Bill Text: IL HB0575 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that, in the case of petitions for the office of multi-township assessor, petitions shall be filed with the election authority not more than 141 (currently, 113 days) nor less than 134 days before the consolidated election. Provides that an election authority shall, except as otherwise provided under the Code, allow a voter who is in line to vote at the time an early voting polling place closes to cast a ballot. In provisions concerning primary election ballots, provides that the lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible due to the election system used by the election authority. Provides that election authorities may authorize service of objections to candidate nominations through electronic mail in lieu of personal service under specified circumstances. Requires each election authority to post certain election results on its website. Creates the universal vote centers pilot program. Sets forth provisions concerning name standardization. Requires election authorities to establish curbside voting for individuals with disabilities. Provides that, for specified applications, change of address forms, or recertifications of a driver's license or State identification card, the application, form, or recertification shall serve as a dual-purpose application when the applicant presents specified identification (rather than meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005). Modifies requirements of the dual-purpose application. Modifies the content of the written notice required to be given by the Office of the Secretary of State to each applicant and requires the Office of the Secretary of State to determine whether each applicant is currently registered to vote in Illinois and the applicant's registration address. Provides that, if an applicant provides the Secretary of State with an identification document which demonstrates that the applicant is not a United States citizen, the application shall not serve as a dual-purpose application. Requires election authorities to establish a website for eligible voters to request vote by mail ballots. Authorizes a reduction in the number of election judges in each precinct. Provides that an election authority shall test the voting devices and equipment in 5% of the voting devices used in early voting and at vote centers (rather than 5% of the voting devices used in early voting). Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to make conforming changes. Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District to correct a cross-reference to a Public Act. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that a prohibition on fundraising during session does not apply to a constitutional officer of the executive branch or a General Assembly member who is a candidate for federal office if the fundraising function is held outside of Sangamon County. Makes changes in provisions concerning personnel policies and ethics commissions. Amends the School Code. In the School Board Association Article of the Code, provides that a school board association may offer and provide scholarships or other reimbursements to school board members, and a school board member may receive scholarships or other reimbursements from an association for reasonable travel and lodging expenses to attend meetings or other events hosted by the association which are reasonably related to the school board member's duties and will contribute to the professional development of the school board member. In the Chicago School District Article of the Code, provides that all petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be filed with the board of election commissioners and shall be prepared, filed, and certified as outlined in the Election Code (rather than providing that all petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be filed with the board of election commissioners within the time provided for in the Election Code, except that petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago Board of Education for the 2024 general election shall be prepared and certified as outlined in the Election Code). In the Educational Service Regions Article of the School Code, provides that, when a vacancy occurs in the office of regional superintendent of schools and more than 28 months remain in that term and the vacancy occurs at least 130 days before the next general election, appointment to fill the vacancy shall be until the next general election (rather than if more than 28 months remain in that term, the appointment shall be until the next general election). In the School Board and Chicago Board of Education Articles of the School Code, provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the school district shall provide all eligible students graduating from high school with the opportunity to register to vote. Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a change concerning compensation of the members of the board. Amends the Open Meetings Act, if and only if Senate Bill 243 of the 104th General Assembly becomes law, to make a change in provisions regarding meetings on election days. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-04-17 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0575 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB0575-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Article 5.
Section 5-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 10-6 as follows:
(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
not entirely within a county, or for congressional, state
legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to the
principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than
169 nor less than 162 days previous to the day of election for
which the candidates are nominated. The State Board of
Elections shall endorse the certificates of nomination or
nomination papers, as the case may be, and the date and hour of
presentment to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
all other certificates for the nomination of candidates shall
be filed with the county clerk of the respective counties not
more than 169 but at least 162 days previous to the day of such

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election. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for
the nomination of candidates for school district offices to be
filled at consolidated elections shall be filed with the
county clerk or county board of election commissioners of the
county in which the principal office of the school district is
located not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before the
consolidated election. Except as otherwise provided in this
Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
nomination of candidates for the other offices of political
subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
general election shall be filed with the local election
official of such subdivision:
(1) (blank);
(2) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to
the consolidated election; or
(3) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to
the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
filled at the general primary election; or
(4) not more than 127 nor less than 120 days before the
consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to
be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law
(including, without limitation, those municipal offices
subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
(5) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before the
municipal primary in even numbered years for such
nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are

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provided; or
(6) in the case of petitions for the office of
multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
with the election authority not more than 141 113 nor less
than 134 days before the consolidated election.
However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
such Board.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
Section 5-10. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
is amended by changing Section 3c-2 as follows:
(70 ILCS 805/3c-2)
Sec. 3c-2. Continuous effect of provisions; validation.
The General Assembly declares that the changes made to
Sections 3c and 3c-1 by this amendatory Act of the 103rd
General Assembly shall be deemed to have been in continuous
effect since November 15, 2021 (the effective date of Public
Act 102-668 102-688) and shall continue to be in effect until
they are lawfully repealed. All actions that were taken on or
after 2021 and before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 103rd General Assembly by a downstate forest

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preserve district or any other person and that are consistent
with or in reliance on the changes made to Sections 3c and 3c-1
by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly are
hereby validated.
(Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
Article 10.
Section 10-5. The School Code is amended by changing
Sections 23-7 and 34-4.1 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/23-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-7)
Sec. 23-7. Compensation and expenses.
No school board member shall receive any compensation for
service rendered to any such association, whether as an
officer or otherwise, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
for expenses actually incurred in the work of such
association. Consistent with Section 10-15 of the State
Officials and Employees Ethics Act, a school board association
may offer and provide scholarships or other reimbursements to
school board members, and a school board member may receive
scholarships or other reimbursements from an association for
reasonable travel and lodging expenses to attend meetings or
other events hosted by the association which are reasonably
related to the school board member's duties and will
contribute to the professional development of the school board

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member.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/34-4.1)
Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the
requirements of the general election law, the form of
petitions under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be
substantially as follows:
NOMINATING PETITIONS
(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of
Chicago:
We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters
residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who
resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for
the office of .... of the Chicago Board of Education (full
term) (vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on
(insert date).
Name: .................. Address: ...................
In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition
for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial
or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly
known, or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the
candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the

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last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's
name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as
(list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name
changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the
petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit
stating the candidate's previous names during the period
specified in clause (i) and the date or dates each of those
names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be
grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for
the ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name
changes to conform a candidate's name to the candidate's
identity or name changes resulting from adoption to assume an
adoptive parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil union
to assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or
civil union or declaration of invalidity of marriage to assume
a former surname. No other designation, such as a political
slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the Election Code, title
or degree, or nickname suggesting or implying possession of a
title, degree or professional status, or similar information
may be used in connection with the candidate's surname.
All petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago
Board of Education shall be filed with the board of election
commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal
office of the school district is located and within the time
provided for by Article 7 of the Election Code, except that
petitions for the nomination of members of the Chicago Board

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of Education for the 2024 general election shall be prepared,
filed, and certified as outlined in Article 10 of the Election
Code. The board of election commissioners shall receive and
file only those petitions that include a statement of
candidacy, the required number of voter signatures, the
notarized signature of the petition circulator, and a receipt
from the county clerk showing that the candidate has filed a
statement of economic interests interest on or before the last
day to file as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act. The board of election commissioners may have petition
forms available for issuance to potential candidates and may
give notice of the petition filing period by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation within the school district
not less than 10 days prior to the first day of filing. The
board of election commissioners shall make certification to
the proper election authorities in accordance with the general
election law.
The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in
which the principal office of the school district is located
shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination
is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under
the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election
law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the
State Board of Elections and in accordance with the
requirements of the general election law. The board of
election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the

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last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
A candidate for membership on the Chicago Board of
Education who has petitioned for nomination to fill a full
term and to fill a vacant term to be voted upon at the same
election must withdraw his or her petition for nomination from
either the full term or the vacant term by written
declaration.
Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate
named therein files with the board of election commissioners a
receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has
filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so
filed either previously during the calendar year in which his
or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for
the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
election law.
(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21;
103-467, eff. 8-4-23; 103-584, eff. 3-18-24; revised 6-27-25.)
Article 15.
Section 15-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 19A-15 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)

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Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the period
for early voting by personal appearance begins the 40th day
preceding a general primary, consolidated primary,
consolidated, or general election and extends through the end
of the day before election day.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a
permanent polling place for early voting must remain open
beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of
the day before election day during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that
beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling
place for early voting must remain open during the hours of
8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours
required by this subsection, a permanent polling place
designated by an election authority under subsections (c),
(d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of
at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting period
and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during
the early voting period.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority
may close an early voting polling place if the building in
which the polling place is located has been closed by the State
or unit of local government in response to a severe weather

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emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall
notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall
make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an
alternative location for early voting.
(d) (Blank).
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, an election
authority shall allow any voter who is in line to vote at the
time an early voting polling place closes to cast a ballot.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
Article 20.
Section 20-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 7-19 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
the manner following:
1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
printed in large capital letters, words designating the
ballot, if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall
be: "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and
in like manner for each political party.
2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning

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not less than one inch below designating words, the name of
each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters.
Such names may be printed on the ballot either in a single
column or in 2 or more columns and in the following order,
to-wit:
President of the United States, State offices,
congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
elected from the State at large to National nominating
conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
from congressional districts to National nominating
conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward
committeepersons. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing offices to and including member of the State central
committee shall be listed in the left-hand column and
Senatorial offices, as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in the second column.
Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for
not more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no
candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or
persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that
office, then below the title of that office the election

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authority instead shall print "No Candidate".
Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or
alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or
(b) no official designation, depending upon the action taken
by the State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of
this Act.
Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
The lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both
capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard
English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible
due to the election system utilized by the election authority.
Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed
within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front
of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates under
each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.

