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SECTION 4-132
Polling places; equipment for
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 4
§ 4-132. Polling places; equipment for. The board of elections or the
town, city or village clerk, when a town, city or village holds an
election not conducted by the board of elections, shall provide in each
polling place, as required, the following articles:

a. Material to define the voting area.

b. Separate boxes for the purposes of receiving ballots. Such boxes
shall have an opening on the top, large enough to allow a single ballot
to be passed easily through the opening, but no larger, and shall be
supplied with a protective lock or seal.

c. A booth or device in each election district for the use of voters
marking ballots. Such booth or device shall be so constructed as to
permit the voter to mark his or her ballot in secrecy and shall be
furnished at all times with an appropriate marking device.

d. A sufficient number of maps, street finders or other descriptions
of all of the polling places and election districts within the political
subdivision in which the polling place is located to enable the election
inspectors and poll clerks to determine the correct election district
and polling place for each street address within the political
subdivision in which the polling place is located.