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1 AN ACT in relation to voter registration, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
6 changing Section 7 as follows:
7 (5 ILCS 140/7) (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
8 Sec. 7. Exemptions.
9 (1) The following shall be exempt from inspection and
10 copying:
11 (a) Information specifically prohibited from
12 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
13 regulations adopted under federal or State law.
14 (b) Information that, if disclosed, would
15 constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
16 privacy, unless the disclosure is consented to in writing
17 by the individual subjects of the information. The
18 disclosure of information that bears on the public duties
19 of public employees and officials shall not be considered
20 an invasion of personal privacy. Information exempted
21 under this subsection (b) shall include but is not
22 limited to:
23 (i) files and personal information maintained
24 with respect to clients, patients, residents,
25 students or other individuals receiving social,
26 medical, educational, vocational, financial,
27 supervisory or custodial care or services directly
28 or indirectly from federal agencies or public
29 bodies;
30 (ii) personnel files and personal information
31 maintained with respect to employees, appointees or
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1 elected officials of any public body or applicants
2 for those positions;
3 (iii) files and personal information
4 maintained with respect to any applicant, registrant
5 or licensee by any public body cooperating with or
6 engaged in professional or occupational
7 registration, licensure or discipline;
8 (iv) information required of any taxpayer in
9 connection with the assessment or collection of any
10 tax unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
11 statute; and
12 (v) information revealing the identity of
13 persons who file complaints with or provide
14 information to administrative, investigative, law
15 enforcement or penal agencies; provided, however,
16 that identification of witnesses to traffic
17 accidents, traffic accident reports, and rescue
18 reports may be provided by agencies of local
19 government, except in a case for which a criminal
20 investigation is ongoing, without constituting a
21 clearly unwarranted per se invasion of personal
22 privacy under this subsection.
23 (c) Records compiled by any public body for
24 administrative enforcement proceedings and any law
25 enforcement or correctional agency for law enforcement
26 purposes or for internal matters of a public body, but
27 only to the extent that disclosure would:
28 (i) interfere with pending or actually and
29 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
30 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
31 agency;
32 (ii) interfere with pending administrative
33 enforcement proceedings conducted by any public
34 body;
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1 (iii) deprive a person of a fair trial or an
2 impartial hearing;
3 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
4 confidential source or confidential information
5 furnished only by the confidential source;
6 (v) disclose unique or specialized
7 investigative techniques other than those generally
8 used and known or disclose internal documents of
9 correctional agencies related to detection,
10 observation or investigation of incidents of crime
11 or misconduct;
12 (vi) constitute an invasion of personal
13 privacy under subsection (b) of this Section;
14 (vii) endanger the life or physical safety of
15 law enforcement personnel or any other person; or
16 (viii) obstruct an ongoing criminal
17 investigation.
18 (d) Criminal history record information maintained
19 by State or local criminal justice agencies, except the
20 following which shall be open for public inspection and
21 copying:
22 (i) chronologically maintained arrest
23 information, such as traditional arrest logs or
24 blotters;
25 (ii) the name of a person in the custody of a
26 law enforcement agency and the charges for which
27 that person is being held;
28 (iii) court records that are public;
29 (iv) records that are otherwise available
30 under State or local law; or
31 (v) records in which the requesting party is
32 the individual identified, except as provided under
33 part (vii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of
34 this Section.
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1 "Criminal history record information" means data
2 identifiable to an individual and consisting of
3 descriptions or notations of arrests, detentions,
4 indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials,
5 or other formal events in the criminal justice system or
6 descriptions or notations of criminal charges (including
7 criminal violations of local municipal ordinances) and
8 the nature of any disposition arising therefrom,
9 including sentencing, court or correctional supervision,
10 rehabilitation and release. The term does not apply to
11 statistical records and reports in which individuals are
12 not identified and from which their identities are not
13 ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal
14 investigative or intelligence purposes.
15 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security
16 of correctional institutions and detention facilities.
17 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
18 memoranda and other records in which opinions are
19 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
20 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
21 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
22 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
23 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
24 records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
25 that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
26 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
27 information obtained from a person or business where the
28 trade secrets or information are proprietary, privileged
29 or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets
30 or information may cause competitive harm, including all
31 information determined to be confidential under Section
32 4002 of the Technology Advancement and Development Act.
33 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
34 construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
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1 to disclosure.
2 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
3 agreement, including information which if it were
4 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an
5 advantage to any person proposing to enter into a
6 contractor agreement with the body, until an award or
7 final selection is made. Information prepared by or for
8 the body in preparation of a bid solicitation shall be
9 exempt until an award or final selection is made.
10 (i) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings and
11 research data obtained or produced by any public body
12 when disclosure could reasonably be expected to produce
13 private gain or public loss.
14 (j) Test questions, scoring keys and other
15 examination data used to administer an academic
16 examination or determined the qualifications of an
17 applicant for a license or employment.
18 (k) Architects' plans and engineers' technical
19 submissions for projects not constructed or developed in
20 whole or in part with public funds and for projects
21 constructed or developed with public funds, to the extent
22 that disclosure would compromise security.
23 (l) Library circulation and order records
24 identifying library users with specific materials.
25 (m) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to
26 the public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
27 public body makes the minutes available to the public
28 under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
29 (n) Communications between a public body and an
30 attorney or auditor representing the public body that
31 would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
32 materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
33 anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
34 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
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1 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
2 respect to internal audits of public bodies.
3 (o) Information received by a primary or secondary
4 school, college or university under its procedures for
5 the evaluation of faculty members by their academic
6 peers.
7 (p) Administrative or technical information
8 associated with automated data processing operations,
9 including but not limited to software, operating
10 protocols, computer program abstracts, file layouts,
11 source listings, object modules, load modules, user
12 guides, documentation pertaining to all logical and
13 physical design of computerized systems, employee
14 manuals, and any other information that, if disclosed,
15 would jeopardize the security of the system or its data
16 or the security of materials exempt under this Section.
17 (q) Documents or materials relating to collective
18 negotiating matters between public bodies and their
19 employees or representatives, except that any final
20 contract or agreement shall be subject to inspection and
21 copying.
22 (r) Drafts, notes, recommendations and memoranda
23 pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of
24 the public body. The records of ownership, registration,
25 transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and
26 of persons to whom payment with respect to these
27 obligations is made.
28 (s) The records, documents and information relating
29 to real estate purchase negotiations until those
30 negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
31 With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
32 and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
33 under Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure,
34 records, documents and information relating to that
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1 parcel shall be exempt except as may be allowed under
2 discovery rules adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court.
3 The records, documents and information relating to a real
4 estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated.
5 (t) Any and all proprietary information and records
6 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
7 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
8 self-administered health and accident cooperative or
9 pool.
10 (u) Information concerning a university's
11 adjudication of student or employee grievance or
12 disciplinary cases, to the extent that disclosure would
13 reveal the identity of the student or employee and
14 information concerning any public body's adjudication of
15 student or employee grievances or disciplinary cases,
16 except for the final outcome of the cases.
17 (v) Course materials or research materials used by
18 faculty members.
19 (w) Information related solely to the internal
20 personnel rules and practices of a public body.
21 (x) Information contained in or related to
22 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
23 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
24 for the regulation or supervision of financial
25 institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
26 otherwise required by State law.
27 (y) Information the disclosure of which is
28 restricted under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities
29 Act.
30 (z) Manuals or instruction to staff that relate to
31 establishment or collection of liability for any State
32 tax or that relate to investigations by a public body to
33 determine violation of any criminal law.
34 (aa) Applications, related documents, and medical
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1 records received by the Experimental Organ
2 Transplantation Procedures Board and any and all
3 documents or other records prepared by the Experimental
4 Organ Transplantation Procedures Board or its staff
5 relating to applications it has received.
6 (bb) Insurance or self insurance (including any
7 intergovernmental risk management association or self
8 insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
9 information, records, data, advice or communications.
10 (cc) Information and records held by the Department
11 of Public Health and its authorized representatives
12 relating to known or suspected cases of sexually
13 transmissible disease or any information the disclosure
14 of which is restricted under the Illinois Sexually
15 Transmissible Disease Control Act.
16 (dd) Information the disclosure of which is
17 exempted under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing
18 Act.
19 (ee) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55
20 of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
21 Qualifications Based Selection Act.
22 (ff) Security portions of system safety program
23 plans, investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists,
24 data, or information compiled, collected, or prepared by
25 or for the Regional Transportation Authority under
26 Section 2.11 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act
27 or the State of Missouri under the Bi-State Transit
28 Safety Act.
29 (gg) Information the disclosure of which is
30 restricted and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois
31 Prepaid Tuition Act.
32 (hh) Information the disclosure of which is
33 exempted under Section 80 of the State Gift Ban Act.
34 (ii) Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would
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1 disclose or might lead to the disclosure of secret or
2 confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or
3 private keys intended to be used to create electronic or
4 digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security
5 Act.
6 (jj) Information contained in a local emergency
7 energy plan submitted to a municipality in accordance
8 with a local emergency energy plan ordinance that is
9 adopted under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal
10 Code.
11 (kk) (jj) Information and data concerning the
12 distribution of surcharge moneys collected and remitted
13 by wireless carriers under the Wireless Emergency
14 Telephone Safety Act.
15 (ll) Computer-stored images of the signatures of
16 registered voters, except as provided by law.
17 (2) This Section does not authorize withholding of
18 information or limit the availability of records to the
19 public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise
20 provided in this Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-262, eff. 7-30-97; 90-273, eff. 7-30-97;
22 90-546, eff. 12-1-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-737, eff.
23 1-1-99; 90-759, eff. 7-1-99; 91-137, eff. 7-16-99; 91-357,
24 eff. 7-29-99; 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; revised 1-17-00.)
25 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
26 Sections 1-3, 1A-9, 4-1, 4-5, 4-6.1, 4-6.2, 4-8, 4-8.01,
27 4-8.03, 4-9, 4-10, 4-13, 4-15, 4-16, 4-18, 4-20, 4-22, 4-24,
28 4-24.1, 4-27, 4-30, 5-1, 5-6, 5-7, 5-7.01, 5-7.03, 5-8, 5-9,
29 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-14, 5-16, 5-16.1, 5-16.2, 5-19,
30 5-20, 5-21, 5-22, 5-23, 5-25, 5-28, 5-29, 5-36, 5-37.1, 6-24,
31 6-27, 6-28, 6-29, 6-35, 6-35.01, 6-35.03, 6-36, 6-37, 6-38,
32 6-39, 6-40, 6-41, 6-43, 6-45, 6-49, 6-50.1, 6-50.2, 6-52,
33 6-53, 6-54, 6-56, 6-57, 6-59, 6-60, 6-65, 6-66, 6A-4, 7-23,
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1 7-43, 7-44, 7-45, 7-47, 7-47.1, 17-9, 17-10, 17-13, 18-1,
2 18-5, 18-15, 18-16, 20-13, and 20-13.1 and by adding Article
3 3A and Sections 4-6.4, 4-20.1, 4-20.2, 5-16.4, 5-28.2,
4 5-28.3, 6-50.4, 6-65.1, and 6-65.2 as follows:
5 (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
6 Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
7 otherwise requires:
8 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions
9 of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
10 popular vote, and includes primary elections when so
11 indicated by the context.
12 2. "Regular election" means the general, general
13 primary, consolidated and consolidated primary elections
14 regularly scheduled in Article 2A. The even numbered year
15 municipal primary established in Article 2A is a regular
16 election only with respect to those municipalities in which a
17 primary is required to be held on such date.
18 3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
19 recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
20 held at the same time and place and by the same election
21 officers as a regular election.
22 4. "General election" means the biennial election at
23 which members of the General Assembly are elected. "General
24 primary election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated
25 primary election" mean the respective elections or the
26 election dates designated and established in Article 2A of
27 this Code.
28 5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
29 either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
30 incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
31 village or incorporated town.
32 6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any
33 unit of local government, or school district in which
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1 elections are or may be held. "Political or governmental
2 subdivision" also includes, for election purposes, Regional
3 Boards of School Trustees, and Township Boards of School
4 Trustees.
5 7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
6 interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
7 established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
8 Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
9 referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
10 Code, as now or hereafter amended.
11 8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board
12 of Election Commissioners.
13 9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county,
14 in the case of a county in which no city board of election
15 commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction
16 of a county board of election commissioners; (b) the
17 territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election
18 commissioners; and (c) the territory in a county outside of
19 the jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners.
20 In each instance election jurisdiction shall be determined
21 according to which election authority maintains the permanent
22 registration records of qualified electors.
23 10. "Local election official" means the clerk or
24 secretary of a unit of local government or school district,
25 as the case may be, the treasurer of a township board of
26 school trustees, and the regional superintendent of schools
27 with respect to the various school officer elections and
28 school referenda for which the regional superintendent is
29 assigned election duties by The School Code, as now or
30 hereafter amended.
31 11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
32 terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
33 when used in connection with duties at an election during the
34 hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
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1 election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
2 reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
3 the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after
4 the closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
5 pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
6 after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
7 performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
8 performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
9 holdover judges.
10 12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
11 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
12 statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures
13 of qualified primary electors bound together.
14 13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
15 reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
16 smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
17 unit at the same polling place in any election governed by
18 this Act.
19 14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for
20 the election of any officer, other than the State or a unit
21 of local government or school district, and includes, but is
22 not limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial
23 districts, judicial circuits, county board districts,
24 municipal and sanitary district wards, school board
25 districts, and precincts.
26 15. "Question of public policy" or "public question"
27 means any question, proposition or measure submitted to the
28 voters at an election dealing with subject matter other than
29 the nomination or election of candidates and shall include,
30 but is not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and
31 questions relating to the Constitution.
32 16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
33 municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
34 Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
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1 adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
2 government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
3 of office of officers of such municipality or county,
4 pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article
5 VII of the Constitution.
6 17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
7 6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
8 or other electronic data processing information containing
9 voter information.
10 18. "Accessible" means accessible to handicapped and
11 elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or
12 registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
13 Elections.
14 19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
15 20. "Handicapped" means having a temporary or permanent
16 physical disability.
17 21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
18 political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
19 recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
20 highest or second highest average number of votes. The
21 political party whose candidates for governor received the
22 highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
23 leading political party and the political party whose
24 candidates for governor received the second highest average
25 number of votes shall be known as the second leading
26 political party.
27 22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of
28 an election authority, local election official or the State
29 Board of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7
30 hours.
31 23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
32 nontraditional residence, including but not limited to, a
33 shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
34 under a bridge.
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1 24. "Chief State Election Official" as specified in
2 Section 10 of Public Law 103-31 means the Executive Director
3 of the State Board of Elections who shall be responsible for
4 the coordination of State responsibilities pursuant to Public
5 Law 103-31.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/1A-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-9)
8 Sec. 1A-9. The State Board of Elections shall appoint an
9 executive director and an assistant executive director. The
10 executive director shall be the "Chief State Election
11 Official" as provided for in paragraph 24 of Section 1-3.
12 Subject to the provisions of the "Personnel Code", the annual
13 compensation of the executive director and assistant
14 executive director shall be determined by the Board.
15 The executive director and assistant executive director
16 may be removed from office at any time by a vote of at least
17 5 members of the Board. Upon any such removal a vacancy is
18 created which shall be filled as provided for the initial
19 appointments.
20 The Board, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its
21 members, may from time to time contract with technical
22 consultants to assist it in the performance of its duties.
23 Such technical consultants shall be compensated only under
24 contracts which specify the duties to be performed and the
25 compensation therefor. Except as otherwise provided in this
26 Section, contracts with technical consultants, other than
27 hearing officers and attorneys representing the Board in
28 litigation, shall terminate no more than 60 days after the
29 commencement of the specified duties and may be extended once
30 for a period of no more than 30 days upon the affirmative
31 vote of a majority of the Board. The time limitations
32 imposed by this Section on contracts with technical
33 consultants shall not apply to a contract with a technical
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1 consultant for the provision of electronic data processing
2 services in connection with the Board's performance of the
3 duties assigned to it pursuant to paragraph (11) of Section
4 1A-8 or in connection with the Board's performance of the
5 duties assigned to it pursuant to Sections 4-8, 5-7 and 6-35
6 concerning the furnishing of electronic data or compilations
7 containing voter registration information to state political
8 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
9 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act. No
10 technical consultant, other than a hearing officer or an
11 attorney engaged to represent the Board in litigation, may be
12 compensated under more than one contract in any fiscal year.
13 (Source: P.A. 84-1026.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/Art. 3A heading new)
15 Article 3A - Registration of Voters
16 (10 ILCS 5/3A-1 new)
17 Sec. 3A-1. Scope of Article. In addition to any other
18 method allowed by this Election Code, the following
19 procedures shall be used by all election authorities for the
20 registration of voters. The registration of any voter shall
21 not be canceled unless the cancellation is authorized by this
22 Article, and, where procedures for cancellation are
23 prescribed, by those procedures.
24 (10 ILCS 5/3A-2 new)
25 Sec. 3A-2. Meaning of voter registration. A voter is
26 registered to vote when he or she has completed an
27 application to register as a voter and such application has
28 been accepted and acknowledged by the election authority
29 having jurisdiction of the applicant's place of residence.
30 Voter registration constitutes a rebuttable presumption that
31 the applicant is qualified to vote in all elections governed
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1 by this Code. Once a voter is registered such presumption
2 may be rebutted by showing, according to the procedures set
3 out in this Code, that (1) the information supplied by the
4 applicant concerning his or her age, citizenship, or Illinois
5 residence is not factually correct, either presently or at
6 the time the application was made, or (2) there exists a
7 civil disability, such as imprisonment for crime, which
8 renders voter registration ineffective as a matter of law.
9 (10 ILCS 5/3A-2.5 new)
10 Sec. 3A-2.5. Qualifications for registration. No person
11 shall be entitled to be registered in and from any precinct
12 unless such person shall by the date of the election next
13 following have resided in the State and within the precinct
14 30 days and be otherwise qualified to vote at such election.
15 Every applicant who shall be 18 years of age or over on the
16 day of the next election shall be permitted to register, if
17 otherwise qualified, and if he or she meets the residence
18 requirements of both Article 3 and this Article 3A.
19 (10 ILCS 5/3A-3 new)
20 Sec. 3A-3. Voter Registration Application form. The
21 State Board of Elections shall, in consultation with the
22 several election authorities and other interested State
23 agencies selected by the State Board of Elections, design and
24 promulgate a Voter Registration Application consistent with
25 the provisions of this Section for use throughout the State.
26 The Board shall prescribe the contents, form, and
27 specifications, including but not limited to the weight of
28 paper, color, and print of such cards. Instructions
29 necessary for completion of the forms shall be attached to
30 those forms designed for mailing. Each election authority in
31 the State shall make the Voter Registration Application
32 available for use by all Illinois residents within the
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1 territory of the election authority, including those Illinois
2 residents transient and temporarily or permanently resident
3 within the territory.
4 The voter registration application shall require only
5 such identifying information and other information as is
6 necessary to enable the election authority to assess the
7 eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter
8 registration and other parts of the election process. This
9 shall include the following information:
10 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
11 first name in full, and the middle name or the initial, if
12 any.
13 Sex.
14 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
15 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment,
16 unit, or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile
17 home, the lot number, and such additional clear and definite
18 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
19 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
20 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
21 section, congressional township, and range number may be
22 used, or such other description as may be necessary,
23 including post-office mailing address. In the case of a
24 homeless individual, the individual's voting residence that
25 is his or her mailing address shall be included on his or her
26 voter registration application.
27 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
28 month, and year when the applicant signed the registration
29 application card.
30 Date of birth, by month, day, and year.
31 The full address including county and state in which the
32 applicant was last registered.
33 The voter registration application shall include a
34 statement that (1) specifies each eligibility requirement
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1 (including citizenship); (2) contains an attestation that the
2 applicant meets each such requirement; and (3) requires the
3 signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury. This
4 signature shall be made in black or blue ink. In case the
5 applicant is unable to sign his or her name, he or she may
6 affix his or her mark to the affidavit. Notarization or
7 other formal authentication of the applicant's signature
8 shall not be required.
9 Space shall also be provided for the applicant's social
10 security number and for the applicant's complete telephone
11 number. Unless warranted, the social security number shall
12 not be disclosed to the general public or to persons other
13 than election authorities and State election officials.
14 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
15 in substantially the following form:
16 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
17 STATE OF ILLINOIS
18 COUNTY OF
19 I swear or affirm that
20 * I am a citizen of the United States of America.
21 * I will be at least 18 years old on or before the next
22 election.
23 * I will have lived in the State of Illinois and in my
24 election precinct 30 days as of the date of the next
25 election.
26 * All of the information contained on this application is
27 true.
28 I understand that if it is not true, I can be convicted and
29 fined up to $5,000 and/or jailed for 2 to 5 years.
30 * This is my signature or mark in the space below.
31 ( )
32 (His or her signature or mark)
33 Date:
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1 Space shall be provided upon the back of each voter
2 registration application form for the notation of the voting
3 record of the person registered thereon.
4 Upon receipt by the election authority, each voter
5 registration application shall be numbered according to
6 precincts and may be serially or otherwise marked for
7 identification in such manner as the election authority may
8 determine.
9 (10 ILCS 5/3A-4 new)
10 Sec. 3A-4. Use of the Voter Registration Application.
11 Every Illinois resident who is eligible to be registered to
12 vote may apply to register to vote, update previous
13 registration, or transfer registration by submitting a
14 completed Voter Registration Application or registration
15 application form prescribed by the Federal Election
16 Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of
17 1993, Public Law 103-31, to the election authority that
18 provided the blank application or by submitting the completed
19 federal voter registration application to the election
20 authority that has jurisdiction of the place where the
21 applicant resides, either in person or by mail. If the
22 applicant is not a resident of the jurisdiction of the
23 election authority to which the Voter Registration
24 Application has been returned, that election authority shall
25 forward the Voter Registration Application to the election
26 authority having jurisdiction of the residence of the
27 applicant.
28 A voter registration application shall be deemed timely
29 filed if delivered or postmarked prior to the close of
30 registration unless otherwise provided in this Code. If no
31 postmark exists or if the postmark is illegible, the voter
32 registration application shall be considered as timely filed
33 if received in the office of the election authority no later
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1 than 5 calendar days after the close of registration.
2 Applications not meeting these requirements shall be held in
3 the office of the election authority until the reopening of
4 registration.
5 Any person who applied to register by mail and not
6 through a deputy registrar or registration office authorized
7 under this Code and has not previously voted in the
8 jurisdiction shall vote in person in the office of the
9 election authority by absentee ballot or on election day at a
10 polling place designated by the election authority. This
11 requirement does not apply to persons (1) who are entitled to
12 vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas
13 Citizens Absentee Voting Act; (2) who are provided the right
14 to vote otherwise than in person pursuant to the Voting
15 Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act; and (3)
16 who are entitled to vote otherwise than in person under other
17 federal law.
18 Persons entitled under this Code to take or accept voter
19 registration application forms from applicants may explain to
20 applicants the registration eligibility requirements under
21 Illinois law as to age, citizenship, and residency. Persons
22 entitled under this Code to take or accept voter registration
23 application forms from applicants shall notify appropriate
24 election authorities of any voter registration application
25 forms known or suspected by the person to be materially
26 false, fictitious, fraudulent, or completed by ineligible
27 applicants under the laws of the State of Illinois.
28 (10 ILCS 5/3A-5 new)
29 Sec. 3A-5. Application taken by certain employees of
30 public service agencies. The following agencies in the State
31 are designated to offer and receive applications for voter
32 registration: all counties of the State not under township
33 organization; all townships of the State; the Illinois
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1 Department of Human Services; the Illinois Department of
2 Public Aid; and the Illinois Department of Public Health.
3 Each agency so designated shall, through its employees or
4 contractors directly serving applicants for its services,
5 offer each applicant for certain services identifiable by the
6 agency by rule an opportunity to register to vote at the time
7 of application, recertification, or renewal. The definition
8 of "applicant" for the purpose of this Section shall be
9 determined by the law governing the agency acting as a voter
10 registration agency or, as appropriate, by agency rule.
11 Services included under this Section shall be pursuant to
12 rule of the agency providing the service or, in the case of
13 townships or counties not under township organization, by
14 rule of the State Board of Elections.
15 Each agency so designated may use the Voter Registration
16 Application or may provide a form of its own supplied as part
17 of the process of application for those certain services
18 otherwise provided by the agency. If the agency so
19 designated employs its own voter registration application
20 form, the form must be identical in design, content, format,
21 printing, and paper stock to the Voter Registration
22 Application. In no case may an agency designed form bear any
23 distinguishing marks by which it may be determined that the
24 form originated with the agency that provided it.
25 At the time the applicant for services is offered an
26 opportunity to apply to register to vote the applicant shall
27 also be given a written explanation of his or her rights to
28 execute or decline to execute such an application, which
29 rights shall be identified by rule of the State Board of
30 Elections. Each applicant shall be provided the same degree
31 of assistance with regard to the completion of the
32 registration application form as is provided by the agency
33 with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the
34 applicant refuses such assistance. Each agency offering
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1 registration services under this Section shall keep
2 confidential records of the numbers of persons executing or
3 declining to execute voter registration applications and
4 shall report those numbers pursuant to the rule of the State
5 Board of Elections.
6 If an applicant executes a voter registration application
7 form, it shall be forwarded by the agency, in an envelope
8 that bears either the agency or the office of the State Board
9 of Elections as a return address, to the election authority
10 of the place in which the applicant for service resides. If
11 the applicant is not a resident of the jurisdiction of the
12 election authority to which the voter registration
13 application has been returned, the election authority shall
14 forward the voter registration application to the election
15 authority having jurisdiction of the residence of the
16 applicant. The application shall be transmitted within 10
17 days after its execution, except that an application executed
18 within 5 days before the last date to register to vote before
19 the next election under this Code shall be transmitted within
20 24 hours after its execution. If the applicant declines to
21 register to vote, the fact that he or she has declined to
22 register shall be a matter of confidence between the
23 applicant and the agency, and no identifying data shall be
24 admissible as evidence, discoverable in any action, or
25 released to any outside party. No person discharging the
26 responsibilities described by this Section shall: seek to
27 discourage an applicant from registering to vote; seek to
28 influence the applicant in his or her choice of candidate,
29 attitude toward political issues, or political preference; or
30 imply that the applicant's decision concerning registration
31 will affect benefits or services provided by the agency.
32 (10 ILCS 5/3A-6 new)
33 Sec. 3A-6. Applications taken by certain employees of
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1 the Secretary of State. The Illinois Secretary of State,
2 through the employees at each driver facility in the State,
3 shall offer to each person who applies for an initial or a
4 renewal driver's license, driver's permit, or Illinois
5 identification card an opportunity to execute a voter
6 registration application as part of the application for a
7 driver's license. If the applicant for a driver's license,
8 driver's permit, or Illinois identification card declines to
9 register to vote, the employee shall so note on the driver's
10 license application form or shall note the declination
11 otherwise in the records of the Secretary of State. If the
12 applicant executes the application to register to vote, the
13 Secretary of State shall forward the executed voter
14 application form to the election authority of the applicant's
15 place of residence.
16 The application shall be transmitted within 10 days after
17 its execution, except that an application executed within 5
18 days before the last date to register to vote before the next
19 election under this Code shall be transmitted within 24 hours
20 after its execution. The voter registration application form
21 presented by the Secretary of State shall conform to the
22 design, content, format, printing, and paper stock
23 requirements of the Voter Registration Application.
24 The Secretary of State shall keep confidential records of
25 the numbers of persons executing or declining to execute
26 voter registration applications and shall report those
27 numbers pursuant to the rule of the State Board of Elections.
28 No person discharging the responsibilities described by this
29 Section shall seek to discourage an applicant from
30 registering to vote or to influence the applicant in his or
31 her choice of candidate, attitude toward political issues, or
32 political preference.
33 (10 ILCS 5/3A-7 new)
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1 Sec. 3A-7. Disposition of Voter Registration
2 Application. When a voter registration application is
3 received by the election authority having jurisdiction of the
4 applicant's place of residence, the election authority may,
5 in accord with a non-discriminatory program for address
6 verification, send the applicant by means of the United
7 States Postal Service or commercial delivery service a
8 non-forwardable verification of name and address notice. If
9 the notice verifying name and address is not returned to the
10 election authority or if the election authority elects not to
11 send a verification form, the election authority, if all
12 other information on the application demonstrates that the
13 applicant is qualified to be an elector, shall enter the name
14 of the applicant among the registered voters of the
15 jurisdiction and shall acknowledge the registration by
16 mailing to the applicant by non-forwardable mail a
17 Disposition of Registration, advising the applicant that his
18 or her voter registration is completed and informing the
19 applicant of his or her polling place, together with such
20 information about the applicant's several electoral
21 districts, as the election authority deems appropriate. If
22 the non-forwardable verification of name and address notice
23 is returned as undeliverable, or if any other information on
24 the application demonstrates that the applicant is not
25 qualified to be an elector, the election authority shall send
26 the applicant by non-forwardable mail, to the address shown
27 on the application for voter registration, a Disposition of
28 Registration advising the applicant, as the case may be, that
29 he or she is not qualified to be an elector, or that his or
30 her voter registration is not complete and that the applicant
31 must reapply for voter registration before he or she can be
32 registered to vote. The content and design of the
33 Disposition of Registration shall be determined by the State
34 Board of Elections by rule.
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1 (10 ILCS 5/3A-8 new)
2 Sec. 3A-8. Cancellation of voter registration. The
3 registration of a voter may be canceled and the name of such
4 person removed from among the registered voters of an
5 election jurisdiction upon the occurrence of one of the
6 following events.
7 (1) The voter requests his or her voter registration be
8 canceled. Registering to vote in another election
9 authority's jurisdiction or in another state will be deemed
10 to constitute a request to cancel all previous voter
11 registrations. The voter's written acknowledgment that he or
12 she is no longer a resident of the jurisdiction of an
13 election authority will be deemed a request to cancel the
14 voter's registration in that election authority.
15 (2) The voter is convicted of a crime for which a
16 sentence of imprisonment is imposed.
17 (3) The voter dies.
18 (4) The voter is convicted of any offense in which it is
19 proved that the voter has falsely stated, without regard to
20 mental state, his or her age, citizenship, or residence upon
21 his or her voter registration application.
22 (5) It is finally determined in any civil or
23 administrative proceeding that the voter either is not now,
24 or was not at the time he or she made application for voter
25 registration, of lawful age to be a voter by the next
26 election, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of
27 Illinois.
28 (6) The voter fails to respond to a special or general
29 survey or inquiry made to confirm the addresses of registered
30 voters in the jurisdiction which requires the voter to
31 respond or suffer his or her voter registration to be
32 canceled, but provided that the voter's registration may not
33 be canceled under this paragraph (6) unless the election
34 authority complies with the procedures identified in Section
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1 3A-9.
2 (10 ILCS 5/3A-9 new)
3 Sec. 3A-9. Reconfirmation of address. In addition to the
4 verification of name and address notice that the election
5 authority may in its discretion send to applicants for voter
6 registration at the time application is made, the election
7 authority may, from time to time but not less frequently than
8 once in every 2 years, and in no case less than 120 days
9 before a general primary election or general election, survey
10 some or all of the voters in its jurisdiction to confirm
11 their addresses. If the election authority elects to confirm
12 the addresses of fewer than all the registered voters in its
13 jurisdiction, the selection criteria for those voters
14 included in the address confirmation procedure shall be
15 non-discriminatory with respect to race, creed, ethnic
16 origin, political party preference, or gender. Any
17 confirmation of addresses of fewer than all the registered
18 voters of the jurisdiction shall be in addition to a
19 confirmation of addresses of all voters of the jurisdiction,
20 which shall be conducted not less frequently than every 2
21 years. The election authority shall send, via the United
22 States Postal Service, to each registered voter whose address
23 it wishes to confirm, at the address shown on the voter's
24 registration application, a non-forwardable,
25 forwarding-address requested mailing. However, other address
26 information obtained by the election authority from the
27 United States Postal Service may be used instead of the
28 non-forwardable mailing. If the non-forwardable,
29 forwarding-address requested mailing is not returned, the
30 voter's address shall be deemed to have been confirmed. If
31 the mailing is returned by the United States Postal Service
32 as not deliverable to the voter at the address on his or her
33 registration card, the election authority shall take one of
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1 the following actions, as circumstances in each case require.
2 (1) If the non-forwardable mailing is returned by the
3 United States Postal Service without a forwarding address,
4 the election authority shall send a second notice to the
5 voter at the same address, asking the voter to confirm or
6 correct his or her address. Such second notice shall be sent
7 as forwardable mail and include a postage paid, returnable
8 form pre-addressed to the election authority. If the voter
9 fails to return the forwardable notice, the voter's
10 registration shall be deemed inactive.
11 (2) If the non-forwardable mailing is returned by the
12 United States Postal Service bearing a forwarding address
13 within the election jurisdiction, the election authority
14 shall change the address on the voter's registration record
15 to the new address and shall send a second notice to the
16 voter at the original address on the registration form,
17 advising the voter that his or her address has been changed
18 and informing him or her of the new voting precinct. Such
19 second notice shall also request the voter to confirm or
20 correct the change of address and shall be sent as
21 forwardable mail and include a postage paid returnable form
22 pre-addressed to the election authority.
23 (3) If the non-forwardable mailing is returned by the
24 United States Postal Service and bearing a forwardable
25 address outside the election jurisdiction, the election
26 authority shall send a second notice to the voter at the
27 address on the registration form, asking the voter to confirm
28 his or her address and advising the voter how to become
29 eligible to vote if he or she has moved out of the election
30 jurisdiction. This second notice shall be sent as
31 forwardable mail and include a postage paid returnable card
32 pre-addressed to the election authority.
