(10 ILCS 5/6-58) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-58)
Sec. 6-58.
Following each general election occurring in November of
even numbered years, beginning in 1940, the board of election
commissioners shall examine the registration records and shall send to
every voter who has not voted during the last four years, a notice
through the mails, substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION
"You are hereby notified that your registration will be cancelled
according to law for failure to vote during the last four years, unless
you apply for reinstatement within thirty days. You may reinstate your
registration by signing the statement below and returning it to this
office or by making application in person to do so."
"APPLICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT OF
REGISTRATION
I hereby certify that I still reside at the address from which I am
registered and apply for reinstatement of my registration:
Signed ....
Present address ....
Date ...."
In case the elector is unable to sign his name, the application for
reinstatement shall be made at the office of the board of election
commissioners.
After the expiration of thirty days the board of election
commissioners shall cancel the registration of all electors thus
notified who have not applied for reinstatement. A proper entry shall be
made on the registration record for all electors whose registration is
reinstated. Any elector whose registration has been cancelled for
failure to vote may register again by making application therefor in the
manner provided by this Article.
When a registration is cancelled under this or other sections of this
Article, a proper entry shall be made upon the face of the original and
duplicate records, which shall then be placed in a file of cancelled
registrations and shall be preserved for two years from date of
cancellation.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall, however, keep the cancelled
cards in a suspense
file for 2 years and reinstate them at any time within such 2 year suspense
period, when a person's registration is cancelled under this or other Sections of
this Article for failure to apply for reinstatement or to appear in proper
time, and there is sufficient subsequent showing that he is a duly qualified elector.
(Source: P.A. 81-155.)
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