WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 308

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 308

(Senate Bill 435)

AN ACT concerning

Elections - Universal Registration

FOR the purpose of altering the voting registration requirement

for municipal elections and implementing a system of

universal registration; requiring a municipal corporation to
allow certain individuals to vote in municipal elections
under certain circumstances; providing for the development
of a certain plan and schedule for establishing certain
procedures for obtaining certain voter registration lists;
requiring county election boards to provide certain lists
under certain circumstances; authorizing the allocation of
certain costs; authorizing the removal of names from voting
lists under certain circumstances; requiring the naming of a
certain liaison liaisons; requiring the development of a
certain plan under certain circumstances providing for

certain reimbursement by the State for certain costs

associated with the implementation of universal

registration; authorizing the State Administrative Board of
Elections Laws to resolve certain disputes and to adopt
certain regulations; providing a delayed effective date; and
generally relating to voter registration for municipal
elections and universal registration.

FOR the purpose of altering the law relating to voter
registration for municipal elections; providing that
registration of a voter by the board of supervisors of
elections of a county shall be deemed registration for
purposes of municipal elections in a municipal corporation
in which the voter resides; requiring certain municipal
corporations, within a certain time frame, to submit a
request to certain boards of elections for the development
of a certain plan and schedule; specifying certain
information that must be included in a certain application;
requiring the county board to appoint a county liaison and
respond to the municipal corporation's liaison within a
certain time; requiring certain liaisons to meet and develop
a certain plan and schedule; specifying the contents of a
certain plan; establishing certain duties of the county
boards and the municipal corporations concerning certain

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