Chapter Seven — Other In–Person Early Voting Sites

F. Vote Centers

Vote Centers are a new option for the 2022 election season.

Vote Centers are open on Election Day only.

Like early voting and Grace Period polling places, Vote Centers handle multiple precincts within a county or with the jurisdiction of a local Board of Election Commissioners.

All the rules of Election Day polling places are followed.
See: Chapter 5, In–Person, In–Precinct Voting.

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, election authorities shall establish at least one location to be located at an office of the election authority or in the largest municipality within its jurisdiction where all voters in its jurisdiction are allowed to vote on election day during polling place hours, regardless of the precinct in which they are registered. An election authority establishing such a location under this Section shall identify the location and any health and safety requirements by the 40th day preceding the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general election and certify such to the State Board of Elections.
(b) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.

— 10 ILCS 5/11-8

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What the Poll Watcher Is Looking For

Since the Vote Center covers the entire election authority jurisdiction, the problem of a voter from within the jurisdiction voting in the wrong precinct should not be a problem.

However, if the voter is from outside the county or the jurisdiction of the local board of election commissioners, the election authority must provide to the election judge a telephone number to give the voter to locate the voter's polling place.