Chapter 10 — ELECTIONS

(10 ILCS 5/1-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-1) Sec. 1-1. This Act may be cited as the Election Code. This Act is the general election law of Illinois and any reference in any other Act to "the general election law" or "the general election law of this State" is a reference to this Act, …

(10 ILCS 5/1-10) Sec. 1-10. Public comment. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the State Board of Elections in evaluating the feasibility of any new voting system shall seek and accept public comment from persons with disabilities, including but not limited to organizations…

(10 ILCS 5/1-11) Sec. 1-11. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12. Repealed internally, eff. 5-31-13.)

(10 ILCS 5/1-12) Sec. 1-12. Public university voting. (a) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition to the early voting conducted at locations otherwise required by law, conduct early voting, grace period registration, and grace period voting at the student union on …

(10 ILCS 5/1-13) Sec. 1-13. Forms of signature. The making and signing of any form, including an application to register, a certificate authorizing cancellation of a registration or authorizing a transfer of registration, an application to vote, a provisional ballot, or affidavit…

(10 ILCS 5/1-15) Sec. 1-15. Procedures for the disposal of election records. This Code is subject to the provisions of Section 14a of the Local Records Act. (Source: P.A. 96-475, eff. 8-14-09.)

(10 ILCS 5/1-16) Sec. 1-16. Election authorities; notices by electronic mail. If an election authority is required by law to send an election-related notice to an individual, that election authority may send that notice solely by electronic mail if the individual provides a curre…

(10 ILCS 5/1-17) Sec. 1-17. Election authority voting equipment information. Every 2 years, each election authority shall submit information on the voting equipment used within the jurisdiction of the election authority to the State Board of Elections. The information must includ…

(10 ILCS 5/1-18) Sec. 1-18. Cybersecurity. (a) Each election authority maintaining a website shall begin utilizing a ".gov" website address and a ".gov" electronic mail address for each employee within one year of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Ass…

(10 ILCS 5/1-19) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 1-19. Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Task Force. (a) The Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Task Force is hereby created to review current laws and make recommen…

(10 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-2) Sec. 1-2. The provisions of this Act, so far as they are the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior provisions, and not as a new enactment. If in any other statute reference is made to an Act …

(10 ILCS 5/1-20) Sec. 1-20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10. Repealed internally, eff. 3-2-11.)

(10 ILCS 5/1-20.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 1-20.1. Task Force to Review Eligibility to Hold Public Office. (a) The Task Force to Review Eligibility to Hold Public Office is created. The purpose of the Task Force is to review what criminal conduc…

(10 ILCS 5/1-21) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 1-21. Public Financing of Judicial Elections Task Force. (a) The Public Financing of Judicial Elections Task Force is hereby created for the purposes described in subsection (b). Members of the Task Force sh…

(10 ILCS 5/1-21.5) Sec. 1-21.5. Continuation and validation of Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares the following: (1) The Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force was created by Public Act 102-1…

(10 ILCS 5/1-22) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 1-22. The Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force. (a) The Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity Task Force is created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members: (1)…

(10 ILCS 5/1-23) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 1-23. Ranked-Choice and Voting Systems Task Force. (a) The Ranked-Choice and Voting Systems Task Force is created. The purpose of the Task Force is to review voting systems and the methods of voting, includi…

(10 ILCS 5/1-24) Sec. 1-24. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-25.)

(10 ILCS 5/1-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 1-25. The Security of Remote Vote by Mail Task Force. (a) The Security of Remote Vote by Mail Task Force is hereby created for the purposes described in subsection (b). Members of the Task Force shall be app…

(10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3) Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to popular vote, and includes primary elections when so …

(10 ILCS 5/1-3.5) Sec. 1-3.5. Absentee voting. Any references to absentee ballots, absentee voters, absentee registration, or absentee voting procedures in this Code shall be construed to refer to vote by mail ballots, persons who vote by mail, registration by mail, or voting by …

(10 ILCS 5/1-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-4) Sec. 1-4. (a) In any case in which this Act prescribes a period of time within which petitions for nomination must be filed, the office in which petitions must be filed shall remain open for the receipt of such petitions until 5:00 P.M. on …

(10 ILCS 5/1-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-5) Sec. 1-5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-873. Repealed by P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

(10 ILCS 5/1-6) Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday, Sunday, and holidays. (a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act required or allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a Saturday or a Sunday, the period shall extend through the first busine…

(10 ILCS 5/1-7) Sec. 1-7. No straight party voting. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, straight party voting by a single vote is not permitted in Illinois. (Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97.)

