2023 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

(10 ILCS 5/Art. 4 heading)
ARTICLE 4.  
		REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN
COUNTIES HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS
THAN 500,000
(10 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-1)
Sec. 4-1. 
		
		Except as provided in this Article 4, it is unlawful for
any person residing in a county containing a population of less than
500,000, to vote at any election at which
any officers are to be nominated or elected,
or at any election at which any questions of public policy are to be voted
on, unless such
person is at the time of such
election a registered voter under the provisions of this Article 4.
The provisions of this Article do not apply to electors voting in an
election of any soil and water conservation district or drainage district
or to electors residing in municipalities in this State which have adopted
"An Act regulating
the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities,
villages and incorporated towns in this State", approved June 19, 1885,
as amended, or which have adopted Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act. This
Article shall not apply to electors voting pursuant to Article 20 of this Act.
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 have made and subscribed to the
affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 81-1060.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-2)
Sec. 4-2. 
		
		No person shall be entitled to be registered in and from
any precinct unless such person shall by the date of the election next
following have resided in the State and within the precinct 30 days and
be otherwise qualified to vote at such election.  Every applicant who
shall be 18 years of age or over on the day of the next election shall
be permitted to register, if otherwise qualified.
To constitute residence under this Act, Article 3 is controlling.
(Source: P.A. 81-953.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-3)
Sec. 4-3. 
		
		The county board shall appoint the place of registry in each
precinct for any precinct re-registration of 1969 and 1970 under this
Article 4 and for all precinct registrations. Such place or places shall be
in the most public, orderly and convenient portions thereof; and no
building or part of a building shall be designated or used as a place of
registry, in which spirituous or intoxicating liquor is sold or which is
used as political headquarters for any party, candidate or office holder.
The county clerk may demand of the chief of police of each city, village or
incorporated town, or the sheriff, to furnish officers of the law to attend
during the progress of any registration at any place or places of
registration designated by the county board.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 570.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-4)
Sec. 4-4. 
		
		The county clerk shall be ex officio the registration
officer of such county and shall have full charge and control of the
registration of voters within such county, where this Article 4 is in
effect.
For the 3 days of any 1969 and 1970 re-registration and for precinct
registrations hereinafter provided, 2 of the judges of election, no more
than one from the same political party, theretofore duly appointed and
confirmed as such and acting in each precinct, shall be designated by
the county clerk to constitute a board of registration for each
precinct, respectively, and each of such judges of election so
designated shall serve as a judge of registration therein.
In counties over 1,000,000 population town or road district clerks,
city or village clerks, their duly authorized deputies approved by the
county clerk, and employees of the office of the county clerk may be
appointed by the county clerk as deputy registration officers.
Such clerks appointed as deputy registration officers may accept
registration of voters at their offices at any time that such
registrations may be accepted by the county clerk, but shall not accept
such registrations at any other place. Such deputy registration officers
shall return any registrations accepted by them to the county clerk
within 7 days after any registration is accepted by them.
Registration officers, deputy registration officers and judges of
registration shall be officers of the court and the provisions of the
laws of this State as to vacancies, removal and control (except as
hereinafter provided), and punishment in case of misbehavior of judges
of election shall apply to such registration officials.
Each registration officer including officers and judges of
registration shall before entering upon his duties take and subscribe to
the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will
support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of
the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of the office of registration officer to the best of my ability, and
that I will register no person nor cause the registration of any person
except upon his personal application before me.
.......................................
(Signature of Registration Officer)"
This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take acknowledgments and shall
immediately thereafter be filed with the county clerk, except that
judges of registration may administer such oath or affirmation to each other
and such oath of office and all affidavits which have been signed and sworn
to before them shall be returned to the office of the county clerk in an
envelope provided for that purpose.
No registration official for a precinct or other place of
registration shall, without urgent necessity, absent himself from the
place of registration or revision of registration upon any day of
registration or revision of registration whereby less than the number of
persons necessary to conduct the registration or revision of
registration shall be present during such hours of registration or
revision of registration.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 572.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-5)
Sec. 4-5. 
		
		The registration preceding the November, 1942, election shall
constitute a permanent registration subject to revision and alteration in
the manner hereinafter provided; and all registrations subsequent thereto
shall be upon registration record cards provided by the county clerk.
However, if the county board, by resolution adopted before October 15,
1969, determines that there shall be a re-registration in the county before
the June, 1970, primary as provided in this Article, such 1942 registration
shall be a permanent registration only until such re-registration as
provided in Section 4-5.01.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-5.01)
Sec. 4-5.01. 
		
