2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS › 10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code. › Article 6 - Registration Of Electors In Certain Cities, Villages And Incorporated Towns

(10 ILCS 5/Art. 6 heading)
ARTICLE 6.  
		REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
IN CERTAIN CITIES, VILLAGES AND
INCORPORATED TOWNS
(10 ILCS 5/6-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-1)
Sec. 6-1. 
		
		The provisions of this Article 6 (and of Articles 14 and 18
hereof) so far as they are the same as those of the provisions of "An Act
regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in
cities, villages and incorporated towns in this state", approved June 19,
1885, as amended, (hereinafter sometimes referred to in this Article as
the Act of 1885) shall be construed as a continuation of such prior
provisions and not as a new enactment; and it is declared to be the
legislative intent that any city, village or incorporated town which has
heretofore adopted and become entitled to the provisions of said Act of
1885, shall automatically become subject to the provisions of this Article
6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act (as well as certain sections in other
articles which are made specifically applicable to such city, village or
incorporated town), which three articles together shall be known as the
City Election Law.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-2)
Sec. 6-2. 
		
		The electors of any city now existing in this state may
adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this Article 6 and Articles
14 and 18 of this Act in the manner following:
Whenever one thousand of the legal voters of such city voting at the last
preceding election shall petition the circuit court of the county in which
such city is located, to submit to a vote of the electors of such city the
proposition as to whether such city and the electors thereof shall adopt
and become entitled to the benefits of this Article, and said Articles 14
and 18 of this Act, it shall be the duty of such circuit court to order
such proposition to be submitted accordingly at the next succeeding general
or regularly scheduled municipal election; and if such proposition is not
adopted at such election, the same shall in like manner be submitted to
a vote of the electors of such city by said circuit court upon a like application
at any general
or regularly scheduled municipal election thereafter. If one thousand shall
exceed one-eighth of the legal voters of any such city voting at the last
preceding general or consolidated
election, then such application need not be signed or made by more than
one-eighth of the legal voters of such city voting at the last preceding
general or consolidated election. Such petition shall be subject to the
applicable provisions of Article 28 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-3)
Sec. 6-3. 
		
		The circuit court shall give at least 60 days
notice of such election by publishing such notice in one or more
newspapers published within such city, for at least 5 times, the first
publication to be at least 60 days before the day of election, and if no
newspaper is published in such city, then by posting at least 5 copies
of such notice in each ward 60 days before such election; and such court
shall enter an order directing the county clerk to prepare the necessary
blank returns for the use of the judges of election, substantially in
the following form:
"At an election held in the .... precinct of the .... ward in the
city of .... in the State of Illinois, on the .... day of .... in the
year .... the following vote was cast for and against city election
law, to-wit:
		For city election law .... votes.
		Against city election law .... votes.
		Certified by us:
		A.B.,    G.H.,
		C.D.,    I.J.,
		E.F.,    K.L.,
		Judges of Election"
Also to prepare separate tally sheets with appropriate headings.
And it shall be the duty of such county clerk to deliver to the
judges of all the precincts in such city at such election proper tally
sheets and blank statements of returns of votes cast for and against
such proposition at such election. And it shall be the duty of the
circuit court to supervise and direct such matters and see that
they are properly done.
The circuit court shall also prepare directions to the
judges of election as to the manner of canvassing the votes for and
against such proposition, keeping tally thereof and making returns of
the votes as to such proposition, in accordance with the provisions of
this article; also informing them therein of the penalties of the law
imposed upon the judges for any refusal or neglect pertaining to their
duties, and such circuit court shall deliver such directions
to the county clerk directing him to have them printed and sent out to
such judges. And it shall be the duty of such county clerk to obey such
instructions.
It shall be the duty of the county clerk to do and cause to be done
all things required of him by Sections 6-2 to 6-20, inclusive, of this
Article, and for a failure to perform such duties he shall, on
conviction, be removed from his office by the court in which such
conviction shall be had.
The county shall pay all expenses connected with such election.
(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-4)
Sec. 6-4. 
		
		At such election the ballots, so far as they relate to this act,
shall be written or printed in the following form: "For city election law"
or "Against city election law."
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-5)
Sec. 6-5. 
		
		The ballot upon such proposition in the form aforesaid must be
printed or written at the bottom of the ticket containing the names of
candidates for public offices at such election who are voted for by any
elector.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-6)
Sec. 6-6. 
		
		The judges of such election shall canvass the ballots so cast for
or against such proposition. They shall count in favor of said proposition
all ballots, "For city election law" and they shall count against such
proposition all ballots, "Against city election law".
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-7)
Sec. 6-7. 
		
		Such canvass shall be made by such judges in the following
manner: Before the name or names of any candidate on any ballot shall be
canvassed, one of the judges, two sitting on either side of him and
observing the canvass, shall separate all the ballots cast in such precinct
into 3 piles or files, putting together in the first pile all those
containing the phrase, "For city election law", and putting together in the
second pile all the ballots containing the phrase, "Against city election
law", and putting together in the third pile all the other ballots of every
description. One of the 3 judges shall then count the first pile of ballots
in batches of 10, and when one batch is counted, shall pass the same to the
next judge, who shall count the same and pass it to the third judge, who
shall also count it, and when the 3 shall have finished the count of the 10
ballots, the last judge shall announce in a loud voice the result, "Ten
votes for city election law". It shall then be duty of each of 2 judges,
who took no part in the counting, to tally 10 votes accordingly on his
tally sheet for city election law, and so the whole pile shall be counted.
Before counting the second pile the tally judges shall announce the result
or number so entered and credited, "For city election law", and the second
pile shall be counted in the same way in batches of 10, and the result
tallied and announced in the same way "Against city election law". And
thereupon it shall be the duty of each of the judges in turn to announce in
a loud voice the result of the election in that precinct upon that
proposition. No ballot shall be counted for or against such proposition
unless it be in the form herein prescribed; no account is to be kept of the
third pile of ballots as to such proposition.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-8)
Sec. 6-8. 
		
		If no tally sheet shall be furnished to the judges of any
precinct relating to such proposition, the tally judges shall use any piece
of paper containing the headings written out by either of them: "For city
election law", and "Against city election law", and tally the vote thereon
opposite the respective headings as announced to them: and if no blank
statements of returns relating to such proposition be provided or furnished
to them, then it shall be the duty of the judges to write out a return in
triplicate, in substance in accordance with the form found in Section 6-3
of this Article.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-9)
Sec. 6-9. After ascertaining and announcing the result as aforesaid,
such judges shall make, fill up and sign duplicate returns or
statements of the votes cast for and against such proposition as
aforesaid, in the form found in Section 6-3 of this Article, each of
which shall be attested by the other judges, and each of which shall
then be enclosed and sealed in an envelope, one of which shall be on the
outside addressed to the appropriate election  authority and one to the comptroller of such city, or to the
officer whose duties correspond with those of the comptroller. Upon each
of which statements shall be endorsed "city election law returns". In
the same manner the tally sheet in duplicate shall be signed by the
judges, and shall be enclosed and sealed in separate envelopes, one of
which shall be addressed to the county judge and one to the city clerk;
upon both of the envelopes shall be endorsed "city election law
tallies". On the outside of each envelope shall be endorsed whether it
contains a statement of the votes cast or the tallies, and for what
precinct and ward. After the envelopes respectively containing such
returns and tallies are closed and sealed, the judges of election shall
each write across the folds of such envelopes their names, and thereupon
each of the judges of election shall take one of said returns or
tallies, and shall deliver, each one respectively, to the person or
officer to whom addressed, by noon of the next day, and when delivered
he shall receive a receipt therefor from the officer to whom delivered,
and it shall be the duty of such officer to give such receipts, and to
safely keep such envelopes unopened until called for by the election authority
as herein provided.
(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-10)
Sec. 6-10. 
		
		At the canvass of the ballots in any precinct in any city where
such proposition has been submitted, it shall be the duty of such judges of
election, on request, to admit to the room two electors of the ward who
voted in favor of such proposition and two who voted against it, as special
watchers of such canvass; and said judges and the police officer or other
officer of the law present shall protect such watchers and see that they
are not excluded, and at the time of such canvass of the ballots cast for
or against such proposition such watchers shall be entitled to a position
where they can plainly see and read each ballot, and it shall be the duty
of such judges to grant and protect them in such position.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-11)
Sec. 6-11. The  returns  must  be canvassed in the same
manner as any other referendum held in the  municipality.
(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-12)
Sec. 6-12. 
		
		No judge of election shall knowingly open, change, tear,
mutilate, lose or conceal or knowingly cause or permit to be opened,
changed, torn, mutilated, lost or concealed any return of votes cast for or
against this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act, or any tally
sheet of votes so cast for or against such proposition after the same has
been sealed up and delivered to him to be carried and delivered to the
officer of law required by this act to receive the same.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-13)
Sec. 6-13. 
		
		No officer having possession of such returns, tallies or
ballots, shall steal, counsel or assist in stealing, or shall change or
mutilate any return or tally sheet relating to such election.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-15)
Sec. 6-15. 
		
		Any village or incorporated town in this state may adopt this
article 6 and articles 14 and 18 of this Act, in like manner, and the
same shall be submitted to a vote of the people of the said village or
incorporated town, upon written application to said court, of 150 electors
in such village or incorporated town.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-16)
Sec. 6-16. 
		
		After and from the time of the adoption of this Article and
Articles 14 and 18 of this Act, as aforesaid, the provisions of the said
Articles shall be applicable to such cities, villages or incorporated
towns, together with such other sections of this Act which are made
specifically applicable thereto, and all laws in conflict therewith shall
no longer be applicable to such cities, villages or incorporated towns. But
all laws or parts of laws not inconsistent with the provisions of said
Articles and sections shall continue in force and be applicable to any such
city, village or incorporated town, the same as if said Articles and
sections had not been adopted.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-17)
Sec. 6-17. 
		
		Whenever 1,000 of the legal voters in a city of 250,000
population or less where this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this
Act or the Act of which they are a continuation have been adopted shall
petition the circuit court in the county in which such city is located to
submit to a vote of the electors of such city the proposition as to whether
such city and the electors thereof shall reject the Articles,
the court shall enter an order of record approving such petition and
thereupon the court
shall submit such proposition to the legal voters of such city at the next
succeeding general, state, county or municipal election to be held in such
county in not less than 30 days after the entry of such order. If 1,000
shall exceed one-eighth of the legal voters of any such city then such petition
need not be signed or made by more than one-eighth of
the legal voters of such city. Notice of election shall be given by the
court at least 20 days prior to such election by
publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation published
within such city.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-18)
Sec. 6-18. 
		
		The ballots which shall be used for voting on the rejection of
this Act shall be written or printed in the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------
Shall the city
Yes
election law be                  ----------------------------
rejected?
No
--------------------------------------------------------------
The ballots to be used at such election shall be printed by the officers
charged by law with the duty of printing ballots for general elections in
said city. The ballots so cast shall be received, returned and canvassed in
the same manner and by the same officers as is provided by law in the case
of ballots cast for city officers and any contest of the result of such
election shall be tried as nearly as may be in accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-19)
Sec. 6-19. 
		
