ยง 5-804. Failure to provide exemplar signature not to prevent
registration. 1. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not
provided by an applicant who submits a voter registration application
pursuant to this title, the local board shall seek to obtain such
exemplar signature from the statewide voter registration database, the
state board of elections, or a state or local agency designated by
section 5-211 or 5-212 of this article.
2. If such exemplar signature is not available from the statewide
voter registration database, the state board of elections, or a state or
local agency designated by section 5-211 or 5-212 of this article, the
local board of elections shall, absent another reason to reject the
application, proceed to register and, as applicable, enroll the
applicant. Within ten days of such action, the board of elections shall
send a standard form promulgated by the state board of elections to the
voter whose record lacks an exemplar signature, requiring such voter to
submit a signature for identification purposes. The voter shall submit
to the board of elections a voter registration exemplar signature by any
one of the following methods: in person, by mail with return postage
paid provided by the board of elections, by electronic mail, or by
electronic upload to the board of elections through the electronic voter
registration transmittal system. If such voter does not provide the
required exemplar signature, when the voter appears to vote the voter
shall be entitled to vote by affidavit ballot.
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