103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3079 Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-810 ILCS 5/4-106 new10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-710 ILCS 5/5-106 new10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-3510 ILCS 5/6-106 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election, the State Board of Elections may furnish electronic voter registration records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn affidavit. Sets forth restrictions on the information that may be disclosed. Provides that voter registration records or data shall be limited to bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for any personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of products or services. Sets forth penalties for violations of these provisions. Makes conforming changes. LRB103 37975 SPS 68107 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3079 Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-810 ILCS 5/4-106 new10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-710 ILCS 5/5-106 new10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-3510 ILCS 5/6-106 new 10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8 10 ILCS 5/4-106 new 10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7 10 ILCS 5/5-106 new 10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35 10 ILCS 5/6-106 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election, the State Board of Elections may furnish electronic voter registration records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn affidavit. Sets forth restrictions on the information that may be disclosed. Provides that voter registration records or data shall be limited to bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for any personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of products or services. Sets forth penalties for violations of these provisions. Makes conforming changes. LRB103 37975 SPS 68107 b LRB103 37975 SPS 68107 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3079 Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-810 ILCS 5/4-106 new10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-710 ILCS 5/5-106 new10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-3510 ILCS 5/6-106 new 10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8 10 ILCS 5/4-106 new 10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7 10 ILCS 5/5-106 new 10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35 10 ILCS 5/6-106 new
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
10 ILCS 5/4-106 new
10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 ILCS 5/5-106 new
10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
10 ILCS 5/6-106 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election, the State Board of Elections may furnish electronic voter registration records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn affidavit. Sets forth restrictions on the information that may be disclosed. Provides that voter registration records or data shall be limited to bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for any personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of products or services. Sets forth penalties for violations of these provisions. Makes conforming changes.
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 and by adding Sections 4-106,
6 5-106, and 6-106 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
8 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
9 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
10 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
11 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
12 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
13 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
14 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
15 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
16 registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
17 duplicate.
18 The registration record card shall contain the following
19 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
20 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
21 registration:
22 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
23 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3079 Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-810 ILCS 5/4-106 new10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-710 ILCS 5/5-106 new10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-3510 ILCS 5/6-106 new 10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8 10 ILCS 5/4-106 new 10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7 10 ILCS 5/5-106 new 10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35 10 ILCS 5/6-106 new
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
10 ILCS 5/4-106 new
10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 ILCS 5/5-106 new
10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
10 ILCS 5/6-106 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election, the State Board of Elections may furnish electronic voter registration records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn affidavit. Sets forth restrictions on the information that may be disclosed. Provides that voter registration records or data shall be limited to bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for any personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of products or services. Sets forth penalties for violations of these provisions. Makes conforming changes.
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10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
10 ILCS 5/4-106 new
10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 ILCS 5/5-106 new
10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
10 ILCS 5/6-106 new
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1 for such middle name, if any.
2 Sex.
3 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
4 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
5 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
6 lot number, and such additional clear and definite description
7 as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
8 dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be
9 determined by street and number, then the section,
10 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
11 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
12 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
13 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
14 address shall be included on his or her registration record
15 card.
16 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
17 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
18 the place or places where he resided and the dates during which
19 he resided in such place or places during the year next
20 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
21 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
22 born.
23 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
24 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
25 naturalization.
26 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
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1 and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
2 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
3 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
4 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
5 The county and state in which the applicant was last
6 registered.
7 Electronic mail address, if any.
8 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
9 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
10 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
11 or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and
12 duplicate registration record cards.
13 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
14 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
15 his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
16 to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
17 description of the applicant in the space provided on the back
18 or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
19 following questions and record the answers thereto:
20 Father's first name.
21 Mother's first name.
22 From what address did the applicant last register?
23 Reason for inability to sign name.
24 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
25 substantially the following form:
26 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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1 STATE OF ILLINOIS
2 COUNTY OF .......
3 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
4 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
5 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
6 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this
7 location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to
8 vote, and that the above statements are true.
9 ..............................
10 (His or her signature or mark)
11 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
12 ..................................
13 Signature of registration officer.
14 (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
15 Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
16 record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
17 registered thereon.
18 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
19 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
20 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
21 determine.
