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| 1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 4-14.1, 5-9.1, and 6-62 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 4-14.1.
Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. | ||||||
| 8 | Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death | ||||||
| 9 | registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county | ||||||
| 10 | clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated | ||||||
| 11 | on the decedent's death certificate, may issue certifications | ||||||
| 12 | of death records from that system and may use that system to | ||||||
| 13 | cancel the registration of any person who has died during the | ||||||
| 14 | preceding month. Regardless of whether or not such a system has | ||||||
| 15 | been established, it It is the duty of the county clerk to | ||||||
| 16 | examine, monthly, the
records deposited in his or her office | ||||||
| 17 | pursuant to the Vital Records Act that
relate to deaths in the | ||||||
| 18 | county, and to cancel the registration of any
person who has | ||||||
| 19 | died during the preceding month.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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| 21 | (10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)
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| 22 | Sec. 5-9.1.
Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. | ||||||
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| 1 | Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death | ||||||
| 2 | registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county | ||||||
| 3 | clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated | ||||||
| 4 | on the decedent's death certificate, may issue certifications | ||||||
| 5 | of death records from that system and may use that system to | ||||||
| 6 | cancel the registration of any person who has died during the | ||||||
| 7 | preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased person | ||||||
| 8 | to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the | ||||||
| 9 | deceased person was registered. Regardless of whether or not | ||||||
| 10 | such a system has been established, it It is the duty of the | ||||||
| 11 | county clerk to examine monthly the
records deposited in his or | ||||||
| 12 | her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that
relate to | ||||||
| 13 | deaths in the county, to cancel the registration of
any person | ||||||
| 14 | who has died during the preceding month, and to cause the name
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| 15 | of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of | ||||||
| 16 | the precinct
in which the deceased person was registered.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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| 18 | (10 ILCS 5/6-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-62)
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| 19 | Sec. 6-62.
It shall be the duty of the person or officer | ||||||
| 20 | having charge of
the vital records of a city, village or | ||||||
| 21 | incorporated town to furnish to the
board of election | ||||||
| 22 | commissioners, monthly, a report of the names and
previous | ||||||
| 23 | residences of all persons over 18 21 years of age that have | ||||||
| 24 | died
during the preceding month.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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