10 ILCS 5/4-8
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. 4-8)Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient number of blank  forms for the registration of electors, which shall be known as  registration record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets  or cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the  data hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of  suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration record  cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter  provided, shall be executed in duplicate.The registration record card shall contain the following and such  other information as the county clerk may think it proper to require for  the identification of the applicant for registration:Name.  The name of the applicant, giving surname and first or  Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial for such  middle name, if any.Sex.Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue, or other location of  the dwelling, including the apartment, unit or room number, if any, and in the  case of a mobile home the lot number, and such additional clear and definite  description as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the  dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be determined by  street and number, then the section, congressional township and range  number may be used, or such other description as may be necessary,  including post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual,  the individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be  included on his or her registration record card.Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct. This  information shall be furnished by the applicant stating the place or  places where he resided and the dates during which he resided in such  place or places during the year next preceding the date of the next  ensuing election.Nativity.  The state or country in which the applicant was born.Citizenship.  Whether the applicant is native born or naturalized. If  naturalized, the court, place, and date of naturalization.Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month and year  when applicant presented himself for registration.Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time of  registration, which would require assistance in voting.The county and state in which the applicant was last registered.Electronic mail address, if any.Signature of voter.  The applicant, after the registration and in the  presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of registration shall be  required to sign his or her name in ink or digitized form to the affidavit on both the  original and duplicate registration record cards.Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix his mark  to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered to give the  registration oath shall write a detailed description of the applicant in  the space provided on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet;  and shall ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:Father's first name.Mother's first name.From what address did the applicant last register?Reason for inability to sign name.Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in  substantially the following form:  AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION  STATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF .......I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States;  that on the date of the next election I shall have resided in the State  of Illinois and in the election precinct in which I reside 30 days and  that I intend that this location shall be my residence; that  I am fully qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.  ..............................  (His or her signature or mark)Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).  ..................................  Signature of registration officer.(To be signed in presence of registrant.)Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration record  card for the notation of the voting record of the person registered  thereon.Each registration record card shall be numbered according to  precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for identification in  such manner as the county clerk may determine.The registration cards shall be deemed public records and shall be  open to inspection during regular business hours, except during the 27  days immediately preceding any election. On written request of any  candidate or objector or any person intending to object to a petition, the  election authority shall extend its hours for inspection of registration  cards and other records of the election authority during the period  beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or  28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board hearings on  any objections to petitions containing signatures of registered voters in  the jurisdiction of the election authority.  The extension shall be for a  period of hours sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of  the records but the election authority is not required to extend its hours  beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for business and ending  at midnight.  If the business hours are so extended, the election authority  shall post a public notice of such extended hours. Registration record  cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the  cards, during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.  Registration  record cards shall also be open to inspection by certified judges and poll  watchers and challengers at the polling place on election day, but only to  the extent necessary to determine the question of the right of a person to  vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers or  challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration record cards.Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data  processing information containing voter registration information shall  be furnished by the county clerk within 10 days after December 15 and  May  15 each year and within 10 days after each registration  period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form  prescribed by the  Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed 27  days before the date of any regular or special election. Registration  information shall include, but not be limited to, the  following information:  name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any,  age, party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township,  county, and representative, legislative and  congressional districts.  In the event of noncompliance, the State  Board of Elections is directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this  nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting legal  proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which the election  authority maintains the registration information.  The costs of furnishing  updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034 per  name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction, but not less than  $50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the  State Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for  such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other  electronic data or compilations thereof to state political committees  registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal  Election Campaign Act and to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable cost.  To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter registration information,  the disclosure  of electronic voter registration records to any person or entity other than to a  State or local political  committee and other than to a governmental entity for a governmental  purpose is specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available for public view, including the name, address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing the list under this exception may not print, duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of  the tapes, discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county  clerk to local political committees and governmental entities at their request and at a  reasonable cost.  Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for  this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for  administration.  The individual representing a political committee  requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the  information shall be used only for bona fide political purposes,  including by or for candidates for office or incumbent office holders.  Such tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under any  circumstances by any political committee or individuals for purposes of  commercial solicitation or other business purposes.  If such tapes  contain information on county residents related to the operations of  county government in addition to registration information, that  information shall not be used under any circumstances for commercial  solicitation or other business purposes.  The prohibition in this  Section against using the computer tapes or computer discs or other  electronic data processing information containing voter registration  information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business  purposes shall be prospective only from the effective date of this  amended Act of 1979.  Any person who violates this provision shall be  guilty of a Class 4 felony.The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October 1, 1987, such  regulations as may be necessary to ensure uniformity throughout the State  in electronic data processing of voter registration information.  The  regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, specifications for  uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to be employed  by the election authorities of this State in the electronic data processing  of voter registration information.  Each election authority utilizing  electronic data processing of voter registration information shall comply  with such regulations on and after May 15, 1988.If the applicant for registration was last registered in another  county within this State, he shall also sign a certificate authorizing  cancellation of the former registration. The certificate shall be in  substantially the following form:  To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)  To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) (city) and  that my residence was .  Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize you to  cancel said registration in your office.  Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).  .................................  (Signature of Voter)  Attest: ................,  County Clerk, .............County, Illinois.The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately by the  County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission as the case may  be) where the applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such  certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any previous  registration.  (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)