Chapter 10, ELECTIONS

(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 Saturday…

(10 ILCS 5/6-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-3) Sec. 6-3. The circuit court shall give at least 60 days notice of such election by publishing such notice in one or more newspapers published within such city, for at least 5 times, the first publication to be at least 60 days before the da…

(10 ILCS 5/6-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-30) Sec. 6-30. If any city, village or incorporated town adopts and becomes entitled to the benefits of this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act, after the date for the first registration hereunder, registration therein shall be gove…

(10 ILCS 5/6-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-31) Sec. 6-31. In addition to the registration authorized at the office of the Board of Election Commissioners, there shall be two days of registration in each precinct preceding the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Mo…

(10 ILCS 5/6-31.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-31.1) Sec. 6-31.1. For use in connection with referenda and the nonpartisan and consolidated elections, each election authority shall maintain permanent records of the boundaries of all political subdivisions partially or wholly within its …

(10 ILCS 5/6-32) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-32) Sec. 6-32. The deputy registrars and judges of registration provided for by Section 6-30 of this Article shall be selected by the Board of Election Commissioners in the manner and for the same term provided for judges of election by Secti…

(10 ILCS 5/6-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-34) Sec. 6-34. One of the deputy registrars, the judge of registration or an officer or clerk in the office of the board of election commissioners authorized to administer oaths, shall administer to all persons who shall personally apply to r…

(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 …

(10 ILCS 5/6-35.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.01) Sec. 6-35.01. If an applicant for registration reports a permanent physical disability which would require assistance in voting, the board of election commissioners shall mark all his registration cards in the right margin on the fr…

(10 ILCS 5/6-35.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.02) Sec. 6-35.02. Upon the issuance of a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities as provided in Section 19-12.1, the board of election commissioners shall cause the identification number of such card to be clearly note…

(10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03) Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a registration record card which, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election authorities in the State, except those election auth…

(10 ILCS 5/6-35.5) Sec. 6-35.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise provided by law, an individual who is 17 years old or older who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to serve as a deputy registrar. (Source: P.A. 99-722, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-…

(10 ILCS 5/6-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-36) Sec. 6-36. The board of election commissioners shall supply deputy registrars and judges of registration with registration forms and shall fully instruct them in their duties. Each deputy registrar and judge of registration shall receipt …

(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 o…

(10 ILCS 5/6-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-38) Sec. 6-38. The 2 deputy registrars provided by this Article 6 for registration in each precinct preceding the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, and for the last day of registration provided…

(10 ILCS 5/6-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-39) Sec. 6-39. Upon the Wednesday and Thursday following the last day of registration, and upon the Wednesday and Thursday following the last day of precinct registration provided for in Section 6-49.1 of this Article, if so much time is requ…

(10 ILCS 5/6-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-4) Sec. 6-4. At such election the ballots, so far as they relate to this act, shall be written or printed in the following form: "For city election law" or "Against city election law." (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-40) Sec. 6-40. Where verification lists are furnished to the canvassers by the Board of Election Commissioners, immediately upon completion of the canvass, the canvassers, or one of them, shall file with the Board of Election Commissioners th…

(10 ILCS 5/6-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-41) Sec. 6-41. The canvassers, or one of them, shall prepare a list of the names of the parties designated as aforesaid, and to whom such notice has been sent, given, or left at the address, and make and attach his or their affidavit or affid…

(10 ILCS 5/6-42) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-42) Sec. 6-42. With respect to those who register at the office of the Board of Election Commissioners preceding the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, as provided by Section 6-29 of this Articl…

(10 ILCS 5/6-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-43) Sec. 6-43. Immediately after the completion of the revision by the Board of Election Commissioners, the board shall cause copies to be made of all names upon the registration record cards not marked or erased, with the address, and shall …

(10 ILCS 5/6-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-44) Sec. 6-44. Any voter or voters in the ward, village or incorporated town containing such precinct, and any precinct committeeperson in the county, may, between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and six p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the secon…

(10 ILCS 5/6-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-45) Sec. 6-45. A docket of all applications to said board of election commissioners, whether such application shall be made for the purpose of being registered or restored, or for the purpose of erasing a name on the register or for completin…

(10 ILCS 5/6-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-46) Sec. 6-46. The circuit court of the county in which such city, village or incorporated town shall be located, shall, on Friday and Saturday of the week prior to the week in which such election is to be held, especially sit to hear such ap…

(10 ILCS 5/6-47) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-47) Sec. 6-47. In case said court shall refuse any such application, an order shall be entered accordingly on the Wednesday following the session of the court held for the purpose aforesaid. Appeals may be taken as in other civil cases. (Sour…

(10 ILCS 5/6-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-48) Sec. 6-48. A supplemental list of all persons whose registration shall have been ordered restored or completed by order of the board of election commissioners or by order of the circuit court, under Sections 6-45 and 6-46 of this Article,…

