2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS › 10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code. › Article 5 - Registration Of Electors In Counties Having A Population Of 500,000 Or More

(10 ILCS 5/Art. 5 heading)
ARTICLE 5.  
		REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
IN COUNTIES HAVING A POPULATION OF
500,000 OR MORE
(10 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-1)
Sec. 5-1. 
		
		Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for
any person residing in a county containing a population of 500,000 or
more, to vote at any election, unless such person is at the
time of such election a registered voter under the requirements of this
Article 5 or is exempt under Section 5-29.01 from registration.
Provided, that this Article 5 shall not apply to electors residing in
cities, villages, and incorporated towns in this State which have
adopted or are operating under Article 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, or to
electors voting pursuant to Article 20 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-2)
Sec. 5-2. 
		
		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 Article 5 Article 3 is controlling.
(Source: P.A. 81-953.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-3)
Sec. 5-3. 
		
		The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint the place of
registry in each precinct for any precinct registration under Section 5-17
of this Article 5. 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. 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 Commissioners.
Such officers of the law shall be furnished by the Chief of Police or
Sheriff and shall be stationed in the place or places of registration in
such manner as the County Clerk shall direct, and during such assignment
shall be under the direction and control of the County Clerk.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1200.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-4)
Sec. 5-4. 
		
		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 5 is in effect. The clerk and
a duly appointed deputy clerk of each city, village, incorporated town and
township in which all or any part of the territory in which this Article 5
is in effect shall be deputy registration officers.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)
Sec. 5-5. 
For the purpose of registering voters under this Article 5, in
addition to the method provided for precinct registration under Sections
5-6 and 5-17 of this Article 5, the office of the county clerk shall be
open between 9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on all days except Saturday,
Sunday and holidays, but there shall be no registration at such office
during the 35 days immediately preceding any election required to be held
under the law but if no precinct registration is being conducted prior to
any election then registration may be taken in the office of the county
clerk up to and including the 28th day prior to an election. On
Saturdays,
the hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. noon.
During such 35 or 27 day period, registration of electors of
political
subdivisions wherein a regular, or special election is required to be held
shall cease and shall not be resumed for the registration of electors of
such political subdivisions until the second day following the day of such
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 the election.
Each county clerk shall appoint one deputy for the purpose of
accepting the registration of any voter who files an affidavit that he
is physically unable to appear at any appointed place of registration.
The county clerk shall designate a deputy to visit each person with a disability 
and shall accept the registration of each such person as if he had
applied for registration at the office of the county clerk.
The offices of city, village, incorporated town and town clerks shall
also be open for the purpose of registering voters residing in the
territory in which this Article is in effect, and also, in the case of
city, village and incorporated town clerks, for the purpose of registering
voters residing in a portion of the city, village or incorporated town not
located within the county, on all days on which the
office of the county clerk is open for the registration of voters of
such cities, villages, incorporated towns and townships.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-6)
Sec. 5-6. 
		
		Subject to the provisions of Section 5-19 of this Article 5,
in addition to the registration authorized at the offices of the County
Clerk, city clerk, town clerk, incorporated town clerk and village clerk
under Section 5-5 of this Article 5, and that provided by Section 5-17 of
this Article 5, there shall be three days of re-registration in each
precinct as established by the Board of County Commissioners for county and
township elections. The first of said three days of re-registration shall
be Friday, September 15, 1961; the second of said three days of
re-registration shall be Friday, October 13, 1961 and the third of said
three days of re-registration shall be Tuesday, March 13, 1962. On each of
the said three days of re-registration the registration places shall open
at eight o'clock a. m. and remain open until nine o'clock p. m. It shall be
the duty of the County Board to appoint the place of registry in each
precinct and the provisions of Section 5-3 of this Article 5 shall apply
thereto.
The re-registration provided by this Article 5 shall constitute a
permanent registration subject to revision and alteration in the manner
hereinafter provided. All registrations shall be upon registration record
cards provided by the County Clerk in accordance with the provisions of
this Article 5.
Immediately following the first day of precinct re-registration in 1961,
all permanent registration records compiled prior to September 15, 1961,
shall be destroyed if no election contest is pending in which such records
are material.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1919.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-7)
 (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
Sec. 5-7. 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, 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 the precinct.  Which
questions may be answered by the applicant stating, in excess of 30 days
in the State and in excess of 30 days in 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.
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 the original
and duplicate registration record card.
Signature of Deputy Registrar.
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 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 you 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)
)ss
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; that
I am fully qualified to vote.  That I intend that this location shall be
my residence 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 towns
and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case may be, 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. 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 5/5-7.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.01)
Sec. 5-7.01. 
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 5/5-7.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.02)
Sec. 5-7.02. 
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 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
Sec. 5-7.03. 
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 5-43.  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 5-7 and 5-28.1 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 5-43, 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 by first-class mail within 2 business days or personal delivery within 7
 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. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-8)
Sec. 5-8. 
		