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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
is applicable.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
Article 25.
Section 25-5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 3A-6 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/3A-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)
Sec. 3A-6. Election of Superintendent for consolidated
region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
(a) The regional superintendent to be elected under
Section 3A-5 shall be elected at the time provided in the
general election law and must possess the qualifications
described in Section 3-1 of this Act.
(b) The bond required under Section 3-2 shall be filed in
the office of the county clerk in the county where the regional
office is situated, and a certified copy of that bond shall be
filed in the office of the county clerk in each of the other
counties in the region.
(c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
superintendent of schools of any educational service region
which is not located in a county which is a home rule unit,

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such vacancy shall be filled within 60 days (i) by appointment
of the chairman of the county board, with the advice and
consent of the county board, when such vacancy occurs in a
single county educational service region; or (ii) by
appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
county boards of those counties comprising the affected
educational service region when such vacancy occurs in a
multicounty educational service region, each committeeman to
be entitled to one vote for each vote that was received in the
county represented by such committeeman on the committee by
the regional superintendent of schools whose office is vacant
at the last election at which a regional superintendent was
elected to such office, and the person receiving the highest
number of affirmative votes from the committeemen for such
vacant office to be deemed the person appointed by such
committee to fill the vacancy. The appointee shall be a member
of the same political party as the regional superintendent of
schools the appointee succeeds was at the time such regional
superintendent of schools last was elected. The appointee
shall serve for the remainder of the term. However, if more
than 28 months remain in that term and the vacancy occurs at
least 130 days before the next general election, the
appointment shall be until the next general election, at which
time the vacated office shall be filled by election for the
remainder of the term. Nominations shall be made and any
vacancy in nomination shall be filled as follows:

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(1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first
date provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for
filing nomination papers for county offices for the
primary in the next even-numbered year following
commencement of the term of office in which the vacancy
occurs, nominations for the election for filling the
vacancy shall be made pursuant to Article 7 of the
Election Code.
(2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
nomination papers for county offices for the primary in
the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
term of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for
filing nomination papers for the primary shall not be more
than 120 91 days nor less than 113 85 days prior to the
date of the primary.
(3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day
provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
nomination papers for county offices for the primary in
the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
term of office in which the vacancy occurs, a vacancy in
nomination shall be deemed to have occurred and the county
central committee of each established political party (if
the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service
region) or the multi-county educational service region
committee of each established political party (if the

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vacancy occurs in a multi-county educational service
region) shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill
the vacancy in nomination for election to the office at
the general election. In the nomination proceedings to
fill the vacancy in nomination, each member of the county
central committee or the multi-county educational service
region committee, whichever applies, shall have the voting
strength as set forth in Section 7-8 or 7-8.02 of the
Election Code, respectively. The name of the candidate so
nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
primary election. The vacancy in nomination shall be
filled prior to the date of certification of candidates
for the general election.
(4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
the following information: (A) the name of the original
nominee and the office vacated; (B) the date on which the
vacancy occurred; and (C) the name and address of the
nominee selected to fill the vacancy and the date of
selection. The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be
accompanied by a statement of candidacy, as prescribed in
Section 7-10 of the Election Code, completed by the
selected nominee, a certificate from the State Board of
Education, as prescribed in Section 3-1 of this Code, and
a receipt indicating that the nominee has filed a

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statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 of the
Election Code relating to objections to nomination papers,
hearings on objections, and judicial review shall also apply
to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions
for filling vacancies in nomination filed pursuant to this
Section. Unless otherwise specified in this Section, the
nomination and election provided for in this Section is
governed by the general election law.
Except as otherwise provided by applicable county
ordinance or by law, if a vacancy occurs in the office of
regional superintendent of schools of an educational service
region that is located in a county that is a home rule unit and
that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, that
vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home rule
county.
Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
to the position of regional superintendent of schools, and
shall obtain a certificate of eligibility from the State
Superintendent of Education and file same with the county
clerk of the county in which the regional superintendent's
office is located.
If the regional superintendent of schools is called into

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the active military service of the United States, his office
shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
shall be made as in the case of a vacancy. The appointee shall
perform all the duties of the regional superintendent of
schools during the time the regional superintendent of schools
is in the active military service of the United States, and
shall be paid the same compensation apportioned as to the time
of service, and such appointment and all authority thereunder
shall cease upon the discharge of the regional superintendent
of schools from such active military service. The appointee
shall give the same bond as is required of a regularly elected
regional superintendent of schools.
(Source: P.A. 96-893, eff. 7-1-10.)
Article 30.
Section 30-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 10-8 and by adding Section 10-8.5 as follows:
(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 the provisions of this Code Act, shall be
deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in

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writing within 5 business days after the last day for filing
the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
for a public question, with the following exceptions:
A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
period of 35 business days after the last day for the
filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
objections can be filed.
Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
accepted. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of

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nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
than 12:00 p.m. noon on the second business day after receipt
of the petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted
personal delivery, or by electronic delivery under Section
10-8.5, the certificate of nomination or nomination papers and
the original objector's petition to the chair of the proper
electoral board designated in Section 10-9 of this Code
hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by
electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, of the objector's
petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition for
a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for
an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of
the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the
day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and
shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered
mail or receipted personal delivery, or by electronic delivery
under Section 10-8.5, to the person designated on a
certificate attached to the petition as the principal
proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice

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of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
subdivision, or district thereof, the election authority or
local election official with whom such petition is filed shall
note the day and hour upon which such objector's petition was
filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 p.m. noon on the second
business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by
electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, the petition for the
public question and the original objector's petition to the
chair of the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9
of this Code hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery, or by electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, of
the objector's petition to the person designated on a
certificate attached to the petition as the principal
proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
electoral board.
The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9,
10-10, and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections

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to petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article
8, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
for the submission of public questions under Article 28.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; revised 6-24-25.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-8.5 new)
Sec. 10-8.5. Electronic service of objections. The State
Board of Elections and election authorities may authorize
service of objections to candidate nominations through
electronic mail in lieu of personal service or registered mail
if the State Board of Elections or election authority
responsible for convening the electoral board: (1) provides
candidates the opportunity to provide an electronic mail
address where notices of objections and electoral board
proceedings may be sent electronically in lieu of personal
service or registered mail; (2) provides objectors with the
opportunity to provide an electronic mail address where
notices and electoral board proceedings may be sent
electronically in lieu of personal service or registered mail;
and (3) publishes notice of its decision to provide service
under this Section on its website no later than 5 business days
before the first day for petition filing for the election.
Article 35.

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Section 35-5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted

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under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death

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review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).

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(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.

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(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure

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under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports

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arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or

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information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2025.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse

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Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
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(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
under that Section.
(uuu) Nomination petitions exempt from disclosure
under subsection (13) of Section 7-12 of the Election
Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff.
7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24; 103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786,
eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff. 8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24;
103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081, eff. 3-21-25.)
Section 35-10. The State Officials and Employees Ethics
Act is amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:

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(5 ILCS 430/5-40)
Sec. 5-40. Fundraising during session. Except as provided
in this Section, any executive branch constitutional officer,
any candidate for an executive branch constitutional office,
any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for the
General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the
foregoing may not hold a political fundraising function on any
day the legislature is in session or the day immediately prior
to such day. This Section does not apply to a political
fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of
a day the legislature is in special session or the day
immediately prior to such day. This Section does not apply to a
constitutional officer of the executive branch or a member of
the General Assembly, who is a candidate for federal office,
if the federal political fundraising function is held outside
of Sangamon County. For purposes of this Section, the
legislature is not considered to be in session on a day that is
solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when only a
committee is meeting.
(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
Section 35-15. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 1-9.1, 1-12, 1A-8, 7-12, 10-8, 10-10, 17-13.5, 19-3,
19-8, and 20-8 and by adding Sections 11-8.5 and 11-9 as

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follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-9.1)
Sec. 1-9.1. Office and candidate information; ballot
Ballot counting information dissemination.
(a) Each election authority shall maintain maintaining a
website and shall 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
shall must notify any political party or pollwatcher of the
same information 24 hours before the count begins if such
political party or pollwatcher has requested to be notified.
Notification may be by electronic mail at the address provided
by the requester.
(b) Each election authority shall post election results on
its website, including district data for every electoral
district under the election authority's jurisdiction, even if
the election authority only has jurisdiction over part of the
electoral district. Each election authority shall update the
election results on its website each time a new batch of votes
is tabulated or every 12 hours, whichever is less. Each
election authority shall also update on its website, every 12
hours, the number of vote by mail ballots, by precinct, that
have been: (i) requested but not received by the election
authority; (ii) received but have not been tabulated by the
election authority; and (iii) rejected by the election

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authority.
(c) The State Board of Elections, each election authority,
and each local election official shall post the following
information on its website, as applicable:
(1) no later than 30 days after the proclamation of
the results of any canvas declaring persons elected, the
name, political party, if any, and the office of each
person elected at the general election or consolidated
election;
(2) no later than 90 days before the first day that
nominating petitions may be circulated, the offices that
will appear on the ballot at the next regular election;
and
(3) no later than 5 days after the close of a petition
filing period, the name, campaign-affiliated email
address, campaign-affiliated phone number, political party
affiliation, if any, and office sought by each person who
has filed petitions for nomination to appear on the ballot
at the next regular election.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(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

