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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 4-16 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
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7 | Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | from one address
to another within the same county wherein this | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article is in effect, may
have his registration transferred to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | his new address by making and signing
an application for change | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of residence address upon a form to be provided
by the county | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | clerk. Such application must be made to the office of the
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13 | county clerk and may be made either in person or by mail. In | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | case the
person is unable to sign his name, the county clerk | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | shall require him to
execute the application in the presence of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the county clerk or of his
properly authorized representative, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | by his mark, and if satisfied of the
identity of the person, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the county clerk shall make the transfer.
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19 | Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | of his
employees deputized to take registrations shall cause | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the signature of the
voter and the data appearing upon the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | application to be compared with the
signature and data on the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | registration record card, and if it appears that
the applicant | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | is the same person as the person previously registered under
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25 | that name the transfer shall be made.
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26 | No transfers of registration under the provisions of this | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | Section shall
be made during the 27 days preceding any election | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | at which such
voter would
be entitled to vote. Any registered | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | voter who changes his or her residence from one address to | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | another within the same precinct wherein this Article is in | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | effect is not required to have his or her registration | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | transferred to the new address in the manner prescribed in this |
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1 | Section. When a removal of a registered voter takes place from
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2 | one address to another within the same precinct within a period | ||||||
3 | during
which a transfer of registration cannot be made
before | ||||||
4 | any election or primary , the voter
he shall be entitled to | ||||||
5 | maintain his or her registration and vote in any election in | ||||||
6 | which the voter is entitled to vote
upon
presenting the judges | ||||||
7 | of election his affidavit substantially in the form
prescribed | ||||||
8 | in Section 17-10 of this Act of a change of residence address
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9 | within the precinct on a date therein specified .
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10 | The county clerk may obtain information from utility | ||||||
11 | companies, city,
village, incorporated town and township | ||||||
12 | records, the post office, or from
other sources, regarding the | ||||||
13 | removal of registered voters, and may treat
such information, | ||||||
14 | and information procured from his death and marriage
records on | ||||||
15 | file in his office, as an application to erase from the | ||||||
16 | register
any name concerning which he may so have information | ||||||
17 | that the voter is no
longer qualified to vote under the name, | ||||||
18 | or from the address from which
registered, and give notice | ||||||
19 | thereof in the manner provided by Section 4--12
of this | ||||||
20 | Article, and notify voters who have changed their address that | ||||||
21 | a
transfer of registration may be made in the manner provided | ||||||
22 | in this
Section enclosing a form therefor.
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23 | If any person be registered by error in a precinct other | ||||||
24 | than that in
which he resides, the county clerk may transfer | ||||||
25 | his registration to the
proper precinct, and if the error is or | ||||||
26 | may be on the part of the
registration officials, and is | ||||||
27 | disclosed too late before an election or
primary to mail the | ||||||
28 | certificate required by Section 4--15, such certificate
may be | ||||||
29 | personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon as | ||||||
30 | therein
provided, but such certificates so issued shall be | ||||||
31 | specially listed with
the reason for the issuance thereof.
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32 | Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by | ||||||
33 | the county
board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer | ||||||
34 | to the proper precinct
the registration of any voter affected | ||||||
35 | by such revision or rearrangement of
the precinct; make the | ||||||
36 | proper notations on the registration cards of a
voter affected |
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1 | by the revision or rearrangement and shall issue revised
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2 | certificates to each registrant of such change.
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3 | Any registered voter who changes his or her name by | ||||||
4 | marriage or
otherwise shall be required to register anew and | ||||||
5 | authorize the cancellation
of the previous registration; but if | ||||||
6 | the voter still resides in the same
precinct and if the change | ||||||
7 | of name takes place within a period during
which a transfer of | ||||||
8 | registration cannot be made, preceding any election
or primary, | ||||||
9 | the elector may, if otherwise
qualified, vote upon making an | ||||||
10 | affidavit substantially in the form
prescribed in Section 17-10 | ||||||
11 | of this Act.
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12 | The precinct election officials shall report to the county | ||||||
13 | clerk the
names and addresses of all persons who have changed | ||||||
14 | their addresses and
voted, which shall be treated as an | ||||||
15 | application to change address
accordingly, and the names and | ||||||
16 | addresses of all persons otherwise voting by
affidavit as in | ||||||
17 | this Section provided, which shall be treated as an
application | ||||||
18 | to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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