		The election officials canvassing returns shall cause a
statement of the result of such election on the rejection of this Article 6
and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act to be certified to the court. If a
majority of the total votes cast at such election is in the affirmative,
the court shall enter an order declaring said Articles rejected and shall
file a copy of the order in the office of the Secretary of State. Thereupon
said Articles shall cease to be operative and binding in such city.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-19.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-19.1; formerly Ch. 46, par. 701)
Sec. 6-19.1. 
		Validation of rejection. 
		When, prior to February 13, 1967, in
any city with a population of 100,000 or less, a majority of the legal voters
voting on the proposition of whether the city election law shall be rejected,
as provided in Section 6-18, have voted in favor of the rejection of the city
election law and the election is in other respects in conformity with law, the
publication of the election notice is declared to be legal and valid and the
election is validated, notwithstanding that the publication was only 12 days
prior to the election by publication in one or more newspapers of general
circulation published within the city.
(Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-19.5)
Sec. 6-19.5. Rejection of Article by superseding county board of election commissioners. In addition to any other method of rejection provided in this Article, when a county board of election commissioners is established in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 6A-1 in a county in which is located any portion of a municipality with a municipal board of election commissioners, the application of the provisions of this Article to the territory of that municipality located within that county is rejected.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-20)
Sec. 6-20. 
		
		Any village or incorporated town in this State having adopted
this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act may reject them in the
same manner as provided in the case of cities upon written application to
the circuit court in which such village or incorporated town is located of
150 electors in such village or incorporated town.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-21)
Sec. 6-21. 
		
		In every city, village and incorporated town so adopting
this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act there shall be created
a board of election commissioners, which shall be composed of 3 members,
each of whom shall be designated as an election commissioner, and shall
be appointed by the circuit court in the county in which such city,
village or incorporated town shall be located. Each person appointed as
an election commissioner shall at the time of such appointment have been
a resident of the State of Illinois for the 2 years last past, except that
the appointing court may waive the 2 year residence requirement for good
cause shown and entered of record.
 And such appointment
shall be entered of record in such court, and when qualified such
commissioner shall be an officer of such court. The first appointment of
such commissioners shall be within 60 days after the adoption of said
Articles, and those first appointed shall hold their offices for the
period of 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively, and the judge appointing them
shall designate the term for which each one shall hold his office,
whether for 1, 2 or 3 years. If the office of either commissioner shall
become vacant, it shall thereupon be the duty of such court to appoint
within 60 days a
successor for such unexpired term; within 60 days after the expiration
of the term for
which each commissioner is appointed such court shall, in the same way,
nominate and appoint a successor, who shall hold his office for the
period of 3 years, and until his successor is appointed.
A board of election commissioners is not a unit of local government
within the meaning of Section 8 of Article VII of the Constitution of
1970. Appointments of election commissioners on and after July 1, 1971,
shall continue to be made by the circuit court in the same manner as
before that date.
(Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-22)
Sec. 6-22. 
		
		Two of such commissioners at least shall always
be selected from the 2 leading political parties of the state,
one from each of such parties, and all shall be legal voters
residing in such city, village or incorporated town, and be
persons of well known political convictions and of approved
integrity and capacity. No commissioner can hold any other
political office. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of
the court that one of the leading political parties of the
state is not represented upon such commission by a person of
the same political faith, the court shall at once remove one
of such commissioners and fill the vacancy with a member of
the leading political party not so represented.
(Source: P.A. 80-656.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-23)
Sec. 6-23. 
		
		Such court may at any time, upon complaint made and cause shown
satisfactory to it, after notice to such commissioner and an opportunity to
be heard, remove any such commissioner and enter of record in the court
such order of removal. Such order may be appealed as in other civil cases.
Such complaint must be signed and sworn to by at least 25 legal voters of
such city, village or incorporated town, and must state the grounds of such
complaint.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3840.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-24)
Sec. 6-24. 
Within 20 days after such first appointment shall be
made, such commissioners shall organize as a board by electing one of
their number as chair and one as secretary, and they shall perform
the duties incident to such offices.  And upon every new appointment of
a commissioner, such board shall reorganize in like manner.  Each
commissioner, before taking his seat in such board, shall take an oath
of office before the court, which in substance shall be in the following
form:
"I, ....  do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States, and have resided in the State of
Illinois for a period of 2 years last past, and that I am a legal
voter and resident of the jurisdiction of the .......... Board of Election
Commissioners.  That I will support the Constitution of
the United States and of the State of Illinois, and the laws passed in
pursuance thereof, to the best of my ability, and will faithfully and
honestly discharge the duties of the office of election commissioner."
Where the 2 year residence requirement is waived by the appointing court,
the provision pertaining to the 2 year residence requirement shall be omitted
from the oath of office.
Which oath, when subscribed and sworn to before such court shall be
filed in the office of the county clerk of said county and be there
preserved.  Such commissioner shall also, before taking such oath, give
an official bond in the sum of $10,000.00 with two securities, to be
approved by said court, conditioned for the faithful and honest
performance of his duties and the preservation of the property of his
office.  Such board of commissioners shall at once secure and open an
office sufficient for the purposes of such board, which shall be kept
open during ordinary business hours of each week day and such other days
and such other times as the board may direct or as otherwise required by
law, legal holidays excepted; provided that such office shall be
kept open from the time of opening the polls on the day of any election,
primary or general, and until all returns of that election have been
received from each precinct under the jurisdiction of such Board. Upon
the opening of such office the county clerk of the county in which such
city, village or incorporated town is situated shall, upon demand, turn
over to such board all registry books, registration record cards, poll
books, tally sheets and ballot boxes heretofore used and all other
books, forms, blanks and stationery of every description in his hands in
any way relating to elections or the holding of elections within such
city, village or incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-25)
Sec. 6-25. 
		
		Said board shall have the right to employ an executive director
who shall have charge of the office of said board and who shall be present and
in attendance at all proper business hours. Such executive director shall take
an oath of office before the court to the effect that he will honestly and
faithfully perform all the duties of such office, under the direction of said
board, which shall be preserved in the same way, and he shall be under the
direction of said board, and he shall have the right to administer all oaths
required under this act to be administered by either of said commissioners.
The board shall have the right to employ an independent external auditor who
shall assist the board and the circuit court in reviewing and approving all
financial expenditures of the board.  The board may employ an attorney who
shall advise and represent such board in all cases where the advice or services
of an attorney are necessary. Such additional assistance may be employed by
said board from time to time, as may be necessary, with the consent and
approval previously entered of record by said court or which may afterwards be
approved by such court.
(Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-26) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-26)
Sec. 6-26. 
		
		The board of election commissioners shall make all necessary
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Article 6 and Articles 14
and 18 of this Act, with reference to the registration of voters and the
conduct of elections. The board of election commissioners shall, except as
otherwise provided in this Section, have charge of and make provisions for
all elections, general, special, local, municipal, state and county, and
all others of every description to be held in such city or any part
thereof, at any time, or in such village or incorporated town, as the case
may be.  The board of election commissioners shall not have charge of
elections for local school councils established pursuant to Article 34 of
The School Code.
(Source: P.A. 84-923; 87-454.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-27)
Sec. 6-27. 
		
		Every person having resided in the State and in election
precinct 30 days next preceding any election therein and who shall be a
citizen of the United States of the age of 18 or more years, shall be
entitled to vote at such elections described in the last preceding
Section.
After the first registration provided by this Article, the vote of no
person, other than an elector voting pursuant to Article 20 of this Act
or exempt under Section 6-67.01 or 6-67.02 of this Article from
registration, shall be received in any election conducted under the
provisions of this Article 6 or Articles 14 and 18 of this Act unless
such person has registered under the provisions of this Article in the
precinct in which such person resides.  For the purposes of this
Article, the word "election" shall include primary.
No person shall be entitled to be registered in or from any precinct
unless such person shall, by the date of the election next following,
have resided in the State and within the precinct for 30 days, and be
otherwise qualified to vote at such election.  Every applicant who shall
be 18 years of age on the day of the next election shall be permitted to
register, if otherwise qualified.
To constitute residence under this Act, Article 3 is controlling.
(Source: P.A. 81-953.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-28)
Sec. 6-28. 
		
		The first registration under this Article shall be that
preceding the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1936. Registration for such election shall be conducted
by the Board of Election Commissioners, shall be either at the office of
such Board or in the precinct, as hereinafter provided in this Article, and
shall be upon registration record cards in the manner provided by this
Article. Such first registration under this Article and subsequent
revisions thereof shall be under the full charge and control of the Board
of Election Commissioners, and the expenses thereof shall be paid in the
manner provided by this Article. It shall be the duty of such board to give
timely notice through the press of the time and place of such first
registration.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
Sec. 6-29. 
For the purpose of registering voters under this Article,
the office of the Board of Election Commissioners shall be open during
ordinary business hours of each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon
on the last four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period
of registration preceding each election, and such other days and such
other times as the board may direct. During the 27 days immediately
preceding any election there shall be no registration of voters at the
office of the Board of Election Commissioners in cities, villages and
incorporated towns of fewer than 200,000 inhabitants.  In cities,
villages and incorporated towns of 200,000 or more inhabitants, there
shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board of
Election Commissioners during the 35 days immediately preceding any
election; provided, however, where no precinct registration is being
conducted prior to any election then registration may be taken in the
office of the Board up to and including the 28th day prior to such
election.  The Board of Election Commissioners may set up and establish
as many branch offices for the purpose of taking registrations as it may
deem necessary, and the branch offices may be open on any or all dates
and hours during which registrations may be taken in the main office.
All officers and employees of the Board of Election Commissioners who
are authorized by such board to take registrations under this Article
shall be considered officers of the circuit court, and shall be subject
to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of this Act with
respect to judges of election.
In any election called for the submission of the revision or
alteration of, or the amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a
Constitutional Convention, the final day for registration at the office
of the election authority charged with the printing of the ballot of
this election shall be the 15th day prior to the date of election.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or more
registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for each team, for
the purpose of accepting the registration of any voter who files an
affidavit, within the period for taking registrations provided for in
this Article, that he is physically unable to appear at the office of
the Board or at any appointed place of registration.  On the day or days
when a precinct registration is being conducted such teams shall consist
of one member from each of the 2 leading political parties who are
serving on the Precinct Registration Board.  Each team so designated
shall visit each person with a disability and shall accept the registration of
such person the same as if he had applied for registration in person.
Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his county of
residence due to business of the United States, or who is temporarily residing
outside the territorial limits of the United
States, may make application to become registered by mail to the Board
of Election Commissioners within the periods for 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 Board of Election Commissioners
shall immediately mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate, which
affidavit shall contain the following and such other information as the
State Board of Elections may think it proper to require for the
identification of the applicant:
Name.  The name of the applicant, giving surname and first or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial for such
middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence.  The name and number of the street, avenue or other
location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and definite
description as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant.  Where the location cannot be determined by
street and number, then the section, congressional township and range
number may be used, or such other information as may be necessary,
including post office mailing address.
Electronic mail address, if the registrant has provided this information.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the precinct.
Nativity.  The state or country in which the applicant was born.
Citizenship.  Whether the applicant is native born or naturalized.
If naturalized, the court, place and date of naturalization.
Age.  Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Out of State address of ..................
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of .........)
) ss.
County of ........)
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States;
that on the day of the next election I shall have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election precinct 30 days; that I am fully
qualified to vote, that I am not registered to vote anywhere else in the
United States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of
Illinois, and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the State
of Illinois, and that the
above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to administer
oaths, on (insert date).
........................................
Signature of officer administering oath.
Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of Registration, the
Board of Election Commissioners shall transfer the information contained
thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided for in Section 6-35 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. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-30)
Sec. 6-30. 
		