33 (i) If the voter returns the forwardable notice of
34 change of address confirming the new address outside the
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1 election authority's jurisdiction, the voter shall be
2 removed from the list of voters of the election
3 authority.
4 (ii) If the voter returns the forwardable notice of
5 change of address denying that he or she has changed
6 residence to a place outside the jurisdiction, the voter
7 shall remain on the list of voters of the election
8 authority.
9 (iii) If the voter fails to return this forwardable
10 notice, the voter's registration shall be deemed
11 inactive.
12 The names of all voters whose registrations have been
13 deemed inactive shall be so identified and made available in
14 the polling place on election day along with such information
15 for each voter as required as part of the precinct file,
16 including but not limited to the voter's address and
17 signature. If the voter offers to vote at any election
18 within the period which includes the next 2 general elections
19 ensuing after the forwardable notice is sent to the voter, he
20 or she shall be permitted to vote only in accord with the
21 provisions of Section 3A-10. If within the same period the
22 voter neither offers to vote nor otherwise confirms that his
23 or her address remains within the election authority's
24 jurisdiction, his or her name shall be removed from the list
25 of registered voters of the election authority.
26 The election authority shall maintain for at least 2
27 years and shall make available for public inspection and,
28 where available, copies at a reasonable cost, all records
29 concerning the implementation of programs and activities
30 conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and
31 currency of official lists of eligible voters, except to the
32 extent that such records relate to the declination to
33 register to vote or to the identity of a voter registration
34 agency through which any voter is registered. This
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1 information shall be made available to the State Board of
2 Elections as required by rule of the State Board of Elections
3 in order to report to the Federal Election Commission
4 pursuant to Public Law 103-31 and rule of the Federal
5 Election Commission.
6 (10 ILCS 5/3A-10 new)
7 Sec. 3A-10. Special voting procedures. The procedures
8 contained in this Section shall apply to voters whose
9 registration has been deemed inactive, or who change
10 residence without notice to the election authority. When a
11 voter casts a ballot under paragraphs (1), (3), or (4) of
12 this Section 3A-10, his or her voter registration record
13 shall be restored to active status or amended as
14 circumstances require.
15 (1) If a voter whose registration has been deemed
16 inactive pursuant to Section 3A-9, or whose records have
17 erroneously been changed based upon inaccurate information
18 from the postal service, appears to vote and denies that he
19 or she has changed residence, he or she shall be permitted to
20 vote by affidavit as provided in Sections 7-45, 17-10, and
21 18-5, subject to the terms and consequences there provided.
22 If the voter's registration had been deemed inactive, the
23 voter's name shall be restored to the list of voters of the
24 election authority.
25 (2) If a voter whose registration has been deemed
26 inactive pursuant to Section 3A-9 appears at his or her
27 former polling place to vote and acknowledges in writing that
28 he or she has changed residence to any place outside the
29 jurisdiction of the election authority, the voter shall not
30 be permitted to vote, and his or her name shall be removed
31 from the list of registered voters of the election authority.
32 (3) If a voter who has changed his or her residence to
33 another address within the election authority's jurisdiction
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1 and the same congressional district offers to vote, the
2 election authority shall permit the voter to vote a ballot
3 for federal offices only in the polling place of the former
4 residence, or by absentee ballot for those same offices, upon
5 completion of the affidavit provided in Sections 7-45, 17-10,
6 and 18-5, subject to the terms and consequences there
7 provided. Following the election, the voter's registration
8 records shall be changed to reflect the new address and a
9 notice shall be sent to the voter at the new address to
10 advise the voter of his or her new precinct and electoral
11 districts. If the voter's registration had been deemed
12 inactive, the voter's name shall be restored to the list of
13 voters of the election authority.
14 (4) If a voter who has changed his or her residence to
15 an address within the election authority's jurisdiction but
16 outside of his or her original congressional district offers
17 to vote, the election authority shall permit the voter to
18 vote a ballot for President and Vice President only in the
19 polling place of the former residence, or by absentee ballot
20 for those same offices, upon completion of the affidavit
21 provided in Sections 7-45, 17-10, and 18-5, subject to the
22 terms and consequences there provided. Following the
23 election, the voter's registration shall be changed to
24 reflect the new address and a notice shall be sent to the
25 voter at the new address to advise the voter of his or her
26 new precinct and electoral districts. If the voter's
27 registration had been deemed inactive, the voter's name shall
28 be restored to the list of voters of the election authority.
29 (10 ILCS 5/3A-11 new)
30 Sec. 3A-11. Rules. The Secretary of State, the State
31 Board of Elections, the Illinois Department of Human
32 Services, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, and the
33 Illinois Department of Public Health may adopt rules for the
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1 implementation of this Article 3A.
2 (10 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-1)
3 Sec. 4-1. Except as provided in this Article 4, it is
4 unlawful for any person residing in a county containing a
5 population of less than 500,000, to vote at any election at
6 which any officers are to be nominated or elected, or at any
7 election at which any questions of public policy are to be
8 voted on, unless such person is at the time of such election
9 a registered voter under the provisions of Article 3A or of
10 this Article 4.
11 The provisions of this Article do not apply to electors
12 voting in an election of any soil and water conservation
13 district or drainage district or to electors residing in
14 municipalities in this State which have adopted "An Act
15 regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result
16 thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this
17 State", approved June 19, 1885, as amended, or which have
18 adopted Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act. This Article shall
19 not apply to electors voting pursuant to Article 20 of this
20 Act.
21 The provisions of Article 3A or of this Article 4, so far
22 as they require the registration of voters as a condition to
23 their being allowed to vote shall not apply to persons
24 otherwise entitled to vote who have made and subscribed to
25 the affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of
26 this Act.
27 (Source: P.A. 81-1060.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/4-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-5)
29 Sec. 4-5. The registration preceding the November, 1942,
30 election shall constitute a permanent registration subject to
31 revision and alteration in the manner hereinafter provided;
32 and all registrations subsequent thereto shall be upon
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1 registration application forms record cards provided by an
2 election authority or as otherwise provided by this Code the
3 county clerk. However, if the county board, by resolution
4 adopted before October 15, 1969, determines that there shall
5 be a re-registration in the county before the June, 1970,
6 primary as provided in this Article, such 1942 registration
7 shall be a permanent registration only until such
8 re-registration as provided in Section 4--5.01.
9 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
10 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.1)
11 Sec. 4-6.1. In addition to registration at the office of
12 the county clerk, and at the offices of municipal and
13 township or road district clerks, each county clerk shall
14 provide for the following additional methods of
15 registration:
16 (1) the appointment of deputy registrars as
17 provided in Section 4-6.2; and
18 (2) the establishment of temporary places of
19 registration, as provided in Section 4-6.3;.
20 (3) registration by mail as provided in Sections
21 3A-4 and 4-6.4;
22 (4) registration by certain employees of public
23 service agencies as provided in Section 3A-5; and
24 (5) registration by certain employees of the
25 Secretary of State as provided in Section 3A-6.
26 Each county clerk may provide for precinct registration
27 pursuant to Section 4-7.
28 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
30 Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
31 municipal and township or road district clerks or their duly
32 authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the
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1 registration of all qualified residents of their respective
2 municipalities, townships and road districts. A deputy
3 registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
4 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
5 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
6 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
7 resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the
8 resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of
9 the municipal clerk lives in.
10 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
11 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
12 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
13 county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
14 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
15 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
16 located at driver's license examination stations and
17 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
18 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
19 residents of the county at any such driver's license
20 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
21 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
22 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
23 Code.
24 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
25 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
26 of such persons:
27 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
28 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
29 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
30 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
31 county, at such library.
32 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
33 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
34 or vocational school situated within the election
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1 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
2 qualified resident of the county, at such school. The
3 county clerk shall notify every principal and
4 vice-principal of each high school, elementary school,
5 and vocational school situated within the election
6 jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
7 registrars and offer training courses for service as
8 deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
9 least 4 months prior to every election.
10 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
11 by the president, of any university, college, community
12 college, academy or other institution of learning
13 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
14 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
15 university, college, community college, academy or
16 institution.
17 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
18 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
19 qualified members designated by such official, who may
20 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
21 county.
22 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a
23 bonafide State civic organization, as defined and
24 determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, or
25 qualified members designated by such official, who may
26 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
27 county. In determining the number of deputy registrars
28 that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider
29 the population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
30 organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
31 convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
32 registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
33 registration activities of the organization and the need
34 to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
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1 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
2 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
3 applicable to every civic organization requesting
4 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
5 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
6 certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
7 appointments shall be made for a period not to exceed 2
8 years, terminating on the first business day of the month
9 following the month of the general election, and shall be
10 valid for all periods of voter registration as provided
11 by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
12 6. (Blank). The Director of the Illinois Department
13 of Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
14 designated by the Director and located at public aid
15 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
16 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
17 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
18 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
19 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
20 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
21 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
22 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
23 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
24 number of employees designated by such president, who may
25 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
26 county.
27 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
28 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
29 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
30 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
31 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
32 appointed as deputy registrar.
33 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
34 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
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1 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
2 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
3 consideration to both population concentration and area.
4 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
5 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
6 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
7 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
8 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
9 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
10 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
11 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
12 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
13 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
14 supplemental list of applicants.
15 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
16 other than the 28 day period preceding an election. All
17 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
18 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
19 following oath or affirmation:
20 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
21 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
22 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
23 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
24 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
25 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
26 upon his personal application before me.
27 ............................
28 (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
29 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
30 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
31 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
32 filed with the county clerk.
33 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
34 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
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1 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
2 each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
3 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
4 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
5 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
6 convention following the general primary at which they were
7 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
8 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
9 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
10 appointees.
11 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
12 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
13 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
14 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
15 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
16 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
17 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
18 removal for cause.
19 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
20 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
21 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
22 days, except that completed registration materials received
23 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
24 and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
25 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
26 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
27 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
28 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
29 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
30 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
31 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
32 next working day following the close of registration.
33 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
34 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
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1 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
2 month period.
3 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
4 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
5 performance of his or her duties.
6 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
7 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
8 Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
9 the county clerk.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/4-6.4 new)
12 Sec. 4-6.4. In addition to registration conducted by the
13 registration officer or deputy registrar, the election
14 authority shall make Voter Registration Applications as
15 provided in Section 3A-3 available in private and
16 governmental locations throughout the jurisdiction in
17 sufficient numbers for the convenience of persons desiring to
18 apply for voter registration by mail. Such locations shall be
19 selected by the election authority in a non-discriminatory
20 manner. The forms shall be suitable for mailing though may
21 not necessarily bear postage. Instructions for completion of
22 the application shall be attached and shall be as prescribed
23 by rule of the State Board of Elections. The voter
24 registration application dispenser or holder shall bear a
25 uniform logo designed by the State Board of Elections to
26 identify the use of the forms.
27 (10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
28 Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
29 number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
30 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
31 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
32 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
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1 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
2 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
3 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
4 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
5 duplicate.
6 The registration record card shall contain the following
7 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
8 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
9 registration:
10 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
11 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
12 initial for such middle name, if any.
13 Sex.
14 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
15 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
16 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
17 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
18 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
19 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
20 cannot be determined by street and number, then the section,
21 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
22 other description as may be necessary, including post-office
23 mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
24 individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
25 address shall be included on his or her registration record
26 card.
27 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
28 This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
29 the place or places where he resided and the dates during
30 which he resided in such place or places during the year next
31 preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
32 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
33 was born.
34 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
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1 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
2 naturalization.
3 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
4 month and year when applicant presented himself for
5 registration.
6 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
7 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
8 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
9 The county and state in which the applicant was last
10 registered.
11 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
12 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
13 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
14 or her name in ink to the affidavit on both the original and
15 duplicate registration record cards.
16 Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
17 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
18 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
19 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
20 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
21 on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall
22 ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
23 Father's first name.
24 Mother's first name.
25 From what address did the applicant last register?
26 Reason for inability to sign name.
27 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
28 in substantially the following form:
29 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
30 STATE OF ILLINOIS
31 COUNTY OF .......
32 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
33 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
34 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
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1 precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that
2 this location shall be my residence; that I am fully
3 qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
4 ..............................
5 (His or her signature or mark)
6 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
7 ..................................
8 Signature of registration officer.
9 (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
10 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
11 registration record card for the notation of the voting
12 record of the person registered thereon.
13 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
14 to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
15 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
16 determine.
17 The voter registration applications cards shall be deemed
18 public records and shall be open to inspection during regular
19 business hours, except during the 28 days immediately
20 preceding any election. On written request of any candidate
21 or objector or any person intending to object to a petition,
22 the election authority shall extend its hours for inspection
23 of registration applications cards and other records of the
24 election authority during the period beginning with the
25 filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3
26 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
27 hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
28 of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
29 authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
30 sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
31 the records but the election authority is not required to
32 extend its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal
33 opening for business and ending at midnight. If the business
34 hours are so extended, the election authority shall post a
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1 public notice of such extended hours. Registration
2 applications record cards may also be inspected, upon
3 approval of the officer in charge of the forms cards, during
4 the 28 days immediately preceding any election. Registration
5 information found in the precinct file as provided in Section
6 4-20 record cards shall also be open to inspection by
7 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
8 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
9 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
10 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
11 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
12 the precinct file registration record cards.
13 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
14 other electronic data processing information containing voter
15 registration information shall be furnished by the county
16 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
17 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
18 Board. Registration information shall include, but not be
19 limited to, the following information: name, sex, residence,
20 telephone number, if any, date of birth, if available age,
21 party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township,
22 county, and representative, legislative and congressional
23 districts. In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of
24 Elections is directed to obtain compliance forthwith with
25 this nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
26 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
27 county in which the election authority maintains the
28 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
29 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
30 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
31 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
32 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
33 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
34 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
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1 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
2 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
3 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
4 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
5 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
6 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
7 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
8 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
9 15% for administration. The individual representing a
10 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
11 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
12 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
13 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
14 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
15 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
16 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
17 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
18 residents related to the operations of county government in
19 addition to registration information, that information shall
20 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
21 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
22 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
23 discs or other electronic data processing information
24 containing voter registration information for purposes of
25 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
26 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
27 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
28 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
29 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
30 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
31 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
32 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
33 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
34 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
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1 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
2 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
3 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
4 of voter registration information shall comply with such
5 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
6 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
7 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
8 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
9 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
10 following form:
11 To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
12 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
13 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
14 (city) and that my residence was ............................
15 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
16 you to cancel said registration in your office.
17 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
18 .................................
19 (Signature of Voter)
20 Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
21 County, Illinois.
22 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
23 by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
24 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
25 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
26 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
27 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.01)
29 Sec. 4-8.01. If an applicant for registration reports a
30 permanent physical disability which would require assistance
31 in voting, the county clerk shall mark all his registration
32 forms cards in the right margin on the front of the form card
33 with a band of ink running the full margin which shall be of
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1 contrast to, and easily distinguishable from, the color of
2 the form card. If an applicant for registration attests
3 declares upon properly witnessed oath, with his signature or
4 mark affixed, that he cannot read the English language and
5 that he will require assistance in voting, all his
6 registration forms cards shall be marked in a manner similar
7 to the marking on the forms cards of a voter who requires
8 assistance because of physical disability, except that the
9 marking shall be of a different distinguishing color.
10 Following each election the forms cards of any voter who has
11 requested assistance as a disabled voter, and has stated that
12 the disability is permanent, or who has received assistance
13 because of inability to read the English language, shall be
14 marked in the same manner.
15 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3525.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
17 Sec. 4-8.03. If the applicant for registration in the
18 office of the election authority or before a deputy registrar
19 was last registered in another election jurisdiction within
20 this State, he or she shall also sign a certificate
21 authorizing cancellation of the former registration. The
22 certificate shall be in substantially the following form:
23 To the County Clerk of ... County, Illinois.
24 To the Election Commission of the (City) (County) of
25 ....., Illinois.
26 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
27 (city) and that my residence was .................... Having
28 moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize you to
29 cancel the registration in your office. Dated at ....,
30 Illinois, (insert date).
31 .............................
32 (Signature of Voter)
33 Attest:......................, County Clerk, ...........
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1 County, Illinois
2 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
3 by the county clerk to the county (or election commission as
4 the case may be) where the applicant was formerly registered.
5 Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority for
6 cancellation of any previous registration. The State Board of
7 Elections shall design a registration record card which,
8 except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall be used
9 in triplicate by all election authorities in the State,
10 except those election authorities adopting a computer-based
11 voter registration file authorized under Section 4-33. The
12 Board shall prescribe the form and specifications, including
13 but not limited to the weight of paper, color and print of
14 such cards. Such cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
15 information required under Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this
16 Code; provided, that such cards shall also contain a box or
17 space for the applicant's social security number, which shall
18 be required to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall
19 the applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the
20 social security number, and a box for the applicant's
21 telephone number, if available.
22 Except for those election authorities adopting a
23 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
24 Section 4-33, the original and duplicate cards shall
25 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
26 registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to
27 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
28 completed transfer of registration.
29 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
30 same election jurisdiction or to another election
31 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
32 registration by presenting his or her copy to the election
33 authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not in
34 possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may
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1 effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
2 of Cancellation of Previous Registration or by submitting a
3 completed Voter Registration Application. Any transfer of
4 registration received in the office of election authority or
5 postmarked prior to the close of registration shall be deemed
6 to be timely filed. If a postmark is not in evidence or
7 legible, it shall be considered as timely filed if received
8 in the office of the election authority no later than 5
9 calendar days after the close of registration.
10 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
11 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
12 the voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
13 of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which shall
14 immediately cause the transmission of the voter's previous
15 registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
16 transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
17 be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
18 notification.
19 Deputy registrars shall return all Voter Registration
20 Applications copies of registration record cards or
21 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
22 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
23 thereof, except that such forms copies or Affidavits of
24 Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
25 registrars between the 35th and 29th day preceding an
26 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
27 election authority within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy
28 registrars shall return the Voter Registration Applications
29 copies or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
30 received by them on the 29th day preceding an election to the
31 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
32 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)
33 (10 ILCS 5/4-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-9)
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1 Sec. 4-9. The county clerk shall fully instruct the
2 registration officers and deputy registration officers in
3 their duties. Each registration officer and deputy
4 registration officer shall receipt to the county clerk for
5 all blank voter registration application forms record cards
6 issued to him, specifying therein the number of the blanks
7 received by him, and each registration officer and deputy
8 registration officer shall be charged with such blanks until
9 he returns them to the county clerk. If for any cause a
10 blank voter registration application form record card is
11 mutilated or rendered unfit for use in making it out, or if a
12 mistake thereon has been made, such blank shall not be
13 destroyed, but the word "mutilated" shall be written across
14 the face of such form card, and the form card shall be
15 returned to the county clerk and be preserved in the same
16 manner and for the same length of time as mutilated ballots.
17 When each 1969 and 1970 precinct re-registration has been
18 completed, each registration officer shall certify the
19 registration records in substantially the following form:
20 "We, the undersigned registration officers or deputy
21 registration officers in the County of .... in the State of
22 Illinois, do swear (or affirm) that at the registration of
23 electors on (insert date) there was registered by us in the
24 said election precinct the names which appear on the
25 registration records, and that the number of voters
26 registered and qualified was and is the number of ....
27 ......................
28 ......................
29 ......................
30 Registration officers.
31 Date ................"
32 After completion of each 1969 and 1970 precinct
33 re-registration each of the officers of registration for such
34 precinct shall place all registration cards received by him,
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1 regardless of whether such cards have been unused, filled
2 out, executed or mutilated, in an envelope to be provided for
3 that purpose by the county clerk and shall seal such envelope
4 with an official wax impression seal and sign his name across
5 the face of such envelope. The judge of registration for
6 such precinct shall include in the envelope sealed by him the
7 certification of the registration records hereinabove
8 required. The judge of registration for such precinct shall
9 within 24 hours after the close of re-registration make
10 personal delivery of all envelopes containing the
11 re-registration cards for such precinct to the county clerk.
12 Other precinct registrations shall be certified and
13 returned in the same manner.
14 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
16 Sec. 4-10. Except as herein provided, no person shall be
17 registered, unless he applies in person to a registration
18 officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of
19 him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit
20 of registration or submits a valid voter registration
21 application under the provisions of Article 3A. The
22 registration officer shall require the applicant to furnish
23 two forms of identification, and except in the case of a
24 homeless individual, one of which must include his or her
25 residence address. These forms of identification shall
26 include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
27 driver's license, social security card, public aid
28 identification card, utility bill, employee or student
29 identification card, credit card, or a civic, union or
30 professional association membership card. The registration
31 officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish
32 evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated.
33 This use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to
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1 that individual and received at that address or by a
2 statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing
3 address. The registration officer shall require each
4 applicant for registration to read or have read to him the
5 affidavit of registration before permitting him to execute
6 the affidavit.
7 One of the registration officers or a deputy registration
8 officer, county clerk, or clerk in the office of the county
9 clerk, shall administer to all persons who shall personally
10 apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
11 "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully
12 and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you
13 touching your name, place of residence, place of birth, your
14 qualifications as an elector and your right as such to
15 register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
16 The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each
17 applicant for registration is qualified to register before
18 registering him. If the registration officer has reason to
19 believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
20 Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
21 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the following question
22 shall be put, "When you entered the home which is your
23 present address, was it your bona fide intention to become a
24 resident thereof?" Any voter of a township, city, village or
25 incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
26 permitted to be present at the place of any precinct
27 registration and shall have the right to challenge any
28 applicant who applies to be registered.
29 In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant
30 is qualified he shall forthwith notify such applicant in
31 writing to appear before the county clerk to complete his
32 registration. Upon the application form card of such
33 applicant shall be written the word "incomplete" and no such
34 applicant shall be permitted to vote unless such registration
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1 is satisfactorily completed as hereinafter provided. No
2 registration shall be taken and marked as incomplete if
3 information to complete it can be furnished on the date of
4 the original application.
5 Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
6 precinct and whose registration application card is marked
7 "Incomplete" may make and sign an application in writing,
8 under oath, to the county clerk in substance in the following
9 form:
10 "I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on (insert date)
11 make application to the board of registry of the ....
12 precinct of the township of .... (or to the county clerk of
13 .... county) and that said board or clerk refused to complete
14 my registration as a qualified voter in said precinct. That
15 I reside in said precinct, that I intend to reside in said
16 precinct, and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and
17 am entitled to be registered to vote in said precinct at the
18 next election.
19 (Signature of applicant) ............................."
20 All such applications shall be presented to the county
21 clerk or to his duly authorized representative by the
22 applicant, in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
23 p.m. on any day after the days on which the 1969 and 1970
24 precinct re-registrations are held but not on any day within
25 28 days preceding the ensuing general election and thereafter
26 for the registration provided in Section 4-7 all such
27 applications shall be presented to the county clerk or his
28 duly authorized representative by the applicant in person
29 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior
30 to 28 days preceding the ensuing general election. Such
31 application shall be heard by the county clerk or his duly
32 authorized representative at the time the application is
33 presented. If the applicant for registration has registered
34 with the county clerk, such application may be presented to
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1 and heard by the county clerk or by his duly authorized
2 representative upon the dates specified above or at any time
3 prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
4 Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
5 county of residence either due to business of the United
6 States or because he is temporarily outside the territorial
7 limits of the United States may become registered by mailing
8 an application as provided in Section 3A-3 to the county
9 clerk within the periods of registration provided for in this
10 Article, or by simultaneous application for absentee
11 registration and absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of
12 this Code.
13 Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall
14 immediately mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
15 which affidavit shall contain the following and such other
16 information as the State Board of Elections may think it
17 proper to require for the identification of the applicant:
18 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
19 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
20 initial for such middle name, if any.
21 Sex.
22 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
23 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
24 definite description as may be necessary to determine the
25 exact location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
26 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
27 Section, congressional township and range number may be used,
28 or such other information as may be necessary, including post
29 office mailing address.
30 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
31 precinct.
32 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
33 was born.
34 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
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1 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
2 naturalization.
3 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
4 Out of State address of ..........................
5 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
6 State of ...........)
7 )ss
8 County of ..........)
9 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
10 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
11 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
12 precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
13 am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
14 that I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois
15 and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
16 State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
17 ..............................
18 (His or her signature or mark)
19 Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified
20 to administer oaths, on (insert date).
21 ........................................
22 Signature of officer administering oath.
23 Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
24 Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
25 contained thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided
26 for in Section 4-8 of this Article and shall attach thereto a
27 copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
28 thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
29 constitute the registration of such person the same as if he
30 had applied for registration in person.
31 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/4-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-13)
33 Sec. 4-13. A docket of all applications to the county
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1 clerk, whether such application shall be made for the purpose
2 of being registered, or restored, or for the purpose of
3 erasing a name on the register or for completing
4 registration, shall be made out in the order of the
5 precincts. The county clerk shall sit to hear such
6 applications between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on
7 Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the second week prior to the
8 week in which the 1970 primary election for the nomination of
9 candidates for State and county officers or any election
10 thereafter is to be held. Witnesses may be sworn and examined
11 upon the hearing of the applications.
12 Each person appearing response to an application to have
13 his name erased shall deliver to the county clerk a written
14 affidavit, which shall be, in substance, in the words and
15 figures following:
16 "I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United
17 States; that I do reside and have resided in the State of
18 Illinois since (insert date) the .... day of .... and in the
19 county of .... in said state since (insert date) the .... day
20 of .... and in the .... precinct of the .... ward, in the
21 city, village, incorporated town or town of .... in said
22 county and state, since (insert date) the .... day of ....
23 and that I am .... years of age; and that I am the identical
24 person registered in said precinct under the name I subscribe
25 hereto."
26 This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed
27 before any person authorized to administer oaths or
28 affirmations. The decision on each application shall be
29 announced at once after the hearing, and a minute made
30 thereof, and when an application to be registered or to be
31 restored to the register or to complete registration shall be
32 allowed, the county clerk shall cause a minute to be made
33 upon the original and any duplicate registration record forms
34 cards.
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1 All applications under this Section and all hearings
2 hereinafter provided may be heard by a deputy county clerk or
3 clerks specially designated by the county clerk for this
4 purpose, and a decision by a deputy so designated, shall
5 become the decision of the county clerk upon approval by the
6 county clerk.
7 In any case in which the county clerk refuses an
8 application to be registered or restored or to have a
9 registration completed, or orders a name erased or stricken
10 from the register, application may be made to the circuit
11 court to be placed upon the register, and such applications
12 shall be heard, and appeals taken from refusal of such
13 applications, in the manner provided in other civil actions.
14 The court may, at its discretion, hear such applications upon
15 the same days as are specified in this Section for hearings
16 by the county clerk, and, in such cases, application to be
17 heard by the court may be made on such days. Forms for
18 applications to the court shall be furnished by the county
19 clerk.
20 (Source: P.A. 83-334.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/4-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-15)
22 Sec. 4-15. Within 5 days After a person applies to
23 register registers or transfers his registration the election
24 authority at the office of the county clerk, such clerk shall
25 send by mail a Disposition of Registration as provided for in
26 Section 3A-7 certificate to such person setting forth the
27 elector's name and address as it appears upon the voter
28 registration application form record card, and such other
29 information as required in Section 3A-7 shall request him in
30 case of any error to present the certificate on or before the
31 7th day next ensuing at the office of the county clerk in
32 order to secure correction of the error. The certificate
33 shall contain on the outside a request for the postmaster to
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1 return it within 5 days if it cannot be delivered to the
2 addressee at the address given thereon. Upon the return by
3 the post office of a certificate which it has been unable to
4 deliver at the given address because the addressee cannot be
5 found there or because no such address exists, a notice shall
6 be at once sent through the United States mail to such person
7 at the address appearing upon his registration record card
8 requiring him to appear before the county clerk, within 5
9 days, to answer questions touching his right to register. If
10 the person notified fails to appear at the county clerk's
11 office within 5 days as directed or if he appears and fails
12 to prove his right to register, the county clerk shall mark
13 his registration card as incomplete and he shall not be
14 permitted to vote until his registration is satisfactorily
15 completed.
16 If an elector possesses such a certificate valid on its
17 face and advising the elector that his or her voter
18 registration is completed, if his or her name does not
19 expressly appear to have been erased or withdrawn from the
20 precinct list as corrected and revised as provided by Section
21 4-11 of this Article, if he or she makes an affidavit and
22 attaches such certificate thereto, and if such affidavit
23 substantially in the form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this
24 Act is sworn to before a judge of election on suitable forms
25 provided by the county clerk for that purpose, such elector
26 shall be permitted to vote even though his or her name
27 duplicate registration card is not to be found in the
28 precinct file binder and even though his or her name is not
29 to be found upon the printed or any other list.
30 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3394.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
32 Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence
33 from one address to another within the same county wherein
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1 this Article is in effect, may have his registration
2 transferred to his new address by making and signing an
3 application for change of residence address upon a form to be
4 provided by the county clerk. Such application must be made
5 to the office of the county clerk and may be made either in
6 person or by mail. In case the person is unable to sign his
7 name, the county clerk shall require him to execute the
8 application in the presence of the county clerk or of his
9 properly authorized representative, by his mark, and if
10 satisfied of the identity of the person, the county clerk
11 shall make the transfer.
12 Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one
13 of his employees deputized to take registrations shall cause
14 the signature of the voter and the data appearing upon the
15 application to be compared with the signature and data on the
16 existing Voter Registration Application record card, and if
17 it appears that the applicant is the same person as the
18 person previously registered under that name the transfer
19 shall be made.
20 No transfers of registration under the provisions of this
21 Section shall be made during the 28 days preceding any
22 election at which such voter would be entitled to vote except
23 that transfers of registration made by mail shall be deemed
24 as timely submitted if postmarked prior to the 28 days
25 preceding any election or if the postmark is illegible or not
26 in evidence received in the office of the county clerk no
27 later than 5 calendar days after the close of registration.
28 When a removal of a registered voter takes place from one
29 address to another within the same election jurisdiction
30 precinct within a period during which a transfer of
31 registration cannot be made before any election or primary,
32 he shall be entitled to vote upon presenting the judges of
33 election his affidavit substantially in the form prescribed
34 in Section 17-10 of this Act of a change of residence address
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1 within the election jurisdiction precinct on a date therein
2 specified.
3 The county clerk may obtain information from utility
4 companies, city, village, incorporated town and township
5 records, the post office, or from other sources, regarding
6 the change of address removal of registered voters, and may
7 treat such information, and information procured from his
8 death and marriage records on file in his office, as cause to
9 confirm an application to erase from the register any name
10 concerning which he may so have information that the voter is
11 no longer qualified to vote under the name, or from the
12 address from which registered, and give notice thereof in the
13 manner provided by Section 3A-9 4--12 of this Code Article,
14 and notify voters who have changed their address that a
15 transfer of registration may be made in the manner provided
16 in this Section enclosing a form therefor.
17 If any person be registered by error in a precinct other
18 than that in which he resides, the county clerk may transfer
19 his registration to the proper precinct, and if the error is
20 or may be on the part of the registration officials, and is
21 disclosed too late before an election or primary to mail the
22 certificate required by Section 4-15, such certificate may be
23 personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon as
24 therein provided, but such certificates so issued shall be
25 specially listed with the reason for the issuance thereof.
26 Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
27 the county board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer
28 to the proper precinct the registration of any voter affected
29 by such revision or rearrangement of the precinct; make the
30 proper notations on the registration cards of a voter
31 affected by the revision or rearrangement and shall issue
32 revised certificates to each registrant of such change.
33 Any registered voter who changes his or her name by
34 marriage or otherwise shall be required to register anew and
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1 authorize the cancellation of the previous registration; but
2 if the voter still resides in the same election jurisdiction
3 precinct and if the change of name takes place within a
4 period during which a transfer of registration cannot be
5 made, preceding any election or primary, the elector may, if
6 otherwise qualified, vote upon making an affidavit
7 substantially in the form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this
8 Act.
9 The precinct election officials shall report to the
10 county clerk the names and addresses of all persons who have
11 changed their addresses and voted, which shall be treated as
12 an application to change address accordingly, and the names
13 and addresses of all persons otherwise voting by affidavit as
14 in this Section provided, which shall be treated as an
15 application to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
16 (Source: P.A. 83-999.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/4-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-18)
18 Sec. 4-18. The county clerk on his or her own initiative
19 or upon the order of the county board or of the circuit court
20 shall at all times have authority to conduct investigations
21 in a non-discriminatory manner and to make canvasses of the
22 registered voters in any precinct by other methods than those
23 prescribed herein, and shall at all times have authority to
24 confirm cancel registration information in the manner
25 provided by this Section. Canvassers appointed for such
26 canvasses and investigations shall be appointed by the county
27 clerk; shall be confirmed by the circuit court in the manner
28 provided by Section 13-3 of this Act for the confirmation of
29 judges of election; shall be officers of that court; and
30 shall be subject to the same control and punishment as judges
31 of election. If upon the basis of investigation or canvasses,
32 the county clerk is of the opinion that any person registered
33 under this Article 4 is not a qualified voter or has ceased
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1 to be a qualified voter, he or she shall send a notice
2 through the United States mail to such person following the
3 procedures set forth in Section 3A-9., requiring him or her
4 to appear before the county clerk for a hearing within 5 days
5 after the date of mailing the notice and show cause why his
6 or her registration shall not be cancelled. If such person
7 fails to appear within such time as provided, his or her
8 registration shall be cancelled. If such person does appear,
9 he or she shall execute an affidavit similar in every respect
10 to the affidavit required of applicants under Section 4--13
11 of this Article 4.
