Chapter 10, ELECTIONS

(10 ILCS 5/4-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-28) Sec. 4-28. During the hours of registration or revision of registration no person shall bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring, take or send into any place of registration or revision of registration, any distilled or …

(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, ord…

(10 ILCS 5/4-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-30) Sec. 4-30. The county clerk on his own initiative or upon order of the county board shall at all times have authority to conduct investigation and to make canvasses of the registered voters in any precinct canvass or at other times and by…

(10 ILCS 5/4-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-31) Sec. 4-31. In any county in which there is a municipality under the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, the county clerk and his appointed deputy registrars shall accept the registration of qualified persons residing within…

(10 ILCS 5/4-33) Sec. 4-33. Computerization of voter records. (a) The State Board of Elections shall design a registration record card that, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election authorities in the State adopting a computer-based…

(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 an…

(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 regist…

(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 e…

(10 ILCS 5/4-50) Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and for change of address during the period from the close of registration for an election…

(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 ho…

(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) t…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 conta…

(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…

(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 registrat…

(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 authori…

(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. (Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18…

(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 registrati…

(10 ILCS 120/5-1) Sec. 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. All references in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article. (Source: P.A. 96-1541, eff. 3-7-11.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-1) Sec. 5-1. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person residing in a county containing a population of 500,000 or more, to vote at any election, unless such person is at the time of such election a registered voter un…

(10 ILCS 120/5-10) Sec. 5-10. General Assembly Redistricting Act of 2011; compliance. The General Assembly Redistricting Act of 2011 complies with all of the requirements of this Act. (Source: P.A. 97-6, eff. 6-3-11.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-10) Sec. 5-10. The two Deputy Registrars provided by this Article 5 for re-registration in each precinct shall be the canvassers of the precinct for which they are appointed. The County Clerk shall furnish to each Deputy Registrar a blank boo…

(10 ILCS 5/5-105) Sec. 5-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the first time in person and not a vote by mail ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the e…

(10 ILCS 5/5-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-11) Sec. 5-11. Upon the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday following the last day of precinct registration, if so much time is required, the two Deputy Registrars shall go together and canvass the precinct for which they have been appointed, call…

(10 ILCS 5/5-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-12) Sec. 5-12. Immediately upon the completion of canvass, said canvassers, or one of them, shall sign a notice and send the same through the United States mail, duly stamped, to the address given on the verification books, or in the case of …

(10 ILCS 5/5-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-13) Sec. 5-13. The canvassers, or one of them, shall prepare a list of the names of the parties designated as aforesaid, and to whom such notice has been sent, given, or left at the address, and make and attach his, or their affidavit or affi…

(10 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-14) Sec. 5-14. Either of the canvassers shall, at the end of the canvass, return the "Verification Lists" to the County Clerk and a certificate of the correctness of such return. Immediately after receipt of such Verification Lists, the Count…

(10 ILCS 120/5-15) Sec. 5-15. General Assembly Redistricting Act of 2021; compliance. The General Assembly Redistricting Act of 2021, as enacted by Public Act 102-10 and as amended by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, complies with all of the requirements of this…

(10 ILCS 5/5-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-15) Sec. 5-15. Any voter or voters in the township, city, village, or incorporated town containing such precinct, and any precinct committeeperson in the county, may, between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and six o'clock p.m. of the Monday a…

(10 ILCS 5/5-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16) Sec. 5-16. A docket of all applications to the County Clerk, whether such application shall be made for the purpose of being registered, or restored, or for the purpose of erasing a name on the register or for completing registration shal…

(10 ILCS 5/5-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.1) Sec. 5-16.1. In addition to registration at the office of the county clerk and at the offices of municipal and township clerks, each county subject to this Article shall provide for the following methods of registration: (1) The appoi…

(10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2) Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of all qualified residents of the State. The county clerk shall a…

(10 ILCS 5/5-16.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3) Sec. 5-16.3. The county clerk may establish temporary places of registration for such times and at such locations within the county as the county clerk may select. Notice of time and place of registration at any such temporary place o…

(10 ILCS 5/5-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-17) Sec. 5-17. If the county clerk determines, as provided in Section 5-16.1, to have precinct registration in the county, the board of county commissioners shall, prior to any general state election held in the month of November of any even …

(10 ILCS 5/5-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-18) Sec. 5-18. At least 20 days prior to the precinct registration under Section 5-6 of this Article 5, and at least 20 days prior to any registration that may be provided under Section 5-17 of this Article 5, the County Clerk shall publish a…

(10 ILCS 5/5-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-19) Sec. 5-19. Only persons residing within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town wherein this Article 5 is in effect, shall be permitted to register in the office of the clerk of the respective city, village or incorpo…

(10 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-2) Sec. 5-2. No person shall be entitled to be registered in and from any precinct unless such person shall by the date of the election next following have resided in the State and within the precinct 30 days and be otherwise qualified to vote…

(10 ILCS 5/5-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-20) Sec. 5-20. Registrations under the above section shall be made in the manner provided by sections 5-7 and 5-9, but electors whose registrations are marked "Incomplete" may make the applications provided by section 5-9 only on Monday and T…

(10 ILCS 5/5-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-21) Sec. 5-21. To each person who registers at the office of the county, city, village, incorporated town or town clerk, or any place designated by the Board of County Commissioners under Section 5-17 of Article 5 and within five days thereaf…

(10 ILCS 5/5-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-22) Sec. 5-22. As soon as possible after the precinct registration held under section 5-6 and again after the registrations provided by section 5-17 of this article 5, the County Clerk shall require all city, village and incorporated town cle…

(10 ILCS 5/5-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-23) Sec. 5-23. Any registered voter who changes his residence from one address, number or place to another within the same county wherein this Article 5 is in effect, may have his registration transferred to his new address by making and sign…

(10 ILCS 5/5-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-24) Sec. 5-24. Following the general election occurring in November of 1944 and following the November election every four years thereafter, the county clerk shall examine the registration record and shall send to every voter who has not vote…

(10 ILCS 5/5-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25) Sec. 5-25. The county clerk on his own initiative or upon order of the board of county commissioners shall at all times have authority to conduct investigation and to make canvasses of the registered voters in any precinct canvass or at o…

(10 ILCS 5/5-25.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25.01) Sec. 5-25.01. Each registered voter lacking a permanent abode shall be canvassed by the county clerk before each election. The canvass shall be by mail sent not later than 49 days preceding the election to the mailing address listed…

(10 ILCS 5/5-25.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25.1) Sec. 5-25.1. In any county in which there is a municipality under the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, the county clerk and his appointed deputy registrars shall accept the registration of qualified persons residing …

(10 ILCS 5/5-26) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-26) Sec. 5-26. If either of the original or duplicate registration cards, or all of any elector shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated in whole or in part, the county clerk shall prepare 2 new registration cards, an original and a duplicate an…

(10 ILCS 5/5-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-28) Sec. 5-28. The original registration record cards shall remain permanently in the office of the county clerk or election authority except as destroyed as provided in Section 5-6; shall be filed alphabetically without regard to precincts; …

(10 ILCS 5/5-28.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-28.1) Sec. 5-28.1. For use in connection with referenda and the nonpartisan and consolidated elections, each election authority shall maintain permanent records of the boundaries of all political subdivisions partially or wholly within its …