10 ILCS 5/19A-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 19A - Early Voting by Personal Appearance

Sec. 19A-35. Procedure for voting.(a) Not more than 23 days before the start of the election, the county clerk  shall make available to the election official conducting early voting by  personal  appearance a sufficient number of early ballots, envelopes, and printed voting  instruction slips for the use of early voters.  The election official shall  receipt for all ballots received and shall return unused or spoiled ballots at  the close of the early voting period to the county clerk and must strictly  account for all ballots received.  The ballots delivered to the election  official must include early ballots for each precinct in the election  authority's jurisdiction and must include separate ballots for each political  subdivision conducting an election of officers or a referendum at that  election.(b) In conducting early voting under this Article, the election judge or official is   required to verify the signature of the early voter by comparison with the  signature on the  official registration card, and the judge or official must verify (i) that the applicant is a registered voter, (ii) the  precinct in which the applicant is registered, and (iii) the proper ballots of  the political subdivision in which the applicant resides and is entitled to  vote before providing an early ballot to the applicant. The election judge or official  must verify the applicant's registration from the most recent poll list  provided by the  election authority, and if the applicant is not listed on that poll list, by  telephoning the office of the election authority.(b-5)  A person requesting an early voting ballot to whom a vote by mail ballot was issued may vote early if the person submits that vote by mail ballot to the judges of election or official conducting early voting for cancellation.  If the voter is unable to submit the vote by mail ballot, it shall be sufficient for the voter to submit to the judges or official (i) a portion of the vote by mail ballot if the vote by mail ballot was torn or mutilated or (ii) an affidavit executed before the judges or official specifying that (A) the voter never received a vote by mail ballot or (B) the voter completed and returned a vote by mail ballot and was informed that the election authority did not receive that vote by mail ballot.(b-10)  Within one day after a voter casts an early voting ballot, the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those names and that information in an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local political committees.(b-15)  Immediately after voting an early ballot, the voter shall be instructed whether the voting equipment accepted or rejected the ballot or identified that ballot as under-voted for a statewide constitutional office. A voter whose ballot is identified as under-voted may return to the voting booth and complete the voting of that ballot. A voter whose early voting ballot is not accepted by the voting equipment may, upon surrendering the ballot, request and vote another early voting ballot.  The voter's surrendered ballot  shall be initialed by the election judge or official conducting the early voting and handled as provided in the appropriate  Article governing the voting equipment used.(c) The  sealed early ballots in their carrier envelope shall be delivered by  the election authority to the central ballot counting location before the close of the  polls on the day of the election.    (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)