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grace period voting, and election day voting at the student
union on the campus of a public university within the election
authority's jurisdiction. The voting required by this
subsection (a) to be conducted on campus must be conducted
from the 6th day before a general primary or general election
through until and including the 4th day before a general
primary or general election. For early voting and grace period
voting, the location shall be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 5
p.m. and standard hours on a general primary or general
election day and as otherwise required by Article 19A of this
Code, except that the voting required by this subsection (a)
need not be conducted during a consolidated primary or
consolidated election. The If an election authority has voting
equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form required
in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the election
authority shall extend early voting and grace period
registration and voting under this Section to any registered
voter in the election authority's jurisdiction. However, if
the election authority does not have voting equipment that can
accommodate a ballot in every form required in the election
authority's jurisdiction, then the election authority may
limit early voting and grace period registration and voting
under this Section to voters in precincts where the public
university is located and precincts bordering the university.
Each public university shall make the space available at the
student union for, and cooperate and coordinate with the

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appropriate election authority in, the implementation of this
subsection (a).
(b) (Blank).
(c) For the purposes of this Section, "public university"
means the University of Illinois, Illinois State University,
Chicago State University, Governors State University, Southern
Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Eastern
Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and
Northeastern Illinois University.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "student union"
means the Student Center at 750 S. Halsted on the University of
Illinois-Chicago campus; the Public Affairs Center at the
University of Illinois at Springfield or a new building
completed after the effective date of this Act housing student
government at the University of Illinois at Springfield; the
Illini Union at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign; the SIUC Student Center at the Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale campus; the Morris
University Center at the Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville campus; the University Union at the Western
Illinois University at the Macomb campus; the Holmes Student
Center at the Northern Illinois University campus; the
University Union at the Eastern Illinois University campus;
NEIU Student Union at the Northeastern Illinois University
campus; the Bone Student Center at the Illinois State
University campus; the Cordell Reed Student Union at the

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Chicago State University campus; and the Hall of Governors in
Building D at the Governors State University campus.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14;
98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the
following powers and perform the following duties in addition
to any powers or duties otherwise provided for by law:
(1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the
State Electoral Board and the Secretary of State as
heretofore provided in this Code;
(2) Disseminate information to and consult with
election authorities concerning the conduct of elections
and registration in accordance with the laws of this State
and the laws of the United States;
(3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each
primary and general election and any other election it
deems necessary, a manual of uniform instructions
consistent with the provisions of this Code which shall be
used by election authorities in the preparation of the
official manual of instruction to be used by the judges of
election in any such election. In preparing such manual,
the State Board shall consult with representatives of the
election authorities throughout the State. The State Board
may provide separate portions of the uniform instructions

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applicable to different election jurisdictions which
administer elections under different options provided by
law. The State Board may by regulation require particular
portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
official manual of instructions published by election
authorities. Any manual of instructions published by any
election authority shall be identical with the manual of
uniform instructions issued by the Board, but may be
adapted by the election authority to accommodate special
or unusual local election problems, provided that all
manuals published by election authorities must be
consistent with the provisions of this Code in all
respects and must receive the approval of the State Board
of Elections prior to publication; provided further that
if the State Board does not approve or disapprove of a
proposed manual within 60 days of its submission, the
manual shall be deemed approved;
(4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform
forms, notices, and other supplies not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Code as it shall deem advisable
which shall be used by election authorities in the conduct
of elections and registrations;
(5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any
proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
Illinois, or any referendum to be submitted to the
electors throughout the State or, when required to do so

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by law, to the voters of any area or unit of local
government of the State;
(6) Require such statistical reports regarding the
conduct of elections and registration from election
authorities as may be deemed necessary;
(7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating
to conduct of elections and registration as may be deemed
necessary, and to report violations of election laws to
the appropriate State's Attorney or the Attorney General;
(8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to
improve the administration of elections and registration;
(9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in
the performance of its duties provided that all such rules
and regulations must be consistent with the provisions of
this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority otherwise
provided by law;
(10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of
petitions filed under Article XIV, Section 3, of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
(11) Maintain in its principal office a research
library that includes, but is not limited to, abstracts of
votes by precinct for general primary elections and
general elections, current precinct maps, and current
precinct poll lists from all election jurisdictions within
the State. The research library shall be open to the
public during regular business hours. Such abstracts,

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maps, and lists shall be preserved as permanent records
and shall be available for examination and copying at a
reasonable cost;
(12) Supervise the administration of the registration
and election laws throughout the State;
(13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management
Services, under Section 405-250 of the Department of
Central Management Services Law, such use of electronic
data processing equipment as may be required to perform
the duties of the State Board of Elections and to provide
election-related information to candidates, public and
party officials, interested civic organizations, and the
general public in a timely and efficient manner;
(14) To take such action as may be necessary or
required to give effect to directions of the national
committee or State central committee of an established
political party under Sections 7-8, 7-11, and 7-14.1 or
such other provisions as may be applicable pertaining to
the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to an
established political party's national nominating
conventions or, notwithstanding any candidate
certification schedule contained within this Code, the
certification of the Presidential and Vice Presidential
candidate selected by the established political party's
national nominating convention;
(15) To post all early voting sites separated by

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election authority and hours of operation on its website
at least 5 business days before the period for early
voting begins;
(16) To post on its website the statewide totals, and
totals separated by each election authority, for each of
the counts received pursuant to Section 1-9.2; and
(17) To post on its website, in a downloadable format,
the information received from each election authority
under Section 1-17; and .
(18) To revoke or suspend raffle licenses for
political committees that violate Section 8.1 of the
Raffles and Poker Runs Act.
The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
functions under this Article, except that final determinations
and orders under this Article shall be issued only by the
Board.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by

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mail or in person as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,
or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
which is made for a territorial division or district which
comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
and partly in another county or counties (including the
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less
than 134 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the
case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
special election in the office of representative in
Congress from this State, such petition for nomination
shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
of Elections not more than 85 days and not less than 82
days prior to the date of the primary.
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
preceding the 134th day before a general primary election,
petitions for nomination for the office in which the
vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120
nor less than 113 days prior to the date of the general
primary election.

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Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
than 141 and not less than 134 days prior to the date of
the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
policies of a national political party conflict with such
requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
convention, the chair of the State central committee of
such national political party shall notify the Board in
writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
state central committee of such national political party.
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to the date
of the primary.
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
filed in the office of the local election official, not
more than 127 nor less than 120 days prior to the date of
the primary; provided, where a municipality's or

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township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely
within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
election authority.
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
the State Board of Elections not more than 141 nor less
than 134 days prior to the date of the primary.
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior
to the date of the primary.
(6) The State Board of Elections and the various
election authorities and local election officials with
whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that

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day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as
filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
local election officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
conducting such random selection shall be given by the
State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
committee of each established political party, and by each
election authority or local election official, to the
County Chair of each established political party, and to
each organization of citizens within the election
jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election authority or local election official shall post
in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance

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of the office, notice of the time and place of such
lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
election authority or local election official with whom
such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
of the obligation to file statements of organization,
reports of campaign contributions, and quarterly reports
of campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9
of this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner
prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
same governmental unit with that officer within a year
preceding the date on which such nomination papers were

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filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
statement of economic interests of that candidate are not
required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers
are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the
statement of economic interests is filed showing the date
on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
so filed not later than the last day on which nomination
papers may be filed.
(9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
national nominating convention has been filed may cause
his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
or with the appropriate election authority or local
election official, not later than the date of
certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
for nomination have been filed for the same person with
respect to more than one political party, his name shall
not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the

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same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
business days following the last day for petition filing.
A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
political party is not incompatible with any other office.
(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary shall be held for an established
political party in any township, municipality, or ward
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted

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upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary election shall be held for an
established political party for any special primary
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
the office of representative in the United States Congress
where the nomination of such political party for said
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such established party for
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly

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scheduled election day.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
nomination for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
intent with the local election official where the
candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot, a primary
ballot shall be prepared and a primary shall be held for
that office. Such statement or notice shall be filed on or
before the date established in this Article for certifying
candidates for the primary ballot. Such statement or
notice shall contain (i) the name and address of the
person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a
statement that the person is a qualified primary elector
of the political party from whom the nomination is sought,
(iii) a statement that the person intends to become a
write-in candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv)
the office the person is seeking as a write-in candidate.
An election authority shall have no duty to conduct a
primary and prepare a primary ballot for any office for
which the nomination is uncontested unless a statement or
notice meeting the requirements of this Section is filed
in a timely manner.
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for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
Elections, appropriate election authority or local
election official where the petitions are filed shall
within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
local election official, the last set of petitions filed
shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official then only the first set of petitions
filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
void.
(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
not less than 6 months. Nominating petitions shall not be
subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
(13) Upon request, the State Board of Elections or an
election authority, as appropriate, shall promptly provide
a requester with any requesting nominating petition filed
with the appropriate election authority within the

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preceding 6 months.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
103-586, eff. 5-3-24; 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
(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, declarations
of intent to be a write-in candidate, and petitions to submit
public questions to a referendum, being filed as required by
this Code, and being in apparent conformity with the
provisions of this Code Act, shall be deemed to be valid unless
objection thereto is duly made in writing within 5 business
days after the last day for filing the certificate of
nomination or nomination papers or petition for a public
question, with the following exceptions:
A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
period of 35 business days after the last day for the
filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
objections can be filed.
Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or

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any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
nomination papers, or petitions, or declarations of intent to
be a write-in candidate filed, shall file an objector's
petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
nomination papers, or petitions, or declaration of intent to
be a write-in candidate are on file. Objection petitions that
do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted. In the
case of nomination papers, or certificates of nomination, or
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, the State
Board of Elections, election authority or local election
official shall note the day and hour upon which such
objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00
p.m. noon on the second business day after receipt of the
petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
and the original objector's petition to the chair of the
proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 of this Code
hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
registered mail or receipted personal delivery of the
objector's petition, to the candidate whose certificate of