12 (Source: P.A. 83-334.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/4-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-20)
14 Sec. 4-20. The original registration applications cards
15 shall remain permanently in the office of the county clerk
16 except as destroyed as provided in Section 4-5.01; shall be
17 filed alphabetically with or without regard to precincts, as
18 determined by the county clerk; and shall be known as the
19 master file. An official registry of voters shall be compiled
20 for use in the polling place on election day for all
21 elections subject to the provisions of this Article 4. This
22 registry shall be an alphabetical or geographical listing of
23 all registered voters by precinct so as to correspond with
24 the arrangement of the list for such precincts compiled
25 pursuant to Section 4-11 and shall be known as the precinct
26 file.
27 The precinct file shall be in the form of a computer
28 printout as provided for in Section 4-20.1 or consist of
29 duplicate registration cards and true duplicates of Voter
30 Registration Applications as provided for in Section 4-20.2.
31 In either instance, it shall be a true and accurate listing
32 of every registered voter for every precinct within the
33 jurisdiction. The duplicate registration cards shall
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1 constitute the official registry of voters for all elections
2 subject to the provisions of this Article 4, shall be filed
3 by precincts alphabetically or geographically so as to
4 correspond with the arrangement of the list for such
5 precincts respectively, compiled pursuant to Section 4-11 of
6 this Article, and shall be known as the precinct file. The
7 precinct file duplicate cards for use in conducting elections
8 shall be delivered to the judges of election by the county
9 clerk in a suitable binder or other device, which shall be
10 locked and sealed in accordance with the directions to be
11 given by the county clerk and shall also be suitably indexed
12 for convenient use by the precinct officers. The precinct
13 file duplicate cards shall be delivered to the judges of
14 election for use at the polls for elections at the same time
15 as the official ballots are delivered to them, and shall be
16 returned to the county clerk by the judges of election within
17 the time provided for the return of the official ballots. The
18 county clerk shall determine the manner of delivery and
19 return of such precinct files duplicate cards, and shall at
20 all other times retain them at his office except for such use
21 of them as may be made under this Code Article with respect
22 to registration not at the office of the county clerk.
23 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/4-20.1 new)
25 Sec. 4-20.1. All precinct files in the form of a
26 computer printout shall contain the date of the election for
27 which it was generated, the precinct number or other
28 identifier, the number of registered voters in that precinct,
29 and such other information as prescribed by rule of the State
30 Board of Elections and shall include but not be limited to
31 the following information concerning each registered voter of
32 the precinct as attested to on the Voter Registration
33 Application: last name, first name, and middle name or
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1 initial; residence address; date of birth, if provided; and
2 sex; and shall include a true duplicate of the voter's
3 signature. Space shall be provided to record voter
4 participation at that election. Reproduction of the voter's
5 signature and its clarity, security, and source document
6 shall be in accord with rules of the State Board of Elections
7 and must not be provided for any other purpose. Violations
8 of this signature reproduction restriction shall be a Class 3
9 felony and any person who is convicted of violating this
10 Section shall be ineligible for public employment for a
11 period of 5 years immediately following the completion of
12 that sentence.
13 (10 ILCS 5/4-20.2 new)
14 Sec. 4-20.2. Precinct files consisting of duplicate
15 registration cards and true duplicates of voter registration
16 applications shall be alphabetically arranged and up-dated
17 prior to each election. Such true duplicates must be clear
18 and of the same size as the original and be true duplicates
19 of the front and back of the original. Rule of the State
20 Board of Elections shall prescribe the weight of paper of the
21 true duplicates and other specifications necessary to ensure
22 a legible and durable precinct file.
23 (10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
24 Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
25 upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign
26 his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a
27 certificate substantially as follows:
28 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
29 City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
30 Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
31 Registration Record .......
32 Checked by .......
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1 Voter's number ....
2 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
3 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
4 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
5 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
6 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
7 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
8 below and am qualified to vote.
9 Signature of voter .......
10 residence address .......
11 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
12 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
13 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
14 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
15 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
16 requested to provide his social security number when the
17 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
18 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
19 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
20 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
21 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
22 certificate:
23 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
24 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
25 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
26 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
27 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
28 The certificates of each State-wide political party at a
29 general primary election shall be separately printed upon
30 paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the
31 certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of
32 the same color or tint. However, if the election authority
33 provides computer generated applications with the precinct,
34 ballot style and voter's name and address preprinted on the
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1 application, a single application may be used for State-wide
2 political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to
3 indicate the political party. Such application shall not
4 entitle the voter to vote in the primary of more than one
5 political party at the same election.
6 At the consolidated primary, such certificates may
7 contain spaces or checkoff boxes permitting the voter to
8 request a primary ballot of any other political party which
9 is established only within a political subdivision and for
10 which a primary is conducted on the same election day. Such
11 application shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
12 primary of the State-wide political party and the primary of
13 the local political party with respect to the offices of the
14 same political subdivision. In no event may a voter vote in
15 more than one State-wide primary on the same day.
16 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
17 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
18 signature on the precinct files registration record card as a
19 means of identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such
20 signature comparison that the applicant to vote is the
21 identical person who is registered under the same name, the
22 judges shall ask such applicant the questions for
23 identification which appear on the precinct file registration
24 card, and if the applicant does not prove to the satisfaction
25 of a majority of the judges of the election precinct that he
26 is the identical person registered under the name in question
27 then the vote of such applicant shall be challenged by a
28 judge of election, and the same procedure followed as
29 provided by law for challenged voters.
30 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
31 of election shall check the data on the precinct file
32 registration card and shall check the address given, with the
33 registered address, in order to determine whether he is
34 entitled to vote.
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1 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
2 of each applicant for a ballot after the precinct file
3 registration record has been examined, and shall sign his
4 initials on the certificate in the space provided therefor,
5 and shall enter upon such certificate the number of the voter
6 in the place provided therefor, and make an entry in the
7 voting record space on the precinct file registration record,
8 to indicate whether or not the applicant voted. Such judge
9 shall then hand such certificate back to the applicant in
10 case he is permitted to vote, and such applicant shall hand
11 it to the judge of election in charge of the ballots. The
12 certificates of the voters shall be filed in the order in
13 which they are received and shall constitute an official poll
14 record. The term "poll lists" and "poll books", where used
15 in this Article, shall be construed to apply to such official
16 poll record.
17 After each general primary election the county clerk
18 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
19 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
20 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
21 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
22 county clerk, within 60 days after the general primary
23 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
24 chairman of the county central committee of each established
25 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
26 representative.
27 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
28 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
29 chairman of the county central committee of each established
30 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
31 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
32 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
33 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
34 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
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1 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
2 election of 1982.
3 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
4 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
5 of the 2 preceding paragraph paragraphs.
6 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
7 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
8 name is not found registration record card is not found in
9 the precinct file registry of voters, but his name appears as
10 that of a registered voter in such precinct upon the printed
11 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
12 list, or upon the consolidated list, if any, and whose name
13 has not been erased or withdrawn from such register, the
14 printed precinct register as corrected or revised by the
15 supplemental list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be
16 prima facie evidence of the elector's right to vote upon
17 compliance with the provisions hereinafter set forth in this
18 Section. In such event any one of the judges of election
19 shall require an affidavit by such person and one voter
20 residing in the precinct before the judges of election,
21 substantially in the form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this
22 Act, and upon the presentation of such affidavits, a
23 certificate shall be issued to such elector, and upon the
24 presentation of such certificate and affidavits, he shall be
25 entitled to vote.
26 Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by
27 registered voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
28 Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of
29 the "Certificate of Registered Voter" provided for in this
30 Section.
31 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
32 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
33 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
34 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
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1 central committee of an established political party or to the
2 chairman's duly authorized representative.
3 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
4 election authority charged with the duty of providing
5 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
6 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
7 which of the elections he desires to vote.
8 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
9 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
10 by use of the information contained on the precinct file
11 voter registration cards or the separate registration lists
12 or other means approved by the State Board of Elections and
13 prepared and supplied by the election authority. The voter's
14 certificate shall be so marked by the judges as to show the
15 respective ballots which the voter is given.
16 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/4-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-24)
18 Sec. 4-24. In the event that any city, village or
19 incorporated town within a county shall become subject to the
20 authority of a board of election commissioners, by the
21 adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, or shall cease
22 to be subject to the authority of such a board, by the
23 abandonment of said Articles, it shall not be necessary for
24 the registered voters in the area affected by such action to
25 register again, either under this Article or under Article 6
26 of this Act unless they are not re-registered under the 1969
27 and 1970 re-registration provisions in counties where such
28 provisions are applicable.
29 This Article 4 shall immediately become effective in any
30 area of a county that ceases to be subject to the authority
31 of a board of election commissioners.
32 Within 24 hours after the court has entered its order
33 declaring Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act adopted by any
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1 city, village or incorporated town or rejected by the voters
2 of any city, village or incorporated town, after having been
3 in effect therein, it shall be the duty of the board of
4 election commissioners or of the county clerk, as the case
5 may be, to turn over to the officer or officers thereafter to
6 be charged with the registration of voters within the area
7 affected (the county clerk or board of election
8 commissioners, as the case may be) the original and any
9 duplicate Voter Registration Applications cards of all
10 persons affected by the adoption or rejection of said
11 Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act; and at the same time to
12 turn over all forms, papers and other instruments pertaining
13 to the registration of voters within the area affected, and
14 all booths, ballot boxes and election equipment formerly used
15 in conducting elections in such area.
16 The original registration applications cards of the
17 voters turned over to the county clerk or board of election
18 commissioners, as the case may be, shall be placed in a
19 master file together with the registration forms cards of all
20 voters who previously registered under the provisions of this
21 Article or of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, as the case
22 may be, and said forms cards shall then become part of the
23 official registration record required to be kept in the
24 office of the county clerk or of the board of election
25 commissioners, as the case may be.
26 Precinct files consisting of duplicate cards and true
27 duplicates of Voter Registration Applications The duplicate
28 cards shall be arranged in precinct order and shall be
29 retained in the office of the county clerk or of the board of
30 election commissioners, as the case may be, for the use in
31 conducting elections. Such precinct file duplicate cards
32 shall become part of the official registration record
33 required to be kept in the office of the county clerk or of
34 the board of election commissioners, as the case may be.
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1 (Source: P.A. 83-334.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/4-24.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-24.1)
3 Sec. 4-24.1. If any area becomes subject to a board of
4 election commissioners by reason of annexation to a city,
5 village or incorporated town subject to such a board or
6 ceases to be subject to a board of election commissioners by
7 reason of disconnection from such a city, village or
8 incorporated town, it shall not be necessary for the
9 registered voters in such area to register again, either
10 under this Article or Article 6.
11 As soon as practicable after such annexation or
12 disconnection, the county clerk or board of election
13 commissioners, as the case may be, shall turn over to officer
14 or officers thereafter to be charged with the registration of
15 voters within the area affected (the board of election
16 commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be) the Voter
17 Registration Applications original and duplicate registration
18 cards of all registered voters in the annexed or disconnected
19 area.
20 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 405.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/4-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-27)
22 Sec. 4-27. At each regular special or primary election to
23 which this Article 4 is applicable, the judges of election
24 shall personally affix all affidavits made before them in
25 accordance with the provisions of Sections 4-15, 4-16, 4-22,
26 4-23, 7-45 or 17-10, respectively, to the respective
27 applications to vote.
28 Persons voting for whom no registration card is found in
29 the master file or precinct file binder shall be investigated
30 by the county clerk or persons in his office, as shall
31 likewise be investigated the correctness of affidavits filed
32 under the provisions of the Sections hereinbefore in this
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1 Section enumerated. If from such investigation the county
2 clerk shall be satisfied that the provisions of this Article
3 have been violated, or that any person has voted who was not
4 qualified so to do, he shall make a complete report to the
5 State's Attorney of the County, attaching thereto a correct
6 copy of the application to vote and any affidavit which may
7 have been executed by the voter and supporting witnesses, if
8 any. The State's Attorney shall prosecute all such reports of
9 fraud if on the basis of the facts so reported, and of any
10 additional investigation he may cause to be made, he shall be
11 satisfied that a knowing violation of this Article or of this
12 Act has been committed. The County Clerk shall further file
13 with the circuit court, for such action as is provided in
14 cases of the misbehavior of judges of election, a copy of any
15 such report in which it shall appear that the judges of
16 election knowingly permitted a person to vote who was not
17 qualified so to do under the provisions of this Article or of
18 this Act, or otherwise were guilty of a knowing breach of
19 their duties as such under this Act.
20 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/4-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-30)
22 Sec. 4-30. The county clerk on his own initiative or
23 upon order of the county board shall at all times have
24 authority to conduct investigations in a non-discriminatory
25 manner investigation and to make canvasses of the registered
26 voters in any precinct canvass or at other times and by other
27 methods than those so prescribed. However, the county clerk
28 shall at least once in every 2 years conduct a verification
29 of voter registrations as prescribed in Section 3A-9 and
30 shall cause the cancellation of registration of persons who
31 have ceased to be qualified voters. Such verification shall
32 be accomplished by one of the following methods: (1) precinct
33 canvass conducted by 2 qualified persons of opposite party
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1 affiliation appointed by the county clerk or (2) written
2 request for verification sent to each registered voter by
3 first class mail, not forwardable or (3) an alternative
4 method of verification submitted in writing to and approved
5 by the State Board of Elections at a public meeting not less
6 than 60 days prior to the date on which the county clerk has
7 fixed for implementation of that method of verification;
8 provided, that the county clerk shall submit to the State
9 Board of Elections a written statement of the results
10 obtained by use of such alternative method within 30 days of
11 completion of the verification. Provided that in each
12 precinct one canvasser may be appointed from outside such
13 precinct if not enough other qualified persons who reside
14 within the precinct can be found to serve as canvasser in
15 such precinct. The one canvasser so appointed to serve in any
16 precinct in which he is not entitled to vote prior to the
17 election must be entitled to vote elsewhere within the ward,
18 township or road district which includes within its
19 boundaries the precinct in which such canvasser is appointed
20 and such canvasser must be otherwise qualified. If upon the
21 basis of investigation or canvasses, the county clerk shall
22 be of the opinion that any person registered under this
23 Article is not a qualified voter or has ceased to be a
24 qualified voter, he shall send a notice through the United
25 States mail to such person and follow the procedures set
26 forth in Section 3A-9., requiring him to appear before the
27 county clerk for a hearing within ten days after the date of
28 mailing such notice and show cause why his registration shall
29 not be cancelled. If such person fails to appear within such
30 time as provided, his registration shall be cancelled. If
31 such a person does appear, he shall make an affidavit similar
32 in every respect to the affidavit required of applicants
33 under Section 4-13 and his registration shall be reinstated.
34 If the county clerk cancels such registration upon the
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1 voter failing to appear, the county clerk shall immediately
2 request of the clerk of the city, village or incorporated
3 town in which the person claimed residence, to return the
4 triplicate card of registration of the said person and within
5 twenty-four hours after receipt of said request, the said
6 clerk shall mail or cause to be delivered to the county clerk
7 the triplicate card of registration of the said person and
8 the said triplicate card shall thereupon be cancelled by the
9 county clerk.
10 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-1)
12 Sec. 5-1. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be
13 unlawful for any person residing in a county containing a
14 population of 500,000 or more, to vote at any election,
15 unless such person is at the time of such election a
16 registered voter under the requirements of Article 3A or of
17 this Article 5 or is exempt under Section 5-29.01 from
18 registration. Provided, that this Article 5 shall not apply
19 to electors residing in cities, villages, and incorporated
20 towns in this State which have adopted or are operating under
21 Article 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, or to electors voting
22 pursuant to Article 20 of this Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/5-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-6)
25 Sec. 5-6. Subject to the provisions of Section 5-19 of
26 this Article 5, in addition to the registration authorized at
27 the offices of the County Clerk, city clerk, town clerk,
28 incorporated town clerk and village clerk under Section 5-5
29 of this Article 5, and that provided by Section 5-17 of this
30 Article 5, there shall be three days of re-registration in
31 each precinct as established by the Board of County
32 Commissioners for county and township elections. The first of
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1 said three days of re-registration shall be Friday, September
2 15, 1961; the second of said three days of re-registration
3 shall be Friday, October 13, 1961 and the third of said three
4 days of re-registration shall be Tuesday, March 13, 1962. On
5 each of the said three days of re-registration the
6 registration places shall open at eight o'clock a. m. and
7 remain open until nine o'clock p. m. It shall be the duty of
8 the County Board to appoint the place of registry in each
9 precinct and the provisions of Section 5-3 of this Article 5
10 shall apply thereto.
11 The re-registration provided by this Article 5 shall
12 constitute a permanent registration subject to revision and
13 alteration in the manner hereinafter provided. All
14 registrations shall be upon registration application forms
15 record cards provided by an election authority or as
16 otherwise provided by this Code the County Clerk in
17 accordance with the provisions of this Article 5.
18 Immediately following the first day of precinct
19 re-registration in 1961, all permanent registration records
20 compiled prior to September 15, 1961, shall be destroyed if
21 no election contest is pending in which such records are
22 material.
23 (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1919.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
25 Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
26 number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
27 shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
28 consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
29 contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
30 required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
31 suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
32 registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit
33 of registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
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1 duplicate.
2 The registration record card shall contain the following
3 and such other information as the county clerk may think it
4 proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
5 registration:
6 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
7 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
8 initial for such middle name, if any.
9 Sex.
10 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
11 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
12 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
13 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
14 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
15 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
16 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
17 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
18 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
19 registration record card.
20 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
21 precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
22 stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of
23 30 days in the precinct.
24 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
25 was born.
26 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
27 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
28 naturalization.
29 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
30 month and year when applicant presented himself for
31 registration.
32 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
33 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
34 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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1 The county and state in which the applicant was last
2 registered.
3 Signature of voter. The applicant, after the
4 registration and in the presence of a deputy registrar or
5 other officer of registration shall be required to sign his
6 or her name in ink to the affidavit on the original and
7 duplicate registration record card.
8 Signature of Deputy Registrar.
9 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
10 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer
11 empowered to give the registration oath shall write a
12 detailed description of the applicant in the space provided
13 at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
14 following questions and record the answers thereto:
15 Father's first name .......................
16 Mother's first name .......................
17 From what address did you last register?
18 Reason for inability to sign name.
19 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
20 in substantially the following form:
21 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
22 State of Illinois)
23 )ss
24 County of )
25 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
26 United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
27 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
28 precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
29 to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my
30 residence and that the above statements are true.
31 ..............................
32 (His or her signature or mark)
33 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
34 .........................................
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1 Signature of Registration Officer.
2 (To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
3 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
4 registration record card for the notation of the voting
5 record of the person registered thereon.
6 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
7 to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
8 case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
9 identification in such manner as the county clerk may
10 determine.
11 The voter registration applications cards shall be deemed
12 public records and shall be open to inspection during regular
13 business hours, except during the 28 days immediately
14 preceding any election. On written request of any candidate
15 or objector or any person intending to object to a petition,
16 the election authority shall extend its hours for inspection
17 of registration applications cards and other records of the
18 election authority during the period beginning with the
19 filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3
20 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
21 hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
22 of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
23 authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
24 sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
25 the records but the election authority is not required to
26 extend its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal
27 opening for business and ending at midnight. If the business
28 hours are so extended, the election authority shall post a
29 public notice of such extended hours. Registration
30 applications record cards may also be inspected, upon
31 approval of the officer in charge of the forms cards, during
32 the 28 days immediately preceding any election. Registration
33 information found in the precinct file as provided in Section
34 5-28 record cards shall also be open to inspection by
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1 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
2 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
3 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
4 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
5 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
6 the precinct file registration record cards.
7 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
8 other electronic data processing information containing voter
9 registration information shall be furnished by the county
10 clerk within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year
11 to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the
12 Board. Registration information shall include, but not be
13 limited to, the following information: name, sex, residence,
14 telephone number, if any, date of birth, if available age,
15 party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township,
16 county, and representative, legislative and congressional
17 districts. In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of
18 Elections is directed to obtain compliance forthwith with
19 this nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
20 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
21 county in which the election authority maintains the
22 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
23 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
24 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
25 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
26 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
27 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
28 Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
29 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
30 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
31 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
32 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
33 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
34 clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
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1 reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et
2 cetera for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus
3 15% for administration. The individual representing a
4 political committee requesting copies of such tapes shall
5 make a sworn affidavit that the information shall be used
6 only for bona fide political purposes, including by or for
7 candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
8 tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
9 any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
10 for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
11 purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
12 residents related to the operations of county government in
13 addition to registration information, that information shall
14 not be used under any circumstances for commercial
15 solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
16 this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
17 discs or other electronic data processing information
18 containing voter registration information for purposes of
19 commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
20 prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
21 of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
22 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
23 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
24 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
25 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
26 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
27 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
28 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
29 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
30 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
31 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
32 of voter registration information shall comply with such
33 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
34 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
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1 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
2 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
3 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
4 following form:
5 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
6 Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
7 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
8 (city) and that my residence was .....
9 Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
10 authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
11 Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
12 ....................
13 (Signature of Voter)
14 Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
15 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
16 by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
17 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
18 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
19 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
20 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.01)
22 Sec. 5-7.01. If an applicant for registration reports a
23 permanent physical disability which would require assistance
24 in voting, the county clerk shall mark all his registration
25 forms cards in the right margin on the front of the form card
26 with a band of ink running the full margin which shall be of
27 contrast to, and easily distinguishable from, the color of
28 the form card. If an applicant for registration attests
29 declares upon properly witnessed oath, with his signature or
30 mark affixed, that he cannot read the English language and
31 that he will require assistance in voting, all his
32 registration forms cards shall be marked in a manner similar
33 to the marking on the forms cards of a voter who requires
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1 assistance because of physical disability, except that the
2 marking shall be of a different distinguishing color.
3 Following each election the forms cards of any voter who has
4 requested assistance as a disabled voter, and has stated that
5 the disability is permanent, or who has received assistance
6 because of inability to read the English language, shall be
7 marked in the same manner.
8 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3524.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
10 Sec. 5-7.03. If the applicant for registration in the
11 office of the election authority or before a deputy registrar
12 was last registered in another election jurisdiction within
13 this State, he or she shall also sign a certificate
14 authorizing cancellation of the former registration. The
15 certificate shall be in substantially the following form:
16 To the County Clerk of ... County, Illinois.
17 To the Election Commission of the (city) (county) of
18 ....., Illinois.
19 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
20 (city) and that my residence was .................... Having
21 moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize you to
22 cancel the registration in your office. Dated at ....,
23 Illinois, (insert date)
24 .............................
25 (Signature of Voter)
26 Attest:......................, County Clerk, ...........
27 County, Illinois
28 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
29 by the county clerk to the county (or election commission as
30 the case may be) where the applicant was formerly registered.
31 Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority for
32 cancellation of any previous registration.
33 The State Board of Elections shall
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1 design a registration record card which, except as otherwise
2 provided in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
3 election authorities in the State, except those election
4 authorities adopting a computer-based voter registration file
5 authorized under Section 5-43. The Board shall prescribe the
6 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
7 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
8 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
9 under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that
10 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
11 applicant's social security number, which shall be required
12 to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
13 applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social
14 security number, and a box for the applicant's telephone
15 number, if available.
16 Except for those election authorities adopting a
17 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
18 Section 5-43, the original and duplicate cards shall
19 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
20 registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to
21 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
22 completed transfer of registration.
23 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
24 same election jurisdiction or to another election
25 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
26 registration by presenting his or her copy to the election
27 authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not in
28 possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may
29 effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
30 of Cancellation of Previous Registration or by submitting a
31 completed Voter Registration Application. Any transfer of
32 registration received in the office of the election authority
33 or postmarked prior to the close of registration shall be
34 deemed to be timely filed. If a postmark is not in evidence
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1 or legible, it shall be considered as timely filed if
2 received in the office of the election authority no later
3 than 5 calendar days after the close of registration. In the
4 case of a transfer of registration to a new election
5 jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit the
6 voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority of
7 the voter's former election jurisdiction, which shall
8 immediately cause the transmission of the voter's previous
9 registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
10 transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
11 be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
12 notification.
13 Deputy registrars shall return all Voter Registration
14 Applications copies of registration record cards or
15 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
16 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
17 thereof, except that such forms copies or Affidavits of
18 Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
19 registrars between the 35th and 29th day preceding an
20 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
21 election authority within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy
22 registrars shall return the Voter Registration Applications
23 copies or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
24 received by them on the 29th day preceding an election to the
25 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
26 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/5-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-8)
28 Sec. 5-8. The County Clerk shall supply Deputy
29 Registrars, Officers of Registration and Judges of
30 Registration with registration forms and shall fully instruct
31 them in their duties. Each Deputy Registrar, Officer of
32 Registration and Judge of Registration shall receipt to the
33 County Clerk for all blank voter registration application
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1 forms records issued to them, specifying therein the number
2 of blanks received by them, and each Deputy Registrar,
3 Officer of Registration and Judge of Registration shall be
4 charged with such blanks until he returns them to the County
5 Clerk. If for any cause a blank voter registration
6 application form record card is mutilated or rendered unfit
7 for use in making it out, or if a mistake therein has been
8 made, such blank shall not be destroyed, but the word
9 "mutilated" shall be written across the face of such form
10 blank, and such form blank shall be returned to the County
11 Clerk and shall be preserved in the same manner and for the
12 same length of time as mutilated ballots. When each 1961 and
13 1962 precinct re-registration shall have been completed, a
14 Deputy Registrar or Judge of Registration shall return all
15 registration record cards to the County Clerk whether such
16 cards have been filled out, executed or whether they are
17 unused, or whether they have been mutilated. A Deputy
18 Registrar, or Judge of Registration for precinct registration
19 shall make personal delivery of the registration records to
20 the County Clerk, after the close of each precinct
21 registration. Each Deputy Registrar and Judge of Registration
22 shall certify the registration records in substantially the
23 following form:
24 "We, the undersigned Deputy Registrars and Judge of
25 Registration in the County of .... in the State of Illinois,
26 do swear (or affirm) that at the registration of electors on
27 (insert date) the .... day of .... there was registered by us
28 in the said election precinct the names which appear on the
29 registration records, and that the number of voters
30 registered and qualified was and is the number .....
31 .... (Judge of Registration)
32 .... (Deputy Registrar)
33 .... (Deputy Registrar)
34 Date ....."
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1 (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1919.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/5-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9)
3 Sec. 5-9. Except as herein provided, no person shall be
4 registered unless he applies in person to a registration
5 officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of
6 him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit
7 of registration or submits a valid voter registration
8 application under the provisions of Article 3A. The
9 registration officer shall require the applicant to furnish
10 two forms of identification, and except in the case of a
11 homeless individual, one of which must include his or her
12 residence address. These forms of identification shall
13 include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
14 driver's license, social security card, public aid
15 identification card, utility bill, employee or student
16 identification card, credit card, or a civic, union or
17 professional association membership card. The registration
18 officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish
19 evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated.
20 This use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to
21 that individual and received at that address or by a
22 statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing
23 address. The registration officer shall require each
24 applicant for registration to read or have read to him the
25 affidavit of registration before permitting him to execute
26 the affidavit.
27 One of the Deputy Registrars, the Judge of Registration,
28 or an Officer of Registration, County Clerk, or clerk in the
29 office of the County Clerk, shall administer to all persons
30 who shall personally apply to register the following oath or
31 affirmation:
32 "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully
33 and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you
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1 touching your place of residence, name, place of birth, your
2 qualifications as an elector and your right as such to
3 register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
4 The Registration Officer shall satisfy himself that each
5 applicant for registration is qualified to register before
6 registering him. If the registration officer has reason to
7 believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
8 Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
9 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the following question
10 shall be put, "When you entered the home which is your
11 present address, was it your bona fide intention to become a
12 resident thereof?" Any voter of a township, city, village or
13 incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
14 permitted to be present at the place of precinct
15 registration, and shall have the right to challenge any
16 applicant who applies to be registered.
17 In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant
18 is qualified, he shall forthwith in writing notify such
19 applicant to appear before the County Clerk to furnish
20 further proof of his qualifications. Upon the application
21 form card of such applicant shall be written the word
22 "Incomplete" and no such applicant shall be permitted to vote
23 unless such registration is satisfactorily completed as
24 hereinafter provided. No registration shall be taken and
25 marked as "incomplete" if information to complete it can be
26 furnished on the date of the original application.
27 Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
28 precinct in such township, city, village or incorporated town
29 and whose registration application is marked "Incomplete" may
30 make and sign an application in writing, under oath, to the
31 County Clerk in substance in the following form:
32 "I do solemnly swear that I, .........., did on (insert
33 date) make application to the Board of Registry of the
34 ........ precinct of ........ ward of the City of .... or of
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1 the ......... District ......... Town of .......... (or to
2 the County Clerk of .............) and ............ County;
3 that said Board or Clerk refused to complete my registration
4 as a qualified voter in said precinct, that I reside in said
5 precinct (or that I intend to reside in said precinct), am a
6 duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at
7 the next election.
8 ...........................
9 (Signature of Applicant)"
10 All such applications shall be presented to the County
11 Clerk by the applicant, in person between the hours of nine
12 o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of
13 the third week subsequent to the weeks in which the 1961 and
14 1962 precinct re-registrations are to be held, and thereafter
15 for the registration provided in Section 5-17 of this
16 Article, all such applications shall be presented to the
17 County Clerk by the applicant in person between the hours of
18 nine o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock p.m. on Monday and Tuesday
19 of the third week prior to the date on which such election is
20 to be held.
21 Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
22 county of residence either due to business of the United
23 States or because he is temporarily outside the territorial
24 limits of the United States may become registered by mailing
25 an application as provided in Section 3A-3 to the county
26 clerk within the periods of registration provided for in this
27 Article or by simultaneous application for absentee
28 registration and absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of
29 this Code.
30 Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall
31 immediately mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
32 which affidavit shall contain the following and such other
33 information as the State Board of Elections may think it
34 proper to require for the identification of the applicant:
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1 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
2 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
3 initial for such middle name, if any.
4 Sex.
5 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
6 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
7 definite description as may be necessary to determine the
8 exact location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
9 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
10 Section, congressional township and range number may be used,
11 or such other information as may be necessary, including post
12 office mailing address.
13 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
14 precinct.
15 Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant
16 was born.
17 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
18 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
19 naturalization.
20 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
21 Out of State address of ..........................
22 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
23 State of .........)
24 )ss
25 County of ........)
26 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
27 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
28 have resided in the State of Illinois for 6 months and in the
29 election precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote,
30 that I am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United
31 States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of
32 Illinois and of the election precinct, that I intend to
33 return to the State of Illinois, and that the above
34 statements are true.
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1 ..............................
2 (His or her signature or mark)
3 Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified
4 to administer oaths, on (insert date).
5 ........................................
6 Signature of officer administering oath.
7 Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
8 Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
9 contained thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided
10 for in Section 5-7 of this Article and shall attach thereto a
11 copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
12 thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
13 constitute the registration of such person the same as if he
14 had applied for registration in person.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/5-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-10)
17 Sec. 5-10. Pursuant to Section 3A-9 the election
18 authority may, from time to time but in no case within 120
19 days before a general primary election or general election,
20 canvass some or all of the voters in its jurisdiction to
21 confirm their addresses. If fewer than all of the voters in
22 the jurisdiction are selected to be canvassed, the selection
23 criteria shall be non-discriminatory with respect to race,
24 creed, ethnic origin, political party preference, and gender.
25 The two Deputy Registrars provided by this Article 5 for
26 re-registration in each precinct shall be the canvassers of
27 the precinct for which they are appointed.
28 The County Clerk shall furnish to each Deputy Registrar a
29 blank book which shall be named "Verification List", each
30 page of which shall be ruled into columns, and to be marked
31 thus:
32 .............................................................
33 Write name of street on this line ...........................
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1 .............................................................
2 Names Registered
3 .............................................................
4 House Miss Remarks
5 .........................
6 Number Last Name First Name Initial Mrs. "OK," moved or died
7 .............................................................
8 Such book shall contain pages sufficient to allow listing
9 of all names on the registration records record card by
10 street, avenue, alley, drive, lane, road and court in the
11 precinct in question. During the progress of the 3rd
12 re-registration, or immediately thereafter, each Deputy
13 Registrar shall transfer all the names upon the registration
14 record cards to such verification list; arranging them
15 according to streets, avenues, alleys, drives, lanes, roads
16 or courts, beginning with the lowest residence number, and
17 placing them numerically, as near as possible, from the
18 lowest up to the highest number, starting each street,
19 avenue, alley, drive, lane, road and court upon a separate
20 sheet.
21 They shall first write the name of such street, avenue,
22 alley, lane, road or court at the top of the page, and then
23 proceed to transfer the names of such "Verification Lists"
24 according to the street numbers as above indicated.
25 If, during either day of the 1961 and 1962 precinct
26 re-registration, any registered voter of the township, city,
27 village or incorporated town shall come before the Deputy
28 Registrars and the Judge of Registration and make an oath
29 that he believes that any particular person whose name has
30 been entered upon the registry is not a qualified voter, such
31 fact shall be noted; and after the completion of such
32 "Verification Lists" one of the Registrars, or Judge of
33 Registration, shall make a cross or check mark in ink
34 opposite such name. If said Deputy Registrars or the Judge of
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1 Registration know any person so complained of is a qualified
2 voter and believe that such complaint was made only to vex or
3 harass such qualified voter, then such name shall be placed
4 upon such lists without such cross or check mark, but such
5 cross or check mark shall be placed upon such lists in case
6 either of the Registrars or the Judge of Registration
7 desires.
