Section 216.60 Forms

Section 216

Section 216.60  Forms

a)         This Section implements Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the National

Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Sections 1973gg-3, gg-4, gg-5 and

gg-6) and the order of the Circuit Court of Cook County entered May 1, 1996 in

Or, et al., v. Edgar, et al. 95 CO 246 and 95 CO 248 (Consolidated).

b)         Township supervisors and county commissioners in counties not

under township organization shall, and the Illinois Secretary of State and

designated agencies of the State of Illinois may, use the forms prescribed in

Exhibits A, B, and C of this Part in taking and transmitting the Voter

Registration Applications of applicants who choose to submit Voter Registration

Applications, or in recording the decision of the applicants who decline to

submit Voter Registration Applications if such agencies do not otherwise

provide forms of their own design meeting the requirements of the National

Voter Registration Act of 1993.

c)         Election authorities shall use the forms prescribed in

Exhibits D, E, F, G, and H in providing notice of decisions taken with respect

to Voter Registration Applications and Voter Registration Cards.

d)         The State Board of Elections shall supply to each election

authority a quantity of the National Mail Voter Registration Booklets  designed

by the United States Federal Election Commission on an as-needed basis. Each

election authority shall make a copy of the National Mail Voter Registration

Booklet available to any person over 18 years of age in its jurisdiction who

seeks to register to vote in another state, or refer a request from such person

for a National Mail Voter Registration Booklet to the Illinois State Board of

Elections in accord with subsection (h) of this Section.

e)         Each election authority shall make a copy of the Illinois

Voter Registration Application  available to any person over 18 years of age in

its jurisdiction who seeks to register to vote in Illinois

in another state, or refer a request from such person

for a National Mail Voter Registration Booklet to the Illinois State Board of

Elections in accord with subsection (h) of this Section.

e)         Each election authority shall make a copy of the Illinois

Voter Registration Application  available to any person over 18 years of age in

its jurisdiction who seeks to register to vote in Illinois.  Each Voter

Registration Application supplied to an individual shall be accompanied by

instructions for completing the forms and returning it to the appropriate

address. Such instructions may be oral where the form is supplied by a

designated agency to an applicant.

f)         Election authorities, the Secretary of State, and designated

agencies shall obtain the Illinois Voter Registration Application for their own

purposes and, in the case of election authorities, in sufficient quantities for

distribution to the public.  Each Voter Registration Application so produced

shall conform to the measurements, paper weight, color and layout,  and shall reproduce

verbatim the text set forth in Exhibit A of this Part.

g)         Voter Registration Applications made available to the general

public to be returned by mail to the election authority shall be placed in

holders or dispensers bearing the uniform logo designed for the purpose by the

State Board of Elections.  Control numbers assigned by the election authority

may be added to Voter Registration Applications distributed to the general

public, but no such control number shall be assigned to any Voter Registration

Application supplied by the election authority to a designated registration

agency, a township supervisor, or a county commissioner.  Voter Registration

Applications offered to the general public to be returned by mail must bear the

mailing address of the election authority having jurisdiction over the place

where the form dispenser is located

umber shall be assigned to any Voter Registration

Application supplied by the election authority to a designated registration

agency, a township supervisor, or a county commissioner.  Voter Registration

Applications offered to the general public to be returned by mail must bear the

mailing address of the election authority having jurisdiction over the place

where the form dispenser is located.  Whenever an election authority receives

a Voter Registration Application for an applicant who does not reside in the

election authority's jurisdiction, the election authority shall forward, within

three days after its receipt, the Voter Registration Application  to the

election authority for the place where the applicant resides.  The election

authority shall include with the forwarding a transmittal notice of the kind

identified in Appendix C of this Part.  The election authority receiving such a

transmitted application shall treat the application as if it had been

originally filed with the receiving election authority.  The postmark on  the

application or date of the application's receipt by the transmitting election

authority shall determine the voter's eligibility to vote in the next ensuing

election.

h)         Election authorities shall limit the number of the National

Mail Voter Registration Booklets supplied to an organization conducting a voter

registration drive to 50.  Requests for the National Mail Voter Registration

Booklet in quantities exceeding 50 shall be referred to the State Board of

Elections, which shall, prior to filling the request, require the organization

making such a request to submit in writing a copy of its plan to distribute the

booklets, including the states in which the organization intends to distribute

the booklet and the quantities to be distributed in each state

Voter Registration

Booklet in quantities exceeding 50 shall be referred to the State Board of

Elections, which shall, prior to filling the request, require the organization

making such a request to submit in writing a copy of its plan to distribute the

booklets, including the states in which the organization intends to distribute

the booklet and the quantities to be distributed in each state.  The State

Board of Elections shall deny the request if such a written plan is not

submitted, and shall substitute the Voter Registration Application for any

quantities of the National Mail Voter Registration Booklet intended for

distribution in Illinois.  The State Board of Elections shall charge the

requesting party the actual cost of reproducing the National Mail Voter

Registration Booklet for any quantities requested over 200.