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SECTION 11-300
Special ballots on account of religious scruples
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 11, TITLE 3
§ 11-300. Special ballots on account of religious scruples. A voter
may deliver to the inspectors of election of the election district in
which he is registered, or to the board of elections, at any time during
the period in which an application for early mail or absentee ballot may
be so delivered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, a written
statement of religious scruples against voting at a polling place
located in a premises used for religious purposes. In the event the
polling place for any such voter's election district shall be located in
a premises used for religious purposes, the board of elections shall
permit such voter to cast a special ballot, at an office of such board
of elections, not earlier than one week before the election and not
later than the close of the polls on election day. Such ballots shall be
retained at the board of elections and cast and canvassed pursuant to
the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.