		The County Clerk shall supply Deputy Registrars, Officers of
Registration and Judges of Registration with registration forms and shall
fully instruct them in their duties. Each Deputy Registrar, Officer of
Registration and Judge of Registration shall receipt to the County Clerk
for all blank registration records issued to them, specifying therein the
number of blanks received by them, and each Deputy Registrar, Officer of
Registration and Judge of Registration 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 therein has been made, such blank shall not be
destroyed, but the word "mutilated" shall be written across the face of
such blank, and such blank shall be returned to the County Clerk and shall
be preserved in the same manner and for the same length of time as
mutilated ballots. When each 1961 and 1962 precinct re-registration shall
have been completed, a Deputy Registrar or Judge of Registration shall
return all registration record cards to the County Clerk whether such cards
have been filled out, executed or whether they are unused, or whether they
have been mutilated. A Deputy Registrar, or Judge of Registration for
precinct registration shall make personal delivery of the registration
records to the County Clerk, after the close of each precinct registration.
Each Deputy Registrar and Judge of Registration shall certify the
registration records in substantially the following form:
"We, the undersigned Deputy Registrars and Judge of Registration in the
County of .... in the State of Illinois, do swear (or affirm) that at the
registration of electors on the .... day of .... 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 .....
.... (Judge of Registration)
.... (Deputy Registrar)
.... (Deputy Registrar)
Date ....."
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1919.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-8.5)
Sec. 5-8.5. 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 5/5-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9)
Sec. 5-9. 
Except as herein provided, no person shall be registered
unless he applies in person to 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 Deputy Registrars, the Judge of Registration, or an
Officer of Registration, 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 place of
residence, name, 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 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 in writing notify such applicant to appear before the
County Clerk to furnish further proof of his qualifications.  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 in such
township, city, village or incorporated town and whose registration 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 ........ ward of the City of .... or of the ......... District
......... Town of .......... (or to the County Clerk of .............) and
............ County; that said Board or Clerk refused to complete my
registration as a qualified voter in said precinct, that I reside in said
precinct (or that I intend to reside in said precinct), am a duly qualified
voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at the next election.
...........................
(Signature of Applicant)"
All such applications shall be presented to the County Clerk by the
applicant, in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and five
o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of the third week subsequent to
the weeks in which the 1961 and 1962 precinct re-registrations are to be
held, and thereafter for the registration provided in Section 5-17 of
this Article, all such applications shall be presented to the County
Clerk by the applicant in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.
and nine o'clock p.m. on Monday and Tuesday of the third week
prior to the date on which such election is to be held.
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 for 6 months 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 5-7 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 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)
Sec. 5-9.1. 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 and cause the name of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered. 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, to cancel the registration of
any person who has died during the preceding month and cause the name
of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct
in which the deceased person was registered.
(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-10)
Sec. 5-10. 
		
		The two Deputy Registrars provided by this Article 5 for
re-registration in each precinct shall be the canvassers of the precinct
for which they are appointed.
The County Clerk shall furnish to each Deputy Registrar a blank book
which shall be named "Verification List", each page of which shall be ruled
into columns, and to be marked thus:
..............................................................
WRITE NAME OF STREET ON THIS LINE.........................
..............................................................
NAMES REGISTERED
..............................................................
HOUSE
NUMBER      LAST NAME       FIRST NAME       INITIAL
MISS
REMARKS
.................................................
MRS.         "OK,"            MOVED or DIED
..............................................................
Such book shall contain pages sufficient to allow listing of all names
on registration record card by street, avenue, alley, drive, lane, road and
court in the precinct in question. During the progress of the 3rd
re-registration, or immediately thereafter, each Deputy Registrar shall
transfer all the names upon the registration record cards to such
verification list; arranging them according to streets, avenues, alleys,
drives, lanes, roads or courts, beginning with the lowest residence number,
and placing them numerically, as near as possible, from the lowest up to
the highest number, starting each street, avenue, alley, drive, lane, road
and court upon a separate sheet.
They shall first write the name of such street, avenue, alley, lane,
road or court at the top of the page, and then proceed to transfer the
names of such "Verification Lists" according to the street numbers as above
indicated.
If, during either day of the 1961 and 1962 precinct re-registration, any
registered voter of the township, city, village or incorporated town shall
come before the Deputy Registrars and the Judge of Registration and make an
oath that he believes that any particular person whose name has been
entered upon the registry is not a qualified voter, such fact shall be
noted; and after the completion of such "Verification Lists" one of the
Registrars, or Judge of Registration, shall make a cross or check mark in
ink opposite such name. If said Deputy Registrars or the Judge of
Registration know any person so complained of is a qualified voter and
believe that such complaint was made only to vex or harass such qualified
voter, then such name shall be placed upon such lists without such cross or
check mark, but such cross or check mark shall be placed upon such lists in
case either of the Registrars or the Judge of Registration desires.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1919.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-11)
Sec. 5-11. 
		
