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ELECTIONS (10 ILCS 5/) Election Code. 10 ILCS 5/2A-43
(10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43)
Sec. 2A-43.
Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium
Authority - Commissioner - Time of Election. A commissioner of the
Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall be
elected at the consolidated election of each odd-numbered
year to succeed
each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following
consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-44
(10 ILCS 5/2A-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-44)
Sec. 2A-44.
Board of Library Trustees - Members - Time of Election.
A member of an elected Board of Library Trustees shall be elected at the
consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term
of an incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term
expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-45
(10 ILCS 5/2A-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-45)
Sec. 2A-45.
Community Buildings - Board of Managers - Member - Time of
Election. A member of a Board of Managers, which may have authority over
township community buildings, shall be elected at the consolidated
election of each odd-numbered year to succeed each incumbent
manager whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469 .)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-46
(10 ILCS 5/2A-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-46)
Sec. 2A-46.
Board of Stadium Commissioners - Commissioner - Time of
election. A commissioner of a city Board of Stadium Commissioners shall be
elected at each consolidated election which immediately precedes the
expiration of the term of any incumbent commissioner, to succeed each
incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469 .)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-48
(10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
Sec. 2A-48.
Board of School Directors - Member - Time of Election.
A
member of a Board of School Directors or a member of an elected Board of
Education, as the case may be, shall be elected at each consolidated
election to succeed each incumbent member whose term ends before the
following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-49
(10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
Sec. 2A-49.
Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time of Election.
A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall be elected at the
consolidated election which immediately precedes the
expiration of the
term of any incumbent school inspector, to succeed each incumbent school
inspector whose term ends before the following consolidated
election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-50
(10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
Sec. 2A-50.
Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee - Time of
Election. Except in educational service regions having a population of
2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a trustee of a Regional Board of School
Trustees shall be elected at the consolidated election to
succeed each incumbent
trustee whose term ends before the following consolidated
election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-51
(10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
Sec. 2A-51.
Schools - Trustee - Time of Election.
Except in a
township in which all school districts located therein have withdrawn from
the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools under the
provisions of subsection (b) of Section 5-1 of the School Code and except
in townships in which the office of trustee of schools has been abolished
as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School Code,
a trustee of schools shall be elected in townships at the consolidated
election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any
incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before
the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-52
(10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52)
Sec. 2A-52.
Community College District - Member - Time of Election.
A member of the Board of a Community College District shall be elected
at each consolidated election to succeed each elected
incumbent member of
the Board whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-53
(10 ILCS 5/2A-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-53)
Sec. 2A-53.
(Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-54
(10 ILCS 5/2A-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54)
Sec. 2A-54.
In those cases in which the election to an office is changed
by the consolidation of elections to an earlier or later month in the same
year or to a different year, the term of any incumbent serving on December
1, 1980 is extended to the first Monday in the first month following the
election of his successor and until the successor has qualified, and the
term of the successor in office shall commence on that first Monday.
The term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan election whose
term begins before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall
expire on the date that his or her term would have expired had this amendatory
Act of 1997 not been enacted. The term of office of a person elected at a
consolidated election held on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of
1997 to succeed to a term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan
election shall begin upon the termination of the predecessor's term of office.
The term of office of a person elected to succeed to a term of office of a
person elected at a nonpartisan election shall end after the next consolidated
election at which a successor is elected and at the regularly scheduled time
for the ending of terms of office as provided in the Act or Acts creating or
governing that unit of local government or school district.
However,
this general provision for the transition of terms of office in relation
to the adoption of a uniform schedule of elections shall be subject to the
specific provisions for the transition of terms of office in the several
Acts creating or governing the creation of various units of local government
and school districts, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/2A-55
(10 ILCS 5/2A-55)
Sec. 2A-55.
Forest preserve districts; commissioners; time of election.
A
forest preserve district commissioner elected under Section 3.5 of the
Downstate Forest Preserve District Act shall be elected at each consolidated
election to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the
following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 88-443.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 3
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 3 heading)
ARTICLE 3.
QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS
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10 ILCS 5/3-1
(10 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1)
Sec. 3-1.
Every person (i) who has resided in this State and in the
election district 30 days next preceding any election therein, or (ii) who
has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days
next preceding any election therein and has moved to another election district
in this State within said 30 days and has made and subscribed to the affidavit
provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act, or (iii) who has
resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next
preceding any election therein and has not moved to another residence but whose
address has changed as a result of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency
telephone system and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in
subsection (a) of Section 17-10, and who
is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 or more years is
entitled to vote at such election for all offices and on all
propositions. Any military establishment within the boundaries of
Illinois is "in this State" even though the government of the United
States may have exclusive jurisdiction over such establishment.
(Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/3-1.2
(10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2)
Sec. 3-1.2.
Eligibility to sign petition.
