1-5-5. Entry of data into data processing system; county register;
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maintenance.
A. The county clerk, upon receipt of a proper certificate of registration within the period prescribed for registration, shall immediately enter in the proper spaces thereon the precinct of the voter.
B. All information required shall then be entered into the voter file and evidenced by the file maintenance list. A new certificate of registration, or change of information to an existing certificate of registration, shall not be inserted into the county register until the county clerk has had all pertinent information necessary for the preparation of voter files and voter lists transcribed from it to a record appropriate for use for preparation of such lists.
C. After entry of data into the data processing system, the county clerk shall insert each original certificate of registration in its proper order in the county register.
D. A certificate of registration shall not be removed from the county register pursuant to a cancellation of registration until the county clerk has entered into the voter file all deletions and changes and such deletions and changes are evidenced by the file maintenance list.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-5, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 107; 1975, ch. 255, § 65; 1993, ch. 314, § 34; 1993, ch. 316, § 34; 2001, ch. 146, § 2.