Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be stationed at polling sites across suburban Cook County on Election Day to help maintain safety for both voters and poll workers.
Officers will handle any reports of prohibited conduct at the polls, including electioneering, interference with voting, and noncompliance with election judge orders.The Sheriff’s Office also provided suburban police departments with information on polling location laws, such as election judges’ authority, as well as who is allowed inside polling places and prohibited conduct at such sites.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, Max Bever with the Chicago Board of Elections says poll workers may encounter testy voters but that police will handle any problems."Instead of training our poll workers to deal with any public safety issues, like many other jurisdictions are having to do, we have a team of polling place investigators – over 400 either off duty or retired law enforcement officers that serve as our resource for Election Day.
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