10 ILCS 5/19-12.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 19 - Voting by Mail

 (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1)Sec. 19-12.1.   Any qualified elector who has secured an Illinois   Person with a Disability Identification Card in accordance with the Illinois  Identification Card Act, indicating that the person named thereon has a Class  1A or Class 2 disability or any qualified voter who has a permanent physical  incapacity of such a nature as to make it improbable that he will be  able to be present at the polls at any future election, or any  voter who is a resident of (i) a federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility located in Illinois or (ii) a facility 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 and has a condition or disability of  such a nature as to make it improbable that he will be able to be present  at the polls at any future election, may secure a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a  nursing home resident's identification card, which will enable him to vote  under this Article as a physically incapacitated or nursing home voter. For the purposes of this Section,  "federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility" means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.Application for a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a nursing home resident's  identification card shall be made either: (a) in writing, with voter's  sworn affidavit, to the county clerk or board of election commissioners, as  the case may be, and shall be accompanied  by the affidavit of the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant specifically describing the  nature of the physical incapacity or the fact that the voter is a nursing  home resident and is physically unable to be present at the polls on election  days; or (b) by presenting, in writing or otherwise, to the county clerk  or board of election commissioners, as the case may be, proof that the  applicant has secured an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card  indicating that the person named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability.  Upon the receipt of either the sworn-to  application and the physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or a physician assistant's affidavit or proof that the applicant has  secured an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card indicating that the  person named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability, the county clerk  or board of election commissioners shall issue a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a  nursing home resident's identification  card. Such identification cards shall be issued for a  period of 5 years, upon the expiration of which time the voter may  secure a new card by making application in the same manner as is  prescribed for the issuance of an original card, accompanied by a new  affidavit of the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant.  The date of expiration of such  five-year period shall be made known to any interested person by the  election authority upon the request of such person.  Applications for the  renewal of the identification cards shall be mailed to the voters holding  such cards not less than 3 months prior to the date of expiration of the cards.Each voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or nursing home resident's identification card  shall bear an identification number, which shall be clearly noted on the voter's  original and duplicate registration record cards. In the event the  holder becomes physically capable of resuming normal voting, he must  surrender his voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or nursing home resident's identification  card to the county clerk or board of election commissioners before the next election.The holder of a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a nursing home resident's  identification card may make application by mail for an official ballot  within the time prescribed by Section 19-2. Such application shall contain  the same information as is  included in the form of application for ballot by a physically  incapacitated elector prescribed in Section 19-3 except that it shall  also include the applicant's voter's identification card for persons with disabilities card number  and except that it need not be sworn to. If an examination of the records  discloses that the applicant is lawfully entitled to vote, he shall be  mailed a ballot as provided in Section 19-4. The ballot envelope shall  be the same as that prescribed in Section 19-5 for voters with physical disabilities, and the manner of voting and returning the ballot shall be the  same as that provided in this Article for other vote by mail ballots, except  that a statement to be subscribed to by the voter but which need not be  sworn to shall be placed on the ballot envelope in lieu of the affidavit  prescribed by Section 19-5.Any person who knowingly subscribes to a false statement in  connection with voting under this Section shall be guilty of a Class A  misdemeanor.For the purposes of this Section, "nursing home resident" includes a resident of (i) a federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility located in Illinois or (ii) a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. For the purposes of this Section,  "federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility" means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-581, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 6-28-16; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)