Illinois Compiled Statutes
10 ILCS 5/17-1 (2026)
The polls shall be opened at the hour of 6:00 a
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(10 ILCS 5/17-1)
(from Ch. 46, par. 17-1)
Sec. 17-1.
The polls shall be opened at the hour of 6:00 a.m.
and continued
open until 7:00 p.m. of the same day, at which time the polls shall be closed;
but if the judges shall not attend at the hour of six o'clock in the morning,
or if it shall be necessary for the electors present to appoint judges to
conduct the election, as herein prescribed, the polls may, in that case,
be opened at any hour before the time for closing the same shall arrive,
as the case may require.
(Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2004–2012 · leading case: Phyllis Griffin v. Elaine Roupas, 385 F.3d 1128 (7th Cir. 2004).
Phyllis Griffin v. Elaine Roupas, 385 F.3d 1128 (7th Cir. 2004). “The procedural setting requires us to accept the allegation in the complaint that the plaintiffs, although they will not be out of the county in which they are registered to vote on election day, will be unable to get to the polling place even though the polls are open in…”
Sherman v. Indian Trails Pub. Library Dist., 2012 IL App (1st) 112771 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “17, Official Comments on Drafting Commission, at 274 (Smith-Hurd 2010); see 10 ILCS 5/17-1 et seq. (West 2010). As respondents and the trial court noted, the petition did not allege any mistakes, violations or fraud in the conduct of the election itself.”
Griffin, Phyllis v. Roupas, Elaine (7th Cir. 2004). “The procedural setting requires us to accept the allegation in the complaint that the plaintiffs, although they will not be out of the county in which they are registered to vote on election day, will be unable to get to the polling place even though the polls are open in…”
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