8 (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1919.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/5-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-11)
10 Sec. 5-11. At a time designated by the election authority
11 Upon the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday following the last
12 day of precinct registration, if so much time is required,
13 the two Deputy Registrars shall go together and canvass the
14 precinct for which they have been appointed, calling at each
15 dwelling place as indicated upon said "Verification Lists";
16 and if they shall find that any person whose name appears
17 upon their "Verification Lists" does not reside at the place
18 designated thereupon, they shall make a notation in the
19 column headed "Remarks" as follows: "Not Found", "Died", or
20 "Moved", as the case may be, indicating that such person does
21 not reside at such place.
22 Whenever deemed necessary by the canvassers, or either of
23 them, he, she, or they may demand of the person having
24 command of the police in such precinct to furnish a
25 policeman, to accompany them and protect them in the
26 performance of their duties; and it shall be the duty of the
27 person having command of the police in such precinct to
28 furnish a policeman for such purpose.
29 In making such canvass no person shall refuse to answer
30 questions and give the information asked for and known to him
31 or her, or shall wilfully and knowingly give false
32 information, or make false statements. In making such canvass
33 said canvassers shall make special inquiry at the residence
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1 or place designated on the said verification books, as to all
2 persons registered as qualified voters, and shall receive
3 information from judges of election, party canvassers, or
4 other persons.
5 (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/5-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-12)
7 Sec. 5-12. Immediately upon the completion of canvass,
8 said canvassers, or one of them, shall sign a notice and send
9 the same through the United States mail, duly stamped, to the
10 address given on the verification books, or in the case of
11 homeless individuals, to their mailing address, of all
12 persons in connection with whose names they have made a
13 notation indicating that they do not reside at such place.,
14 which notice shall require such persons to appear before the
15 Board of Revision, composed of said canvassers and the judge
16 of registration, on the Monday and Tuesday following
17 completion of the canvass, giving the time and place of such
18 session, to show cause why his or her name should not be
19 erased from the registry of the precinct in question. Proper
20 blanks and postage stamps shall be furnished for this purpose
21 to the canvassers by said County Clerk. A personal notice
22 shall also be served by the canvassers at the time such
23 canvass is being made, by leaving the same with the party, if
24 found, or if he or she is not found at the place designated
25 in such verification books, by leaving the same at such
26 address, if there be such place. Such notice, to be sent
27 through the mail, must be mailed not later than 10 o'clock
28 p.m. of Thursday of the week of such canvass.
29 Proper blank notices and postage shall be furnished for
30 this purpose to the canvassers by the election authority.
31 This notice shall be a non-forwardable, forwarding-address
32 requested mailing to be returned to the election authority.
33 If the notice is returned as not deliverable to the voter at
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1 the address provided on the registration form, the election
2 authority shall take one of the actions detailed in Section
3 3A-9, as circumstances require.
4 If sufficient postage stamps are not delivered to the
5 canvassers by the election authority County Clerk for the
6 purpose aforesaid, then anyone may furnish such postage
7 stamps to such canvassers for the purpose or such canvassers
8 may procure the same at their own expense and afterwards
9 render an account therefor to the election authority County
10 Clerk, duly sworn to, and the election authority County Clerk
11 shall audit such account and cause the same to be paid by the
12 County Treasurer. Such election authority County Clerk, upon
13 application, shall deliver to such canvassers postage stamps
14 sufficient for the purpose aforesaid.
15 The registration officers shall make their returns to the
16 election authority County Clerk not later than noon of the
17 day following the last day of the canvass of the registration
18 as established by the election authority provided by this
19 Section.
20 The election authority County Clerk when complaint is
21 made to him shall investigate the action of such canvassers
22 and shall cause them or either of them to be prosecuted
23 criminally for such wilful neglect of duty.
24 (Source: P.A. 87-1241.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/5-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-13)
26 Sec. 5-13. The canvassers, or one of them, shall prepare
27 a list of the names of the parties designated as aforesaid,
28 and to whom such notice has been sent, given, or left at the
29 address, and make and attach his, her, or their affidavit or
30 affidavits thereto stating that notice, duly stamped, was
31 mailed to each of the said parties at the places designated
32 on said list, on or before 10 o'clock p. m. of the Thursday
33 following the canvass, and that notice was also personally
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1 left at the said address of each of said parties named in
2 said lists so attached, if there be such address and
3 indicating the date and approximate time of the mailing.
4 Blank affidavit forms shall be furnished by the election
5 authority County Clerk for the purpose aforesaid.; but if
6 none are furnished, such canvassers shall cause the same to
7 be drawn, and they shall swear to such affidavit before the
8 Judge of Registration of such precinct or County Clerk, or
9 one of his Deputies.
10 Either of the canvassers shall have the power and right
11 of both in the matter pertaining to such canvass; but in case
12 either refuses or neglects to make such canvass as aforesaid,
13 then the other may make such canvass alone.
14 In case of the temporary disability upon the part of
15 either canvasser, the remaining canvasser shall appoint a
16 temporary canvasser who shall represent and be affiliated
17 with the same political party as the canvasser whose place is
18 being filled, and shall administer to him the usual oath of
19 office for canvassers. Such temporary canvasser shall perform
20 all the duties of the office until the disability of the
21 regular canvasser is removed.
22 (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-14)
24 Sec. 5-14. Either of the canvassers shall, at the end of
25 the canvass, return the "Verification Lists" to the County
26 Clerk and a certificate of the correctness of such return.
27 Immediately after receipt of such Verification Lists, the
28 County Clerk shall cause copies to be printed in plain large
29 type in sufficient numbers to meet all demands, and upon
30 application, a copy of the same shall be given to any person
31 applying therefor. All records concerning the implementation
32 of the canvass, including lists of the names and addresses of
33 those canvassed and to whom subsequent notices were sent and
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1 information concerning whether or not each such person
2 responded to the notice shall be maintained for at least 2
3 years and shall be made available for public inspection.
4 Thereafter A list of registered voters in each precinct shall
5 be compiled by the election authority within 28 days County
6 clerk, prior to the General Election to be held in November
7 of each even numbered year. On the list, the County Clerk
8 shall indicate, by italics, asterisk, or other means, the
9 names of all persons who have registered since the last
10 regularly scheduled election in the consolidated schedule of
11 elections established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act.
12 When the list of registered voters in each precinct is
13 compiled, the County Clerk shall give a copy of it to the
14 chairman of a county central committee of an established
15 political party, as such party is defined in Section 10-2 of
16 this Act, or to the chairman's duly authorized
17 representative. Within 30 days of the effective date of this
18 Amendatory Act of 1983, the County Clerk shall give the list
19 of registered voters in each precinct that was compiled prior
20 to the general November election of 1982 to the chairman of a
21 county central committee of an established political party or
22 to the chairman's duly authorized representative.
23 Within 60 days after each general election the county
24 clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on
25 the list of registered voters in each precinct, each
26 registrant who voted at that general election, and shall
27 provide a copy of such list to the chairman of the county
28 central committee of each established political party or to
29 the chairman's duly authorized representative.
30 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
31 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall indicate by
32 italics, asterisk, or other means, on the list of registered
33 voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at the
34 general election of 1982, and shall provide a copy of such
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1 coded list to the chairman of the county central committee of
2 each established political party or to the chairman's duly
3 authorized representative.
4 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
5 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
6 either of the 2 preceding paragraph paragraphs.
7 (Source: P.A. 83-1263.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/5-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16)
9 Sec. 5-16. A docket of all applications to the County
10 Clerk, whether such application shall be made for the purpose
11 of being registered, or restored, or for the purpose of
12 erasing a name on the register or for completing registration
13 shall be made out in the order of the towns, wards,
14 districts, precincts as the case may be. The County Clerk
15 shall sit to hear such applications between the hours of ten
16 o'clock a. m. and nine o'clock p. m. on Thursday, Friday and
17 Saturday of the third week preceding the week in which such
18 April 10, 1962 Primary Election is to be held, and thereafter
19 the County Clerk shall sit to hear such applications between
20 the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and nine o'clock p. m. on
21 Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the second week prior to the
22 week in which any county, city, town, village or incorporated
23 town election is to be held. At the request of either party
24 to such applications, the Clerk shall issue subpoenas to
25 witnesses to appear at such hearings, and Witnesses may be
26 sworn and examined upon the hearing of said applications.
27 Each person appearing in response to an application to have a
28 name erased shall deliver to the County Clerk a written
29 affidavit, which shall be, in substance, in the words and
30 figures following:
31 "I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United
32 States; that I do reside and have resided in the State of
33 Illinois since (insert date) the .... day of .... and in the
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1 county of .... in said State, since (insert date) the ....
2 day of .... and in the .... precinct of the .... ward, in the
3 city, village or incorporated town of .... or in the ....
4 district town of .... in said county and State, since (insert
5 date) the .... day of .... and that I am .... years of age;
6 that I am the identical person registered in said precinct
7 under the name I subscribe hereto."
8 This answer shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed
9 before any person authorized to administer oaths or
10 affirmations. The decision on each application shall be
11 announced at once after hearing, and a minute made thereof,
12 and when an application to be registered or to be restored to
13 such register or to complete registration shall be allowed,
14 the said County Clerk shall cause a minute to be made upon
15 the original and any duplicate registration record forms
16 records withdrawn.
17 All applications under this Section and hearings as
18 hereinafter provided may be heard by deputy county clerks
19 specially designated by the County Clerk for this purpose,
20 and a decision by such deputies so designated, shall become
21 the decision of the County Clerk, upon approval by the County
22 Clerk.
23 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.1)
25 Sec. 5-16.1. In addition to registration at the office of
26 the county clerk and at the offices of municipal and township
27 clerks, each county subject to this Article shall provide for
28 the following methods of registration:
29 (1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provided in
30 Section 5-16.2;
31 (2) The establishment of temporary places of
32 registration as provided in Section 5-16.3;.
33 (3) Registration by mail as provided in Sections 3A-4
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1 and 5-16.4;
2 (4) Registration by certain employees of public service
3 agencies as provided in Section 3A-5; and
4 (5) Registration by certain employees of the Secretary
5 of State as provided in Section 3A-6.
6 Each county subject to this Article may provide for
7 precinct registration pursuant to Section 5-17.
8 (Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
10 Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
11 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized
12 deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
13 of all qualified residents of their respective counties. A
14 deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
15 municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
16 clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
17 than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
18 resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
19 regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or
20 the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
21 The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
22 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
23 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
24 county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
25 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
26 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
27 located at driver's license examination stations and
28 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
29 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
30 residents of the county at any such driver's license
31 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
32 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
33 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
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1 Code.
2 The county clerk shall appoint each of the following
3 named persons as deputy registrars upon the written request
4 of such persons:
5 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
6 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
7 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
8 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
9 county, at such library.
10 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
11 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
12 or vocational school situated within the election
13 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
14 resident of the county, at such school. The county clerk
15 shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
16 high school, elementary school, and vocational school
17 situated within the election jurisdiction of their
18 eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
19 training courses for service as deputy registrars at
20 conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior
21 to every election.
22 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
23 by the president, of any university, college, community
24 college, academy or other institution of learning
25 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
26 the registrations of any resident of the county, at such
27 university, college, community college, academy or
28 institution.
29 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
30 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
31 qualified members designated by such official, who may
32 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
33 county.
34 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
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1 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
2 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
3 members designated by such official, who may accept the
4 registration of any qualified resident of the county. In
5 determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
6 appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
7 of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
8 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
9 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
10 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
11 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
12 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
13 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
14 event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
15 applicable to every civic organization requesting
16 appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The
17 State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for
18 certification of bona fide State civic organizations.
19 Such appointments shall be made for a period not to
20 exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day of
21 the month following the month of the general election,
22 and shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
23 as provided by this Code during the terms of such
24 appointments.
25 6. (Blank) The Director of the Illinois Department
26 of Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
27 designated by the Director and located at public aid
28 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
29 resident of the county at any such public aid office.
30 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
31 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
32 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
33 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
34 resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
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1 8. The president of any corporation as defined by
2 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
3 number of employees designated by such president, who may
4 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
5 county.
6 If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
7 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
8 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
9 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
10 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
11 appointed as deputy registrar.
12 The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
13 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
14 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
15 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
16 consideration to both population concentration and area.
17 Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
18 that there are an equal number from each of the 2 major
19 political parties in the election jurisdiction. The county
20 clerk, in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall
21 make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted by
22 the Chairman of the County Central Committee of the
23 applicant's political party. A Chairman of a County Central
24 Committee shall submit a list of applicants to the county
25 clerk by November 30 of each year. The county clerk may
26 require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
27 supplemental list of applicants.
28 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
29 other than the 28 day period preceding an election. All
30 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
31 voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
32 following oath or affirmation:
33 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
34 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
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1 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
2 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
3 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register
4 no person nor cause the registration of any person except
5 upon his personal application before me.
6 ...............................
7 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
8 This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or
9 by one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
10 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
11 filed with the county clerk.
12 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
13 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
14 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
15 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
16 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
17 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen
18 shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the
19 county convention following the general primary at which they
20 were elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
21 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
22 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
23 appointees.
24 (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training
25 all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
26 at times and locations reasonably convenient for both the
27 county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
28 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
29 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
30 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
31 removal for cause.
32 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
33 of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
34 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
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1 days, except that completed registration materials received
2 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
3 and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
4 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
5 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
6 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
7 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
8 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
9 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
10 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
11 next working day following the close of registration.
12 (d) The county clerk shall not be required to provide
13 additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
14 registration forms unaccounted for during the preceding 12
15 month period.
16 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
17 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
18 performance of his or her duties.
19 (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
20 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.
21 Such deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
22 the county clerk.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/5-16.4 new)
25 Sec. 5-16.4. In addition to registration conducted by
26 the registration officer or deputy registrar, the election
27 authority shall make Voter Registration Applications as
28 provided in Section 3A-3 available in private and
29 governmental locations throughout the jurisdiction in
30 sufficient numbers for the convenience of persons desiring to
31 apply for voter registration by mail. Such locations shall
32 be selected by the election authority in a non-discriminatory
33 manner. The forms shall be suitable for mailing though may
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1 not necessarily bear postage. Instructions for completion of
2 the application shall be attached and shall be as prescribed
3 by rule of the State Board of Elections. The voter
4 registration application dispenser or holder shall bear a
5 uniform logo designed by the State Board of Elections to
6 identify the use of the forms.
7 (10 ILCS 5/5-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-19)
8 Sec. 5-19. Only persons residing within the corporate
9 limits of a city, village or incorporated town wherein this
10 Article 5 is in effect, shall be permitted to register in the
11 office of the clerk of the respective city, village or
12 incorporated town in which they reside and then only during
13 the periods provided by Section 5-5 of this Article 5.
14 Within 24 hours after a person has registered in the
15 office of the clerk of a city, village or incorporated town,
16 the said clerk shall transmit by mail or cause to be
17 delivered to the County Clerk the registration application
18 forms original and duplicate registration cards of the person
19 who has registered in his office.
20 Only persons who reside within the limits of a town in a
21 county wherein this Article 5 is in effect shall be permitted
22 to register in the office of the town clerk of the respective
23 towns in which they reside and then only during the periods
24 provided by Section 5-5 of this Article 5.
25 Within 24 hours after a person not residing within the
26 corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town has
27 registered in the office of a town clerk, the town clerk
28 shall transmit by mail or cause to be delivered to the county
29 clerk the registration application forms original and
30 duplicate cards of the person who has registered in his
31 office. Within 24 hours after a person who resides within the
32 limits of a city, village or incorporated town has registered
33 in the office of a town clerk, the town clerk shall transmit
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1 by mail or cause to be delivered the registration application
2 forms original and duplicate cards of the person so
3 registered to the county clerk.
4 Any person residing in the territory wherein this Article
5 5 is in effect, may register in the office of the county
6 clerk during the hours, and within the periods provided by
7 Section 5-5 of this Article 5.
8 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/5-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-20)
10 Sec. 5-20. Registrations under the above section shall be
11 made in the manner provided by Sections 5-7 and 5-9, but
12 electors whose registrations are marked "Incomplete" may make
13 the applications provided by Section 5-9 only on Monday and
14 Tuesday of the third week prior to the week in which the
15 election for officers, for which they are permitted to vote,
16 is to be held. The subsequent procedure with reference to
17 said applications cards shall be the same as that provided
18 for voters registering under Section 5-19 except that the
19 election referred to shall be the election at which the
20 applicant would be permitted to vote if otherwise qualified.
21 (Source: Laws 1949, p. 855.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/5-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-21)
23 Sec. 5-21. To each person who registers at the office of
24 the county, city, village, incorporated town or town clerk,
25 or any place designated by the Board of County Commissioners
26 under Section 5-17 of Article 5 and within five days
27 thereafter, the County Clerk shall send by mail a Disposition
28 of Registration as provided for in Section 3A-7 notice
29 setting forth the elector's name and address as it appears on
30 the voter registration application. record card, and shall
31 request him in case of any error to present the notice on or
32 before the seventh day next ensuing at the office of the
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1 County Clerk in order to secure the correction of the error.
2 Such notice shall contain on the outside a request for the
3 postmaster to return it within five days if it cannot be
4 delivered to the addressee at the address given thereon. Upon
5 the return by the post office of such notice which it has
6 been unable to deliver at the given address because the
7 addressee cannot be found there, a notice shall be at once
8 sent through the United States mail to such person at the
9 address appearing upon his registration record card requiring
10 him to appear before the County Clerk, within five days, to
11 answer questions touching his right to register. If the
12 person notified fails to appear at the County Clerk's office
13 within five days as directed or if he appears and fails to
14 prove his right to register, the County Clerk shall cancel
15 his registration.
16 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/5-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-22)
18 Sec. 5-22. As soon as possible after the precinct
19 registration held under Section 5-6 and again after the
20 registrations provided by Section 5-17 of this Article 5, the
21 County Clerk shall require all city, village and incorporated
22 town clerks to call at his office and shall give written and
23 verbal instructions relative to duties under this Article 5
24 to all city, village and incorporated town clerks, and shall
25 also supply them with, and get their receipts for blank
26 registration application forms cards to enable them to
27 perform their duties with respect to the registration of
28 voters in their offices under Section 5-19 of this Article 5.
29 As soon as possible after the precinct registration held
30 under Section 5-6 of this Article, the County Clerk shall
31 require all town clerks to appear at his office at which time
32 he shall give them verbal and written instructions relative
33 to their duties under this Article 5, and at the same time he
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1 shall also supply them with and get their receipts for blank
2 registration application forms cards to enable them to
3 perform their duties with respect to the registration of
4 voters in their offices under Section 5-19 of this Article 5.
5 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/5-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-23)
7 Sec. 5-23. Any registered voter who changes his residence
8 from one address, number or place to another within the same
9 county wherein this Article 5 is in effect, may have his
10 registration transferred to his new address by making and
11 signing an application for such change of residence upon a
12 form to be provided by the county clerk. Such application
13 must be made to the office of the county clerk. In case the
14 person is unable to sign his name the county clerk shall
15 require such person to execute the request in the presence of
16 the county clerk or of his properly authorized
17 representative, by his mark, and if satisfied of the identity
18 of the person, the county clerk shall make the transfer.
19 Upon receipt of such application, the county clerk, or
20 one of his employees deputized to take registrations shall
21 cause the signature of the voter and the data appearing upon
22 the application to be compared with the signature and data on
23 the existing Voter Registration Application registration
24 record, and if it appears that the applicant is the same
25 person as the party previously registered under that name the
26 transfer shall be made.
27 Transfer of registration under the provisions of this
28 Section may not be made within the period when the county
29 clerk's office is closed to registration prior to an election
30 at which such voter would be entitled to vote, except that
31 transfers of registration made by mail shall be deemed as
32 timely submitted if postmarked prior to the 28 days preceding
33 any election or if the postmark is illegible or not in
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1 evidence received in the office of the county clerk no later
2 than 5 calendar days after the close of registration.
3 Any registered voter who changes his or her name by
4 marriage or otherwise, shall be required to register anew and
5 authorize the cancellation of the previous registration;
6 provided, however, that if the change of name takes place
7 within a period during which such new registration cannot be
8 made, next preceding any election or primary, the elector
9 may, if otherwise qualified, vote upon making the following
10 affidavit before the judges of election:
11 I do solemnly swear that I am the same person now
12 registered in the .... precinct of the .... ward of the city
13 of .... or .... District Town of .... under the name of ....
14 and that I still reside in said precinct or district.
15 (Signed) ....
16 When a removal of a registered voter takes place from one
17 address to another within the same election jurisdiction
18 precinct within a period during which such transfer of
19 registration cannot be made, before any election or primary,
20 he shall be entitled to vote upon presenting to the judges of
21 election an affidavit of a change and having said affidavit
22 supported by the affidavit of a qualified voter of the same
23 election jurisdiction precinct.
24 Suitable forms for this purpose shall be provided by the
25 county clerk. The form in all cases shall be similar to the
26 form furnished by the county clerk for county and state
27 elections.
28 The precinct election officials shall report to the
29 county clerk the names and addresses of all such persons who
30 have changed their addresses and voted. The city, village,
31 town and incorporated town clerks shall within 5 five days
32 after every election report to the county clerk the names and
33 addresses of the persons reported to them as having voted by
34 affidavit as in this section provided.
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1 The county clerk may obtain information from utility
2 companies, city, village, town and incorporated town records,
3 the post office or from other sources regarding the change of
4 address removal of registered voters and notify such voters
5 that a transfer of registration may be made in the manner
6 provided by this section.
7 If any person be registered by error in a precinct other
8 than that in which he resides the county clerk shall be
9 empowered to transfer his registration to the proper
10 precinct.
11 Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
12 the board of county commissioners, the county clerk shall
13 immediately transfer to the proper precinct the registration
14 of any voter affected by such revision or rearrangement of
15 the precincts; make the proper notations on the registration
16 cards of a voter affected by the revision of registration and
17 shall notify the registrant of such change.
18 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/5-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25)
20 Sec. 5-25. The county clerk on his own initiative or upon
21 order of the board of county commissioners shall at all times
22 have authority to conduct investigations in a
23 non-discriminatory manner investigation and to make canvasses
24 of the registered voters in any precinct canvass or at other
25 times and by other methods than those so prescribed. However,
26 the county clerk shall conduct a verification of voter
27 registrations at least once in every 2 years as prescribed in
28 Section 3A-9, and shall cause the cancellation of
29 registration of persons who have ceased to be qualified
30 voters. Such verification shall be accomplished by one of
31 the following methods: (1) precinct canvass conducted by 2
32 qualified persons of opposite party affiliation appointed by
33 the county clerk or (2) written request for verification sent
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1 to each registered voter by first class mail, not forwardable
2 or (3) an alternative method of verification submitted in
3 writing to and approved by the State Board of Elections at a
4 public meeting not less than 60 days prior to the date which
5 the county clerk has fixed for implementation of that method
6 of verification; provided, that the county clerk shall submit
7 to the State Board of Elections a written statement of the
8 results obtained by use of such alternative method within 30
9 days of completion of the verification. In each precinct one
10 canvasser may be appointed from outside such precinct if not
11 enough other qualified persons who reside within the precinct
12 can be found to serve as canvasser in such precinct. The one
13 canvasser so appointed to serve in any precinct in which he
14 is not entitled to vote prior to the election must be
15 entitled to vote elsewhere within the ward or township which
16 includes within its boundaries the precinct in which such
17 canvasser is appointed and such canvasser must be otherwise
18 qualified. If upon the basis of investigation or canvasses,
19 the county clerk shall be of the opinion that any person
20 registered under this Article 5 is not a qualified voter or
21 has ceased to be a qualified voter, he shall send a notice
22 through the United States mail to such person and follow the
23 procedures set forth in Section 3A-9, requiring him to appear
24 before the county clerk for a hearing within ten days after
25 the date of mailing such notice and show cause why his
26 registration shall not be cancelled. If such person fails to
27 appear within such time as provided, his registration shall
28 be cancelled. If such a person does appear, he shall make an
29 affidavit similar in every respect to the affidavit required
30 of applicants under Section 5-16 of this Article 5.
31 (Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/5-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-28)
33 Sec. 5-28. The original registration applications record
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1 cards shall remain permanently in the office of the county
2 clerk except as destroyed as provided in Section 5-6; shall
3 be filed alphabetically with or without regard to precincts,
4 as determined by the county clerk; and shall be known as the
5 master file. An official registry of voters shall be compiled
6 for use in the polling place on election day for all
7 elections subject to the provisions of this Article 5. This
8 registry shall be an alphabetical or geographical listing of
9 all registered voters by precinct so as to correspond with
10 the arrangement of the list for such precincts compiled
11 pursuant to Section 5-14 and shall be known as the precinct
12 file.
13 The precinct file shall be in the form of a computer
14 printout as provided for in Section 5-28.2 or consist of
15 duplicate registration cards and true duplicates of Voter
16 Registration Applications as provided for in Section 5-28.3.
17 In either instance, it shall be a true and accurate listing
18 of every registered voter for every precinct within the
19 jurisdiction. The duplicate registration record cards shall
20 constitute the official registry of voters for all elections
21 and shall be filed by precincts and townships. The precinct
22 file duplicate cards for use in conducting elections shall be
23 delivered to the judges of election by the county clerk in a
24 suitable binder or other device, which shall be locked and
25 sealed in accordance with the directions to be given by the
26 county clerk and shall also be suitably indexed for
27 convenient use by the precinct officers. The precinct files
28 shall be delivered to the judges of election for use at the
29 polls for elections at the same time as the official ballots
30 are delivered to them, and shall be returned to the county
31 clerk by the judges of election within the time provided for
32 the return of the official ballots. The county clerk shall
33 determine the manner of return and delivery of such file.
34 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/5-28.2 new)
2 Sec. 5-28.2. All precinct files in the form of a computer
3 printout shall contain the date of the election for which it
4 was generated, the precinct number or other identifier, the
5 number of registered voters in the precinct, and such other
6 information as prescribed by rule of the State Board of
7 Elections and shall include but not be limited to the
8 following information concerning each registered voter of the
9 precinct as attested to on the Voter Registration
10 Application: last name, first name, and middle name or
11 initial; residence address; date of birth, if provided; and
12 sex; and shall include a true duplicate of the voter's
13 signature. Space shall be provided to record voter
14 participation at that election. Reproduction of the voter's
15 signature and its clarity, security, and source document
16 shall be in accord with rule of the State Board of Elections
17 and must not be provided for any other purpose. Violation of
18 this signature reproduction restriction shall be a Class 3
19 felony and any person who is convicted of violating this
20 Section shall be ineligible for public employment for a
21 period of 5 years immediately following the completion of
22 that sentence.
23 (10 ILCS 5/5-28.3 new)
24 Sec. 5-28.3. Precinct files consisting of duplicate
25 registration cards and true duplicates of voter registration
26 applications shall be alphabetically arranged and up-dated
27 prior to each election. Such true duplicates must be clear
28 and of the same size as the original and be true duplicates
29 of the front and back of the original. Rule of the State
30 Board of Elections shall prescribe the weight of paper of the
31 true duplicates and other specifications necessary to ensure
32 a legible and durable precinct file.
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1 (10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
2 Sec. 5-29. Upon application to vote, except as
3 hereinafter provided for absent electors, each registered
4 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
5 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
6 "Certificate of Registered Voter
7 Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
8 City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
9 Village of................................Precinct..........;
10 Election.....................................................
11 (date) (month) (year)
12 Registration record
13 Checked by.....................
14 Voter's number..................
15 Instruction to voters
16 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
17 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
18 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
19 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
20 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
21 below and am qualified to vote.
22 Signature of voter ...............
23 Residence address ..............."
24 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
25 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
26 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
27 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
28 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
29 requested to provide his social security number when the
30 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
31 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
32 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
33 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
34 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
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1 certificate:
2 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
3 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
4 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
5 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
6 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
7 Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by
8 the county clerk for all elections.
9 The Judges in charge of the precinct registration files
10 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
11 signature in on the precinct files registration record card
12 as a means of identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such
13 signature comparison that the applicant to vote is the
14 identical person who is registered under the same name, the
15 Judges shall ask such applicant the questions for
16 identification which appear in on the precinct file
17 registration card and if the applicant does not prove to the
18 satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
19 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
20 name in question then the vote for such applicant shall be
21 challenged by a Judge of Election, and the same procedure
22 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
23 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge
24 of Election shall check the data in on the precinct file
25 registration card and shall check the address given, with the
26 registered address, in order to determine whether he is
27 entitled to vote.
28 One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate
29 of each applicant for a ballot after the precinct file
30 registration record has been examined and shall sign his
31 initials on the certificate in the space provided therefor,
32 and shall enter upon such certificate the number of the voter
33 in the place provided therefor, and make an entry in the
34 voting record space in on the precinct file registration
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1 record, to indicate whether or not the applicant voted. Such
2 judge shall then hand such certificate back to the applicant
3 in case he is permitted to vote, and such applicant shall
4 hand it to the judge of election in charge of the ballots.
5 The certificates of the voters shall be filed in the order in
6 which they are received and shall constitute an official poll
7 record. The term "Poll Lists" and "Poll Books" where used in
8 this Article 5 shall be construed to apply to such official
9 poll records.
10 After each general primary election the county clerk
11 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
12 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
13 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
14 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
15 county clerk, within 60 days after the general primary
16 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
17 chairman of the county central committee of each established
18 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
19 representative.
20 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
21 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
22 chairman of the county central committee of each established
23 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
24 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
25 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
26 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
27 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
28 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
29 election of 1982.
30 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
31 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
32 of the 2 preceding paragraph paragraphs.
33 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
34 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
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1 name registration record card is not found in the precinct
2 file registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
3 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
4 list of voters and whose name has not been erased or
5 withdrawn from such register, it shall be the duty of any one
6 of the Judges of Election shall to require an affidavit by
7 such person and two voters residing in the precinct before
8 the judges of election that he is the same person whose name
9 appears upon the precinct register and that he resides in the
10 precinct stating the street number of his residence. Forms
11 for such affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for
12 all elections. Upon the making of such affidavit and the
13 presentation of his certificate such elector shall be
14 entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this paragraph
15 shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an
16 envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30
17 days after such election to take steps provided by Section
18 5-27 of this Article 5 for the execution of new registration
19 affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions of
20 this paragraph.
21 Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made
22 by registered voters and under the provisions of Article 19
23 of this Code act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election
24 in lieu of the "certificate of registered voter" provided for
25 in this Section.
26 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
27 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
28 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
29 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
30 central committee of an established political party or to the
31 chairman's duly authorized representative.
32 Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously, the
33 election authority charged with the duty of providing
34 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
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1 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
2 which of the elections he desires to vote.
3 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
4 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
5 by use of the information contained on the precinct file
6 voter registration cards or the separate registration lists
7 or other means approved by the State Board of Elections and
8 prepared and supplied by the election authority. The voter's
9 certificate shall be so marked by the judges as to show the
10 respective ballots which the voter is given.
11 (Source: P.A. 84-809; 84-832.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/5-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-36)
13 Sec. 5-36. In the event that the voters of any city,
14 village or incorporated town (in any county having a
15 population of 500,000 or more) which has adopted Articles 6,
16 14 and 18 of this Act (or the Act of which they are a
17 continuation) shall reject the city election law as provided
18 by said Article 6, it shall not be necessary for the
19 registered voters of said city, so rejecting the city
20 election law to register again under the provisions of this
21 Article 5 unless they are not registered under the 1961 and
22 1962 re-registration provisions.
23 Within twenty-four hours after the Circuit Judge has
24 entered his order declaring Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act
25 rejected by the voters of any city, village, or incorporated
26 town, it shall be the duty of the Board of Election
27 Commissioners formerly having jurisdiction over elections
28 held in such city, village or incorporated town to turn over
29 to the County Clerk the original and any duplicate Voter
30 Registration Applications cards of all persons affected by
31 the rejection of the city election law in said city, village
32 or incorporated town; the said Board of Election
33 Commissioners shall also turn over to the County Clerk all
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1 forms, papers and other instruments pertaining to the
2 registration and election of voters within the said city,
3 village or incorporated town that rejected the city election
4 law, and they shall also cause to be delivered to the clerk
5 of any such city, village or incorporated town that rejected
6 the city election law, all booths and ballot boxes formerly
7 used in conducting elections in said city, village or
8 incorporated town.
9 The original registration applications cards of the
10 voters turned over to the County Clerk by the Board of
11 Election Commissioners shall be placed in a master file
12 together with the registration forms cards of all voters who
13 previously registered under the provisions of this Article 5
14 and said forms cards shall then become part of the official
15 registration record for the county in which this Article 5 is
16 in effect.
17 Precinct files consisting of duplicate cards and true
18 duplicates of Voter Registration Applications The duplicate
19 cards shall be arranged in precinct order and shall be
20 retained in the office of the county clerk for use in
21 conducting State, county and township elections. The precinct
22 file said duplicate cards shall become part of the official
23 registration record for the county in which this Article 5 is
24 in effect.
25 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/5-37.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-37.1)
27 Sec. 5-37.1. If any area becomes subject to a board of
28 election commissioners by reason of annexation to a city,
29 village or incorporated town subject to such a board or
30 ceases to be subject to a board of election commissioners by
31 reason of disconnection from such a city, village or
32 incorporated town, it shall not be necessary for the
33 registered voters in such area to register again, either
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1 under this Article or Article 6.
2 As soon as practicable after such annexation or
3 disconnection, the county clerk or board of election
4 commissioners, as the case may be, shall turn over to officer
5 or officers thereafter to be charged with the registration of
6 voters within the area affected (the board of election
7 commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be) the Voter
8 Registration Applications original and duplicate registration
9 cards of all registered voters in the annexed or disconnected
10 area.
