[Peace] CORRECTION: polling places

Mon Nov 3 07:41:50 CST 2008

Well, it's the smallest detail that can make all the difference. I made a
mistake when I copied and pasted the list of polling places last night. I
inadvertently included ALL polling places, not just the ones that don't
ban electioneering on the entire property.

Below is the correct, prioritized list of polling places for flyering
tomorrow (most important listed first).

Again, please consider giving some of your time today or tomorrow to help
get the word out. It may be a sacrifice, but please remember who we're
doing this for - the poorest of the poor in Champaign that don't qualify
for any other state or federal financial aid, typically homeless or
near-homeless, very close to falling through the cracks into utter
destitution if they're not there already.

Reach me anytime at 722-8470 - I won't be able to read e-mail much today
as I'll be out on the street most of the time.

Thanks
R

37, Carpenters' Local No. 44 402 S Duncan Rd, Ch.
34, Parkland College Theater Lobby, Use Parking Lot C, 2400 W Bradley Ave,
Ch.
35, Bresnan Meeting Center 706 Kenwood Rd, Ch.
13, E.H. Mellon Adm. Ctr. 703 S New, Ch.
20, Grace Lutheran Church 313 S Prospect Ave, Ch.
18, Farm Bureau 801 Country Fair Dr, Ch.
17, Garden Hills Baptist Church 1601 Bloomington Rd, Ch.
5, Snyder Hall Lounge 206 E Peabody, Ch.
27, Champaign Church of Christ, South Entrance, 1509 W John, Ch.
31, Leonhard Recreation Center, Main Entrance, 2112 Sangamon, Ch.
6, Stratton Elementary School, Northwest Entrance 1st door Closest to
Street, 902 N Randolph, Champaign, IL 61820
10, Stratton Elementary School, Northwest Entrance 1st Door Closest to
Street, 902 N Randolph, Ch.
25, Hays Center 1311 W Church, Ch.
9, IL Employment and Training Ctr. 1307 N Mattis, Champaign, IL 61821
14, E.H. Mellon Adm. Ctr. 703 S New, Ch.
4, University YMCA 1001 S Wright St, Ch.
1, Douglass Center Annex 804 N Fifth St, Champaign, IL 61820
28, Champaign Church of Christ, South Entrance, 1509 W John, Ch.
7, Skelton Place Community Room 302 S 2nd St, Champaign, IL 61820
2, Illini Union Pine Lounge 1401 W Green St, Urb.
3, Illini Union Pine Lounge 1401 W Green St, Urb.
8, Rehabilitation Education Ctr. 1207 S Oak, Ch.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
To: <Peace at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 11:59 PM
Subject: [Peace] CALL FOR HELP: township referendum flyering

