Chapter 4. Places

4.A. The Campaign Free Zone

Electioneering is prohibited within the Campaign Free Zone, which includes the Polling Place and a one hundred (100) foot boundary surrounding it.

The Campaign Free Zone is designated by cones, markers, flags, or signs placed by Election Judges or election workers before the polls open.

A church or private school that hosts a Polling Place may extend the Campaign Free Zone to cover its property. Election Judges will set markers to show the boundaries of the Campaign Free Zone.

Relevant Illinois State Law

The area within where the markers are placed shall be known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited pursuant to this subsection.

10 ILCS 5/7-41(c)
Primary

10 ILCS 5/17-29(b)
General, municipal, special,
and consolidated elections

No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion within any polling place, within 100 feet of any polling place, or, at the option of a church or private school, on any of the property of that church or private school that is a polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any voter while approaching within those areas for the purpose of voting. Judges of election shall enforce the provisions of this Section.

10 ILCS 5/17-29

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