Bill Text: IL SB2240 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that an applicant for voter registration shall provide a valid and unexpired driver's license; social security card; public aid identification card; utility bill; lease or contract for a residence; civic, union, or professional association membership card; United States passport; or any other form of identification or documentation issued by the federal, State, or unit of local government that contains the applicant's residential address. Provides that the affidavits required for voter registration include additional affirmations concerning the residency of the applicant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-25 - Assigned to Executive [SB2240 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2240-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2240 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/4-8 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8
10 ILCS 5/4-10 from Ch. 46, par. 4-10
10 ILCS 5/5-7 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7
10 ILCS 5/5-9 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9
10 ILCS 5/6-29 from Ch. 46, par. 6-29
10 ILCS 5/6-35 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35
10 ILCS 5/6-37 from Ch. 46, par. 6-37
Amends the Election Code. Provides that an applicant for voter registration shall provide a valid and unexpired driver's license; social security card; public aid identification card; utility bill; lease or contract for a residence; civic, union, or professional association membership card; United States passport; or any other form of identification or documentation issued by the federal, State, or unit of local government that contains the applicant's residential address. Provides that the affidavits required for voter registration include additional affirmations concerning the residency of the applicant.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 4-8, 4-10, 5-7, 5-9, 6-29, 6-35, and 6-37 as follows:
(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.

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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.

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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

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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 regard this location as
my home; that I have no intention of returning to a former
residence following the next election; that I have no other
home to return to in case of sickness or other affliction; 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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was .
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
.................................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election
commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full
authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
Sec. 4-10. Except as herein provided, no person shall be

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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 if
valid and unexpired: 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; United States passport; or any
other form of identification or documentation issued by the
federal, State, or unit of local government that contains the
applicant's residential address. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 regard this location as my
home, that I have no intention of returning to a former
residence following the next election, that I have no other
home to return to in case of sickness or other affliction, 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;

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98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff.
7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
duplicate.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the
lot number, and such additional clear and definite description

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as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
address shall be included on his or her registration record
card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
days in the precinct.
Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.
Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink

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or digitized form to the affidavit on the original and
duplicate registration record card.
Signature of Deputy Registrar.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
description of the applicant in the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
questions and record the answers thereto:
Father's first name .......................
Mother's first name .......................
From what address did you last register?
Reason for inability to sign name.
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois)
)ss
County of )
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I regard this location
as my home; that I have no intention of returning to a former
residence following the next election; that I have no other
home to return to in case of sickness or other affliction; that

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I am fully qualified to vote. That I intend that this location
shall be my residence and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................................
Signature of Registration Officer.
(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the
case may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority
shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
and other records of the election authority during the period
beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of

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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.

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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

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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

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circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the
computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.

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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was .....
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election
commission as the case may be) where the applicant was
formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full
authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9)
Sec. 5-9. Except as herein provided, no person shall be
registered unless he applies in person to registration
officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of
him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit of
registration. The registration officer shall require the
applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except
in the case of a homeless individual, one of which must include
his or her residence address. These forms of identification
shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following if
valid and unexpired: driver's license; , social security card;

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, 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; United States passport; or any
other form of identification or documentation issued by the
federal, State, or unit of local government that contains the
applicant's residential address. The registration officer
shall require a homeless individual to furnish evidence of his
or her use of the mailing address stated. This use may be
demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual
and received at that address or by a statement from a person
authorizing use of the mailing address. The registration
officer shall require each applicant for registration to read
or have read to him the affidavit of registration before
permitting him to execute the affidavit.
One of the Deputy Registrars, the Judge of Registration,
or an Officer of Registration, County Clerk, or clerk in the
office of the County Clerk, shall administer to all persons
who shall personally apply to register the following oath or
affirmation:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and
truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching
your place of residence, name, place of birth, your
qualifications as an elector and your right as such to
register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
The Registration Officer shall satisfy himself that each

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applicant for registration is qualified to register before
registering him. If the registration officer has reason to
believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care
Act, or the MC/DD Act, the following question shall be put,
"When you entered the home which is your present address, was
it your bona fide intention to become a resident thereof?" Any
voter of a township, city, village or incorporated town in
which such applicant resides, shall be permitted to be present
at the place of precinct registration, and shall have the
right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.
In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is
qualified, he shall forthwith in writing notify such applicant
to appear before the County Clerk to furnish further proof of
his qualifications. Upon the card of such applicant shall be
written the word "Incomplete" and no such applicant shall be
permitted to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily
completed as hereinafter provided. No registration shall be
taken and marked as "incomplete" if information to complete it
can be furnished on the date of the original application.
Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
precinct in such township, city, village or incorporated town
and whose registration is marked "Incomplete" may make and
sign an application in writing, under oath, to the County

