10 ILCS 5/6-41
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 6 - Registration Of Electors In Certain Cities, Villages And Incorporated Towns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 6-41)Sec. 6-41.         The canvassers, or one of them, shall prepare a list of  the names of the parties designated as aforesaid, and to whom such  notice has been sent, given, or left at the address, and make and attach  his or their affidavit or affidavits thereto, stating that notice, duly  stamped, was mailed to each of said parties at the places designated on  the list, on or before 10 o'clock p. m. of the Thursday following the  canvass, and that notice was also personally left at the said address of  each of the parties named in the lists so attached, if there be such  address; and such canvassers shall also file in the office of the Board  of Election Commissioners on or before 6 o'clock p. m. on the Friday  following the canvass, an exact duplicate of such list with the  affidavit or affidavits attached thereto. Blank affidavit forms shall be  furnished by the board for the purpose aforesaid; but if none are  furnished, such canvassers shall cause the same to be drawn, and they  shall swear to such affidavit before the judge of registration of such  precinct, or a member of the Board of Election Commissioners, or the  executive director thereof.In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of  over 200,000 and having a Board of Election Commissioners and in cities,  villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of the Board of  Election Commissioners, the Board of Election Commissioners shall remain  in session from 10 o'clock a.m. to 9 o'clock p.m. for 10 days following  the last day of the canvass for the sole purpose of revising their  registry. No new name shall be added to the registry at such session of  the Board of Election Commissioners.In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of  less than 200,000, the hearing herein provided and the final revision of  the registry, shall be by the Board of Election Commissioners for such  city, village or incorporated town. The commissioners shall meet for  this purpose upon the Monday and Tuesday following the canvass, and  shall remain in session between the hours of 8 o'clock a.m. and 10  o'clock p.m., and the precinct election officials who made the canvass  of the precinct shall meet with them as may be required by the Board of  Election Commissioners.If any person to whom such notice has been sent, shall appear before  the Board of Election Commissioners during the session, he shall make  oath and sign an affidavit in substance as follows:"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States and  that I have resided in the .... precinct of the .... Ward of the City of  ...., in the State of Illinois, since the .... day of ....; and that I  have never been convicted of any crime (or if convicted, state the time  and when pardoned by the Governor of any State)."This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one of such Board  of Election Commissioners, or the clerk of the board, and it shall be  filed in the office of the Board of Election Commissioners and be  preserved for 60 days.Thereupon the Board of Election Commissioners shall further examine  him and shall also swear such canvassers or the precinct election  officials as the case may be, and hear them upon the question, and the  Board of Election Commissioners shall have the power to send one or both  of the canvassers or precinct election officials, as the case may be, to  make further examination and inquiry at the place claimed by such person  to be his residence, and again examine such canvassers or precinct  election officials touching the same; and if after such further  examination and hearing, the majority of the board in question are of  the opinion that such person is not a qualified voter in such precinct,  they shall indicate in the proper manner that the card of such person  shall be removed from the precinct file.At the close of any such session, if any person so notified to appear  at such session has not appeared and shown cause why the card bearing  his name should not be withdrawn from the precinct file, the same shall  be withdrawn from the file.The Board of Election Commissioners shall, however, keep the cancelled  cards in a suspense file for 2 years and reinstate them at any time within  such 2 year suspense period, when a person's registration is cancelled under  this or other Sections of this Article for failure to apply for reinstatement  or to appear in proper time, and there is sufficient subsequent showing  that he is a duly qualified elector.Either of said canvassers shall have the power and right of both in  the matter pertaining to such canvass; but in case either refuses or  neglects to make such canvass as aforesaid, then the other may make such  canvass alone.In case of the temporary disability upon the part of either  canvasser, the remaining canvasser shall appoint a temporary canvasser  who shall represent and be affiliated with the same political party as  the canvasser whose place is being filled, and shall administer to him  the usual oath of office for canvassers. Such temporary canvasser shall  perform all the duties of the office until the disability of the regular  canvasser is removed.    (Source: P.A. 82-373.)