Chapter 10 — ELECTIONS

(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 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 …

(10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29) Sec. 5-29. Upon application to vote, except as hereinafter provided for absent electors, each registered elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a certificate substantially as follows: "Certificate of Registere…

(10 ILCS 5/5-29.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29.01) Sec. 5-29.01. The provisions of this Article 5, so far as they require the registration of voters as a condition to their being allowed to vote shall not apply to persons otherwise entitled to vote, who are, at the time of the elect…

(10 ILCS 5/5-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-3) Sec. 5-3. The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint the place of registry in each precinct for any precinct registration under Section 5-17 of this Article 5. Such place or places shall be in the most public, orderly and convenient po…

(10 ILCS 5/5-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-30) Sec. 5-30. Upon application to vote at a general primary election each registered elector shall sign his name or mark and write his address on a certificate substantially the same as that used in the general election except that it shall …

(10 ILCS 5/5-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-31) Sec. 5-31. All challenged voters affidavits made before the judges of election under provisions of sections 5-29 and 5-30 of this article 5 shall be immediately returned to the office of the county clerk. Such affidavits, before being so …

(10 ILCS 5/5-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-34) Sec. 5-34. The official poll record provided by sections 5-29 and 5-30 of this article 5 shall constitute the poll list, and poll books shall not be kept by clerks of election. Where in this article 5, reference is made to poll lists or p…

(10 ILCS 5/5-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-35) Sec. 5-35. The officers of registration selected to conduct registrations under Section 5-17 shall be paid at the rate set out below: Registration officers selected to conduct registration and canvass under Section 5-17 shall be paid at a…

(10 ILCS 5/5-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-36) Sec. 5-36. In the event that the voters of any city, village or incorporated town (in any county having a population of 500,000 or more) which has adopted Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act (or the Act of which they are a continuation) sha…

(10 ILCS 5/5-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-37) Sec. 5-37. It shall be the duty of the Board of Election Commissioners to do, and cause to be done all things required of them by Section 5-36 of this Article 5. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-37.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-37.1) Sec. 5-37.1. If any area becomes subject to a board of election commissioners by reason of annexation to a city, village or incorporated town subject to such a board or ceases to be subject to a board of election commissioners by reas…

(10 ILCS 5/5-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-38) Sec. 5-38. All laws in conflict with this Article 5 shall no longer be applicable to the electors residing in the territorial limits where this Article 5 is in effect, but all laws and parts of laws not inconsistent with the provisions of…

(10 ILCS 5/5-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-39) Sec. 5-39. 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 5/5-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-4) Sec. 5-4. 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 5 is in effect. The clerk and a duly appointed…

(10 ILCS 5/5-43) Sec. 5-43. 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 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5) Sec. 5-5. For the purpose of registering voters under this Article 5, in addition to the method provided for precinct registration under Sections 5-6 and 5-17 of this Article 5, the office of the county clerk shall be open between 9:00 a. m…

(10 ILCS 5/5-50) Sec. 5-50. 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 5/5-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-6) Sec. 5-6. Subject to the provisions of Section 5-19 of this Article 5, in addition to the registration authorized at the offices of the County Clerk, city clerk, town clerk, incorporated town clerk and village clerk under Section 5-5 of thi…

(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 contai…

(10 ILCS 5/5-7.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.01) Sec. 5-7.01. 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 5/5-7.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.02) Sec. 5-7.02. 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 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03) Sec. 5-7.03. 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 5/5-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-8) Sec. 5-8. The County Clerk shall supply Deputy Registrars, Officers of Registration and Judges of Registration with registration forms and shall fully instruct them in their duties. Each Deputy Registrar, Officer of Registration and Judge o…

(10 ILCS 5/5-8.5) Sec. 5-8.5. 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 5/5-9) (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 regist…

(10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1) Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, a…

(10 ILCS 5/6-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-1) Sec. 6-1. The provisions of this Article 6 (and of Articles 14 and 18 hereof) so far as they are the same as those of the provisions of "An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and inc…

(10 ILCS 5/6-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-10) Sec. 6-10. At the canvass of the ballots in any precinct in any city where such proposition has been submitted, it shall be the duty of such judges of election, on request, to admit to the room two electors of the ward who voted in favor …

(10 ILCS 5/6-100) Sec. 6-100. 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 electi…