Permits police officers to be assigned to school if school is being used as polling place during conduct of election.

This bill allows local election officials to request police officers to provide security at schools used as polling places during elections. Specifically, district boards, election superintendents, or county clerks can ask for officers to be assigned to school polling locations for security, and police departments must comply with such requests. Officers assigned for this purpose are prohibited from interfering with voters or election materials, and violating this rule would be a third-degree crime. The bill clarifies that police presence at school polling places is permitted, while maintaining safeguards to protect voter access.