(10 ILCS 5/6-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-49) Sec. 6-49. The registration hereinabove provided preceding the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, shall constitute a permanent registration, subject to revision and alteration in the manner hereinafter provided. Howev…

(10 ILCS 5/6-49.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-49.1) Sec. 6-49.1. In municipalities of 500,000 or more inhabitants having a Board of Election Commissioners and in all cities, villages and incorporated towns under the jurisdiction of such Board of Election Commissioners there shall be 3 …

(10 ILCS 5/6-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-5) Sec. 6-5. The ballot upon such proposition in the form aforesaid must be printed or written at the bottom of the ticket containing the names of candidates for public offices at such election who are voted for by any elector. (Source: Laws 1…

(10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50) Sec. 6-50. The office of the board of election commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of registrat…

(10 ILCS 5/6-50.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.1) Sec. 6-50.1. In addition to registration at the office of the board of election commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall provide the following methods of registration: (1) The appointment of deputy registrars as provid…

(10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2) Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State, except during t…

(10 ILCS 5/6-50.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3) Sec. 6-50.3. The board of election commissioners may establish temporary places of registration for such times and at such locations as the board may select. Notice of the time and place of registration at any such temporary place of …

(10 ILCS 5/6-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-51) Sec. 6-51. Prior to any election the board of election commissioners may, in the manner provided by this Section, designate convenient places in the city, village or incorporated town for the registration of voters. A list of such places …

(10 ILCS 5/6-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-52) Sec. 6-52. Registration under Sections 6-49.1, 6-50, 6-50.2, 6-50.3 and 6-51 of this Article shall be made in the manner provided by Sections 6-34, 6-35 and 6-37 of this Article. With respect to registrations at the office of the Board of…

(10 ILCS 5/6-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-53) Sec. 6-53. Any registered elector who changes his residence from one address number or place to another within the same precinct, city or village or incorporated town, may have his registration transferred to his new address by making and…

(10 ILCS 5/6-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-54) Sec. 6-54. Any registered voter who changes his or her name by marriage or otherwise, shall be required to register anew and authorize the cancellation of the previous registration; provided, however, that if the change of name takes plac…

(10 ILCS 5/6-55) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-55) Sec. 6-55. The board of election commissioners shall obtain the reports provided for by sections 6-61 and 6-62 of this Article and shall cancel the registration of criminals and of deceased persons whose names are reported to it. (Source:…

(10 ILCS 5/6-56) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-56) Sec. 6-56. Not more than 30 nor less than 28 days before any election under this Article, all owners, managers, administrators or operators of hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, furnished apartments or facilities licensed or certifie…

(10 ILCS 5/6-57) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-57) Sec. 6-57. To each person who registers at the office of the board of election commissioners or at any place designated by such board under Section 6-51 of this Article, after the first registration under this Article, the board shall sen…

(10 ILCS 5/6-58) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-58) Sec. 6-58. Following each general election occurring in November of even numbered years, beginning in 1940, the board of election commissioners shall examine the registration records and shall send to every voter who has not voted during …

(10 ILCS 5/6-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59) Sec. 6-59. The Board of Election Commissioners on its own initiative, or upon order of the circuit court, shall at all times have authority to conduct investigations and to make canvasses of the registered voters in any precinct or precin…

(10 ILCS 5/6-59.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59.01) Sec. 6-59.01. Each registered voter lacking a permanent abode shall be canvassed by the board of election commissioners before each election. The canvass shall be by mail sent not later than 49 days preceding the election to the mai…

(10 ILCS 5/6-59.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59.1) Sec. 6-59.1. The board of election commissioners and its appointed deputy registrars shall accept the registration of any qualified person residing in the county in which the municipality under the jurisdiction of such board is situat…

(10 ILCS 5/6-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-6) Sec. 6-6. The judges of such election shall canvass the ballots so cast for or against such proposition. They shall count in favor of said proposition all ballots, "For city election law" and they shall count against such proposition all ba…

(10 ILCS 5/6-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-60) Sec. 6-60. Immediately after the last registration day before any election, except as is otherwise provided in Section 6-43 of this Article, the board of election commissioners shall prepare and print precinct registers in the manner prov…

(10 ILCS 5/6-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-61) Sec. 6-61. It shall be the duty of the clerk of any court where parties are tried or convicted of penitentiary offenses in the county where such city, village or incorporated town is located, to furnish monthly to such board of commission…

(10 ILCS 5/6-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-62) Sec. 6-62. It shall be the duty of the person or officer having charge of the vital records of a city, village or incorporated town to furnish to the board of election commissioners, monthly, a report of the names and previous residences …

(10 ILCS 5/6-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-63) Sec. 6-63. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners to strike the names of all such criminals and of all such deceased persons from the registers of the precinct in which any such person is registered, noting opposite s…

(10 ILCS 5/6-64) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-64) Sec. 6-64. If either the original or duplicate registration card or both, of any elector, shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated in whole or in part, the board of election commissioners shall prepare two new registration cards, an original…