For the purpose
of
determining eligibility to sign a nominating
petition or a petition proposing a public question the terms "voter",
"registered
voter", "qualified voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified elector",
"primary elector" and "qualified primary elector" as used in this Code or
in another Statute shall mean a person who is registered to vote at the
address shown opposite his signature on the petition or was registered to
vote at such address when he signed the petition.
Any person, otherwise qualified under this Section, who has not moved to
another residence but whose address has changed as a result of implementation
of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system shall be considered a "voter",
"registered voter", "qualified voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified
elector", "primary elector", and "qualified primary elector".
(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 92-129, eff. 7-20-01.)
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10 ILCS 5/3-1.3
(10 ILCS 5/3-1.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.3)
Sec. 3-1.3.
Whenever this Code or another statute requires that a
nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question shall be
signed by a specified percentage of the registered voters of the State, a
political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts,
the total number of voters to which the percentage is applied shall be the
number of voters who are registered in the State, political subdivision or
district or precinct or combination of precincts, as the case may be, on
the date registration closed before the regular election next preceding the
last day on which such petition may be filed in accordance with the general
election law. This Section does not apply to the determination of the
number of signatures required on a petition filed pursuant to Article IX of
the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
(Source: P.A. 84-1467 .)
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10 ILCS 5/3-2
(10 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-2)
Sec. 3-2.
(a) A permanent abode is necessary to constitute a
residence within the meaning of Section 3-1. No elector or
spouse shall be deemed to have lost his or her residence in
any precinct or election district in this State by reason of
his or her absence on business of the United States, or of this State.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent homeless
individuals from registering to vote under the provisions of this Act.
(b) A homeless individual must have a mailing address in order to be
eligible to register to vote. For purposes of this Act, a mailing address
shall constitute a homeless individual's residence for voting purposes. A
mailing address of a homeless individual may include, but is not limited
to, a shelter, a day shelter, or a private residence.
Election authorities may by reasonable rules limit the place where
voter registration of homeless individuals may be taken and the class of
deputy registrars who may take the voter registration of homeless individuals.
(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer upon homeless
individuals any additional privileges or benefits other than the right to
register to vote and to be qualified to vote in an election under Articles
4, 5, and 6 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-1241.)
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10 ILCS 5/3-3
(10 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-3)
Sec. 3-3.
Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who is an
inmate of any soldiers' and sailors' home within the State of Illinois,
any person who is a resident of a facility 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, or any person who is a resident of a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined in Section 3 of the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act,
for 30 days or longer, and who is a citizen of the United States and has
resided in this State and in the election district 30 days next
preceding any election shall be entitled to vote in the election
district in which any such home or community-integrated living arrangement in which he is an
inmate or resident is located, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be
elected by the people, and upon all questions that may be submitted to
the vote of the people: Provided, that he shall declare upon oath, that it
was his bona fide intention at the time he entered said home or community-integrated living arrangement to become a
resident thereof.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.) |
10 ILCS 5/3-4
(10 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-4)
Sec. 3-4.
No patient who has resided for less than 180 days in any hospital or mental institution in this State, shall by
virtue of his abode at such hospital or mental institution be deemed a
resident or legal voter in the town, city, village or election district or
precinct in which such hospital or mental institution may be situated; but
every such person shall be deemed a resident of the town, city, village or
election district or precinct in which he resided next prior to becoming a
patient of such hospital or mental institution. However, the term "hospital"
does not include skilled nursing facilities.
(Source: P.A. 100-1110, eff. 8-28-18.)
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10 ILCS 5/3-5 (10 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-5)
Sec. 3-5. No person who has been legally convicted, in this
or another state or in any federal court, of any crime, and
is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution,
or who has been convicted under any Section of this Code and is
serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution,
shall vote, offer to vote, attempt to vote or be permitted
to vote at any election until his release from confinement.
Confinement for purposes of this Section shall include any
person convicted and imprisoned but granted a furlough as
provided by Section 3-11-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
or admitted to a work release program as provided by Section
3-13-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Confinement shall
not include any person convicted and imprisoned but released on parole.
Confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or
conviction of a crime is not a disqualification for voting.
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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10 ILCS 5/3-6 (10 ILCS 5/3-6) Sec. 3-6. Voting age. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary election, or consolidated primary election and who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that caucus, general primary, or consolidated primary, including voting a vote by mail, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that general primary or consolidated primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following general election or consolidated election for which candidates are nominated at that primary. References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted in accordance with this Section. For the purposes of this Code, an individual who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms. An individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on the date of the immediately following general or consolidated election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question.
(Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.) |
10 ILCS 5/3-7 (10 ILCS 5/3-7) Sec. 3-7. Voters in consolidating and merging townships. (a) In the consolidated election where township trustees are elected next following the certification of a successful referendum to consolidate townships under Article 22 of the Township Code, the qualified electors entitled to caucus, vote for, be nominated for, and run for offices in the consolidated township that is to be formed are those registered voters residing in any of the townships identified in the referendum as they exist prior to consolidation. (b) In the consolidated election where township trustees are elected next following the certification of a successful referendum to dissolve a township and merge its territory into 2 adjacent townships under Article 23 of the Township Code, the qualified electors entitled to caucus, vote for, be nominated for, and run for offices in a receiving township shall also include those registered voters residing in the territory of the dissolving township described in the resolutions adopted under Section 23-10 of the Township Code as the territory to be merged with the receiving township. For purposes of this subsection (b) only, "dissolving township" and "receiving township" have the meaning provided in Section 23-5 of the Township Code.
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 4
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 4 heading)
ARTICLE 4.
REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN
COUNTIES HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS
THAN 500,000
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10 ILCS 5/4-1
(10 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-1)
Sec. 4-1.
Except as provided in this Article 4, it is unlawful for
any person residing in a county containing a population of less than
500,000, to vote at any election at which
any officers are to be nominated or elected,
or at any election at which any questions of public policy are to be voted
on, unless such
person is at the time of such
election a registered voter under the provisions of this Article 4.
The provisions of this Article do not apply to electors voting in an
election of any soil and water conservation district or drainage district
or to electors residing in municipalities in this State which have adopted
"An Act regulating
the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities,
villages and incorporated towns in this State", approved June 19, 1885,
as amended, or which have adopted Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act. This
Article shall not apply to electors voting pursuant to Article 20 of this Act.
The provisions of this Article 4, so far as they require the registration
of voters as a condition to their being allowed to vote shall not apply
to persons otherwise entitled to vote who have made and subscribed to the
affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 81-1060.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-2
(10 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-2)
Sec. 4-2.
No person shall be entitled to be registered in and from
any precinct unless such person shall by the date of the election next
following have resided in the State and within the precinct 30 days and
be otherwise qualified to vote at such election. Every applicant who
shall be 18 years of age or over on the day of the next election shall
be permitted to register, if otherwise qualified.
To constitute residence under this Act, Article 3 is controlling.
(Source: P.A. 81-953.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-3
(10 ILCS 5/4-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-3)
Sec. 4-3.
The county board shall appoint the place of registry in each
precinct for any precinct re-registration of 1969 and 1970 under this
Article 4 and for all precinct registrations. Such place or places shall be
in the most public, orderly and convenient portions thereof; and no
building or part of a building shall be designated or used as a place of
registry, in which spirituous or intoxicating liquor is sold or which is
used as political headquarters for any party, candidate or office holder.
The county clerk may demand of the chief of police of each city, village or
incorporated town, or the sheriff, to furnish officers of the law to attend
during the progress of any registration at any place or places of
registration designated by the county board.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 570.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-4
(10 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-4)
Sec. 4-4.
The county clerk shall be ex officio the registration
officer of such county and shall have full charge and control of the
registration of voters within such county, where this Article 4 is in
effect.
For the 3 days of any 1969 and 1970 re-registration and for precinct
registrations hereinafter provided, 2 of the judges of election, no more
than one from the same political party, theretofore duly appointed and
confirmed as such and acting in each precinct, shall be designated by
the county clerk to constitute a board of registration for each
precinct, respectively, and each of such judges of election so
designated shall serve as a judge of registration therein.
In counties over 1,000,000 population town or road district clerks,
city or village clerks, their duly authorized deputies approved by the
county clerk, and employees of the office of the county clerk may be
appointed by the county clerk as deputy registration officers.
Such clerks appointed as deputy registration officers may accept
registration of voters at their offices at any time that such
registrations may be accepted by the county clerk, but shall not accept
such registrations at any other place. Such deputy registration officers
shall return any registrations accepted by them to the county clerk
within 7 days after any registration is accepted by them.
Registration officers, deputy registration officers and judges of
registration shall be officers of the court and the provisions of the
laws of this State as to vacancies, removal and control (except as
hereinafter provided), and punishment in case of misbehavior of judges
of election shall apply to such registration officials.
Each registration officer including officers and judges of
registration shall before entering upon his duties take and subscribe to
the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will
support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of
the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of the office of registration officer to the best of my ability, and
that I will register no person nor cause the registration of any person
except upon his personal application before me.
....................................... (Signature of Registration Officer)"
This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take acknowledgments and shall
immediately thereafter be filed with the county clerk, except that
judges of registration may administer such oath or affirmation to each other
and such oath of office and all affidavits which have been signed and sworn
to before them shall be returned to the office of the county clerk in an
envelope provided for that purpose.
No registration official for a precinct or other place of
registration shall, without urgent necessity, absent himself from the
place of registration or revision of registration upon any day of
registration or revision of registration whereby less than the number of
persons necessary to conduct the registration or revision of
registration shall be present during such hours of registration or
revision of registration.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 572 .)
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10 ILCS 5/4-5
(10 ILCS 5/4-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-5)
Sec. 4-5.
