§ § 1509Petition to strike off names

(a) Initiation.--At any time not later than the tenth day
preceding an election, a qualified elector, including any
watcher and any registrar or inspector of registration, may
petition the commission to cancel or suspend the registration
of a registered elector. The petition must set forth, under
oath or affirmation, all of the following:
       (1) Sufficient grounds for the cancellation or
   suspension.
       (2) That:
           (i) notice of the time and place when the petition
       would be presented has been given personally to the
       registered elector at least 24 hours prior to the
       presentation of the petition; or

           (ii) the registered elector could not be found at
       the place given in the district register as residence
       and the person in charge of that place, whose name must
       be given in the petition, has declared that the person
       was well acquainted with the names of all individuals
       residing at the place and that the registered elector
       had never been or was no longer one of them or that no
       such individual is residing at the address.
   (b) Action.--Upon receipt of a petition under subsection
(a), the commission shall cancel or suspend the registration
of the registered elector and amend accordingly the general and
district registers and other records affected unless the
registered elector so registered appears and shows cause why
this action should not be taken.
   Cross References. Section 1509 is referred to in section
1513 of this title.