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10 ILCS 5/4-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-13)Sec. 4-13.         A docket of all applications to the county clerk, 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 precincts. The county  clerk shall sit to hear such applications between the hours of 10:00 a.m.  and 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the second week prior to  the week in which the 1970 primary election for the nomination of  candidates for State and county officers or any election thereafter is to  be held. Witnesses may be sworn and examined upon the hearing of the  applications.Each person appearing in response to an application to have his name  erased shall deliver to the county clerk 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 do  reside and have resided in the State of Illinois since the .... day of ....  and in the county of .... in said state since the .... day of .... and in  the .... precinct of the .... ward, in the city, village, incorporated town  or town of .... in said county and state, since the .... day of .... and  that I am .... years of age; and that I am the identical person registered  in said precinct under the name I subscribe hereto."This affidavit 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 the hearing, and a minute made  thereof, and when an application to be registered or to be restored to the  register or to complete registration shall be allowed, the county clerk  shall cause a minute to be made upon the original and duplicate  registration record cards.All applications under this Section and all hearings hereinafter  provided may be heard by a deputy county clerk or clerks specially  designated by the county clerk for this purpose, and a decision by a deputy  so designated, shall become the decision of the county clerk upon approval  by the county clerk.In any case in which the county clerk refuses an application to be  registered or restored or to have a registration completed, or orders a  name erased or stricken from the register, application may be made to the  circuit court to be placed upon the register, and such applications shall  be heard, and appeals taken from refusal of such applications, in the  manner provided in other civil actions. The court may,  at its discretion, hear such applications upon the same days  as are specified in this Section for hearings by the county clerk, and, in such cases,  application to be heard by the court may be made on such days. Forms for  applications to the court shall be furnished by the county clerk.    (Source: P.A. 83-334.)
10 ILCS 5/4-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14)Sec. 4-14.         In all registrations it shall be the duty of every board of  registry conducting a registration under Section 4-7 of this Article, at  the time of making delivery of its registration records to the county  clerk, to make a report to the clerk listing the names of all registered  persons in such precinct for which it has served as a board of registry  whom it knows or upon information believes to have removed from the  precinct in which such person is registered. Where no further registration  is had under the provisions of Section 4-7 prior to an election, it shall  be the duty of the judges of election of each precinct, on or before  Tuesday three weeks preceding the election, to make a report to the county  clerk listing the names of all registered persons in such precinct whom  they know or on information believe to have removed from the precinct in  which such person is registered. Such report by the board of registry or  the judges of election shall be treated as an application to erase from the  register any name appearing in such report, and notice thereof shall be  given to such person in the manner provided by Section 4-12 of this  Article. If such person does not appear at the time and place designated in  the notice, his registration shall be cancelled by the county clerk.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1385.)
10 ILCS 5/4-14.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)Sec. 4-14.1.   Cancelation of deceased voter's registration.  Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, may issue certifications of death records from that system and may use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Regardless of whether or not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine, monthly, the  records deposited in his or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that  relate to deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any  person who has died during the preceding month.  (Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)
10 ILCS 5/4-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-15)Sec. 4-15.   Within 5 days after a person registers or transfers his  registration with the office of the election authority, such election authority shall send by  mail, and by electronic mail if the registrant has provided the election authority with an e-mail address, a certificate to such person setting forth the elector's name and  address as it appears upon the registration record card, and shall request  him in case of any error to present the certificate on or before the 7th  day next ensuing at the office of the election authority in order to secure  correction of the error. The certificate shall contain on the outside a  request for the postmaster to return it within 5 days if it cannot be  delivered to the addressee at the address given thereon. Upon the return by  the post office of a certificate which it has been unable to deliver at the  given address because the addressee cannot be found there or because no  such address exists, a notice shall be at once sent through the United  States mail to such person at the address appearing upon his registration  record card requiring him to appear before the election authority, within 5 days,  to answer questions touching his right to register. If the person notified  fails to appear at the election authority's office within 5 days as directed or  if he appears and fails to prove his right to register, the election authority   shall mark his registration card as incomplete and he shall not be  permitted to vote until his registration is satisfactorily completed.If an elector possesses such a certificate valid on its face, if his  name does not expressly appear to have been erased or withdrawn from the  precinct list as corrected and revised as provided by Section 4-11 of this  Article, if he makes an affidavit and attaches such certificate thereto,  and if such affidavit substantially in the form prescribed in Section 17-10  of this Act is sworn to before a judge of election on suitable forms  provided by the election authority for that purpose, such elector shall be  permitted to vote even though his duplicate registration card is not to be  found in the precinct binder and even though his name is not to be found  upon the printed or any other list.  (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
10 ILCS 5/4-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-17)Sec. 4-17.         Following the general election in November, 1946, and  following the November election every 4 years thereafter, the county  clerk shall examine the registration record cards, and shall send to  every voter who has not voted during the preceding four years a notice  through the mails, substantially as follows:Notice of suspension of registration:"You are hereby notified that your registration will be cancelled  according to law for failure to vote during the last 4 years, unless you  apply for reinstatement within 30 days. You may reinstate your  registration by signing the statement below and returning it to this  office or by making application in person to do so."Application for reinstatement of registration:"I do hereby certify that I still reside at the address from which I  am registered and apply for reinstatement of my registration.    Signed ....    Present Address ....    Date ...."In case the elector is unable to sign his name, the application for  reinstatement shall be made at the office of the county clerk, or in the  case of an elector, absent from the county of his residence, it shall be  made before the clerk of a circuit court in the county in which the  elector is temporarily detained.After the expiration of 30 days the county clerk shall cancel the  registration of all electors thus notified who have not applied for  reinstatement.A proper entry shall be made on the registration record cards for all  electors whose registrations are reinstated. Any elector whose  registration has been cancelled for failure to vote may register again  by making the application therefor in the manner provided by this  Article 4. When a registration is cancelled or erased under this or  other sections of this Article 4, a proper entry shall be made on the  original and duplicate registration cards by the county clerk, which  shall then be placed in a file of cancelled registrations and shall be  preserved for 2 years from date of cancellation. The county clerk shall,  however, place the cancelled cards in a suspense file, and reinstate them  at any time within such 2 year suspense period, when a person's registration  is cancelled  under this or other sections of this Article for failure to apply for  reinstatement or to appear in proper time, and there is sufficient  subsequent showing that he is a duly qualified elector.    (Source: P.A. 81-155.)
