10 ILCS 5/5-29
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. 5-29)Sec. 5-29.   Upon application to vote, except as hereinafter provided  for absent electors, 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 Voter  Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;Village of................................Precinct..........;Election.....................................................(date)         (month)        (year)Registration recordChecked by.....................Voter's number..................  Instruction to votersSign this certificate and hand it to the election officer 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."Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by the county  clerk for all elections.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 for such applicant shall be challenged by a Judge of Election,  and the same procedure followed as provided by law 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 each  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 term "Poll Lists" and  "Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be construed to apply to  such official poll records.After each general primary election the county clerk 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 that general primary election.  The  county clerk, within 60 days after the general primary election, shall  provide a copy of this coded list to the chair 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 county clerk shall provide to the chair 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 county clerk 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 record  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 list of voters and whose name has not been erased or withdrawn  from such register, it shall be the duty of one of the Judges of  Election to require an affidavit by such person and two voters residing  in the precinct before the judges of election that he is the same person  whose name appears upon the precinct register and that he resides in the  precinct stating the street number of his residence. Forms for such  affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for all elections. Upon  the making of such affidavit and the presentation of his certificate  such elector shall be entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this  paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an  envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30 days after  such election to take steps provided by Section 5-27 of this article 5  for the execution of new registration affidavits by electors who have  voted under the provisions of this paragraph.Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made by  registered voters and under the provisions of article 19 of this act  shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of the "certificate  of registered voter" provided for in this section.When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election for use at the  polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the printed precinct register,  he 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 two or more elections occur simultaneously, the election  authority 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.)