The registration preceding the November, 1942, election shall
constitute a permanent registration subject to revision and alteration in
the manner hereinafter provided; and all registrations subsequent thereto
shall be upon registration record cards provided by the county clerk.
However, if the county board, by resolution adopted before October 15,
1969, determines that there shall be a re-registration in the county before
the June, 1970, primary as provided in this Article, such 1942 registration
shall be a permanent registration only until such re-registration as
provided in Section 4-5.01.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987 .)
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10 ILCS 5/4-5.01
(10 ILCS 5/4-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-5.01)
Sec. 4-5.01.
Where the county board determines, as provided in Section 4-5,
that there shall be a re-registration before the June, 1970, primary, there
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4-6, be 3 days of re-registration
in each precinct. The first of such 3 days of
re-registration shall be Friday, November 21, 1969; the second, Friday,
December 19, 1969; and the third, Tuesday, January 15, 1970. On each of the
3 days of re-registration, the registration place or places shall open at
8:00 a.m. and remain open until 9:00 p.m.
Re-registration provided by this Article 4 shall be conducted by the
county clerk, shall be at the office of such clerk or in the precinct or in
the offices of the respective deputy registration officers appointed by the
county clerk as hereinabove in this Article provided, and shall be upon
registration record cards in the manner provided by this Article. Such
re-registration shall constitute a permanent registration subject to
revision and alteration in the manner hereinafter provided. All
registrations shall be on registration record cards provided by the county
clerk in accordance with the provisions of this Article 4.
Immediately following the last day of precinct re-registration in 1970,
all permanent registration records compiled before November 21, 1969, shall
be destroyed if no election contest is pending in which such records are
material.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2987 .)
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10 ILCS 5/4-6
(10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
Sec. 4-6.
For the purpose of registering voters under this Article in
addition to the method provided for precinct registration under Section
4-7, the office of the county clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday,
Sunday, and legal holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and such
additional hours as the county clerk may designate. If, however, the county
board otherwise duly regulates and fixes the hours of opening and closing
of all county offices at the county seat of any county, such regulation
shall control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall be no
registration at the office of the county clerk or at the office of municipal
and township or road district clerks serving as deputy
registrars during the 27 days preceding any regular or
special election at which the cards provided in this Article are used, or
until the 2nd day following such regular or special election;
provided, that if by reason of the proximity of any such elections to one
another the effect of this provision would be to close registrations for
all or any part of the 10 days immediately prior to such 27 day
period, the
county clerk shall accept, solely for use in the subsequent and not in any
intervening election, registrations and transfers of registration within
the period from the 27th to the 38th days, both inclusive, prior
to such
subsequent election. In any election called for
the submission of the revision or alteration of, or the amendments to the
Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
registration at the office of the election authority charged with the
printing of the ballot of this election shall be the 15th day prior to the
date of election.
Any qualified person residing within the county or any portion thereof
subject to this Article may register or re-register with the county clerk.
Each county clerk shall appoint one or more registration or
re-registration teams for the purpose of accepting the registration or
re-registration of any voter who files an affidavit that he is physically
unable to appear at any appointed place of registration or re-registration.
Each team shall consist of one member of each political party having the
highest and second highest number of registered voters in the county. The
county clerk shall designate a team to visit each person with a disability and shall
accept the registration or re-registration of each such person as if he had
applied for registration or re-registration at the office of the county
clerk.
As used in this Article, "deputy registrars" and "registration
officers" mean any
person authorized to accept registrations of electors under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-6.1
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.1)
Sec. 4-6.1.
In addition to registration at the office of the county clerk,
and at the offices of municipal and township or road district clerks,
each county clerk shall provide for the following additional methods of
registration:
(1) the appointment of deputy registrars as provided | |
(2) the establishment of temporary places of
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Each county clerk may provide for precinct registration pursuant to Section
4-7.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-6.2
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all municipal and township
or road district clerks or their duly authorized deputies as deputy registrars
who may accept the registration of all qualified residents of the State.
The county clerk shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the county
as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of any qualified resident
of the State, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named persons as deputy
registrars upon the written request of such persons:
1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person | | designated by the chief librarian, of any public library situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the State, at such library.
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2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
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3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
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4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona
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5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide
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6. The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or
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7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
| | Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the Director and located at unemployment offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
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8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
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If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is denied, the
county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date the request is submitted,
provide the affected individual or organization with written notice setting
forth the specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to
be appointed as deputy registrar.
The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy registrars as he
considers necessary. The county clerk shall appoint such additional deputy
registrars in such manner that the convenience of the public is served,
giving due consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that there are an
equal number from each of the 2 major political parties in the election
jurisdiction. The county clerk, in appointing an additional deputy
registrar, shall make the appointment from a list of applicants submitted
by the Chair of the County Central Committee of the applicant's
political party. A Chair of a County Central Committee shall submit a
list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each year. The
county clerk may require a Chair of a County Central Committee to
furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time other than the 27
day period preceding an election. All persons appointed as deputy
registrars shall be registered voters within the county and shall take and
subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support
the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of deputy registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his personal
application before me.
