10 ILCS 5/6-45
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. 6-45)Sec. 6-45.         A docket of all applications to said board of election  commissioners, whether such application shall be made for the purpose of  being registered or restored, or for the purpose of erasing a name on the  register or for completing registration shall be made out in the order of  the wards and precincts as the case may be. Such docket shall show the  disposition of each case and be available to the public. In cities,  villages or incorporated towns having a population of less than 500,000 the  commissioners shall sit to hear such applications between the hours of 10  o'clock a. m., and 9 o'clock p. m. on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday  immediately preceding such election, and in cities, villages and  incorporated towns having a population of over 500,000 and having a board  of election commissioners, (except as otherwise provided for such  municipalities in Section 6-60 of this Article), and in all cities,  villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board, such  commissioners shall sit to hear such applications between the hours of 10  o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the  second week prior to the week in which such election is to be held. At the  request of either party to such applications, the board shall issue  subpoenas to witnesses to appear at such hearings, and witnesses may be  sworn and examined upon the hearing of said application. Each person  appearing in response to an application to have a name erased shall deliver  to the board a written affidavit, which shall be, in substance, in the  words and figures following:"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that I  have resided in the State of Illinois since the .... day of .... and in the  county of .... said State, since the .... day of .... and in the ....  precinct of the .... ward, in the city of .... said county and State, since  the .... day of .... and that I am .... years of age; that I am the  identical person registered in said precinct under the name I subscribe  hereto."This answer shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed before any person  authorized to administer oaths or affirmations. The decision on each  application shall be announced at once after hearing, and a minute made  thereof, and when an application to be registered or to be restored to such  register or to complete registration shall be allowed the said board of  election commissioners shall cause a minute to be made upon the original  and duplicate registration records. And where an application to erase a  name shall be allowed, the board of election commissioners shall cause the  name to be erased forthwith, and the registration record card withdrawn.In cities, villages and incorporated towns of 500,000 or more  inhabitants, having a board of election commissioners, and in cities,  villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board of  election commissioners, applications under this section and hearings or  citations under Sections 6-56, 6-59 and 6-60 hereof, may be heard by  individual commissioners or by persons specially designated by the  commissioners for this purpose, and a decision by such individual  commissioner or person so designated, shall become the decision of the  board of election commissioners upon approval of such board.    (Source: Laws 1947, p. 899.)