Illinois Administrative Code › Title 26 - ELECTIONS › Part 216 - REGISTRATION OF VOTERS › Section 216.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"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. 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.
"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.
"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.