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10 ILCS 5/4-2 (2026)

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 at such election

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(10 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-2)
    Sec. 4-2. 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 at such election. Every applicant who shall be 18 years of age or over on the day of the next election shall be permitted to register, if otherwise qualified.
    To constitute residence under this Act, Article 3 is controlling.
(Source: P.A. 81-953.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2008 · leading case: People v. Lopez, 892 N.E.2d 1047 (Ill. 2008).
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People v. Lopez, 892 N.E.2d 1047 (Ill. 2008). “This raises the question as to why society is skeptical of a minor's judgment in certain contexts, and yet is readily willing to believe that a minor with no prior experience with the legal system is capable of making mature, rational and knowing decisions in the course of…”
Orr v. League of Women Voters (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). “10 ILCS 5/4-2, 5/5-2, 5/6-27 (West 1994).”
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