11 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 405.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/6-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-24)
13 Sec. 6-24. Within 20 days after such first appointment
14 shall be made, such commissioners shall organize as a board
15 by electing one of their number as chairman and one as
16 secretary, and they shall perform the duties incident to such
17 offices. And upon every new appointment of a commissioner,
18 such board shall reorganize in like manner. Each
19 commissioner, before taking his seat in such board, shall
20 take an oath of office before the court, which in substance
21 shall be in the following form:
22 "I, .... do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I am a
23 citizen of the United States, and have resided in the State
24 of Illinois for a period of 2 years last past, and that I am
25 a legal voter and resident of the jurisdiction of the
26 .......... Board of Election Commissioners. That I will
27 support the Constitution of the United States and of the
28 State of Illinois, and the laws passed in pursuance thereof,
29 to the best of my ability, and will faithfully and honestly
30 discharge the duties of the office of election commissioner."
31 Where the 2 year residence requirement is waived by the
32 appointing court, the provision pertaining to the 2 year
33 residence requirement shall be omitted from the oath of
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1 office.
2 Which oath, when subscribed and sworn to before such
3 court shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of
4 said county and be there preserved. Such commissioner shall
5 also, before taking such oath, give an official bond in the
6 sum of $10,000.00 with two securities, to be approved by said
7 court, conditioned for the faithful and honest performance of
8 his duties and the preservation of the property of his
9 office. Such board of commissioners shall at once secure and
10 open an office sufficient for the purposes of such board,
11 which shall be kept open during ordinary business hours of
12 each week day and such other days and such other times as the
13 board may direct or as otherwise required by law, legal
14 holidays excepted; provided that such office shall be kept
15 open from the time of opening the polls on the day of any
16 election, primary or general, and until all returns of that
17 election have been received from each precinct under the
18 jurisdiction of such Board. Upon the opening of such office
19 the county clerk of the county in which such city, village or
20 incorporated town is situated shall, upon demand, turn over
21 to such board all registry books, registration record cards,
22 voter registration applications, precinct files, poll books,
23 tally sheets and ballot boxes heretofore used and all other
24 books, forms, blanks and stationery of every description in
25 his hands in any way relating to elections or the holding of
26 elections within such city, village or incorporated town.
27 (Source: P.A. 80-1437.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/6-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-27)
29 Sec. 6-27. Every person having resided in the State and
30 in election precinct 30 days next preceding any election
31 therein and who shall be a citizen of the United States of
32 the age of 18 or more years, shall be entitled to vote at
33 such elections described in the last preceding Section.
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1 After the first registration provided by this Article,
2 the vote of no person, other than an elector voting pursuant
3 to Article 20 of this Act or exempt under Section 6-67.01 or
4 6-67.02 of this Article from registration, shall be received
5 in any election conducted under the provisions of this
6 Article 6 or Articles 14 and 18 of this Act unless such
7 person has registered under the provisions of Article 3A or
8 of this Article in the precinct in which such person resides.
9 For the purposes of this Article, the word "election" shall
10 include primary.
11 No person shall be entitled to be registered in or from
12 any precinct unless such person shall, by the date of the
13 election next following, have resided in the State and within
14 the precinct for 30 days, and be otherwise qualified to vote
15 at such election. Every applicant who shall be 18 years of
16 age on the day of the next election shall be permitted to
17 register, if otherwise qualified.
18 To constitute residence under this Act, Article 3 is
19 controlling.
20 (Source: P.A. 81-953.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/6-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-28)
22 Sec. 6-28. The first registration under this Article
23 shall be that preceding the election to be held on the first
24 Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936.
25 Registration for such election shall be conducted by the
26 Board of Election Commissioners, shall be either at the
27 office of such Board or in the precinct, as hereinafter
28 provided in this Article, and shall be upon registration
29 record cards in the manner application forms provided by this
30 Article the election authority or as otherwise provided by
31 this Code. Such first registration under this Article and
32 subsequent revisions thereof shall be under the full charge
33 and control of the Board of Election Commissioners, and the
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1 expenses thereof shall be paid in the manner provided by this
2 Article. It shall be the duty of such board to give timely
3 notice through the press of the time and place of such first
4 registration.
5 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
7 Sec. 6-29. For the purpose of registering voters under
8 this Article, the office of the Board of Election
9 Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
10 each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
11 four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
12 registration preceding each election, and such other days and
13 such other times as the board may direct. During the 28 days
14 immediately preceding any election there shall be no
15 registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election
16 Commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
17 fewer than 200,000 inhabitants. In cities, villages and
18 incorporated towns of 200,000 or more inhabitants, there
19 shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board
20 of Election Commissioners during the 28 35 days immediately
21 preceding any election; provided, however, where no precinct
22 registration is being conducted prior to any election then
23 registration may be taken in the office of the Board up to
24 and including the 29th day prior to such election. The Board
25 of Election Commissioners may set up and establish as many
26 branch offices for the purpose of taking registrations as it
27 may deem necessary, and the branch offices may be open on any
28 or all dates and hours during which registrations may be
29 taken in the main office. All officers and employees of the
30 Board of Election Commissioners who are authorized by such
31 board to take registrations under this Article shall be
32 considered officers of the circuit court, and shall be
33 subject to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of
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1 this Act with respect to judges of election.
2 In any election called for the submission of the revision
3 or alteration of, or the amendments to the Constitution,
4 submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
5 registration at the office of the election authority charged
6 with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
7 15th day prior to the date of election.
8 The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
9 more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
10 each team, for the purpose of accepting the registration of
11 any voter who files an affidavit, within the period for
12 taking registrations provided for in this article, that he is
13 physically unable to appear at the office of the Board or at
14 any appointed place of registration. On the day or days when
15 a precinct registration is being conducted such teams shall
16 consist of one member from each of the 2 leading political
17 parties who are serving on the Precinct Registration Board.
18 Each team so designated shall visit each disabled person and
19 shall accept the registration of such person the same as if
20 he had applied for registration in person.
21 Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
22 county of residence due to business of the United States, or
23 who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
24 the United States, may make application to become registered
25 by mail as provided in Section 3A-3 to the Board of Election
26 Commissioners within the periods for registration provided
27 for in this Article or by simultaneous application for
28 absentee registration and absentee ballot as provided in
29 Article 20 of this Code.
30 Upon receipt of such application the Board of Election
31 Commissioners shall immediately mail an affidavit of
32 registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain the
33 following and such other information as the State Board of
34 Elections may think it proper to require for the
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1 identification of the applicant:
2 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
3 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
4 initial for such middle name, if any.
5 Sex.
6 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
7 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
8 definite description as may be necessary to determine the
9 exact location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
10 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
11 section, congressional township and range number may be used,
12 or such other information as may be necessary, including post
13 office mailing address.
14 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
15 precinct.
16 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
17 was born.
18 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
19 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
20 naturalization.
21 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
22 Out of State address of ..................
23 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
24 State of .........)
25 ) ss.
26 County of ........)
27 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
28 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
29 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
30 precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
31 am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
32 that I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois,
33 and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
34 State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
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1 ..............................
2 (His or her signature or mark)
3 Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified
4 to administer oaths, on (insert date).
5 ........................................
6 Signature of officer administering oath.
7 Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
8 Registration, the Board of Election Commissioners shall
9 transfer the information contained thereon to duplicate
10 Registration Cards provided for in Section 6-35 of this
11 Article and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the
12 duplicate affidavit of registration and thereafter such
13 registration card and affidavit shall constitute the
14 registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
15 registration in person.
16 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
18 Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
19 provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
20 registration of electors which shall be known as registration
21 record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
22 cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
23 figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall
24 consist of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the
25 data required thereon. The registration record cards, which
26 shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
27 provided, shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of
28 which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the
29 original made by the use of other method or material used for
30 making simultaneous true copies or duplications.
31 The registration record card shall contain the following
32 and such other information as the Board of Election
33 Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
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1 identification of the applicant for registration:
2 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
3 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
4 initial for such middle name, if any.
5 Sex.
6 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
7 other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
8 or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
9 lot number, and such additional clear and definite
10 description as may be necessary to determine the exact
11 location of the dwelling of the applicant, including
12 post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless
13 individual, the individual's voting residence that is his or
14 her mailing address shall be included on his or her
15 registration record card.
16 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
17 precinct.
18 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
19 was born.
20 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
21 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
22 naturalization.
23 Date of application for registration, i.e., the day,
24 month and year when the applicant presented himself for
25 registration.
26 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
27 Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
28 of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
29 The county and state in which the applicant was last
30 registered.
31 Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration
32 and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
33 registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
34 to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
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1 registration record card.
2 Signature of deputy registrar.
3 In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may
4 affix his mark to the affidavit. In such case the
5 registration officer shall write a detailed description of
6 the applicant in the space provided at the bottom of the card
7 or sheet; and shall ask the following questions and record
8 the answers thereto:
9 Father's first name .........................
10 Mother's first name .........................
11 From what address did you last register? ....
12 Reason for inability to sign name ...........
13 Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit
14 in substantially the following form:
15 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
16 State of Illinois )
17 )ss
18 County of ....... )
19 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
20 United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
21 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
22 precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
23 residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
24 above statements are true.
25 ..............................
26 (His or her signature or mark)
27 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
28 ......................................
29 Signature of registration officer
30 (to be signed in presence of registrant).
31 Space shall be provided upon the face of each
32 registration record card for the notation of the voting
33 record of the person registered thereon.
34 Each registration record card shall be numbered according
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1 to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be
2 serially or otherwise marked for identification in such
3 manner as the Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
4 The voter registration applications cards shall be deemed
5 public records and shall be open to inspection during regular
6 business hours, except during the 28 days immediately
7 preceding any election. On written request of any candidate
8 or objector or any person intending to object to a petition,
9 the election authority shall extend its hours for inspection
10 of registration applications cards and other records of the
11 election authority during the period beginning with the
12 filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or 28-3
13 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
14 hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
15 of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
16 authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
17 sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
18 the records but the election authority is not required to
19 extend its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal
20 opening for business and ending at midnight. If the business
21 hours are so extended, the election authority shall post a
22 public notice of such extended hours. Registration
23 applications record cards may also be inspected, upon
24 approval of the officer in charge of the forms cards, during
25 the 28 days immediately preceding any election. Registration
26 information found in the precinct file as provided in Section
27 6-65 record cards shall also be open to inspection by
28 certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
29 polling place on election day, but only to the extent
30 necessary to determine the question of the right of a person
31 to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall
32 poll watchers or challengers be allowed to physically handle
33 the precinct file registration record cards.
34 Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
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1 other electronic data processing information containing voter
2 registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
3 Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
4 May 15 each year to the State Board of Elections in a form
5 prescribed by the State Board. Registration information
6 shall include, but not be limited to, the following
7 information: name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any,
8 date of birth, if available, age, party affiliation, if
9 applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, and
10 representative, legislative and congressional districts. In
11 the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
12 directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
13 nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by
14 instituting legal proceedings in the circuit court of the
15 county in which the election authority maintains the
16 registration information. The costs of furnishing updated
17 copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034
18 per name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction,
19 but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from
20 appropriations made to the State Board of Elections for
21 reimbursement to the election authority for such purpose. The
22 State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
23 electronic data or compilations thereof to state political
24 committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign
25 Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at their
26 request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes, discs
27 or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board of
28 Election Commissioners to local political committees at their
29 request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the
30 tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost of
31 duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
32 representing a political committee requesting copies of such
33 tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
34 be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by
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1 or for candidates for office or incumbent office holders.
2 Such tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used
3 under any circumstances by any political committee or
4 individuals for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
5 business purposes. If such tapes contain information on
6 county residents related to the operations of county
7 government in addition to registration information, that
8 information shall not be used under any circumstances for
9 commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The
10 prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes
11 or computer discs or other electronic data processing
12 information containing voter registration information for
13 purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
14 purposes shall be prospective only from the effective date of
15 this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
16 provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
17 The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
18 1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
19 uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
20 of voter registration information. The regulations shall
21 include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
22 uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
23 be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
24 electronic data processing of voter registration information.
25 Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
26 of voter registration information shall comply with such
27 regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
28 If the applicant for registration was last registered in
29 another county within this State, he shall also sign a
30 certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
31 registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
32 following form:
33 To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
34 To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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1 This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
2 (city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of
3 your (county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
4 registration in your office.
5 Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
6 ....................
7 (Signature of Voter)
8 Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
9 of...., Illinois.
10 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
11 by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
12 (or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
13 applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
14 certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any
15 previous registration.
16 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.01)
18 Sec. 6-35.01. If an applicant for registration reports a
19 permanent physical disability which would require assistance
20 in voting, the board of election commissioners shall mark all
21 his registration forms cards in the right margin on the front
22 of the form card with a band of ink running the full margin
23 which shall be of contrast to, and easily distinguishable
24 from, the color of the form card. If an applicant for
25 registration attests declares upon properly witnessed oath,
26 with his signature or mark affixed, that he cannot read the
27 English language and that he will require assistance in
28 voting, all his registration forms cards shall be marked in a
29 manner similar to the marking on the forms cards of a voter
30 who requires assistance because of physical disability,
31 except that the marking shall be of a different
32 distinguishing color. Following each election the forms cards
33 of any voter who has requested assistance as a disabled
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1 voter, and has stated that the disability is permanent, or
2 who has received assistance because of inability to read the
3 English language, shall be marked in the same manner.
4 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3524.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
6 Sec. 6-35.03. If the applicant for registration in the
7 office of the election authority or before a deputy registrar
8 was last registered in another election jurisdiction within
9 this State, he or she shall also sign a certificate
10 authorizing cancellation of the former registration. The
11 certificate shall be in substantially the following form:
12 To the County Clerk of ... County, Illinois.
13 To the Election Commission of the (city) (county)
14 of....., Illinois. This is to certify that I am registered in
15 your (county) (city) and that my residence
16 was................ Having moved out of your (county) (city),
17 I hereby authorize you to cancel the registration in your
18 office.
19 Dated at ..., Illinois, (insert date)
20 ............................
21 (Signature of Voter)
22 Attest: ..................., Clerk, Election Commission
23 ............(city), Illinois
24 The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
25 by the election authority to the county (or election
26 commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
27 formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
28 full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
29 The State Board of Elections shall design a registration
30 record card which, except as otherwise provided in this
31 Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
32 authorities in the State, except those election authorities
33 adopting a computer-based voter registration file authorized
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1 under Section 6-79. The Board shall prescribe the form and
2 specifications, including but not limited to the weight of
3 paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards shall
4 contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
5 Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this Code; provided, that such
6 cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
7 social security number, which shall be required to the extent
8 allowed by law but in no case shall the applicant provide
9 fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security number,
10 and a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
11 Except for those election authorities adopting a
12 computer-based voter registration file authorized under
13 Section 6-79, the original and duplicate cards shall
14 respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
15 registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to
16 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
17 completed transfer of registration.
18 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
19 same election jurisdiction or to another election
20 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
21 registration by presenting his or her copy to the election
22 authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not in
23 possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may
24 effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit
25 of Cancellation of Previous Registration or by submitting a
26 completed Voter Registration Application. Any transfer or
27 registration received in the office of the election authority
28 or postmarked prior to the close of registration shall be
29 deemed to be timely filed. If a postmark is not in evidence
30 or legible, it shall be considered as timely filed if
31 received in the office of the election authority no later
32 than 5 calendar days after the close of registration.
33 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
34 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
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1 the voter's copy or such affidavit to the election authority
2 of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which shall
3 immediately cause the transmission of the voter's previous
4 registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
5 transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall
6 be complete until the voter's old election authority receives
7 notification.
8 Deputy registrars shall return all Voter Registration
9 Applications copies of registration record cards or
10 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
11 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
12 thereof. Such forms copies or Affidavits of Cancellation of
13 Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
14 between the 35th and 29th day preceding an election shall be
15 returned by the deputy registrars within 48 hours after
16 receipt thereof. Such Voter Registration Applications copies
17 or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
18 received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day preceding
19 an election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
20 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/6-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-36)
23 Sec. 6-36. The board of election commissioners shall
24 supply deputy registrars and judges of registration with
25 registration forms and shall fully instruct them in their
26 duties. Each deputy registrar and judge of registration shall
27 receipt to the board of election commissioners for all blank
28 voter registration application forms record cards issued to
29 them, specifying therein the number of the blanks received by
30 them, and each such deputy registrar and judge of
31 registration shall be charged with such blanks until he
32 returns them to the board of election commissioners. If for
33 any cause a blank voter registration application form record
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1 card is mutilated or rendered unfit for use in making it out,
2 or if a mistake therein has been made, such blank shall not
3 be destroyed, but the word "mutilated" shall be written
4 across the face of such form blank, and such form blank shall
5 be returned to the board of election commissioners and shall
6 be preserved in the same manner and for the same length of
7 time as mutilated ballots. When any registration shall have
8 been completed, each deputy registrar and judge of
9 registration shall return all voter registration application
10 forms record cards to the board of election commissioners
11 whether such forms cards have been filled out and executed or
12 whether they are unused, or whether they have been mutilated.
13 Deputy registrars and judges of registration shall make
14 personal delivery of the registration records to the board of
15 election commissioners, after the close of each registration
16 and before they separate. Each deputy registrar and judge of
17 registration shall certify the registration records in
18 substantially the following form:
19 "We, the undersigned deputy registrars and judge of
20 registration in .... County of .... in the State of Illinois,
21 do swear (or affirm) that at the registration of electors on
22 (insert date) the .... day of .... there was registered by us
23 in the said election precinct the names which appear on the
24 registration record cards, and that the number of voters
25 registered and qualified was and is the number of .....
26 ..............(Judge of Registration)
27 ...........(Deputy Registrar) ...........(Deputy Registrar)
28 Date ........."
29 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
30 (10 ILCS 5/6-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-37)
31 Sec. 6-37. Except as otherwise provided for in Section
32 6-29 of this Article, no person shall be registered unless he
33 applies in person to a registration officer, answers such
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1 relevant questions as may be asked of him by the registration
2 officer, and executes the affidavit of registration or
3 submits a valid voter registration application under the
4 provisions of Article 3A. The registration officer shall
5 require the applicant to furnish two forms of identification,
6 and except in the case of a homeless individual, one of which
7 must include his or her residence address. These forms of
8 identification shall include, but not be limited to, any of
9 the following: driver's license, social security card, public
10 aid identification card, utility bill, employee or student
11 identification card, credit card, or a civic, union or
12 professional association membership card. The registration
13 officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish
14 evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated.
15 This use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to
16 that individual and received at that address or by a
17 statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing
18 address. The registration officer shall require each
19 applicant for registration to read or have read to him the
20 affidavit of registration before permitting him to execute
21 the affidavit.
22 The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each
23 applicant for registration is qualified to register before
24 registering him. Any voter of the ward, village or
25 incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
26 permitted to be present at the place of registration, and
27 shall have the right to challenge any applicant who applies
28 to be registered.
29 In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant
30 is qualified he shall forthwith in writing notify such
31 applicant to appear before the board of election
32 commissioners to furnish further proof of his qualification.
33 Upon the application form card of such applicant shall be
34 written the word "incomplete" and no such applicant shall be
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1 permitted to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily
2 completed as hereinafter provided.
3 Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
4 precinct in such city, village or incorporated town and whose
5 registration application is marked "incomplete" may make and
6 sign an application in writing, under oath, to the board of
7 election commissioners in substance in the following form:
8 "I do solemnly swear that I,.... did on .... make
9 application to the board of registry of the .... precinct of
10 .... ward of the city of ....(or to the board of election
11 commissioners of ....) and that said board refused to
12 complete my registration as a qualified voter in said
13 precinct, that I reside in said precinct, am a duly qualified
14 voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at the next
15 election.
16 ....(Signature of Applicant)"
17 In all cities, villages or incorporated towns having a
18 population of less than 200,000 all such applications shall
19 be presented to the board of election commissioners by the
20 applicant, in person, between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.,
21 and five o'clock p.m. on Tuesday or Wednesday of the second
22 week prior to the week in which such election is to be held,
23 and in all municipalities having a population of more than
24 200,000 and having a board of election commissioners and in
25 all cities, villages and incorporated towns within the
26 jurisdiction of such board, all such applications shall be
27 presented to the board of election commissioners by the
28 applicant, in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.
29 and five o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of the third
30 week prior to the week in which such election is to be held.
31 (Source: P.A. 87-1241.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/6-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-38)
33 Sec. 6-38. Pursuant to Section 3A-9 the election
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1 authority may, from time to time but in no case within 120
2 days before a general primary election or general election,
3 canvass some or all of the voters in its jurisdiction to
4 confirm their addresses. If fewer than all of the voters in
5 the jurisdiction are selected to be canvassed, the selection
6 criteria shall be non-discriminatory with respect to race,
7 creed, ethnic origin, political party preference, and gender.
8 The 2 deputy registrars provided by this Article 6 for
9 registration in each precinct preceding the election to be
10 held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
11 1936, and for the last day of registration provided for in
12 Section 6-49.1, shall be the canvassers of the precinct for
13 which they are appointed.
14 The Board of Election Commissioners shall furnish to each
15 deputy registrar a verification list of registered voters
16 approved by the Board of Election Commissioners or a blank
17 book which shall be named "Verification List", each page of
18 which shall be ruled into 4 columns, and to be marked thus:
19 Street Remarks
20 Number Street Names O.K. - Died - Moved, etc.
21 Such book shall contain pages sufficient to allow 6 pages
22 for each street, avenue, alley and court in the precinct in
23 question. During the progress of the registration, or
24 immediately thereafter, each deputy registrar shall transfer
25 all the names upon the registration record cards to such
26 verification list; arranging them according to streets,
27 avenues, alleys or courts, beginning with the lowest
28 residence number, and placing them numerically, as near as
29 possible, from the lowest up to the highest number.
30 They shall first write the name of such street, avenue,
31 alley or court, at the top of the second column, and then
32 proceed to transfer the names to such "Verification Lists"
33 according to the street numbers as above indicated.
34 If, during either day of registration, any registered
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1 voter of the ward, village, or incorporated town shall come
2 before the deputy registrars and the judge of registration
3 and make oath that he believes that any particular person
4 whose name has been entered upon the registry is not a
5 qualified voter, such fact shall be noted; and after the
6 completion of such "Verification Lists" one of the
7 registrars, or judge of registration, shall make a cross or
8 check mark in ink opposite such name. If the deputy
9 registrars or the judge of the registration know any person
10 so complained of is a qualified voter and believe that such
11 complaint was made only to vex and harass such qualified
12 voter, then such name shall be placed upon such lists without
13 such cross or check mark but such cross or check mark shall
14 be placed upon such lists in case either of the registrars or
15 the judge of registration desires.
16 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/6-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-39)
18 Sec. 6-39. At a time designated by the election authority
19 Upon the Wednesday and Thursday following the last day of
20 registration, and upon the Wednesday and Thursday following
21 the last day of precinct registration provided for in Section
22 6-49.1 of this Article, if so much time is required, the 2
23 deputy registrars shall go together and canvass the precinct
24 for which they have been appointed, calling at each dwelling
25 place or each house from which any one is registered in such
26 precinct and each dwelling place as indicated upon said
27 "Verification Lists"; and if they shall find that any person
28 whose name appears upon their verification lists does not
29 reside at the place designated thereupon, they shall make a
30 notation in the column headed "Remarks" as follows: "Changed
31 Name"; "Died", or "Moved", as the case may be, indicating
32 that such person does not reside at such place.
33 Whenever deemed necessary by the canvassers, or either of
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1 them, he, she, or they may demand of the person having
2 command of the police in such precinct to furnish a
3 policeman, to accompany them and protect them in the
4 performance of their duties; and it shall be the duty of the
5 person having command of the police in such precinct to
6 furnish a policeman for such purpose. In such canvass no
7 person shall refuse to answer questions and give the
8 information asked for and known to him or her, or shall
9 knowingly give false information, or make false statements.
10 In making such canvass the canvassers shall make special
11 inquiry at the residence or place designated on the
12 verification lists, as to all the persons registered as
13 qualified voters, and shall receive information from judges
14 of election, party canvassers, or other persons.
15 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/6-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-40)
17 Sec. 6-40. Where verification lists are furnished to the
18 canvassers by the Board of Election Commissioners,
19 immediately upon completion of the canvass, the canvassers,
20 or one of them, shall file with the Board of Election
21 Commissioners the list of registered voters upon which the
22 canvassers have made notation in the column headed "Remarks"
23 as follows: "O. K.", if they still reside at the address
24 shown on the registration list, or "Died", "Moved", or
25 "Changed Name" as the case may be. Such lists shall be
26 attested to by the canvassers in an attached affidavit. No
27 canvasser shall be remunerated for services as canvasser
28 until such signed affidavit is filed with the Board of
29 Election Commissioners.
30 All records concerning the implementation of the canvass,
31 including lists of the names and addresses of those canvassed
32 and to whom subsequent notices were sent and information
33 concerning whether or not each person responded to the
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1 notice, shall be maintained for at least 2 years and shall be
2 made available for public inspection.
3 Upon receipt by the Board of Election Commissioners of
4 the completed list and the attached affidavit as to the
5 correctness of the list, the Board of Election Commissioners
6 shall prepare an address verification notice for post card
7 "Notices to Show Cause Why Registration Should not be
8 Cancelled" to send to each voter on each list after whose
9 name the canvassers have written "Died", "Moved", or "Changed
10 Name" to be sent through the United States mail, duly
11 stamped, to the address given on the list, or in the case of
12 homeless individuals to their mailing address. The notice
13 shall be a non-forwardable, forwarding address-requested
14 mailing to be returned to the election authority. If the
15 notice is returned as not deliverable to the voter at the
16 address provided, the election authority shall take action as
17 circumstances require pursuant to Section 3A-9. They shall be
18 mailed to those whose registration is questioned by the Board
19 of Election Commissioners not later than 10 P.M. on Friday of
20 the week of the canvass. The affidavits made by the
21 canvassers showing the names and addresses of such canvassers
22 shall be a public record for 60 days.
23 The Board of Election Commissioners shall also prepare a
24 correct list of those registered voters in each precinct who
25 are designated "O.K." in the remarks column by the canvassers
26 and supplemental lists after a determination is made as to
27 the registration status of each of the voters on the lists
28 submitted by the canvassers, such the hearings on "Notices to
29 Show Cause Why Registration Should Not be Cancelled"; such
30 lists to be called "Printed Register of Registered Voters" of
31 a given date and supplements thereto.
32 It shall be the duty of the Board of Election
33 Commissioners when complaint is made to them, to investigate
34 the action of such canvassers and to cause them or either of
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1 them to be brought before the circuit court and to prosecute
2 them as for contempt, and also at the discretion of the Board
3 of Election Commissioners, to cause them to be prosecuted
4 criminally for such wilful neglect of duty.
5 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3501.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/6-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-41)
7 Sec. 6-41. The canvassers, or one of them, shall prepare
8 a list of the names of the parties designated as aforesaid,
9 and to whom such notice has been sent, given, or left at the
10 address, and make and attach his or their affidavit or
11 affidavits thereto, stating that notice, duly stamped, was
12 mailed to each of said parties at the places designated on
13 the list, on or before 10 o'clock p. m. of the Thursday
14 following the canvass, and that notice was also personally
15 left at the said address of each of the parties named in the
16 lists so attached, if there be such address; and such
17 canvassers shall also file in the office of the Board of
18 Election Commissioners on or before 6 o'clock p. m. on the
19 Friday following the canvass, an exact duplicate of such list
20 with the affidavit or affidavits attached thereto. Blank
21 affidavit forms shall be furnished by the board for the
22 purpose aforesaid; but if none are furnished, such canvassers
23 shall cause the same to be drawn, and they shall swear to
24 such affidavit before the judge of registration of such
25 precinct, or a member of the Board of Election Commissioners,
26 or the executive director thereof.
27 In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a
28 population of over 200,000 and having a Board of Election
29 Commissioners and in cities, villages and incorporated towns
30 within the jurisdiction of the Board of Election
31 Commissioners, the Board of Election Commissioners shall
32 remain in session from 10 o'clock a.m. to 9 o'clock p.m. for
33 10 days following the last day of the canvass for the sole
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1 purpose of revising their registry. No new name shall be
2 added to the registry at such session of the Board of
3 Election Commissioners.
4 In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a
5 population of less than 200,000, the hearing herein provided
6 and the final revision of the registry, shall be by the Board
7 of Election Commissioners for such city, village or
8 incorporated town. The commissioners shall meet for this
9 purpose upon the Monday and Tuesday following the canvass,
10 and shall remain in session between the hours of 8 o'clock
11 a.m. and 10 o'clock p.m., and the precinct election officials
12 who made the canvass of the precinct shall meet with them as
13 may be required by the Board of Election Commissioners.
14 If any person to whom such notice has been sent, shall
15 appear before the Board of Election Commissioners during the
16 session, he shall make oath and sign an affidavit in
17 substance as follows:
18 "I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United
19 States and that I have resided in the .... precinct of the
20 .... Ward of the City of ...., in the State of Illinois,
21 since (insert date) the .... day of ....; and that I have
22 never been convicted of any crime (or if convicted, state the
23 time and when pardoned by the Governor of any State)."
24 This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one of
25 such Board of Election Commissioners, or the clerk of the
26 board, and it shall be filed in the office of the Board of
27 Election Commissioners and be preserved for at least 2 years
28 60 days.
29 Thereupon the Board of Election Commissioners shall
30 further examine him and shall also swear such canvassers or
31 the precinct election officials as the case may be, and hear
32 them upon the question, and the Board of Election
33 Commissioners shall have the power to send one or both of the
34 canvassers or precinct election officials, as the case may
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1 be, to make further examination and inquiry at the place
2 claimed by such person to be his residence, and again examine
3 such canvassers or precinct election officials touching the
4 same; and if after such further examination and hearing, the
5 majority of the board in question are of the opinion that
6 such person is not a qualified voter in such precinct, they
7 shall indicate in the proper manner that the name card of
8 such person shall remain in be removed from the precinct file
9 and the registration shall not be deemed inactive.
10 At the close of any such session, if any person so
11 notified to appear at such session has not appeared and shown
12 cause why the card bearing his name should not be withdrawn
13 from the precinct file, the same shall be withdrawn from the
14 file.
15 The Board of Election Commissioners shall, however, keep
16 the cancelled cards in a suspense file for 2 years and
17 reinstate them at any time within such 2 year suspense
18 period, when a person's registration is cancelled under this
19 or other Sections of this Article for failure to apply for
20 reinstatement or to appear in proper time, and there is
21 sufficient subsequent showing that he is a duly qualified
22 elector.
23 Either of said canvassers shall have the power and right
24 of both in the matter pertaining to such canvass; but in case
25 either refuses or neglects to make such canvass as aforesaid,
26 then the other may make such canvass alone.
27 In case of the temporary disability upon the part of
28 either canvasser, the remaining canvasser shall appoint a
29 temporary canvasser who shall represent and be affiliated
30 with the same political party as the canvasser whose place is
31 being filled, and shall administer to him the usual oath of
32 office for canvassers. Such temporary canvasser shall perform
33 all the duties of the office until the disability of the
34 regular canvasser is removed.
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1 (Source: P.A. 82-373.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43)
3 Sec. 6-43. After the close of registration prior to each
4 general election, Immediately after the completion of the
5 revision by the Board of Election Commissioners, the board
6 shall cause copies to be made of all names upon the
7 registration records record cards not deemed inactive marked
8 or erased, with the address, and shall have the same arranged
9 according to the streets, avenues, courts, or alleys,
10 commencing with the lowest number, and arranging the same in
11 order according to the street numbers, and shall then cause
12 such precinct register, upon such arrangement, to be printed
13 in plain, large type in sufficient numbers to meet all
14 demands, and upon application a copy of the same shall be
15 given to any person applying therefor. Provided, however,
16 that in municipalities having a population of more than
17 500,000 and having a Board of Election Commissioners, as to
18 all elections, excepting any elections held for the purpose
19 of electing judges of the circuit courts, registrations for
20 which are made solely before the Board of Election
21 Commissioners, and where no general precinct registrations
22 were provided for or held within 28 days before the election,
23 the Board of Election Commissioners shall cause, within 10
24 days after the last day of registration before such board,
25 copies to be made of all names of qualified electors
26 appearing upon each registration application form record card
27 in like manner as hereinabove provided, and upon application
28 a copy of the same shall be given to any person applying
29 therefor: Provided, further, that whenever an election is
30 held within 90 days after a preceding election, or when any
31 elections are held for the purpose of electing judges of the
32 circuit courts, the printed list and the supplement thereto
33 provided for the last preceding election shall constitute the
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1 Printed Precinct Register for the ensuing election, subject
2 to such changes as shall be made, if any, as herein provided,
3 which changes, if any, and the contents of any supplemental
4 list, insofar as the latter have not been changed pursuant to
5 this Act, shall be printed in a new supplemental list which
6 shall supplant the prior supplemental list and shall be
7 delivered to the judges of the respective precincts, with the
8 printed register and the certification, in the manner and at
9 the time provided in Sections 6-48 and 6-60 of this Article.
10 Such list shall have printed on the bottom thereof the
11 facsimile signatures of the members of the Board of Election
12 Commissioners certifying that the names on the list are the
13 names of all voters entitled to vote in the precinct
14 indicated on the top thereof. Such list shall be termed the
15 "Printed Precinct Register" and shall be prima facie evidence
16 that the electors whose names appear thereon are entitled to
17 vote. Provided that if, on order of the Board of Election
18 Commissioners a corrected or revised precinct register of
19 voters in a precinct or precincts is printed, such list or
20 lists shall have printed thereon the day and month of such
21 revision and shall be designated "Revised Precinct Register
22 of Voters."
