10 ILCS 5/5-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 5 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of 500,000 Or More

 (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9)Sec. 5-9.   Except as herein provided, no person shall be registered  unless he applies in person to registration officer, answers such  relevant questions as may be asked of him by the registration officer,  and executes the affidavit of registration.  The registration officer shall  require the applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except in the  case of a homeless individual, one of which must include his or her residence  address.  These forms of identification shall include, but not be limited to,  any of the following: driver's license, social security card, public aid  identification card, utility bill, employee or student identification card,  lease or contract for a residence, credit card, or a civic, union or professional association membership card.  The registration officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish  evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated.  This use may be  demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual and received at  that address or by a statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing  address. The registration officer shall require each applicant for registration  to read or have read to him the affidavit of registration before permitting him  to execute the affidavit.One of the Deputy Registrars, the Judge of Registration, or an  Officer of Registration, County Clerk, or clerk in the office of the  County Clerk, shall administer to all persons who shall personally apply  to register the following oath or affirmation:"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly  answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your place of  residence, name, place of birth, your qualifications as an elector and  your right as such to register and vote under the laws of the State of  Illinois."The Registration Officer shall satisfy himself that each applicant  for registration is qualified to register before registering him.  If the  registration officer has reason to believe that the applicant is a resident  of a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified  pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, the following question shall be put,  "When you entered the home which is your present address, was it your bona fide  intention to become a resident thereof?"  Any voter of a township, city,  village or incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be  permitted to be present at the place of precinct registration, and shall have  the right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is qualified,  he shall forthwith in writing notify such applicant to appear before the  County Clerk to furnish further proof of his qualifications.  Upon the  card of such applicant shall be written the word "Incomplete" and no  such applicant shall be permitted to vote unless such registration is  satisfactorily completed as hereinafter provided.  No registration shall  be taken and marked as "incomplete" if information to complete it can be  furnished on the date of the original application.Any person claiming to be an elector in any election precinct in such  township, city, village or incorporated town and whose registration is  marked "Incomplete" may make and sign an application in writing, under  oath, to the County Clerk in substance in the following form:"I do solemnly swear that I, ..........,  did on (insert date) make application to the Board of Registry of the ........  precinct of ........ ward of the City of .... or of the ......... District  ......... Town of .......... (or to the County Clerk of .............) and  ............ County; that said Board or Clerk refused to complete my  registration as a qualified voter in said precinct, that I reside in said  precinct (or that I intend to reside in said precinct), am a duly qualified  voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at the next election.  ...........................  (Signature of Applicant)"All such applications shall be presented to the County Clerk by the  applicant, in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and five  o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of the third week subsequent to  the weeks in which the 1961 and 1962 precinct re-registrations are to be  held, and thereafter for the registration provided in Section 5-17 of  this Article, all such applications shall be presented to the County  Clerk by the applicant in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.  and nine o'clock p.m. on Monday and Tuesday of the third week  prior to the date on which such election is to be held.Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his county of  residence either due to business of the United States or because he is  temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States may  become registered by mailing an application to the county clerk within  the periods of registration provided for in this Article or by simultaneous  application for registration by mail and vote by mail ballot as provided in  Article 20 of this Code.Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall immediately  mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall  contain the following and such other information as the State Board of  Elections may think it proper to require for the identification of the  applicant:Name.  The name of the applicant, giving surname and first or  Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial for such  middle name, if any.Sex.Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue or other  location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and definite  description as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the  dwelling of the applicant.  Where the location cannot be determined by  street and number, then the Section, congressional township and range  number may be used, or such other information as may be necessary,  including post office mailing address.Electronic mail address, if the registrant has provided this information.Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the precinct.Nativity.  The State or country in which the applicant was born.Citizenship.  Whether the applicant is native born or naturalized. If  naturalized, the court, place and date of naturalization.Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.Out of State address of ..........................  AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION  State of .........))ssCounty of ........)I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States;  that on the day of the next election I shall have resided in the State  of Illinois for 6 months and in the election precinct 30 days; that I am  fully qualified to vote, that I am not registered to vote anywhere else  in the United States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of  Illinois and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the State  of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.  ..............................  (His or her signature or mark)Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to administer  oaths, on (insert date).  ........................................  Signature of officer administering oath.Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of Registration, the  county clerk shall transfer the information contained thereon to  duplicate Registration Cards provided for in Section 5-7 of this Article  and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of  registration and thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall  constitute the registration of such person the same as if he had applied  for registration in person.  (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)