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Attorney General Madigan Assigns Teams to Monitor Primary Elections


Your Vote CountsPrimary election is Tuesday, March 20

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2018

By: Rosemary Piser

Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that 178 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from her office will be monitoring primary elections throughout Illinois on Tuesday, March 20. This monitoring is intended to ensure that voters’ rights are protected and polling places are accessible.

Attorney General Madigan is urging voters to call her office if they encounter suspected improper or illegal activity.

Chicagoland voters can call 1-866-536-3496 (TTY 1-800-964-3013).

Downstate voters can call 1-866-559-6812 (TTY 1-877-844-5461).

Attorney General Madigan reminded voters of some of their basic voting rights:

  • Voters have the right to vote if they are in line when the polls close at 7 p.m. or at any other time between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Election Day (10 ILCS 5/17-1).
  • If a voter makes a mistake or “spoils” a paper ballot and the voter has not cast the ballot, the voter has the right to receive a replacement ballot (10 ILCS 5/17-11).
  • If a voter cannot read, has trouble understanding English, or has a disability, that voter has the right to request assistance from anyone other than his or her employer, an agent of his or her employer, or an officer or agent of his or her union (10 ILCS 5/17-14).
  • Voters have the right to take unpaid time from work to vote, but no more than two successive hours, as long as they have applied with their employer before Election Day. The employer may set the time of day (10 ILCS 5/17-15).

No one is allowed to try to influence a voter within 100 feet of the polling place (10 ILCS 5/17-29).

As we’ve seen in recent elections, every vote counts so please be sure to exercise your right to vote during this important primary.

Source: www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov


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