10 ILCS 5/6-44
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. 6-44)Sec. 6-44.   Any voter or voters in the ward, village or incorporated  town containing such precinct, and any precinct committeeperson in the  county, may, between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and six p.m. of  Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to  the week in which such election is to be held make application in  writing, before such board of election commissioners, to have any name  upon such register of any precinct erased.  However, in  municipalities having a population of more than 500,000 and having a  board of election commissioners (except as otherwise provided for such  municipalities in Section 6-60 of this Article) and in all cities,  villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board,  such application shall be made between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.  and six o'clock p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to  the week in which such election is to be held.  Such application shall  be, in substance, in the words and figures following:"I, being a qualified voter, registered from No. .... street in the  .... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of .... do  hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have personal knowledge that  .... registered from No. .... street is not a qualified voter in the  .... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of .... and  hence I ask that his name be erased from the register of such precinct  for the following reason ....Affiant further says that he has personal knowledge of the facts set  forth in the above affidavit.  (Signed)....Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).  .... ...."Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant before  any member of the board or the clerk thereof and filed with said board.  Thereupon notice of such application, with a demand to appear before the  board of election commissioners and show cause why his name shall not be  erased from said register, shall be personally served upon such person  or left at his place of residence indicated in such register, or in the  case of a homeless individual, at his or her mailing address, by a  messenger of said board of election commissioners, and, as to the manner  and time of serving such notice such messenger shall make affidavit;  the messenger shall also make affidavit of the fact in case he cannot  find such person or his place of residence, and that he went to the place  named on such register as his or her place of residence.  Such notice shall  be served at least one day before the time fixed for such party to show cause.The commissioners shall also cause a like notice or demand to be sent  by mail duly stamped and directed, to such person, to the address upon the  register at least 2 days before the day fixed in the notice to show cause.A like notice shall be served on the person or persons making the  application to have the name upon such register erased to appear and  show cause why said name shall be erased, the notice to set out the day  and hour of such hearing. If the voter making such application fails to  appear before said board at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the  notice or fails to show cause why the name upon such register shall  be erased, the application may be dismissed by the board.Any voter making such application or applications shall be privileged  from arrest while presenting the same to the board of election commissioners,  and while going to and returning from the board of election commissioners.  (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)