4.B. The Polling Place
Before the polls open election officials will mark the area considered the polling place.
The polling place is the building or an area within a building where voting takes place. The polling place includes any hallways and vestibules leading to and from the polling room within the marked area.
Voters waiting to vote, but who have not signed in, can remain in line inside of the polling place, but outside of the polling room.
Relevant Illinois State Law
[Before the polls open ] 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 private business, a public or private school, or a church or other organization founded for the purpose of religious worship 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 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 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.
10 ILCS 5/7-41(c), this link opens in a new browser tab.
10 ILCS 5/17-29(b), this link opens in a new browser tab.