Bill Text: IL SB0090 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Secretary of State driver facilities shall no longer be temporary places of voter registration, but rather permanent places of acceptance of voter registration applications. Deletes provisions governing the Secretary's powers and duties relating to voter registration and adds provisions governing the Secretary's powers and duties relating to acceptance of voter registration applications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2011-10-27 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB0090 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0090-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 90
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 90 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all | ||||||
| 8 | municipal and township
or road district clerks or their duly | ||||||
| 9 | authorized deputies as deputy registrars
who may accept the | ||||||
| 10 | registration of all qualified residents of the State.
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| 11 | The county clerk shall appoint all precinct | ||||||
| 12 | committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | ||||||
| 13 | accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | ||||||
| 14 | except during the 27 days preceding an election.
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| 15 | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | ||||||
| 16 | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | ||||||
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| 1 | located at driver's license
examination stations and | ||||||
| 2 | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | ||||||
| 3 | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | ||||||
| 4 | the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
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| 5 | The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | ||||||
| 6 | deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | ||||||
| 7 | Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
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| 8 | The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | ||||||
| 9 | persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | ||||||
| 10 | persons:
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| 11 | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | ||||||
| 12 | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | ||||||
| 13 | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | ||||||
| 14 | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
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| 15 | at such library.
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| 16 | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | ||||||
| 17 | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | ||||||
| 18 | vocational school situated
within the election | ||||||
| 19 | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
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| 20 | qualified resident of the State, at such school. The county | ||||||
| 21 | clerk shall notify
every principal and vice-principal of | ||||||
| 22 | each high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | ||||||
| 23 | situated within the election jurisdiction of their
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| 24 | eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | ||||||
| 25 | training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | ||||||
| 26 | conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to | ||||||
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| 1 | every election.
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| 2 | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | ||||||
| 3 | the president, of
any university, college, community | ||||||
| 4 | college, academy or other institution of
learning situated | ||||||
| 5 | within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
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| 6 | registrations of any resident of the State, at such | ||||||
| 7 | university, college,
community college, academy or | ||||||
| 8 | institution.
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| 9 | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | ||||||
| 10 | labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | ||||||
| 11 | members designated by such official,
who may accept the | ||||||
| 12 | registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
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| 13 | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide | ||||||
| 14 | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | ||||||
| 15 | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | ||||||
| 16 | designated by such official, who may accept
the | ||||||
| 17 | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | ||||||
| 18 | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | ||||||
| 19 | appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | ||||||
| 20 | of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | ||||||
| 21 | geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the | ||||||
| 22 | public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
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| 23 | jurisdiction and their location, the registration | ||||||
| 24 | activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | ||||||
| 25 | deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | ||||||
| 26 | registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
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| 1 | event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | ||||||
| 2 | applicable to every
civic organization requesting | ||||||
| 3 | appointment of its members as deputy
registrars. The State | ||||||
| 4 | Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | ||||||
| 5 | of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
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| 6 | shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years, | ||||||
| 7 | terminating on the first
business day of the month | ||||||
| 8 | following the month of the general election, and
shall be | ||||||
| 9 | valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by | ||||||
| 10 | this
Code during the terms of such appointments.
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| 11 | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
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| 12 | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | ||||||
| 13 | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | ||||||
| 14 | registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | ||||||
| 15 | such public aid office.
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| 16 | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 17 | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | ||||||
| 18 | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | ||||||
| 19 | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| ||||||
| 20 | resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
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| 21 | 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | ||||||
| 22 | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | ||||||
| 23 | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | ||||||
| 24 | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
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| 25 | If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | ||||||
| 26 | denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date | ||||||
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| |||||||
| 1 | the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | ||||||
| 2 | organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | ||||||
| 3 | reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | ||||||
| 4 | appointed as deputy registrar.