............................
(Signature Deputy Registrar)"
This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by one of his
deputies, or by any person qualified to take acknowledgement of deeds and
shall immediately thereafter be filed with the county clerk.
Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section, except precinct committeepersons, shall be for 2-year terms, commencing on December 1 following
the general election of each even-numbered year; except that the terms of
the initial appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
general election. Appointments of precinct committeepersons shall be for 2-year
terms commencing on the date of the county convention following the general
primary at which they were elected. The county clerk shall issue a
certificate of appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
his office for public inspection a list of the names of all appointees.
(b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
convenient for both the county clerk and such appointees. The county clerk
shall be responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy registrars
appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy registrars appointed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to removal for cause.
(c)
Completed registration materials under the control of deputy registrars,
appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall be returned to the appointing election
authority by first-class mail within 2 business days or personal delivery within 7 days, except that completed registration materials
received by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars to
the appointing election authority within 48 hours after receipt thereof. The
completed registration materials received by the deputy registrars on the
28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
registrars
within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a),
not later than the next working day following the close of registration.
(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may
be, must provide any additional forms requested by any deputy registrar
regardless of the number of unaccounted registration forms the deputy registrar
may have in his or her possession.
(e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering or the promotion
of any cause during the performance of his or her duties.
(f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly liable for the
acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall
not be deemed to be employees of the county clerk.
(g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/4-6.3
(10 ILCS 5/4-6.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
Sec. 4-6.3.
The county clerk may establish a temporary place of registration
for such times and at such locations within the county as the county clerk
may select. Notice
of the time and place
of registration under this Section shall be published by the county
clerk in a newspaper
having a general circulation in the county not less than 3 nor
more than 15 days before the holding of such registration.
Temporary places of registration shall be established so
that the areas of concentration of population or use by the public are served,
whether by
facilities provided in places of private business or in public buildings
or in mobile units. Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
registration include, but are not limited to, facilities licensed or certified
pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, Soldiers' and Sailors'
Homes, shopping centers, business districts, public buildings and county fairs.
Temporary places of registration shall be available to the
public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000 population or
fraction thereof in the county.
All temporary places of registration shall be manned by deputy county
clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant to Section 4-6.2.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-7
(10 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-7)
Sec. 4-7.
In counties having a re-registration in 1969 and 1970, there
shall be 3 days of precinct re-registration in each precinct. The first of
such 3 days shall be Friday, November 21, 1969; the second, Friday,
December 19, 1969; and the third, Tuesday, January 15, 1970. In all
counties over 1,000,000 population, or in counties under 1,000,000
population if the county clerk determines to have precinct registration in
the county pursuant to Section 4-6.1 there shall be one day of precinct
registration preceding each regular election on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of even numbered years, on Saturday preceding the
Tuesday 6 weeks preceding the election. The county board shall have
authority to designate 2 days of registration in each precinct, in which
event the second day of precinct registration shall be 29 days before such
election. On each day of registration, the registration places shall be
opened at noon and remain open until 9:00 P.M. The provisions of Section
4-3 of this Article shall apply to the selection of places of registration
or re-registration under this Section.
At least 20 days prior to a precinct registration or re-registration,
the county clerk shall publish a notice of registration or re-registration,
giving the dates, hours and places of registration or re-registration, in a
newspaper of general circulation published in the county, if there is one,
or otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation in such county.
The election authorities shall issue credentials to registration day
pollwatchers in the manner and on the terms prescribed in Section 17-23
with respect to pollwatchers at elections. Registration day pollwatchers
shall be allowed to see the names and addresses of the people who have registered
during the course of the day.
No person shall, at any precinct registration or reregistration, do any
electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion
within any precinct registration place or within 30 feet thereof. Nothing
in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from being present
in or near any precinct registration place. All persons who register to
vote at any precinct registration place must be residents of the precinct
in which they register.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-8
(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient number of blank
forms for the registration of electors, which shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration record
cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter
provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
The registration record card shall contain the following and such
other information as the county clerk may think it proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial for such
middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or other location of
the dwelling, including the apartment, unit or room number, if any, and in the
case of a mobile home the lot number, and such additional clear and definite
description as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be determined by
street and number, then the section, congressional township and range
number may be used, or such other description as may be necessary,
including post-office mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual,
the individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct. This
information shall be furnished by the applicant stating the place or
places where he resided and the dates during which he resided in such
place or places during the year next preceding the date of the next
ensuing election.
Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last registered.
Electronic mail address, if any. Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink or digitized form to the affidavit on both the
original and duplicate registration record cards.
Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
the space provided on the back or at the bottom of the card or sheet;
and shall ask the following questions and record the answers thereto:
Father's first name.
Mother's first name.
From what address did the applicant last register?
Reason for inability to sign name.
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF .......
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election precinct in which I reside 30 days and
that I intend that this location shall be my residence; that
I am fully qualified to vote, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
..................................
Signature of registration officer. (To be signed in presence of registrant.)
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person registered
thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according to
precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for identification in
such manner as the county clerk may determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other records of the election authority during the period
beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the records but the election authority is not required to extend its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of such extended hours. Registration record
cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
cards, during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration
record cards shall also be open to inspection by certified judges and poll
watchers and challengers at the polling place on election day, but only to
the extent necessary to determine the question of the right of a person to
vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers or
challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
processing information containing voter registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed 27
days before the date of any regular or special election. Registration
information shall include, but not be limited to, the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any,
age, party affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township,
county, and representative, legislative and
congressional districts. In the event of noncompliance, the State
Board of Elections is directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting legal
proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which the election
authority maintains the registration information. The costs of furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a rate of $.00034 per
name of registered voters in the election jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the
State Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, discs, other
electronic data or compilations thereof to state political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political
committee and other than to a governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available for public view, including the name, address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing the list under this exception may not print, duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of
the tapes, discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
clerk to local political committees and governmental entities at their request and at a
reasonable cost.
Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The individual representing a political committee
requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide political purposes,
including by or for candidates for office or incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under any
circumstances by any political committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes
contain information on county residents related to the operations of
county government in addition to registration information, that
information shall not be used under any circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against using the computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October 1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing of voter registration information. The
regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to be employed
by the election authorities of this State in the electronic data processing
of voter registration information. Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing of voter registration information shall comply
with such regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in another
county within this State, he shall also sign a certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the following form:
To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) (city) and
that my residence was .
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize you to
cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
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(Signature of Voter)
Attest: ................, County Clerk, ............. County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately by the
County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority for cancellation of any previous
registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-8.01
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.01)
Sec. 4-8.01.
If an applicant for registration reports a permanent physical
disability which would require assistance in voting, the county clerk shall
mark all his registration cards in the right margin on the front of the
card with a band of ink running the full margin which shall be of contrast
to, and easily distinguishable from, the color of the card. If an applicant
for registration declares upon properly witnessed oath, with his signature
or mark affixed, that he cannot read the English language and that he will
require assistance in voting, all his registration cards shall be marked in
a manner similar to the marking on the cards of a voter who requires
assistance because of physical disability, except that the marking shall be
of a different distinguishing color. Following each election the cards of
any voter who has requested assistance as a voter with a disability, and has stated
that the disability is permanent, or who has received assistance because of
inability to read the English language, shall be marked in the same manner.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-8.02
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.02)
Sec. 4-8.02.
Upon the issuance of a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities as provided
in Section 19-12.1, the county clerk shall cause the identification number
of such card to be clearly noted on all the registration cards of such voter.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-8.03
(10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
Sec. 4-8.03.
The State Board of Elections shall design a registration
record card which, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall
be used in triplicate by all election authorities
in the State, except those election authorities adopting a computer-based
voter registration file authorized under Section 4-33. The Board shall prescribe the form and specifications, including
but not limited to the weight of paper, color and print of such cards.
Such cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required under
Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such cards shall also
contain a box or space for the applicant's social security number, which
shall be required to the extent allowed by law but in no case shall the
applicant provide fewer than the last 4 digits of the social security
number, and a box for
the applicant's telephone number, if available.
Except for those election authorities adopting a computer-based voter
registration file authorized under Section 4-33, the original and duplicate
cards shall respectively constitute the master
file and precinct binder registration records of the voter. A copy shall be given to the applicant upon completion of his or her
registration
or completed transfer of registration.
Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the same election
jurisdiction or to another election jurisdiction in the State, such voter
may transfer his or her registration by presenting his or her copy to the election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is not
in possession of or has lost his or her copy, he or she
may
effect a transfer of registration by executing an Affidavit of Cancellation
of Previous Registration.
In the case of a transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction,
the election authority shall transmit the voter's copy
or such
affidavit to the election authority of the voter's former election
jurisdiction, which shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
previous registration card to the voter's new election authority. No
transfer of registration to a new election jurisdiction shall be complete
until the voter's old election authority receives notification.
Deputy registrars shall return all copies of registration record cards or
Affidavits of
Cancellation of Previous Registration to the election authority within 7
working days after the receipt thereof, except that such copies
or
Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration received by the deputy
registrars between the 35th and 28th day preceding an election
shall be
returned by the deputy registrars to the election authority within 48 hours
after receipt. The deputy registrars shall return the copies or
Affidavits
of Cancellation of Previous Registration received by them on the 28th day
preceding an election to the election authority within 24 hours after receipt
thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-73, eff. 7-9-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-8.5 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.5) Sec. 4-8.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise provided by law, an individual who is 17 years old or older who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to serve as a deputy registrar.
