WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 370

(C) THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS SHALL ADOPT
REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

[3-20.

(a)     (1) If a registered voter has been registered but has not voted at least once
at a primary, general or special election within the five preceding calendar years, it shall
be the duty of the board, unless cause to the contrary be shown, to cause the registration
of that voter to be cancelled by removing the registration cards or forms of the voter from
the original and duplicate files and placing them in a transfer file. Voting in any
municipal election during this period will satisfy the requirements of this section, if voter
registration for the municipal election is conducted by the board for the county in which
the municipality is located and if the municipality promptly furnished a listing of all voters
casting votes in that election. A notice of this action and the reason therefor shall be sent
to the last known address of the voter, notifying him to appear before the board at a date
specified in the notice not earlier than one week or later than two weeks from the date of
mailing of the notice, and to show cause why his name should not be removed from the
registry.

(2) Lists containing the names and last known street addresses of those
voters whose registration is to be cancelled shall be made available on request 30 days
prior to the date of removal. Any board may charge reasonable fees for such lists but the
rate may not exceed 1/2 cent per name and address.

(b)     A voter whose registration has been cancelled under this section shall not
thereafter be eligible to vote except by registering again as in this article provided.

(c)     Annually the board shall determine which persons have not voted at least once
at a primary, general, or special election within the five calendar years immediately
preceding January 1 of the current year and send those persons the notice required in
subsection (a) of this section. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws.]

[3-24.

(a)     (1) Consistent with the principles embodied in the maintenance of a
uniform and nondiscriminatory program to assure that official voter registration lists are
accurate and current, a board may establish a mail verification program to verify the
correctness and accuracy of the information maintained in the individual voter records of
the board.

(2) In conducting a mail verification program under this section, the board
may verify all or any portion of the voter registration records under its jurisdiction.

(b)     (1) Except during the time when the voter registration records are closed to
registration or party affiliation changes, a board may conduct a mail verification program
at any time.

(2) The mail verification program shall be an "exception" verification
procedure in which a recipient only need respond to the board's inquiry if a change or
correction is to be made to the voter's record.

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