		If any city, village or incorporated town adopts and becomes
entitled to the benefits of this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this
Act, after the date for the first registration hereunder, registration
therein shall be governed by the law applicable thereto at the time of the
adoption of said Articles until a complete first registration can be had.
Such first registration shall be in the manner provided in this Article and
shall precede the primary held for the nomination of candidates for the
next succeeding congressional election, and the periods provided for each
step in such registration shall be the same as are provided by this Article
6 with respect to cities, villages and incorporated towns subject to this
Article at the time when it takes effect. A period for registration at the
office of the board of election commissioners prior to such election shall
be allowed equal to that provided by this Article, for the period
intervening between the first Tuesday in August, 1936 and the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, 1936.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-31)
Sec. 6-31. 
		
		In addition to the registration authorized at the office of the
Board of Election Commissioners, there shall be two days of registration in
each precinct preceding the election to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1936. The place of registration in each
precinct shall be designated by the Board of Election Commissioners, and
public notice thereof given, and the provisions of Article 11, Section 11-4
of this Act shall apply thereto. The registration places so designated
shall be open from 8:00 o'clock a.m. until 9:00 o'clock p.m. on each of
such days of registration.
The first of said two days of registration shall be on Saturday
preceding the Tuesday four weeks before said election; the second of said
two days of registration shall be on Tuesday three weeks preceding said
election; provided, however, that in cities, villages and incorporated
towns of 200,000 or more, having a board of election commissioners, and in
cities, villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of said
board of election commissioners, the first day of registration shall be on
Saturday preceding the Tuesday six weeks preceding said election; and the
second day of such registration shall be on Tuesday four weeks preceding
said election.
In addition to the two days of registration hereinabove provided, the
Board of Election Commissioners may provide for additional days of
registration (not exceeding two) before said election. The last day so
designated shall be earlier than the last day of registration hereinabove
provided for cities, villages and incorporated towns under the jurisdiction
of such Board.
For the registration held in accordance with the terms of this section
there shall be a board of registry composed of two deputy registrars and
one judge of registration for each precinct. The political party with which
the minority member of the Board of Election Commissioners is affiliated,
shall be entitled to be represented by one deputy registrar in each
precinct. The political party with which the majority of the members of the
Board of Election Commissioners are affiliated shall be entitled to be
represented by one deputy registrar in each precinct.
In the even numbered precincts the political party with which a majority
of the members of the Board of Election Commissioners are affiliated, shall
be entitled to be represented by the judge of registration.
In the odd numbered precincts the party represented by the minority
member of the Board of Election Commissioners shall be entitled to be
represented by the judge of registration.
Such board shall cause the printed list and supplement of the
registration for the previous election to be posted up at the place of
registration two days before such registration, with a printed notice of
the time and place of the next registration. After the first registration
under this article, the printed lists required to be posted shall be those
for the precincts served by the registration places designated by the Board
of Election Commissioners.
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 5/6-31.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-31.1)
Sec. 6-31.1. 
		
		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 approved by the State Board of Elections for each registered
voter, the political subdivisions in which that voter resides.  For the
purposes of election day use by election judges, such records must be kept
on the registration record cards or on separate registration lists.
(Source: P.A. 84-861.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-32) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-32)
Sec. 6-32. 
		
		The deputy registrars and judges of registration provided for
by Section 6-30 of this Article shall be selected by the Board of Election
Commissioners in the manner and for the same term provided for judges of
election by Sections 14-2 and 14-3 and shall be officers of the court and
have the qualifications prescribed for judges of election by Section 14-1;
provided that in each precinct in counties of 500,000 inhabitants or more,
one deputy registrar may be appointed from outside such precinct if not
enough other qualified persons who reside within the precinct can be found
to serve as deputy registrar in such precinct. The one deputy registrar 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
deputy registrar is appointed and such deputy registrar must be otherwise
qualified. A report of such selection shall be made and filed in the court
and thereafter all provisions of Article 14, Section 14-5, of this Act
with respect to judges of election shall apply to such deputy registrars
and judges of registration. Such registrars and judges shall be notified of
their appointments in the manner provided for judges by Section 14-7 of
Article 14 of this Act.
Any vacancy in the offices of deputy registrar or of judge of
registration on the day of registration shall be filled by the registrar or
judge of registration present, always selecting a person of the same
political party as the absent deputy registrar or judge of registration;
and the same oath shall be administered by the registrar or judge of
registration present to such deputy registrar or judge of registration as
is provided for regular deputy registrars and judges of registration. All
oaths of office or affidavits which have been signed and sworn to shall be
returned to the office of the Board of Election Commissioners in an
envelope provided for that purpose, which envelope shall be sealed.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-34)
Sec. 6-34. 
		
		One of the deputy registrars, the judge of registration or an
officer or clerk in the office of the board of election commissioners
authorized to administer oaths, 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 this State."
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners 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 duplicate of
which may be a carbon copy of the original or a copy of the original
made by the use of other method or material used for making simultaneous
true copies or duplications.
The registration record card shall contain the following and such
other information as the Board of Election Commissioners 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.
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 the 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 registration and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink or digitized form to the affidavit on both the
original and the 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 registration officer 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 day of the next election I shall have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election precinct 30 days and that I intend that
this location is my residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
......................................
Signature of registration officer
(to be signed in presence of registrant).
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person registered
thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according to wards or
precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked
for identification in such manner as the Board of Election Commissioners
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 Board of Election Commissioners 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 State 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 Board of
Election Commissioners 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 that registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately by the clerk
of the Election Commission 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 5/6-35.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.01)
Sec. 6-35.01. 
If an applicant for registration reports a permanent physical
disability which would require assistance in voting, the board of election
commissioners 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 5/6-35.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.02)
Sec. 6-35.02. 
Upon the issuance of a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities as provided
in Section 19-12.1, the board of election commissioners 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 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
Sec. 6-35.03. 
		
		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 6-79.  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 6-31.1 and 6-35 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 6-79, the original and duplicate
cards shall respectively constitute the master file and precinct binder
registration records of the voter.  A copy shall be given to the applicant upon
completion of his or her registration or completed transfer of registration.
Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the same election
jurisdiction or to another election jurisdiction in the State, such voter
may transfer his or her registration by presenting his or her copy to the
election authority or a deputy registrar.  If such voter is not in possession
of or has lost his or her copy, he or she may effect a transfer of registration
by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
In the case of a transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction,
the election authority shall transmit the voter's copy or such
affidavit to the election authority of the voter's former election
jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
previous registration card to the voter's new election authority.  No
transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall be complete
until the voter's old election authority receives notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration record cards or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the election authority
within 7 working days after the receipt thereof.  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 within 48 hours after receipt thereof.  Such copies or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
registrars on the 28th day preceding an election shall be returned
by the
deputy registrars to the election authority within 24 hours after receipt
thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 92-816, eff.
8-21-02.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-35.5)
Sec. 6-35.5. 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 5/6-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-36)
Sec. 6-36. 
		
		The board of election commissioners shall supply deputy
registrars and judges of registration with registration forms and shall
fully instruct them in their duties. Each deputy registrar and judge of
registration shall receipt to the board of election commissioners for all
blank registration record cards issued to them, specifying therein the
number of the blanks received by them, and each such deputy registrar and
judge of registration shall be charged with such blanks until he returns
them to the board of election commissioners. 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 board of election
commissioners and shall be preserved in the same manner and for the same
length of time as mutilated ballots. When any registration shall have been
completed, each deputy registrar and judge of registration shall return all
registration record cards to the board of election commissioners whether
such cards have been filled out and executed or whether they are unused, or
whether they have been mutilated. Deputy registrars and judges of
registration shall make personal delivery of the registration records to
the board of election commissioners, after the close of each registration
and before they separate. 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 ....
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
record cards, and that the number of voters registered and qualified was
and is the number of .....
		...............(Judge of Registration)
		...............(Deputy Registrar)     
		...............(Deputy Registrar)     
		Date ........."
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-37)
Sec. 6-37. 
Except as otherwise provided for in Section 6-29 of this
Article, no person shall be registered unless he applies in person to a
registration officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of
him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit of registration.
The registration officer shall require the applicant to furnish
two forms of identification, and except in the case of a homeless individual,
one of which must include his or her residence address.  These forms of
identification shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
driver's license, social security card, public aid identification card, utility
bill, employee or student identification card, lease or contract for a residence, credit card, or a civic,
union or professional association membership card. The registration
officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish evidence of his or
her use of the mailing address stated.  This use may be demonstrated by a
piece of mail addressed to that individual and received at that address or
by a statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing address. The
registration officer shall require each applicant for registration to read or
have read to him the affidavit of registration before permitting him to execute
the affidavit.
The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each applicant for
registration is qualified to register before registering him.  Any voter of
the ward, village or incorporated town in which such applicant resides,
shall be permitted to be present at the place of 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 board
of election commissioners to furnish further proof of his qualification.
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.
Any person claiming to be an elector in any election precinct in such
city, village or incorporated town and whose registration is marked
"incomplete" may make and sign an application in writing, under oath, to
the board of election commissioners in substance in the following form:
"I do solemnly swear that I,.... did on .... make application to the
board of registry of the .... precinct of .... ward of the city of ....(or
to the board of election commissioners of ....) and that said board refused
to complete my registration as a qualified voter in said precinct, that I
reside in said precinct, am a duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in
said precinct at the next election.
....(Signature of Applicant)"
In all cities, villages or incorporated towns having a population of
less than 200,000 all such applications shall be presented to the board of
election commissioners by the applicant, in person, between the hours of
nine o'clock a.m., and five o'clock p.m. on Tuesday or Wednesday of the
second week prior to the week in which such election is to be held, and in
all municipalities having a population of more than 200,000 and having a
board of election commissioners and in all cities, villages and
incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board, all such
applications shall be presented to the board of election commissioners 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 prior to the week in
which such election is to be held.
(Source: P.A. 96-317, eff. 1-1-10.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-38)
Sec. 6-38. 
		
