Section 216.50 Canceling Voter Registrations

Section 216

Section 216.50  Canceling

Voter Registrations

a)         This Section implements Section 8 of the National Voter

Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C Sections 1973gg-5 and gg-6) and the order of

the Circuit Court of Cook County entered May 1, 1996 in Or, et al., v. Edgar,

et al. 95 CO 246 and 95 CO 248 (Consolidated).

b)         No voter registration may be canceled without following the

procedures and providing the notice of suspension or cancellation required by

Section 8(a) through (d) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.  The

Voter Registration Application or the Voter Registration Card of an inactive

voter who has not voted in two consecutive general federal elections shall be

canceled at the completion of procedures set forth in Section 8(d) of the

National Voter Registration Act of 1993, provided that while such procedures

are pending, the voter has taken no action specified in the National Voter

Registration Act of 1993 to restore his or her name to active voter status.

c)         An election authority shall cancel the Voter Registration

Application or Voter Registration Card of a voter upon receipt of a request in

writing from the voter to do so.  A written acknowledgment by the voter that he

or she has changed residence to a place beyond the jurisdiction of the election

authority or an attempt to register in another jurisdiction shall be deemed a

request to cancel the voter registration

y shall cancel the Voter Registration

Application or Voter Registration Card of a voter upon receipt of a request in

writing from the voter to do so.  A written acknowledgment by the voter that he

or she has changed residence to a place beyond the jurisdiction of the election

authority or an attempt to register in another jurisdiction shall be deemed a

request to cancel the voter registration.

d)         A voter's registration shall be canceled upon the election

authority's receipt of:

1)         a notice from the State Board of Elections that the voter has

been incarcerated in a United States correctional facility by reason of

conviction;

2)         a certified notice from the a state department of corrections

or a sheriff of a county in the United States that the voter has been

incarcerated in a state or county correctional facility, as the case may be,

if:

A)        the certified notice states on its face that the incarceration

is a result of a criminal conviction and the crime of which the voter has been

convicted, or

B)        the certified notice is accompanied by a certified judgment of

conviction or equivalent document issued by the court in which the conviction

was obtained;

3)         a certified copy of a judgment of conviction from a court of

record that the voter has been convicted of a crime in which it was found that

the voter lacked the requisite qualifications to be a voter in Illinois either

at the time of conviction or at the time application was made to become a

voter, whether or not the voter was incarcerated as a result of such

conviction;

4)         a certified copy of a final judgment order of a court of

record or a certified copy of the final determination of an administrative

tribunal having jurisdiction in which it was found that the voter lacked the

requisite qualifications to be a voter in Illinois either at the time of entry

of the judgment or determination, or at the time application was made to become

a voter; or

5)         a certified copy of the voter's d

udgment order of a court of

record or a certified copy of the final determination of an administrative

tribunal having jurisdiction in which it was found that the voter lacked the

requisite qualifications to be a voter in Illinois either at the time of entry

of the judgment or determination, or at the time application was made to become

a voter; or

5)         a certified copy of the voter's death certificate or

equivalent document issued by a department of vital records, wherever situated.