10 ILCS 5/ Election Code.

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10 ILCS 5/11-4.2

(10 ILCS 5/11-4.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2)

Sec. 11-4.2.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) all
polling places shall be accessible to voters with disabilities and elderly voters, as
determined by rule of the State Board of Elections, and each polling place shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair accessible.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to a polling place
(1) in the case of an emergency, as determined by the State Board of
Elections; or (2) if the State Board of Elections (A) determines that all
potential polling places have been surveyed and no such accessible place is
available, nor is the election authority able to make one accessible; and
(B) assures that any voter with a disability or elderly voter assigned to an
inaccessible polling place, upon advance request of such voter (pursuant to
procedures established by rule of the State Board of Elections) will be
provided with an alternative means for casting a ballot on the day of the
election or will be assigned to an accessible polling place.

(c) No later than December 31 of each even numbered year, the State
Board of Elections shall report to the General Assembly and the Federal Election Commission the
number of accessible and inaccessible polling places in the State on the
date of the next preceding general election, and the reasons for any
instance of inaccessibility.

(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)

10 ILCS 5/11-4.3

(10 ILCS 5/11-4.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.3)

Sec. 11-4.3.

All polling places and permanent registration
facilities shall have available registration and voting aids for
persons with disabilities and elderly individuals including instructions, printed in
large type, conspicuously displayed.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

10 ILCS 5/11-5

(10 ILCS 5/11-5)

Sec. 11-5. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 84-323. Repealed by P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)

10 ILCS 5/11-5.1

(10 ILCS 5/11-5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-5.1)

Sec. 11-5.1.

The county board or board of election commissioners, as the case may be,
responsible for the establishment of election precincts, shall include
within some precinct any military establishment which is situated within
the boundaries of the county or municipality, as the case may be.

(Source: P.A. 76-1830.)

10 ILCS 5/11-6

(10 ILCS 5/11-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-6)

Sec. 11-6.

Within 60 days after July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-691), each election authority shall transmit to the principal office of the State Board of
Elections and publish on any website maintained by the election authority maps in electronic portable document format (PDF) showing the current boundaries of all the precincts within its jurisdiction. Whenever election precincts in an election jurisdiction have been redivided or readjusted, the county board or board of election commissioners shall prepare maps in electronic portable document format (PDF) showing such election precinct boundaries no later than 90 days before the next scheduled election. The maps shall show the boundaries of all political subdivisions and districts. The county board or board of election commissioners shall immediately forward copies thereof to the chair of each county central committee in the county, to each township, ward, or precinct committeeperson, and each local election official whose political subdivision is wholly or partly in the county and, upon request, shall furnish copies thereof to each candidate for political or public office in the county and shall transmit copies thereof to the principal office of the State Board of Elections and publish copies thereof on any website maintained by the election authority.

(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

10 ILCS 5/11-7

(10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)

Sec. 11-7.

For the purpose of the conduct of any consolidated election,
consolidated primary election, special
municipal primary election or emergency referendum, an election
authority may cluster up to four contiguous precincts as provided in
this Section, which shall constitute a clustered voting zone.  The
common polling place for the clustered voting zone shall be located
within the territory comprising the clustered precincts.  Unless the election
authority specifies a larger number, only one election judge shall be appointed
for each of the precincts in each clustered voting zone.

The judges so appointed may not all be affiliated with the same
political party.

The conduct of an election in a clustered voting zone shall be under
the general supervision of all the judges of election designated to
serve in the clustered voting zone.  The designated judges may perform
the duties of election judges for the entire clustered voting zone.
However, the requirements of Section 17-14 shall apply to voter
assistance, the requirements of Section 24-10 shall apply to voter
instruction, the requirement of Section 24A-10 shall apply to
examination of vote by mail ballots, and any disputes as to entitlement to
vote, challenges, counting of ballots or other matters pertaining
directly to voting shall be decided by those designated judges appointed
for the precinct in which the affected voter resides or the disputed
vote is to be counted.

This Section does not apply to any elections in municipalities with more
than 1,000,000 inhabitants.

(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)