		Upon the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday following the last day
of precinct registration, if so much time is required, the two Deputy
Registrars shall go together and canvass the precinct for which they have
been appointed, calling at each dwelling place as indicated upon said
"Verification Lists"; and if they shall find that any person whose name
appears upon their "Verification Lists" does not reside at the place
designated thereupon, they shall make a notation in the column headed
"Remarks" as follows: "Not Found", "Died", or "Moved", as the case may be,
indicating that such person does not reside at such place.
Whenever deemed necessary by the canvassers, or either of them, he or
they may demand of the person having command of the police in such precinct
to furnish a policeman, to accompany them and protect them in the
performance of their duties; and it shall be the duty of the person having
command of the police in such precinct to furnish a policeman for such
purpose.
In making such canvass no person shall refuse to answer questions and
give the information asked for and known to him or her, or shall wilfully
and knowingly give false information, or make false statements. In making
such canvass said canvassers shall make special inquiry at the residence or
place designated on the said verification books, as to all persons
registered as qualified voters, and shall receive information from judges
of election, party canvassers, or other persons.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-12)
Sec. 5-12. 
		
		Immediately upon the completion of canvass, said canvassers, or
one of them, shall sign a notice and send the same through the United
States mail, duly stamped, to the address given on the verification
books, or in the case of homeless individuals, to their mailing address,
of all persons in connection with whose names they have made a notation
indicating that they do not reside at such place, which notice shall
require such persons to appear before the Board of Revision, composed of
said canvassers and the judge of registration, on the Monday and Tuesday
following completion of the canvass, giving the time and place of such
session, to show cause why his or her name should not be erased from the
registry of the precinct in question. Proper blanks and postage stamps
shall be furnished for this purpose to the canvassers by said County Clerk.
A personal notice shall also be served by the canvassers at the time such
canvass is being made, by leaving the same with the party, if found, or if
he or she is not found at the place designated in such verification books,
by leaving the same at such address, if there be such place. Such notice,
to be sent through the mail, must be mailed not later than 10 o'clock p.m.
of Thursday of the week of such canvass. If sufficient postage stamps are
not delivered to the canvassers by the County Clerk for the purpose
aforesaid, then anyone may furnish such postage stamps to such canvassers
for the purpose or such canvassers may procure the same at their own
expense and afterwards render an account therefor to the County Clerk, duly
sworn to, and the County Clerk shall audit such account and cause the same
to be paid by the County Treasurer. Such County Clerk, upon application,
shall deliver to such canvassers postage stamps sufficient for the purpose
aforesaid.
The registration officers shall make their returns to the County Clerk
not later than noon of the day following the last day of the canvass of the
registration provided by this Section.
The County Clerk when complaint is made to him shall investigate the
action of such canvassers and shall cause them or either of them to be
prosecuted criminally for such wilful neglect of duty.
(Source: P.A. 87-1241.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-13)
Sec. 5-13. 
		
