10 ILCS 5/11-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 11 - Establishment of Election Precincts

 (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4)Sec. 11-4.         It shall be the duty of the Board of Election Commissioners,  established under Article 6 of this Act, to appoint the place of registry  in each precinct for the first registration under Article 6 of this Act and  the places for registry in subsequent registrations in the manner provided  by such Article, and also the polling place in each precinct in such city,  village or incorporated town which has adopted or is operating under said  Article 6, and to give public notice thereof, and shall cause the same to  be fitted up, warmed, lighted and cleaned, but in each election precinct  and in each area for which a registration place is designated such place or  places shall be in the most public, orderly and convenient portions  thereof, and no building or part of a building shall be designated or used  as a place of registry, or revision of registration, or as a polling place,  in which spirituous or intoxicating liquor is sold. Provided, however,  where the Board of Election Commissioners is unable to secure a suitable  polling place within the boundaries of a precinct, it may select a polling  place on a street immediately adjacent to and adjoining the precinct. Said  Board of Election Commissioners may demand of the chief of police or the  sheriff, to furnish officers of the law to attend during the progress of  any registration, revision or election, at any place or places of  registration, or any polling place, or places, designated by said  commissioners, or to attend at any meeting of said commissioners. Said  officers of the law, shall be furnished by said chief of police or sheriff  and shall be stationed in the place or places of registration and polling  place or places in such manner as said commissioners shall direct, and  during said assignment shall be under the direction and control of the  election commissioners.Notwithstanding the above, when there  are no more than 50 registered voters in a precinct  who are entitled to  vote in a local government or school district election,  the election authority  having jurisdiction over the precinct,  is authorized to reassign such voters  to one or more polling  places in adjacent precincts, within or without the  election authority's jurisdiction, for that election.  For  the purposes of such local government or school district election only, the  votes of the reassigned voters  shall be tallied and canvassed as votes from the precinct of the polling place to which  such voters have been reassigned.  The election authority having jurisdiction over the precinct shall approve  all administrative and polling place procedures.  Such procedures shall take into account voter convenience, and ensure that the  integrity of the election process is maintained and that the secrecy of the  ballot is not violated.Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat in a place  fixed or established by the Board of Election Commissioners pursuant to  this Section as a polling place for an election, no election authority  shall change the location of a polling place so established for any  precinct after notice of the place of holding the election for that  precinct has been given as required under Article 12 unless the election  authority notifies all registered voters in the precinct of the change in  location by first class mail in sufficient time for such notice to be  received by the registered voters in the precinct at least one day prior to  the date of the election.    (Source: P.A. 86-867.)