22 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
23 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
24 except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
25 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
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(His or her signature or mark)
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1 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
2 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
3 and other records of the election authority during the period
4 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
5 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
6 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
7 containing signatures of registered voters in the jurisdiction
8 of the election authority. The extension shall be for a period
9 of hours sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for
10 examination of the records but the election authority is not
11 required to extend its hours beyond the period beginning at
12 its normal opening for business and ending at midnight. If the
13 business hours are so extended, the election authority shall
14 post a public notice of such extended hours. Registration
15 record cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the
16 officer in charge of the cards, during the 27 days immediately
17 preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
18 be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
19 and challengers at the polling place on election day, but only
20 to the extent necessary to determine the question of the right
21 of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no
22 time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
23 physically handle the registration record cards.
24 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
25 other electronic data processing information containing voter
26 registration information shall be furnished by the county
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1 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
2 within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
3 State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
4 the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
5 27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
6 Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
7 the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
8 number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
9 precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
10 legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
11 noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
12 obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
13 the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
14 circuit court of the county in which the election authority
15 maintains the registration information. The costs of
16 furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
17 rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
18 jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
19 be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
20 Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
21 purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
22 discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
23 political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
24 Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
25 to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
26 cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
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1 registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
2 registration records to any person or entity other than to a
3 State or local political committee and other than to a
4 governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
5 prohibited except as described in Section 4-106 or as follows:
6 subject to security measures adopted by the State Board of
7 Elections which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a
8 catalog or database, available for public view, including the
9 name, address, and telephone number of the person viewing the
10 list as well as the time of that viewing, any person may view
11 the centralized statewide voter registration list on a
12 computer screen at the Springfield office of the State Board
13 of Elections, during normal business hours other than during
14 the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing the list
15 under this exception may not print, duplicate, transmit, or
16 alter the list. Copies of the tapes, discs, or other
17 electronic data shall be furnished by the county clerk to
18 local political committees and governmental entities at their
19 request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the
20 tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost of
21 duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
22 representing a political committee requesting copies of such
23 tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
24 be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
25 for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
26 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
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1 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
2 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
3 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
4 residents related to the operations of county government in
5 addition to registration information, that information shall
6 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
7 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
8 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
9 discs or other electronic data processing information
10 containing voter registration information for purposes of
11 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
12 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
13 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
14 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
15 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
16 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
17 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
18 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
19 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
20 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
21 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
22 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
23 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
24 of voter registration information shall comply with such
25 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
26 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
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1 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
2 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
3 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
4 following form:
5 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
6 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
7 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
8 (city) and that my residence was .
9 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
10 you to cancel said registration in your office.
11 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
12 .................................
13 (Signature of Voter)
14 Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
15 County, Illinois.
16 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
17 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
18 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
19 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full
20 authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
21 (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/4-106 new)
23 Sec. 4-106. Voter registration records for the general
24 public. Except during the 27 days immediately preceding any
25 election, the State Board of Elections in accordance with this
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(Signature of Voter)
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1 Section may furnish in accordance with this Section electronic
2 voter registration records at a reasonable cost to any person
3 who makes a sworn affidavit that the list will be used solely
4 for bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for
5 commercial purposes. Electronic voter registration records
6 furnished to members of the public shall not disclose the
7 email address, birth day, birth month, Illinois driver's
8 license number, Illinois identification card number, street
9 number, or social security number of any voter, but shall
10 disclose birth year. The reasonable cost of voter registration
11 records furnished under this Section shall be the cost of
12 duplication plus a 15% fee for administration. No sooner than
13 14 days after a request for voter registration records is made
14 under this Section, the State Board of Elections shall
15 publicly disclose the request on a publicly accessible website
16 regardless of whether the request was approved or denied.
17 Voter registration records shall be furnished without
18 charge or at a reduced charge, as determined by the State Board
19 of Elections, if the person requesting the records makes the
20 request on behalf of an entity that is exempt from income
21 taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
22 of 1986, states the specific purpose for the request, and
23 indicates that a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
24 public interest. A waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
25 public interest if the principle purpose of the request is to
26 access and disseminate information regarding the legal voting
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1 rights of the general public. In setting the amount of waiver
2 or reduction of the fee, the State Board of Elections may take
3 into consideration the amount of materials requested and the
4 cost of copying them.
5 Voter registration records or data shall be limited to
6 bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for any
7 personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not
8 limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any
9 person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of
10 products or services.