		The canvassers, or one of them, shall prepare a list of the
names of the parties designated as aforesaid, and to whom such notice has
been sent, given, or left at the address, and make and attach his, or their
affidavit or affidavits thereto stating that notice, duly stamped, was
mailed to each of the said parties at the places designated on said list,
on or before 10 o'clock p. m. of the Thursday following the canvass, and
that notice was also personally left at the said address of each of said
parties named in said lists so attached, if there be such address. Blank
affidavit forms shall be furnished by the County Clerk for the purpose
aforesaid; but if none are furnished, such canvassers shall cause the same
to be drawn, and they shall swear to such affidavit before the Judge of
Registration of such precinct or County Clerk, or one of his Deputies.
Either of the canvassers shall have the power and right of both in the
matter pertaining to such canvass; but in case either refuses or neglects
to make such canvass as aforesaid, then the other may make such canvass
alone.
In case of the temporary disability upon the part of either canvasser,
the remaining canvasser shall appoint a temporary canvasser who shall
represent and be affiliated with the same political party as the canvasser
whose place is being filled, and shall administer to him the usual oath of
office for canvassers. Such temporary canvasser shall perform all the
duties of the office until the disability of the regular canvasser is
removed.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-14)
Sec. 5-14. 
Either of the canvassers shall, at the end of the canvass,
return the "Verification Lists" to the County Clerk and a certificate of
the correctness of such return.  Immediately after receipt of such Verification
Lists, the County Clerk shall cause copies to be printed in plain large
type in sufficient numbers to meet all demands, and upon application, a
copy of the same shall be given to any person applying therefor.  Thereafter
a list of registered voters in each precinct shall be compiled by the County
clerk, prior to the General Election to be held in November of each even
numbered year.  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.
When the list of registered voters in each precinct is compiled, the
County Clerk shall give a copy of it 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 list of registered voters in each precinct that was compiled prior
to the general November election of 1982 to the chair of a county central
committee of an established political party or to the chair's duly
authorized
representative.
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 5/5-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-15)
Sec. 5-15. 
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 nine
o'clock a.m. and six o'clock p.m. of the Monday and Tuesday of the third
week immediately preceding the week in which such April 10, 1962 Primary
Election is to be held, make application in writing, before such County
Clerk, to have any name upon such register of any precinct erased.
Thereafter such application shall be made between the hours of nine o'clock
a.m. and six o'clock p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior
to the week in which any county, city, village, township, or incorporated
town election is to be held.  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 .... ) of
the .... District .... town of .... do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that
.... registered from No. .... Street is not a qualified voter in the ....
precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of .... or of the
.... district town of .... 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 the Clerk. Thereupon notice of such application,
with a demand to appear before the County Clerk and show cause why his name
shall not be erased from the register, shall be mailed by special
delivery, duly stamped and directed, to such person, to the address upon
said register at least 4 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 the 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 the 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 may be dismissed by the County Clerk.
Any voter making such application or applications shall be privileged
from arrest while presenting the same to the County Clerk and while going
to and returning from the office of the County Clerk.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16)
Sec. 5-16. 
		
		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 towns,
wards, districts, precincts as the case may be. The County Clerk shall
sit to hear such applications between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and
nine o'clock p. m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the third week
preceding the week in which such April 10, 1962 Primary Election is to
be held, and thereafter the County Clerk shall sit to hear such
applications between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and nine o'clock p.
m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the second week prior to the week
in which any county, city, town, village or incorporated town election
is to be held. At the request of either party to such applications, the
Clerk shall issue subpoenas to witnesses to appear at such hearings, and
witnesses may be sworn and examined upon the hearing of said
applications. Each person appearing in response to an application to
have a 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 or
incorporated town of .... or in the .... district town of .... in said
county and State, since the .... day of .... and that I am .... years of
age; that I am the identical person registered in said precinct under
the name I subscribe hereto."
This answer shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed before any
person authorized to administer oaths or affirmations. The decision on
each application shall be announced at once after hearing, and a minute
made thereof, and when an application to be registered or to be restored
to such register or to complete registration shall be allowed, the said
County Clerk shall cause a minute to be made upon the original and
duplicate registration records withdrawn.
All applications under this Section and hearings as hereinafter provided
may be heard by deputy county clerks specially designated by the County
Clerk for this purpose, and a decision by such deputies so designated, shall
become the decision of the County Clerk, upon approval by the County Clerk.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.1)
Sec. 5-16.1. 
		
		In addition to registration at the office of the county clerk and at the
offices of municipal and township clerks, each
county subject to this Article shall provide for the
following methods of registration:
(1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provided     in Section 5-16.2;
(2) The establishment of temporary places of     registration as provided in Section 5-16.3.
Each county subject to this Article may provide for precinct registration
pursuant to Section 5-17.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all municipal and
township 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 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 bona     fide 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 bona fide 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 of 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 registers 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 5/5-16.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3)
Sec. 5-16.3. 
The county clerk may establish temporary places of
registration for such times and at such locations within the county as the
county clerk may select.  Notice
of time and place of registration at any such temporary 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 5-16.2.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-17)
Sec. 5-17. 
		
