Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 102.21 - Voter Registration
a) As
mandated by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
Public Law
103-31 , Department staff are required to allow
clients the opportunity to register to vote and to assist clients in completing
voter registration forms.
b) An
application for assistance is a signed request for AFDC, Food Stamps or
Medicaid benefits. The opportunity to register to vote shall be given at each
application for assistance and at each recertification of Food Stamp benefits
or other face-to-face redetermination.
c) The opportunity to register to vote shall
be made to all clients, age 18 and over, who have signed the application for
AFDC, Food Stamps, Transitional Assistance, Child and Family Assistance or
Medicaid benefits and who are present at the eligibility interview.
d) The Department shall allow each member of
the household over the age of 18 years, who must sign the application for
public assistance and is present for the eligibility interview, the opportunity
to register to vote. Each individual may decline.
e) Department staff shall provide the same
degree of assistance to each applicant in completing the voter registration
form as provided by the Agency with regard to the completion of its own forms,
unless the applicant refuses such assistance.
f) Department staff shall not:
1) seek to influence an applicant's political
preference or party registration;
2) display any political preference or party
allegiance;
3) make any statement
or take any action to discourage an applicant from registering to vote;
or
4) make any statement or take
any action to lead an applicant to believe that a decision to register or not
to register will affect the availability of assistance.
g) Department staff shall collect completed
voter registration forms and forward the forms to the State election official
no later than 10 days after the date of acceptance. Any voter registration form
accepted by the Department within five days before the last day of registration
for an election shall be transmitted no later than five days after the date of
acceptance.
h) The Department shall
keep confidential records of the number of persons choosing to complete a voter
registration form. The Department shall report those numbers to the State Board
of Elections.
Notes
Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 11955, effective August 13, 1997
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