23 Any elector whose name does not appear as a registered
24 voter on such printed precinct register, supplemental list or
25 any list provided for in this Article and whose name has not
26 been erased or withdrawn shall be entitled to vote as
27 hereinafter in this Article provided if his registration
28 application card is in the master file. Such elector shall
29 within 7 days after the publication of such printed precinct
30 register, file with the Board of Election Commissioners an
31 application stating that he is a duly registered voter and
32 that his registration application card is in the master file.
33 The Board shall hold a hearing upon such application within 2
34 days after the filing thereof and shall announce its decision
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1 thereon within 3 days after the hearing. If the name of such
2 applicant appears upon the registration application card in
3 the master file, the board shall issue to such elector a
4 certificate setting forth that his name does so appear and
5 certifying that he has the right to vote at the next
6 succeeding election. Such certificate shall be issued in
7 duplicate, one to be retained in the files of the board, and
8 the other to be issued to the elector.
9 The Board of Election Commissioners upon the issuance of
10 such certificate shall see that the name of such elector
11 appears upon the precinct registry list in the precinct.
12 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/6-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-45)
14 Sec. 6-45. A docket of all applications to said board of
15 election commissioners, whether such application shall be
16 made for the purpose of being registered or restored, or for
17 the purpose of erasing a name on the register or for
18 completing registration shall be made out in the order of the
19 wards and precincts as the case may be. Such docket shall
20 show the disposition of each case and be available to the
21 public. In cities, villages or incorporated towns having a
22 population of less than 500,000 the commissioners shall sit
23 to hear such applications between the hours of 10 o'clock a.
24 m., and 9 o'clock p. m. on the Tuesday, Wednesday and
25 Thursday immediately preceding such election, and in cities,
26 villages and incorporated towns having a population of over
27 500,000 and having a board of election commissioners, (except
28 as otherwise provided for such municipalities in section
29 6--60 of this Article), and in all cities, villages and
30 incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board,
31 such commissioners shall sit to hear such applications
32 between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m., on
33 Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the second week prior to the
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1 week in which such election is to be held. At the request of
2 either party to such applications, the board shall issue
3 subpoenas to witnesses to appear at such hearings, and
4 Witnesses may be sworn and examined upon the hearing of said
5 application. Each person appearing in response to an
6 application to have a name erased shall deliver to the board
7 a written affidavit, which shall be, in substance, in the
8 words and figures following:
9 "I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United
10 States; that I have resided in the State of Illinois since
11 (insert date) the .... day of .... and in the county of ....
12 said State, since (insert date) the .... day of .... and in
13 the .... precinct of the .... ward, in the city of .... said
14 county and State, since (insert date) the .... day of ....
15 and that I am .... years of age; that I am the identical
16 person registered in said precinct under the name I subscribe
17 hereto."
18 This answer shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed
19 before any person authorized to administer oaths or
20 affirmations. The decision on each application shall be
21 announced at once after hearing, and a minute made thereof,
22 and when an application to be registered or to be restored to
23 such register or to complete registration shall be allowed
24 the said board of election commissioners shall cause a minute
25 to be made upon the original and any duplicate registration
26 forms records. And where an application to erase a name shall
27 be allowed, the board of election commissioners shall cause
28 the name to be erased forthwith, and the registration record
29 card withdrawn.
30 In cities, villages and incorporated towns of 500,000 or
31 more inhabitants, having a board of election commissioners,
32 and in cities, villages and incorporated towns within the
33 jurisdiction of such board of election commissioners,
34 applications under this Section and hearings or citations
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1 under Sections 6-56, 6-59 and 6-60 hereof, may be heard by
2 individual commissioners or by persons specially designated
3 by the commissioners for this purpose, and a decision by such
4 individual commissioner or person so designated, shall become
5 the decision of the board of election commissioners upon
6 approval of such board.
7 (Source: Laws 1947, p. 899.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/6-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-49)
9 Sec. 6-49. The registration hereinabove provided
10 preceding the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
11 November, 1936, shall constitute a permanent registration,
12 subject to revision and alteration in the manner hereinafter
13 provided. However, except as provided in Section 6-49.1 of
14 this Article, the registration hereinabove provided for shall
15 constitute a permanent registration only until September 15,
16 1961, in municipalities having 3 days of precinct
17 registration preceding the 1962 primary election and only
18 until the last day of precinct re-registration in 1970 in
19 other municipalities, at which time such registrations shall
20 become null and void and shall be cancelled immediately
21 thereafter by such Board.
22 All registrations subsequent to that hereinbefore
23 provided shall be upon voter registration application forms
24 record cards provided by the Board of Election Commissioners
25 in accordance with the provisions of Section 3A-3 6--35 of
26 this Code Article.
27 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.1)
29 Sec. 6-50.1. In addition to registration at the office of
30 the board of election commissioners, the board of election
31 commissioners shall provide the following methods of
32 registration:
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1 (1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provided in
2 Section 6-50.2;
3 (2) The establishment of temporary places of
4 registration as provided in Section 6-50.3;
5 (3) Registration by mail as provided in Section 3A-4 and
6 6-50.4;
7 (4) Registration by certain employees of public service
8 agencies as provided in Section 3A-5; and
9 (5) Registration by certain employees of the Secretary
10 of State as provided in Section 3A-6.
11 The board of election commissioners may provide for
12 registration pursuant to Section 6-51.
13 (Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
15 Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners
16 shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
17 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
18 registration of any qualified resident of the election
19 jurisdiction, except during the 28 days preceding an
20 election.
21 The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
22 a reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
23 located at driver's license examination stations and
24 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of
25 State who may accept the registration of any qualified
26 residents of the county at any such driver's license
27 examination stations. The appointment of employees of the
28 Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in the
29 manner provided in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
30 Code.
31 The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
32 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
33 written request of such persons:
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1 1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
2 designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
3 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
4 the registrations of any qualified resident of the
5 election jurisdiction, at such library.
6 2. The principal, or a qualified person designated
7 by the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
8 or vocational school situated within the election
9 jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
10 resident of the election jurisdiction, at such school.
11 The board of election commissioners shall notify every
12 principal and vice-principal of each high school,
13 elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
14 election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
15 deputy registrars and offer training courses for service
16 as deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities
17 at least 4 months prior to every election.
18 3. The president, or a qualified person designated
19 by the president, of any university, college, community
20 college, academy or other institution of learning
21 situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
22 the registrations of any resident of the election
23 jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
24 college, academy or institution.
25 4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
26 fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of
27 qualified members designated by such official, who may
28 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
29 election jurisdiction.
30 5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
31 fide State civic organization, as defined and determined
32 by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified
33 members designated by such official, who may accept the
34 registration of any qualified resident of the election
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1 jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
2 registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
3 commissioners shall consider the population of the
4 jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
5 geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
6 public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
7 jurisdiction and their location, the registration
8 activities of the organization and the need to appoint
9 deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
10 registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
11 event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
12 arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
13 requesting appointment of its members as deputy
14 registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
15 provide for certification of bona fide State civic
16 organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a
17 period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
18 business day of the month following the month of the
19 general election, and shall be valid for all periods of
20 voter registration as provided by this Code during the
21 terms of such appointments.
22 6. (Blank) The Director of the Illinois Department
23 of Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees
24 designated by the Director and located at public aid
25 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
26 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such public
27 aid office.
28 7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
29 Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
30 designated by the Director and located at unemployment
31 offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
32 resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
33 unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
34 deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
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1 commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
2 request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
3 organization with written notice setting forth the
4 specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
5 request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
6 8. The president of any corporation, as defined by
7 the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable
8 number of employees designated by such president, who may
9 accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
10 election jurisdiction.
11 The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
12 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
13 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
14 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
15 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
16 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
17 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal
18 number from each of the 2 major political parties in the
19 election jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners,
20 in appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
21 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the
22 Chairman of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
23 political party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee
24 shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
25 of each year. The board may require a Chairman of a County
26 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of
27 applicants.
28 Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
29 other than the 28 day period preceding an election. All
30 persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
31 voters within the election jurisdiction and shall take and
32 subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
33 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
34 I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
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1 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
2 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
3 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
4 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
5 his personal application before me.
6 ....................................
7 (Signature of Registration Officer)"
8 This oath shall be administered and certified to by one
9 of the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
10 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
11 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
12 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
13 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
14 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
15 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
16 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
17 affidavits as are required by this Article.
18 Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
19 except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
20 commencing on December 1 following the general election of
21 each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
22 appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
23 general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
24 be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
25 convention following the general primary at which they were
26 elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
27 appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
28 his office for public inspection a list of the names of all
29 appointees.
30 (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
31 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
32 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
33 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
34 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall
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1 be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
2 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
3 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
4 removal for cause.
5 (c) Completed registration materials under the control
6 of deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a)
7 shall be returned to the proper election authority within 7
8 days, except that completed registration materials received
9 by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
10 and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
11 deputy registrars to the proper election authority within 48
12 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
13 materials received by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
14 preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
15 registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
16 materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
17 pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
18 next working day following the close of registration.
19 (d) The board of election commissioners shall not be
20 required to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
21 having more than 200 registration forms unaccounted for
22 during the preceding 12 month period.
23 (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any
24 electioneering or the promotion of any cause during the
25 performance of his or her duties.
26 (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
27 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
28 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
29 to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/6-50.4 new)
32 Sec. 6-50.4. In addition to registration conducted by
33 the registration officer or deputy registrar, the election
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1 authority shall make Voter Registration Applications as
2 provided in Section 3A-3 available in private and
3 governmental locations throughout the jurisdiction in
4 sufficient numbers for the convenience of persons desiring to
5 apply for voter registration by mail. Such locations shall
6 be selected by the election authority in a non-discriminatory
7 manner. The forms shall be suitable for mailing though may
8 not necessarily bear postage. Instructions for completion of
9 the application shall be attached and shall be as prescribed
10 by rule of the State Board of Elections. The voter
11 registration application dispenser or holder shall bear a
12 uniform logo designed by the State Board of Elections to
13 identify the use of the forms.
14 (10 ILCS 5/6-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-52)
15 Sec. 6-52. All voter registrations made in jurisdictions
16 under a board of election commissioners shall be made in a
17 manner provided for by Article 3A or by this Article 6.
18 Registration under Sections 6-49.1, 6-50, 6-50.2, 6-50.3 and
19 6-51 of this Article shall be made in the manner provided by
20 Sections 6-34, 6-35 and 6-37 of this Article. With respect
21 to registrations at the office of the Board of Election
22 Commissioners under Section 6-50 hereof, applications to
23 complete registrations and hearings thereon shall (except as
24 may be otherwise provided in Sections 6-43 and 6-60 of this
25 Article) be made and heard at such times as may by rule be
26 prescribed by the Board of Election Commissioners, but the
27 hearing and decision thereof by the Board of Election
28 Commissioners shall be within 30 days after the application
29 for registration. In such cases and in all other cases not
30 specifically provided for by this Article, applications for
31 hearings by the court may be made within 5 days after
32 decision by the board in the manner provided by Section 6-46,
33 and a hearing and decision by such court shall be had within
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1 30 days after such application. Appeals may be taken as in
2 other civil cases. In all cases where registration is had at
3 the office of the Board of Election Commissioners within 42
4 days before any election hearings by such board and by the
5 court shall (except as may be otherwise provided in Sections
6 6-43 and 6-60 of this Article) be on the days preceding the
7 election specified in Sections 6-45 and 6-46 of this Article.
8 Hearings and decisions shall be had within the periods
9 specified by such sections.
10 (Source: P.A. 79-1364.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/6-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-53)
12 Sec. 6-53. Any registered elector who changes his
13 residence from one address number or place to another within
14 the same precinct, city or village or incorporated town, may
15 have his registration transferred to his new address by
16 making and signing an application for such change of
17 residence address upon a form to be provided by such board of
18 election commissioners. Such application may be made to the
19 office of such board or at any place designated in accordance
20 with Section 6-51 of this Article.
21 Upon receipt of such application the board of election
22 commissioners or officer, employee or deputy registrar
23 designated by such board shall cause the signature of the
24 voter and the data appearing upon the application to be
25 compared with the signature and data on the existing Voter
26 Registration Application record, and if it appears that the
27 applicant is the same person as the party previously
28 registered under that name, the transfer shall be made. In
29 case the person is unable to sign his name the board of
30 election commissioners shall require such person to execute
31 the request in the presence of the board or of its properly
32 authorized representative, by his mark, and if satisfied of
33 the identity of the person, the board of election
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1 commissioners shall make the transfer. The person in charge
2 of the registration shall draw a line through the last
3 address, ward and precinct number on the original and
4 duplicate and write the new address, ward and precinct number
5 on the original and duplicate registration records.
6 Any registered elector may transfer his registration only
7 at any such time as is provided by this Article for the
8 registration of voters at the office of the board. When a
9 removal of a registered voter takes place from one address to
10 another within the same precinct within a period during which
11 such transfer of registration cannot be made, before any
12 election or primary, he shall be entitled to vote upon
13 presenting to the judges of election an affidavit of a change
14 and having said affidavit supported by the affidavit of a
15 qualified voter who is a householder in the same precinct.
16 Suitable forms for this purpose shall be provided by the
17 board of election commissioners whose duty it is to conduct
18 the election; and thereupon the precinct election officials
19 shall report to the board of election commissioners the names
20 of all such persons who have changed their address and voted.
21 The board of election commissioners may obtain
22 information from utility companies, city records, the post
23 office or from other sources regarding the removal of
24 registered voters, and notify such voters that a transfer of
25 registration may be made in the manner provided by this
26 Section.
27 If any person be registered by error in a precinct other
28 than that in which he resides, a transfer of registration to
29 the precinct in which he resides may be made in the manner
30 provided by this Section.
31 Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by
32 the board of election commissioners under the power conferred
33 by Section 11-3 of Article 11 of this Act, such board shall
34 immediately transfer to the proper precinct the registration
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1 of any voter affected by such revision or rearrangement of
2 precincts; make the proper notations on the cards in the
3 master and precinct files; and shall notify the registrant of
4 such change.
5 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3449.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/6-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-54)
7 Sec. 6-54. Any registered voter who changes his or her
8 name by marriage or otherwise, shall be required to register
9 anew and authorize the cancellation of the previous
10 registration; provided, however, that if the voter still
11 resides in the same election jurisdiction and if the change
12 of name takes place within a period during which such new
13 registration cannot be made, next preceding any election or
14 primary, the elector may, if otherwise qualified, vote upon
15 making the following affidavit before the judges of election:
16 "I do solemnly swear that I am the same person now
17 registered in the .... precinct of the .... ward, under the
18 name of .... and that I still reside in the election
19 jurisdiction said precinct.
20 (Signed)...."
21 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/6-56) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-56)
23 Sec. 6-56. Not more than 135 30 nor less than 133 28 days
24 before any election under this Article, all owners, managers,
25 administrators or operators of hotels, lodging houses,
26 rooming houses, furnished apartments or facilities licensed
27 or certified under the Nursing Home Care Act, which house 4
28 or more persons, outside the members of the family of such
29 owner, manager, administrator or operator, shall file with
30 the board of election commissioners a report, under oath,
31 together with one copy thereof, in such form as may be
32 required by the board of election commissioners, of the names
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1 and descriptions of all lodgers, guests or residents claiming
2 a voting residence at the hotels, lodging houses, rooming
3 houses, furnished apartments, or facility licensed or
4 certified under the Nursing Home Care Act under their
5 control. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more
6 such report shall be made on forms mailed to them by the
7 board of election commissioners. The board of election
8 commissioners shall sort and assemble the sworn copies of the
9 reports in numerical order according to ward and according to
10 precincts within each ward and shall, not later than 5 days
11 after the last day allowed by this Article for the filing of
12 the reports, maintain one assembled set of sworn duplicate
13 reports available for public inspection until 60 days after
14 election days. Except as is otherwise expressly provided in
15 this Article, the board shall not be required to perform any
16 duties with respect to the sworn reports other than to mail,
17 sort, assemble, post and file them as hereinabove provided.
18 Unless it is determined by the board that such action
19 might be discriminatory with respect to race, creed, or
20 ethnic origin, Except in such cases where a precinct canvass
21 is being conducted by the board of election commissioners
22 prior to a Primary or Election, the board of election
23 commissioners shall compare the original copy of each such
24 report with the list of registered voters from such
25 addresses. Every person registered from such address and not
26 listed in such report or whose name is different from any
27 name so listed, shall be sent a notice to confirm the
28 registrant's address following the procedures set forth in
29 Section 3A-9 immediately after the last day of registration
30 be sent a notice through the United States mail, at the
31 address appearing upon his registration record card,
32 requiring him to appear before the board of election
33 commissioners on one of the days specified in Section 6-45 of
34 this Article and show cause why his registration should not
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1 be cancelled. The provisions of Sections 6-45, 6-46 and 6-47
2 of this Article shall apply to such hearing and proceedings
3 subsequent thereto.
4 Any owner, manager or operator of any such hotel, lodging
5 house, rooming house or furnished apartment who shall fail or
6 neglect to file such statement and copy thereof as in this
7 Article provided, may, upon written information of the
8 attorney for the election commissioners, be cited by the
9 election commissioners or upon the complaint of any voter of
10 such city, village or incorporated town, to appear before
11 them and furnish such sworn statement and copy thereof and
12 make such oral statements under oath regarding such hotel,
13 lodging house, rooming house or furnished apartment, as the
14 election commissioners may require. The election
15 commissioners shall sit to hear such citations on a day not
16 less than 100 days prior to any election the Friday of the
17 fourth week preceding the week in which such election is to
18 be held. Such citation shall be served not later than the day
19 preceding the day on which it is returnable.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-820.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/6-57) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-57)
22 Sec. 6-57. To each person who registers at the office of
23 the board of election commissioners or at any place
24 designated by such board under Section 6-51 of this Article,
25 after the first registration under this Article, the board
26 shall send by mail a Disposition of Registration as provided
27 for in Section 3A-7 notice setting forth the elector's name
28 and address as it appears on the voter registration
29 application form. record card, and shall request him in case
30 of any error to present the notice on or before the tenth day
31 next ensuing at the office of the Board of Election
32 Commissioners in order to secure the correction of the error.
33 Such notice shall contain on the outside a request for the
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1 postmaster to return it within five days if it cannot be
2 delivered to the addressee at the address given thereon. Upon
3 the return by the post office of any such notice which it has
4 been unable to deliver at the given address because the
5 addressee cannot be found there, a notice shall be at once
6 sent through the United States mail to such person at the
7 address appearing upon his registration record card requiring
8 him to appear before the Board of Election Commissioners at a
9 time and place specified in the notice and show cause why his
10 name should not be cancelled from the register. Thereafter,
11 proceedings shall be, as nearly as may be, in conformity with
12 those established by section 6--52 of this Article with
13 respect to applications to complete registration. Such notice
14 may be sent at any time within thirty days after the
15 registration of any person, but such notice shall be sent
16 within five days after the last day of registration before
17 any election, to all persons who have registered since the
18 last preceding election, and to whom no such notice has
19 theretofore been sent; and where the addressee cannot be
20 found, notice requiring such person to appear before the
21 board of election commissioners shall specify dates for
22 hearing before the election not later than those prescribed
23 by section 6--45 of this Article.
24 (Source: Laws 1951, p. 1795.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/6-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59)
26 Sec. 6-59. The Board of Election Commissioners on its
27 own initiative, or upon order of the circuit court, shall at
28 all times have authority to conduct investigations in a
29 nondiscriminatory manner and to make canvasses of the
30 registered voters in any precinct or precincts within its
31 jurisdiction either by the methods provided in this Article
32 or at other times and by other methods than those prescribed
33 herein. However, the Board of Election Commissioners shall,
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1 at least once in every 2 years, conduct a verification of
2 voter registrations as prescribed in Section 3A-9 and shall
3 cause the cancellation of registration of persons who have
4 ceased to be qualified voters. Such verification shall be
5 accomplished by one of the following methods: (1) precinct
6 canvass conducted by 2 qualified persons of opposite party
7 affiliation appointed by the Board of Election Commissioners
8 or (2) written request sent to each registered voter by first
9 class mail, not forwardable or (3) an alternative method of
10 verification submitted in writing to and approved by The
11 State Board of Elections at a public meeting not less than 60
12 days prior to the date on which the Board of Election
13 Commissioners has fixed for implementation of that method of
14 verification; provided, said Board shall submit to the State
15 Board of Elections a written statement of the results
16 obtained by use of such alternative method within 30 days of
17 the completion of the verification. If, upon the basis of
18 investigations or canvasses, the board shall be of the
19 opinion that any person registered under this Article is not
20 a qualified voter or has ceased to be a qualified voter, it
21 shall send a notice through the United States mail to such
22 person, and follow the procedures set forth in Section 3A-9
23 requiring him to appear before such board at a time specified
24 in such notice, not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after
25 the mailing of such notice and show cause why his
26 registration should not be cancelled. If such a person does
27 not appear, his registration shall be cancelled. If such a
28 person does appear he shall make an affidavit and shall be
29 heard in the manner provided by Section 6-45 of this Article,
30 and if his registration is cancelled as a result of such a
31 hearing, he shall be entitled to a hearing in the circuit
32 court and to an appeal to the Supreme Court in the manner
33 provided by Section 6-52 of this Article.
34 Whenever the Board of Election Commissioners acting under
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1 authority of this Section conducts a canvass of the
2 registered voters in any precinct or precincts and the board
3 designates canvassers to conduct the canvass, the board shall
4 appoint as canvassers persons affiliated with the leading
5 political parties in like manner as judges of election are
6 appointed under the provisions of Section 14-4 of this Act;
7 provided that in each precinct in counties of 500,000
8 inhabitants or more, one canvasser may be appointed from
9 outside such precinct if not enough other qualified persons
10 who reside within the precinct can be found to serve as
11 canvasser in such precinct. The one canvasser so appointed to
12 serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote
13 prior to the election must be entitled to vote elsewhere
14 within the ward or township which includes within its
15 boundaries the precinct in which such canvasser is appointed
16 and such canvasser must be otherwise qualified.
17 The canvassers, so appointed by virtue of this Section,
18 shall comply with the provisions of Sections 6-40 and 6-41
19 relative to the mailing and leaving of notices at the
20 addresses of persons whose right to vote in the precinct or
21 precincts is questioned.
22 (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/6-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-60)
24 Sec. 6-60. Immediately after the last registration day
25 before any election, except as is otherwise provided in
26 Section 6-43 of this Article, the board of election
27 commissioners shall prepare and print precinct registers in
28 the manner provided by Section 6-43 of this Article, and make
29 such copies available to any person applying therefor.
30 Provided, however, that in cities, villages and incorporated
31 towns of less than 200,000 inhabitants such printed lists
32 shall be prepared only before a general election. On the
33 precinct registers, the board of election commissioners shall
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1 indicate, by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names of
2 all persons who have registered since the last regularly
3 scheduled election in the consolidated schedule of elections
4 established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act.
5 Prior to the general election of even-numbered years, all
6 boards of election commissioners shall give the precinct
7 registers to the chairman of a county central committee of an
8 established political party, as such party is defined in
9 Section 10-2 of this Code Act, or to the chairman's duly
10 authorized representative. Within 30 days of the effective
11 date of this Amendatory Act of 1983, all boards of election
12 commissioners shall give the precinct registers compiled
13 prior to the general November election of 1982 to the
14 chairman of a county central committee of an established
15 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
16 representative.
17 For the first registration under this article, such
18 precinct register shall be printed and available to any
19 person upon application therefor at least three days before
20 the first day upon which any voter may make application in
21 writing to have any name erased from the register as provided
22 by Section 6-44 of this Article. For subsequent
23 registrations, Such precinct registers, except as otherwise
24 provided in this Section for municipalities of more than
25 500,000, shall be printed and shall be available to any
26 person upon application at least five days before the first
27 day upon which any voter may make application in writing to
28 have any name erased from the register.
29 Application to have a name upon such register erased may
30 be made in the manner provided by Section 6-44 of this
31 Article, and Applications to erase names, complete
32 registration, or to register or restore names shall be heard
33 in the same manner as is provided by Section 6-45 of this
34 Article, with application to the circuit court and appeal to
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1 the Supreme Court as provided in Sections 6-46 and 6-47. The
2 rights conferred and the times specified by these Sections
3 with respect to the first election under this Article shall
4 also apply to succeeding registrations and elections.
5 Provided, however, that in municipalities having a population
6 of more than 500,000, and having a Board of Election
7 Commissioners, as to all elections, registrations for which
8 are made solely with the Board of Election Commissioners, and
9 where no general precinct registrations were provided for or
10 held within twenty-eight days before the election, an
11 application to have a name upon such register erased, as
12 provided for in Section 6-44, shall be made within two days
13 after the publication of the printed precinct register, and
14 the Board of Election Commissioners shall announce its
15 decision on such applications within four days after said
16 applications are made, and within four days after its
17 decision on such applications shall cause a supplemental
18 printed precinct register showing such correction as may be
19 necessary by reason of such decision to be printed in like
20 manner as hereinabove provided in Section 6-43 hereof, and
21 upon application a copy of the same shall be given to any
22 person applying therefor. Such list shall have printed on
23 the bottom thereof the facsimile signatures of the members of
24 the board of election commissioners. Said supplemental
25 printed precinct register shall be prima facie evidence that
26 the electors whose names appear thereon are entitled to vote.
27 If the dates specified in this Article as to applications to
28 complete or erase registrations or as to proceedings before
29 the Board of Election Commissioners or the circuit court in
30 the first registration under this Article shall not be
31 applicable to any subsequent primary or regular or special
32 election, the Board of Election Commissioners shall, with the
33 approval of the circuit court, adopt and publish a schedule
34 of dates which shall permit equal intervals of time therefor
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1 as are provided for such first registrations.
2 After action by the Board of Election Commissioners and
3 by the circuit court, a supplemental list shall be prepared
4 and made available in the manner provided by Section 6-48 of
5 this Article.
6 Within 60 days after each general election the board of
7 election commissioners shall indicate by italics, asterisk,
8 or other means, on the list of registered voters in each
9 precinct, each registrant who voted at that general election,
10 and shall provide a copy of such list to the chairman of the
11 county central committee of each established political party
12 or to the chairman's duly authorized representative.
13 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
14 amendatory Act of 1983, the board of election commissioners
15 shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on the
16 list of registered voters in each precinct, each registrant
17 who voted at the general election of 1982, and shall provide
18 a copy of such coded list to the chairman of the county
19 central committee of each established political party or to
20 the chairman's duly authorized representative.
21 The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
22 reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list
23 provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraph
24 paragraphs.
25 (Source: P.A. 83-1263.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/6-65) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-65)
27 Sec. 6-65. An official registry of voters shall be
28 compiled for use in the polling place on election day for all
29 elections subject to the provisions of this Article 6. This
30 registry shall be an alphabetical or geographical listing of
31 all registered voters by precinct, as determined by the board
32 of election commissioners, so as to correspond with the
33 arrangement of the list for such precincts compiled pursuant
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1 to Section 6-60 and shall be known as the precinct file.
2 The precinct file shall be in the form of a computer
3 printout as provided for in Section 6-65.1 or consist of
4 duplicate registration cards and true duplicates of Voter
5 Registration Applications as provided for in Section 6-65.2.
6 In either instance, it shall be a true and accurate listing
7 of every registered voter for every precinct within the
8 jurisdiction. The duplicate registration record cards shall
9 remain permanently in the office of the Board of Election
10 Commissioners; shall be filed alphabetically without regard
11 to wards or precincts; and shall be known as the master file.
12 The original registration applications record cards shall
13 constitute the official precinct registry of voters; shall be
14 filed by wards and precincts; and shall be known as the
15 precinct file. The precinct file original cards shall be
16 delivered to the judges of election by the Board of Election
17 Commissioners in a suitable binder or other device, which
18 shall be locked and sealed in accordance with directions to
19 be given by the Board of Election Commissioners and shall
20 also be suitably indexed for convenient use by the precinct
21 officers. The precinct files shall be delivered to the
22 precinct officers for use at the polls, on the day of
23 election and shall be returned to the Board of Election
24 Commissioners immediately after the close of the polls. The
25 board shall determine by rules the manner of delivery and
26 return to such precinct file. At all other times the precinct
27 file shall be retained at the office of the Board of Election
28 Commissioners except for such use of it as may be made under
29 this Code Article with respect to registration not at the
30 office of the Board of Election Commissioners.
31 (Source: P.A. 78-934.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/6-65.1 new)
33 Sec. 6-65.1. All precinct files in the form of a
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1 computer printout shall contain the date of the election for
2 which it was generated, the precinct number or other
3 identifier, the number of registered voters in that precinct,
4 and such other information as prescribed by rule of the State
5 Board of Elections and shall include but not be limited to
6 the following information concerning each registered voter of
7 the precinct as attested to on the Voter Registration
8 Application: last name, first name, and middle name or
9 initial; residence address; date of birth, if provided; and
10 sex; and shall include a true duplicate of the voter's
11 signature. Space shall be provided to record voter
12 participation at that election. Reproduction of the voter's
13 signature and its clarity, security, and source document
14 shall be in accord with rule of the State Board of Elections
15 and must not be provided for any other purpose. Violation of
16 this signature reproduction restriction shall be a Class 3
17 felony and any person who is convicted of violating this
18 Section shall be ineligible for public employment for a
19 period of 5 years immediately following the completion of
20 that sentence.
21 (10 ILCS 5/6-65.2 new)
22 Sec. 6-65.2. Precinct files consisting of duplicate
23 registration cards and true duplicates of voter registration
24 applications shall be alphabetically arranged and up-dated
25 prior to each election. Such true duplicates must be clear
26 and of the same size as the original and be true duplicates
27 of the front and back of the original. Rule of the State
28 Board of Elections shall prescribe the weight of paper of the
29 true duplicates and other specifications necessary to ensure
30 a legible and durable precinct file.
31 (10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
32 Sec. 6-66. Upon application to vote each registered
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1 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
2 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
3 "CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
4 City of ................. Ward .... Precinct ....
5 Election ...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year)
6 Registration Record ....... Checked by ...............
7 Voter's number ....
8 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
9 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election
10 officers in charge. After the registration record has been
11 checked, the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you
12 shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
13 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
14 below and am qualified to vote.
15 Signature of voter ................
16 Residence address ................"
17 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
18 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
19 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
20 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
21 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
22 requested to provide his social security number when the
23 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
24 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
25 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
26 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
27 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
28 certificate:
29 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
30 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
31 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
32 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
33 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
34 The applications of each State-wide political party at a
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1 primary election shall be separately printed upon paper of
2 uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of no
3 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
4 tint. If the election authority provides computer generated
5 applications with the precinct, ballot style, and voter's
6 name and address preprinted on the application, a single
7 application may be used for State-wide political parties if
8 it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the
9 political party. Such applications may contain spaces or
10 check-off boxes permitting the voter to also request a
11 primary ballot of any political party which is established
12 only within a political subdivision and for which a primary
13 is conducted on the same election day. Such applications
14 shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of a
15 State-wide political party and the primary of a local
16 political party with respect to the offices of the same
17 political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more than
18 one State-wide political party on the same day.
19 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
20 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
21 signature in on the precinct file registration record card as
22 a means of identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such
23 signature comparison that the applicant to vote is the
24 identical person who is registered under the same name, the
25 judges shall ask such applicant the questions for
26 identification which appear in on the precinct file
27 registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to the
28 satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
29 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
30 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
31 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
32 followed as provided in this Article and Act for challenged
33 voters.
34 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
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1 of election shall check the data in on the precinct file
2 registration card and shall check the address given, with the
3 registered address, in order to determine whether he is
4 entitled to vote.
5 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
6 of such applicant for a ballot after the precinct file
7 registration record has been examined, and shall sign his
8 initials on the certificate in the space provided therefor,
9 and shall enter upon such certificate the number of the voter
10 in the place provided therefor, and make an entry in the
11 voting record space in on the precinct file registration
12 record, to indicate whether or not the applicant voted. Such
13 judge shall then hand such certificate back to the applicant
14 in case he is permitted to vote, and such applicant shall
15 hand it to the judge of election in charge of the ballots.
16 The certificates of the voters shall be filed in the order in
17 which they are received and shall constitute an official poll
18 record. The terms "poll lists" and "poll books", where used
19 in this Article and Act, shall be construed to apply to such
20 official poll record.
21 After each general primary election the board of election
22 commissioners shall indicate by color code or other means
23 next to the name of each registrant on the list of registered
24 voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political
25 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
26 election. The board of election commissioners, within 60 days
27 after that general primary election, shall provide a copy of
28 this coded list to the chairman of the county central
29 committee of each established political party or to the
30 chairman's duly authorized representative.
31 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
32 amendatory Act of 1983, the board of election commissioners
33 shall provide to the chairman of the county central committee
34 of each established political party or to the chairman's duly
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1 authorized representative the list of registered voters in
2 each precinct at the time of the general primary election of
3 1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code or other
4 means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of
5 a political party that the registrant requested at the
6 general primary election of 1982.
7 The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
8 reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list
9 provided under the either of the 2 preceding paragraph
10 paragraphs.