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| 5 | The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | ||||||
| 6 | registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | ||||||
| 7 | appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | ||||||
| 8 | the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | ||||||
| 9 | consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| ||||||
| 10 | of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | ||||||
| 11 | there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | ||||||
| 12 | parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | ||||||
| 13 | appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | ||||||
| 14 | appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | ||||||
| 15 | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | ||||||
| 16 | party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
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| 17 | list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | ||||||
| 18 | year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | ||||||
| 19 | Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
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| 20 | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | ||||||
| 21 | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | ||||||
| 22 | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | ||||||
| 23 | within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | ||||||
| 24 | oath or affirmation:
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| 25 | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | ||||||
| 26 | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | ||||||
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| 1 | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | ||||||
| 2 | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | ||||||
| 3 | registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
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| 4 | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | ||||||
| 5 | personal
application before me.
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| 6 | ............................
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| 7 | (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
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| 8 | This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | ||||||
| 9 | one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | ||||||
| 10 | acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | ||||||
| 11 | filed with the county clerk.
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| 12 | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | ||||||
| 13 | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | ||||||
| 14 | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | ||||||
| 15 | even-numbered year; except that the terms of
the initial | ||||||
| 16 | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| ||||||
| 17 | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | ||||||
| 18 | be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | ||||||
| 19 | convention following the general
primary at which they were | ||||||
| 20 | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | ||||||
| 21 | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | ||||||
| 22 | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | ||||||
| 23 | appointees.
| ||||||
| 24 | (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | ||||||
| 25 | deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | ||||||
| 26 | times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county | ||||||
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| |||||||
| 1 | clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | ||||||
| 2 | responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | ||||||
| 3 | registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy | ||||||
| 4 | registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | ||||||
| 5 | removal for cause.
| ||||||
| 6 | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | ||||||
| 7 | deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall | ||||||
| 8 | be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | ||||||
| 9 | except that completed registration materials
received by the | ||||||
| 10 | deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | ||||||
| 11 | day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
| ||||||
| 12 | registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | ||||||
| 13 | after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | ||||||
| 14 | received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | ||||||
| 15 | election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars
within 24 | ||||||
| 16 | hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
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| 17 | by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | ||||||
| 18 | subsection (a),
not later than the next working day following | ||||||
| 19 | the close of registration.
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| 20 | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | ||||||
| 21 | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | ||||||
| 22 | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | ||||||
| 23 | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | ||||||
| 24 | possession.
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| 25 | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | ||||||
| 26 | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | ||||||
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| |||||||
| 1 | her duties.
| ||||||
| 2 | (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | ||||||
| 3 | liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | ||||||
| 4 | deputy registrars shall
not be deemed to be employees of the | ||||||
| 5 | county clerk.
| ||||||
| 6 | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | ||||||
| 7 | registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | ||||||
| 8 | transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | ||||||
| 9 | the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | ||||||
| 10 | residence.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
| 12 | (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
| ||||||
| 13 | Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all | ||||||
| 14 | municipal and
township clerks or their duly authorized deputies | ||||||
| 15 | as deputy registrars who
may accept the registration of all | ||||||
| 16 | qualified residents of the State.
| ||||||
| 17 | The county clerk shall appoint all precinct | ||||||
| 18 | committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may | ||||||
| 19 | accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, | ||||||
| 20 | except during the 27 days preceding an election.
| ||||||
| 21 | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | ||||||
| 22 | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 23 | located at driver's license
examination stations and | ||||||
| 24 | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | ||||||
| 25 | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
| ||||||
| 2 | The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | ||||||
| 3 | deputy registrars
shall be made in the manner provided in | ||||||
| 4 | Section 2-105 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
| ||||||
| 5 | The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named | ||||||
| 6 | persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such | ||||||
| 7 | persons:
| ||||||
| 8 | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | ||||||
| 9 | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | ||||||
| 10 | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | ||||||
| 11 | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
| ||||||
| 12 | at such library.