11 A recipient of voter registration records or data shall
12 not place the records or data on the Internet with
13 unrestricted access. Voter registration records or data shall
14 not be furnished to any person residing outside of the United
15 States. Any person who knowingly violates this Section shall
16 be guilty of a Class 4 felony. A governmental entity, or
17 officer or employee thereof, shall not be held civilly liable
18 as a result of disclosure of the information referred to in
19 this Section, unless by a showing of gross negligence or
20 willfulness. The State Board of Elections shall deny a request
21 made under this Section to any person or entity that has
22 violated this Section.
23 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
24 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
25 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
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1 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
2 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
3 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
4 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
5 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
6 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
7 registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
8 duplicate.
9 The registration record card shall contain the following
10 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
11 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
12 registration:
13 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
14 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
15 for such middle name, if any.
16 Sex.
17 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
18 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
19 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
20 lot number, and such additional clear and definite description
21 as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
22 dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
23 address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
24 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
25 address shall be included on his or her registration record
26 card.
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1 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
2 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
3 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
4 days in the precinct.
5 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
6 born.
7 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
8 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
9 naturalization.
10 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
11 and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
12 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
13 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
14 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
15 The county and state in which the applicant was last
16 registered.
17 Electronic mail address, if any.
18 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
19 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
20 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
21 or digitized form to the affidavit on the original and
22 duplicate registration record card.
23 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
24 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
25 his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
26 to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
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1 description of the applicant in the space provided at the
2 bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
3 questions and record the answers thereto:
4 Father's first name .......................
5 Mother's first name .......................
6 From what address did you last register?
7 Reason for inability to sign name.
8 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
9 substantially the following form:
10 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
11 State of Illinois)
12 )ss
13 County of )
14 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
15 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
16 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
17 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
18 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence
19 and that the above statements are true.
20 ..............................
21 (His or her signature or mark)
22 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
23 .........................................
24 Signature of Registration Officer.
25 (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
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1 Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
2 record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
3 registered thereon.
4 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
5 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
6 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
7 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
8 determine.
9 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
10 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
11 except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
12 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
13 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
14 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
15 and other records of the election authority during the period
16 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
17 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
18 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
19 containing signatures of registered voters in the jurisdiction
20 of the election authority. The extension shall be for a period
21 of hours sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for
22 examination of the records but the election authority is not
23 required to extend its hours beyond the period beginning at
24 its normal opening for business and ending at midnight. If the
25 business hours are so extended, the election authority shall
26 post a public notice of such extended hours. Registration
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1 record cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the
2 officer in charge of the cards, during the 27 days immediately
3 preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
4 be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
5 and challengers at the polling place on election day, but only
6 to the extent necessary to determine the question of the right
7 of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no
8 time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
9 physically handle the registration record cards.
10 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
11 other electronic data processing information containing voter
12 registration information shall be furnished by the county
13 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
14 within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
15 State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
16 the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
17 27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
18 Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
19 the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
20 number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
21 precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
22 legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
23 noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
24 obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
25 the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
26 circuit court of the county in which the election authority
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1 maintains the registration information. The costs of
2 furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
3 rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
4 jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
5 be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
6 Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
7 purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
8 discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
9 political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
10 Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
11 to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
12 cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
13 registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
14 registration records to any person or entity other than to a
15 State or local political committee and other than to a
16 governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
17 prohibited except as described in Section 5-106 or as follows:
18 subject to security measures adopted by the State Board of
19 Elections which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a
20 catalog or database, available for public view, including the
21 name, address, and telephone number of the person viewing the
22 list as well as the time of that viewing, any person may view
23 the centralized statewide voter registration list on a
24 computer screen at the Springfield office of the State Board
25 of Elections, during normal business hours other than during
26 the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing the list
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1 under this exception may not print, duplicate, transmit, or
2 alter the list. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic
3 data shall be furnished by the county clerk to local political
4 committees and governmental entities at their request and at a
5 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
6 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
7 15% for administration. The individual representing a
8 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make
9 a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used only for
10 bona fide political purposes, including by or for candidates
11 for office or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or
12 other electronic data shall not be used under any
13 circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
14 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
15 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
16 residents related to the operations of county government in
17 addition to registration information, that information shall
18 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
19 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
20 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
21 discs or other electronic data processing information
22 containing voter registration information for purposes of
23 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
24 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
25 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
26 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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1 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
2 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
3 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
4 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
5 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
6 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
7 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
8 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
9 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
10 of voter registration information shall comply with such
11 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
12 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
13 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
14 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
15 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
16 following form:
17 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
18 Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
19 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
20 (city) and that my residence was .....