		If the county clerk determines, as provided in Section 5-16.1, to have
precinct registration in the county, the board of county commissioners
shall, prior to any general state election held in the month of November of
any even numbered year designate a day or days and shall designate
convenient places in the townships or cities or villages or incorporated
towns for registration of voters. Such day or days shall not be more than
36 nor less than 28 days before such election.
The provisions of Section 5-3 of this Article shall apply to the
selection of places of registration under this Section and the provisions
of Section 5-3 relative to the attendance of police officers during the
conduct of such registration shall also apply.
The officers of registration chosen to conduct registrations under the
provisions of this Section shall be chosen by the county clerk.
In choosing officers of registration, the county clerk shall choose only
persons residing in the township in which the place of registration is
located. He shall choose, in each precinct, 3 officers of registration, at
least one from each of the 2 major political parties. The county clerk may
appoint additional officers of registration in precincts which have had
sudden increases in population.
The officers so chosen shall be voters registered under the provisions
of this Article 5, and shall have the same qualifications and take the same
oath as required of registration officers under Section 5-4 of this Article
5, and shall be subject to the same penalties.
The places of registration designated by the board of county
commissioners under the provisions of this Section shall be open from 8
a.m. to 9 p.m. on such day or days as may be specified by the board of
county commissioners.
Registration under this Section shall be made in the same manner as
provided for precinct registration under the provisions of this Article 5,
but the canvass of registration shall be made by 2 registration officers of
different political affiliations, said registration officers to be
designated by the county clerk and the hearing and final revision of the
registry heretofore conducted by the board of revision shall be performed
by the county clerk or his deputy on the Monday and Tuesday following
precinct registration. Said revision under this Section shall take place at
the office of the county clerk between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
The registration officers shall make their returns to the county clerk
not later than noon of the day following the last day of the canvass of
registration provided by this Section.
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 5/5-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-18)
Sec. 5-18. 
		
		At least 20 days prior to the precinct registration under
Section 5-6 of this Article 5, and at least 20 days prior to any
registration that may be provided under Section 5-17 of this Article 5,
the County Clerk shall
publish a notice of registration, giving the dates, hours and places of
registration,
in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county.
(Source: P.A. 79-75.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-19)
Sec. 5-19. 
		
		Only persons residing within the corporate limits of a city,
village or incorporated town wherein this Article 5 is in effect, shall
be permitted to register in the office of the clerk of the respective city,
village or incorporated town in which they reside and then only during the
periods provided by Section 5-5 of this Article 5.
Within 24 hours after a person has registered in the office of the clerk
of a city, village or incorporated town, the said clerk shall transmit by
mail or cause to be delivered to the County Clerk the original and duplicate
registration cards of the person who has registered in his office.
Only persons who reside within the limits of a town in a county wherein
this Article 5 is in effect shall be permitted to register in the office
of the town clerk of the respective towns in which they reside and then
only during the periods provided by Section 5-5 of this Article 5.
Within 24 hours after a person not residing within the corporate limits
of a city, village or incorporated town has registered in the office of
a town clerk, the town clerk shall transmit by mail or cause to be delivered
to the county clerk the original and duplicate
cards of the person who has registered in his office. Within 24 hours after
a person who resides within the limits of a city, village or incorporated
town has registered in the office of a town clerk, the town clerk shall
transmit by mail or cause to be delivered the original and duplicate cards
of the person so registered to the county clerk.
Any person residing in the territory wherein this Article 5 is in effect,
may register in the office of the county clerk during the hours, and within
the periods provided by Section 5-5 of this Article 5.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-20)
Sec. 5-20. 
		
		Registrations under the above section shall be made in the
manner provided by sections 5-7 and 5-9, but electors whose registrations
are marked "Incomplete" may make the applications provided by section 5-9
only on Monday and Tuesday of the third week prior to the week in which the
election for officers, for which they are permitted to vote, is to be held.
The subsequent procedure with reference to said cards shall be the same as
that provided for voters registering under section 5-19 except that the
election referred to shall be the election at which the applicant would be
permitted to vote if otherwise qualified.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 855.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-21)
Sec. 5-21. 
To each person who registers at the office of the county, city,
village, incorporated town or town clerk, or any place designated by the
Board of County Commissioners under Section 5-17 of Article 5 and within
five days thereafter, the election authority shall send by mail, and electronic mail if the registrant has provided the election authority with an e-mail address, a notice setting
forth the elector's name and address as it appears on the registration record
card, and shall request him in case of any error to present the notice on
or before the seventh day next ensuing at the office of the election authority 
in order to secure the correction of the error. Such notice shall contain
on the outside a request for the postmaster to return it within five days
if it cannot be delivered to the addressee at the address given thereon.
Upon the return by the post office of such notice which it has been unable
to deliver at the given address because the addressee cannot be found there,
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 five days, to answer questions
touching his right to register. If the person notified fails to appear at
the election authority's office within five days as directed or if he appears
and fails to prove his right to register, the election authority shall cancel
his registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-22)
Sec. 5-22. 
		