| ||||||
| 13 | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | ||||||
| 14 | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | ||||||
| 15 | vocational school situated
within the election | ||||||
| 16 | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| ||||||
| 17 | resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk | ||||||
| 18 | shall notify every
principal and vice-principal of each | ||||||
| 19 | high school, elementary school, and
vocational school | ||||||
| 20 | situated within the election jurisdiction of their
| ||||||
| 21 | eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer | ||||||
| 22 | training courses for
service as deputy registrars at | ||||||
| 23 | conveniently located facilities at least 4
months prior to | ||||||
| 24 | every election.
| ||||||
| 25 | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | ||||||
| 26 | the president, of
any university, college, community | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | ||||||
| 2 | within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
| ||||||
| 3 | registrations of any resident of the State, at such | ||||||
| 4 | university, college,
community college, academy or | ||||||
| 5 | institution.
| ||||||
| 6 | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | ||||||
| 7 | labor organization,
or a reasonable number of qualified | ||||||
| 8 | members designated by such official,
who may accept the | ||||||
| 9 | registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
| ||||||
| 10 | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | ||||||
| 11 | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | ||||||
| 12 | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | ||||||
| 13 | designated by such official, who may accept
the | ||||||
| 14 | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | ||||||
| 15 | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | ||||||
| 16 | appointed,
the county clerk shall consider the population | ||||||
| 17 | of the jurisdiction, the
size of the organization, the | ||||||
| 18 | geographic size of the jurisdiction,
convenience for the | ||||||
| 19 | public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
| ||||||
| 20 | jurisdiction and their location, the registration | ||||||
| 21 | activities of the
organization and the need to appoint | ||||||
| 22 | deputy registrars to assist and
facilitate the | ||||||
| 23 | registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
| ||||||
| 24 | event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number | ||||||
| 25 | applicable to every
civic organization requesting | ||||||
| 26 | appointment of its members as deputy registrars.
The State | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
certification | ||||||
| 2 | of bona fide State civic organizations.
Such appointments | ||||||
| 3 | shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
| ||||||
| 4 | terminating on the first business day of the month | ||||||
| 5 | following the month of
the general election, and shall be | ||||||
| 6 | valid for all periods of voter
registration as provided by | ||||||
| 7 | this Code during the terms of such appointments.
| ||||||
| 8 | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| ||||||
| 9 | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | ||||||
| 10 | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | ||||||
| 11 | registration of any qualified
resident of the county at any | ||||||
| 12 | such public aid office.
| ||||||
| 13 | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 14 | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | ||||||
| 15 | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | ||||||
| 16 | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| ||||||
| 17 | resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
| ||||||
| 18 | 8. The president of any corporation as defined by the | ||||||
| 19 | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | ||||||
| 20 | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | ||||||
| 21 | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| ||||||
| 22 | If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is | ||||||
| 23 | denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date | ||||||
| 24 | the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or | ||||||
| 25 | organization with written notice setting
forth the specific | ||||||
| 26 | reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | appointed as deputy registrar.
| ||||||
| 2 | The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy | ||||||
| 3 | registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall | ||||||
| 4 | appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that | ||||||
| 5 | the convenience of the public is served,
giving due | ||||||
| 6 | consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
| ||||||
| 7 | of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that | ||||||
| 8 | there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political | ||||||
| 9 | parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in | ||||||
| 10 | appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the | ||||||
| 11 | appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chairman | ||||||
| 12 | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political | ||||||
| 13 | party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
| ||||||
| 14 | list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each | ||||||
| 15 | year. The
county clerk may require a Chairman of a County | ||||||
| 16 | Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| ||||||
| 17 | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | ||||||
| 18 | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | ||||||
| 19 | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | ||||||
| 20 | within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following | ||||||
| 21 | oath or affirmation:
| ||||||
| 22 | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | ||||||
| 23 | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | ||||||
| 24 | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | ||||||
| 25 | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy | ||||||
| 26 | registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | ||||||
| 2 | personal
application before me.
| ||||||
| 3 | ...............................
| ||||||
| 4 | (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
| ||||||
| 5 | This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by | ||||||
| 6 | one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take | ||||||
| 7 | acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be | ||||||
| 8 | filed with the county clerk.
