Section 216.20 Definitions

Section 216

Section 216.20  Definitions

"Applicant" – An applicant for purposes of this

Part is a person who:

appears in person to request the Secretary of State of

Illinois to issue a driver's license, including renewals and change of address

or an identification card;

appears in person to sign a request to receive public

assistance or to renew a request for public assistance, or certify that he or

she remains eligible for public assistance from a township government in

counties under township organization, or from the county commissioners of a

county not under township organization;

meets the definition of an applicant under the statutes or

rules which govern the administration of certain social services programs

administered by designated agencies of the State of Illinois; or

submits directly to an election authority a Voter

Registration Application designed by the Illinois State Board of Elections or

the National Mail Voter Registration Booklet designed by the United States

Federal Election Commission.

"Application" or "Voter Registration

Application" – An application or Voter Registration Application for the

purposes of this Part is an Illinois Voter Registration Application designed by

the Illinois State Board of Elections or the National Mail Voter Registration

Booklet designed by the United States Federal Election Commission or a document

with identical purpose and conforming to the requirements of the National Voter

Registration Act of 1993 and this Part generated by the Illinois Secretary of

State, a designated agency, or an election authority.

"Deputy registrar" – A deputy registrar is a person

appointed by an election authority for the limited and particular purpose of

registering persons to vote in all elections in Illinois by use of the

triplicate registration card

requirements of the National Voter

Registration Act of 1993 and this Part generated by the Illinois Secretary of

State, a designated agency, or an election authority.

"Deputy registrar" – A deputy registrar is a person

appointed by an election authority for the limited and particular purpose of

registering persons to vote in all elections in Illinois by use of the

triplicate registration card.  For purposes of this Part deputy registrar does

not include an employee or contractor of the Secretary of State, designated

agency, or township supervisor or county commissioner who accepts Voter

Registration Applications but who is not so appointed, or any armed forces

personnel designated by the United States Department of Defense to accept Voter

Registration Applications not so appointed.

"Designated agency" – A designated agency is an

agency of the State of Illinois or its contractors selected by the Governor of

the State of Illinois to provide an  opportunity to its clients to register to

vote at the time the client applies for, reapplies for, or is recertified for

services from one or more programs administered by the agency.

"Election authority" – An election authority is a

city board of elections commissioners, a county board of elections

commissioners, or a county clerk in counties not under the management of a

county board of elections commissioners.

"Federal election" – For purposes of voter

registration and voting by voters on inactive status, a federal election is a

general or special election, including primary elections, for any federal

office and a presidential preference primary election.  For purposes of

maintaining on inactive status voters who have registered to vote  once

transferred to inactive status and for keeping statistics required by Section

216.80 of this Part with respect to Voter Registration Applications, a federal

election is a general election, excluding the general primary election

ctions, for any federal

office and a presidential preference primary election.  For purposes of

maintaining on inactive status voters who have registered to vote  once

transferred to inactive status and for keeping statistics required by Section

216.80 of this Part with respect to Voter Registration Applications, a federal

election is a general election, excluding the general primary election.

"Federal office" – Federal office includes electors

to elect the President and Vice-President of the United States, United States

Senators and Members of the United States Congress.

"Inactive voter" – An inactive voter is a person

who, having once submitted a Voter Registration Application subsequently

acknowledged by the election authority having jurisdiction over the voter's

place of residence, or a registration card, has not responded to a notice to

confirm his or her address, but whose authority to vote has not yet been

canceled.

"Non-discriminatory" – Non-discriminatory means

without intentionally differing treatment of an individual by reason of his or

her racial, religious, ethnic, political party, gender, or linguistic

characteristics, or without intentional or unintentional disparate impact upon

a group of persons identified by racial, religious, ethnic, political party,

gender or linguistic characteristics.

"Record" – A record is a Voter Registration

Application which has been accepted and acknowledged by an election authority.

Record includes Voter Registration Applications which have been placed in a

file of inactive voters, but does not include rejected or unacknowledged Voter

Registration Applications.

"Secretary of State" – Secretary of State means the

Division of Driver Services of the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State

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Application which has been accepted and acknowledged by an election authority.

Record includes Voter Registration Applications which have been placed in a

file of inactive voters, but does not include rejected or unacknowledged Voter

Registration Applications.

"Secretary of State" – Secretary of State means the

Division of Driver Services of the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State.

"Voter Registration Card" – A Voter Registration

Card is a voter registration card authorized by the Illinois Election Code and

used by election authorities to enroll voters to vote prior to the enactment of

the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and presently.