		Where the county board determines, as provided in Section 4-5,
that there shall be a re-registration before the June, 1970, primary, there
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4-6, be 3 days of re-registration
in each precinct. The first of such 3 days of
re-registration shall be Friday, November 21, 1969; the second, Friday,
December 19, 1969; and the third, Tuesday, January 15, 1970. On each of the
3 days of re-registration, the registration place or places shall open at
8:00 a.m. and remain open until 9:00 p.m.
Re-registration provided by this Article 4 shall be conducted by the
county clerk, shall be at the office of such clerk or in the precinct or in
the offices of the respective deputy registration officers appointed by the
county clerk as hereinabove in this Article provided, and shall be upon
registration record cards in the manner provided by this Article. Such
re-registration shall constitute a permanent registration subject to
revision and alteration in the manner hereinafter provided. All
registrations shall be on registration record cards provided by the county
clerk in accordance with the provisions of this Article 4.
Immediately following the last day of precinct re-registration in 1970,
all permanent registration records compiled before November 21, 1969, shall
be destroyed if no election contest is pending in which such records are
material.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
Sec. 4-6. 
For the purpose of registering voters under this Article in
addition to the method provided for precinct registration under Section
4-7, the office of the county clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday,
Sunday, and legal holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and such
additional hours as the county clerk may designate. If, however, the county
board otherwise duly regulates and fixes the hours of opening and closing
of all county offices at the county seat of any county, such regulation
shall control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall be no
registration at the office of the county clerk or at the office of municipal
and township or road district clerks serving as deputy
registrars during the 27 days preceding any regular or
special election at which the cards provided in this Article are used, or
until the 2nd day following such regular or special election;
provided, that if by reason of the proximity of any such elections to one
another the effect of this provision would be to close registrations for
all or any part of the 10 days immediately prior to such 27 day
period, the
county clerk shall accept, solely for use in the subsequent and not in any
intervening election, registrations and transfers of registration within
the period from the 27th to the 38th days, both inclusive, prior
to such
subsequent election. In any election called for
the submission of the revision or alteration of, or the amendments to the
Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
registration at the office of the election authority charged with the
printing of the ballot of this election shall be the 15th day prior to the
date of election.
Any qualified person residing within the county or any portion thereof
subject to this Article may register or re-register with the county clerk.
Each county clerk shall appoint one or more registration or
re-registration teams for the purpose of accepting the registration or
re-registration of any voter who files an affidavit that he is physically
unable to appear at any appointed place of registration or re-registration.
Each team shall consist of one member of each political party having the
highest and second highest number of registered voters in the county. The
county clerk shall designate a team to visit each person with a disability and shall
accept the registration or re-registration of each such person as if he had
applied for registration or re-registration at the office of the county
clerk.
As used in this Article, "deputy registrars" and "registration
officers" mean any
person authorized to accept registrations of electors under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.1)
Sec. 4-6.1. 
		
		In addition to registration at the office of the county clerk,
and at the offices of municipal and township or road district clerks,
each county clerk shall provide for the following  additional methods of
registration:
(1) the appointment of deputy registrars as provided     in Section 4-6.2; and
(2) the establishment of temporary places of     registration, as provided in Section 4-6.3.
Each county clerk may provide for precinct registration pursuant to Section
4-7.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all municipal and township
or road district clerks or their duly authorized deputies as deputy registrars
who may accept the registration of all qualified residents of the State.
The county clerk shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such persons:
1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the State, at such library.
2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or vocational school situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and vocational school situated within the election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer training courses for service as deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to every election.
3. The president, or a qualified person designated by     the president, of any university, college, community college, academy or other institution of learning situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any resident of the State, at such university, college, community college, academy or institution.
4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona     fide labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified members designated by such official, who may accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members designated by such official, who may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State. In determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the registration activities of the organization and the need to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In no event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization requesting appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business day of the month following the month of the general election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
6. The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or     a reasonable number of employees designated by the Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the county at any such public aid office.
7. The Director of the Illinois Department of     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the Director and located at unemployment offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
8. The president of any corporation as defined by the     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of employees designated by such president, who may accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or organization with written notice setting
forth the specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be appointed as deputy registrar.
The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that the convenience of the public is served,
giving due consideration to both population concentration and area.  Some
of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political parties in the election
jurisdiction.  The county clerk, in appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chair of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political party.  A Chair of a County Central  Committee shall submit a
list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each year.  The
county clerk may require a Chair of a County Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time other than the 27-day period preceding an election. All persons appointed as deputy
registrars shall be  registered voters within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his personal
application before me.
............................
(Signature Deputy Registrar)"
This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be filed with the county clerk.
Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, except precinct committeepersons, shall be for 2-year terms, commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each even-numbered year; except that the terms of
the initial appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
general election. Appointments of precinct committeepersons shall be for 
terms commencing on the date of the county convention following the general
primary at which they were elected and ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the next county convention, which may be held by audio or video conference.  The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his office for public inspection a list of the names of all appointees.
(b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk
shall be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a).  Deputy registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to removal for cause.
(c)
Completed registration materials under the control of deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall be returned to the appointing election
authority by first-class mail within 2 business days or personal delivery within 7 days, except that completed registration materials
received by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours after receipt thereof.  The
completed registration materials received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars
within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a),
not later than the next working day following the close of registration.
(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her possession.
(e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or her duties.
(f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.  Such deputy registrars shall
not be deemed to be employees of the county clerk.
(g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
Sec. 4-6.3. 
The county clerk may establish a temporary place of registration
for such times and at such locations within the county as the county clerk
may select.  Notice
of the time and place
of registration under this Section shall be published by the county
clerk in a newspaper
having a general circulation in the county not less than 3 nor
more than 15 days before the holding of such registration.
Temporary places of registration shall be established so
that the areas of concentration of population or use by the public are served,
whether by
facilities provided in places of private business or in public buildings
or in mobile units.  Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
registration include, but are not limited to, facilities 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, Soldiers' and Sailors'
Homes, shopping centers, business districts, public buildings and county fairs.
Temporary places of registration shall be available to the
public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000 population or
fraction thereof in the county.
All temporary places of registration shall be manned by deputy county
clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant to Section 4-6.2.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-7)
Sec. 4-7. 
		