21 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
22 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
23 Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
24 ....................
25 (Signature of Voter)
26 Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
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(Signature of Voter)
Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
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1 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
2 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
3 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
4 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full
5 authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
6 (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/5-106 new)
8 Sec. 5-106. Voter registration records for the general
9 public. Except during the 27 days immediately preceding any
10 election, the State Board of Elections may furnish in
11 accordance with this Section electronic voter registration
12 records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn
13 affidavit that the list will solely be used for bona fide
14 election purposes and shall not be used for commercial
15 purposes. Electronic voter registration records furnished to
16 members of the public shall not disclose the email address,
17 birth day, birth month, Illinois driver's license number,
18 Illinois identification card number, street number, or social
19 security number of any voter, but shall disclose birth year.
20 The reasonable cost of voter registration records furnished
21 under this Section shall be the cost of duplication plus a 15%
22 fee for administration. No sooner than 14 days after a request
23 for voter registration records is made under this Section, the
24 State Board of Elections shall publicly disclose the request
25 on a publicly accessible website regardless of whether the
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1 request was approved or denied.
2 Voter registration records shall be furnished without
3 charge or at a reduced charge, as determined by the State Board
4 of Elections, if the person requesting the records makes the
5 request on behalf of an entity that is exempt from income
6 taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
7 of 1986, states the specific purpose for the request, and
8 indicates that a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
9 public interest. A waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
10 public interest if the principle purpose of the request is to
11 access and disseminate information regarding the legal voting
12 rights of the general public. In setting the amount of waiver
13 or reduction of the fee, the State Board of Elections may take
14 into consideration the amount of materials requested and the
15 cost of copying them.
16 Voter registration records or data shall be limited to
17 bona fide election purposes and shall not be used for any
18 personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not
19 limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any
20 person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of
21 products or services.
22 A recipient of voter registration records or data shall
23 not place the records or data on the Internet with
24 unrestricted access. Voter registration records or data shall
25 not be furnished to any person residing outside of the United
26 States. Any person who knowingly violates this Section shall
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1 be guilty of a Class 4 felony. A governmental entity, or
2 officer or employee thereof, shall not be held civilly liable
3 as a result of disclosure of the information referred to in
4 this Section, unless by a showing of gross negligence or
5 willfulness. The State Board of Elections shall deny a request
6 made under this Section to any person or entity that has
7 violated this Section.
8 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
9 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
10 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
11 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
12 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
13 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
14 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall consist
15 of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the data
16 required thereon. The registration record cards, which shall
17 include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter provided,
18 shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a
19 carbon copy of the original or a copy of the original made by
20 the use of other method or material used for making
21 simultaneous true copies or duplications.
22 The registration record card shall contain the following
23 and such other information as the Board of Election
24 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
25 identification of the applicant for registration:
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1 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
2 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
3 for such middle name, if any.
4 Sex.
5 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
6 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
7 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
8 lot number, and such additional clear and definite description
9 as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
10 dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
11 address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
12 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
13 address shall be included on his or her registration record
14 card.
15 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
16 precinct.
17 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
18 born.
19 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
20 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
21 naturalization.
22 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
23 and year when the applicant presented himself for
24 registration.
25 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
26 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
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1 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
2 The county and state in which the applicant was last
3 registered.
4 Electronic mail address, if any.
5 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
6 in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
7 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
8 or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and the
9 duplicate registration record card.
10 Signature of deputy registrar.
11 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
12 his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
13 officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
14 the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
15 shall ask the following questions and record the answers
16 thereto:
17 Father's first name .........................
18 Mother's first name .........................
19 From what address did you last register? ....
20 Reason for inability to sign name ...........
21 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
22 substantially the following form:
23 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
24 State of Illinois )
25 )ss
26 County of ....... )
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1 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
2 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
3 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
4 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
5 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
6 above statements are true.
7 ..............................
8 (His or her signature or mark)
9 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
10 ......................................
11 Signature of registration officer
12 (to be signed in presence of registrant).
13 Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
14 record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
15 registered thereon.