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nomination or nomination papers are objected to, addressed to
the place of residence designated in said certificate of
nomination or nomination papers. In the case of objections to
a petition for a proposed amendment to Article IV of the
Constitution or for an advisory public question to be
submitted to the voters of the entire State, the State Board of
Elections shall note the day and hour upon which such
objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a copy of the
objector's petition by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery to the person designated on a certificate attached to
the petition as the principal proponent of such proposed
amendment or public question, or as the proponents' attorney,
for the purpose of receiving notice of objections. In the case
of objections to a petition for a public question, to be
submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or
district thereof, the election authority or local election
official with whom such petition is filed shall note the day
and hour upon which such objector's petition was filed, and
shall, not later than 12:00 p.m. noon on the second business
day after receipt of the petition, transmit by registered mail
or receipted personal delivery the petition for the public
question and the original objector's petition to the chair of
the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 of this
Code hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a
copy by registered mail or receipted personal delivery, of the
objector's petition to the person designated on a certificate

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attached to the petition as the principal proponent of the
public question, or as the proponent's attorney, for the
purposes of receiving notice of objections.
The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
objections to the certificate of nomination, declaration of
intent to be a write-in candidate, or nomination papers or
petitions in question, and shall state the interest of the
objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
electoral board.
The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9,
10-10, and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections
to petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article
8, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
for the submission of public questions under Article 28. For
purposes of this Section and Section 10-10, objections to
declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be
filed in the same manner and subject to the same jurisdiction
as objections to nomination papers for the same office.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; revised 6-24-25.)
(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, declaration of
intent to be a write-in candidate, or proposed question of

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public policy, as the case may be, and the objector's
petition, the chair of the electoral board other than the
State Board of Elections shall send a call by registered or
certified mail: to each of the members of the electoral board;
to the objector who filed the objector's petition; either to
the candidate whose certificate of nomination, or nomination
papers, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate
are objected to or to the principal proponent or attorney for
proponents of a question of public policy, as the case may be,
whose petitions are objected to; to the election authority to
whom the ballot is certified; and to the appropriate county
clerk. The chair of the electoral board other than the State
Board of Elections shall also cause the sheriff of the county
or counties in which such officers and persons reside to serve
a copy of such call upon each of such officers and persons,
which call shall set out the fact that the electoral board is
required to meet to hear and pass upon the objections to
nominations made for the office, designating it, and shall
state the day, hour and place at which the electoral board
shall meet for the purpose, which place shall be in the county
court house in the county in the case of the County Officers
Electoral Board, the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the
Township Officers Electoral Board or the Education Officers
Electoral Board, except that the Municipal Officers Electoral
Board, the Township Officers Electoral Board, and the
Education Officers Electoral Board may meet at the location

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where the governing body of the municipality, township, or
community college district, respectively, holds its regularly
scheduled meetings, if that location is available; provided
that voter records may be removed from the offices of an
election authority only at the discretion and under the
supervision of the election authority. In those cases where
the State Board of Elections is the electoral board designated
under Section 10-9, the chair of the State Board of Elections
shall, within 24 hours after the receipt of the certificate of
nomination or nomination papers or petitions for a proposed
amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or proposed
statewide question of public policy, send a call by registered
or certified mail to the objector who files the objector's
petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
principal proponent or attorney for proponents of the proposed
Constitutional amendment or statewide question of public
policy and shall state the day, hour, and place at which the
electoral board shall meet for the purpose, which place may be
in the Capitol Building or in the principal or permanent
branch office of the State Board. The day of the meeting shall
not be less than 3 nor more than 5 days after the receipt of
the certificate of nomination or nomination papers and the
objector's petition by the chair of the electoral board.
The electoral board shall have the power to administer
oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and, at the

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request of either party and only upon a vote by a majority of
its members, may authorize the chair to issue subpoenas
requiring the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces
tecum requiring the production of such books, papers, records
and documents as may be evidence of any matter under inquiry
before the electoral board, in the same manner as witnesses
are subpoenaed in the Circuit Court.
Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena,
or to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a
petition in the circuit court of the county in which such
hearing is to be heard, or has been attempted to be heard,
setting forth the facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect,
and accompanying the petition with a copy of the citation and
the answer, if one has been filed, together with a copy of the
subpoena and the return of service thereon, and shall apply
for an order of court requiring such person to attend and
testify, and forthwith produce books and papers, before the
electoral board. Any circuit court of the state, excluding the
judge who is sitting on the electoral board, upon such showing
shall order such person to appear and testify, and to
forthwith produce such books and papers, before the electoral

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board at a place to be fixed by the court. If such person shall
knowingly fail or refuse to obey such order of the court
without lawful excuse, the court shall punish him or her by
fine and imprisonment, as the nature of the case may require
and may be lawful in cases of contempt of court.
The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
objection or by other interested persons.
In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed
in the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12
of this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at
such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular
signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
substantially challenging the results of a random sample, or

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showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
this certificate of a county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of
valid to invalid signatures within the particular election
jurisdiction.
The electoral board shall take up the question as to
whether or not the certificate of nomination, or nomination
papers, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or
petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they were
filed within the time and under the conditions required by
law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they
purport to be, and whether or not in the case of the
certificate of nomination in question it represents accurately
the decision of the caucus or convention issuing it, and in
general shall decide whether or not the certificate of
nomination, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate,
or nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether
the objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of
a majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The electoral
board must state its findings in writing and must state in
writing which objections, if any, it has sustained. A copy of
the decision shall be served upon the parties to the
proceedings in open proceedings before the electoral board. If
a party does not appear for receipt of the decision, the

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decision shall be deemed to have been served on the absent
party on the date when a copy of the decision is personally
delivered or on the date when a copy of the decision is
deposited in the United States mail, in a sealed envelope or
package, with postage prepaid, addressed to each party
affected by the decision or to such party's attorney of
record, if any, at the address on record for such person in the
files of the electoral board.
Upon the expiration of the period within which a
proceeding for judicial review must be commenced under Section
10-10.1, the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for
judicial review has been commenced within such period,
transmit, by registered or certified mail, a certified copy of
its ruling, together with the original certificate of
nomination or nomination papers or petitions and the original
objector's petition, to the officer or board with whom the
certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petitions,
as objected to, were on file and to the election authority to
whom the ballot is certified and the appropriate county clerk,
and such officer or board shall abide by and comply with the
ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/11-8.5 new)
Sec. 11-8.5. Universal vote centers pilot program.
(a) In addition to the vote centers required in subsection

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(a) of Section 11-8, a county election authority may establish
vote centers for the period of early voting and on election day
where all voters in its jurisdiction are allowed to vote,
regardless of the precinct in which they are registered, and
that location shall provide curbside voting. An election
authority establishing vote centers under this Section shall
certify to the State Board of Elections no later than December
15, 2026, and shall make the locations public no later than the
60th day preceding an election.
(b) For the elections held between January 1, 2027 through
December 31, 2029, a county election authority may establish
additional vote centers as described under subsection (a). In
establishing these vote centers, the election authority shall
do so in accordance with the following:
(1) For each general primary election and general
election, an election authority shall designate a minimum
number of vote centers, as follows:
(A) For counties with at least 50,000 registered
voters on the day of election, at least one vote center
for each 12,500 registered voters.
(B) For counties with fewer than 50,000 registered
voters, at least one vote center for each 10,000
registered voters.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the number of
registered in a county is the number of voters registered
in the county on the date of the preceding presidential

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election or on the date of the preceding general election,
whichever is greater.
(2) A county election authority may designate a
greater number of vote centers than the minimum required
by this subsection.
(3) In selecting the location for vote centers
required under paragraph (1), each county election
authority shall consider:
(A) proximity to the population centers of the
county, including the population centers within the
largest municipality or municipalities in a county;
(B) proximity to public transportation lines and
availability of parking;
(C) equitable distribution across the county so as
to afford maximally convenient options for voters;
(D) geographic features that affect access and
convenience;
(E) access for persons with disabilities;
(F) use of existing voting locations that
typically serve a significant number of voters;
(G) proximity to historically under-represented
communities; and
(H) the need to locate vote centers in population
centers that had lower voter turnout in previous
elections.
(4) A county election authority must establish these

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vote centers no later than June 1, 2027.
(c) If a county election authority certifies voter centers
will be available as provided in this Section, a county
election authority may increase the maximum number of
registered voters per precinct to 1,600 registered voters,
effective after January 1, 2027. The county shall divide its
election precincts in accordance with Section 11-2 after
January 1, 2027 and no later than June 1, 2027, and must
maintain the election precincts until December 30, 2030 or
later.
(d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
(10 ILCS 5/11-9 new)
Sec. 11-9. Name standardization.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall develop and
implement standard terminology for the naming of election
districts, precincts, and polling places to streamline the
reporting of election results and voter file data for the 2027
Consolidated Primary Election. As part of implementing the use
of standard terminology and to ensure the prompt availability
of voter file data, no less than 100 days before the 2027
Consolidated Primary Election, the State Board of Elections
shall adopt guidelines, via an order of the Board, for
election authorities to follow when naming election districts,
precincts, and polling places. The guidelines shall require
each election district, precinct, and polling place to have a

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standard identification and a human-readable name. The State
Board of Elections shall publish a first draft of the
guidelines at least 10 days before adopting the guidelines
through an order of the Board.
(b) Every election authority shall use the guidelines
adopted under subsection (a) to name election districts,
precincts, and polling places. Every election authority shall
submit the names to the State Board of Elections no less than
70 days before the 2027 Consolidated Primary Election.
(c) The State Board of Elections shall amend the names of
any election district, precinct, or polling place that does
not conform to the guidelines adopted under subsection (a).
The State Board of Elections shall send those amended names to
the election authority as soon as practicable.
(d) No less than 50 days before the 2027 Consolidated
Primary Election, all election districts, election precincts,
and polling places shall be named in accordance with the
guidelines adopted under subsection (a).
(e) No later than the 2027 Consolidated Primary Election,
the State Board of Elections shall adopt administrative rules
for name standardization for all elections subsequent to the
2027 Consolidated Primary Election. For every election
subsequent to the 2027 Consolidated Primary Election, every
election authority and the State Board of Elections shall name
election districts, precincts, and polling places in a manner
similar to the process described in subsections (b) and (c).