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10 ILCS 5/4-9
(10 ILCS 5/4-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-9)
Sec. 4-9.
The county clerk shall fully instruct the registration officers
and deputy registration officers in their duties. Each registration officer
and deputy registration officer shall receipt to the county clerk for all
blank registration record cards issued to him, specifying therein the
number of the blanks received by him, and each registration officer and
deputy registration officer shall be charged with such blanks until he
returns them to the county clerk. If for any cause a blank registration
record card is mutilated or rendered unfit for use in making it out, or if
a mistake thereon has been made, such blank shall not be destroyed, but the
word "mutilated" shall be written across the face of such card, and the
card shall be returned to the county clerk and be preserved in the same
manner and for the same length of time as mutilated ballots. When each 1969
and 1970 precinct re-registration has been completed, each registration
officer shall certify the registration records in substantially the
following form:
"We, the undersigned registration officers or deputy registration officers
in the County of .... in the State of Illinois, do swear (or affirm) that at
the registration of electors on (insert date)
there was registered by us in the said election precinct the names which
appear on the registration records, and that the number of voters registered
and qualified was and is the number of ....
......................
......................
......................
Registration officers.
Date ................"
After completion of each 1969 and 1970 precinct re-registration each of
the officers of registration for such precinct shall place all registration
cards received by him, regardless of whether such cards have been unused,
filled out, executed or mutilated, in an envelope to be provided for that
purpose by the county clerk and shall seal such envelope with an official
wax impression seal and sign his name across the face of such envelope.
The judge of registration for such precinct shall include in the envelope
sealed by him the certification of the registration records hereinabove
required. The judge of registration for such precinct shall within 24 hours
after the close of re-registration make personal delivery of all envelopes
containing the re-registration cards for such precinct to the county clerk.
Other precinct registrations shall be certified and returned in the same
manner.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-10
(10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
Sec. 4-10.
Except as herein provided, no person shall be registered,
unless he applies in person to a registration officer, answers such
relevant questions as may be asked of him by the registration officer,
and executes the affidavit of registration. The registration officer shall
require the applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except in the
case of a homeless individual, one of which must include his or her residence
address. These forms of identification shall include, but not be limited to,
any of the following: driver's license, social security card, public aid
identification card, utility bill, employee or student identification card,
lease or contract for a residence, credit card, or a civic, union or professional association membership card.
The registration officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish
evidence of his or her use of the mailing address stated. This use may be
demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual and received at
that address or by a statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing
address. The registration officer shall require each applicant for
registration to read or have read to him the affidavit of registration
before permitting him to execute the affidavit.
One of the registration officers or a deputy registration officer,
county clerk, or clerk in the office of the county clerk, shall
administer to all persons who shall personally apply to register the
following oath or affirmation:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly
answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your name,
place of residence, place of birth, your qualifications as an elector
and your right as such to register and vote under the laws of the State
of Illinois."
The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each applicant
for registration is qualified to register before registering him. If the
registration officer has reason to believe that the applicant is a resident
of a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, the following question shall be put,
"When you entered the home which is your present address, was it your bona
fide intention to become a resident thereof?" Any voter of a township, city,
village or incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
permitted to be present at the place of any precinct registration and shall
have the right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.
In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is qualified
he shall forthwith notify such applicant in writing to appear before the
county clerk to complete his registration. Upon the card of such
applicant shall be written the word "incomplete" and no such applicant
shall be permitted to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily
completed as hereinafter provided. No registration shall be taken and
marked as incomplete if information to complete it can be furnished on
the date of the original application.
Any person claiming to be an elector in any election precinct and
whose registration card is marked "Incomplete" may make and sign an
application in writing, under oath, to the county clerk in substance in
the following form:
"I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on (insert date) make
application to the board of registry of the .... precinct of the township of
.... (or to the county clerk of .... county) and that said board or clerk
refused to complete my registration as a qualified voter in said
precinct. That I reside in said precinct, that I intend to reside in said
precinct, and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and am entitled to be
registered to vote in said precinct at the next election.
(Signature of applicant) ............................."
All such applications shall be presented to the county clerk or to
his duly authorized representative by the applicant, in person between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day after the days on
which the 1969 and 1970 precinct re-registrations are held but not on
any day within 27 days preceding the ensuing general election and
thereafter for the registration provided in Section 4-7 all such
applications shall be presented to the county clerk or his duly
authorized representative by the applicant in person between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior to 27 days preceding the
ensuing general election. Such application shall be heard by the county
clerk or his duly authorized representative at the time the application
is presented. If the applicant for registration has registered with the
county clerk, such application may be presented to and heard by the
county clerk or by his duly authorized representative upon the dates
specified above or at any time prior thereto designated by the county clerk.
Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his county of
residence either due to business of the United States or because he is
temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States may
become registered by mailing an application to the county clerk within
the periods of registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
application for registration by mail and vote by mail ballot as provided in
Article 20 of this Code.
Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall immediately
mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall
contain the following and such other information as the State Board of
Elections may think it proper to require for the identification of the
applicant:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial for such
middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or other
location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and definite
description as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be determined by
street and number, then the Section, congressional township and range
number may be used, or such other information as may be necessary,
including post office mailing address.
Electronic mail address, if the registrant has provided this information. Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the precinct.
Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place and date of naturalization.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Out of State address of ..........................
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of ...........) )ss County of ..........)
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States;
that on the day of the next election I shall have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election precinct 30 days; that I am
fully qualified to vote, that I am not registered to vote anywhere else
in the United States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of
Illinois and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the State
of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to administer
oaths, on (insert date).
........................................
Signature of officer administering oath.
Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of Registration, the
county clerk shall transfer the information contained thereon to
duplicate Registration Cards provided for in Section 4-8 of this Article
and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the duplicate affidavit of
registration and thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
constitute the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
for registration in person.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/4-11
(10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
Sec. 4-11.
At least 2 weeks prior to the general November election in
each even numbered year and the consolidated election in
each odd-numbered
year the county clerk shall cause a list to be made for each precinct of
all names upon the registration record cards not marked or erased, in
alphabetical
order, with the address, provided, that such list may be arranged
geographically,
by street and number, in numerical order, with respect to all precincts
in which all, or substantially all residences of voters therein shall be
located upon and numbered along streets, avenues, courts, or other highways
which are either named or numbered, upon direction either of the county
board or of the circuit court. On the list, the county clerk shall indicate,
by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names of all persons who have
registered since the last regularly scheduled election in the consolidated
schedule of elections established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act. The county
clerk shall cause such precinct lists to be printed
or typed in sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable demands, and
upon application a copy of the same shall be given to any person applying
therefor. By such time, the county clerk shall give the precinct lists
to the chair of a county central committee of an established political
party, as such party is defined in Section 10-2 of this Act, or to the chair's
duly authorized representative. Within 30 days of the effective date of
this Amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall give the precinct lists
compiled prior to the general November election of 1982 to the chair
of county central committee of an established political party or to the chair's
duly authorized representative.
Prior to the opening of the polls for other elections, the county clerk
shall transmit or deliver to the judges of election of each polling place
a corrected list of registered voters in the precinct, or the names of persons
added to and erased or withdrawn from the list for such precinct. At other
times such list, currently corrected, shall be kept available for public
inspection in the office of the county clerk.
Within 60 days after each general election the county
clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on the list of
registered voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at that general
election, and shall provide a copy of such list to the chair of the county
central committee of each established political party or to the chair's
duly authorized representative.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, the
county clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on the
list of registered voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at
the general election of 1982, and shall provide a copy of such coded list
to the chair
of the county central committee of each established political party or to
the chair's duly authorized representative.
The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
cost of duplicating
each copy of a list provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/4-12
(10 ILCS 5/4-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-12)
Sec. 4-12.
Any voter or voters in the township, city, village or
incorporated town containing such precinct, and any precinct committeeperson
in the county, may, between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to the
week in which the 1970 primary election for the nomination of candidates
for State and county offices or any election thereafter is to be held, make
application in writing, to the county clerk, to have any name upon the
register of any precinct erased. Such application shall be, in substance,
in the words and figures following:
"I being a qualified voter, registered from No. .... Street in the ....
precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town of) .... (or of the
.... town of ....) do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that ....
registered from No. .... Street is not a qualified voter in the ....
precinct of .... ward of the city (village or town) of .... (or of the ....
town of ....) and hence I ask that his name be erased from the register of
such precinct for the following reason .....
Affiant further says that he has personal knowledge of the facts set
forth in the above affidavit.
(Signed) .....
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
....
....
....."
Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant before
the county clerk or any deputy authorized by the county clerk for that
purpose, and filed with said clerk. Thereupon notice of such application,
and of the time and place of hearing thereon, with a demand to appear
before the county clerk and show cause why his name shall not be erased
from said register, shall be mailed, in an envelope duly stamped and
directed to such person at the address upon said register, at least four
days before the day fixed in said notice to show cause. If such person has provided the election authority with an e-mail address, then the election authority shall also send the same notice by electronic mail at least 4 days before the day fixed in said notice to show cause.
A like notice shall be mailed to the person or persons making the
application to have the name upon such register erased to appear and show
cause why said name should be erased, the notice to set out the day and
hour of such hearing. If the voter making such application fails to appear
before said clerk at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the said
notice or fails to show cause why the name upon such register shall be
erased, the application to erase may be dismissed by the county clerk.
Any voter making the application is privileged from arrest while
presenting it to the county clerk, and while going to and from the office
of the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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