EDWARDSVILLE – The Madison County Clerk’s Office initiated the biannual Voter Registration ‘clean up’ in mid-August.
Madison County residents should have received their voter registration card by now. If a resident received a card of a deceased family member or a card of a person who previously lived at your address, County Clerk Linda Andreas urges them to take the following steps:
Deceased member: Either come to the office and/or send a letter to the office to notify them in writing so they can cancel the registration.
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Non-residing family member: Send the Clerk's Office notification in writing stating that this voter has moved out of our county, and we can cancel their registration.
All others: Return card via post office or to the Clerk's Office so they can send out a second notice (Address Verification Form) to the office. If the Clerk's Office does not receive a response for this second notice, the voter is placed on inactive status for two federal elections. They are cancelled after this time.
The voter registration cards are non-forwardable, so the cards that come back with a yellow sticker or out of county address will receive second notices, which are forwardable. If the Clerk's Office does not receive a reply from the second notice, the individual is placed in the inactive status.
Andreas said it is up to everyone to work together to maintain accurate and updated voter rolls. She asks residents to open their mail and respond accordingly. The second notices have decreased by 2000 in the last two years, which Andreas said appears to mean that Madison County citizens are more conscientious.
The Clerk's Office can be reached at 157 North Main St., Ste 109, Edwardsville, Illinois. Their phone number is 618-692-6290.