10 ILCS 5/17-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 17 - Conduct of Elections and Making Returns

 (from Ch. 46, par. 17-14)Sec. 17-14. Any voter who declares upon oath, properly witnessed and with  his or her signature or mark affixed, that he or she requires  assistance to vote by reason of blindness, physical disability or inability  to read, write or speak the English language shall, upon request, be  assisted in marking his or her ballot, by 2 judges of  election of different political parties, to be selected by all  judges of election of each precinct at the opening of the polls or by a  person of the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent of  that employer or officer or agent of the voter's union.  A  voter who presents an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, issued  to that person under the provisions of the Illinois Identification Card  Act, indicating that such voter has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability under  the provisions of Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act, or a  voter who declares upon oath, properly witnessed, that by reason of any  physical  disability he is unable to mark his ballot shall, upon request, be assisted  in marking his ballot by 2 of the election officers of different parties as  provided above in this Section or by a person of the voter's choice other  than the voter's employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of  the voter's union. Such voter shall state specifically the  reason why he cannot vote without assistance and, in the case of a  voter with a physical disability, what his physical disability is.  Prior to entering the voting  booth,  the person providing the assistance, if other than 2 judges of election,  shall be presented with written instructions on how assistance shall be  provided.  This instruction shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections and shall  include the penalties for attempting to influence the voter's choice of  candidates, party, or votes in relation to any question on the ballot and for  not marking the ballot as directed by the voter.  Additionally, the person  providing the assistance shall sign an oath, swearing not to influence the  voter's choice of candidates, party, or votes in relation to any question on  the ballot and to cast the ballot as directed by the voter.  The oath shall be  prescribed by the State Board of Elections and shall include the penalty for  violating this Section.  In the voting booth, such person  shall mark the  ballot as directed by the voter, and shall thereafter give no information  regarding the same. The judges of election shall enter upon the poll lists  or official poll record after the name of any elector who received such  assistance in marking his ballot a memorandum of the fact and if the  disability is permanent. Intoxication shall not be regarded as a physical  disability, and no intoxicated person shall be entitled to assistance in  marking his ballot.No person shall secure or attempt to secure assistance in voting who is  not blind, a person with  a physical disability, or illiterate as herein provided, nor shall any  person knowingly assist a voter in voting contrary to the  provisions of this Section.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)