		The 2 deputy registrars provided by this Article 6 for
registration in each precinct preceding the election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, and for the last
day of registration provided for in Section 6-49.1, shall be the
canvassers of the precinct for which they are appointed.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall furnish to each deputy
registrar a verification list of registered voters approved by the Board of
Election Commissioners or a blank book which shall be named "Verification
List", each page of which shall be ruled into 4 columns, and to be marked
thus:
..............................................................
Street
Remarks
................................
Number      Street     Names     O.K. - Died - Moved, etc.
..............................................................
Such book shall contain pages sufficient to allow 6 pages for each
street, avenue, alley and court in the precinct in question. During the
progress of the 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 or courts, beginning with the lowest residence number, and placing
them numerically, as near as possible, from the lowest up to the highest
number.
They shall first write the name of such street, avenue, alley or court,
at the top of the second column, and then proceed to transfer the names to
such "Verification Lists" according to the street numbers as above
indicated.
If, during either day of registration, any registered voter of the ward,
village, or incorporated town shall come before the deputy registrars and
the judge of registration and make 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 the deputy
registrars or the judge of the registration know any person so complained
of is a qualified voter and believe that such complaint was made only to
vex and 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: P.A. 84-1308.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-39)
Sec. 6-39. 
		
		Upon the Wednesday and Thursday following the last day of
registration, and upon the Wednesday and Thursday following the last day of
precinct registration provided for in Section 6-49.1 of this Article, if
so much time is required, the 2 deputy registrars shall go together and
canvass the precinct for which they have been appointed, calling at each
dwelling place or each house from which any one is registered in such
precinct and 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:
"Changed Name"; "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 such canvass no person shall refuse to answer questions and
give the information asked for and known to him or her, or shall knowingly
give false information, or make false statements. In making such canvass
the canvassers shall make special inquiry at the residence or place
designated on the verification lists, as to all the persons registered as
qualified voters, and shall receive information from judges of election,
party canvassers, or other persons.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-40)
Sec. 6-40. 
Where verification lists are furnished to the canvassers by the
Board of Election Commissioners, immediately upon completion of the
canvass, the canvassers, or one of them, shall file with the Board of
Election Commissioners the list of registered voters upon which the
canvassers have made notation in the column headed "Remarks" as follows:
"O. K.", if they still reside at the address shown on the registration
list, or "Died", "Moved", or "Changed Name" as the case may be. Such lists
shall be attested to by the canvassers in an attached affidavit. No
canvasser shall be remunerated for services as canvasser until such signed
affidavit is filed with the Board of Election Commissioners.
Upon receipt by the Board of Election Commissioners of the completed
list and the attached affidavit as to the correctness of the list, the
Board of Election Commissioners shall prepare post card "Notices to Show
Cause Why Registration Should not be Cancelled" to send to each voter on
each list after whose name the canvassers have written "Died", "Moved", or
"Changed Name". They shall be sent by mail, and electronic mail if the person whose registration is questioned has provided the election authority with an e-mail address, to those whose registration is
questioned by the Board of Election Commissioners not later than 10 P.M. on
Friday of the week of the canvass. The affidavits made by the canvassers
showing the names and addresses of such canvassers shall be a public record
for 60 days.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall also prepare a correct list of
those registered voters in each precinct who are designated "O.K." in the
remarks column by the canvassers and supplemental lists after the hearings
on "Notices to Show Cause Why Registration Should Not be Cancelled"; such
lists to be called "Printed Register of Registered Voters" of a given date
and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Election Commissioners when
complaint is made to them, to investigate the action of such canvassers and
to cause them or either of them to be brought before the circuit court and
to prosecute them as for contempt, and also at the discretion of the Board
of Election Commissioners, to cause them to be prosecuted criminally for
such wilful neglect of duty.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-41)
Sec. 6-41. 
		
		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 said parties at the places designated on
the 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 the parties named in the lists so attached, if there be such
address; and such canvassers shall also file in the office of the Board
of Election Commissioners on or before 6 o'clock p. m. on the Friday
following the canvass, an exact duplicate of such list with the
affidavit or affidavits attached thereto. Blank affidavit forms shall be
furnished by the board 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 a member of the Board of Election Commissioners, or the
executive director thereof.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of
over 200,000 and having a Board of Election Commissioners and in cities,
villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of the Board of
Election Commissioners, the Board of Election Commissioners shall remain
in session from 10 o'clock a.m. to 9 o'clock p.m. for 10 days following
the last day of the canvass for the sole purpose of revising their
registry. No new name shall be added to the registry at such session of
the Board of Election Commissioners.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of
less than 200,000, the hearing herein provided and the final revision of
the registry, shall be by the Board of Election Commissioners for such
city, village or incorporated town. The commissioners shall meet for
this purpose upon the Monday and Tuesday following the canvass, and
shall remain in session between the hours of 8 o'clock a.m. and 10
o'clock p.m., and the precinct election officials who made the canvass
of the precinct shall meet with them as may be required by the Board of
Election Commissioners.
If any person to whom such notice has been sent, shall appear before
the Board of Election Commissioners during the session, he shall make
oath and sign an affidavit in substance as follows:
"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States and
that I have resided in the .... precinct of the .... Ward of the City of
...., in the State of Illinois, since the .... day of ....; and that I
have never been convicted of any crime (or if convicted, state the time
and when pardoned by the Governor of any State)."
This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one of such Board
of Election Commissioners, or the clerk of the board, and it shall be
filed in the office of the Board of Election Commissioners and be
preserved for 60 days.
Thereupon the Board of Election Commissioners shall further examine
him and shall also swear such canvassers or the precinct election
officials as the case may be, and hear them upon the question, and the
Board of Election Commissioners shall have the power to send one or both
of the canvassers or precinct election officials, as the case may be, to
make further examination and inquiry at the place claimed by such person
to be his residence, and again examine such canvassers or precinct
election officials touching the same; and if after such further
examination and hearing, the majority of the board in question are of
the opinion that such person is not a qualified voter in such precinct,
they shall indicate in the proper manner that the card of such person
shall be removed from the precinct file.
At the close of any such session, if any person so notified to appear
at such session has not appeared and shown cause why the card bearing
his name should not be withdrawn from the precinct file, the same shall
be withdrawn from the file.
The Board of Election Commissioners 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.
Either of said 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: P.A. 82-373.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-42) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-42)
Sec. 6-42. 
		
		With respect to those who register at the office of the Board of
Election Commissioners preceding the election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, as provided by Section
6-29 of this Article, and preceding the last day of registration as
provided for in Section 6-49.1, such board shall, immediately after
completion of the precinct registration, or by the last day of such
registration, transmit to the deputy registrar of each precinct the
original registration record cards of each person who has registered at the
office of the Board of Election Commissioners as a qualified elector of
such precinct; and the provisions of Sections 6-38, 6-39, 6-40 and 6-41, of
this Article shall apply to the persons registered at such office in
the same manner as if they had registered in the precinct. The Board of
Election Commissioners shall have power to provide by rule for the manner
of returning such original registration cards and for a separate report
upon electors who have registered at its office.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1806.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43)
Sec. 6-43. 
		
		Immediately after the completion of the revision by the Board of
Election Commissioners, the board shall cause copies to be made of all
names upon the registration record cards not marked or erased, with the
address, and shall have the same arranged according to the streets,
avenues, courts, or alleys, commencing with the lowest number, and
arranging the same in order according to the street numbers, and shall then
cause such precinct register, upon such arrangement, 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. Provided, however, that in municipalities having a population of
more than 500,000 and having a Board of Election Commissioners, as to all
elections, excepting any elections held for the purpose of electing judges
of the circuit courts, registrations for which are made solely before the
Board of Election Commissioners, and where no general precinct
registrations were provided for or held within 27 days before the
election,
the Board of Election Commissioners shall cause, within 10 days after the
last day of registration before such board, copies to be made of all names
of qualified electors appearing upon each registration record card in like
manner as hereinabove provided, and upon application a copy of the same
shall be given to any person applying therefor: Provided, further, that
whenever an election is held within 90 days after a preceding election, or
when any elections are held for the purpose of electing judges of the
circuit courts, the printed list and the supplement thereto provided for
the last preceding election shall constitute the Printed Precinct Register
for the ensuing election, subject to such changes as shall be made, if any,
as herein provided, which changes, if any, and the contents of any
supplemental list, insofar as the latter have not been changed pursuant to
this Act, shall be printed in a new supplemental list which shall supplant
the prior supplemental list and shall be delivered to the judges of the
respective precincts, with the printed register and the certification, in
the manner and at the time provided in Sections 6-48 and 6-60 of this
Article. Such list shall have printed on the bottom thereof the facsimile
signatures of the members of the Board of Election Commissioners certifying
that the names on the list are the names of all voters entitled to vote in
the precinct indicated on the top thereof. Such list shall be termed the
"Printed Precinct Register" and shall be prima facie evidence that the
electors whose names appear thereon are entitled to vote. Provided that if,
on order of the Board of Election Commissioners a corrected or revised
precinct register of voters in a precinct or precincts is printed, such
list or lists shall have printed thereon the day and month of such revision
and shall be designated "Revised Precinct Register of Voters."
Any elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on such
printed precinct register, supplemental list or any list provided for in
this Article and whose name has not been erased or withdrawn shall be
entitled to vote as hereinafter in this Article provided if his
registration card is in the master file. Such elector shall within 7 days
after the publication of such printed precinct register, file with the
Board of Election Commissioners an application stating that he is a duly
registered voter and that his registration card is in the master file. The
Board shall hold a hearing upon such application within 2 days after the
filing thereof and shall announce its decision thereon within 3 days after
the hearing. If the name of such applicant appears upon the registration
card in the master file, the board shall issue to such elector a
certificate setting forth that his name does so appear and certifying that
he has the right to vote at the next succeeding election. Such certificate
shall be issued in duplicate, one to be retained in the files of the board,
and the other to be issued to the elector.
The Board of Election Commissioners upon the issuance of such
certificate shall see that the name of such elector appears upon the
precinct registry list in the precinct.
(Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-44)
Sec. 6-44. 
Any voter or voters in the ward, 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 p.m. of
Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to
the week in which such election is to be held make application in
writing, before such board of election commissioners, to have any name
upon such register of any precinct erased.  However, in
municipalities having a population of more than 500,000 and having a
board of election commissioners (except as otherwise provided for such
municipalities in Section 6-60 of this Article) and in all cities,
villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board,
such 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 such 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 .... do
hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have personal knowledge that
.... registered from No. .... street is not a qualified voter in the
.... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of .... and
hence I ask that his name be erased from the register of such precinct
for the following reason ....
Affiant further says that he has personal knowledge of the facts set
forth in the above affidavit.
(Signed)....
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
....
...."
Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant before
any member of the board or the clerk thereof and filed with said board.
Thereupon notice of such application, with a demand to appear before the
board of election commissioners and show cause why his name shall not be
erased from said register, shall be personally served upon such person
or left at his place of residence indicated in such register, or in the
case of a homeless individual, at his or her mailing address, by a
messenger of said board of election commissioners, and, as to the manner
and time of serving such notice such messenger shall make affidavit;
the messenger shall also make affidavit of the fact in case he cannot
find such person or his place of residence, and that he went to the place
named on such register as his or her place of residence.  Such notice shall
be served at least one day before the time fixed for such party to show cause.
The commissioners shall also cause a like notice or demand to be sent
by mail duly stamped and directed, to such person, to the address upon the
register at least 2 days before the day fixed in the notice to show cause.
A like notice shall be served on the person or persons making the
application to have the name upon such register erased to appear and
show cause why said name shall be erased, the notice to set out the day
and hour of such hearing. If the voter making such application fails to
appear before said board at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the
notice or fails to show cause why the name upon such register shall
be erased, the application may be dismissed by the board.
Any voter making such application or applications shall be privileged
from arrest while presenting the same to the board of election commissioners,
and while going to and returning from the board of election commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-45)
Sec. 6-45. 
		