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(f) If the requirements of this Section conflict with any
specific provision of this Code, the requirements of this
Section prevail.
(10 ILCS 5/17-13.5)
Sec. 17-13.5. Curbside voting.
(a) Election authorities may establish curbside voting for
individuals to cast a ballot during early voting or on
election day. An election authority's curbside voting program
shall designate at least 2 election judges from opposite
parties per vehicle, and the individual shall have the
opportunity to mark the ballot without interference from the
election judges.
(b) Election authorities shall establish curbside voting
for individuals with disabilities to cast a ballot during
early voting and on election day at no less than one voting
location within the election authority's jurisdiction. An
election authority's curbside voting program shall designate
at least 2 election judges from opposite parties per vehicle,
and the individual shall have the opportunity to mark the
ballot without interference from the election judges. No later
than the 10th day preceding the start of early voting or
election day voting, an election authority shall post on their
publicly accessible website the voting location or locations
where curbside voting is available and the method by which an
individual with a disability may contact a poll worker in

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order to vote at the curbside voting location, including, but
not limited to, a posted phone number, a doorbell device, or
the stationing of a poll worker at the curbside voting
location.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
Sec. 19-3. Application for a vote by mail ballot.
(a) The application for a vote by mail ballot for a single
election shall be substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
State of Illinois.
I state that I am a resident of .... in the municipality of
.... in the county of ....; that I have resided at such address
for at least 30 days; that I am lawfully entitled to vote at
the .... election to be held on ....; and that I wish to vote
by mail.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or
ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
election day, for counting no later than during the period for
counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
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I understand that this application is made for an official
vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the
election specified in this application and that I must submit
a separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
....
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
...............
(a-5) The application for a single vote by mail ballot
transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be
substantively similar to the application for a vote by mail
ballot for a single election and shall include:
I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a print
disability, and, as a result of this disability, I am
making a request to receive a vote by mail ballot
electronically so that I may privately and independently
mark, verify, and print my vote by mail ballot.
(b) The application for permanent vote by mail status
shall be substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL STATUS
I am currently a registered voter and wish to apply for
permanent vote by mail status.

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I state that I am a resident of .... in the municipality of
.... in the county of ....; that I have resided at such address
for at least 30 days; that I am lawfully entitled to vote at
the .... election to be held on ....; and that I wish to vote
by mail in:
..... all subsequent elections that do not require a party
designation.
..... all subsequent elections, and I wish to receive a
................... Party vote by mail ballot in
elections that require a party designation.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or
ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
election day, for counting no later than during the period for
counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
14th day following election day.
Under penalties as provided by law under Section 29-10 of
the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
....
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
...............
(b-5) The application for permanent vote by mail ballots
transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be

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substantively similar to the application for permanent vote by
mail status and shall include:
I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a
non-temporary print disability, and as a result of this
disability, I am making a request to receive vote by mail
ballots electronically so that I may privately and
independently mark, verify, and print my vote by mail
ballots.
(c) However, if application is made for a primary election
ballot, such application shall require the applicant to
designate the name of the political party with which the
applicant is affiliated. The election authority shall allow
any voter on permanent vote by mail status to change his or her
party affiliation for a primary election ballot by a method
and deadline published and selected by the election authority.
(d) If application is made electronically, the applicant
shall mark the box associated with the above described
statement included as part of the online application
certifying that the statements set forth in the application
under subsection (a) or (b) are true and correct, and a
signature is not required.
(e) Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or
return to an election authority an application under this
Section. If applications are sent to a post office box
controlled by any individual or organization that is not an
election authority, those applications shall (i) include a

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valid and current phone number for the individual or
organization controlling the post office box and (ii) be
turned over to the appropriate election authority within 7
days of receipt or, if received within 2 weeks of the election
in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days of
receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in compliance
with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of this Code
and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a fine of $100
per application. Removing, tampering with, or otherwise
knowingly making the postmark on the application unreadable by
the election authority shall establish a rebuttable
presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon receipt,
the appropriate election authority shall accept and promptly
process any application under this Section submitted in a form
substantially similar to that required by this Section,
including any substantially similar production or reproduction
generated by the applicant.
(f) An election authority shall may combine the
applications in subsections (a) and (b) onto one form, but the
distinction between the applications must be clear and the
form must provide check boxes for an applicant to indicate
whether he or she is applying for a single election vote by
mail ballot or for permanent vote by mail status.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-819, eff. 5-13-22;
103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)

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(10 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-8)
Sec. 19-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
(a) (Blank). (Blank.)
(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
and received by that election authority before the closing of
the polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving
election authority with the day and hour of receipt and may be
processed by the election authority beginning on the day it is
received by the election authority in the central ballot
counting location of the election authority, but the results
of the processing may not be counted until the day of the
election after 7:00 p.m., except as provided in subsections
(g) and (g-5).
(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
but that is received by the election authority after the polls
close on election day and before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots.
Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is

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received by the election authority after the polls close on
election day and before the close of the period for counting
provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the
intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
was mailed no later than election day.
(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
this Article, and received by the election authority at any
time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the same
period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
by mail voter's blank ballots that are mailed to an election

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authority and postmarked no later than election day, but that
are received by the election authority after the polls close
on election day and before the closing of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the same periods
provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
subsection (c).
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots received by the election authority after the
closing of the polls on an election day shall be endorsed by
the election authority receiving them with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
authority for the period of time required for the preservation
of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
election.
(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been

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counted.
(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
addition, within 2 days after a vote by mail ballot is
received, but in all cases before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots, the election judge or official
shall compare the voter's signature on the certification
envelope of that vote by mail ballot with the voter's
signature on the application verified in accordance with
Section 19-4 or the signature of the voter on file in the
office of the election authority. If the election judge or
official determines that the 2 signatures match, and that the
vote by mail voter is otherwise qualified to cast a vote by
mail ballot, the election authority shall cast and count the
ballot on election day or the day the ballot is determined to
be valid, whichever is later, adding the results to the
precinct in which the voter is registered. If the election
judge or official determines that the signatures do not match,
or that the vote by mail voter is not qualified to cast a vote
by mail ballot, then without opening the certification
envelope, the judge or official shall mark across the face of
the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and shall not
cast or count the ballot.
In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a vote
by mail ballot may be rejected by the election judge or
official:

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(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
and resealed;
(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
period ballot;
(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
If the election judge or official determines that any of
these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
shall not cast or count the ballot.
(g-5) If a vote by mail ballot is rejected by the election
judge or official for any reason, the election authority
shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all cases
before the close of the period for counting provisional
ballots, notify the vote by mail voter that his or her ballot
was rejected. The notice shall inform the voter of the reason
or reasons the ballot was rejected and shall state that the
voter may submit to appear before the election authority, on
or before the 14th day after the election, to show cause as to
why the ballot should not be rejected. The voter may present
evidence to the election authority supporting his or her
contention that the ballot should be counted. Evidence may be
submitted in person, by mail, or electronically by email. If a
ballot is rejected based on the voter's signatures not
matching, an affidavit or statement affirming the voter signed

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the certification envelope shall be sufficient evidence, and
the election authority shall not require the affidavit or
statement to be notarized. The election authority shall
appoint a panel of 3 election judges to review the contested
ballot, application, and certification envelope, as well as
any evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No more than
2 election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same
political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall
make a final determination as to the validity of the contested
vote by mail ballot. The judges' determination shall not be
reviewable either administratively or judicially.
A vote by mail ballot subject to this subsection that is
determined to be valid shall be counted before the close of the
period for counting provisional ballots.
If a vote by mail ballot is rejected for any reason, the
election authority shall, within one day after the rejection,
transmit to the State Board of Elections by electronic means
the voter's name, street address, email address, and precinct,
ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be. If a
rejected vote by mail ballot is determined to be valid, the
election authority shall, within one day after the
determination, remove the name of the voter from the list
transmitted to the State Board of Elections. The State Board
of Elections shall maintain the names and information in an
electronic format on its website accessible to State and local
political committees.

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Upon request by the State or local political committee,
each election authority shall, within one day after the
request, provide the following information about all rejected
vote by mail ballots: voter's name, street address, email
address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers,
as the case may be.
(g-10) All vote by mail ballots determined to be valid
shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which
they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
(Source: P.A. 102-1126, eff. 2-10-23; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23;
revised 6-24-25.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-8)
Sec. 20-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
(a) (Blank.)
(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
and received by that election authority may be processed by
the election authority beginning on the day it is received by
the election authority in the central ballot counting location
of the election authority, but the results of the processing
may not be counted until the day of the election after 7:00
p.m., except as provided in subsections (g) and (g-5).

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(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
but that is received by the election authority after the polls
close on election day and before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots.
Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
received by the election authority after the polls close on
election day and before the close of the period for counting
provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the

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intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
was mailed no later than election day.
(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
this Article, and received by the election authority at any
time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the same
period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
by mail voter's blank ballot that are mailed to an election
authority and postmarked no later than election day, but that
are received by the election authority after the polls close
on election day and before the closing of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the same periods
provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
subsection (c).
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots received by the election authority after the
closing of the polls on the day of election shall be endorsed
by the person receiving the ballots with the day and hour of

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receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
authority for the period of time required for the preservation
of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
election.
(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been
counted.
(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
addition, within 2 days after a ballot subject to this Article
is received, but in all cases before the close of the period
for counting provisional ballots, the election judge or
official shall compare the voter's signature on the
certification envelope of that ballot with the signature of
the voter on file in the office of the election authority. If
the election judge or official determines that the 2
signatures match, and that the voter is otherwise qualified to
cast a ballot under this Article, the election authority shall
cast and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot
is determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the

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results to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If
the election judge or official determines that the signatures
do not match, or that the voter is not qualified to cast a
ballot under this Article, then without opening the
certification envelope, the judge or official shall mark
across the face of the certification envelope the word
"Rejected" and shall not cast or count the ballot.
In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a
ballot subject to this Article may be rejected by the election
judge or official:
(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
and resealed;
(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
period ballot;
(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
If the election judge or official determines that any of
these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
shall not cast or count the ballot.
(g-5) If a ballot subject to this Article is rejected by
the election judge or official for any reason, the election
authority shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all
cases before the close of the period for counting provisional
ballots, notify the voter that his or her ballot was rejected.

