§11-21 Change of name, transfer on election day. (a) The county clerk may designate a registration clerk, who may be an election official, at any of the polling places in the county on the day of the election.
(b) These registration clerks shall take applications for change of name from voters who have been married or who have had their names changed since the last election.
(c) Any person whose name appears on the registered voters list whose residence has changed since the last election, and whom the county clerk has not transferred under section 11-20, may apply on a form prescribed by the chief elections officer at the person's new polling place on the day of the election for transfer of registration to the precinct of the new residence. Any person so transferring voter registration shall be immediately added to the register of the new precinct and may vote only at the new precinct.
(d) Where a person was incorrectly placed on a list of voters of a precinct in which the person does not actually reside, the person may correct the registration.
(e) No person shall be prevented from voting at the election in the precinct in which the person's name appears on the voters list due to a change of name, or other correction made under this section. However, any voter registered in the wrong precinct who shall refuse to make the correction of registration may be challenged in accordance with section 11-25.
(f) Any person changing name or transferring shall receive a copy of the change or transfer form. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1972, c 77, §3; am L 1984, c 64, §2; am L 1985, c 203, §2; am L 1987, c 273, §4; am L 1992, c 129, §§3, 4]
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