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(II) COOPERATE WITH THE BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL
ELECTION OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July January 1, 1990.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 309

(House Bill 24)

AN ACT concerning

Elections - 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; providing that a municipal
corporation shall apply for and receive a certified list of
registered voters from the county election board under
certain circumstances; requiring the county board to respond
to the request within a certain number of days; requiring
the joint development of a schedule for submission of the
information; requiring the county board to provide the
requested information and voter registration forms to the
municipal corporation; allowing a municipal corporation to
remove a voter's name from its voter registration list under

certain circumstances; 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
lists; permitting a municipal corporation to maintain a
certain supplemental list; establishing certain procedures
concerning the removal of certain names from certain lists;
requiring the State to reimburse certain boards, counties,
and municipal corporations for certain costs of implementing
universal registration under certain conditions; requiring a

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