		In counties having a re-registration in 1969 and 1970, there
shall be 3 days of precinct re-registration in each precinct. The first of
such 3 days shall be Friday, November 21, 1969; the second, Friday,
December 19, 1969; and the third, Tuesday, January 15, 1970. In all
counties over 1,000,000 population, or in counties under 1,000,000
population if the county clerk determines to have precinct registration in
the county pursuant to Section 4-6.1 there shall be one day of precinct
registration preceding each regular election on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of even numbered years, on Saturday preceding the
Tuesday 6 weeks preceding the election. The county board shall have
authority to designate 2 days of registration in each precinct, in which
event the second day of precinct registration shall be 29 days before such
election. On each day of registration, the registration places shall be
opened at noon and remain open until 9:00 P.M. The provisions of Section
4-3 of this Article shall apply to the selection of places of registration
or re-registration under this Section.
At least 20 days prior to a precinct registration or re-registration,
the county clerk shall publish a notice of registration or re-registration,
giving the dates, hours and places of registration or re-registration, in a
newspaper of general circulation published in the county, if there is one,
or otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation in such county.
The election authorities shall issue credentials to registration day
pollwatchers in the manner and on the terms prescribed in Section 17-23
with respect to pollwatchers at elections.  Registration day pollwatchers
shall be allowed to see the names and addresses of the people who have registered
during the course of the day.
No person shall, at any precinct registration or reregistration, do any
electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion
within any precinct registration place or within 30 feet thereof.  Nothing
in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from being present
in or near any precinct registration place.  All persons who register to
vote at any precinct registration place must be residents of the precinct
in which they register.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (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 ILLINOIS
COUNTY 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.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.01)
Sec. 4-8.01. 
If an applicant for registration reports a permanent physical
disability which would require assistance in voting, the county clerk shall
mark all his registration cards in the right margin on the front of the
card with a band of ink running the full margin which shall be of contrast
to, and easily distinguishable from, the color of the card. If an applicant
for registration declares upon properly witnessed oath, with his signature
or mark affixed, that he cannot read the English language and that he will
require assistance in voting, all his registration cards shall be marked in
a manner similar to the marking on the cards of a voter who requires
assistance because of physical disability, except that the marking shall be
of a different distinguishing color. Following each election the cards of
any voter who has requested assistance as a voter with a disability, and has stated
that the disability is permanent, or who has received assistance because of
inability to read the English language, shall be marked in the same manner.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.02)
Sec. 4-8.02. 
Upon the issuance of a  voter's identification card for persons with disabilities as provided
in Section 19-12.1, the county clerk shall cause the identification number
of such card to be clearly noted on all the registration cards of such voter.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
Sec. 4-8.03. 
		
		The State Board of Elections shall design a registration
record card which, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall
be used in triplicate by all election authorities
in the State, except those election authorities adopting a computer-based
voter registration file authorized under Section 4-33.  The Board shall prescribe the form and specifications, including
but not limited to the weight of paper, color and print of such cards.
Such cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards shall also
contain a box or space for the applicant's social security number, which
shall be required to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security
number, and a box for
the applicant's telephone number, if available.
Except for those election authorities adopting a computer-based voter
registration file authorized under Section 4-33, the original and duplicate
cards shall respectively constitute the master
file and precinct binder registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his or her
registration
or completed transfer of registration.
Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the same election
jurisdiction or to another election jurisdiction in the State, such voter
may transfer his or her registration by presenting his or her copy to the election authority or a deputy registrar.  If such voter is not
in possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she
may
effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation
of Previous Registration.
In the case of a transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction,
the election authority shall transmit the voter's copy
or such
affidavit to the election authority of the voter's former election
jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
previous registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall be complete
until the voter's old election authority receives notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration record cards or
Affidavits of
Cancellation of Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
working days after the receipt thereof, except that such copies
or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
registrars between the 35th and 28th day preceding an election
shall be
returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority within 48 hours
after receipt. The deputy registrars shall return the copies or
Affidavits
of Cancellation of Previous Registration received by them on the 28th day
preceding an election to the election authority within 24 hours after receipt
thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.5)
Sec. 4-8.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise provided by law, an individual who is 17 years old or older who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to serve as a deputy registrar.
(Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-9)
Sec. 4-9. 
		