| ||||||
| 9 | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | ||||||
| 10 | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | ||||||
| 11 | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | ||||||
| 12 | even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | ||||||
| 13 | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| ||||||
| 14 | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | ||||||
| 15 | be for
2-year terms commencing on the date of the county | ||||||
| 16 | convention following the
general primary at which they were | ||||||
| 17 | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | ||||||
| 18 | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | ||||||
| 19 | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | ||||||
| 20 | appointees.
| ||||||
| 21 | (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all | ||||||
| 22 | deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at | ||||||
| 23 | times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county | ||||||
| 24 | clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be | ||||||
| 25 | responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy | ||||||
| 26 | registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to | ||||||
| 2 | removal for cause.
| ||||||
| 3 | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | ||||||
| 4 | deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall | ||||||
| 5 | be returned to the appointing election
authority within 7 days, | ||||||
| 6 | except that completed registration materials
received by the | ||||||
| 7 | deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th | ||||||
| 8 | day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
| ||||||
| 9 | registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours | ||||||
| 10 | after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials | ||||||
| 11 | received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an | ||||||
| 12 | election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars within 24 | ||||||
| 13 | hours after receipt thereof.
Unused materials shall be returned | ||||||
| 14 | by deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of | ||||||
| 15 | subsection (a), not later
than the next working day following | ||||||
| 16 | the close of registration.
| ||||||
| 17 | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | ||||||
| 18 | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | ||||||
| 19 | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | ||||||
| 20 | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | ||||||
| 21 | possession.
| ||||||
| 22 | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | ||||||
| 23 | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | ||||||
| 24 | her duties.
| ||||||
| 25 | (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly | ||||||
| 26 | liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | deputy registers shall not
be deemed to be employees of the | ||||||
| 2 | county clerk.
| ||||||
| 3 | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | ||||||
| 4 | registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be | ||||||
| 5 | transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to | ||||||
| 6 | the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of | ||||||
| 7 | residence.
| ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
| 9 | (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
| ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall | ||||||
| 11 | appoint all
precinct committeepersons in the election | ||||||
| 12 | jurisdiction as deputy registrars
who may accept the | ||||||
| 13 | registration of any qualified resident of the State, except | ||||||
| 14 | during the 27 days preceding an election.
| ||||||
| 15 | The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a | ||||||
| 16 | reasonable
number of employees of the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 17 | located at driver's license
examination stations and | ||||||
| 18 | designated to the election authority by the
Secretary of State | ||||||
| 19 | who may accept the registration of any qualified
residents of | ||||||
| 20 | the State at any such driver's license examination stations. | ||||||
| 21 | The
appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as | ||||||
| 22 | deputy registrars shall
be made in the manner provided in | ||||||
| 23 | Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
| ||||||
| 24 | The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of | ||||||
| 25 | the following
named persons as deputy registrars upon the | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | written request of such persons:
| ||||||
| 2 | 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | ||||||
| 3 | designated by the chief
librarian, of any public library | ||||||
| 4 | situated within the election jurisdiction,
who may accept | ||||||
| 5 | the registrations of any qualified resident of the State, | ||||||
| 6 | at such library.
| ||||||
| 7 | 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by | ||||||
| 8 | the principal, of
any high school, elementary school, or | ||||||
| 9 | vocational school situated
within the election | ||||||
| 10 | jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
| ||||||
| 11 | resident of the State, at such school. The board of | ||||||
| 12 | election
commissioners shall notify every principal and | ||||||
| 13 | vice-principal of each high
school, elementary school, and | ||||||
| 14 | vocational school situated in the election
jurisdiction of | ||||||
| 15 | their eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
| ||||||
| 16 | training courses for service as deputy registrars at | ||||||
| 17 | conveniently located
facilities at least 4 months prior to | ||||||
| 18 | every election.
