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§ 551. Notices of primaries and general elections

(a) Not less than three weeks before each primary and each general election, the board of elections for each election district shall post a notice in three public places in its district, which notice shall specify the time of the primary or election, the location of the polling places for the respective polling districts, and […]

§ 552. Watchers

(a) Each candidate for nomination or election at a primary may appoint two watchers in each polling place in which such candidate is to be voted for. (b) Each political party or political body which has nominated candidates in accordance with this title, and each nominated independent candidate, may appoint three watchers at any general […]

§ 554. Unofficial ballots

If from any cause the official ballots have not been received at a polling place on the morning of a primary or election and before the opening of the polls, or if the supply of ballots shall become exhausted during the process of balloting and before the polls are closed, the board of elections concerned […]

§ 555. Hours polls open; persons inside at time of closing

At all primaries and elections, the polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m., until 7:00 p.m. All persons entitled to vote who are present at the place where the primary or election is being held at or before the time of closing the polls shall be allowed to vote.

§ 556. Electioneering prohibited

(a) There may be no electioneering within 200 feet of the polling place property boundary lines, as designated by the chairman of the board of elections in the election district, prior to the date of a primary or general election, as the polling grounds incidental to the polling place. For the purposes of this section, […]

§ 557. Assistance of police

The Police Commissioner shall provide police protection at each polling place for the duration of the primary and election. The election officers, or any three qualified electors of a polling district, may call upon any police officer present to clear an avenue to the door of the polling place in such district which is obstructed […]

§ 558. Meeting of election officers on day of election

The election officers shall meet at the polling place to which they were assigned at least one (1) hour before the hour for opening the polls on the day of each primary or election. Any person who is selected to fill a vacancy or a temporary vacancy after the time for swearing in as prescribed […]

§ 559. Duties of election officers

(a) After the election officers and clerks have subscribed their oaths required by section 558 of this title, the judge of election shall designate one of the inspectors of election to have custody of the district register and to make the entries therein required by section 582 of this title. The other inspector shall have […]

§ 560. Opening of polls; posting of instructions and sample ballots

The election officers shall, after taking the oath, open the ballot boxes which have been furnished to them, before opening of the polls. Not earlier than one hour prior to the opening of the polls, but subsequent to compliance with section 153 of this title, the seals of the packages furnished or forwarded by the […]