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10 ILCS 5/3-1 (2026)

Every person (i) who has resided in this State and in the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein, or (ii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein and has moved to another election district in this State within said 30 days and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act, or (iii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein and has not moved to another residence but whose address has changed as a result of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in subsection (a) of Section 17-10, and who is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 or more years is entitled to vote at such election for all offices and on all propositions

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(10 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1)
    Sec. 3-1. Every person (i) who has resided in this State and in the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein, or (ii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein and has moved to another election district in this State within said 30 days and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act, or (iii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein and has not moved to another residence but whose address has changed as a result of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in subsection (a) of Section 17-10, and who is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 or more years is entitled to vote at such election for all offices and on all propositions. Any military establishment within the boundaries of Illinois is "in this State" even though the government of the United States may have exclusive jurisdiction over such establishment.
(Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2000–2011 · leading case: Maksym v. Bd. of Election Commissioners, 950 N.E.2d 1051 (Ill. 2011).
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Maksym v. Bd. of Election Commissioners, 950 N.E.2d 1051 (Ill. 2011). · cites it 3× “" 10 ILCS 5/3-1 (West 2008). Section 3-2(a) of the Election Code, in turn, provides that "[a] permanent abode is necessary to constitute a residence within the meaning of Section 3-1.”
Derrick Hardaway v. Donald S. Young, Warden, 302 F.3d 757 (7th Cir. 2002). “They may not marry, 750 ILCS 5/208, vote, 10 ILCS 5/3-1, serve on a jury, 705 ILCS 305/2, or make a will, 755 ILCS 5/4-1.”
Maksym v. Bd. of Election Commissioners, 942 N.E.2d 739 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 5× “See 10 ILCS 5/3-1, 3-2 (West 2008). In pertinent part, those statutes provide as follows: "§ 3-1.”
Krislov, Clinton A. v. Rednour, Wanda L., 226 F.3d 851 (7th Cir. 2000). “See 10 ILCS 5/7-10 (nominating petitions); 10 ILCS 5/7-43 (primary elections); 10 ILCS 5/3-1 (general elections). Because only the signatures on the petition are counted, there is no apparent reason for the circulator to also be a registered voter residing in the district.”
Maksym v. Bd. of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “See 10 ILCS 5/3-1, 3-2 (West 2008). In pertinent part, those statutes provide as follows: "§ 3-1.”
Clinton A. Krislov, Individually & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, & Joan A. Sullivan v. Wanda L. Rednour, Chairman of the State Bd. of Elections, Hannelore Hulsman, Vice Chairman of the State Bd. of Elections, Ronald D. Michaelson, Exec. Dir. of the State Bd. of Elections, 226 F.3d 851 (7th Cir. 2000). “See 10 ILCS 5/7-10 (nominating petitions); 10 ILCS 5/7-43 (primary elections); 10 ILCS 5/3-1 (general elections). Because only the signatures on the petition are counted, there is no apparent reason for the circulator to also be a registered voter residing in the district.”
Hardaway, Derrick v. Young, Donald S. (7th Cir. 2002). “They may not marry, 750 ILCS 5/208, vote, 10 ILCS 5/3-1, serve on a jury, 705 ILCS 305/2, or make a will, 755 ILCS 5/4-1.”
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