| ||||||
| 19 | 3. The president, or a qualified person designated by | ||||||
| 20 | the president, of
any university, college, community | ||||||
| 21 | college, academy or other institution
of learning situated | ||||||
| 22 | within the State, who may accept the
registrations of any | ||||||
| 23 | resident of the election jurisdiction, at such university,
| ||||||
| 24 | college, community college, academy or institution.
| ||||||
| 25 | 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | ||||||
| 26 | labor
organization, or a reasonable number of qualified | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | members designated
by such official, who may accept the | ||||||
| 2 | registrations of any qualified
resident of the State.
| ||||||
| 3 | 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide | ||||||
| 4 | State civic
organization, as defined and determined by rule | ||||||
| 5 | of the State Board of
Elections, or qualified members | ||||||
| 6 | designated by such official, who may accept
the | ||||||
| 7 | registration of any qualified resident of the State.
In | ||||||
| 8 | determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be | ||||||
| 9 | appointed,
the board of election commissioners shall | ||||||
| 10 | consider the population of the
jurisdiction, the size of | ||||||
| 11 | the organization, the geographic size of the
jurisdiction, | ||||||
| 12 | convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
| ||||||
| 13 | registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the | ||||||
| 14 | registration
activities of the organization and the need to | ||||||
| 15 | appoint deputy registrars to
assist and facilitate the | ||||||
| 16 | registration of non-English speaking individuals.
In no | ||||||
| 17 | event shall a board of election commissioners fix an | ||||||
| 18 | arbitrary
number applicable to every civic organization | ||||||
| 19 | requesting appointment of its
members as deputy | ||||||
| 20 | registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
| ||||||
| 21 | provide for certification of bona fide State civic | ||||||
| 22 | organizations. Such
appointments shall be made for a period | ||||||
| 23 | not to exceed 2 years, terminating
on the first business | ||||||
| 24 | day of the month following the month of the general
| ||||||
| 25 | election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter | ||||||
| 26 | registration as
provided by this Code during the terms of | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | such appointments.
| ||||||
| 2 | 6.
The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or a
| ||||||
| 3 | reasonable number of employees designated by the Director | ||||||
| 4 | and located at
public aid offices, who may accept the | ||||||
| 5 | registration of any qualified
resident of the election | ||||||
| 6 | jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
| ||||||
| 7 | 7.
The Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 8 | Employment Security, or a
reasonable number of employees | ||||||
| 9 | designated by the Director and located at
unemployment | ||||||
| 10 | offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
| ||||||
| 11 | resident of the election jurisdiction at any such | ||||||
| 12 | unemployment office.
If the request to be appointed as | ||||||
| 13 | deputy registrar is denied, the board
of election | ||||||
| 14 | commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the | ||||||
| 15 | request
is submitted, provide the affected individual or | ||||||
| 16 | organization with written
notice setting forth the | ||||||
| 17 | specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny
the | ||||||
| 18 | request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
| ||||||
| 19 | 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the | ||||||
| 20 | Business
Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of | ||||||
| 21 | employees designated by
such president, who may accept the | ||||||
| 22 | registrations of any qualified resident
of the State.
| ||||||
| 23 | The board of election commissioners may appoint as many | ||||||
| 24 | additional deputy
registrars as it considers necessary. The | ||||||
| 25 | board of election commissioners
shall appoint such additional | ||||||
| 26 | deputy registrars in such manner that the
convenience of the | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | public is served, giving due consideration to both
population | ||||||
| 2 | concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
| ||||||
| 3 | registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number | ||||||
| 4 | from
each of the 2 major political parties in the election | ||||||
| 5 | jurisdiction. The
board of election commissioners, in | ||||||
| 6 | appointing an additional deputy registrar,
shall make the | ||||||
| 7 | appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
| ||||||
| 8 | of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political | ||||||
| 9 | party. A Chairman
of a County Central Committee shall submit a | ||||||
| 10 | list of applicants to the board
by November 30 of each year. | ||||||
| 11 | The board may require a Chairman of a County
Central Committee | ||||||
| 12 | to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
| ||||||
| 13 | Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time | ||||||
| 14 | other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons | ||||||
| 15 | appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters | ||||||
| 16 | within the election jurisdiction and
shall take and subscribe | ||||||
| 17 | to the following oath or affirmation:
| ||||||
| 18 | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | ||||||
| 19 | will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the | ||||||
| 20 | Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will | ||||||
| 21 | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of registration | ||||||
| 22 | officer to the best of my ability and that I will register
no | ||||||
| 23 | person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his | ||||||
| 24 | personal
application before me.
