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10 ILCS 5/19-1 (2026)

Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois having duly registered where such registration is required may vote at such election as hereinafter in this Article provided

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(10 ILCS 5/19-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-1)
    Sec. 19-1. Any qualified elector of the State of Illinois having duly registered where such registration is required may vote at such election as hereinafter in this Article provided. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this Article extends to a certified program participant under the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
    For purposes of this Article 19, a physically incapacitated voter marks his or her ballot "personally" when the voter exercises his or her physical abilities to their reasonable limit in marking the ballot, and marking personally may include instructing the person assisting the incapacitated voter when giving such instruction represents the reasonable limit of the physical abilities.
(Source: P.A. 102-292, eff. 1-1-22.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2008–2012 · leading case: John Doe v. Elmbrook Sch. Dist, 687 F.3d 840 (7th Cir. 2012).
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John Doe v. Elmbrook Sch. Dist, 687 F.3d 840 (7th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “See 10 ILCS 5/19-1; Wis. Stat. § 6.20 . Indiana law allows both early and absentee voting for a host of reasons, so it would not be difficult for a voter who was unwilling to vote at (continued.”
Zessar v. Keith, 536 F.3d 788 (7th Cir. 2008). “10 ILCS 5/19-1 to 5/19-15 (2004). Voters began the process of voting absentee by filing an application with local election authorities for an absentee ballot.”
John Doe v. Elmbrook Sch. Dist (7th Cir. 2012). “See 10 ILCS 5/19-1; Wis. Stat. § 6.20 . Indiana law allows both early and absentee voting for a host of reasons, so it would not be difficult for a voter who was unwilling to vote at (continued.”
Zessar, Bruce v. Keith, John R. (7th Cir. 2008). “10 ILCS 5/19-1 to 5/19-15 (2004). Voters began the process of voting absentee by filing an application with local election authorities for an absentee ballot.”
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