10 ILCS 5/4-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)Sec. 4-22.   Except as otherwise provided in this Section upon application  to vote each registered elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the  case may be, on a certificate substantially as follows:  CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct ....... Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year) Registration Record ....... Checked by ....... Voter's number .... INSTRUCTION TO VOTERSSign this certificate and hand it to the election officer in charge.  After  the registration record has been checked, the officer will hand it back  to you.  Whereupon you shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.I hereby certify that I am registered from the address below and am qualified to vote.  Signature of voter ....... residence address .......An individual shall not be required to provide his social  security number when applying for a ballot.  He shall not be denied a  ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely because of his refusal  to provide his social security number.  Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being requested  to provide his social security number when the individual applies for a  ballot.  If, however, the certificate contains a space for the individual's  social security number, the following notice shall appear on the  certificate, immediately above such space,  in bold-face capital letters, in type the size of which  equals the largest type on the certificate:"THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT REQUIRED  TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.  HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED  A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS  OR HER REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL  SECURITY NUMBER."The certificates of each State-wide political party at a general primary election  shall be separately printed upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size,  but the certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the  same color or tint.  However, if the election authority provides computer  generated applications with the precinct, ballot style and voter's name  and address preprinted on the application, a single application may be used  for State-wide political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes  to indicate the political party.  Such application shall not entitle the  voter to vote in the primary of more than one political party at the same election.At the consolidated primary, such certificates may contain spaces or checkoff  boxes permitting the voter to request a primary ballot of any other political  party which is established only within a political subdivision and for which  a primary is conducted on the same election day.  Such application shall  not entitle the voter  to vote in both the primary of the State-wide political party and the primary  of the local political party with respect to the offices of the same political  subdivision.  In no event may a voter vote in more than one State-wide primary  on the same day.The judges in charge of the precinct registration files shall compare the  signature upon such certificate with the signature on the registration record  card as a means of identifying the voter.  Unless satisfied by such comparison  that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is registered under  the same name, the judges shall ask such applicant the questions for identification  which appear on the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove  to the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election precinct  that he is the identical person registered under the name in question then  the vote of such applicant shall be challenged by a judge of election, and  the same procedure  followed as provided by law for challenged voters.In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge of election shall  check the data on the registration card and shall check the address given,  with the registered address, in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.One of the judges of election shall check the certificate of each applicant  for a ballot after the registration record has been examined, and shall  sign his initials on the certificate in the space provided therefor, and  shall enter upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place provided  therefor, and make an entry in the voting record space on the registration  record, to indicate whether or not the applicant voted.  Such judge shall  then hand such certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted  to vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of election in charge  of the ballots.  The certificates of the voters shall be filed in the order  in which they are received and shall constitute an official poll record.  The term "poll lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article, shall  be construed to apply to such official poll record.After each general primary election the county clerk shall indicate by  color code or other means next to the name of each registrant on the list  of registered voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political  party that the registrant requested at that general primary election.  The  county clerk, within 60 days after the general primary election, shall provide  a copy of this coded list to the chair of the county central committee  of each established political party or to the chair's duly authorized representative.Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983,  the county clerk shall provide to the chair of the county central committee  of each established political party or to the chair's duly authorized  representative  the list of registered voters in each precinct at the time of the general  primary election of 1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code or  other means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political  party that the registrant requested at the general primary election of 1982.The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual  cost of duplicating  each copy of a list provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and presenting the  certificate provided by this Section, and his registration record card is  not found in the precinct registry of voters, but his name appears as that  of a registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct register  as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated  list, if any, and whose name has not been erased or withdrawn from such  register, the printed precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental  list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie evidence of the  elector's right to vote upon compliance with the provisions hereinafter  set forth in this Section.  In such event one of the judges of election  shall require an affidavit by such person and one voter residing in the  precinct before the judges of election, substantially in the form prescribed  in Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the presentation of such affidavits,  a certificate shall be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation  of such certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by registered voters  under the provisions of Article 19 of this Act shall be accepted by the  Judges of Election in lieu of the "Certificate of Registered Voter" provided  for in this Section.When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election for use at the  polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the printed precinct register,  he shall give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the chair   of a county central committee of an established political party or to the chair's   duly authorized representative.Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the election authority  charged with the duty of providing application certificates may prescribe  the form thereof so that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating  in which of the elections he desires to vote.After the signature has been verified, the judges shall determine in which  political subdivisions the voter resides by use of the information contained  on the voter registration cards or the separate registration lists or other  means approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and supplied  by the election authority.  The voter's certificate shall be so marked by  the judges as to  show the respective ballots which the voter is given.  (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)