| ||||||
| 25 | ....................................
| ||||||
| 26 | (Signature of Registration Officer)"
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of | ||||||
| 2 | the commissioners
or by the executive director or by some | ||||||
| 3 | person designated by the board of
election commissioners, and | ||||||
| 4 | shall immediately thereafter be filed with the
board of | ||||||
| 5 | election commissioners. The members of the board of election
| ||||||
| 6 | commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the | ||||||
| 7 | provisions of
this Article to take registrations, after | ||||||
| 8 | themselves taking and subscribing
to the above oath, are | ||||||
| 9 | authorized to take or administer such oaths and
execute such | ||||||
| 10 | affidavits as are required by this Article.
| ||||||
| 11 | Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, | ||||||
| 12 | except precinct
committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms, | ||||||
| 13 | commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each | ||||||
| 14 | even-numbered year, except that the terms of
the initial | ||||||
| 15 | appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
| ||||||
| 16 | general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall | ||||||
| 17 | be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county | ||||||
| 18 | convention following the general
primary at which they were | ||||||
| 19 | elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of | ||||||
| 20 | appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his | ||||||
| 21 | office for public inspection a list of the names of all | ||||||
| 22 | appointees.
| ||||||
| 23 | (b) The board of election commissioners shall be | ||||||
| 24 | responsible for training
all deputy registrars appointed | ||||||
| 25 | pursuant to subsection (a), at times and
locations reasonably | ||||||
| 26 | convenient for both the board of election commissioners
and | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be | ||||||
| 2 | responsible
for certifying and supervising all deputy | ||||||
| 3 | registrars appointed pursuant
to subsection (a). Deputy | ||||||
| 4 | registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall
be subject to | ||||||
| 5 | removal for cause.
| ||||||
| 6 | (c)
Completed registration materials under the control of | ||||||
| 7 | deputy
registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
| 8 | returned to the
appointing election authority within 7 days, | ||||||
| 9 | except that completed registration
materials received by the | ||||||
| 10 | deputy registrars during the period between the
35th and 28th | ||||||
| 11 | day preceding an election shall be returned by the
deputy
| ||||||
| 12 | registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours | ||||||
| 13 | after receipt
thereof. The completed registration materials | ||||||
| 14 | received by the deputy
registrars on the 28th day preceding an | ||||||
| 15 | election shall be returned
by the
deputy registrars within 24 | ||||||
| 16 | hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials
shall be returned | ||||||
| 17 | by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
| ||||||
| 18 | subsection (a), not later than the next working day following | ||||||
| 19 | the close of
registration.
| ||||||
| 20 | (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as | ||||||
| 21 | the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by | ||||||
| 22 | any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted | ||||||
| 23 | registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her | ||||||
| 24 | possession.
| ||||||
| 25 | (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering | ||||||
| 26 | or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | her duties.
| ||||||
| 2 | (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be | ||||||
| 3 | criminally or
civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any | ||||||
| 4 | deputy registrar. Such
deputy registrars shall not be deemed to | ||||||
| 5 | be employees of the board of
election commissioners.
| ||||||
| 6 | (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy | ||||||
| 7 | registrars for persons residing outside the election | ||||||
| 8 | jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election | ||||||
| 9 | commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election | ||||||
| 10 | authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
| ||||||
| 11 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
| 12 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 13 | changing Section 2-105 as follows:
| ||||||
| 14 | (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
| ||||||
| 15 | Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State. | ||||||
| 16 | (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the | ||||||
| 17 | State capital and
in such other places in the State as he may | ||||||
| 18 | deem necessary to properly
carry out the powers and duties | ||||||
| 19 | vested in him.