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The notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the
ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may submit
to appear before the election authority, on or before the 14th
day after the election, to show cause as to why the ballot
should not be rejected. The voter may present evidence to the
election authority supporting his or her contention that the
ballot should be counted. Evidence may be submitted in person,
by mail, or electronically by email. If a ballot is rejected
based on the voter's signatures not matching, an affidavit or
statement affirming the voter signed the certification
envelope shall be sufficient evidence, and the election
authority shall not require the affidavit or statement to be
notarized. The election authority shall appoint a panel of 3
election judges to review the contested ballot, application,
and certification envelope, as well as any evidence submitted
by the vote by mail voter. No more than 2 election judges on
the reviewing panel shall be of the same political party. The
reviewing panel of election judges shall make a final
determination as to the validity of the contested ballot. The
judges' determination shall not be reviewable either
administratively or judicially.
A ballot subject to this subsection that is determined to
be valid shall be counted before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots.
(g-10) All ballots determined to be valid shall be added
to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast

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in the order in which the ballots were opened.
(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
Section 35-20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 3.1-10-50 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-50)
Sec. 3.1-10-50. Events upon which an elective office
becomes vacant in municipality with population under 500,000.
(a) Vacancy by resignation. A resignation is not effective
unless it is in writing, signed by the person holding the
elective office, and notarized.
(1) Unconditional resignation. An unconditional
resignation by a person holding the elective office may
specify a future date, not later than 60 days after the
date the resignation is received by the officer authorized
to fill the vacancy, at which time it becomes operative,
but the resignation may not be withdrawn after it is
received by the officer authorized to fill the vacancy.
The effective date of a resignation that does not specify
a future date at which it becomes operative is the date the
resignation is received by the officer authorized to fill
the vacancy. The effective date of a resignation that has

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a specified future effective date is that specified future
date or the date the resignation is received by the
officer authorized to fill the vacancy, whichever date
occurs later.
(2) Conditional resignation. A resignation that does
not become effective unless a specified event occurs can
be withdrawn at any time prior to the occurrence of the
specified event, but if not withdrawn, the effective date
of the resignation is the date of the occurrence of the
specified event or the date the resignation is received by
the officer authorized to fill the vacancy, whichever date
occurs later.
(3) Vacancy upon the effective date. For the purpose
of determining the time period that would require an
election to fill the vacancy by resignation or the
commencement of the 60-day time period referred to in
subsection (e), the resignation of an elected officer is
deemed to have created a vacancy as of the effective date
of the resignation.
(4) Duty of the clerk. If a resignation is delivered
to the clerk of the municipality, the clerk shall forward
a certified copy of the written resignation to the
official who is authorized to fill the vacancy within 7
business days after receipt of the resignation.
(b) Vacancy by death or disability. A vacancy occurs in an
office by reason of the death of the incumbent. The date of the

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death may be established by the date shown on the death
certificate. A vacancy occurs in an office by permanent
physical or mental disability rendering the person incapable
of performing the duties of the office. The corporate
authorities have the authority to make the determination
whether an officer is incapable of performing the duties of
the office because of a permanent physical or mental
disability. A finding of mental disability shall not be made
prior to the appointment by a court of a guardian ad litem for
the officer or until a duly licensed doctor certifies, in
writing, that the officer is mentally impaired to the extent
that the officer is unable to effectively perform the duties
of the office. If the corporate authorities find that an
officer is incapable of performing the duties of the office
due to permanent physical or mental disability, that person is
removed from the office and the vacancy of the office occurs on
the date of the determination.
(c) Vacancy by other causes.
(1) Abandonment and other causes. A vacancy occurs in
an office by reason of abandonment of office; removal from
office; or failure to qualify; or more than temporary
removal of residence from the municipality; or in the case
of an alderperson of a ward or councilman or trustee of a
district, more than temporary removal of residence from
the ward or district, as the case may be. The corporate
authorities have the authority to determine whether a

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vacancy under this subsection has occurred. If the
corporate authorities determine that a vacancy exists, the
office is deemed vacant as of the date of that
determination for all purposes including the calculation
under subsections (e), (f), and (g).
(2) Guilty of a criminal offense. An admission of
guilt of a criminal offense that upon conviction would
disqualify the municipal officer from holding the office,
in the form of a written agreement with State or federal
prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury,
or other infamous crime under State or federal law,
constitutes a resignation from that office, effective on
the date the plea agreement is made. For purposes of this
Section, a conviction for an offense that disqualifies a
municipal officer from holding that office occurs on the
date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a
trial by the court, on the entry of a finding of guilt.
(3) Election declared void. A vacancy occurs on the
date of the decision of a competent tribunal declaring the
election of the officer void.
(4) Owing a debt to the municipality. A vacancy occurs
if a municipal official fails to pay a debt to a
municipality in which the official has been elected or
appointed to an elected position subject to the following:
(A) Before a vacancy may occur under this
paragraph (4), the municipal clerk shall deliver, by

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personal service, a written notice to the municipal
official that (i) the municipal official is in arrears
of a debt to the municipality, (ii) that municipal
official must either pay or contest the debt within 30
days after receipt of the notice or the municipal
official will be disqualified and his or her office
vacated, and (iii) if the municipal official chooses
to contest the debt, the municipal official must
provide written notice to the municipal clerk of the
contesting of the debt. A copy of the notice, and the
notice to contest, shall also be mailed by the
municipal clerk to the appointed municipal attorney by
certified mail. If the municipal clerk is the
municipal official indebted to the municipality, the
mayor or president of the municipality shall assume
the duties of the municipal clerk required under this
paragraph (4).
(B) In the event that the municipal official
chooses to contest the debt, a hearing shall be held
within 30 days of the municipal clerk's receipt of the
written notice of contest from the municipal official.
An appointed municipal hearing officer shall preside
over the hearing, and shall hear testimony and accept
evidence relevant to the existence of the debt owed by
the municipal officer to the municipality.
(C) Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the

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hearing officer shall make a determination on the
basis of the evidence presented as to whether or not
the municipal official is in arrears of a debt to the
municipality. The determination shall be in writing
and shall be designated as findings, decision, and
order. The findings, decision, and order shall
include: (i) the hearing officer's findings of fact;
(ii) a decision of whether or not the municipal
official is in arrears of a debt to the municipality
based upon the findings of fact; and (iii) an order
that either directs the municipal official to pay the
debt within 30 days or be disqualified and his or her
office vacated or dismisses the matter if a debt owed
to the municipality is not proved. A copy of the
hearing officer's written determination shall be
served upon the municipal official in open proceedings
before the hearing officer. If the municipal official
does not appear for receipt of the written
determination, the written determination shall be
deemed to have been served on the municipal official
on the date when a copy of the written determination is
personally served on the municipal official or on the
date when a copy of the written determination is
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the municipal official at the address on
record with the municipality.

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(D) A municipal official aggrieved by the
determination of a hearing officer may secure judicial
review of such determination in the circuit court of
the county in which the hearing was held. The
municipal official seeking judicial review must file a
petition with the clerk of the court and must serve a
copy of the petition upon the municipality by
registered or certified mail within 5 days after
service of the determination of the hearing officer.
The petition shall contain a brief statement of the
reasons why the determination of the hearing officer
should be reversed. The municipal official shall file
proof of service with the clerk of the court. No answer
to the petition need be filed, but the municipality
shall cause the record of proceedings before the
hearing officer to be filed with the clerk of the court
on or before the date of the hearing on the petition or
as ordered by the court. The court shall set the matter
for hearing to be held within 30 days after the filing
of the petition and shall make its decision promptly
after such hearing.
(E) If a municipal official chooses to pay the
debt, or is ordered to pay the debt after the hearing,
the municipal official must present proof of payment
to the municipal clerk that the debt was paid in full,
and, if applicable, within the required time period as

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ordered by a hearing officer or circuit court judge.
(F) A municipal official will be disqualified and
his or her office vacated pursuant to this paragraph
(4) on the later of the following times if the
municipal official: (i) fails to pay or contest the
debt within 30 days of the municipal official's
receipt of the notice of the debt; (ii) fails to pay
the debt within 30 days after being served with a
written determination under subparagraph (C) ordering
the municipal official to pay the debt; or (iii) fails
to pay the debt within 30 days after being served with
a decision pursuant to subparagraph (D) upholding a
hearing officer's determination that the municipal
officer has failed to pay a debt owed to a
municipality.
(G) For purposes of this paragraph, a "debt" shall
mean an arrearage in a definitely ascertainable and
quantifiable amount after service of written notice
thereof, in the payment of any indebtedness due to the
municipality, which has been adjudicated before a
tribunal with jurisdiction over the matter. A
municipal official is considered in arrears of a debt
to a municipality if a debt is more than 30 days
overdue from the date the debt was due.
(d) Election of an acting mayor or acting president. The
election of an acting mayor or acting president pursuant to

