the  hearing.  If the name of such applicant appears upon the
registration card in the master file, the board  shall  issue
to  such  elector  a  certificate setting forth that his name
does so appear and certifying that he has the right  to  vote
at  the  next  succeeding election. Such certificate shall be
issued in duplicate, one to be retained in the files  of  the
board, and the other to be issued to the elector.
    The  Board of Election Commissioners upon the issuance of
such certificate shall see that  the  name  of  such  elector
appears upon the precinct registry list in the precinct.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)

    (10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
    Sec.   6-50.    The  office  of  the  board  of  election
commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock  noon  on  the  last
four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
registration preceding each election, and such other days and
such  other  times as the board may direct. There shall be no
registration  at  the  office  of  the  board   of   election
commissioners  in  cities, villages and incorporated towns of
fewer  than  200,000  inhabitants  during  the  27  28   days
preceding  any  primary, regular or special election at which
the cards provided for in this article are used, or until the
second  day  following  such  primary,  regular  or   special
election.   In  cities,  villages  and  incorporated towns of
200,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be  no  registration
of   voters   at   the   office  of  the  board  of  election
commissioners during the 35 days  immediately  preceding  any
election;  provided,  however, where no precinct registration
is being conducted prior to any  election  then  registration
may  be  taken in the office of the board up to and including
the 28th 29th day prior to such election.   In  any  election
called  for  the submission of the revision or alteration of,
or  the  amendments  to  the  Constitution,  submitted  by  a
Constitutional Convention, the final day for registration  at
the  office  of  the  election  authority  charged  with  the
printing of the ballot of this election shall be the 15th day
prior to the date of election.
    The  Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
more registration teams, each consisting of one  member  from
each  of  the 2 leading political parties, for the purpose of
accepting  the  registration  of  any  voter  who  files   an
affidavit,   within   the  period  for  taking  registrations
provided for in this Article, that he is physically unable to
appear at the office of the Board or at any  appointed  place
of  registration.   On  the  day  or  days  when  a  precinct
registration  is  being conducted such teams shall consist of
one member from each of the 2 leading political  parties  who
are serving on the precinct registration board.  Each team so
designated  shall visit each disabled person and shall accept
the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
for registration in person.
    The office of the board of election commissioners may  be
designated  as  a place of registration under Section 6-51 of
this Article and, if so designated,  may  also  be  open  for
purposes  of  registration  on  such  day  or  days as may be
specified by the board of election  commissioners  under  the
provisions of that Section.
(Source: P.A. 79-1134.)