		The county clerk shall fully instruct the registration officers
and deputy registration officers in their duties.  Each registration officer
and deputy registration officer shall receipt to the county clerk for all
blank registration record cards issued to him, specifying therein the
number of the blanks received by him, and each registration officer and
deputy registration officer shall be charged with such blanks until he
returns them to the county clerk.  If for any cause a blank registration
record card is mutilated or rendered unfit for use in making it out, or if
a mistake thereon has been made, such blank shall not be destroyed, but the
word "mutilated" shall be written across the face of such card, and the
card shall be returned to the county clerk and be preserved in the same
manner and for the same length of time as mutilated ballots.  When each 1969
and 1970 precinct re-registration has been completed, each registration
officer shall certify the registration records in substantially the
following form:
"We, the undersigned registration officers or deputy registration officers
in the County of .... in the State of Illinois, do swear (or affirm) that at
the registration of electors on (insert date)
there was registered by us in the said election precinct the names which
appear on the registration records, and that the number of voters registered
and qualified was and is the number of ....
		......................
		......................
		......................
		Registration officers.
		Date ................"
After completion of each 1969 and 1970 precinct re-registration each of
the officers of registration for such precinct shall place all registration
cards received by him, regardless of whether such cards have been unused,
filled out, executed or mutilated, in an envelope to be provided for that
purpose by the county clerk and shall seal such envelope with an official
wax impression seal and sign his name across the face of such envelope.
The judge of registration for such precinct shall include in the envelope
sealed by him the certification of the registration records hereinabove
required.  The judge of registration for such precinct shall within 24 hours
after the close of re-registration make personal delivery of all envelopes
containing the re-registration cards for such precinct to the county clerk.
Other precinct registrations shall be certified and returned in the same
manner.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
Sec. 4-10. 
Except as herein provided, no person shall be registered,
unless he applies in person to a registration officer, answers such
relevant questions as may be asked of him by the registration officer,
and executes the affidavit of registration.  The registration officer shall
require the applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except in the
case of a homeless individual, one of which must include his or her residence
address.  These forms of identification shall include, but not be limited to,
any of the following: driver's license, social security card, public aid
identification card, utility bill, employee or student identification card,
lease or contract for a residence, credit card, or a civic, union or professional association membership card.
The registration officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish
evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated.  This use may be
demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual and received at
that address or by a statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing
address.  The registration officer shall require each applicant for
registration to read or have read to him the affidavit of registration
before permitting him to execute the affidavit.
One of the registration officers or a deputy registration officer,
county clerk, or clerk in the office of the county clerk, shall
administer to all persons who shall personally apply to register the
following oath or affirmation:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly
answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your name,
place of residence, place of birth, your qualifications as an elector
and your right as such to register and vote under the laws of the State
of Illinois."
The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each applicant
for registration is qualified to register before registering him.  If the
registration officer has reason to believe that the applicant is a resident
of a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home or any facility which is 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, the following question shall be put,
"When you entered the home which is your present address, was it your bona
fide intention to become a resident thereof?"  Any voter of a township, city,
village or incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
permitted to be present at the place of any precinct registration and shall
have the right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.
In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is qualified
he shall forthwith notify such applicant in writing to appear before the
county clerk to complete his registration.  Upon the card of such
applicant shall be written the word "incomplete" and no such applicant
shall be permitted to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily
completed as hereinafter provided.  No registration shall be taken and
marked as incomplete if information to complete it can be furnished on
the date of the original application.
Any person claiming to be an elector in any election precinct and
whose registration card is marked "Incomplete" may make and sign an
application in writing, under oath, to the county clerk in substance in
the following form:
"I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on (insert date) make
application to the board of registry of the .... precinct of the township of
.... (or to the county clerk of .... county) and that said board or clerk
refused to complete my registration as a qualified voter in said
precinct.  That I reside in said precinct, that I intend to reside in said
precinct, and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and am entitled to be
registered to vote in said precinct at the next election.
(Signature of applicant) ............................."
All such applications shall be presented to the county clerk or to
his duly authorized representative by the applicant, in person between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day after the days on
which the 1969 and 1970 precinct re-registrations are held but not on
any day within 27 days preceding the ensuing general election and
thereafter for the registration provided in Section 4-7 all such
applications shall be presented to the county clerk or his duly
authorized representative by the applicant in person between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior to 27 days preceding the
ensuing general election.  Such application shall be heard by the county
clerk or his duly authorized representative at the time the application
is presented.  If the applicant for registration has registered with the
county clerk, such application may be presented to and heard by the
county clerk or by his duly authorized representative upon the dates
specified above or at any time prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his county of
residence either due to business of the United States or because he is
temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States may
become registered by mailing an application to the county clerk within
the periods of registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
application for registration by mail and vote by mail ballot as provided in
Article 20 of this Code.
Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall immediately
mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall
contain the following and such other information as the State Board of
Elections may think it proper to require for the identification of the
applicant:
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, 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 information as may be necessary,
including post office mailing address.
Electronic mail address, if the registrant has provided this information.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the precinct.
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.
Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Out of State address of ..........................
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of ...........)
)ss
County of ..........)
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States;
that on the day of the next election I shall have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election precinct 30 days; that I am
fully qualified to vote, that I am not registered to vote anywhere else
in the United States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of
Illinois and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the State
of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to administer
oaths, on (insert date).
........................................
Signature of officer administering oath.
Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of Registration, the
county clerk shall transfer the information contained thereon to
duplicate Registration Cards provided for in Section 4-8 of this Article
and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of
registration and thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
constitute the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
for registration in person.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
Sec. 4-11. 
At least 2 weeks prior to the general November election in
each even numbered year and the consolidated election in
each odd-numbered
year the county clerk shall cause a list to be made for each precinct of
all names upon the registration record cards not marked or erased, in
alphabetical
order, with the address, provided, that such list may be arranged
geographically,
by street and number, in numerical order, with respect to all precincts
in which all, or substantially all residences of voters therein shall be
located upon and numbered along streets, avenues, courts, or other highways
which are either named or numbered, upon direction either of the county
board or of the circuit court.  On the list, the county clerk shall indicate,
by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names of all persons who have
registered since the last regularly scheduled election in the consolidated
schedule of elections established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act. The county
clerk shall cause such precinct lists to be printed
or typed in sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable demands, and
upon application a copy of the same shall be given to any person applying
therefor.  By such time, the county clerk shall give the precinct lists
to the chair of a county central committee of an established political
party, as such party is defined in Section 10-2 of this Act, or to the chair's 
duly authorized representative.  Within 30 days of the effective date of
this Amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall give the precinct lists
compiled prior to the general November election of 1982 to the chair 
of county central committee of an established political party or to the chair's
 duly authorized representative.
Prior to the opening of the polls for other elections, the county clerk
shall transmit or deliver to the judges of election of each polling place
a corrected list of registered voters in the precinct, or the names of persons
added to and erased or withdrawn from the list for such precinct.  At other
times such list, currently corrected, shall be kept available for public
inspection in the office of the county clerk.
Within 60 days after each general election the county
clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on the list of
registered voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at that general
election, and shall provide a copy of such 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 indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on the
list of registered voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at
the general election of 1982, and shall provide a copy of such coded list
to the chair 
of the county central committee of each established political party or to
the chair's duly authorized representative.
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.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-12)
Sec. 4-12. 
Any voter or voters in the township, city, village or
incorporated town containing such precinct, and any precinct committeeperson
in the county, may, between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to the
week in which the 1970 primary election for the nomination of candidates
for State and county offices or any election thereafter is to be held, make
application in writing, to the county clerk, to have any name upon the
register of any precinct erased.  Such application shall be, in substance,
in the words and figures following:
"I, being a qualified voter, registered from No. .... Street in the ....
precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town of) .... (or of the
.... town of ....) do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that ....
registered from No. .... Street is not a qualified voter in the ....
precinct of .... ward of the city (village or town) of .... (or of the ....
town of ....) and hence I ask that his name be erased from the register of
such precinct for the following reason .....
Affiant further says that he has personal knowledge of the facts set
forth in the above affidavit.
(Signed) .....
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
....
....
....."
Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant before
the county clerk or any deputy authorized by the county clerk for that
purpose, and filed with said clerk.  Thereupon notice of such application,
and of the time and place of hearing thereon, with a demand to appear
before the county clerk and show cause why his name shall not be erased
from said register, shall be mailed, in an envelope duly stamped and
directed to such person at the address upon said register, at least four
days before the day fixed in said notice to show cause. If such person has provided the election authority with an e-mail address, then the election authority shall also send the same notice by electronic mail at least 4 days before the day fixed in said notice to show cause.
A like notice shall be mailed to the person or persons making the
application to have the name upon such register erased to appear and show
cause why said name should be erased, the notice to set out the day and
hour of such hearing. If the voter making such application fails to appear
before said clerk at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the said
notice or fails to show cause why the name upon such register shall be
erased, the application to erase may be dismissed by the county clerk.
Any voter making the application is privileged from arrest while
presenting it to the county clerk, and while going to and from the office
of the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-13) (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) (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) (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) (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 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence from one address