		A docket of all applications to said board of election
commissioners, whether such application shall be made for the purpose of
being registered or restored, or for the purpose of erasing a name on the
register or for completing registration shall be made out in the order of
the wards and precincts as the case may be. Such docket shall show the
disposition of each case and be available to the public. In cities,
villages or incorporated towns having a population of less than 500,000 the
commissioners shall sit to hear such applications between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m., and 9 o'clock p. m. on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
immediately preceding such election, and in cities, villages and
incorporated towns having a population of over 500,000 and having a board
of election commissioners, (except as otherwise provided for such
municipalities in Section 6-60 of this Article), and in all cities,
villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board, such
commissioners shall sit to hear such applications between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the
second week prior to the week in which such election is to be held. At the
request of either party to such applications, the board shall issue
subpoenas to witnesses to appear at such hearings, and witnesses may be
sworn and examined upon the hearing of said application. Each person
appearing in response to an application to have a name erased shall deliver
to the board a written affidavit, which shall be, in substance, in the
words and figures following:
"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that I
have resided in the State of Illinois since the .... day of .... and in the
county of .... said State, since the .... day of .... and in the ....
precinct of the .... ward, in the city of .... said county and State, since
the .... day of .... and that I am .... years of age; that I am the
identical person registered in said precinct under the name I subscribe
hereto."
This answer shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed before any person
authorized to administer oaths or affirmations. The decision on each
application shall be announced at once after hearing, and a minute made
thereof, and when an application to be registered or to be restored to such
register or to complete registration shall be allowed the said board of
election commissioners shall cause a minute to be made upon the original
and duplicate registration records. And where an application to erase a
name shall be allowed, the board of election commissioners shall cause the
name to be erased forthwith, and the registration record card withdrawn.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns of 500,000 or more
inhabitants, having a board of election commissioners, and in cities,
villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such board of
election commissioners, applications under this section and hearings or
citations under Sections 6-56, 6-59 and 6-60 hereof, may be heard by
individual commissioners or by persons specially designated by the
commissioners for this purpose, and a decision by such individual
commissioner or person so designated, shall become the decision of the
board of election commissioners upon approval of such board.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 899.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-46)
Sec. 6-46. 
		
		The circuit court of the county in which such city, village or
incorporated town shall be located, shall, on Friday and Saturday of the
week prior to the week in which such election is to be held, especially sit
to hear such applications as shall be made to it to be placed upon the
registry in any particular precinct: Provided, however, that the circuit
court of any county in which a municipality is located having a population
of over 200,000 and having a board of election commissioners, and in
cities, villages and incorporated towns within the jurisdiction of such
board, shall especially sit to hear such applications on Monday and Tuesday
of the first week prior to the week in which such election is to be held.
Such application shall be sworn to, and shall state that the party making
the same has applied to the precinct registration officers, or to the board
of election commissioners, and that said precinct registration officers, or
board of election commissioners, as the case may be, refused to place his
name upon such registry or to complete his registration or has stricken his
name from such registry. Application shall be made on or before the opening
of the court on Friday or Monday last aforesaid, as the case may be, and
the court shall cause a docket of such applications to be made out,
arranged by wards and precincts, and the same shall be heard, summarily and
evidence may be introduced for and against such application. Each case
shall be decided at once on hearings and the clerk of the court shall make
a minute of the disposition of each application; a copy of such minute
shall at once be given to the board of election commissioners which shall
forthwith cause such name to be placed upon the original and duplicate
registration records if the court has so ordered, and indicate that it was
entered by order of court. After the entry of the order to be restored, or
to be registered or to complete registration, no further change shall be
permitted in the original and duplicate registration records by the board
of election commissioners, and such records shall constitute the official
registration for the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1936. No person admitted to the register by order
of such court shall be protected by such order from a criminal prosecution
for any violation of the provisions of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3481.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-47) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-47)
Sec. 6-47. 
		
		In case said court shall refuse any such application, an order
shall be entered accordingly on the Wednesday following the session of the
court held for the purpose aforesaid.
Appeals may be taken as in other civil cases.
(Source: P.A. 79-1364.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-48)
Sec. 6-48. 
		
		A supplemental list of all persons whose registration
shall have been ordered restored or completed by order of the board of
election commissioners or by order of the circuit court, under Sections
6-45 and 6-46 of this Article, and a supplemental list of all persons
erased or withdrawn from such register by order of the board, under
Sections 6-45 or 6-60 of this Article, shall be printed by such board
in sufficient quantity to accommodate each precinct, and the board shall
cause copies thereof to be delivered to all persons demanding the same.
If the names of no persons have been added, erased or withdrawn, a
supplemental list shall be printed stating that fact. The board of
election commissioners shall post one copy of the printed register in
each polling place not later than the fifth day before the election and
one copy of the supplemental list on the day before the election. Before
the opening of the polls on the day of election, the board of election
commissioners shall deliver to the judges of each precinct where such
election is to be held, the printed register required by Section 6-43
of this Article and the supplemental list or lists aforesaid, together
with a certification thereof bearing the facsimile signature of the
executive director of the board attesting that the persons
whose names appear
on such printed register as revised or corrected by the supplemental
list or lists, are qualified to vote at such election in the precinct
indicated at the top of the list. The printed register, and supplemental
list or lists, together with the certification of the executive director shall
be firmly attached to each other.
In case the printed register or supplemental list or lists, together
with the certification by the executive director of
the board be lost or
destroyed, the board of election commissioners shall furnish a duplicate
thereof upon request of any judge of election.
The original and supplemental lists may be consolidated into one
list. In the event of such consolidation the certification herein
required by the executive director shall be attached
to such consolidated list.
(Source: P.A. 82-373.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-49)
Sec. 6-49. 
		
		The registration hereinabove provided preceding the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, shall constitute a
permanent registration, subject to revision and alteration in the manner
hereinafter provided. However, except as provided in Section 6-49.1 of
this Article, the registration hereinabove provided for shall constitute a
permanent registration only until September 15, 1961, in municipalities
having 3 days of precinct registration preceding the 1962 primary election
and only until the last day of precinct re-registration in 1970 in other
municipalities, at which time such registrations shall become null and void
and shall be cancelled immediately thereafter by such Board.
All registrations subsequent to that hereinbefore provided shall be upon
registration record cards provided by the Board of Election Commissioners
in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-35 of this Article.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-49.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-49.1)
Sec. 6-49.1. 
		
		In municipalities of 500,000 or more inhabitants having a
Board of Election Commissioners and in all cities, villages and
incorporated towns under the jurisdiction of such Board of Election
Commissioners there shall be 3 days of registration in each precinct
preceding the April 10, 1962 State and County Primary Election. The first
of such 3 days of registration shall be on Friday, September 15, 1961; the
second of such 3 days of registration shall be on Friday, October 13, 1961;
and the third of such 3 days of registration shall be on Tuesday, March 13,
1962. Any registration received by the Board of Election Commissioners
after July 15, 1961 shall be considered a part of the re-registration
required by this Section and shall constitute a permanent registration
subject to revision and alteration in the manner hereafter provided in this
Article. In all other cities, villages and incorporated towns the
registration heretofore in effect shall continue unless the Board of
Election Commissioners for any such other cities, villages or incorporated
towns files with the clerk of such other city, village or incorporated
town, prior to October 15, 1969, a resolution, or copy thereof, expressing
the need for a general registration therein preceding the June, 1970, State
and county primary election. If such resolution is so filed, there shall be
a re-registration in 1969 and 1970 as hereinafter in this Section provided.
The registration herein provided in this Section 6-49.1 shall constitute a
permanent registration subject to revision and alteration in the manner
hereinafter provided in this Article.
In municipalities having fewer than 500,000 inhabitants and having a
board of election commissioners and in which a resolution expressing the
need for a general registration preceding the June, 1970, primary has been
filed as provided in this Section, there shall be 3 days of registration in
each precinct preceding the primary election of June 9, 1970. The first of
such 3 days of registration shall be Friday, November 21, 1969; the second,
Friday, December 19, 1969; and the third, Tuesday, January 15, 1970. Any
registration received by the board of election commissioners after
September 1, 1970, shall be considered a part of the re-registration
required by this Section and shall constitute a permanent registration
subject to revision and alteration in the manner hereinafter provided in
this Article.
The place of registration in each precinct shall be designated by the
Board of Election Commissioners and public notice thereof given, and the
provisions of Article 11, Section 11-4 of this Act shall apply thereto.
The registration places so designated shall be open from 8:00 a.m. until
9:00 p.m. on each of such days of registration. All of the provisions of
this Article 6 shall apply to such registration.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
Sec. 6-50. 
The office of the board of election commissioners shall be open
during ordinary business hours of each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon
on the last four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
registration
preceding each election, and such other days and
such other times as the board may direct.
There shall be no registration at the office
of the board of election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated
towns of fewer than 200,000 inhabitants during the 27 days preceding
any
primary, regular or special election at which the cards provided for in
this article are used, or until the second day following such primary,
regular or special election.  In cities, villages and incorporated towns of
200,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be no registration of voters at
the office of the board of election commissioners during the 35 days
immediately preceding any election; provided, however, where no precinct
registration is being conducted prior to any election then registration may
be taken in the office of the board up to and including the 28th
day prior
to 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 election.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or more
registration teams, each consisting of one member from each of the 2
leading political parties, for the purpose of accepting the registration of
any voter who files an affidavit, within the period for taking
registrations provided for in this Article, that he is physically unable to
appear at the office of the Board or at any appointed place of
registration.  On the day or days when a precinct registration is being
conducted such teams shall consist of one member from each of the 2 leading
political parties who are serving on the precinct registration board.  Each
team so designated shall visit each person with a disability and shall accept the
registration of such person the same as if he had applied for registration
in person.
The office of the board of election commissioners may be designated as a
place of registration under Section 6-51 of this Article and, if so
designated, may also be open for purposes of registration on such day or
days as may be specified by the board of election commissioners under the
provisions of that Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-50.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.1)
Sec. 6-50.1. 
		