11 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
12 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
13 name is not found registration card is not found in the
14 precinct file registry of voters, but his name appears as
15 that of a registered voter in such precinct upon the printed
16 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
17 list, or upon the consolidated list, if any provided by this
18 Article and whose name has not been erased or withdrawn from
19 such register, the printed precinct register as corrected or
20 revised by the supplemental list, or consolidated list, if
21 any, shall be prima facie evidence of the elector's right to
22 vote upon compliance with the provisions hereinafter set
23 forth in this Section. In such event it shall be the duty of
24 any one of the judges of election shall to require an
25 affidavit by such person substantially in the form prescribed
26 in Section 17-10 and 2 voters residing in the precinct before
27 the judges of election that he is the same person whose name
28 appears upon the printed precinct register as corrected or
29 revised by the supplemental list, or consolidated list, if
30 any, and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street
31 and number of his residence, and upon the presentation of
32 such affidavits, a certificate shall be issued to such
33 elector, and upon the presentation of such certificate and
34 affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any elector whose
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1 name does not appear as a registered voter on the printed
2 precinct register or supplemental list but who has a
3 certificate issued by the board of election commissioners as
4 provided in Section 6-43 of this Article, shall be entitled
5 to vote upon the presentation of such certificate accompanied
6 by the affidavits of 2 voters residing in the precinct that
7 the elector is the same person described in such certificate
8 and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and
9 number of his residence. Forms for all affidavits required
10 hereunder shall be supplied by the board of election
11 commissioners. All affidavits made under this paragraph shall
12 be preserved and returned to the board of election
13 commissioners in the manner provided by this Article and
14 Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty of the board of
15 election commissioners, within 30 days after such election,
16 to take the steps provided by Section 6-64 of this Article
17 for the execution of new registration affidavits by electors
18 who have voted under the provisions of this paragraph.
19 When the board of election commissioners delivers to the
20 judges of election for use at the polls a supplemental or
21 consolidated list of the printed precinct register, it shall
22 give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the
23 chairman of a county central committee of an established
24 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
25 representative.
26 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
27 election official or officials charged with the duty of
28 providing application certificates may prescribe the form
29 thereof so that a voter is required to execute only one,
30 indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
31 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
32 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
33 by use of the information contained in on the precinct file
34 voter registration cards or the separate registration lists
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1 or other means approved by the State Board of Elections and
2 prepared and supplied by the election authority. The voter's
3 certificate shall be so marked by the judges as to show the
4 respective ballots which the voter is given.
5 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/6A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)
7 Sec. 6A-4. Upon the opening of the office of the county
8 board of election commissioners, the county clerk shall turn
9 over to such board all registry books, registration record
10 cards, registration application forms, precinct files, poll
11 books, tally sheets and ballot boxes and all other books,
12 forms, blanks and stationery of every description in his
13 hands in any way relating to elections or the holding of
14 elections in the county. Thereupon, all functions, powers and
15 duties of the county clerk or the county board relating to
16 elections are transferred to the county board of election
17 commissioners.
18 (Source: P.A. 78-465.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/7-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-23)
20 Sec. 7-23. All necessary primary poll books, official
21 poll records, voter registration applications, precinct
22 files, tally sheets, return blanks, stationery and other
23 necessary primary supplies shall be furnished by the same
24 authorities upon whom is imposed the duty of furnishing such
25 supplies at general elections, by this Code Act.
26 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/7-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
28 Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6
29 months and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary
30 therein who shall be a citizen of the United States of the
31 age of 18 or more years, shall be entitled to vote at such
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1 primary.
2 The following regulations shall be applicable to
3 primaries:
4 No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
5 (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as
6 required by this Article.
7 (b) Who shall have signed the petition for nomination of
8 a candidate of any party with which he does not affiliate,
9 when such candidate is to be voted for at the primary.
10 (c) Who shall have signed the nominating papers of an
11 independent candidate for any office for which office
12 candidates for nomination are to be voted for at such
13 primary.
14 (c.5) If that person has participated in the town
15 political party caucus, under Section 45-50 of the Township
16 Code, of another political party by signing an affidavit of
17 voters attending the caucus within 45 days before the first
18 day of the calendar month in which the primary is held.
19 (d) (Blank). If he has voted at a primary held under
20 this Article 7 of another political party within a period of
21 23 calendar months next preceding the calendar month in which
22 such primary is held: Provided, participation by a primary
23 elector in a primary of a political party which, under the
24 provisions of Section 7-2 of this Article, is a political
25 party within a city, village or incorporated town or town
26 only and entitled hereunder to make nominations of candidates
27 for city, village or incorporated town or town offices only,
28 and for no other office or offices, shall not disqualify such
29 primary elector from participating in other primaries of his
30 party: And, provided, that no qualified voter shall be
31 precluded from participating in the primary of any purely
32 city, village or incorporated town or town political party
33 under the provisions of Section 7-2 of this Article by reason
34 of such voter having voted at the primary of another
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1 political party within a period of 23 calendar months next
2 preceding the calendar month in which he seeks to participate
3 is held.
4 (e) (Blank). In cities, villages and incorporated towns
5 having a board of election commissioners only voters
6 registered as provided by Article 6 of this Act shall be
7 entitled to vote at such primary.
8 (f) No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary
9 unless he is registered under the provisions of Articles 3A,
10 4, 5 or 6 of this Act, when his registration is required by
11 any of said Articles to entitle him to vote at the election
12 with reference to which the primary is held.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/7-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-44)
15 Sec. 7-44. Any person desiring to vote at a primary shall
16 state his name, residence and party affiliation to the
17 primary judges, one of whom shall thereupon announce the same
18 in a distinct tone of voice, sufficiently loud to be heard by
19 all persons in the polling place. When Article 3A, 4, 5 or 6
20 is applicable the Certificate of Registered Voter therein
21 prescribed shall be made and signed and the official poll
22 record shall be made. If the person desiring to vote is not
23 challenged, one of the primary judges shall give to him one,
24 and only one, primary ballot of the political party with
25 which he declares himself affiliated, on the back of which
26 such primary judge shall endorse his initials in such manner
27 that they may be seen when the primary ballot is properly
28 folded. If the person desiring to vote is challenged he shall
29 not receive a primary ballot from the primary judges until he
30 shall have established his right to vote as hereinafter
31 provided. No person who refuses to state his party
32 affiliation shall be allowed to vote at a primary.
33 A person who declares his party affiliation with a
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1 statewide established political party and requests a primary
2 ballot of such party may nonetheless also declare his
3 affiliation with a political party established only within a
4 political subdivision, and may also vote in the primary of
5 such local party on the same election day, provided that such
6 voter may not vote in both such party primaries with respect
7 to offices of the same political subdivision. However, no
8 person declaring his affiliation with a statewide established
9 political party may vote in the primary of any other
10 statewide political party on the same election day.
11 (Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/7-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-45)
13 Sec. 7-45. (a) Whenever a person offering to vote at a
14 primary is challenged, and is not personally known to the
15 judges of election to have the qualifications required in
16 this Article to vote, the person so challenged shall make and
17 subscribe an affidavit in the following form, which shall be
18 presented to and retained by the primary judges and returned
19 by them affixed to the primary poll book or with the official
20 poll record:
21 State of Illinois)
22 )ss.
23 County of .......)
24 I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
25 citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over,
26 and am qualified to vote under and by virtue of the
27 Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois, and am a
28 legally qualified voter of the precinct; that I now reside at
29 ....(insert street and number, if any) in this election
30 jurisdiction, precinct, and am a member of and affiliated
31 with the .... party; that I have not voted at a primary of
32 another political party within a period of 23 calendar months
33 prior to the calendar month in which this primary is being
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1 held; and that I voted at the .... city, village,
2 incorporated town, or town primary, with the .... political
3 party at the .... election held in ...., .... which the
4 .... political party was entitled at such primary to make
5 nominations of candidates for city, village, incorporated
6 town or town offices only, and for no other offices, and that
7 the name or names of no candidate or candidates of the ....
8 political party (the political party with which the primary
9 elector declares himself affiliated) were, at such city,
10 village, incorporated town or town primary, printed on the
11 primary ballot; that I have not signed the petition for
12 nomination of a candidate of a political party with which I
13 am not affiliated, and that I have not signed the nominating
14 papers of an independent candidate for any office for which
15 office candidates for nomination are voted for at this
16 primary.
17 .........................
18 Subscribed and sworn to before me, on (insert date) this
19 .... day of ...., ....
20 .........................
21 Judge of Primary
22 In addition to such affidavit the person so challenged
23 shall provide to the judges of election proof of residence by
24 producing two forms of identification showing the person's
25 current residence address, provided that such identification
26 may include not more than one piece of mail addressed to the
27 person at his current residence address and postmarked not
28 earlier than 30 days prior to the date of the primary
29 election., or the person shall produce the affidavit of one
30 voter of the precinct, who shall be a qualified voter at such
31 primary, and who shall be personally known or proved to the
32 judges to be a voter in the precinct, which affidavit shall
33 be in the following form:
34 State of Illinois)
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1 )ss.
2 County of........)
3 I,...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a voter
4 of this precinct and entitled to vote at this primary; that I
5 am acquainted with ....(name of the party challenged), whose
6 right to vote at this primary has been challenged; that I
7 know him or her to be an actual bona fide resident of this
8 precinct, and that he has resided herein 30 days, and I
9 verily believe he or she has resided in this State 30 days
10 next preceding this primary; that I verily believe he or she
11 is a member of and affiliated with the .... party.
12 .........................
13 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this .... day of
14 ...., ....
15 .........................
16 Judge of Primary
17 (b) Whenever, at any primary election, in any precinct,
18 district, city, village, incorporated town, town, or ward,
19 any person offering to vote has moved within the election
20 jurisdiction prior to the primary election, he or she shall
21 make and subscribe an affidavit, in the following form, which
22 shall be retained by the judges of election, and returned by
23 them affixed to the official poll record:
24 State of Illinois)
25 )ss.
26 County of .......)
27 I, .........., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
28 citizen of the United States; that I am 18 years of age; that
29 I have not voted at this election; that preceding this
30 election I was a duly qualified and registered voter in every
31 respect in this election precinct; that I have moved from
32 (here give the particular house or place of residence, and,
33 if in a town or city, the street and number), in this
34 election precinct; that I now reside at (here give the
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1 particular house or place of residence, and, if in a town or
2 city, the street and number), within the same election
3 jurisdiction *and the same Congressional District.
4 So help me God, (or "This I do solemnly and sincerely
5 affirm", as the case may be).
6 Signature of applicant..............................
7 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
8 ...................
9 Judge of Election
10 *If you have changed Congressional District, draw a line
11 through "and the same Congressional District."
12 (c) Whenever at any primary election, in any precinct,
13 district, city, village, incorporated town, town, or ward,
14 any person offering to vote has moved therefrom within 30
15 days prior to the primary election, he or she shall make and
16 subscribe an affidavit, in the following form, which shall be
17 supported by providing to the judges of election proof of
18 residence (i) by producing 2 forms of identification showing
19 the person's current residence address, providing that this
20 identification may include not more than one piece of mail
21 addressed to the person at his or her current residence
22 address and postmarked not earlier than 30 days before the
23 date of the election or (ii) by one affidavit of a registered
24 voter in the precinct, as provided herein, both of which
25 shall be retained by the judges of election, and returned by
26 them affixed to the poll books or with the official poll
27 record:
28 State of Illinois)
29 )ss.
30 County of .......)
31 I, ........, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
32 citizen of the United States; that I am 18 years of age; that
33 I have not voted at this election; that prior to 30 days
34 preceding this election I was a duly qualified and registered
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1 voter in every respect in this election precinct; that I have
2 recently moved from (here give the particular house or place
3 of residence, and, if in a town or city, the street and
4 number), in this election precinct, that I now reside at
5 (here give the particular house or place of residence, and,
6 if in a town or city, the street and number), in another
7 election jurisdiction in the State.
8 So help me God, (or "This I do solemnly and sincerely
9 affirm", as the case may be).
10 ....................
11 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
12 ....................
13 State of Illinois)
14 )ss.
15 County of .......)
16 .......... Precinct .......... Ward
17 I, .........., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a
18 resident of this precinct and entitled to vote at this
19 election; that I am acquainted with .......... (name of the
20 applicant; that I verily believe him to have been an actual
21 bona fide resident and registered voter of this precinct and
22 that he maintained a legal residence therein, 30 days next
23 preceding this election.
24 ....................
25 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
26 ....................
27 Judge of Election
28 The oath may be administered by either of the judges of
29 election, or by any officer, resident in the precinct or
30 district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
31 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/7-47) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-47)
33 Sec. 7-47. Before leaving the booth, the primary elector
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1 shall fold his primary ballot in such manner as to conceal
2 the marks thereon. Such voter shall then vote forthwith by
3 handing the primary judge the primary ballot received by such
4 voter. Thereupon the primary judge shall deposit such primary
5 ballot in the ballot box. One of the judges shall thereupon
6 enter in the primary poll book the name of the primary
7 elector, his residence and his party affiliation or shall
8 make the entries on the official poll record as required by
9 Articles 3A, 4, 5 and 6, if any one of them is applicable.
10 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
11 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
12 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A,
13 whichever is applicable.
14 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/7-47.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-47.1)
16 Sec. 7-47.1. (a) In the case of an emergency, as
17 determined by the State Board of Elections, or if the Board
18 determines that all potential polling places have been
19 surveyed by the election authority and that no accessible
20 polling place, as defined by rule of the State Board of
21 Elections, is available within a precinct nor is the election
22 authority able to make a polling place within the precinct
23 temporarily accessible, the Board, upon written application
24 by the election authority, is authorized to grant an
25 exemption from the accessibility requirements of the Federal
26 Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
27 (Public Law 98-435). Such exemption shall be valid for a
28 period of 2 years.
29 (b) Any temporarily or permanently physically disabled
30 voter who, because of structural features of the building in
31 which the polling place is located, is unable to access or
32 enter the polling place, may request that 2 judges of
33 election of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to
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1 him or her at the point where he or she is unable to continue
2 forward motion toward the polling place; but, in no case,
3 shall a ballot be delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of
4 the entrance to the building in which the polling place is
5 located. Such request shall be made to the election
6 authority not later than the close of business at the
7 election authority's office on the day before the election
8 and on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections.
9 The election authority shall notify the judges of election
10 for the appropriate precinct polling places of such requests.
11 Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to
12 the disabled voter the ballot which he or she is entitled to
13 vote, a portable voting booth or other enclosure that will
14 allow such voter to mark his or her ballot in secrecy, and a
15 marking device.
16 (c) The voter must complete the entire voting process,
17 including the application for ballot from which the judges of
18 election shall compare the voter's signature with the
19 signature on his or her signature registration record card in
20 the file precinct binder.
21 After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed
22 it in the ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner
23 prescribed for paper ballots), the 2 judges of election shall
24 return the ballot to the polling place and give it to the
25 judge in charge of the ballot box who shall deposit it
26 therein.
27 Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of
28 this Code shall be permitted to accompany the judges and
29 observe the above procedure.
30 No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his
31 or her ballot, unless the voter requests assistance and
32 completes the affidavit required by Section 17-14 of this
33 Code.
34 (Source: P.A. 84-808.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/17-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-9)
2 Sec. 17-9. Any person desiring to vote shall give his
3 name and, if required to do so, his residence to the judges
4 of election, one of whom shall thereupon announce the same in
5 a loud and distinct tone of voice, clear, and audible; the
6 judges of elections shall check each application for ballot
7 against the list of voters registered in that precinct to
8 whom absentee ballots have been issued for that election,
9 which shall be provided by the election authority and which
10 list shall be available for inspection by pollwatchers. A
11 voter applying to vote in the precinct on election day whose
12 name appears on the list as having been issued an absentee
13 ballot shall not be permitted to vote in the precinct unless
14 that voter submits to the judges of election, for
15 cancellation or revocation, his absentee ballot. In the case
16 that the voter's absentee ballot is not present in the
17 polling place, it shall be sufficient for any such voter to
18 submit to the judges of election in lieu of his absentee
19 ballot, either a portion of such ballot if torn or mutilated,
20 an affidavit executed before the judges of election
21 specifying that the voter never received an absentee ballot,
22 or an affidavit executed before the judges of election
23 specifying that the voter desires to cancel or revoke any
24 absentee ballot that may have been cast in the voter's name.
25 All applicable provisions of Articles 3A, 4, 5 or 6 shall be
26 complied with and if such name is found on the register of
27 voters or precinct file by the officer having charge thereof,
28 he shall likewise repeat said name, and the voter shall be
29 allowed to enter within the proximity of the voting booths,
30 as above provided. One of the judges shall give the voter
31 one, and only one of each ballot to be voted at the election,
32 on the back of which ballots such judge shall indorse his
33 initials in such manner that they may be seen when each such
34 ballot is properly folded, and the voter's name shall be
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1 immediately checked on the register list. In those election
2 jurisdictions where perforated ballot cards are utilized of
3 the type on which write-in votes can be cast above the
4 perforation, the election authority shall provide a space
5 both above and below the perforation for the judge's
6 initials, and the judge shall endorse his or her initials in
7 both spaces. Whenever a proposal for a constitutional
8 amendment or for the calling of a constitutional convention
9 is to be voted upon at the election, the separate blue ballot
10 or ballots pertaining thereto shall, when being handed to the
11 voter, be placed on top of the other ballots to be voted at
12 the election in such manner that the legend appearing on the
13 back thereof, as prescribed in Section 16-6 of this Act,
14 shall be plainly visible to the voter. At all elections,
15 when a registry may be required, if the name of any person so
16 desiring to vote at such election is not found on the
17 register of voters, he or she shall not receive a ballot
18 until he or she shall have complied with the law prescribing
19 the manner and conditions of voting by such unregistered
20 voters. If any person desiring to vote at any election shall
21 be challenged, he or she shall not receive a ballot until he
22 or she shall have established his right to vote in the manner
23 provided hereinafter; and if he or she shall be challenged
24 after he has received his ballot, he shall not be permitted
25 to vote until he or she has fully complied with such
26 requirements of the law upon being challenged. Besides the
27 election officer, not more than 2 voters in excess of the
28 whole number of voting booths provided shall be allowed
29 within the proximity of the voting booths at one time. The
30 provisions of this Act, so far as they require the
31 registration of voters as a condition to their being allowed
32 to vote shall not apply to persons otherwise entitled to
33 vote, who are, at the time of the election, or at any time
34 within 60 days prior to such election have been engaged in
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1 the military or naval service of the United States, and who
2 appear personally at the polling place on election day and
3 produce to the judges of election satisfactory evidence
4 thereof, but such persons, if otherwise qualified to vote,
5 shall be permitted to vote at such election without previous
6 registration.
7 All such persons shall also make an affidavit which shall
8 be in substantially the following form:
9 State of Illinois,)
10 ) ss.
11 County of ........)
12 ............... Precinct .......... Ward
13 I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
14 citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over,
15 and that within the past 60 days prior to the date of this
16 election at which I am applying to vote, I have been engaged
17 in the .... (military or naval) service of the United States;
18 and I am qualified to vote under and by virtue of the
19 Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois, and that I am
20 a legally qualified voter of this precinct and ward except
21 that I have, because of such service, been unable to register
22 as a voter; that I now reside at .... (insert street and
23 number, if any) in this precinct and ward; that I have
24 maintained a legal residence in this precinct and ward for 30
25 days and in this State 30 days next preceding this election.
26 .........................
27 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
28 .........................
29 Judge of Election.
30 The affidavit of any such person shall be supported by
31 the affidavit of a resident and qualified voter of any such
32 precinct and ward, which affidavit shall be in substantially
33 the following form:
34 State of Illinois,)
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1 ) ss.
2 County of ........)
3 ........... Precinct ........... Ward
4 I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a
5 resident of this precinct and ward and entitled to vote at
6 this election; that I am acquainted with .... (name of the
7 applicant); that I verily believe him to be an actual bona
8 fide resident of this precinct and ward and that I verily
9 believe that he or she has maintained a legal residence
10 therein 30 days and in this State 30 days next preceding this
11 election.
12 .........................
13 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
14 .........................
15 Judge of Election.
16 All affidavits made under the provisions of this Section
17 shall be enclosed in a separate envelope securely sealed, and
18 shall be transmitted with the returns of the elections to the
19 election authority county clerk or to the board of election
20 commissioners, who shall preserve the said affidavits for the
21 period of 6 months, during which period such affidavits shall
22 be deemed public records and shall be freely open to
23 examination as such.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/17-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-10)
26 Sec. 17-10. (a) Whenever, at any election, in any
27 precinct, any person offering to vote is not personally known
28 to the judges of election to have the qualifications required
29 in this Act, if his vote is challenged by a legal voter at
30 such election, he or she shall make and subscribe an
31 affidavit, in the following form, which shall be retained by
32 the judges of election, and returned by them affixed to the
33 poll books or with the official poll record:
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1 State of Illinois)
2 )ss.
3 County of .......)
4 I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
5 citizen of the United States; that I am 18 years of age or
6 over; that I have resided in this State and in this election
7 precinct district 30 days next preceding this election; that
8 I have not voted at this election; that I am a duly qualified
9 voter in every respect; that I now reside at (here give the
10 particular house or place of residence, and, if in a town or
11 city, the street and number), in this election jurisdiction
12 district; *1. that I registered to vote from said address;
13 *2. that I changed my residence to the above address from
14 ...., both of which is are in this election precinct and from
15 where I am registered to vote district; *3. that I changed my
16 name from .... to that which I have signed below; *4. that I
17 have not changed my residence but my address has changed as a
18 result of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone
19 system.
20 So help me God, (or "This I do solemnly and sincerely
21 affirm", as the case may be).
22 .........................
23 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
24 .........................
25 *1. If your present address is not the address from
26 which you are registered to vote If registration is not
27 required, draw a line through 1 above.
28 *2. Fill in the blank ONLY if you have moved within 2
29 years.
30 *3. Fill in the blank ONLY if not more than 2 federal
31 elections have been held since you moved you have changed
32 your name within 2 years.
33 *4. Fill in the blank ONLY if you have not changed your
34 residence but your address has changed as a result of
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1 implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system.
2 In addition to such an affidavit, the person so
3 challenged shall provide to the judges of election proof of
4 residence by producing two forms of identification showing
5 the person's current residence address, provided that such
6 identification may include not more than one piece of mail
7 addressed to the person at his current residence address and
8 postmarked not earlier than 30 days prior to the date of the
9 election, or the person shall procure a witness personally
10 known to the judges of election, and resident in the precinct
11 (or district), or who shall be proved by some legal voter of
12 such precinct or district, known to the judges to be such,
13 who shall take the oath following, viz:
14 I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident of
15 this election precinct (or district), and entitled to vote at
16 this election, and that I have been a resident of this State
17 for 30 days last past, and am well acquainted with the person
18 whose vote is now offered; that he is an actual and bona fide
19 resident of this election precinct (or district), and has
20 resided herein 30 days, and as I verily believe, in this
21 State, 30 days next preceding this election.
22 The oath in each case may be administered by either of
23 the judges of election, or by any officer, resident in the
24 precinct or district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
25 (a-1) Whenever, at any regular or special election, in
26 any precinct, district, city, village, incorporated town,
27 town, or ward, any person offering to vote has moved within
28 the election jurisdiction prior to the regular or special
29 election, he or she shall make and subscribe an affidavit, in
30 the following form, which shall be retained by the judges of
31 election and returned by them affixed to the official poll
32 record:
33 State of Illinois)
34 )ss.
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1 County of .......)
2 I, .........., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
3 citizen of the United States; that I am 18 years of age; that
4 I have not voted at this election; that preceding this
5 election I was a duly qualified and registered voter in every
6 respect in this election precinct; that I have moved from
7 (here give the particular house or place of residence, and,
8 if in a town or city, the street and number), in this
9 election precinct; that I now reside at (here give the
10 particular house or place of residence, and, if in a town or
11 city, the street and number), within the same election
12 jurisdiction *and the same Congressional District.
13 So help me God, (or "This I do solemnly and sincerely
14 affirm", as the case may be).
15 Signature of applicant...........................
16 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date)
17 ....................
18 Judge of Election
19 *If you have changed Congressional District, draw a line
20 through "and the same Congressional District."
21 (b) Whenever, at any regular or special election, in any
22 precinct, district, city, village, incorporated town, town or
23 ward, any person offering to vote has moved therefrom within
24 30 days prior to said regular or special election, he shall
25 make and subscribe an affidavit, in the following form, which
26 shall be supported by providing to the judges of election
27 proof of residence by producing two forms of identification
28 showing the person's current residence address, provided that
29 such identification may include not more than one piece of
30 mail addressed to the person at his current residence address
31 and postmarked not earlier than 30 days prior to the date of
32 the election, or by one affidavit of a registered voter in
33 the precinct, as provided herein, both of which shall be
34 retained by the judges of election, and returned by them
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1 affixed to the poll books or with the official poll record:
2 State of Illinois)
3 )ss.
4 County of .......)
5 I, ........., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a
6 citizen of the United States; that I am 18 years of age;
7 that I have not voted at this election; that prior to 30 days
8 preceding this election I was a duly qualified and registered
9 voter in every respect in this election precinct district;
10 that I have recently moved from (here give the particular
11 house or place of residence, and, if in a town or city, the
12 street and number), in this election precinct district; that
13 I now reside at (here give the particular house or place of
14 residence, and, if in a town or city, the street and number),
15 in another election jurisdiction district in the State.
16 So help me God, (or "This I do solemnly and sincerely
17 affirm", as the case may be).
18 ......................
19 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
20 ......................
21 State of Illinois)
22 )ss.
23 County of .......)
24 ......... Precinct ........ Ward
25 I, ........, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a
26 resident of this precinct and entitled to vote at this
27 election; that I am acquainted with .... (name of the
28 applicant); that I verily believe him to have been an actual
29 bona fide resident and registered voter of this precinct and
30 that he maintained a legal residence therein, 30 days next
31 preceding this election.
32 ....................
33 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
34 ....................
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1 Judge of Election.
2 The oath may be administered by either of the judges of
3 election, or by any officer, resident in the precinct or
4 district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/17-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-13)
7 Sec. 17-13. (a) In the case of an emergency, as
8 determined by the State Board of Elections, or if the Board
9 determines that all potential polling places have been
10 surveyed by the election authority and that no accessible
11 polling place, as defined by rule of the State Board of
12 Elections, is available within a precinct nor is the election
13 authority able to make a polling place within the precinct
14 temporarily accessible, the Board, upon written application
15 by the election authority, is authorized to grant an
16 exemption from the accessibility requirements of the Federal
17 Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
18 (Public Law 98-435). Such exemption shall be valid for a
19 period of 2 years.
20 (b) Any temporarily or permanently physically disabled
21 voter who, because of structural features of the building in
22 which the polling place is located, is unable to access or
23 enter the polling place, may request that 2 judges of
24 election of opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to
25 him or her at the point where he or she is unable to continue
26 forward motion toward the polling place; but, in no case,
27 shall a ballot be delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of
28 the entrance to the building in which the polling place is
29 located. Such request shall be made to the election
30 authority not later than the close of business at the
31 election authority's office on the day before the election
32 and on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections.
33 The election authority shall notify the judges of election
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1 for the appropriate precinct polling places of such requests.
2 Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to
3 the disabled voter the ballot which he or she is entitled to
4 vote, a portable voting booth or other enclosure that will
5 allow such voter to mark his or her ballot in secrecy, and a
6 marking device.
7 (c) The voter must complete the entire voting process,
8 including the application for ballot from which the judges of
9 election shall compare the voter's signature with his or her
10 the signature on his or her registration record card in the
11 precinct file binder.
12 After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed
13 it in the ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner
14 prescribed for paper ballots), the 2 judges of election shall
15 return the ballot to the polling place and give it to the
16 judge in charge of the ballot box who shall deposit it
17 therein.
18 Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of
19 this Code shall be permitted to accompany the judges and
20 observe the above procedure.
21 No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his
22 or her ballot, unless the voter requests assistance and
23 completes the affidavit required by Section 17-14 of this
24 Code.
25 (Source: P.A. 84-808.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/18-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-1)
27 Sec. 18-1. The provisions of this Article 18 shall be
28 applicable only to and in municipalities operating under
29 Article 6 of this Act.
30 As part of any canvass being conducted by a board of
31 election commissioners At every election in any municipality
32 operating under Article 6 of this Act, each of the political
33 parties shall have the right to designate a canvasser for
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1 each election precinct, who may make a canvass of the
2 precinct in which he is appointed to act, not less than 20
3 nor more than 31 days previous to such election, for the
4 purpose of ascertaining the names and addresses of the legal
5 voters residing in such precinct. An authority signed by the
6 executive director of the board of election commissioners,
7 shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such canvasser
8 to make a canvass of the precinct in which he is appointed to
9 act. The executive director of the board of election
10 commissioners shall issue such certificate of authority to
11 any person designated in a written request signed by the
12 recognized chairman or presiding officer of the chief
13 managing committee of a political party in such city, village
14 or incorporated town; and a record shall be kept in the
15 office of the election commissioners of all appointments of
16 such canvassers. In making such canvass no person shall
17 refuse to answer questions and give the information asked for
18 and known to him or her.
19 (Source: P.A. 82-373.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/18-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-5)
21 Sec. 18-5. Any person desiring to vote and whose name is
22 found upon the register of voters or precinct file by the
23 person having charge thereof, shall then be asked to state
24 his or her name and residence to the judges of election, one
25 of whom shall thereupon announce the same in a loud and
26 distinct tone of voice, clear and audible questioned by one
27 of the judges as to his nativity, his term of residence at
28 present address, precinct, State and United States, his age,
29 whether naturalized and if so the date of naturalization
30 papers and court from which secured, and he shall be asked to
31 state his residence when last previously registered and the
32 date of the election for which he then registered. The judges
33 of elections shall check each application for ballot against
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1 the list of voters registered in that precinct to whom
2 absentee ballots have been issued for that election, which
3 shall be provided by the election authority and which list
4 shall be available for inspection by pollwatchers. A voter
5 applying to vote in the precinct on election day whose name
6 appears on the list as having been issued an absentee ballot
7 shall not be permitted to vote in the precinct unless that
8 voter submits to the judges of election, for cancellation or
9 revocation, his absentee ballot. In the case that the
10 voter's absentee ballot is not present in the polling place,
11 it shall be sufficient for any such voter to submit to the
12 judges of election in lieu of his absentee ballot, either a
13 portion of such ballot if torn or mutilated, an affidavit
14 executed before the judges of election specifying that the
15 voter never received an absentee ballot, or an affidavit
16 executed before the judges of election specifying that the
17 voter desires to cancel or revoke any absentee ballot that
18 may have been cast in the voter's name. If such person so
19 registered shall be challenged as disqualified, the party
20 challenging shall assign his reasons therefor, and thereupon
21 one of the judges shall administer to him an oath to answer
22 questions, and if he shall take the oath he shall then be
23 questioned by the judge or judges touching such cause of
24 challenge, and touching any other cause of disqualification.
25 And he may also be questioned by the person challenging him
26 in regard to his qualifications and identity. But if a
27 majority of the judges are of the opinion that he is the
28 person so registered and a qualified voter, his vote shall
29 then be received accordingly. But if his vote be rejected by
30 such judges, such person may afterward produce and deliver an
31 affidavit to such judges, subscribed and sworn to by him
32 before one of the judges, in which it shall be stated how
33 long he has resided in such precinct, and state; that he is a
34 citizen of the United States, and is a duly qualified voter
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1 in such precinct, and that he is the identical person so
2 registered. In addition to such an affidavit, the person so
3 challenged shall provide to the judges of election proof of
4 residence by producing 2 forms of identification showing the
5 person's current residence address, provided that such
6 identification to the person at his current residence address
7 and postmarked not earlier than 30 days prior to the date of
8 the election, or the person shall procure a witness
9 personally known to the judges of election, and resident in
10 the precinct (or district), or who shall be proved by some
11 legal voter of such precinct or district, known to the judges
12 to be such, who shall take the oath following, viz:
13 I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident of
14 this election precinct (or district), and entitled to vote at
15 this election, and that I have been a resident of this State
16 for 30 days last past, and am well acquainted with the person
17 whose vote is now offered; that he is an actual and bona fide
18 resident of this election precinct (or district), and has
19 resided herein 30 days, and as I verily believe, in this
20 State, 30 days next preceding this election.
21 The oath in each case may be administered by one of the
22 judges of election, or by any officer, resident in the
23 precinct or district, authorized by law to administer oaths.
24 Also supported by an affidavit by a registered voter residing
25 in such precinct, stating his own residence, and that he
26 knows such person; and that he does reside at the place
27 mentioned and has resided in such precinct and state for the
28 length of time as stated by such person, which shall be
29 subscribed and sworn to in the same way. Whereupon the vote
30 of such person shall be received, and entered as other votes.
31 But such judges, having charge of such registers, shall state
32 in their respective books the facts in such case, and the
33 affidavits, so delivered to the judges, shall be preserved
34 and returned to the office of the commissioners of election.
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1 Blank affidavits of the character aforesaid shall be sent out
2 to the judges of all the precincts, and the judges of
3 election shall furnish the same on demand and administer the
4 oaths without criticism. Such oaths, if administered by any
5 other officer than such judge of election, shall not be
6 received. Whenever a proposal for a constitutional amendment
7 or for the calling of a constitutional convention is to be
8 voted upon at the election, the separate blue ballot or
9 ballots pertaining thereto shall be placed on top of the
10 other ballots to be voted at the election in such manner that
11 the legend appearing on the back thereof, as prescribed in
12 Section 16-6 of this Act, shall be plainly visible to the
13 voter, and in this fashion the ballots shall be handed to the
14 voter by the judge. The judges having charge of the register
15 of voters shall then, in a space provided thereon for that
16 voter and that election, mark "Voter" or the letter "V".
