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 5/1-12) 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 5/1-2) (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 5/1-20.1) (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, 2027) 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 January 1, 2027) 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, incl…

(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 5/1-6) 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 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-1) Sec. 1A-1. A State Board of Elections is hereby established which shall have general supervision over the administration of the registration and election laws throughout the State, and shall perform only such duties as are or may hereafte…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-10) Sec. 1A-10. The State Board of Elections shall keep a full and true public record of all of its proceedings and of all monies received and expended. The Board shall file and preserve in its principal office all orders and records pertai…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-11) Sec. 1A-11. The principal office of the State Board of Elections shall be maintained in Springfield and a permanent branch office shall be maintained in Chicago. The permanent offices of the Board shall be kept open during the ordinary …

(10 ILCS 5/1A-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-12) Sec. 1A-12. The State Board of Elections may employ, promote or discharge such additional persons as are necessary for the proper performance of its duties under this Code, including investigators, examiners and hearing officers. Howeve…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-13) Sec. 1A-13. No employee of the State Board of Elections including its executive director and assistant executive director shall engage in any partisan political activity whatsoever, except to vote at elections, nor shall such person con…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14) Sec. 1A-14. Political activity by members of the State Board of Elections. (a) No member of the State Board of Elections may become a candidate for nomination for, or election to, or accept appointment to or hold any other remunerative …

(10 ILCS 5/1A-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-15) Sec. 1A-15. On the request of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the State Board of Elections shall provide the Department with tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof which only provide the name, addr…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16) Sec. 1A-16. Voter registration information; Internet posting; processing of voter registration forms; content of such forms. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to voter registration under this Code. (a) Voter registrati…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1) Sec. 1A-16.1. Automatic voter registration; Secretary of State. (a) The Office of the Secretary of State and the State Board of Elections, pursuant to an interagency contract and jointly adopted rules, shall establish an automatic voter registration program th…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.2) Sec. 1A-16.2. Automatic voter registration; designated automatic voter registration agencies. (a) Each designated automatic voter registration agency shall, pursuant to an interagency contract and jointly-adopted rules with the State Board of Elections, agree …

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5) Sec. 1A-16.5. Online voter registration. (a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and maintain a system for online voter registration that permits a person to apply to register to vote or to update his or her existing voter registration. In accordance …

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.6) Sec. 1A-16.6. Government agency voter registration. (a) By April 1, 2016, the State Board of Elections shall establish and maintain a portal for government agency registration that permits an eligible person to electronically apply to register to vote or to up…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.7) Sec. 1A-16.7. Automatic voter registration. (a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and maintain a portal for automatic government agency voter registration that permits an eligible person to electronically apply to register to vote or to update his o…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8) Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based upon information from the National Change of Address database and designated automatic voter registration agencies. (a) The State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the statewide voter registration d…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.9) Sec. 1A-16.9. Implementation. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be implemented no later than July 1, 2018, except for the changes made to Section 1A-16.2 of this Code. (Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)

(10 ILCS 5/1A-17) Sec. 1A-17. Voter registration outreach. (a) The Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Public Aid, the Department of Employment Security, and each public institution of higher lear…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-18) Sec. 1A-18. Voter registration applications; General Assembly district offices. Each member of the General Assembly, and his or her State employees (as defined in Section 1-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act) authorized by the member, may make ava…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-19) Sec. 1A-19. Effect of extension of canvassing period on terms of public offices and official acts. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the proclamation of election results for an elected office has not been issued by the date of the commencement of t…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-2) Sec. 1A-2. The State Board of Elections shall consist of 8 members, 4 of whom shall be residents of Cook County and 4 of whom shall be residents of the State outside of Cook County. Of the 4 members from each area of required residence, 2…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-2.1) Sec. 1A-2.1. Each member of the State Board of Elections, before entering upon his duties, shall subscribe to the Constitutional oath and shall give an official bond in the penal sum of $100,000, with a corporate surety or individual …

(10 ILCS 5/1A-20) Sec. 1A-20. Help Illinois Vote Fund. The Help Illinois Vote Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All federal funds received by the State for the implementation of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be deposited into the Help Illi…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-25) Sec. 1A-25. Centralized statewide voter registration list. (a) The centralized statewide voter registration list required by Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the State Board of Elections a…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-3) Sec. 1A-3. Subject to the confirmation requirements of Section 1A-4, 4 members of the State Board of Elections shall be appointed in each odd-numbered year as follows: (1) The Governor shall appoint 2 members of the same political party w…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-3.1) Sec. 1A-3.1. Of the members initially appointed to the State Board of Elections pursuant to this amendatory Act of 1978, one member affiliated with each political party from each area of required residence shall serve a term commencin…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-35) Sec. 1A-35. Early and grace period voting education. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Elections must develop and implement an educational program to inform the public about early voting and grace period voting. The State Board shall conduct the progr…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-4) Sec. 1A-4. All appointments of members to the State Board of Elections shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate pursuant to this Section. Appointments by the Governor pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2) and (7) of Section 1A-3…

(10 ILCS 5/1A-45) Sec. 1A-45. Electronic Registration Information Center. (a) The State Board of Elections shall enter into an agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center effective no later than January 1, 2016, for the purpose of maintaining a statewide voter r…