    (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
    Sec.  6-50.2.  (a)  The  board  of election commissioners
shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in  the  election
jurisdiction   as   deputy  registrars  who  may  accept  the
registration  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the  election
jurisdiction, except during  the  27  28  days  preceding  an
election.
    The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
a  reasonable  number  of employees of the Secretary of State
located  at  driver's  license   examination   stations   and
designated  to  the  election  authority  by the Secretary of
State who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified
residents   of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's  license
examination stations.  The appointment of  employees  of  the
Secretary  of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
manner provided in Section  2-105  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
Code.
    The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
the  following  named  persons  as deputy registrars upon the
written request of such persons:
         1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
    designated by the chief librarian, of any public  library
    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
    the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
    election jurisdiction, at such library.
         2.  The  principal, or a qualified person designated
    by the principal, of any high school, elementary  school,
    or   vocational   school  situated  within  the  election
    jurisdiction, who may accept  the  registrations  of  any
    resident  of  the  election jurisdiction, at such school.
    The board of election commissioners  shall  notify  every
    principal   and   vice-principal  of  each  high  school,
    elementary school, and vocational school situated in  the
    election  jurisdiction  of  their eligibility to serve as
    deputy registrars and offer training courses for  service
    as  deputy  registrars at conveniently located facilities
    at least 4 months prior to every election.
         3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
    by  the  president, of any university, college, community
    college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
    the   registrations  of  any  resident  of  the  election
    jurisdiction,  at  such  university,  college,  community
    college, academy or institution.
         4.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
    fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
    qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
    accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
    election jurisdiction.
         5.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
    fide  State civic organization, as defined and determined
    by rule of the State Board  of  Elections,  or  qualified
    members  designated  by such official, who may accept the
    registration of any qualified resident  of  the  election
    jurisdiction.   In   determining  the  number  of  deputy
    registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
    commissioners  shall  consider  the  population  of   the
    jurisdiction,   the   size   of   the  organization,  the
    geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for  the
    public,  the  existing number of deputy registrars in the
    jurisdiction  and  their   location,   the   registration
    activities  of  the  organization and the need to appoint
    deputy  registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate   the
    registration  of  non-English speaking individuals. In no
    event shall a board  of  election  commissioners  fix  an
    arbitrary  number  applicable to every civic organization
    requesting  appointment  of   its   members   as   deputy
    registrars.  The  State  Board of Elections shall by rule
    provide  for  certification  of  bona  fide  State  civic
    organizations. Such appointments  shall  be  made  for  a
    period  not  to  exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
    business day of the month  following  the  month  of  the
    general  election,  and shall be valid for all periods of
    voter registration as provided by this  Code  during  the
    terms of such appointments.
         6.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
    Public   Aid,   or   a  reasonable  number  of  employees
    designated by the Director  and  located  at  public  aid
    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
    resident  of the election jurisdiction at any such public
    aid office.
         7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
    Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
    designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
    resident  of  the  election  jurisdiction  at  any   such
    unemployment  office.  If  the request to be appointed as
    deputy  registrar  is  denied,  the  board  of   election
    commissioners  shall,  within  10 days after the date the
    request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
    organization   with  written  notice  setting  forth  the
    specific reasons or criteria  relied  upon  to  deny  the
    request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
         8.  The  president of any corporation, as defined by
    the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
    number of employees designated by such president, who may
    accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
    election jurisdiction.
    The  board  of election commissioners may appoint as many
additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary.   The
board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
deputy  registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
public is served, giving due consideration to both population
concentration  and  area.   Some  of  the  additional  deputy
registrars shall be selected  so  that  there  are  an  equal
number  from  each  of  the  2 major political parties in the
election jurisdiction.  The board of election  commissioners,
in  appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
appointment from  a  list  of  applicants  submitted  by  the
Chairman  of  the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political party.  A Chairman of a  County  Central  Committee
shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
of  each  year.  The board may require a Chairman of a County
Central  Committee  to  furnish  a   supplemental   list   of
applicants.
    Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
other than the 27 28 day period preceding  an  election.  All
persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
voters within the election jurisdiction and  shall  take  and
subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
person nor cause the registration of any person  except  upon
his personal application before me.
                         ....................................
                         (Signature of Registration Officer)"
    This  oath  shall be administered and certified to by one
of the commissioners or by the executive director or by  some
person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
shall  immediately  thereafter  be  filed  with  the board of
election commissioners.  The members of the board of election
commissioners and all persons authorized by  them  under  the
provisions  of  this  Article  to  take  registrations, after
themselves taking and subscribing  to  the  above  oath,  are
authorized  to take or administer such oaths and execute such
affidavits as are required by this Article.
    Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
be for 2-year terms commencing on  the  date  of  the  county
convention  following  the general primary at which they were
elected.  The county  clerk  shall  issue  a  certificate  of
appointment  to  each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his office for public inspection a list of the names  of  all
appointees.
    (b)  The   board   of  election  commissioners  shall  be
responsible for  training  all  deputy  registrars  appointed
pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
convenient  for  both the board of election commissioners and
such appointees.  The board of election  commissioners  shall
be  responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising all deputy
registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).   Deputy
registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
removal for cause.
    (c)  Completed  registration  materials under the control
of deputy registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a)
shall  be  returned to the proper election authority within 7
days, except that completed registration  materials  received
by  the  deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
and 28th 29th day preceding an election shall be returned  by
the deputy registrars to the proper election authority within
48  hours  after receipt thereof.  The completed registration
materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th  29th
day  preceding  an  election  shall be returned by the deputy
registrars within 24  hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Unused
materials  shall  be  returned by deputy registrars appointed
pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
next working day following the close of registration.
    (d)  The board of election  commissioners  shall  not  be
required  to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
having more  than  200  registration  forms  unaccounted  for
during the preceding 12 month period.
    (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
performance of his or her duties.
    (f)  The  board  of  election  commissioners shall not be
criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
deputy registrar.  Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

    (10 ILCS 5/6-50.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3)
    Sec. 6-50.3.  The board  of  election  commissioners  may
establish temporary places of registration for such times and
at  such  locations  as  the  board  may  select. However, no
temporary place of registration may be  in  operation  during
the 27 28 days preceding an election.  Notice of the time and
place   of  registration  at  any  such  temporary  place  of
registration under this Section shall  be  published  by  the
board  of  election  commissioners  in  a  newspaper having a
general circulation in the city, village or incorporated town
not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the  holding  of
such registration.
    Temporary  places of registration shall be established so
that the areas of concentration of population or use  by  the
public  are  served, whether by facilities provided in places
of private business or  in  public  buildings  or  in  mobile
units.  Areas  which may be designated as temporary places of
registration include,  but  are  not  limited  to  facilities
licensed  or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,
Soldiers' and  Sailors'  Homes,  shopping  centers,  business
districts, public buildings and county fairs.
    Temporary  places  of  registration shall be available to
the public not less than 2 hours  per  year  for  each  1,000
population or fraction thereof in the county.
    All  temporary  places of registration shall be manned by
employees of the board of election  commissioners  or  deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to Section 6-50.2.
(Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-873; 86-1028.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly June 02, 2002.
    Approved August 21, 2002.
    Effective August 21, 2002.

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