10 ILCS 5/4-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-18)Sec. 4-18.         The county clerk on his or her own initiative or upon  the order of the county board or of the circuit court  shall at all times have authority to conduct investigations and to make  canvasses of the registered voters in any precinct by other methods than  those prescribed herein, and shall at all times have authority to cancel  registration in the manner provided by this section. Canvassers appointed  for such canvasses and investigations  shall be appointed by the county clerk; shall be confirmed by the circuit  court in the manner provided by Section 13-3 of this Act for the confirmation of  judges of election; shall be officers of that court; and shall be subject  to the same control and punishment as judges of election. If upon the basis  of investigation or canvasses, the county clerk is of the opinion that any  person registered under this Article 4 is not a qualified voter or has  ceased to be a qualified voter, he or she shall send a notice through  the United States mail to such person, requiring him or her to appear  before the county clerk  for a hearing within 5 days after the date of mailing the notice and show  cause why his or her registration shall not be cancelled. If such person  fails to appear within such time as provided, his or her registration  shall be cancelled. If such person does appear, he or she shall execute  an affidavit similar in every respect to the affidavit required  of applicants under Section 4-13 of this Article 4.    (Source: P.A. 83-334.)
10 ILCS 5/4-18.01
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-18.01)Sec. 4-18.01.         Each registered voter lacking a permanent abode shall be  canvassed by the county clerk before each election. The canvass shall be by  mail sent not later than 49 days preceding the election to the mailing  address listed on the voter's registration record card. The clerk shall  include in the mailing a postage prepaid return postcard. The voter must  certify on the postcard his or her continued residence at the registration  address and mail the postcard back to the clerk so that it is postmarked no  later than the 26th day preceding the election.If an application for registration is presented within the 49 day period  preceding an election, then this Section shall not apply and the provisions  of this Article with respect to the mailing of a verification of a  registration notice shall be a canvass, except that such notice shall be  mailed to the registrant's mailing address.    (Source: P.A. 87-1241.)
10 ILCS 5/4-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-19)Sec. 4-19.         If either the original or duplicate registration card, or both,  of any elector shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated in whole or in part,  the county clerk shall prepare two new registration cards, an original and  a duplicate and shall require the execution of a new registration affidavit  by such elector, and if any such elector shall refuse to execute the  affidavit within thirty days after the mailing of a notice to him at the  last address from which he has registered, then his registration shall be  cancelled.    (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
10 ILCS 5/4-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-20)Sec. 4-20.   The original registration cards shall remain permanently  in the office of the county clerk or election authority except as destroyed as provided in  Section 4-5.01; shall be filed alphabetically without regard to  precincts; and shall be known as the master file. The master file may be kept in a computer-based voter registration file or paper format, provided a secondary digital back-up is kept off site. The digital file shall be searchable and remain current with all registration activity conducted by the county clerk or election authority. The duplicate  registration cards shall constitute the official registry of voters for  all elections subject to the provisions of this Article 4, shall be  filed by precincts alphabetically or geographically so as to correspond  with the arrangement of the list for such precincts respectively,  compiled pursuant to Section 4-11 of this Article, and shall be known as  the precinct file. The duplicate cards for use in conducting elections  shall be delivered to the judges of election by the county clerk in a  suitable binder or other device, which shall be locked and sealed in  accordance with the directions to be given by the county clerk and shall  also be suitably indexed for convenient use by the precinct officers. The  duplicate cards  shall be delivered to the judges of  election for use at the polls for elections at the same time as the  official ballots are delivered to them, and shall be returned to the  county clerk by the judges of election within the time provided for the  return of the official ballots. The county clerk shall determine the  manner of delivery and return of such duplicate cards,  and shall at all other times retain them at his office except for such  use of them as may be made under this Article with respect to  registration not at the office of the county clerk.  (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
10 ILCS 5/4-21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-21)Sec. 4-21.         For use in connection with referenda and the nonpartisan  and consolidated elections, each election authority shall maintain  permanent records of the boundaries of all political subdivisions  partially or wholly within its jurisdiction and any districts thereof,  and shall maintain permanent records indicating by tax extension number  code for each registered  voter the political subdivisions and any districts thereof in which that  voter resides. Such records may be kept on the registration record  cards or on separate registration lists, or if a method other than record  coding by tax extension numbers as adopted by an election authority,  such method shall be, approved by the State Board of Elections. Each political  subdivision must, no later than 5 days after any redistricting, annexation,  disconnection or other boundary change is adopted, give notice of any  such adoption and the effective date of such act to each election  authority having election jurisdiction over any of its former or new  territory.Each election authority must make available to election judges for  use on election day, records indicating by tax extension number code or  other method approved by the State Board of Elections for each registered  voter, the political subdivisions in which that voter resides.  For the  purposes of election day use by election judges, such records must be kept  on the registration record cards or on separate registration lists.    (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