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subsection (f) or (g) does not create a vacancy in the original
office of the person on the city council or as a trustee, as
the case may be, unless the person resigns from the original
office following election as acting mayor or acting president.
If the person resigns from the original office following
election as acting mayor or acting president, then the
original office must be filled pursuant to the terms of this
Section and the acting mayor or acting president shall
exercise the powers of the mayor or president and shall vote
and have veto power in the manner provided by law for a mayor
or president. If the person does not resign from the original
office following election as acting mayor or acting president,
then the acting mayor or acting president shall exercise the
powers of the mayor or president but shall be entitled to vote
only in the manner provided for as the holder of the original
office and shall not have the power to veto. If the person does
not resign from the original office following election as
acting mayor or acting president, and if that person's
original term of office has not expired when a mayor or
president is elected and has qualified for office, the acting
mayor or acting-president shall return to the original office
for the remainder of the term thereof.
(e) Appointment to fill alderperson or trustee vacancy. An
appointment by the mayor or president or acting mayor or
acting president, as the case may be, of a qualified person as
described in Section 3.1-10-5 of this Code to fill a vacancy in

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the office of alderperson or trustee must be made within 60
days after the vacancy occurs. Once the appointment of the
qualified person has been forwarded to the corporate
authorities, the corporate authorities shall act upon the
appointment within 30 days. If the appointment fails to
receive the advice and consent of the corporate authorities
within 30 days, the mayor or president or acting mayor or
acting president shall appoint and forward to the corporate
authorities a second qualified person as described in Section
3.1-10-5. Once the appointment of the second qualified person
has been forwarded to the corporate authorities, the corporate
authorities shall act upon the appointment within 30 days. If
the appointment of the second qualified person also fails to
receive the advice and consent of the corporate authorities,
then the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting
president, without the advice and consent of the corporate
authorities, may make a temporary appointment from those
persons who were appointed but whose appointments failed to
receive the advice and consent of the corporate authorities.
The person receiving the temporary appointment shall serve
until an appointment has received the advice and consent and
the appointee has qualified or until a person has been elected
and has qualified, whichever first occurs.
(f) Election to fill vacancies in municipal offices with
4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs in an elective municipal
office with a 4-year term and there remains an unexpired

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portion of the term of at least 28 months, and the vacancy
occurs before the period to file petitions for at least 130
days before the general municipal election next scheduled
under the general election law, then the vacancy shall be
filled for the remainder of the term at that general municipal
election. Whenever an election is held for this purpose, the
municipal clerk shall certify the office to be filled and the
candidates for the office to the proper election authorities
as provided in the general election law. If a vacancy occurs
with less than 28 months remaining in the unexpired portion of
the term or after the period to file petitions for less than
130 days before the general municipal election, then:
(1) Mayor or president. If the vacancy is in the
office of mayor or president, the vacancy must be filled
by the corporate authorities electing one of their members
as acting mayor or acting president. Except as set forth
in subsection (d), the acting mayor or acting president
shall perform the duties and possess all the rights and
powers of the mayor or president until a mayor or
president is elected at the next general municipal
election and has qualified. However, in villages with a
population of less than 5,000, if each of the trustees
either declines the election as acting president or is not
elected by a majority vote of the trustees presently
holding office, then the trustees may elect, as acting
president, any other village resident who is qualified to

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hold municipal office, and the acting president shall
exercise the powers of the president and shall vote and
have veto power in the manner provided by law for a
president.
(2) Alderperson or trustee. If the vacancy is in the
office of alderperson or trustee, the vacancy must be
filled by the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting
president, as the case may be, in accordance with
subsection (e).
(3) Other elective office. If the vacancy is in any
elective municipal office other than mayor or president or
alderperson or trustee, the mayor or president or acting
mayor or acting president, as the case may be, must
appoint a qualified person to hold the office until the
office is filled by election, subject to the advice and
consent of the city council or the board of trustees, as
the case may be.
(g) Vacancies in municipal offices with 2-year terms. In
the case of an elective municipal office with a 2-year term, if
the vacancy occurs before the period to file petitions for at
least 130 days before the general municipal election next
scheduled under the general election law, the vacancy shall be
filled for the remainder of the term at that general municipal
election. If the vacancy occurs after the period to file
petitions for less than 130 days before the general municipal
election, then:

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(1) Mayor or president. If the vacancy is in the
office of mayor or president, the vacancy must be filled
by the corporate authorities electing one of their members
as acting mayor or acting president. Except as set forth
in subsection (d), the acting mayor or acting president
shall perform the duties and possess all the rights and
powers of the mayor or president until a mayor or
president is elected at the next general municipal
election and has qualified. However, in villages with a
population of less than 5,000, if each of the trustees
either declines the election as acting president or is not
elected by a majority vote of the trustees presently
holding office, then the trustees may elect, as acting
president, any other village resident who is qualified to
hold municipal office, and the acting president shall
exercise the powers of the president and shall vote and
have veto power in the manner provided by law for a
president.
(2) Alderperson or trustee. If the vacancy is in the
office of alderperson or trustee, the vacancy must be
filled by the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting
president, as the case may be, in accordance with
subsection (e).
(3) Other elective office. If the vacancy is in any
elective municipal office other than mayor or president or
alderperson or trustee, the mayor or president or acting

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mayor or acting president, as the case may be, must
appoint a qualified person to hold the office until the
office is filled by election, subject to the advice and
consent of the city council or the board of trustees, as
the case may be.
(h) In cases of vacancies arising by reason of an election
being declared void pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection
(c), persons holding elective office prior thereto shall hold
office until their successors are elected and qualified or
appointed and confirmed by advice and consent, as the case may
be.
(i) This Section applies only to municipalities with
populations under 500,000.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
Section 35-25. The Park District Code is amended by
changing Sections 2-10a and 2-12a as follows:
(70 ILCS 1205/2-10a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-10a)
Sec. 2-10a. Any district may provide by referendum, or by
resolution of the board, that the board shall be comprised of 7
commissioners. Any such referendum shall be initiated and held
in the same manner as is provided by the general election law.
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in
favor of the 7-member board, or if the board adopts a
resolution stating that it is acting pursuant to this Section

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in order to create a 7-member board, then whichever of the
following transition schedules are appropriate shall be
applied: At the election of commissioners next following by at
least 225 197 days after the date on which the proposition to
create a 7-member board was approved at referendum or by
resolution, the number of commissioners to be elected shall be
2 more than the number that would otherwise have been elected.
If this results in the election, pursuant to Section 2-12 of
this Act, of 4 commissioners at that election, one of the 4, to
be determined by lot within 30 days after the election, shall
serve for a term of 4 years or 2 years as the case may be,
instead of 6 years, so that his term will expire in the same
year in which the term of only one of the incumbent
commissioners expires. Thereafter, all commissioners shall be
elected for 6-year terms as provided in Section 2-12. If the
creation of a 7-member board results in the election of either
3 or 4 commissioners, pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, at
that election, 2 of them, to be determined by lot within 30
days after the election, shall serve for terms of 2 years
instead of 4 years. Thereafter, all commissioners shall be
elected for 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a of this
Act.
In any district where a 7-member board has been created
pursuant to this Section whether by referendum or by
resolution, the number of commissioners may later be reduced
to 5, but only by a referendum initiated and held in the same

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manner as prescribed in this Section for creating a 7-member
board. No proposition to reduce the number of commissioners
shall affect the terms of any commissioners holding office at
the time of the referendum or to be elected within 225 197 days
after the referendum. If a majority of the votes cast on the
proposition is in favor of reducing a 7-member board to a
5-member board, then, at the election of commissioners next
following by at least 225 197 days after the date on which the
proposition was approved at referendum, the number of
commissioners to be elected shall be 2 less than the number
that would otherwise have been elected and whichever of the
following transition schedules are appropriate shall be
applied: (i) if this results in the election of no
commissioners for a 6-year term pursuant to Section 2-12 of
this Act, then at the next election in which 3 commissioners
are scheduled to be elected to 6-year terms as provided in
Section 2-12, one of the 3, to be determined by lot within 30
days after the election, shall serve for a term of 4 years or 2
years, as the case may be, instead of 6 years, so that his or
her term will expire in the same year in which the term of no
incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; thereafter, all
commissioners shall be elected for 6-year terms as provided in
Section 2-12; or (ii) if the reduction to a 5-member board
results in the election of one commissioner to a 4-year term,
pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, then at the next
election in which 4 commissioners are scheduled to be elected

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to 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a, one of the 4, to
be determined by lot within 30 days after the election, shall
serve for a term of 2 years, instead of 4 years, so that his or
her term will expire in the same year in which the term of only
one incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; thereafter,
all commissioners shall be elected for 4-year terms as
provided in Section 2-12a.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
(70 ILCS 1205/2-12a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12a)
Sec. 2-12a. Any district may provide, either by resolution
of the board or by referendum, that the term of commissioners
shall be 4 years rather than 6 years. Any such referendum shall
be initiated and held in the same manner as is provided by the
general election law for public questions authorized by
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in
favor of a 4-year term for commissioners, or if the Board
adopts a resolution stating that it is acting pursuant to this
Section to change the term of office from 6 years to 4 years,
commissioners thereafter elected, commencing with the first
regular park district election at least 225 197 days after the
date on which the proposition for 4-year terms was approved at
referendum or by resolution, shall be elected for a term of 4
years. In order to provide for the transition from 6-year
terms to 4-year terms:

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(1) If 2 commissioners on a 5-member board are to be
elected at the first such election and if the term of only
one commissioner is scheduled to expire in the year of the
next election at which commissioners are elected, of the 2
commissioners elected, one shall serve a 2-year term and
one a 4-year term, to be determined by lot between the 2
persons elected within 30 days after the election.
(2) On a 7-member board under Section 2-10a, if the
terms of only 2 commissioners are scheduled to expire in
the year of the second election at which commissioners are
elected after the first regular park district election at
least 225 197 days after the date on which the proposition
for 4-year terms was approved at referendum or by
resolution, then:
(A) if 3 commissioners are elected at the first
regular election, 2 of the commissioners elected shall
serve a 2-year term and one shall serve a 4-year term
to be determined by lot between persons elected within
30 days after the first election; or
(B) if 2 commissioners are elected at the first
regular election, those 2 commissioners elected shall
serve a 2-year term.
In any district where the board has created 4-year terms
pursuant to this Section, whether by referendum or by
resolution, the length of terms may later be increased to 6
years, but only by a referendum initiated and held in the same

