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(105 ILCS 5/22-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-21)
Sec. 22-21.
Elections-Use of school buildings.
(a) Every school board shall offer to the appropriate officer or board
having responsibility for providing polling places for elections the use of
any and all buildings under its jurisdiction for any and all elections to
be held, if so requested by such appropriate officer or board.
(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small United States
national flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet from
each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in voting, which shall be
known as the polling room. If
the polling room is located within a building that is a public or private
school
and the
distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior of the
building, then the markers shall be placed outside of the
building at each entrance used by voters to enter that
building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling
room is located within a public or private school building with 2 or more
floors and
the polling room is located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be
placed 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used by
voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is located in a public or
private school building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is located
on a
floor above or below the ground floor,
then the markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet from the nearest
elevator or staircase used by voters on the ground floor to access the floor
where the polling room is located. The area within where the markers are placed
shall be known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited
pursuant to this subsection.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the area on polling place
property beyond the campaign free zone,
whether
publicly or privately owned, is a public forum for the time that the polls are
open on an election day. At the request of election officers any publicly owned
building must be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall have
the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on any polling place
property while the polls are open beyond the campaign free zone, including but
not limited to, the placement of temporary signs.
This subsection shall be construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
electioneering
on all polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the time that
the polls are open on an election day.
(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
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