: I have about 3000 flyers to distribute in the next two days. Please
: consider helping out.
:
: So far, there is on-campus flyering scheduled for today, Monday, mid-day
: at Green & Wright St. So far, we'll have 4 people (myself, Conrad
Wetzel,
: Ricky Baldwin, Barbara Kessel) flyering from 10:15AM through 1:30PM
: (though not all 4 the whole time). The more the merrier - please join
us.
: I'm happy to join folks to do flyering at any other time and place
: tomorrow as well. Reach me anytime at 722-8470 (cell). If you want to
: flyer on your own, just let me know and I'll get flyers to you, however
: many you can distribute to Champaign voters. Weather tomorrow should be
: freakishly spectacular for this time of year - 74 and sunny.
:
: ----
:
: I'm also calling for folks to flyer at CHAMPAIGN POLLING PLACES on
: Tuesday. This flyering will be extremely effective - everyone that
crosses
: your path will definitely be voting - none will be from Urbana, or an
: early voter, or not registered, or not a citizen - you'll have a 100%
hit
: rate on Champaign voters before they actually vote 8-) Again, weather
will
: be ideal - sunny and 72. And if there is a line to vote, folks will even
: have extra time to read the flyer.
:
: As you might be aware, there are limitations on what is commonly
referred
: to as "electioneering", but it is absolutely permitted, even protected,
so
: long as you follow the rules. Here's the lowdown, with quotes from state
: law:
:
: Vote solicitation of any kind or even just engaging in political
: discussion is prohibited within the "campaign free zone", which is
: anywhere inside a 100 foot radius of the polling place. The boundary of
: the "campaign free zone" must be marked by "2 or more cones, small
United
: States national flags, or some other marker" by election officers. But
the
: area just outside the campaign zone, "whether publicly or privately
owned,
: is a public forum for the time that the polls are open on an election
day"
: and "a person shall have the right to congregate and engage in
: electioneering on any polling place property while the polls are open
: beyond the campaign free zone" and furthermore the law "shall be
construed
: liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all polling
: place property beyond the campaign free zone for the time that the polls
: are open on an election day."
:
: There are two important exceptions:
: 1. If a private business, a public or private school, or a church hosts
a
: polling place and 100 feet away from the polling place is still within
the
: building, then the campaign-free zone extends to the building entrance
: (and the markers would be placed just outside that building entrance).
: 2. A church or private school hosting a polling place may choose to
: prohibit electioneering on its entire property (in which the markers
will
: be at the edge of the property)..
:
: For reference, I've included the pertinent state law at the end of this
: message.
:
: The Champaign County Clerk's site lists the polling places and even
: indicates which sites prohibit electioneering anywhere on the property
(as
: per exception 2 above). It may not be worth it, in my opinion, to try
and
: flyer at these sites which ban electioneering anywhere on the property.
So
: here is a list of polling places that *don't* prohibit electioneering on
: the entire property. The list is ranked by the number of ballots cast in
: the 2006 election (data also obtained from the Champaign County Clerk
: site). The polling places that appear higher (first) on the list can be
: expected to have more voters than the ones that appear lower (last) on
the
: list. The upshot is that the polling places listed first are more
: important than ones listed later.
:
: Polls will be open 6AM to 7PM. I'm guessing the busiest times should be
: 6AM-9AM, 11:30AM to 1:30PM and 4PM to 7PM.
:
: Please contact me if you can help and I'll gladly get ample flyers to
you
: somehow.
:
: Format of the list is
: precinct #, site name, entrance details (if any), address
:
: 38, Meadowbrook Community Church, North Entrance, 1902 S Duncan Rd, Ch.
: 24, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, North Entrance, 2101 S Prospect Ave,
: Ch.
: 32, Free Methodist Church 1913 S Mattis Ave, Ch.
: 26, St. John's Lutheran Church, Mattis Entrance, 509 S Mattis Ave, Ch.
: 33, Meadowbrook Community Church, North Entrance, 1902 S Duncan Rd, Ch.
: 36, Stratford Park Bible Chapel 2801 W Kirby, Ch.
: 19, Salvation Army Corps 502 N Prospect, Ch.
: 11, Holy Cross Parish Center, West Entrance,  405 W Clark , Ch.
: 15, Faith Methodist Church, South Entrance, 1719 S Prospect Ave, Ch.
: 12, Holy Cross Parish Center, West Entrance, 405 W Clark, Ch.
: 29, Westminster Presbyterian Church/Montessori School 1700 Crescent Dr,
: Ch.
: 16, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, North Entrance, 2101 S Prospect Ave,
: Ch.
: 21, St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Main Entrance (not side), 905 S
: Russell, Ch.
: 30, St. John's Lutheran Church, Mattis Entrance, 509 S Mattis Ave, Ch.
: 23, Faith Methodist Church, South Entrance, 1719 S Prospect Ave, Ch.
: 22, Hessel Pk. Christian Reformed Church, East Entrance, 700 W Kirby,
Ch.
: 37, Carpenters' Local No. 44 402 S Duncan Rd, Ch.
: 34, Parkland College Theater Lobby, Use Parking Lot C, 2400 W Bradley
Ave,
: Ch.
