Chapter 7. Election Day, While the Polls Are Open

7.J. Waiting for an Open Voting Booth

7.J.2. Waiting for an Open Voting Machine

The maximum number of voters in the Polling Room waiting to vote at any one time is twice the number of voting machines.

Voters waiting to vote cannot enter the voting machine area or approach an occupied voting machine until a voting machine becomes unoccupied.

All other voters must wait outside of the Polling Room, but within the Polling Place until one voter leaves the Polling Room before another voter can enter the Polling Room.

Relevant Illinois State Law

After the opening of the polls, the election judges shall permit within the proximity of the voting machine or machines at any one time, not more than twice as many voters waiting to vote, as there are voting machines in use in that election precinct or district.

10 ILCS 5/24-8

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