10 ILCS 5/19-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 19 - Voting by Mail

   (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time. Immediately upon  the receipt of such application either by mail or electronic means, not more than 90 days  nor less than 5 days prior to such election, or by personal delivery not  more than 90 days nor less than one day prior to such election,  at the  office of such election authority, it shall be the duty of such election  authority to examine the records to ascertain whether or not such  applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as  requested, including a verification of the applicant's signature by comparison with the signature on the official registration record card, and if found so to be entitled to vote, to post within one business day thereafter  the name, street address,  ward and precinct number or township and district number, as the case may be,  of such applicant given on a list, the pages of which are to be numbered  consecutively to be kept by such election authority for such purpose in a  conspicuous, open and public place accessible to the public at the entrance of  the office of such election authority, and in such a manner that such list may  be viewed without necessity of requesting permission therefor.  Within one   day after posting the name and other information of an applicant for a vote by mail   ballot, the election authority shall transmit by electronic means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of Elections that name and other  posted information to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those  names and other information in an electronic format on its website, arranged by  county and accessible to State and local political committees. Within 2  business days after posting a name and other information on the list within  its  office, but no sooner than 40 days before an election, the election authority shall mail,  postage prepaid, or deliver in person in such office an official ballot  or ballots if more than one are to be voted at said election.  Mail delivery  of Temporarily Absent Student ballot applications pursuant to Section  19-12.3 shall be by nonforwardable mail.  However,  for the consolidated election, vote by mail ballots for certain precincts may  be delivered to applicants not less than 25 days before the election if  so much time is required to have prepared and printed the ballots containing  the names of persons nominated for offices at the consolidated primary.  The election authority shall enclose with each vote by mail ballot or  application written instructions on how voting assistance shall be provided  pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, written and approved by the State  Board of Elections, informing the vote by mail voter of the required postage for returning the application and ballot, and  enumerating  the circumstances under which a person is authorized to vote by vote by mail  ballot pursuant to this Article; such document shall also include a  statement informing the applicant that if he or she falsifies or is  solicited by another to falsify his or her  eligibility to cast a vote by mail ballot, such applicant or other is subject  to  penalties pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election Code.   Each election authority shall maintain a list of the name, street address,  ward and  precinct, or township and district number, as the case may be, of all  applicants who have returned vote by mail ballots to such authority, and the name of such vote by mail voter shall be added to such list  within one business day from receipt of such ballot.  If the vote by mail ballot envelope indicates that the voter was assisted in  casting the ballot, the name of the person so assisting shall be included on  the list. The list, the pages of which are to be numbered consecutively,  shall be kept by each election authority in a conspicuous, open, and public  place accessible to the public at the entrance of the office of the election  authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed without necessity of  requesting permission for viewing.Each election authority shall maintain a list for each election  of the  voters to whom it has issued vote by mail ballots. The list shall be  maintained for each precinct within the jurisdiction of the election  authority. Prior to the opening of the polls on election day, the  election authority shall deliver to the judges of election in each  precinct the list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail  ballots have been issued by mail.Each election authority shall maintain a list for each election of  voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent student ballots.  The list  shall be maintained for each election jurisdiction within which such voters  temporarily abide.  Immediately after the close of the period during which  application may be  made by mail or electronic means for vote by mail ballots, each election  authority shall mail to each other election authority within the State a  certified list of all such voters temporarily abiding within the  jurisdiction of the other election authority.In the event that the return address of an  application for ballot by a physically incapacitated elector  is that of a facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care  Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, within the jurisdiction of the election authority, and the applicant  is a registered voter in the precinct in which such facility is located,  the ballots shall be prepared and transmitted to a responsible judge of  election no later than 9 a.m. on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday immediately  preceding the election as designated by the election authority under  Section 19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the designated day  the ballot to the applicant on the premises of the facility from which  application was made. The election authority shall by mail notify the  applicant in such facility that the ballot will be delivered by a judge of  election on the designated day.All applications for vote by mail ballots shall be available at the office  of the election authority for public inspection upon request from the  time of receipt thereof by the election authority until 30 days after the  election, except during the time such applications are kept in the  office of the election authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during  the time such applications are in the possession of the judges of election.Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 30 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, neither the name nor the address of a program participant under that Act shall be included in any list of registered voters available to the public, including the lists referenced in this Section. (Source: P.A. 102-292, eff. 1-1-22.)