(a) Registration card file.--
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) and in section
1401(e) (relating to general register), the original
registration cards shall be filed by election districts in
exact alphabetical order by last name of the registrant and
shall be indexed.
(2) The cards constitute the district register.
(3) The commission shall provide binders, which are
capable of being locked, for filing and indexing the
registration cards. The keys to the binders shall at all
times be retained by the commission.
(4) The district register shall be kept at the office
of the commission except as provided in subsection (b) and
shall be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable
safeguards and regulations.
(b) Computer lists.--
(1) Before a commission is connected to the SURE system,
instead of using registration cards as the district register
as provided in subsection (a), a commission may use a
computer list or computer-generated cards containing the
registered electors arranged by election district,
alphabetically by last name of the registrant. The computer
list or computer-generated cards must be in a form prescribed
by the secretary and must contain necessary information that
would otherwise be available on the registration cards,
including a legible digitized signature of the registrant
copied from the signature on the registration card. The
district election officials shall have computer printouts
at the polling places containing the necessary information
needed to verify the identity of the elector. The digitized
signature list shall be open to public inspection, subject
to reasonable safeguards, rules and regulations.
(2) After a commission is connected to the SURE system,
each commission shall create from its general register a
computer list to be used as the district register. For each
election district, the list shall contain the names of the
registered electors of the election district, alphabetically
by last name of each registered elector. Each page of the
list shall contain the name of the county, the election
district, the date of the election and the date and time the
list was prepared. The computer list shall be in a form
prescribed by the secretary and must contain necessary
information that would otherwise be available in the general
register, including a legible digitized or electronic
signature, the street address and political party of each
registered elector, and suitable space for insertion of the
signature of the registered elector and for insertion by the
proper election official of the number and letter of the
stub of the ballot issued to the registered elector or the
registered elector's number in the order of admission to the
voting systems and the initials of the election official who
enters the record of voting in the district register and
whether the elector needs assistance to vote and, if so, the
nature of the disability. The district register shall be
kept at the office of the commission and shall be open to
public inspection, subject to reasonable safeguards, rules
and regulations.
(3) Before connection to the SURE system, a commission
may, during systems conversion periods or emergency
conditions, provide for a district register containing the
original registration cards. The following apply:
(i) The original registration cards shall be filed
by election district in one of the following orders as
determined by the commission:
(A) Exact alphabetical order by last name of
registrant.
(B) Order in which registrants' residences
appear upon the streets of the election district,
in exact alphabetical order by last name of
registrant for each residence.
(ii) The district register containing registration
cards shall be kept at the office of the commission and
shall be open for public inspection, subject to
reasonable safeguards and regulations and to the
provisions of this part.
(c) Accuracy.--It is the duty of the commission to compare
and correct the general register and district registers to
ensure their accuracy. By noon of the third day preceding an
election, the commission shall correct the district register
for each election district consistent with the information
contained in the general register.
(d) Delivery.--The commission shall deliver, in the manner
required by law for delivery of election materials, the district
register to the election officers for use on election day.
(e) Form.--District registers shall be enclosed within a
case or container and shall be locked and sealed by the
commission before delivery. The district register shall have
printed or written thereon the words "District Register of
Electors" and the district and ward, if any.
(f) Examination.--Immediately following each election, the
commission shall cause each district register to be examined.
The commission specifically shall compare the signature of each
elector on each voter's certificate with his signature in the
district register and shall report in writing to the district
attorney any evidence or indication of probable fraud,
impersonation or forgery which may appear to the commission by
reason of the comparison. In the case of any elector whom the
election officers shall have recorded as removed, deceased or
challenged and prevented from voting, the commission shall
ascertain the facts and shall correct the general and district
registers in accordance with Chapter 15 (relating to changes
in records).
Cross References. Section 1402 is referred to in section
1102 of this title.§ § 1402District registers
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