: 35, Bresnan Meeting Center 706 Kenwood Rd, Ch.
: 13, E.H. Mellon Adm. Ctr. 703 S New, Ch.
: 20, Grace Lutheran Church 313 S Prospect Ave, Ch.
: 18, Farm Bureau 801 Country Fair Dr, Ch.
: 17, Garden Hills Baptist Church 1601 Bloomington Rd, Ch.
: 5, Snyder Hall Lounge 206 E Peabody, Ch.
: 27, Champaign Church of Christ, South Entrance, 1509 W John, Ch.
: 31, Leonhard Recreation Center, Main Entrance, 2112 Sangamon, Ch.
: 6, Stratton Elementary School, Northwest Entrance 1st door Closest to
: Street, 902 N Randolph, Champaign, IL 61820
: 10, Stratton Elementary School, Northwest Entrance 1st Door Closest to
: Street, 902 N Randolph, Ch.
: 25, Hays Center 1311 W Church, Ch.
: 9, IL Employment and Training Ctr. 1307 N Mattis, Champaign, IL 61821
: 14, E.H. Mellon Adm. Ctr. 703 S New, Ch.
: 4, University YMCA 1001 S Wright St, Ch.
: 1, Douglass Center Annex 804 N Fifth St, Champaign, IL 61820
: 28, Champaign Church of Christ, South Entrance, 1509 W John, Ch.
: 7, Skelton Place Community Room 302 S 2nd St, Champaign, IL 61820
: 2, Illini Union Pine Lounge 1401 W Green St, Urb.
: 3, Illini Union Pine Lounge 1401 W Green St, Urb.
: 8, Rehabilitation Education Ctr. 1207 S Oak, Ch.
:
: Pertinent Illinois law:
:
: (10 ILCS 5/17-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-29)
:     Sec. 17-29. (a) No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other person
: shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering or soliciting
of
: votes or engage in any political discussion within any polling place,
: within 100 feet of any polling place, or, at the option of a church or
: private school, on any of the property of that church or private school
: that is a polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any
: voter while approaching within those areas for the purpose of voting.
: Judges of election shall enforce the provisions of this Section.
:     (b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small United
States
: national flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet
: from each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in voting, which
: shall be known as the polling room. If the polling room is located
within
: a building that is a private business, a public or private school, or a
: church or other organization founded for the purpose of religious
worship
: and the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior of the
: building, then the markers shall be placed outside of the building at
each
: entrance used by voters to enter that building on the grounds adjacent
to
: the thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling room is located within a
: public or private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
: located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed 100
: horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used by voters to
: engage in voting. If the polling room is located in a public or private
: building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is located on a
floor
: above or below the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed a
: distance of 100 feet from the nearest elevator or staircase used by
voters
: on the ground floor to access the floor where the polling room is
located.
: The area within where the markers are placed shall be known as a
campaign
: free zone, and electioneering is prohibited pursuant to this subsection.
: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a church or private
: school may choose to apply the campaign free zone to its entire
property,
: and, if so, the markers shall be placed near the boundaries on the
grounds
: adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used
by
: the voters.
:     The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free zone,
: whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum for the time that
: the polls are open on an election day. At the request of election
officers
: any publicly owned building must be made available for use as a polling
: place. A person shall have the right to congregate and engage in
: electioneering on any polling place property while the polls are open
: beyond the campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the
placement
: of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed liberally in
favor
: of persons engaging in electioneering on all polling place property
beyond
: the campaign free zone for the time that the polls are open on an
election
: day. At or near the door of each polling place, the election judges
shall
: place signage indicating the proper entrance to the polling place. In
: addition, the election judges shall ensure that a sign identifying the
: location of the polling place is placed on a nearby public roadway. The
: State Board of Elections shall establish guidelines for the placement of
: polling place signage.
:     (c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place property on an
: election day, including but not limited to the placement of temporary
: signs, is an exclusive power and function of the State. A home rule unit
: may not regulate electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary
to
: subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and limitation of home
: rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article
VII
: of the Illinois Constitution.
:
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