		As soon as possible after the precinct registration held under
section 5-6 and again after the registrations provided by section 5-17 of
this article 5, the County Clerk shall require all city, village and incorporated
town clerks to call at his office and shall
give written and verbal instructions relative to duties under this article
5 to all city, village and incorporated town clerks, and shall also supply
them with, and get their receipts for blank registration cards to enable
them to perform their duties with respect to the registration of voters
in their offices under section 5-19 of this article 5.
As soon as possible after the precinct registration held under section
5-6 of this article, the County Clerk shall require all town clerks to appear
at his office at which time he shall give them verbal and written instructions
relative to their duties under this article 5, and at the same time he shall
also supply them with and get their receipts for blank registration cards
to enable them to perform their duties with respect to the registration
of voters in their offices under section 5-19 of this article 5.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-23)
Sec. 5-23. Any registered voter who changes his residence from one address,
number or place to another within the same county wherein this Article 5
is in effect, may have his registration transferred to his new address by
making and signing an application for such change of residence upon a form
to be provided by the county clerk. Such application must be made to the
office of the county clerk. In case the person is unable to sign his name
the county clerk shall require such person to execute the request 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 such 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, and if it appears that the applicant
is the same person as the party previously registered under that name the
transfer shall be made.
Transfer of registration under the provisions of this section may not be
made within the period when the county clerk's office is closed to registration
prior to an election at which such voter would be entitled to vote.
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; provided, however, that if
the change of name takes place within a period during which such new
registration cannot be made, next preceding any election or primary, the
elector may, if otherwise qualified, vote upon making the following
affidavit before the judges of election:
I do solemnly swear that I am the same person now registered in the
.... precinct of the .... ward of the city of .... or .... District Town
of .... under the name of .... and that I still reside in said precinct
or district.
(Signed) ....
If the voter whose name has changed still resides in the same precinct, the voter may vote after making the affidavit at the polling place regardless of when the change of name occurred. In that event, the affidavit shall not state that the voter is required to register; 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 voter under his or her current name.
Suitable forms for this purpose shall be provided by the county clerk. The form
in all cases shall be similar to the form furnished by the county clerk
for county and state elections.
The precinct election officials shall report to the county clerk the names
and addresses of all such persons who have changed their addresses and voted.
The city, village, town and incorporated town clerks shall within five days
after every election report to the county clerk the names and addresses
of the persons reported to them as having voted by affidavit as in this
Section provided.
The county clerk may obtain information from utility companies, city,
village, town and incorporated town records, the post office or from
other sources regarding the removal of registered voters and notify such
voters that a transfer of registration may be made in the manner
provided by this Section.
If any person be registered by error in a precinct other than that in
which he resides the county clerk shall be empowered to transfer his
registration to the proper precinct.
Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by the board
of county commissioners, the county clerk shall immediately transfer to
the proper precinct the registration of any voter affected by such
revision or rearrangement of the precincts; make the proper notations on
the registration cards of a voter affected by the revision of
registration and shall notify the registrant of such change.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-24)
Sec. 5-24. 
		
		Following the general election occurring in November of 1944 and
following the November election every four years thereafter, the county
clerk shall examine the registration record 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 four years, unless
you apply for reinstatement within thirty days. You may reinstate your
registration by signing the statement below and returning it to this
office or by making application 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 court of record in the county in which the
elector is temporarily detained.
After the expiration of thirty 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 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 5.
When a registration is cancelled under this or other sections of this
article 5, a proper entry shall be made on the registration cards by the
county clerk.
The county clerk shall, however, keep the cancelled cards in a suspense
file for 2 years 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 5/5-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25)
Sec. 5-25. 
		
		The county clerk on his own initiative or upon order of
the board of county commissioners 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 conduct
a verification of voter registrations at least once in
every 2 years, 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 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. 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
or township 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 5 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 5-16 of
this Article 5.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-25.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25.01)
Sec. 5-25.01. 
		
		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 5/5-25.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25.1)
Sec. 5-25.1. 
		
		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 5/5-26) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-26)
Sec. 5-26. 
		
