10 ILCS 5/6-66
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. 6-66)Sec. 6-66.   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 VOTERCity 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 officers 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 applications of each State-wide political party  at a primary election  shall be separately printed  upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of  no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or tint.  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 applications may contain  spaces or check-off boxes  permitting the voter to also request a primary ballot of any political  party which is established only within a political subdivision and for  which a primary is conducted on the same election day.  Such applications shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the  primary of a State-wide political party and the primary of  a local political party with respect to the offices of the same  political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more  than one State-wide political party 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 in this Article and Act 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 such  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 terms "poll lists" and  "poll books", where used in this Article and Act, shall be construed to  apply to such official poll record.After each general primary election the board of election commissioners  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 the general primary  election. The board of election commissioners, within 60 days after that  general primary election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the  chairman 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 board of election commissioners shall provide to the chairman 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 board of election commissioners 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 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 provided by this Article 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 it shall be the duty of one of  the judges of election to require an affidavit by such person and 2  voters residing in the precinct before the judges of election that he is  the same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct register as  corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or consolidated list, if  any, and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and number  of his residence, 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. Any  elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on the printed  precinct register or supplemental list but who has a certificate issued  by the board of election commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of  this Article, shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such  certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters residing in the  precinct that the elector is the same person described in such  certificate and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and  number of his residence. Forms for all affidavits required hereunder  shall be supplied by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits  made under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the board  of election commissioners in the manner provided by this Article and  Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty of the board of election  commissioners, within 30 days after such election, to take the steps  provided by Section 6-64 of this Article for the execution of new  registration affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions  of this paragraph.When the board of election commissioners delivers to the judges of election  for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the printed  precinct register, it 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  official or officials 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.)