Section 118Sec./Art. 118

Meeting to Close the Precinct Book of Voters Before Each Election. - The board of inspectors shall also meet on the first Saturday in the month of October of the election year for a regular election, or on the Saturday immediately following the registration of voters in a special election, for the purpose of making such inclusions, exclusions, and corrections as may be or have been ordered by the courts, stating opposite every name so corrected, added, or cancelled the date of the order and the court which issued the same. After closing the precinct book of voters, the board shall seal the same and make a certificate that the approved applications contained therein, stating the exact number, are complete for the precinct.

Should it be determined during the closing and sealing of the precinct book of voters, that a precinct book contains fictitious applications, or applications that have not been approved, or have been cancelled, any candidate, representative of a national political party, member of the board of inspectors or voter may, within ten days after the books have been closed and sealed, apply to the court of first instance for an order to exclude the same, and the matter shall proceed as provided in Section one hundred thirty-nine of this Code. It shall be prima facie evidence that the applications sought to be excluded are fictitious or have not been approved if they are not included in any of the notices or lists required by sections one hundred eleven, one hundred thirteen and one hundred twenty-three hereof.

Should it be determined during the closing and sealing of the precinct book of voters, that the precinct book fails to include any voter's application that has been duly approved by the election registration board or by the board of inspectors and has not been properly cancelled under Sections one hundred seventeen, one hundred nineteen, one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-seven hereof or transferred to another precinct under Section one hundred thirty-two of this Code, the voter concerned or any candidate, or representative of any political party or member of the board of inspectors may apply to the court at any time for an order directing that his application for registration be included in the book.

He shall attach to his motion a certified copy of the voter's identification card or of the notice of approval of the voter's application required by Section one hundred thirteen hereof, together with proof that he has applied, without success, to the election registrar and that he has served a copy thereof on the election registrar.

After the precinct books have been closed and sealed, only those voters whose applications are included therein shall be allowed to vote, except as may be ordered by the competent court.

The proceeding provided for in this Code for inclusion or exclusion of voters shall be in addition to and shall not affect any action for the criminal liability of any person responsible for the violation of the provisions of this Code.