to another within the same county wherein this Article is in effect, may
have his registration transferred to his new address by making and signing
an application for change of residence address upon a form to be provided
by the county clerk. Such application must be made to the office of the
county clerk and may be made either in person or by mail. In case the
person is unable to sign his name, the county clerk shall require him to
execute the application in the presence of the county clerk or of his
properly authorized representative, by his mark, and if satisfied of the
identity of the person, the county clerk shall make the transfer.
Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one of his
employees deputized to take registrations shall cause the signature of the
voter and the data appearing upon the application to be compared with the
signature and data on the registration record card, and if it appears that
the applicant is the same person as the person previously registered under
that name the transfer shall be made.
No transfers of registration under the provisions of this Section shall
be made during the 27 days preceding any election at which such
voter would
be entitled to vote. When a removal of a registered voter takes place from
one address to another within the same precinct within a period during
which a transfer of registration cannot be made
before any election or primary, he shall be entitled to vote upon
presenting the judges of election his affidavit substantially in the form
prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act of a change of residence address
within the precinct on a date therein specified.
The county clerk may obtain information from utility companies, city,
village, incorporated town and township records, the post office, or from
other sources, regarding the removal of registered voters, and may treat
such information, and information procured from his death and marriage
records on file in his office, as an application to erase from the register
any name concerning which he may so have information that the voter is no
longer qualified to vote under the name, or from the address from which
registered, and give notice thereof in the manner provided by Section 4-12
of this Article, and notify voters who have changed their address that a
transfer of registration may be made in the manner provided in this
Section enclosing a form therefor.
If any person be registered by error in a precinct other than that in
which he resides, the county clerk may transfer his registration to the
proper precinct, and if the error is or may be on the part of the
registration officials, and is disclosed too late before an election or
primary to mail the certificate required by Section 4-15, such certificate
may be personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon as therein
provided, but such certificates so issued shall be specially listed with
the reason for the issuance thereof.
Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by the county
board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer to the proper precinct
the registration of any voter affected by such revision or rearrangement of
the precinct; make the proper notations on the registration cards of a
voter affected by the revision or rearrangement and shall issue revised
certificates to each registrant of such change.
Any registered voter who changes his or her name by marriage or
otherwise shall be required to register anew and authorize the cancellation
of the previous registration; but if the voter still resides in the same
precinct 
the elector may, if otherwise
qualified, vote upon making an affidavit at the polling place attesting that the voter is the same person who is registered to vote under his or her former name.  The affidavit shall be treated by the election authority as authorization to cancel the registration under the former name, and the election authority shall register the person under his or her current name.
The precinct election officials shall report to the county clerk the
names and addresses of all persons who have changed their addresses and
voted, which shall be treated as an application to change address
accordingly, and the names and addresses of all persons otherwise voting by
affidavit as in this Section provided, which shall be treated as an
application to erase under Section 4-12 hereof.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-17) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
Sec. 4-22. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Section upon application
to vote 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
City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
Registration Record .......
Checked by .......
Voter's number ....
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
Sign 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."
The certificates of each State-wide political party at a general primary election
shall be separately printed upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size,
but the certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the
same color or tint.  However, if the election authority provides computer
generated applications with the precinct, ballot style and voter's name
and address preprinted on the application, a single application may be used
for State-wide political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes
to indicate the political party.  Such application shall not entitle the
voter to vote in the primary of more than one political party at the same election.
At the consolidated primary, such certificates may contain spaces or checkoff
boxes permitting the voter to request a primary ballot of any other political
party which is established only within a political subdivision and for which
a primary is conducted on the same election day.  Such application shall
not entitle the voter
to vote in both the primary of the State-wide political party and the primary
of the local political party with respect to the offices of the same political
subdivision.  In no event may a voter vote in more than one State-wide primary
on the same day.
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 of 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, shall
be construed to apply to such official poll record.
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 register
as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated
list, if any, and whose name has not been erased or withdrawn from such
register, the printed precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie evidence of the
elector's right to vote upon compliance with the provisions hereinafter
set forth in this Section.  In such event one of the judges of election
shall require an affidavit by such person and one voter residing in the
precinct before the judges of election, substantially in the form prescribed
in Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the presentation of such affidavits,
a certificate shall be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation
of such certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.
Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by registered voters
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 2 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.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-23) (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   ............ Ward
I, ..............., 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   ............... Ward
I, ...., 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) (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.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-24.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-24.1)
Sec. 4-24.1. 
		
