MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1549

CASE MAY BE, constituting the precinct register for use
on election day, [such] THAT person may apply to the
board, or a majority of its members on forms to be
provided by the board, for a certificate entitling him to
cast his ballot in spite of the absence of [such
original] THE registration form OR LISTED INFORMATION.
Upon receipt of any application [of such a] FOR THIS
certificate accompanied by proof of the identity of the
applicant, a majority of the board shall inspect the
duplicate registration forms retained in the office of
the board [,] and if inspection discloses that the
applicant is a duly registered voter, a majority of the
board shall make A reasonable effort to locate the
applicant's original registration form OR THE APPROPRIATE
LISTED VOTER INFORMATION, AS THE CASE MAY BE. If [such]
THE original form OR THE LISTED INFORMATION is not found
and if a majority of the board [shall be] IS satisfied
that its absence is not due to fraud or malfeasance, the
board or a majority of its members shall issue its
certification, to the judges of the precinct in which the
applicant is found to be a registered voter. The
certificate shall be marked "Temporary Certificate of
Registration," shall be in the form [provided by]
PRESCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH subsection (c) of this
section, and shall be sufficient authority to permit the
voter to cast his ballot in his precinct as though his
original registration form OR LISTED INFORMATION were
present. The certificate, when completed by the judges
shall be retained by the judges and returned to the board
at the time prescribed for the return of the [original
registration forms] PRECINCT REGISTER.

15-4.

(a) A registered voter offering to vote at any
election, before being permitted to vote, shall identify
himself by signing a voting authority card and giving any
change of address in the presence of the judges which
shall be entered on the voting authority card or on a
change of address form by the voter. [The] UNLESS AN
ELECTRONICALLY REPRODUCED PRECINCT REGISTER IS USED, THE
judge in charge of the precinct [registration file]
REGISTER shall compare the signature upon [such] THAT
card with the signature upon the registration card [.
If]; IF the same are not identical, the applicant [shall]
MAY not be permitted to vote unless the majority of
judges are of the opinion that he is the same person
whose name appears upon the registration card. If the
entry "Cannot sign" appears upon the registration card,
OR IF AN ELECTRONICALLY PRODUCED PRECINCT REGISTER IS
USED, then the applicant shall state his age, which shall
be compared with the age stated upon the registration
card OR THE LISTED VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION, AS THE