10 ILCS 5/4-23
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-23)Sec. 4-23.         The provisions of this Article 4, so far as they require the  registration of voters as a condition to their being allowed to  vote, shall not apply to persons otherwise entitled to vote, who are,  at the time of the election, or at any time within 60 days prior to  such election have been, engaged in the military or naval service of  the United States, and who appear personally at the polling place on  election day and produce to the judges of election satisfactory  evidence thereof, but such persons, if otherwise qualified to vote,  shall be permitted to vote at such election without previous registration.All such persons shall also make an affidavit which shall be  in substantially the following form:    "State of Illinois)) ss.County of ........)    ............ Precinct   ............ WardI, ..............., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a  citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and that  within the past 60 days prior to the date of this election at which I  am applying to vote, I have been engaged in the .... (military or  naval) service of the United States; and I am qualified to vote under  and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois, and  that I am a legally qualified voter of this precinct and ward except  that I have, because of such service, been unable to register as a  voter; that I now reside at .... (insert street and number, if any) in  this precinct and ward, that I have maintained a legal residence in this  precinct and ward for 30 days and in the State 30 days next preceding  this election.    ......................Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).    ......................    Judge of Election."The affidavit of any such person shall be supported by the affidavit  of a resident and qualified voter of any such precinct and ward, which  affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:    "State of Illinois)) ss.County of ........)    ................ Precinct   ............... WardI, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a resident of this  precinct and ward and entitled to vote at this election; that I am  acquainted with .... (name of the applicant); that I verily believe him  or her to be an actual bona fide resident of this precinct and ward and that I  verily believe that he or she has maintained a legal residence therein 30 days,  and in this State 30 days next preceding this election.    ......................Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).    ......................    Judge of Election."   (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
10 ILCS 5/4-24
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 4 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of Less Than 500,000

 (from Ch. 46, par. 4-24)Sec. 4-24.         In the event that any city, village or incorporated town within  a county shall become subject to the authority of a board of election  commissioners, by the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, or  shall cease to be subject to the authority of such a board, by the  abandonment of said Articles, it shall not be necessary for the registered  voters in the area affected by such action to register again, either under  this Article or under Article 6 of this Act unless they are not  re-registered under the 1969 and 1970 re-registration provisions in  counties where such provisions are applicable.This Article 4 shall immediately become effective in any area of a  county that ceases to be subject to the authority of a board of election  commissioners.Within 24 hours after the court has entered its  order declaring Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act adopted by any city, village  or incorporated town or rejected by the voters of any city, village or  incorporated town, after having been in effect therein, it shall be the  duty of the board of election commissioners or of the county clerk, as the  case may be, to turn over to the officer or officers thereafter to be  charged with the registration of voters within the area affected (the  county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be) the  original and duplicate registration cards of all persons affected by the  adoption or rejection of said Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act; and at the  same time to turn over all forms, papers and other instruments pertaining  to the registration of voters within the area affected, and all booths,  ballot boxes and election equipment formerly used in conducting elections  in such area.The original registration cards of the voters turned over to the county  clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be, shall be  placed in a master file together with the registration cards of all voters  who previously registered under the provisions of this Article or of  Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, as the case may be, and said cards shall  then become part of the official registration record required to be kept in  the office of the county clerk or of the board of election commissioners,  as the case may be.The duplicate cards shall be arranged in precinct order and shall be  retained in the office of the county clerk or of the board of election  commissioners, as the case may be, for the use in conducting elections.  Such duplicate cards shall become part of the official registration record  required to be kept in the office of the county clerk or of the board of  election commissioners, as the case may be.    (Source: P.A. 83-334.)