		If either of the original or duplicate
registration cards, or all of any elector shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated
in whole or in part, the county clerk shall prepare 2 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 such affidavit
within thirty days after the mailing of a notice to such elector at the
last address from which he has registered, then the registration of such
elector shall be cancelled. If either the original or duplicate registration
cards, of all registered voters of a city, village or incorporated town,
township or any ward, or precinct thereof, shall be lost or destroyed, the
county clerk shall require a re-registration of electors of such city, village
or incorporated town, township, ward or precinct and the same provisions
as required for any registration under section 5-17 of this article 5 shall
apply to such re-registration.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-28)
Sec. 5-28. 
The original registration record cards shall remain permanently in
the office of the county clerk or election authority except as destroyed as provided in
Section 5-6; 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 record
cards shall constitute the official registry of voters for all elections
and shall be filed by precincts and
townships. 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 precinct files 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 return and delivery of such file.
(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-28.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-28.1)
Sec. 5-28.1. 
		
		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 number is 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 approval 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 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
Sec. 5-29. 
Upon application to vote, except as hereinafter provided
for absent electors, each registered elector shall sign his name or make
his mark as the case may be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
"Certificate of Registered Voter
Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
Village of................................Precinct..........;
Election.....................................................
(date)         (month)        (year)
Registration 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."
Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by the county
clerk for all elections.
The Judges in charge of the precinct registration files shall compare
the signature upon such certificate with the signature on the
registration record card as a means of identifying the voter. Unless
satisfied by such comparison that the applicant to vote is the identical
person who is registered under the same name, the Judges shall ask such
applicant the questions for identification which appear on the
registration card and if the applicant does not prove to the
satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election precinct that
he is the identical person registered under the name in question then
the vote for such applicant shall be challenged by a Judge of Election,
and the same procedure followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge of Election
shall check the data on the registration card and shall check the
address given, with the registered address, in order to determine
whether he is entitled to vote.
One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate of each
applicant for a ballot after the registration record has been examined
and shall sign his initials on the certificate in the space provided
therefor, and shall enter upon such certificate the number of the voter
in the place provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not the
applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such certificate back to the
applicant in case he is permitted to vote, and such applicant shall hand
it to the judge of election in charge of the ballots. The certificates
of the voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received and
shall constitute an official poll record. The term "Poll Lists" and
"Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be construed to apply to
such official poll records.
After each general primary election the county clerk shall indicate by
color code or other means next to the name of each registrant on the list
of registered voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political
party that the registrant requested  at that general primary election.  The
county clerk, within 60 days after the general primary election, shall
provide a copy of this coded list to the chair of the county central
committee of each established political party or to the chair's duly
authorized representative.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983,
the county clerk shall provide to the chair of the county central
committee of each established political party or to the chair's duly
authorized representative the list of registered voters in each precinct at
the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall indicate on such
list by color code or other means next to the name of a registrant the
primary ballot of a political party that the registrant requested at the
general primary election of 1982.
The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual cost of
duplicating each copy of a list provided under either of the 2
preceding paragraphs.
Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and presenting
the certificate provided by this Section, and his registration record
card is not found in the precinct registry of voters, but his name
appears as that of a registered voter in such precinct upon the printed
precinct list of voters and whose name has not been erased or withdrawn
from such register, it shall be the duty of one of the Judges of
Election to require an affidavit by such person and two voters residing
in the precinct before the judges of election that he is the same person
whose name appears upon the precinct register and that he resides in the
precinct stating the street number of his residence. Forms for such
affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for all elections. Upon
the making of such affidavit and the presentation of his certificate
such elector shall be entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this
paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an
envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30 days after
such election to take steps provided by Section 5-27 of this article 5
for the execution of new registration affidavits by electors who have
voted under the provisions of this paragraph.
Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made by
registered voters and under the provisions of article 19 of this act
shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of the "certificate
of registered voter" provided for in this section.
When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election for use at the
polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the printed precinct register,
he shall give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the chair 
of a county central committee of an established political party or to the chair's
 duly authorized representative.
Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously, the election
authority charged with the duty of providing application certificates
may prescribe the form thereof so that a voter is required to execute
only one, indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
After the signature has been verified, the judges shall determine in
which political subdivisions the voter resides by use of the information
contained on the voter registration cards or the separate registration
lists or other means approved by the State Board of Elections and
prepared and supplied by the election authority.  The voter's
certificate shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
ballots which the voter is given.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-29.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29.01)
Sec. 5-29.01. 
		
		The provisions of this Article 5, 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
to be an actual bona fide resident of this precinct and ward and that I
verily believe that he 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."
The provisions of this Article 5, 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. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-30)
Sec. 5-30. 
		