		In addition to registration at the office of the board of election
commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall provide the following
methods of registration:
(1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provided in Section 6-50.2;
(2) The establishment of temporary places of registration
as provided in Section 6-50.3.
The board of election commissioners may provide for registration pursuant
to Section 6-51.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall appoint all
precinct committeepersons in the election jurisdiction as deputy registrars
who may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
The board of election commissioners 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 board of election commissioners shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and vocational school situated in 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 State, who may accept the registrations of any resident of the election jurisdiction, 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 board of election commissioners 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 board of election commissioners 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 election jurisdiction 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 election jurisdiction at any such unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is denied, the board of election commissioners 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.
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.
The board of election commissioners may appoint as many additional deputy
registrars as it considers necessary.  The board of election commissioners
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
board of election commissioners, 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 board
by November 30 of each year.  The board 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 election jurisdiction 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 registration officer to the best of my ability and that I will register
no person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his personal
application before me.
....................................
(Signature of Registration Officer)"
This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of the commissioners
or by the executive director or by some person designated by the board of
election commissioners, and shall immediately thereafter be filed with the
board of election commissioners.  The members of the board of election
commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the provisions of
this Article to take registrations, after themselves taking and subscribing
to the above oath, are authorized to take or administer such oaths and
execute such affidavits as are required by this Article.
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 board of election commissioners shall be responsible for training
all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at times and
locations reasonably convenient for both the board of election commissioners
and such appointees.  The board of election commissioners 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 board of election commissioners shall not be criminally or
civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar.  Such
deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of the board of
election commissioners.
(g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy registrars for persons residing outside the election jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-50.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3)
Sec. 6-50.3. 
The board of election commissioners may establish
temporary places of registration for such times and at such locations as
the board may select.
Notice of the time and place of registration at any such temporary place of
registration under this Section shall be published by the board of election
commissioners in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city, village
or incorporated town 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 employees of the
board of election commissioners or deputy registrars appointed pursuant
to Section 6-50.2.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-51)
Sec. 6-51. 
		
		Prior to any election the board of election commissioners
may, in the manner provided by this Section, designate convenient places
in the city, village or incorporated town for the registration of
voters. A list of such places shall be submitted to and be subject to
the approval of the circuit court, and notice of the time and place for
such registration shall be given by publication in a newspaper in such
city, village or incorporated town 20 days before such registration. In
cities, villages and incorporated towns of 200,000 or more, at least one
such place shall be designated for each 30,000 inhabitants, and at least
one shall be designated for each ward of such city, village or
incorporated town and for each city, village or incorporated town under
the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners; but the
requirement of one place of registration for each 30,000 inhabitants
shall not apply to special elections for a city, village or incorporated
town, or any part thereof, or to any judicial election at which no
officers other than judicial officers are to be elected, or to any
election, general, special or municipal (including a primary election)
that shall be held on or before July 1, in the year immediately
following a congressional election.
The places so designated for registration shall be open from 8
o'clock a. m., to 9 o'clock p. m., on such day or days (not exceeding 2)
as may be specified by the board of election commissioners, but shall
not be open on any day more than 38 days preceding the election or at
any time subsequent to Tuesday, 4 weeks before the election; provided
that in municipalities of more than 200,000 and having a board of
election commissioners and in cities, villages and incorporated towns
within the jurisdiction of such board, such place may be opened on such
day or days as may be specified by the board of election commissioners
but shall not be open on any day more than 38 days preceding the
election, and shall not be open at any time subsequent to Tuesday, 4
weeks before the election.
(Source: P.A. 80-704.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-52)
Sec. 6-52. 
		
		Registration under Sections 6-49.1, 6-50, 6-50.2, 6-50.3 and
6-51 of this Article shall be made in the manner provided by Sections 6-34,
6-35 and 6-37 of this Article.  With respect to registrations at
the office of the Board of Election Commissioners under Section 6-50
hereof, applications to complete registrations and hearings thereon shall
(except as may be otherwise provided in Sections 6-43 and 6-60 of this
Article) be made and heard at such times as may by rule be prescribed by
the Board of Election Commissioners, but the hearing and decision thereof
by the Board of Election Commissioners shall be within 30 days after the
application for registration.  In such cases and in all other cases not
specifically provided for by this Article, applications for hearings by the
court may be made within 5 days after decision by the board in the manner
provided by Section 6-46, and a hearing and decision by such court shall be
had within 30 days after such application.
Appeals may be taken as in other civil cases.  In all cases where
registration is had at the office of the Board of Election Commissioners
within 42 days before any election hearings by such board and by the court
shall (except as may be otherwise provided in Sections 6-43 and 6-60 of
this Article) be on the days preceding the election specified in Sections
6-45 and 6-46 of this Article.  Hearings and decisions shall be had
within the periods specified by such sections.
(Source: P.A. 79-1364.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-53)
Sec. 6-53. 
		
		Any registered elector who changes his residence from one
address number or place to another within the same precinct, city or
village or incorporated town, may have his registration transferred to his
new address by making and signing an application for such change of
residence address upon a form to be provided by such board of election
commissioners. Such application may be made to the office of such board or
at any place designated in accordance with Section 6-51 of this Article.
Upon receipt of such application the board of election commissioners or
officer, employee or deputy registrar designated by such board 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. In case the person
is unable to sign his name the board of election commissioners shall
require such person to execute the request in the presence of the board or
of its properly authorized representative, by his mark, and if satisfied of
the identity of the person, the board of election commissioners shall make
the transfer. The person in charge of the registration shall draw a line
through the last address, ward and precinct number on the original and
duplicate and write the new address, ward and precinct number on the
original and duplicate registration records.
Any registered elector may transfer his registration only at any such
time as is provided by this Article for the registration of voters at the
office of the board. When a removal of a registered voter takes place from
one address to another within the same precinct within a period during
which such transfer of registration cannot be made, before any election or
primary, he shall be entitled to vote upon presenting to the judges of
election an affidavit of a change and having said affidavit supported by
the affidavit of a qualified voter who is a householder in the same
precinct. Suitable forms for this purpose shall be provided by the board of
election commissioners whose duty it is to conduct the election; and
thereupon the precinct election officials shall report to the board of
election commissioners the names of all such persons who have changed their
address and voted.
The board of election commissioners may obtain information from utility
companies, city 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, a transfer of registration to the precinct in which he
resides may be made in the manner provided by this section.
Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by the board of
election commissioners under the power conferred by Section 11-3 of
Article 11 of this Act, such board shall immediately transfer to the proper
precinct the registration of any voter affected by such revision or
rearrangement of precincts; make the proper notations on the cards in the
master and precinct files; and shall notify the registrant of such change.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3449.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-54)
Sec. 6-54. 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, under the name of .... and that I still
reside in said precinct.
(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.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-55) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-55)
Sec. 6-55. 
		
		The board of election commissioners shall obtain the reports
provided for by sections 6-61 and 6-62 of this Article and shall cancel
the registration of criminals and of deceased persons whose names are
reported to it.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-56) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-56)
Sec. 6-56. 
Not more than 30 nor less than 28 days before any election
under this Article, all owners, managers, administrators or operators of hotels, lodging
houses, rooming houses, furnished apartments or facilities licensed or
certified under
the Nursing Home Care Act, which house 4 or more
persons, outside the members of the family of such owner, manager, administrator or
operator, shall file with the board of election commissioners a report,
under oath, together with one copy thereof, in such form as may be
required by the board of election commissioners, of the names and
descriptions of all lodgers, guests or residents claiming a voting residence at the
hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, furnished apartments,  or facility
licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act under
their control. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more such
report shall be made on forms mailed to them by the board of election
commissioners. The board of election commissioners shall sort and
assemble the sworn copies of the reports in numerical order according to
ward and according to precincts within each ward and shall, not later
than 5 days after the last day allowed by this Article for the filing of
the reports, maintain one assembled set of sworn duplicate reports
available for public inspection until 60 days after election days.
Except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Article, the board
shall not be required to perform any duties with respect to the sworn
reports other than to mail, sort, assemble, post and file them as
hereinabove provided.
Except in such cases where a precinct canvass is being conducted by
the Board of Election Commissioners prior to a Primary or Election, the
board of election commissioners shall compare the original copy of each
such report with the list of registered voters from such addresses.
Every person registered from such address and not listed in such report
or whose name is different from any name so listed, shall immediately
after the last day of registration be sent a notice through the United
States mail, at the address appearing upon his registration record card,
requiring him to appear before the board of election commissioners on
one of the days specified in Section 6-45 of this Article and show
cause why his registration should not be cancelled. The provisions of
Sections 6-45, 6-46 and 6-47 of this Article shall apply to such
hearing and proceedings subsequent thereto.
Any owner, manager or operator of any such hotel, lodging house,
rooming house or furnished apartment who shall fail or neglect to file
such statement and copy thereof as in this Article provided, may, upon
written information of the attorney for the election commissioners, be
cited by the election commissioners or upon the complaint of any voter
of such city, village or incorporated town, to appear before them and
furnish such sworn statement and copy thereof and make such oral
statements under oath regarding such hotel, lodging house, rooming house
or furnished apartment, as the election commissioners may require. The
election commissioners shall sit to hear such citations on the Friday of
the fourth week preceding the week in which such election is to be held.
Such citation shall be served not later than the day preceding the day
on which it is returnable.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-57) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-57)
Sec. 6-57. 
To each person who registers at the office of the board of
election commissioners or at any place designated by such board under
Section 6-51 of this Article, after the first registration under this
Article, the board shall send by mail, and electronic mail if the registrant has provided the board of election committees 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
tenth day next ensuing at the office of the Board of Election Commissioners
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 any 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 Board of Election Commissioners at a
time and place specified in the notice and show cause why his name should
not be cancelled from the register. Thereafter, proceedings shall be, as
nearly as may be, in conformity with those established by Section 6-52 of
this Article with respect to applications to complete registration. Such
notice may be sent at any time within thirty days after the registration of
any person, but such notice shall be sent within five days after the last
day of registration before any election, to all persons who have registered
since the last preceding election, and to whom no such notice has
theretofore been sent; and where the addressee cannot be found, notice
requiring such person to appear before the board of election commissioners
shall specify dates for hearing before the election not later than those
prescribed by Section 6-45 of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-58) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-58)
Sec. 6-58. 
		
		Following each general election occurring in November of
even numbered years, beginning in 1940, the board of election
commissioners shall examine the registration records and shall send to
every voter who has not voted during the last 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 in person to do so."
"APPLICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT OF
REGISTRATION
I 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 board of election
commissioners.
After the expiration of thirty days the board of election
commissioners 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 registration is
reinstated. Any elector whose registration has been cancelled for
failure to vote may register again by making application therefor in the
manner provided by this Article.
When a registration is cancelled under this or other sections of this
Article, a proper entry shall be made upon the face of the original and
duplicate records, which shall then be placed in a file of cancelled
registrations and shall be preserved for two years from date of
cancellation.
The Board of Election Commissioners 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 5/6-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59)
Sec. 6-59. 
		
