(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 .)
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(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.)
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(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.)
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(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.)
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(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 .)
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(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.)
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(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.)
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(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 .)
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