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Clerk in substance in the following form:
"I do solemnly swear that I, .........., did on (insert
date) make application to the Board of Registry of the
........ precinct of ........ ward of the City of .... or of
the ......... District ......... Town of .......... (or to the
County Clerk of .............) and ............ County; that
said Board or Clerk refused to complete my registration as a
qualified voter in said precinct, that I reside in said
precinct (or that I intend to reside in said precinct), am a
duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at
the next election.
...........................
(Signature of Applicant)"
All such applications shall be presented to the County
Clerk by the applicant, in person between the hours of nine
o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of
the third week subsequent to the weeks in which the 1961 and
1962 precinct re-registrations are to be held, and thereafter
for the registration provided in Section 5-17 of this Article,
all such applications shall be presented to the County Clerk
by the applicant in person between the hours of nine o'clock
a.m. and nine o'clock p.m. on Monday and Tuesday of the third
week prior to the date on which such election is to be held.
Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
county of residence either due to business of the United
States or because he is temporarily outside the territorial

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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.

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Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
naturalization.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Out of State address of ..........................
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of .........)
)ss
County of ........)
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois for 6 months and in the
election precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote,
that I am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United
States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of
Illinois and of the election precinct, that I regard this
location as my home, that I have no intention of returning to a
former residence following the next election, that I have no
other home to return to in case of sickness or other
affliction, 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

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administer oaths, on (insert date).
........................................
Signature of officer administering oath.
Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
contained thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided for
in Section 5-7 of this Article and shall attach thereto a copy
of each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
constitute the registration of such person the same as if he
had applied for registration in person.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 10-1-13;
98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff.
7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
Sec. 6-29. For the purpose of registering voters under
this Article, the office of the Board of Election
Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last four
Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
registration preceding each election, and such other days and
such other times as the board may direct. During the 27 days
immediately preceding any election there shall be no
registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election

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Commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
fewer than 200,000 inhabitants. In cities, villages and
incorporated towns of 200,000 or more inhabitants, there shall
be no registration of voters at the office of the Board of
Election Commissioners during the 35 days immediately
preceding any election; provided, however, where no precinct
registration is being conducted prior to any election then
registration may be taken in the office of the Board up to and
including the 28th day prior to such election. The Board of
Election Commissioners may set up and establish as many branch
offices for the purpose of taking registrations as it may deem
necessary, and the branch offices may be open on any or all
dates and hours during which registrations may be taken in the
main office. All officers and employees of the Board of
Election Commissioners who are authorized by such board to
take registrations under this Article shall be considered
officers of the circuit court, and shall be subject to the same
control as is provided by Section 14-5 of this Act with respect
to judges of election.
In any election called for the submission of the revision
or alteration of, or the amendments to the Constitution,
submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
registration at the office of the election authority charged
with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
15th day prior to the date of election.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or

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more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
each team, for the purpose of accepting the registration of
any voter who files an affidavit, within the period for taking
registrations provided for in this Article, that he is
physically unable to appear at the office of the Board or at
any appointed place of registration. On the day or days when a
precinct registration is being conducted such teams shall
consist of one member from each of the 2 leading political
parties who are serving on the Precinct Registration Board.
Each team so designated shall visit each person with a
disability and shall accept the registration of such person
the same as if he had applied for registration in person.
Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
county of residence due to business of the United States, or
who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
the United States, may make application to become registered
by mail to the Board of Election Commissioners within the
periods for registration provided for in this Article or by
simultaneous application for registration by mail and vote by
mail ballot as provided in Article 20 of this Code.
Upon receipt of such application the Board of Election
Commissioners shall immediately mail an affidavit of
registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain the
following and such other information as the State Board of
Elections may think it proper to require for the
identification of the applicant:

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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.

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County of ........)
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I am
not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
that I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois,
and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to
administer oaths, on (insert date).
........................................
Signature of officer administering oath.
Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
Registration, the Board of Election Commissioners shall
transfer the information contained thereon to duplicate
Registration Cards provided for in Section 6-35 of this
Article and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the
duplicate affidavit of registration and thereafter such
registration card and affidavit shall constitute the
registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
registration in person.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15;
99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

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(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the
registration of electors which shall be known as registration
record cards and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or
cards, of suitable size to contain in plain writing and
figures the data hereinafter required thereon or shall consist
of computer cards of suitable nature to contain the data
required thereon. The registration record cards, which shall
include an affidavit of registration as hereinafter provided,
shall be executed in duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a
carbon copy of the original or a copy of the original made by
the use of other method or material used for making
simultaneous true copies or duplications.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the Board of Election
Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
identification of the applicant for registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the

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lot number, and such additional clear and definite description
as may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
address shall be included on his or her registration record
card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct.
Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when the applicant presented himself for
registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.
Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink

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or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and the
duplicate registration record card.
Signature of deputy registrar.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
shall ask the following questions and record the answers
thereto:
Father's first name .........................
Mother's first name .........................
From what address did you last register? ....
Reason for inability to sign name ...........
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois )
)ss
County of ....... )
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
residence; that I regard this location as my home; that I have
no intention of returning to a former residence following the
next election; that I have no other home to return to in case

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of sickness or other affliction; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
......................................
Signature of registration officer
(to be signed in presence of registrant).
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the
Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority
shall extend its hours for inspection of registration cards
and other records of the election authority during the period
beginning with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10,
8-8, 10-6 or 28-3 and continuing through the termination of
electoral board hearings on any objections to petitions
containing signatures of registered voters in the jurisdiction

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of the election authority. The extension shall be for a period
of hours sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for
examination of the records but the election authority is not
required to extend its hours beyond the period beginning at
its normal opening for business and ending at midnight. If the
business hours are so extended, the election authority shall
post a public notice of such extended hours. Registration
record cards may also be inspected, upon approval of the
officer in charge of the cards, during the 27 days immediately
preceding any election. Registration record cards shall also
be open to inspection by certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the polling place on election day, but only
to the extent necessary to determine the question of the right
of a person to vote or to serve as a judge of election. At no
time shall poll watchers or challengers be allowed to
physically handle the registration record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or
other electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and
May 15 each year and within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the State Board. For the purposes of this
Section, a registration period is closed 27 days before the
date of any regular or special election. Registration
information shall include, but not be limited to, the

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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,

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shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the
Springfield office of the State Board of Elections, during
normal business hours other than during the 27 days before an
election, but the person viewing the list under this exception
may not print, duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies
of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be
furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to local
political committees and governmental entities at their
request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the
tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost of
duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
representing a political committee requesting copies of such
tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
any circumstances by any political committee or individuals
for purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. If such tapes contain information on county
residents related to the operations of county government in
addition to registration information, that information shall
not be used under any circumstances for commercial

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solicitation or other business purposes. The prohibition in
this Section against using the computer tapes or computer
discs or other electronic data processing information
containing voter registration information for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act
of 1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform medium, communications protocol and file structure to
be employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.

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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your
(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City
of...., Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the
applicant was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate
shall be full authority for cancellation of any previous
registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-37)
Sec. 6-37. Except as otherwise provided for in Section
6-29 of this Article, no person shall be registered unless he
applies in person to a registration officer, answers such
relevant questions as may be asked of him by the registration
officer, and executes the affidavit of registration. The
registration officer shall require the applicant to furnish
two forms of identification, and except in the case of a
homeless individual, one of which must include his or her

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residence address. These forms of identification shall
include, but not be limited to, any of the following if valid
and unexpired: 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; United States passport; or any
other form of identification or documentation issued by the
federal, State, or unit of local government that contains the
applicant's residential address. The registration officer
shall require a homeless individual to furnish evidence of his
or her use of the mailing address stated. This use may be
demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual
and received at that address or by a statement from a person
authorizing use of the mailing address. The registration
officer shall require each applicant for registration to read
or have read to him the affidavit of registration before
permitting him to execute the affidavit.
The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each
applicant for registration is qualified to register before
registering him. Any voter of the ward, village or
incorporated town in which such applicant resides, shall be
permitted to be present at the place of registration, and
shall have the right to challenge any applicant who applies to
be registered.
In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is

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qualified he shall forthwith in writing notify such applicant
to appear before the board of election commissioners to
furnish further proof of his qualification. Upon the card of
such applicant shall be written the word "incomplete" and no
such applicant shall be permitted to vote unless such
registration is satisfactorily completed as hereinafter
provided.
Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
precinct in such city, village or incorporated town and whose
registration is marked "incomplete" may make and sign an
application in writing, under oath, to the board of election
commissioners in substance in the following form:
"I do solemnly swear that I,.... did on .... make
application to the board of registry of the .... precinct of
.... ward of the city of ....(or to the board of election
commissioners of ....) and that said board refused to complete
my registration as a qualified voter in said precinct, that I
reside in said precinct, that I regard this location as my
home, that I have no intention of returning to a former
residence following the next election, that I have no other
home to return to in case of sickness or other affliction, and
I am a duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in said
precinct at the next election.
....(Signature of Applicant)"
In all cities, villages or incorporated towns having a
population of less than 200,000 all such applications shall be

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presented to the board of election commissioners by the
applicant, in person, between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.,
and five o'clock p.m. on Tuesday or Wednesday of the second
week prior to the week in which such election is to be held,
and in all municipalities having a population of more than
200,000 and having a board of election commissioners and in
all cities, villages and incorporated towns within the
jurisdiction of such board, all such applications shall be
presented to the board of election commissioners by the
applicant, in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.
and five o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of the third week
prior to the week in which such election is to be held.
(Source: P.A. 96-317, eff. 1-1-10.)