17 The voter shall, upon quitting the voting booth, deliver
18 to one of the judges of election all of the ballots, properly
19 folded, which he received. The judge of election to whom the
20 voter delivers his ballots shall not accept the same unless
21 all of the ballots given to the voter are returned by him. If
22 a voter delivers less than all of the ballots given to him,
23 the judge to whom the same are offered shall advise him in a
24 voice clearly audible to the other judges of election that
25 the voter must return the remainder of the ballots. The
26 statement of the judge to the voter shall clearly express the
27 fact that the voter is not required to vote such remaining
28 ballots but that whether or not he votes them he must fold
29 and deliver them to the judge. In making such statement the
30 judge of election shall not indicate by word, gesture or
31 intonation of voice that the unreturned ballots shall be
32 voted in any particular manner. No new voter shall be
33 permitted to enter the voting booth of a voter who has failed
34 to deliver the total number of ballots received by him until
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1 such voter has returned to the voting booth pursuant to the
2 judge's request and again quit the booth with all of the
3 ballots required to be returned by him. Upon receipt of all
4 such ballots the judges of election shall enter the name of
5 the voter, and his number, as above provided in this section,
6 and the judge to whom the ballots are delivered shall
7 immediately put the ballots into the ballot box. If any voter
8 who has failed to deliver all the ballots received by him
9 refuses to return to the voting booth after being advised by
10 the judge of election as herein provided, the judge shall
11 inform the other judges of such refusal, and thereupon the
12 ballot or ballots returned to the judge shall be deposited in
13 the ballot box, the voter shall be permitted to depart from
14 the polling place, and a new voter shall be permitted to
15 enter the voting booth.
16 The judge of election who receives the ballot or ballots
17 from the voter shall announce the residence and name of such
18 voter in a loud voice. The judge shall put the ballot or
19 ballots received from the voter into the ballot box in the
20 presence of the voter and the judges of election, and in
21 plain view of the public. The judges having charge of such
22 registers shall then, in a column prepared thereon, in the
23 same line of, the name of the voter, mark "Voted" or the
24 letter "V".
25 No judge of election shall accept from any voter less
26 than the full number of ballots received by such voter
27 without first advising the voter in the manner above provided
28 of the necessity of returning all of the ballots, nor shall
29 any such judge advise such voter in a manner contrary to that
30 which is herein permitted, or in any other manner violate the
31 provisions of this Section; provided, that the acceptance by
32 a judge of election of less than the full number of ballots
33 delivered to a voter who refuses to return to the voting
34 booth after being properly advised by such judge shall not be
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1 a violation of this Section.
2 The provisions of Section 17-10, insofar as applicable to
3 challenged and affidavit voting procedures, shall be
4 applicable in this Section.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/18-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-15)
7 Sec. 18-15. The official poll record poll books shall be
8 enclosed in an envelope, which shall then be securely sealed
9 with sealing wax, or other adhesive material; and each of the
10 judges shall write his name across every fold at which the
11 envelope if unfastened could be opened.
12 (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/18-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-16)
14 Sec. 18-16. Thereupon one of the judges of election shall
15 take charge of the official poll record poll books and the
16 key to the ballot box. Two of the judges shall each take one
17 of the statements of the votes cast into his possession
18 sealed up in the envelopes as aforesaid, and each of the
19 remaining 2 judges shall take one of the tally sheets sealed
20 up in the envelopes as aforesaid. Thereupon the judge having
21 possession of such official poll record poll books shall
22 immediately deliver the record poll books to the Board of
23 Election Commissioners, or to the person or persons delegated
24 by the board to receive such envelopes, and at such place or
25 places within the area served by the board as pre-determined
26 by the board, with the seal unbroken and shall receive a
27 receipt therefor; and the other judges shall immediately
28 deliver the statements and tallies so in their possession
29 respectively, to the respective officers to whom addressed as
30 aforesaid and who, by this Act, are entitled to receive the
31 same, and when delivered, each one shall take a receipt from
32 the officer to whom delivered. Such envelopes shall be
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1 delivered to such officers or their duly authorized and
2 appointed representatives, at the time and place where such
3 envelopes are delivered to the Board of Election
4 Commissioners or its designated receiving stations as
5 pre-determined by the board, as hereinabove provided for. And
6 none of them shall receive pay for their services as such
7 judges without the production of the receipts so given them
8 by the officers as aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the
9 respective officers so designated, to whom such statements
10 and tallies are ordered to be delivered, to receive the same,
11 and to safely keep under lock and key until ordered to be
12 surrendered as herein provided; and the Board of Election
13 Commissioners shall safely keep such poll records books under
14 lock and key for one year.
15 Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
16 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
17 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A,
18 whichever is applicable.
19 (Source: P.A. 76-1309.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/20-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-13)
21 Sec. 20-13. If otherwise qualified to vote, any person
22 not covered by Sections 20-2, 20-2.1 or 20-2.2 of this
23 Article who is not registered to vote and who is temporarily
24 absent from his county of residence, may make special
25 application to the election authority having jurisdiction
26 over his precinct of permanent residence by mail, not less
27 than 5 days before a presidential election, or in person in
28 the office of the election authority, not more than 30 nor
29 less than one day before a presidential election, for an
30 absentee ballot to vote for the president and vice-president
31 only. Such application shall be furnished by the election
32 authority and shall be in substantially the following form:
33 SPECIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION (For use by
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1 non-registered Illinois residents temporarily absent from the
2 county to vote for the president and vice-president only)
3 AFFIDAVIT
4 1. I hereby request an absentee ballot to vote for the
5 president and vice-president only ......... (insert date of
6 general election)
7 2. I am a citizen of the United States and a permanent
8 resident of Illinois.
9 3. I have maintained, and still maintain, a permanent
10 abode in Illinois for the past .......... years at:
11 .......... (House) .......... (Number) .......... (Street)
12 .......... (City) .......... (Village) .......... (Town)
13 4. I will not be able to regularly register in person as
14 a voter because .................... (Give reason for
15 temporary absence such as "Student", "Temporary job
16 transfer", etc.)
17 5. I was born .......... (Month) .......... (Day)
18 .......... (Year) in .................... (State or County);
19 6. To be filled in only by a person who is foreign-born
20 (If answer is "yes" in either a. or b. below, fill in
21 appropriate information in c.):
22 a. One or both of my parents were United States citizens
23 at the time of my birth?
24 ( ) YES ( ) NO)
25 b. My United States citizenship was derived through an
26 act of the Congress of the United States?
27 ( ) YES ( ) NO
28 c. The name of the court issuing papers and the date
29 thereof upon which my United States citizenship was derived
30 is .................... located in .......... (City)
31 .......... (State) on .......... (Month) .......... (Day)
32 .......... (Year)
33 (For persons who derived citizenship through papers
34 issued through a parent or spouse, fill in the following)
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1 (1) My parents or spouse's name is:
2 ......... (First) .......... (Middle) .......... (Last)
3 (2) ........ (Month) .......... (Day) .......... (Year)
4 is the date of my marriage or my age at which time I
5 derived my citizenship.
6 7. I am not registered as a voter in any other county in
7 the State of Illinois or in any other State.
8 8. I am not requesting a ballot from any other place and
9 am not voting in any other manner in this election and I have
10 not voted and do not intend to vote in this election at any
11 other address. (If absentee request), I request that you mail
12 my ballot to the following address:
13 (Print name and complete mailing address)
14 .........................................
15 .........................................
16 .........................................
17 9. Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to
18 Article 29 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
19 that the statements set forth in this application are true
20 and correct.
21 ......................
22 Signature of Applicant
23 The procedures set forth in Sections 20-4 through 20-12
24 of this Article, insofar as they may be made applicable,
25 shall be applicable to absentee voting under this Section.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/20-13.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-13.1)
28 Sec. 20-13.1. Any person not covered by Sections 20-2,
29 20-2.1 or 20-2.2 of this Article who is registered to vote
30 but who is disqualified from voting because he moved outside
31 his election jurisdiction precinct during the 30 days
32 preceding a presidential election may make special
33 application to the election authority having jurisdiction
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1 over his precinct of former residence by mail, not more than
2 30 nor less than 5 days before a presidential Federal
3 election, or in person in the office of the election
4 authority, not more than 30 nor less than 1 day before a
5 presidential Federal election, for an absentee ballot to vote
6 for the president and vice-president only. Such application
7 shall be furnished by the election authority and shall be in
8 substantially the following form:
9 SPECIAL VOTER APPLICATION
10 (For use by registered Illinois voters disqualified for
11 having moved outside their election jurisdiction precinct on
12 or after the 30th day preceding the election, to vote for
13 president and vice-president only.)
14 1. I hereby request a ballot to vote for president and
15 vice-president only on .......... (insert date of general
16 election).
17 2. I am a citizen of the United States and my present
18 address is: .................... (Residence Number)
19 .......... (Street) ....................
20 (City/Village/Township) .......... (County) ..........
21 (State).
22 3. As of .......... (Month), .......... (Day),
23 .......... (Year) I was a registered voter at ..........
24 (Residence Number) .......... (Street) ....................
25 (City/Village/Township).
26 4. I moved to my present address on .......... (Month)
27 .......... (Day) .......... (Year).
28 5. I have not registered to vote from nor have I
29 requested a ballot in any other election jurisdiction in this
30 State or in another State.
31 6. (If absentee request), I request that you mail the
32 ballot to the following address:
33 Print name and complete mailing address.
34 ........................................
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1 ........................................
2 ........................................
3 Under the penalties as provided by law pursuant to
4 Article 29 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
5 that the statements set forth in this application are true
6 and correct.
7 ........................
8 (Signature of Applicant)
9 7. Subscribed and sworn to before me on ..........
10 (Month) .......... (Day) .......... (Year)
11 ........................
12 (Signature of Official
13 Administering Oath)
14 The procedures set forth in Sections 20-4 through 20-12
15 of this Article, insofar as they may be made applicable,
16 shall be applicable to absentee voting under this Section.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
18 Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
19 changing Sections 2-105, 2-106, and 2-123 as follows:
20 (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
21 Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State. The Secretary
22 of State shall maintain offices in the State capital and in
23 such other places in the State as he may deem necessary to
24 properly carry out the powers and duties vested in him.
25 The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or
26 more buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County
27 of Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the
28 powers and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may,
29 on behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private
30 property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent
31 domain. The care, custody and control of such sites and
32 buildings constructed thereon shall be vested in the
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1 Secretary of State. Expenditures for the construction and
2 equipping of any of such buildings upon premises owned by
3 another public entity shall not be subject to the provisions
4 of any State law requiring that the State be vested with
5 absolute fee title to the premises. The exercise of the
6 authority vested in the Secretary of State by this Section is
7 subject to the appropriation of the necessary funds.
8 Pursuant to Section 3A-6 of the Election Code, the
9 Secretary of State, through the employees at each driver's
10 license exam station, shall offer each person applying for a
11 driver's license, a corrected driver's license, an Illinois
12 identification card, or a corrected Illinois identification
13 card an opportunity to apply for voter registration. If the
14 person executes the application to register to vote, the
15 Secretary of State shall forward the completed application
16 form to the appropriate election authority within 10 days
17 after the date of its execution, except that an application
18 to vote executed within 5 days before the last day to
19 register to vote before the next election shall be
20 transmitted within 24 hours after its execution. Application
21 for voter registration under this Section shall be made in
22 the manner provided by Section 3A-3 of the Election Code.
23 The Secretary of State shall maintain a record of the
24 numbers of persons executing or declining to execute voter
25 registration applications and shall report these numbers to
26 the State Board of Elections every 2 years, as required by
27 rule of the State Board of Elections.
28 Pursuant to Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 of The
29 Election Code, the Secretary of State shall make driver
30 services facilities available for use as temporary places of
31 registration. Registration within the offices shall be in
32 the most public, orderly and convenient portions thereof, and
33 Section 4-3, 5-3, and 11-4 of The Election Code relative to
34 the attendance of police officers during the conduct of
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1 registration shall apply. Registration under this Section
2 shall be made in the manner provided by Sections 4-8, 4-10,
3 5-7, 5-9, 6-34, 6-35, and 6-37 of The Election Code.
4 Within 30 days after the effective date of this
5 amendatory Act of 1990, and no later than November 1 of each
6 even-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of State, to the
7 extent practicable, shall designate to each election
8 authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at
9 each driver services facility registered to vote within the
10 jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent
11 election jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars
12 by the election authority located within the election
13 jurisdiction where the employees maintain their residences.
14 Such designation shall be in writing and certified by the
15 Secretary of State.
16 Each person applying at a driver services facility for a
17 driver's license or permit, a corrected driver's license or
18 permit, an Illinois identification card or a corrected
19 Illinois identification card shall be notified that the
20 person may register at such station to vote in the election
21 jurisdiction in which the station is located or in an
22 election jurisdiction adjacent to the location of the station
23 and may also transfer his voter registration at such station
24 to an address in the election jurisdiction within which the
25 station is located or to an address in an adjacent election
26 jurisdiction. Such notification may be made in writing or
27 verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of State.
28 The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
29 be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and
30 the duties of his employees under the this amendatory Act of
31 1990 and this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)
33 (625 ILCS 5/2-106) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-106)
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1 Sec. 2-106. Secretary of State to prescribe forms.
2 The Secretary of State shall prescribe or provide
3 suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, voter
4 registration applications cards, driver's licenses and such
5 other forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the
6 provisions of this Act and any other laws pertaining to
7 vehicles the enforcement and administration of which are
8 vested in the Secretary of State.
9 (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
10 (625 ILCS 5/2-123) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123)
11 Sec. 2-123. Sale and Distribution of Information.
12 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
13 Secretary may make the driver's license, vehicle and title
14 registration lists, in part or in whole, and any statistical
15 information derived from these lists available to local
16 governments, elected state officials, state educational
17 institutions, public libraries and all other governmental
18 units of the State and Federal Government requesting them for
19 governmental purposes. The Secretary shall require any such
20 applicant for services to pay for the costs of furnishing
21 such services and the use of the equipment involved, and in
22 addition is empowered to establish prices and charges for the
23 services so furnished and for the use of the electronic
24 equipment utilized.
25 (b) The Secretary is further empowered to and he may, in
26 his discretion, furnish to any applicant, other than listed
27 in subsection (a) of this Section, vehicle or driver data on
28 a computer tape, disk, or printout at a fixed fee of $250 in
29 advance and require in addition a further sufficient deposit
30 based upon the Secretary of State's estimate of the total
31 cost of the information requested and a charge of $25 per
32 1,000 units or part thereof identified or the actual cost,
33 whichever is greater. The Secretary is authorized to refund
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1 any difference between the additional deposit and the actual
2 cost of the request. This service shall not be in lieu of an
3 abstract of a driver's record nor of a title or registration
4 search. The information sold pursuant to this subsection
5 shall be the entire vehicle or driver data list, or part
6 thereof.
7 (c) Secretary of State may issue registration lists.
8 The Secretary of State shall compile and publish, at least
9 annually, a list of all registered vehicles. Each list of
10 registered vehicles shall be arranged serially according to
11 the registration numbers assigned to registered vehicles and
12 shall contain in addition the names and addresses of
13 registered owners and a brief description of each vehicle
14 including the serial or other identifying number thereof.
15 Such compilation may be in such form as in the discretion of
16 the Secretary of State may seem best for the purposes
17 intended.
18 (d) The Secretary of State shall furnish no more than 2
19 current available lists of such registrations to the sheriffs
20 of all counties and to the chiefs of police of all cities and
21 villages and towns of 2,000 population and over in this State
22 at no cost. Additional copies may be purchased at the fee of
23 $500 each or at the cost of producing the list as determined
24 by the Secretary of State.
25 (e) The Secretary of State shall upon written request
26 and the payment of the fee of $500 furnish the current
27 available list of such motor vehicle registrations to any
28 person so long as the supply of available registration lists
29 shall last.
30 (e-1) Commercial purchasers of driver and vehicle record
31 databases shall enter into a written agreement with the
32 Secretary of State that includes disclosure of the commercial
33 use of the intended purchase. Affected drivers, vehicle
34 owners, or registrants may request that their personally
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1 identifiable information not be used for commercial
2 solicitation purposes.
3 (f) The Secretary of State shall make a title or
4 registration search of the records of his office and a
5 written report on the same for any person, upon written
6 application of such person, accompanied by a fee of $5 for
7 each registration or title search. No fee shall be charged
8 for a title or registration search, or for the certification
9 thereof requested by a government agency.
10 The Secretary of State shall certify a title or
11 registration record upon written request. The fee for
12 certification shall be $5 in addition to the fee required for
13 a title or registration search. Certification shall be made
14 under the signature of the Secretary of State and shall be
15 authenticated by Seal of the Secretary of State.
16 The Secretary of State may notify the vehicle owner or
17 registrant of the request for purchase of his title or
18 registration information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
19 The vehicle owner or registrant residence address and
20 other personally identifiable information on the record shall
21 not be disclosed. This nondisclosure shall not apply to
22 requests made by law enforcement officials, government
23 agencies, financial institutions, attorneys, insurers,
24 employers, automobile associated businesses, other business
25 entities for purposes consistent with the Illinois Vehicle
26 Code, the vehicle owner or registrant, or other entities as
27 the Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation. This
28 information may be withheld from the entities listed above,
29 except law enforcement and government agencies upon
30 presentation of a valid court order of protection for the
31 duration of the order.
32 No information shall be released to the requestor until
33 expiration of a 10 day period. This 10 day period shall not
34 apply to requests for information made by law enforcement
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1 officials, government agencies, financial institutions,
2 attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile associated
3 businesses, persons licensed as a private detective or firms
4 licensed as a private detective agency under the Private
5 Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983,
6 who are employed by or are acting on behalf of law
7 enforcement officials, government agencies, financial
8 institutions, attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile
9 associated businesses, and other business entities for
10 purposes consistent with the Illinois Vehicle Code, the
11 vehicle owner or registrant or other entities as the
12 Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation.
13 Any misrepresentation made by a requestor of title or
14 vehicle information shall be punishable as a petty offense,
15 except in the case of persons licensed as a private detective
16 or firms licensed as a private detective agency which shall
17 be subject to disciplinary sanctions under Section 22 or 25
18 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security
19 Act of 1983.
20 (g) 1. The Secretary of State may, upon receipt of a
21 written request and a fee of $6, furnish to the person or
22 agency so requesting a driver's record. Such document
23 may include a record of: current driver's license
24 issuance information, except that the information on
25 judicial driving permits shall be available only as
26 otherwise provided by this Code; convictions; orders
27 entered revoking, suspending or cancelling a driver's
28 license or privilege; and notations of accident
29 involvement. All other information, unless otherwise
30 permitted by this Code, shall remain confidential.
31 2. The Secretary of State may certify an abstract
32 of a driver's record upon written request therefor.
33 Such certification shall be made under the signature of
34 the Secretary of State and shall be authenticated by the
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1 Seal of his office.
2 3. All requests for driving record information
3 shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
4 The Secretary of State may notify the affected
5 driver of the request for purchase of his driver's record
6 as the Secretary deems appropriate.
7 The affected driver residence address and other
8 personally identifiable information on the record shall
9 not be disclosed. This nondisclosure shall not apply to
10 requests made by law enforcement officials, government
11 agencies, financial institutions, attorneys, insurers,
12 employers, automobile associated businesses, other
13 business entities for purposes consistent with the
14 Illinois Vehicle Code, the affected driver, or other
15 entities as the Secretary may exempt by rule and
16 regulation. This information may be withheld from the
17 entities listed above, except law enforcement and
18 government agencies, upon presentation of a valid court
19 order of protection for the duration of the order.
20 No information shall be released to the requester
21 until expiration of a 10 day period. This 10 day period
22 shall not apply to requests for information made by law
23 enforcement officials, government agencies, financial
24 institutions, attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile
25 associated businesses, persons licensed as a private
26 detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
27 under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
28 Security Act of 1983, who are employed by or are acting
29 on behalf of law enforcement officials, government
30 agencies, financial institutions, attorneys, insurers,
31 employers, automobile associated businesses, and other
32 business entities for purposes consistent with the
33 Illinois Vehicle Code, the affected driver or other
34 entities as the Secretary may exempt by rule and
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1 regulation.
2 Any misrepresentation made by a requestor of driver
3 information shall be punishable as a petty offense,
4 except in the case of persons licensed as a private
5 detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
6 which shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions under
7 Section 22 or 25 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
8 and Private Security Act of 1983.
9 4. The Secretary of State may furnish without fee,
10 upon the written request of a law enforcement agency, any
11 information from a driver's record on file with the
12 Secretary of State when such information is required in
13 the enforcement of this Code or any other law relating to
14 the operation of motor vehicles, including records of
15 dispositions; documented information involving the use of
16 a motor vehicle; whether such individual has, or
17 previously had, a driver's license; and the address and
18 personal description as reflected on said driver's
19 record.
20 5. Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
21 the Secretary of State may furnish, without fee,
22 information from an individual driver's record on file,
23 if a written request therefor is submitted by any public
24 transit system or authority, public defender, law
25 enforcement agency, a state or federal agency, or an
26 Illinois local intergovernmental association, if the
27 request is for the purpose of a background check of
28 applicants for employment with the requesting agency, or
29 for the purpose of an official investigation conducted by
30 the agency, or to determine a current address for the
31 driver so public funds can be recovered or paid to the
32 driver, or for any other lawful purpose.
33 The Secretary may also furnish the courts a copy of
34 an abstract of a driver's record, without fee, subsequent
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1 to an arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 or a
2 similar provision of a local ordinance. Such abstract
3 may include records of dispositions; documented
4 information involving the use of a motor vehicle as
5 contained in the current file; whether such individual
6 has, or previously had, a driver's license; and the
7 address and personal description as reflected on said
8 driver's record.
9 6. Any certified abstract issued by the Secretary
10 of State or transmitted electronically by the Secretary
11 of State pursuant to this Section, to a court or on
12 request of a law enforcement agency, for the record of a
13 named person as to the status of the person's driver's
14 license shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
15 therein stated and if the name appearing in such abstract
16 is the same as that of a person named in an information
17 or warrant, such abstract shall be prima facie evidence
18 that the person named in such information or warrant is
19 the same person as the person named in such abstract and
20 shall be admissible for any prosecution under this Code
21 and be admitted as proof of any prior conviction or proof
22 of records, notices, or orders recorded on individual
23 driving records maintained by the Secretary of State.
24 7. Subject to any restrictions contained in the
25 Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and upon receipt of a proper
26 request and a fee of $6, the Secretary of State shall
27 provide a driver's record to the affected driver, or the
28 affected driver's attorney, upon verification. Such
29 record shall contain all the information referred to in
30 paragraph 1 of this subsection (g) plus: any recorded
31 accident involvement as a driver; information recorded
32 pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 6-117 and paragraph
33 (4) of subsection (a) of Section 6-204 of this Code. All
34 other information, unless otherwise permitted by this
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1 Code, shall remain confidential.
2 (h) The Secretary shall not disclose social security
3 numbers except pursuant to a written request by, or with the
4 prior written consent of, the individual except: (1) to
5 officers and employees of the Secretary who have a need to
6 know the social security numbers in performance of their
7 official duties, (2) to law enforcement officials for a
8 lawful, civil or criminal law enforcement investigation, and
9 if the head of the law enforcement agency has made a written
10 request to the Secretary specifying the law enforcement
11 investigation for which the social security numbers are being
12 sought, (3) to the United States Department of
13 Transportation, or any other State, pursuant to the
14 administration and enforcement of the Commercial Motor
15 Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, (3.5) to the State Board of
16 Elections for voter registration purposes, (4) pursuant to
17 the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (5) to the
18 Department of Public Aid for utilization in the child support
19 enforcement duties assigned to that Department under
20 provisions of the Public Aid Code after the individual has
21 received advanced meaningful notification of what
22 redisclosure is sought by the Secretary in accordance with
23 the federal Privacy Act; provided, the redisclosure shall not
24 be authorized by the Secretary prior to September 30, 1992.
25 (i) The Secretary of State is empowered to promulgate
26 rules and regulations to effectuate this Section.
27 (j) Medical statements or medical reports received in
28 the Secretary of State's Office shall be confidential. No
29 confidential information may be open to public inspection or
30 the contents disclosed to anyone, except officers and
31 employees of the Secretary who have a need to know the
32 information contained in the medical reports and the Driver
33 License Medical Advisory Board, unless so directed by an
34 order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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1 (k) All fees collected under this Section shall be paid
2 into the Road Fund of the State Treasury, except that $3 of
3 the $6 fee for a driver's record shall be paid into the
4 Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
5 (l) The Secretary of State shall report his
6 recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 1993,
7 regarding the sale and dissemination of the information
8 maintained by the Secretary, including the sale of lists of
9 driver and vehicle records.
10 (m) Notations of accident involvement that may be
11 disclosed under this Section shall not include notations
12 relating to damage to a vehicle or other property being
13 transported by a tow truck. This information shall remain
14 confidential, provided that nothing in this subsection (m)
15 shall limit disclosure of any notification of accident
16 involvement to any law enforcement agency or official.
17 (n) Requests made by the news media for driver's
18 license, vehicle, or title registration information may be
19 furnished without charge or at a reduced charge, as
20 determined by the Secretary, when the specific purpose for
21 requesting the documents is deemed to be in the public
22 interest. Waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public
23 interest if the principal purpose of the request is to access
24 and disseminate information regarding the health, safety, and
25 welfare or the legal rights of the general public and is not
26 for the principal purpose of gaining a personal or commercial
27 benefit.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-144, eff. 7-23-97; 90-330, eff. 8-8-97;
29 90-400, eff. 8-15-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-37, eff.
30 7-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-716, eff. 10-1-00.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/4-2 rep.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/4-12 rep.)
33 (10 ILCS 5/4-14 rep.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/4-17 rep.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/4-18.01 rep.)
3 (10 ILCS 5/4-19 rep.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/5-2 rep.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/5-15 rep.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/5-24 rep.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/5-25.01 rep.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/5-26 rep.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/6-42 rep.)
10 (10 ILCS 5/6-44 rep.)
11 (10 ILCS 5/6-50 rep.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/6-58 rep.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/6-59.01 rep.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/6-64 rep.)
15 Section 95. The Election Code is amended by repealing
16 Sections 4-2, 4-12, 4-14, 4-17, 4-18.01, 4-19, 5-2, 5-15,
17 5-24, 5-25.01, 5-26, 6-42, 6-44, 6-50, 6-58, 6-59.01, and
18 6-64.
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 5 ILCS 140/7 from Ch. 116, par. 207
4 10 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
5 10 ILCS 5/1A-9 from Ch. 46, par. 1A-9
6 10 ILCS 5/ Art. 3A heading new
7 10 ILCS 5/3A-1 new
8 10 ILCS 5/3A-2 new
9 10 ILCS 5/3A-2.5 new
10 10 ILCS 5/3A-3 new
11 10 ILCS 5/3A-4 new
12 10 ILCS 5/3A-5 new
13 10 ILCS 5/3A-6 new
14 10 ILCS 5/3A-7 new
15 10 ILCS 5/3A-8 new
16 10 ILCS 5/3A-9 new
17 10 ILCS 5/3A-10 new
18 10 ILCS 5/3A-11 new
19 10 ILCS 5/4-1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-1
20 10 ILCS 5/4-5 from Ch. 46, par. 4-5
21 10 ILCS 5/4-6.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.1
22 10 ILCS 5/4-6.2 from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2
23 10 ILCS 5/4-6.4 new
24 10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
25 10 ILCS 5/4-8.01 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.01
26 10 ILCS 5/4-8.03 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03
27 10 ILCS 5/4-9 from Ch. 46, par. 4-9
28 10 ILCS 5/4-10 from Ch. 46, par. 4-10
29 10 ILCS 5/4-13 from Ch. 46, par. 4-13
30 10 ILCS 5/4-15 from Ch. 46, par. 4-15
31 10 ILCS 5/4-16 from Ch. 46, par. 4-16
32 10 ILCS 5/4-18 from Ch. 46, par. 4-18
33 10 ILCS 5/4-20 from Ch. 46, par. 4-20
34 10 ILCS 5/4-20.1 new
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1 10 ILCS 5/4-20.2 new
2 10 ILCS 5/4-22 from Ch. 46, par. 4-22
3 10 ILCS 5/4-24 from Ch. 46, par. 4-24
4 10 ILCS 5/4-24.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-24.1
5 10 ILCS 5/4-27 from Ch. 46, par. 4-27
6 10 ILCS 5/4-30 from Ch. 46, par. 4-30
7 10 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-1
8 10 ILCS 5/5-6 from Ch. 46, par. 5-6
9 10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 10 ILCS 5/5-7.01 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.01
11 10 ILCS 5/5-7.03 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03
12 10 ILCS 5/5-8 from Ch. 46, par. 5-8
13 10 ILCS 5/5-9 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9
14 10 ILCS 5/5-10 from Ch. 46, par. 5-10
15 10 ILCS 5/5-11 from Ch. 46, par. 5-11
16 10 ILCS 5/5-12 from Ch. 46, par. 5-12
17 10 ILCS 5/5-13 from Ch. 46, par. 5-13
18 10 ILCS 5/5-14 from Ch. 46, par. 5-14
19 10 ILCS 5/5-16 from Ch. 46, par. 5-16
20 10 ILCS 5/5-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.1
21 10 ILCS 5/5-16.2 from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2
22 10 ILCS 5/5-16.4 new
23 10 ILCS 5/5-19 from Ch. 46, par. 5-19
24 10 ILCS 5/5-20 from Ch. 46, par. 5-20
25 10 ILCS 5/5-21 from Ch. 46, par. 5-21
26 10 ILCS 5/5-22 from Ch. 46, par. 5-22
27 10 ILCS 5/5-23 from Ch. 46, par. 5-23
28 10 ILCS 5/5-25 from Ch. 46, par. 5-25
29 10 ILCS 5/5-28 from Ch. 46, par. 5-28
30 10 ILCS 5/5-28.2 new
31 10 ILCS 5/5-28.3 new
32 10 ILCS 5/5-29 from Ch. 46, par. 5-29
33 10 ILCS 5/5-36 from Ch. 46, par. 5-36
34 10 ILCS 5/5-37.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-37.1
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1 10 ILCS 5/6-24 from Ch. 46, par. 6-24
2 10 ILCS 5/6-27 from Ch. 46, par. 6-27
3 10 ILCS 5/6-28 from Ch. 46, par. 6-28
4 10 ILCS 5/6-29 from Ch. 46, par. 6-29
5 10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
6 10 ILCS 5/6-35.01 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.01
7 10 ILCS 5/6-35.03 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03
8 10 ILCS 5/6-36 from Ch. 46, par. 6-36
9 10 ILCS 5/6-37 from Ch. 46, par. 6-37
10 10 ILCS 5/6-38 from Ch. 46, par. 6-38
11 10 ILCS 5/6-39 from Ch. 46, par. 6-39
12 10 ILCS 5/6-40 from Ch. 46, par. 6-40
13 10 ILCS 5/6-41 from Ch. 46, par. 6-41
14 10 ILCS 5/6-43 from Ch. 46, par. 6-43
15 10 ILCS 5/6-45 from Ch. 46, par. 6-45
16 10 ILCS 5/6-49 from Ch. 46, par. 6-49
17 10 ILCS 5/6-50.1 from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.1
18 10 ILCS 5/6-50.2 from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2
19 10 ILCS 5/6-50.4 new
20 10 ILCS 5/6-52 from Ch. 46, par. 6-52
21 10 ILCS 5/6-53 from Ch. 46, par. 6-53
22 10 ILCS 5/6-54 from Ch. 46, par. 6-54
23 10 ILCS 5/6-56 from Ch. 46, par. 6-56
24 10 ILCS 5/6-57 from Ch. 46, par. 6-57
25 10 ILCS 5/6-59 from Ch. 46, par. 6-59
26 10 ILCS 5/6-60 from Ch. 46, par. 6-60
27 10 ILCS 5/6-65 from Ch. 46, par. 6-65
28 10 ILCS 5/6-65.1 new
29 10 ILCS 5/6-65.2 new
30 10 ILCS 5/6-66 from Ch. 46, par. 6-66
31 10 ILCS 5/6A-4 from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4
32 10 ILCS 5/7-23 from Ch. 46, par. 7-23
33 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43
34 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44
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1 10 ILCS 5/7-45 from Ch. 46, par. 7-45
2 10 ILCS 5/7-47 from Ch. 46, par. 7-47
3 10 ILCS 5/7-47.1 from Ch. 46, par. 7-47.1
4 10 ILCS 5/17-9 from Ch. 46, par. 17-9
5 10 ILCS 5/17-10 from Ch. 46, par. 17-10
6 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13
7 10 ILCS 5/18-1 from Ch. 46, par. 18-1
8 10 ILCS 5/18-5 from Ch. 46, par. 18-5
9 10 ILCS 5/18-15 from Ch. 46, par. 18-15
10 10 ILCS 5/18-16 from Ch. 46, par. 18-16
11 10 ILCS 5/20-13 from Ch. 46, par. 20-13
12 10 ILCS 5/20-13.1 from Ch. 46, par. 20-13.1
13 625 ILCS 5/2-105 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105
14 625 ILCS 5/2-106 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-106
15 625 ILCS 5/2-123 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123
16 10 ILCS 5/4-2 rep.
17 10 ILCS 5/4-12 rep.
18 10 ILCS 5/4-14 rep.
19 10 ILCS 5/4-17 rep.
20 10 ILCS 5/4-18.01 rep.
21 10 ILCS 5/4-19 rep.
22 10 ILCS 5/5-2 rep.
23 10 ILCS 5/5-15 rep.
24 10 ILCS 5/5-24 rep.
25 10 ILCS 5/5-25.01 rep.
26 10 ILCS 5/5-26 rep.
27 10 ILCS 5/6-42 rep.
28 10 ILCS 5/6-44 rep.
29 10 ILCS 5/6-50 rep.
30 10 ILCS 5/6-58 rep.
31 10 ILCS 5/6-59.01 rep.
32 10 ILCS 5/6-64 rep.