16 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
17 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
18 or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the
19 Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
20 The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
21 shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
22 except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
23 On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
24 intending to object to a petition, the election authority
25 shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
26 and other records of the election authority during the period
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(His or her signature or mark)
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1 beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
2 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
3 electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
4 containing signatures of registered voters in the jurisdiction
5 of the election authority. The extension shall be for a period
6 of hours sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for
7 examination of the records but the election authority is not
8 required to extend its hours beyond the period beginning at
9 its normal opening for business and ending at midnight. If the
10 business hours are so extended, the election authority shall
11 post a public notice of such extended hours. Registration
12 record cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the
13 officer in charge of the cards, during the 27 days immediately
14 preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
15 be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
16 and challengers at the polling place on election day, but only
17 to the extent necessary to determine the question of the right
18 of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no
19 time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
20 physically handle the registration record cards.
21 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
22 other electronic data processing information containing voter
23 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
24 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
25 May 15 each year and within 10 days after each registration
26 period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
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1 prescribed by the State Board. For the purposes of this
2 Section, a registration period is closed 27 days before the
3 date of any regular or special election. Registration
4 information shall include, but not be limited to, the
5 following information: name, sex, residence, telephone number,
6 if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward,
7 township, county, and representative, legislative and
8 congressional districts. In the event of noncompliance, the
9 State Board of Elections is directed to obtain compliance
10 forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of the election
11 authority by instituting legal proceedings in the circuit
12 court of the county in which the election authority maintains
13 the registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
14 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034 per
15 name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction, but
16 not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
17 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
18 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
19 State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
20 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
21 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
22 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and to
23 governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
24 cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
25 registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
26 registration records to any person or entity other than to a
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1 State or local political committee and other than to a
2 governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
3 prohibited except as described in Section 6-106 or as follows:
4 subject to security measures adopted by the State Board of
5 Elections which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a
6 catalog or database, available for public view, including the
7 name, address, and telephone number of the person viewing the
8 list as well as the time of that viewing, any person may view
9 the centralized statewide voter registration list on a
10 computer screen at the Springfield office of the State Board
11 of Elections, during normal business hours other than during
12 the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing the list
13 under this exception may not print, duplicate, transmit, or
14 alter the list. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic
15 data shall be furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners
16 to local political committees and governmental entities at
17 their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the
18 tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost of
19 duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
20 representing a political committee requesting copies of such
21 tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
22 be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
23 for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
24 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
25 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
26 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
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1 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
2 residents related to the operations of county government in
3 addition to registration information, that information shall
4 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
5 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
6 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
7 discs or other electronic data processing information
8 containing voter registration information for purposes of
9 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
10 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
11 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
12 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
13 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
14 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
15 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
16 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
17 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
18 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
19 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
20 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
21 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
22 of voter registration information shall comply with such
23 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
24 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
25 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
26 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
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1 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
2 following form:
3 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
4 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
5 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
6 (city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your
7 (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
8 registration in your office.
9 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
10 ....................
11 (Signature of Voter)
12 Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
13 of...., Illinois.
14 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
15 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
16 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
17 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate
18 shall be full authority for cancellation of any previous
19 registration.
20 (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/6-106 new)
22 Sec. 6-106. Voter registration records for the general
23 public. Except during the 27 days immediately preceding any
24 election, the State Board of Elections may furnish in
25 accordance with this Section electronic voter registration
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(Signature of Voter)
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1 records at a reasonable cost to any person who makes a sworn
2 affidavit that the list will solely be used for bona fide
3 election purposes and shall not be used for commercial
4 purposes. Electronic voter registration records furnished to
5 members of the public shall not disclose the email address,
6 birth day, birth month, Illinois driver's license number,
7 Illinois identification card number, street number, or social
8 security number of any voter, but shall disclose birth year.
9 The reasonable cost of voter registration records furnished
10 under this Section shall be the cost of duplication plus a 15%
11 fee for administration. No sooner than 14 days after a request
12 for voter registration records is made under this Section, the
13 State Board of Elections shall publicly disclose the request
14 on a publicly accessible website regardless of whether the
15 request was approved or denied.
16 Voter registration records shall be furnished without
17 charge or at a reduced charge, as determined by the State Board
18 of Elections, if the person requesting the records makes the
19 request on behalf of an entity that is exempt from income
20 taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
21 of 1986, states the specific purpose for the request, and
22 indicates that a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
23 public interest. A waiver or reduction of the fee is in the
24 public interest if the principle purpose of the request is to
25 access and disseminate information regarding the legal voting
26 rights of the general public. In setting the amount of waiver
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