		The Board of Election Commissioners on its own initiative,
or upon order of the circuit court, shall at all times have authority to
conduct investigations and to make canvasses of the registered voters in
any precinct or precincts within its jurisdiction either by the methods
provided in this Article or at other times and by other methods than
those prescribed herein. However, the Board of Election Commissioners
shall, at least
once in every 2 years, conduct a verification of voter registrations
and shall cause the cancellation of registration
of persons who have ceased to be qualified voters.  Such verification shall
be accomplished by one of the following methods:  (1) precinct canvass conducted
by 2 qualified persons of opposite party affiliation appointed by the Board
of Election Commissioners or (2) written request sent to each registered
voter by first class mail, not forwardable or (3) an alternative method
of verification submitted in writing to and approved by The State Board
of Elections at a public meeting not less than 60 days prior to the date
on which the Board of Election Commissioners has fixed for implementation
of that method of verification; provided, said Board 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 the completion of the verification.
 If, upon
the basis of investigations or canvasses, the board shall be of the
opinion that any person registered under this Article is not a qualified
voter or has ceased to be a qualified voter, it shall send a notice
through the United States mail to such person, requiring him to appear
before such board at a time specified in such notice, not less than 10
nor more than 30 days after the mailing of such notice and show cause
why his registration should not be cancelled. If such a person does not
appear, his registration shall be cancelled. If such a person does
appear he shall make an affidavit and shall be heard in the manner
provided by Section 6-45 of this Article, and if his registration is
cancelled as a result of such a hearing, he shall be entitled to a
hearing in the circuit court and to an appeal to the Supreme Court in
the manner provided by Section 6-52 of this Article.
Whenever the Board of Election Commissioners acting under authority
of this section conducts a canvass of the registered voters in any
precinct or precincts and the board designates canvassers to conduct the
canvass, the board shall appoint as canvassers persons affiliated with
the leading political parties in like manner as judges of election are
appointed under the provisions of Section 14-4 of this Act; provided
that in each precinct in counties of 500,000 inhabitants or more, 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.
The canvassers, so appointed by virtue of this section, shall comply
with the provisions of Sections 6-40 and 6-41 relative to the mailing
and leaving of notices at the addresses of persons whose right to vote
in the precinct or precincts is questioned.
(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-59.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59.01)
Sec. 6-59.01. 
		
		Each registered voter lacking a permanent abode shall be
canvassed by the board of election commissioners 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
board 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 board 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 5/6-59.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59.1)
Sec. 6-59.1. 
		
		The board of election commissioners and its appointed deputy registrars
shall accept the registration of any qualified person residing in the county
in which the municipality under the jurisdiction of such board is situated
and shall transmit such registrations to the county clerk prior to the close
of registration before an election.
(Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-60)
Sec. 6-60. 
Immediately after the last registration day before any election,
except as is otherwise provided in Section 6-43 of this Article, the board
of election commissioners shall prepare and print precinct registers in
the manner provided by Section 6-43 of this article, and make such copies available to
any person applying therefor.  Provided, however, that in cities, villages
and incorporated towns of less than 200,000 inhabitants such printed lists
shall be prepared only before a general election.  On the precinct registers,
the board of election commissioners 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.
Prior to the general election of even-numbered years, all boards of election
commissioners shall give the precinct registers 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, all
boards of election commissioners shall give the precinct registers 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.
For the first registration under this Article, such precinct register shall
be printed and available to any person upon application therefor at least
three days before the first day upon which any voter may make application in writing
to have any name erased from the register as provided by Section 6-44 of
this Article.  For subsequent registrations, such registers, except as otherwise
provided in this Section for municipalities of more than 500,000, shall
be printed and shall be available to any person upon application at least
five days before the first day upon which any voter may make application
in writing to have any name erased from the register.
Application to have a name upon such register erased may be made in the
manner provided by Section 6-44 of this Article, and applications to erase
names, complete registration, or to register or restore names shall be heard
in the same manner as is provided by Section 6-45 of this Article, with
application to the circuit court and appeal to the Supreme Court as provided
in Sections 6-46 and 6-47.  The rights conferred and the times specified
by these Sections with respect to the first election under this Article
shall also apply to succeeding registrations and elections.  Provided, however,
that in municipalities having a population of more than 500,000, and having
a Board of Election Commissioners, as to all elections, registrations for
which are made solely with the Board of Election Commissioners, and where
no general precinct registrations were provided for or held within twenty-eight
days before the election, an application to have a name upon such register
erased, as provided for in Section 6-44, shall be made within two days after
the publication of the printed precinct register, and
the Board of Election Commissioners shall announce its decision on such
applications within four days after said applications are made, and within
four days after its decision on such applications shall cause a supplemental
printed precinct register showing such correction as may be necessary by
reason of such decision to be printed in like manner as hereinabove provided
in Section 6-43 hereof, and upon application a copy of the same shall be
given to any person applying therefor.  Such list shall have printed on
the bottom thereof the facsimile signatures of the members of the board
of election commissioners.  Said supplemental printed precinct register
shall be prima facie evidence that the electors whose names appear thereon
are entitled to vote.  If the dates specified in this Article as to applications
to complete or erase registrations or as to proceedings before the Board
of Election Commissioners or the circuit court in the first registration
under this Article shall not be applicable to any subsequent primary or
regular or special election, the Board of Election Commissioners shall,
with the approval of the circuit court, adopt and publish a schedule of
dates which shall permit equal intervals of time therefor as are provided
for such first registrations.
After action by the Board of Election Commissioners and by the circuit
court, a supplemental list shall be prepared and made available in the manner
provided by Section 6-48 of this Article.
Within 60 days after each general election the board of election commissioners
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
board of election commissioners 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 board of election commissioners 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 5/6-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-61)
Sec. 6-61. 
		
		It shall be the duty of the clerk of any court where parties are
tried or convicted of penitentiary offenses in the county where such city,
village or incorporated town is located, to furnish monthly to such board
of commissioners the names of all parties convicted or sentenced for any
crime, the punishment of which is confinement in the penitentiary, and
their place of residence if such fact be in the possession of such clerk.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-62)
Sec. 6-62. 
It shall be the duty of the person or officer having charge of
the vital records of a city, village or incorporated town to furnish to the
board of election commissioners, monthly, a report of the names and
previous residences of all persons over 18 years of age that have died
during the preceding month.
(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-63)
Sec. 6-63. 
		
		It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners to
strike the names of all such criminals and of all such deceased persons
from the registers of the precinct in which any such person is registered,
noting opposite such name the cause for which it was stricken.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-64) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-64)
Sec. 6-64. 
		
		If either the original or duplicate registration card or both,
of any elector, shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated in whole or in part,
the board of election commissioners shall prepare two new registration
cards, an original and a duplicate, and shall require the execution of a
new registration affidavit by such elector, and if any such elector shall
refuse to execute 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, or both, of all registered voters
of any city, village or incorporated town or any ward or precinct thereof
shall be lost or destroyed, the board of election commissioners shall
require a re-registration of electors of such city, ward or precinct.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-65) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-65)
Sec. 6-65. 

The duplicate registration record cards shall remain permanently in the
office of the Board of Election Commissioners; shall be filed
alphabetically without regard to wards or 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 Board of Election Commissioners. The original registration record cards shall constitute
the official precinct registry of voters; shall be filed by wards and
precincts; and shall be known as the precinct file. The original cards
shall be delivered to the judges of election by the Board of Election
Commissioners in a suitable binder or other device, which shall be locked
and sealed in accordance with directions to be given by the Board of
Election Commissioners and shall also be suitably indexed for convenient
use by the precinct officers. The precinct files shall be delivered to the
precinct officers for use at the polls, on the day of election and shall be
returned to the Board of Election Commissioners immediately after the close
of the polls. The board shall determine by rules the manner of delivery and
return to such file. At all other times the precinct file shall be retained
at the office of the Board of Election Commissioners except for such use of
it as may be made under this Article with respect to registration not at
the office of the Board of Election Commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
Sec. 6-66. 
Upon application to vote each registered elector shall
sign his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a certificate
substantially as follows:
"CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
City of ................. Ward .... Precinct .... Election
...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year) Registration Record
....... Checked by ...............
Voter's number ....
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officers in charge.
After the registration record has been checked, the officer will hand it
back to you. Whereupon you shall present it to the officer in charge of
the ballots.
I hereby certify that I am registered from the address below and am
qualified to vote.
Signature of voter ................
Residence address ................"
An individual shall not be required to provide his social
security number when applying for a ballot.  He shall not be denied a
ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely because of his refusal
to provide his social security number.
Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being requested
to provide his social security number when the individual applies for a
ballot.
If, however, the certificate contains a space for the individual's
social security number, the following notice shall appear on the
certificate, immediately above such space,
in bold-face capital letters, in type the size of which
equals the largest type on the certificate:
"THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT REQUIRED
TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.  HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED
A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS
OR HER REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER."
The applications of each State-wide political party
at a primary election
shall be separately printed
upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of
no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or tint.  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 applications may contain
spaces or check-off boxes
permitting the voter to also request a primary ballot of any political
party which is established only within a political subdivision and for
which a primary is conducted on the same election day.
Such applications shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
primary of a State-wide political party and the primary of
a local political party with respect to the offices of the same
political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more
than one State-wide political party on the same day.
The judges in charge of the precinct registration files shall compare
the signature upon such certificate with the signature on the
registration record card as a means of identifying the voter. Unless
satisfied by such comparison that the applicant to vote is the identical
person who is registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
applicant the questions for identification which appear on the
registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to the
satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election precinct that
he is the identical person registered under the name in question then
the vote of such applicant shall be challenged by a judge of election,
and the same procedure followed as provided in this Article and Act 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 such
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 terms "poll lists" and
"poll books", where used in this Article and Act, shall be construed to
apply to such official poll record.
After each general primary election the board of election commissioners
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 the general primary
election. The board of election commissioners, within 60 days after that
general primary election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
chairman 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 board of election commissioners shall provide to the chairman 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 board of election commissioners 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 card is
not found in the precinct registry of voters, but his name appears as
that of a registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the
consolidated list, if any provided by this Article and whose name has
not been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed precinct
register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie evidence of the
elector's right to vote upon compliance with the provisions hereinafter
set forth in this Section. In such event it shall be the duty of one of
the judges of election to require an affidavit by such person and 2
voters residing in the precinct before the judges of election that he is
the same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct register as
corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or consolidated list, if
any, and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and number
of his residence, and upon the presentation of such affidavits, a
certificate shall be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation
of such certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on the printed
precinct register or supplemental list but who has a certificate issued
by the board of election commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of
this Article, shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such
certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters residing in the
precinct that the elector is the same person described in such
certificate and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and
number of his residence. Forms for all affidavits required hereunder
shall be supplied by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits
made under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the board
of election commissioners in the manner provided by this Article and
Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty of the board of election
commissioners, within 30 days after such election, to take the steps
provided by Section 6-64 of this Article for the execution of new
registration affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions
of this paragraph.
When the board of election commissioners delivers to the judges of election
for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the printed
precinct register, it shall give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated
list to the chair of a county central committee of an established political
party or to the chair's duly authorized representative.
Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the election
official or officials 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 5/6-67) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-67)
Sec. 6-67. 
		
