§ 168.507Execution of transfer of registration request; comparison of signatures;

certification; filing application for transfer; proper name of street or resident house
 number; notice; eligibility to vote.
 Sec. 507.
    (1) A registered elector who has removed from 1 election precinct of a township, city, or
 village to another election precinct of the same township, city, or village and has not recorded
 the removal with the local clerk shall execute a transfer of registration request, listing the new
 residence address over his or her signature, with the election board in the precinct in which he
 or she is registered at the next ensuing primary or election.
    (2) If an elector's signature contained in the qualified voter file is available in the polling
 place, the inspector of election in charge of the registration records shall compare the digitized
 signature provided by the qualified voter file with the signature and, if the signatures
 correspond, then the inspector shall certify the fact by affixing his or her initials upon the
 request. If an elector's signature is not contained in the qualified voter file, the election official
 shall process the transfer of registration request in the same manner as transfer of registration
 requests are processed when a voter registration list is used in the polling place. The applicant


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 for transfer, after having signed an application to vote as provided in section 523, shall then be
 permitted to vote in the precinct for that primary or election only. The application for transfer
 shall be filed with the township, city, or village clerk who shall transfer the elector's
 registration pursuant to the application. If the name of a street or resident house number in a
 township, city, or village is changed, the township, city, or village clerk shall make the change
 to show the proper name of the street or resident house number in the registration records and
 notify the county clerk of the change. It is not necessary for the elector to change his or her
 registration to reflect the change in order to be eligible to vote.