Bill Text: IL HB5377 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Requires election authorities to provide voter registration in precincts on election day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5377 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5377-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5377 Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/4-6 from Ch. 46, par. 4-6
10 ILCS 5/4-6.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.1
10 ILCS 5/5-5 from Ch. 46, par. 5-5
10 ILCS 5/5-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.1
10 ILCS 5/6-29 from Ch. 46, par. 6-29
10 ILCS 5/6-50 from Ch. 46, par. 6-50
10 ILCS 5/6-50.1 from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.1
Amends the Election Code. Requires election authorities to provide voter registration in precincts on election day.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 4-6, 4-6.1, 5-5, 5-16.1, 6-29, 6-50, and 6-50.1 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 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

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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 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 to the 38th days,
both inclusive, prior to such subsequent 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.
Any qualified person residing within the county or any
portion thereof subject to this Article may register or
re-register with the county clerk. The county clerk shall
provide for precinct registration on election day. A person
registering on election day must be a resident of the precinct
in which he or she registers.
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

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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. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.1)
Sec. 4-6.1. In addition to registration at the office of
the county clerk, and at the offices of municipal and township
or road district clerks, each county clerk shall provide for
the following additional methods of registration:
(1) the appointment of deputy registrars as provided in
Section 4-6.2; and
(2) the establishment of temporary places of
registration, as provided in Section 4-6.3.
Each county clerk may provide for precinct registration
pursuant to Section 4-7 in addition to precinct registration on
election day as provided in Section 4-6.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)

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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
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 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. The county clerk shall
provide for precinct registration on election day. A person
registering on election day must be a resident of the precinct
in which he or she registers.

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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. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.1)
Sec. 5-16.1. In addition to registration at the office of
the county clerk and at the offices of municipal and township
clerks, each county subject to this Article shall provide for
the following methods of registration:
(1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provided in
Section 5-16.2;
(2) The establishment of temporary places of registration

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as provided in Section 5-16.3.
Each county subject to this Article may provide for
precinct registration pursuant to Section 5-17 in addition to
precinct registration on election day as provided in Section
5-5.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
(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 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 day
prior to such election. The Board of Election Commissioners may

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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 shall provide for precinct registration on
election day. A person registering on election day must be a
resident of the precinct in which he or she registers.
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

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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

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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.
Electronic mail address, if the registrant has provided
this information.
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

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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. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(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

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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 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 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 shall provide for precinct registration on
election day. A person registering on election day must be a
resident of the precinct in which he or she registers.
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,

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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. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-50.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.1)
Sec. 6-50.1. In addition to registration at the office of
the board of election commissioners, the board of election
commissioners shall provide the following methods of
registration:
(1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provided in
Section 6-50.2;
(2) The establishment of temporary places of registration

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as provided in Section 6-50.3.
The board of election commissioners may provide for
registration pursuant to Section 6-51 in addition to precinct
registration on election day as provided in Section 6-50.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)