(10 ILCS 5/6-59.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59.01)
Sec. 6-59.01.
Each registered voter lacking a permanent abode shall be
canvassed by the board of election commissioners before each election. The
canvass shall be by mail sent not later than 49 days preceding the election
to the mailing address listed on the voter's registration record card. The
board shall include in the mailing a postage prepaid return postcard. The
voter must certify on the postcard his or her continued residence at the
registration address and mail the postcard back to the board so that it is
postmarked no later than the 26th day preceding the election.
If an application for registration is presented within the 49 day period
preceding an election, then this Section shall not apply and the provisions
of this Article with respect to the mailing of a verification of a
registration notice shall be a canvass, except that such notice shall be
mailed to the registrant's mailing address.
(Source: P.A. 87-1241.)
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