Section 216.70 Processing Voter Registration Applications

Section 216

Section 216.70  Processing

Voter Registration Applications

a)         The State Board of Elections shall, and all persons accepting

from applicants Voter Registration Applications are encouraged to, transmit

executed applications to the election authority:

1)         not more than ten days after execution, if executed five days

or more prior to the date upon which voter registration closes, or

2)         not more than five days after execution, if executed less than

five days prior to the date upon which registration closes but prior to the

close of registration.

b)         Applications arriving prior to the close of registration at an

election authority unaccompanied by a Voter Registration Application

Transmittal shall, for the purpose of first time voting only, be deemed to be

applications received by mail, and all applicants whose applications are so

transmitted shall be advised that they will be required to vote in person at

the first election in which they vote.

c)         A Voter Registration Application may be executed while voter

registration is closed, but in such case such application shall not entitle the

applicant to vote at any election held before registration reopens.

Applications bearing no postmark arriving by mail not later than five days

after the close of registration shall be deemed to have been filed prior to the

close of registration.  Applications arriving by mail after the close of

registration, but bearing a postmark earlier than the day upon which

registration closed shall be deemed to have been filed prior to the close of

registration no matter when actually received. Applications which arrive by

mail bearing a postmark later than the day upon which registration closed shall

not be deemed to have been filed prior to the close of registration no matter

when actually received

ation, but bearing a postmark earlier than the day upon which

registration closed shall be deemed to have been filed prior to the close of

registration no matter when actually received. Applications which arrive by

mail bearing a postmark later than the day upon which registration closed shall

not be deemed to have been filed prior to the close of registration no matter

when actually received.

d)         The State Board of Elections shall assign to each township

supervisor, county commissioner in counties not under township organization,

and designated agency a block of document control numbers, the identity of

which block shall be confidential, which such entities may use on each Voter

Registration Application Transmittal accompanying batches of applications sent

to election authorities.

e)         Every Voter Registration Application Transmittal shall note on

its face how many applications are being transmitted, a document control number

from the block assigned to the entity submitting the Voter Registration

Application Transmittal, identified in subsection (d) of this Section, and the

date of transmittal.

f)         Every application received by an election authority shall be

examined to determine if the information contained on the application is

sufficient on its face to cause the applicant to be listed among the voters of

the jurisdiction, or if the application duplicates a record or Voter

Registration Card already on file with the election authority.

1)         If the application duplicates a record already on file with

the election authority, the applicant shall be sent a forwardable Disposition

of Registration notice advising the voter that he or she is already registered

to vote

listed among the voters of

the jurisdiction, or if the application duplicates a record or Voter

Registration Card already on file with the election authority.

1)         If the application duplicates a record already on file with

the election authority, the applicant shall be sent a forwardable Disposition

of Registration notice advising the voter that he or she is already registered

to vote.

2)         If the information is insufficient, the election authority

shall send the applicant a forwardable Disposition of Registration notice

informing the applicant:

A)        that his or her application has been rejected, identifying the

reason for rejection, and

B)        that he or she will not be entitled to vote until a new and

sufficient application has been received by the election authority.