		Upon application to vote at a 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.
Such certificates when checked and initialed by the judge in charge, shall
constitute the primary poll record. Such certificates at the close of the
primary 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.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-67.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-67.01)
Sec. 6-67.01. 
		
		The provisions of this Article 6, 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, and
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 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 6, 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 5/6-68) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-68)
Sec. 6-68. 
		
		All affidavits made before judges of election under the
provisions of this Article or of Article 14 of this Act shall be
immediately returned to the office of the board of election commissioners.
Such affidavits, before being so returned, shall be enclosed in an envelope
provided for that purpose, which shall then be securely sealed with 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.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-69) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-69)
Sec. 6-69. 
		
		In the conduct of registrations subsequent to that first
provided for under this Article, the board of election commissioners
shall have authority to designate its officers and employees to take
registrations at its office or at such other places as may be specified
by such board under Section 6-51 of this Article. For registration at
other places than the office of the board of election commissioners, the
board may select 3 officers of registration, one of whom may be an
officer or employee of the board of election commissioners, and of the
other 2, one shall be a member of the political party represented by a
majority of the commissioners and one a member of the political party
represented by a minority of such commissioners. To the extent that the
third officer is not a permanent officer or employee of the board of
election commissioners, the appointment of such officer of registration
shall be equally divided between the 2 leading political parties. Judges
of election for any precinct within the area served by one place of
registration shall be eligible for appointment as officers of
registration, but application shall in all cases be made to the
circuit court for the appointment and confirmation of such officers of
registration, in the manner provided for judges of election by Section
14-5 of Article 14 of this Act.
All officers of registration appointed in the manner provided above
and all officers and employees of the board of election commissioners
designated to take registrations either at the office of the board of
election commissioners, or elsewhere, shall be deemed officers of
registration; shall take the oath prescribed by Section 6-33 of this
Article; shall be considered officers of the circuit court; and shall be
subject to the control provided for judges of election by Section 14-5
of Article 14 of this Act. The appointment of such registration officers
shall be made for the same terms as Judges of election. All penalties
imposed by this Act or Article upon judges of election or boards of
registry with respect to the registration of voters or revision thereof
or with respect to registration records, shall equally apply to deputy
registrars, judges of registration and registration officers provided
for by this Article.
(Source: P.A. 80-704.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-70) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-70)
Sec. 6-70. 
Such election commissioners and the executive director of the
Board of Election Commissioners shall be paid by the county.  In
counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the city first adopting
the provisions of this Act shall pay the salary of the assistant executive
director.  In all other counties such salary shall be paid by the county.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population less than
25,000 as determined by the last federal census, the election commissioners
shall receive a salary of not less than $1,800 per annum. If the population is
25,000 or more but less than 40,000 the election commissioners shall receive a
salary of not less than $2,400 per annum, to be determined by the county board.
 If the population is 40,000 or more but less than 70,000 the election
commissioners shall receive a salary of not less than $2,100 per annum, to be
determined by the county board.  If the population is 70,000 or more but less
than 100,000 the election commissioners shall receive a salary of not less than
$2,700 per annum, to be determined by the county board.  If the population is
100,000 or more but less than 2,000,000 the election commissioners shall
receive a salary of not less than $3,200 per annum, to be determined by the
county board.  The chair of a board of election commissioners, in counties
with a population of less than 2,000,000, shall be paid by the county an
additional amount equal to 10% of his salary as an election commissioner.  If
the population is less than 25,000 the executive director shall receive a
salary of not less than $4,500 per annum.  If the population is 25,000 or more
but less than 40,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not less
than $8,000 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated towns
there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive a
salary of not less than $6,000 per annum.  If the population is 40,000 or more
but less than 70,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not less
than $9,500 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated towns
there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive a
salary of not less than $7,500 per annum.  If the population is 70,000 or more
but less than 100,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not less
than $11,000 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated towns
there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive a
salary of not less than $8,000 per annum.  If the population is 100,000 or more
but less than 2,000,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not
less than $12,000 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated
towns there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive
a salary of not less than $8,000 per annum.  It shall be the duty of the Board
of Election Commissioners in such cities, villages and incorporated towns to
fix the salary of the executive director and assistant executive
director at the time of appointment of the clerk.  In cities, villages and
incorporated towns with a population greater than 2,000,000 the election
commissioners shall receive a salary of not less than $21,000, provided,
however, that the chair of the Board of Election Commissioners shall receive
a salary, as set by and from time to time changed by the Board of County
Commissioners, of not less than $35,000 per annum and shall hold no other
office.  In cities, villages and incorporated towns with a population greater
than 2,000,000, such other election commissioners shall hold no other office.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns with a population greater than
2,000,000 the executive director and employees of the Board of Election
Commissioners shall serve on a full-time basis and shall hold no other office.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns with a population of greater than
2,000,000, no election commissioner, executive director nor employee shall
participate in any manner, in any activity or interests of any political party
or of any candidate for public office or for nomination thereof, nor
participate in any political campaign for the nomination or election of
candidates for public office.  Violation of any provision hereof
shall be cause for removal from office or dismissal, as the case may be;
provided, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to interfere
with the right of any person to vote for any candidate or upon any issue
as his reason and conscience may dictate nor interfere with the duties
of his office.  All expenses incurred by such Board of Election
Commissioners shall be paid by such city.
The salaries and expenditures are to be audited by the chief circuit
judge, who may designate an independent external auditor to perform the
task, and the salaries and expenditures shall be paid by the county or city
treasurer, as the case may be, upon the warrant of the chief circuit judge of
any money in the county or city treasury, as the case may be, not otherwise
appropriated.  It shall also be the duty of the governing authority of those
counties and cities, respectively, to make provisions for the prompt payment of
the salaries and expenditures.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-71) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-71)
Sec. 6-71. 
		
		In the cities, villages and incorporated towns in counties
having a population of 500,000 or more, which are operating under this
Article, the compensation of deputy registrars and judges of
registration provided for the first registration under this Article and
officers of registration appointed in conformity with Section 6-69 of
this Article for subsequent registration shall be not less than $20 nor
more than $30 per day. In cities, villages and incorporated towns in
counties having a population of less than 500,000, and operating under
this Article, the compensation of the deputy registrars and judges of
registration provided for the first registration under this Article, and
officers of registration appointed in conformity with Section 6-69 of
this Article for subsequent registrations shall be $17.50 per day. The
compensation of such deputy registrars, judges of registration and
officers of registration, shall be apportioned and paid in the manner
provided by Article 14 of this Act for judges of election.
Each judge of registration who has performed all the duties and
services required for the first registration under this Article shall be
credited with 2 days' service for the 2 days of general registration
provided for by this Article. Each deputy registrar who has performed
all the duties and services required for the first registration under
this Article shall be credited with 4 days' service for the 2 days of
general registration and the 2 days of canvass as provided for by this
Article.
Officers of registration authorized by Section 6-69 of this Article
for registration subsequent to the first registration under this Article
shall be credited with one day's service for each registration, and,
with the approval of the circuit court, may be credited with an
additional day for such other services as the Board of Election
Commissioners may require of them, an order of the circuit court in such
cases to recite such additional services and to designate the officers
of registration from whom such additional services are to be received,
provided that in cities, villages and incorporated towns in counties
having a population of 500,000 or more, which are operating under this
Article, any such officer selected to conduct canvass shall be credited
with not less than 2 days' service for each canvass.
The State Board of Elections shall reimburse each board of election
commissioners 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. 81-850; 81-1149.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-72) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-72)
Sec. 6-72. 
		
		Whenever this article (together with articles 14 and 18 of this
Act) is adopted by any village or incorporated town, all its and their
provisions shall be applicable and operative, except as in this article or
in articles 14 and 18 of this Act modified.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-73) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-73)
Sec. 6-73. 
		
		Whenever any city, village or incorporated town may adopt this
Article (together with Articles 14 and 18 of this Act), and which city,
village or incorporated town shall lie within any county in which another
city shall have previously thereto adopted said Articles of this Act, then
in such case the commissioners of election, appointed or which may be
appointed for such last mentioned city, shall also be ex-officio
commissioners of election for such first mentioned city, village or
incorporated town, and shall have and exercise the same powers as if
specially appointed for such city, village or town.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-74) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-74)
Sec. 6-74. The returns of the judges of election of such village
or incorporated town, mentioned in the last section, in case of a village
or town election for any officer of such village or town, shall be made to
the same officer as otherwise required by law, who shall receipt therefor;
and all such returns shall be canvassed by the election  authority of such
village or incorporated town, as established by law, with the same powers
of investigation and examination by the election  authority   as is authorized by this act
to the canvassing board of any such city.
(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-75) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-75)
Sec. 6-75. 
		
		The returns of the judges of election of such village or
incorporated towns, in case of all other elections therein, shall be made
to the same officers, as required by this Article or by Articles 14 or 18
of this Act, of returns of elections held in a city, and such returns
shall be canvassed and the result declared by the same canvassing board.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-76) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-76)
Sec. 6-76. 
		
		All oaths in writing provided for in this Article or in Articles
14 or 18 of this Act, must have a jurat, or certificate of the officer
taking the same, attached and signed by him, and said election
commissioners and said judges of election are hereby empowered to
administer all oaths and affirmations required in the administration of the
affairs of their several offices.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-77) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-77)
Sec. 6-77. 
		
		For the purpose of this Article the term "election" shall also
include primary elections held in such city, village or incorporated town.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 2373.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-78) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-78)
Sec. 6-78. 
		
		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 5/6-79)
Sec. 6-79. 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 6-31.1 and 6-35; 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 5/6-100)
Sec. 6-100. 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. The election authority shall offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election day, where grace period registration is required by this Section; and may offer in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting by the election authority.  The election authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19A.
Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, or within one day after the ballot is received by the election authority if the election authority allows grace period voting by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those names and that information in an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local political committees.  The name of each person issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5.
A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons who register or change address during the grace period at a location other than their designated polling place on election day must be transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt out of registration in the polling place if the election authority establishes grace period registration and voting at other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents reside if the election authority's main office is not located in that municipality. The election authority may establish other grace period registration and voting sites on election day provided that the election authority has met the notice requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary early voting sites.
(Source: P.A. 100-442, eff. 8-25-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-105)
Sec. 6-105. 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.)