(10 ILCS 5/1-8) Sec. 1-8. Canvassing boards abolished. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, local canvassing boards are abolished. In this Code or any other law a reference to a local or county canvassing board means (i) for elections in which the political subdivisi…

(10 ILCS 5/1-9) Sec. 1-9. Central counting of grace period, early, vote by mail, and provisional ballots. Notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary enacted before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, all grace period ballots, early…

(10 ILCS 5/1-9.1) Sec. 1-9.1. Ballot counting information dissemination. Each election authority maintaining a website must provide 24-hour notice on its website of the date, time, and location of the analysis, processing, and counting of all ballot forms. Each election authority…

(10 ILCS 5/1-9.2) Sec. 1-9.2. Uncounted ballot information on website. No later than 48 hours after the closing of polling locations on election day, each election authority maintaining a website shall post the number of ballots that remain uncounted. The posting shall separate t…

(10 ILCS 5/10-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-1) Sec. 10-1. Application of Article to minor political parties. (a) Political parties as defined in this Article and individual voters to the number and in the manner specified in this Article may nominate candidates for public offices whos…

(10 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10) Sec. 10-10. Within 24 hours after the receipt of the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or proposed question of public policy, as the case may be, and the objector's petition, the chair of the electoral board other than the …

(10 ILCS 5/10-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10.1) Sec. 10-10.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a candidate or objector aggrieved by the decision of an electoral board may secure judicial review of such decision in the circuit court of the county in which the hear…

(10 ILCS 5/10-10.3) Sec. 10-10.3. Removal of a public official's address information from the certificate of nomination or nomination papers. (a) As used in this Section, "home address" and "public official" have the meanings given in Section 10 of the Public Official Safety and …

(10 ILCS 5/10-10.5) Sec. 10-10.5. Removal of judicial officer's address information from the certificate of nomination or nomination papers. (a) Upon expiration of the period for filing an objection to a judicial candidate's certificate of nomination or nomination papers, a judic…

(10 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11) Sec. 10-11. Any vacancy in the nomination of a new political party candidate occurring prior to the date of certification of candidates for the ballot by the certifying board or officer must be filled prior to the date of certification.…

(10 ILCS 5/10-11.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11.1) Sec. 10-11.1. Whenever a vacancy in the office of State Senator is to be filled by election pursuant to Article IV, Section 2(d) of the Constitution and Section 25-6 of this Code, nominations shall be made pursuant to this Section: …

(10 ILCS 5/10-11.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11.2) Sec. 10-11.2. Whenever a vacancy in any elective county office is to be filled by election pursuant to Section 25-11 of this Code, nominations shall be made and any vacancy in nomination shall be filled pursuant to this Section: (1)…

(10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14) Sec. 10-14. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than 74 days before the date of the general election the State Board of Elections shall certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each candidate whose nominati…

(10 ILCS 5/10-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-15) Sec. 10-15. Not less than 68 days before the date of the consolidated and nonpartisan elections, each local election official with whom certificates of nomination or nominating petitions have been filed shall certify to each election au…

(10 ILCS 5/10-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-2) Sec. 10-2. The term "political party", as hereinafter used in this Article 10, shall mean any "established political party", as hereinafter defined and shall also mean any political group which shall hereafter undertake to form an establi…

(10 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-3) Sec. 10-3. Nomination of independent candidates (not candidates of any political party), for any office to be filled by the voters of the State at large may also be made by nomination papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate by 1…

(10 ILCS 5/10-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-3.1) Sec. 10-3.1. Petitions for nomination of nonpartisan candidates for offices to be filled at an election provided in Article 2A of this Code shall be in conformity with any requirements as to contents and number of signatures specified…

(10 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-4) Sec. 10-4. Form of petition for nomination. All petitions for nomination under this Article 10 for candidates for public office in this State, shall in addition to other requirements provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions shall co…

(10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5) Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides containing the names of candidates, specify as to each: 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or candidates shall be nominated. 2. The new political party, if any, represen…

(10 ILCS 5/10-5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5.1) Sec. 10-5.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate on a certificate of nomination or nomination papers the candidate's given name or names, initial or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, or a combina…

(10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6) Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any district n…

(10 ILCS 5/10-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.1) Sec. 10-6.1. The board or clerk with whom a certificate of nomination or nomination papers are filed shall notify the person for whom such papers are filed of the obligation to file statements of organization, reports of campaign cont…

(10 ILCS 5/10-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.2) Sec. 10-6.2. The State Board of Elections, the election authority or the local election official with whom petitions for nomination are filed pursuant to this Article 10 shall specify the place where filings shall be made and upon rec…

(10 ILCS 5/10-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-7) Sec. 10-7. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any person whose name has been presented as a candidate, including nonpartisan and independent candidates, may cause his name to be withdrawn from any such nomination by his request in…

(10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8) Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent conformity with …