		If any area becomes subject to a board of election
commissioners by reason of annexation to a city, village or incorporated
town subject to such a board or ceases to be subject to a board of election
commissioners by reason of disconnection from such a city, village or
incorporated town, it shall not be necessary for the registered voters in
such area to register again, either under this Article or Article 6.
As soon as practicable after such annexation or disconnection, the
county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be, shall
turn over to officer or officers thereafter to be charged with the
registration of voters within the area affected (the board of election
commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be) the original and
duplicate registration cards of all registered voters in the annexed or
disconnected area.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 405.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-25)
Sec. 4-25. 
		
		The compensation of the deputy registrars and judges of
registration appointed by the county board to conduct the registrations
under Section 4-6.3 and Section 4-7, shall be fixed by the county board,
but in no case shall such compensation be less than $15 nor more than
$25 per day for each day actually employed at the registration, canvass
and revision and such deputy registrars and judges of registration shall
also be compensated at the rate of five cents per mile for each mile
actually traveled in calling at the county clerk's office for
registration cards and returning them to said officer.
The State Board of Elections shall reimburse each county for the
amount of the increase in compensation under this Section provided by
this amendatory Act from funds appropriated for that purpose.
(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-27)
Sec. 4-27. 
		
		At each regular special or primary election to which this
Article 4 is applicable, the judges of election shall personally affix all
affidavits made before them in accordance with the provisions of Sections
4-15, 4-16, 4-22, 4-23, 7-45 or 17-10, respectively, to the
respective applications to vote.
Persons voting for whom no registration card is found in the master file
or precinct binder shall be investigated by the county clerk or persons in
his office, as shall likewise be investigated the correctness of affidavits
filed under the provisions of the Sections hereinbefore in this Section
enumerated. If from such investigation the county clerk shall be satisfied
that the provisions of this Article have been violated, or that any person
has voted who was not qualified so to do, he shall make a complete report
to the State's Attorney of the County, attaching thereto a correct copy of
the application to vote and any affidavit which may have been executed by
the voter and supporting witnesses, if any. The State's Attorney shall
prosecute all such reports of fraud if on the basis of the facts so
reported, and of any additional investigation he may cause to be made, he
shall be satisfied that a knowing violation of this Article or of this Act
has been committed. The County Clerk shall further file with the circuit
court, for such action as is provided in cases of the misbehavior of judges
of election, a copy of any such report in which it shall appear that the
judges of election knowingly permitted a person to vote who was not
qualified so to do under the provisions of this Article or of this Act, or
otherwise were guilty of a knowing breach of their duties as such under
this Act.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-28)
Sec. 4-28. 
		
		During the hours of registration or revision of registration no
person shall bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring,
take or send into any place of registration or revision of registration,
any distilled or spirituous liquors whatever; or shall, at any such time
and place drink or partake of such liquor.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-30)
Sec. 4-30. 
		
		The county clerk on his own initiative or upon order of
the county board shall at all times have authority to
conduct investigation and to make canvasses of the registered voters in
any precinct canvass or at other times and by other methods than those
so prescribed.  However, the county clerk shall at least once in every 2
years conduct a verification of voter registrations and shall cause the
cancellation of registration of persons who have ceased to be qualified
voters.  Such verification shall be accomplished by one of the
following methods: (1) precinct canvass conducted by 2 qualified
persons of opposite party affiliation appointed by the county clerk or (2)
written request for verification sent to each registered voter by first
class mail, not forwardable or (3) an alternative method of verification
submitted in writing to and approved by the State Board of Elections at
a public meeting not less than 60 days prior to the date on which the county
clerk has fixed for implementation of that method of verification; provided,
that the county clerk shall submit to the State Board of Elections
a written statement of the results obtained by use of such alternative method
within 30 days of completion of the verification. Provided that in
each precinct one canvasser may be appointed from outside such precinct
if not enough other qualified persons who reside within the precinct can
be found to serve as canvasser in such precinct. The one canvasser so
appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote
prior to the election must be entitled to vote elsewhere within the ward,
township or road district which includes within its boundaries the precinct
in which such canvasser is appointed and such canvasser must be otherwise
qualified. If upon the basis of investigation or canvasses, the county
clerk shall be of the opinion that any person registered under this
Article is not a qualified voter or has ceased to be a qualified
voter, he shall send a notice through the United States mail to such
person, requiring him to appear before the county clerk for a hearing
within ten days after the date of mailing such notice and show cause why
his registration shall not be cancelled. If such person fails to appear
within such time as provided, his registration shall be cancelled. If
such a person does appear, he shall make an affidavit similar in every
respect to the affidavit required of applicants under Section 4-13 and his
registration shall be reinstated.
If the county clerk cancels such registration upon the voter failing
to appear, the county clerk shall immediately
request of the clerk of the city, village or incorporated town in which
the person claimed residence, to return the triplicate card of
registration of the said person and within twenty-four hours after
receipt of said request, the said clerk shall mail or cause to be
delivered to the county clerk the triplicate card of registration of the
said person and the said triplicate card shall thereupon be cancelled by
the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-31)
Sec. 4-31. 
		