| ||||||
| 20 | (b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or | ||||||
| 21 | more buildings in
the State of Illinois outside of the County | ||||||
| 22 | of Sangamon as he deems
necessary to properly carry out the | ||||||
| 23 | powers and duties vested in him. The
Secretary of State may, on | ||||||
| 24 | behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public
or private | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
| ||||||
| 2 | The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings | ||||||
| 3 | constructed
thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State. | ||||||
| 4 | Expenditures for the
construction and equipping of any of such | ||||||
| 5 | buildings upon premises owned by
another public entity shall | ||||||
| 6 | not be subject to the provisions of any State
law requiring | ||||||
| 7 | that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
| ||||||
| 8 | premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary | ||||||
| 9 | of State by
this Section is subject to the appropriation of the | ||||||
| 10 | necessary funds.
| ||||||
| 11 | (c) Pursuant to Section 1A-25 Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and | ||||||
| 12 | 6-50.2 of the Election Code,
the Secretary of State shall make | ||||||
| 13 | driver services facilities available for use as temporary | ||||||
| 14 | places of accepting applications for voter registration. | ||||||
| 15 | Registration
within the offices shall be in the most public, | ||||||
| 16 | orderly and convenient portions
thereof, and Section 4-3, 5-3, | ||||||
| 17 | and 11-4 of the Election Code relative
to the attendance of | ||||||
| 18 | police officers during the conduct of registration
shall apply. | ||||||
| 19 | Registration under this Section shall be made in the manner
| ||||||
| 20 | provided by Sections 4-8, 4-10, 5-7, 5-9, 6-34, 6-35, and 6-37 | ||||||
| 21 | of the
Election Code.
| ||||||
| 22 | (d) (Blank). Within 30 days after the effective date of | ||||||
| 23 | this amendatory Act of 1990,
and no later than November 1 of | ||||||
| 24 | each even-numbered year thereafter, the
Secretary of State, to | ||||||
| 25 | the extent practicable, shall designate to each
election | ||||||
| 26 | authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at each
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | driver services facility
registered
to vote
within the
| ||||||
| 2 | jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent | ||||||
| 3 | election
jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars by | ||||||
| 4 | the election
authority located within the election | ||||||
| 5 | jurisdiction where the employees
maintain their residences. | ||||||
| 6 | Such designation shall be in writing and
certified by the | ||||||
| 7 | Secretary of State.
| ||||||
| 8 | (e) Each person applying at a driver services facility for | ||||||
| 9 | a driver's
license or permit, a corrected driver's license or | ||||||
| 10 | permit, an Illinois
identification card or a corrected Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | identification card
shall be notified that the person may apply | ||||||
| 12 | to register to vote at such station to vote in
the State and | ||||||
| 13 | may also apply to
transfer his or her voter registration at | ||||||
| 14 | such station to a different address in the
State. Such | ||||||
| 15 | notification may be made in
writing or verbally issued by an | ||||||
| 16 | employee or the Secretary of State.
| ||||||
| 17 | The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may | ||||||
| 18 | be necessary
for the efficient execution of his duties and the | ||||||
| 19 | duties of his employees
under this Section amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 20 | 1990.
| ||||||
| 21 | (f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for | ||||||
| 22 | issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois | ||||||
| 23 | Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a | ||||||
| 24 | brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial | ||||||
| 25 | identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
| 26 | Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall | ||||||
| 2 | (i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be | ||||||
| 3 | an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft, | ||||||
| 4 | (ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader | ||||||
| 5 | believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity | ||||||
| 6 | theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone | ||||||
| 7 | numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that | ||||||
| 8 | provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft. | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1001, eff. 1-1-07.)
| ||||||
| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.".
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