This guide is specific to a time and place:

• Illinois.
• The 2024 & 2025 election cycles.

The information in this guide is invalid for any other state and any other election cycle.

This guide does not offer legal advice.

• Each poll watcher team should have its own legal counsel.
• The poll watcher should depend upon their team's legal counsel for legal advice.
• This guide does not bestow a law degree upon you nor does it provide you with a Get Out Of Jail Free card.

Purpose

The purpose of this guide is to provide a basic understanding of Illinois law as it pertains to poll watchers and poll watching.

This guide is also meant to be a source of baseline training for poll watchers during the 2024 General Election and the 2025 Consolidated and Municipal Elections in Illinois.