		In any county in which there is a municipality under the jurisdiction
of a board of election commissioners, the county clerk and his appointed
deputy registrars shall accept the registration of qualified persons residing
within such municipality and shall transmit the completed registration
to the board of election commissioners prior to the close of registration
before an election.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-33)
Sec. 4-33. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a registration record card
that, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall be used in duplicate
by all election authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section.  The Board shall prescribe the
form
and specifications, including but not limited to the weight of paper, color,
and print of the cards.  The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
information required under Sections 4-8 and 4-21; provided that
the cards shall also contain: (i) A space for a person to fill in his or her
Illinois driver's license number if the person has a driver's license; (ii) A
space for a person without a driver's license to fill in the last four digits
of his or her social security number if the person has a social security
number.
(b) The election authority may develop and implement a system
to prepare,
use, and maintain a computer-based voter registration file that includes a
computer-stored image of the signature of each voter.  The computer-based voter
registration file may be used for all purposes for which the original
registration cards are to be used.
In the case of voter registration forms received via an online voter registration system, the original registration cards will include the signature received from the Secretary of State database. The electronic file shall be the master file.
(b-2)   The election authority may develop and implement a system to maintain registration cards in digital form using digitized signatures, which may be stored in a computer-based voter registration file under subsection (b) of this Section. The making and signing of any form, including an application to register and a certificate authorizing cancellation of a registration or authorizing a transfer of registration may be by a signature written in ink or by a digitized signature.
(c) Any system created, used, and maintained under subsection
(b) of this
Section shall meet the following standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration     file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the election authority, and each access to the computer-based voter registration file, other than an access solely for inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any     computer-based voter registration file that includes any computer-stored image of the signature of any registered voter shall be made available to the public outside of the offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of     any computer-based voter registration file that includes a computer-stored image of the signature of a registered voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot be reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an     application for a ballot, and the signature comparison authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature of the registered voter.
(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based     voter registration file that includes computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters and is used in a polling place during an election shall be preserved by the election authority in secure storage until the end of the second calendar year following the election in which it was used.
(d) Before the first election in which the election authority
elects to use
a voter list produced from the computer-stored images of the signatures of
registered voters in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections shall certify that
the system used by the election authority complies with the standards set forth
in this Section.  The State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy of the list and the
adequacy of the computer-stored images of the signatures of the registered
voters.
(e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all of its
voter
signatures into a computer-based registration file, all references in this Act
or any other Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
registration records shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based
equivalents.
(f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election authority from
submitting to the State Board of Elections a duplicate copy of some, as the
State Board of Elections shall determine, or all of the data contained in each
voter registration record that is part of the electronic master file. The
duplicate copy of the registration record shall be maintained by the State
Board of Elections under the same terms and limitations applicable to the
election authority and shall be of equal legal dignity with the original
registration record maintained by the election authority as proof of any fact
contained in the voter registration record.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-50)
Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and for change of address during the period from the close of
registration for an election until and including the day of the election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of the election
authority, at a permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election day, or at a voter registration location specifically designated for this
purpose by the election authority. Grace period registration and changes of address shall also be conducted for eligible residents in connection with voting at facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code. The election authority shall
register that individual, or change a registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this Article for registration and change of address.
If a voter who registers or changes address during this grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by grace period voting. The election authority shall offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election day, where grace period registration is required by this Section; and may offer in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting by the election authority.  The election authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19A.
Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, or within one day after the ballot is received by the election authority if the election authority allows grace period voting by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those names and that information in an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local political committees.  The name of each person issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons who register or change address during the grace period at a location other than their designated polling place on election day must be transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt out of registration in the polling place if the election authority establishes grace period registration and voting at other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents reside if the election authority's main office is not located in that municipality. The election authority may establish other grace period registration and voting sites on election day provided that the election authority has met the notice requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary early voting sites.
(Source: P.A. 100-442, eff. 8-25-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-105)
Sec. 4-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the first time in person and not a vote by mail ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license number or State identification card number or, if the person does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other federal, State, or local government document that shows the person's name and address. A person may also demonstrate sufficient proof of identity by submission of a photo identification issued by a college or university accompanied by either a copy of the applicant's contract or lease for a residence or any postmarked mail delivered to the applicant at his or her current residence address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the election authority that the registration has not been fully completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such proof is presented.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)