		Upon application to vote at a general primary election each registered
elector shall sign his name or mark and write his address on a certificate
substantially the same as that used in the general election except that it
shall have a place for party affiliation which is to be filled in by the
elector, or by the officer in charge if the elector is unable to write. The
certificates of each State-wide political party at a 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.
 Such applications
may contain spaces or check-off 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.  Such certificates
when checked and initialed by the Judge in charge shall constitute the
primary poll record. Such certificates at the close of the election shall
be placed in an envelope, sealed and returned with the ballots. Nothing
herein shall be construed to conflict with sections 7-44 and 7-45 of
article 7 of this act. Provided, however, that the 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.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-31)
Sec. 5-31. 
		
		All challenged voters affidavits made before the judges of
election under provisions of sections 5-29 and 5-30 of this article 5
shall be immediately returned to the office of the county clerk.
Such affidavits, before being so returned, shall be enclosed in an envelope
provided for that purpose, which shall then be securely sealed with the
sealing wax or other adhesive material, and each of the judges shall
write his name across the seal. No judge of election shall break the
seal of, or open any envelope containing affidavits, or shall permit any
person to open any such envelope or break the seal thereof while the
same is in his custody. It shall be the duty of the county clerk
to furnish affidavits and envelopes provided by Sections 5-29 and 5-30 of
this article 5 to the judges of election for all
elections.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-34)
Sec. 5-34. 
		
		The official poll record provided by sections 5-29 and 5-30 of
this article 5 shall constitute the poll list, and poll books shall not be
kept by clerks of election. Where in this article 5, reference is made to
poll lists or poll books, such reference shall hereafter apply to the
official poll record.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-35)
Sec. 5-35. 
		
		The officers of registration selected to conduct
registrations under Section 5-17 shall be paid at the rate set out below:
Registration officers selected to conduct registration and canvass
under Section 5-17 shall be paid at a rate of not less than $20 per day
nor more than $30 per day, for each day designated by the County Board
for any registration and canvass provided by Section 5-17, but in no
case shall any such officer selected to conduct canvass be credited for
less than two days' service for each canvass.
Officers of registration selected to conduct any registration under
Section 5-17 shall be compensated at the rate of 5 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 5/5-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-36)
Sec. 5-36. 
		
		In the event that the voters of any city, village or incorporated
town (in any county having a population of 500,000 or more) which has adopted
Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act (or the Act of which they are a continuation)
shall reject the city election law as provided by said Article 6, it shall
not be necessary for the registered voters of said city, so rejecting the
city election law to register again under the provisions of this Article
5 unless they are not registered under the 1961 and 1962 re-registration provisions.
Within twenty-four hours after the Circuit Judge has entered his order
declaring Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act rejected by the voters of any
city, village, or incorporated town, it shall be the duty of the Board of
Election Commissioners formerly having jurisdiction over elections held
in such city, village or incorporated town to turn over to the County Clerk
the original and duplicate registration cards of all persons affected by
the rejection of the city election law in said city, village or incorporated
town; the said Board of Election Commissioners shall also turn over to the
County Clerk all forms, papers and other instruments pertaining to the registration
and election of voters within the said city, village or incorporated town
that rejected the city election law, and they shall also cause to be delivered
to the clerk of any such city, village or incorporated town that rejected
the city election law, all booths and ballot boxes formerly used in conducting
elections in said city, village or incorporated town.
The original registration cards of the voters turned over to the County
Clerk by the Board of Election Commissioners shall be placed in a master
file together with the registration cards of all voters who previously registered
under the provisions of this Article 5 and said cards shall then become
part of the official registration record for the county in which this Article
5 is in effect.
The duplicate cards shall be arranged in precinct order and shall be retained
in the office of the county clerk for use in conducting State, county and
township elections. The said duplicate cards shall become part of the official
registration record for the county in which this Article 5 is in effect.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-37)
Sec. 5-37. 
		
		It shall be the duty of the Board of Election Commissioners to
do, and cause to be done all things required of them by Section 5-36 of
this Article 5.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-37.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-37.1)
Sec. 5-37.1. 
		
		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 5/5-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-38)
Sec. 5-38. 
		
		All laws in conflict with this Article 5 shall no longer be
applicable to the electors residing in the territorial limits where this
Article 5 is in effect, but all laws and parts of laws not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Article 5 shall continue in force and effect.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 253.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-39)
Sec. 5-39. 
		
		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 5/5-43)
Sec. 5-43. 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 5-7 and 5-28.1; provided that
the cards shall also contain: (i) A space for the 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 5/5-50)
Sec. 5-50. 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 his or her 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 5/5-105)
Sec. 5-105. 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.)