Illinois
Prepared by the Voices of the Electorate -- Election Protection Task Force
1) On election day, each polling place opens at 6:00 a.m. and closes at 7:00 p.m. An announcement will be made upon opening of the polls and 30 minutes prior to the poll’s closing. If you are in line at the polling place when the polls close at 7:00 p.m., you have the right to vote in the election.
2) You have the right to request and receive a replacement voter registration card if you lose or destroy your card.
3) If you are temporarily or permanently physically disabled and you are unable to access or enter the polling place because of structural features of the polling place location, you have the right to have the ballot delivered to you up to 50 feet away from the polling place entrance as long as you make the request on a State Board of Elections form submitted at the election authority’s office by the close of business on the day before the election.
4) If you cannot read, write or speak English or you are blind or otherwise physically disabled, you have the right to be assisted with the voting. You can choose to have two election judges of different political parties or any other person – except your employer, an agent of your employer or an officer or agent of your union – help you.
5) If you have moved within the same precinct or you have changed your name within 28 days of the election, you have the right to vote after signing an affidavit.
6) If you have moved more than 30 days before the election within the county or municipality under a board of election commissioners, and you did not transfer your registration, you have the right to vote on a ballot for federal offices only, after completing an address correction form.
7) If you have moved to a different election district or precinct within the state within 30 days of the election, you have the right to vote in your new polling place after completing an affidavit provided by the election judges and providing proof of residence.
8) If you make a mistake or “spoil” your ballot, and have not cast the ballot, you have the right to receive a replacement ballot after returning the spoiled ballot.
9) When you are within 100 feet of a polling place entrance or exit (or you are inside the polling place or room), you have the right to wait to vote (or to vote) without anyone electioneering or trying to influence your vote in any other way.
10) If you have been convicted of a crime and have been released from incarceration, and you have registered to vote since that time, you have the right to vote.
11) You have the right to vote during the work day. Your employer must grant up to two hours to vote on election day. As long as you begin work at least two hours after the polls open or end work within two hours of when the polls close.
12) You have the right to take this bill of rights into the voting booth with you.
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