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manner as prescribed in this Section for creating 4-year
terms. No proposition to increase the terms of commissioners
shall affect any commissioner holding office at the time of
the referendum or to be elected within 225 197 days after the
referendum.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
Article 40.
Section 40-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.2, 1A-16.7, and 1A-16.8 and by adding
Section 1A-16.3 as follows:
(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 that satisfies the requirements of this
Section and other applicable law.
(b) If, as part of an application, an application for
renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification
form for a driver's license or a State identification card
issued by the Office of the Secretary of State, an applicant
presents documentation that establishes that the applicant is

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a United States citizen, as described in subsection (g), and
is of age to register to vote or if the information provided to
the Office of the Secretary of State under subsection (c)
indicates that the applicant is currently registered to vote
in Illinois and, upon reviewing the documents and information
submitted by the applicant, the Office of the Secretary of
State determines that the name or residence address
documentation submitted by the applicant differs from the
information regarding the applicant provided under subsection
(c) meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005,
then that application, unless the applicant declines in
accordance with subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.7, shall serve
as a dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application
shall:
(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
in Illinois;
(2) allow an applicant to change the applicant's his
or her registered residence address or name as it appears
on the voter registration rolls;
(3) in a single affirmation, including the affirmation
required for a driver's license or State identification
card, allow the applicant to affirm, under penalty of
perjury, to the truth and correctness of the information
submitted in the dual-purpose application that is
necessary to assess the applicant's eligibility to
register to vote or to change the applicant's registered

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residence address or name as it appears on the voter
registration rolls provide the applicant with an
opportunity to affirmatively decline to register to vote
or to change his or her registered residence address or
name by providing a check box on the application form
without requiring the applicant to state the reason; and
(4) allow the applicant to notify the Office of the
Secretary of State of the applicant's preferred language
unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
change his or her registered residence address or name,
require the applicant to attest, by signature under
penalty of perjury as described in subsection (e) of this
Section, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
on his or her driver's license or identification card
dual-purpose application.
The Office of the Secretary of State shall record the type
of documents presented by the applicant that establishes the
applicant is a United States citizen as described in
subsection (g) and shall enter United States citizenship in a
designated field. Based on the entry of United States
citizenship in the designated field, the Office of the
Secretary of State shall initiate a dual-purpose application
through an automated process that is not subject to the
discretion of individual employees of the Office of the
Secretary of State.

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(b-5) If, as part of an application, an application for
renewal, or a change of address form, or a recertification
form for a driver's license or a State identification card
issued by the Office of the Secretary of State, other than an
application or form that pertains to a standard driver's
license or identification card for an applicant who does not
have and is not eligible for and does not list a social
security number, an applicant presents documentation that
neither establishes that the applicant is a United States
citizen nor establishes that the applicant is not a United
States citizen and the information provided to the Office of
the Secretary of State under subsection (c) does not indicate
that the applicant is currently registered to vote in Illinois
for the applicant, does not meet the requirements of the
federal REAL ID Act of 2005, then that application shall serve
as a dual-purpose application that, . The dual-purpose
application shall: (1) also serve as an application to
register to vote in Illinois; (2) allow an applicant to change
his or her registered residence address or name as it appears
on the voter registration rolls; and (3) if the applicant
chooses to register to vote, shall also serve as an
application to register to vote in Illinois. If the applicant
chooses to register to vote, the applicant shall be required
or to change his or her registered residence address or name,
then require the applicant to attest, by a separate signature
under penalty of perjury, to meeting the qualifications to

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register to vote in Illinois at the applicant's his or her
residence address as indicated on the his or her dual-purpose
application.
The dual-purpose application shall allow the applicant to
notify the Office of the Secretary of State of the applicant's
preferred language.
(b-8) If an applicant presents to the Secretary of State
documentation that establishes the applicant is not a United
States citizen, no application submitted by that applicant
shall serve as a dual-purpose application under this Section.
(b-10) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
(b) to provide the written affirmation described in that
subsection, the The Office of the Secretary of State shall
clearly and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing:
(i) of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; ,
(ii) of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false
voter registration application, including the
immigration-related consequences of incorrectly claiming
United States citizenship and of the applicant's opportunity
not to proceed in order to avoid the penalties; and , (iii) that
the , unless the applicant declines to register to vote or
update his or her voter registration, his or her dual-purpose
application shall also serve as both an application to
register to vote and his or her attestation that he or she
meets the eligibility requirements for voter registration, and
that the his or her application to register to vote or update

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voter his or her registration will be transmitted to the State
Board of Elections for the purpose of registering the person
to vote at the residence address to be indicated on the
applicant's his or her driver's license or identification
card, and (iv) that declining to register to vote is
confidential and will not affect any services the person may
be seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State. The
Office of the Secretary of State may provide additional
instructions specific to applicants under subsection (b).
(b-15) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
(b-5) to provide the attestation described in that subsection,
the Office of the Secretary of State shall clearly and
conspicuously inform each applicant in writing: (i) of the
qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; (ii) of the
penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter
registration application, including the immigration-related
consequences of incorrectly claiming United States citizenship
and of the applicant's opportunity to withdraw an application
to avoid the penalties; (iii) that the application shall also
serve as an application to register to vote and that the
application to register to vote or update voter registration
will be transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the
purpose of registering the person to vote at the residence
address to be indicated on the applicant's driver's license or
identification card, unless the applicant withdraws the
application or declines to register to vote or update the

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applicant's voter registration; and (iv) that declining to
register to vote or withdrawing a voter application is
confidential and will not affect any services the person may
be seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State. The
Office of the Secretary of State may provide additional
instructions specific to applicants under subsection (b-5).
(c) The Office of the Secretary of State shall review
information provided to the Office of the Secretary of State
by the State Board of Elections to determine whether each
inform each applicant for a driver's license or permit or a
State identification card issued by the Office of the
Secretary of State, other than an application or form that
pertains to a standard driver's license or identification card
and does not list a social security number for the applicant,
whether the applicant under subsections (b) and (b-5) is
currently registered to vote in Illinois and, if registered,
at what address, and shall inform each applicant described in
subsection (b-5) for a driver's license or permit or State
identification card issued by the Office of the Secretary of
State whether the applicant is currently registered and, if
registered, at what address.
(d) The Office of the Secretary of State shall not require
an applicant for a driver's license or State identification
card to provide duplicate identification or information in
order to complete an application to register to vote or change
his or her registered residence address or name. Before

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transmitting any personal information about an applicant to
the State Board of Elections, the Office of the Secretary of
State shall review its records of the identification documents
the applicant provided in order to complete the application
for a driver's license or State identification card to confirm
that nothing in those documents indicates that the applicant
does not satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in
Illinois at his or her residence address. If the applicant
provides the Office of the Secretary of State with an address
designated by the Attorney General as a substitute mailing
address under Section 15 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act or is a judicial officer of peace
officer who provides the Office of the Secretary of State with
a work address instead of a residence address, as authorized
by subsection (a) of Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, the applicant shall not be offered voter registration by
the Office of the Secretary of State.
(e) A completed, signed application for (i) a driver's
license or permit or a State identification card issued by the
Office of the Secretary of State that includes the
presentation of documentation that establishes that the
applicant is a United States citizen and is of age to register
to vote or for which the information provided to the Office of
the Secretary of State under subsection (c) indicates that the
applicant is currently registered to vote in Illinois , that

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meets the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005; or
(ii) a completed application under subsection (b-5) of this
Section with a separate signature attesting the applicant
meets the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at
his or her residence address as indicated on his or her
application shall constitute a signed application to register
to vote in Illinois at the residence address indicated in the
application unless the person affirmatively declined in the
application to register to vote or to change his or her
registered residence address or name. If the identification
documents provided to complete the dual-purpose application
indicate that the applicant he or she does not satisfy the
qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the
specified his or her residence address, the application shall
be marked as incomplete.
(f) For each completed and signed application that
constitutes an application to register to vote in Illinois or
provides for a change in the applicant's registered residence
address or name, the Office of the Secretary of State shall
electronically transmit to the State Board of Elections
personal information needed to complete the person's
registration to vote in Illinois at the specified his or her
residence address, including the applicant's choice language
preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
collected by the Office of the Secretary of State during the
permitting, licensing, or identification card transaction. The

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application to register to vote shall be processed in
accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
(g) Documentation that establishes that the applicant is a
United States citizen shall include:
(1) a valid, unexpired United States passport or
passport card or a United States passport or passport card
that has been expired for no more than 2 years;
(2) a certified copy of a birth certificate filed with
the Division of Vital Records or an equivalent agency in
the individual's state of birth;
(3) a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the
United States Department of State, Form FS-240, DS-1350,
or FS-545; and
(4) a Certificate of Citizenship issued by the United
States Department of Homeland Security, Form N-560 or form
N-561. If the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 is repealed,
abrogated, superseded, or otherwise no longer in effect,
then the State Board of Elections shall establish criteria
for determining reliable personal information indicating
citizenship status and shall adopt rules as necessary for
the Secretary of State to continue processing dual-purpose
applications under this Section.
(h) As used in this Section, "dual-purpose application"
means an application, an application for renewal or , a change
of address form, or a recertification form for driver's
license or permit or a State identification card offered by

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the Secretary of State, other than an application or form that
pertains to a standard driver's license or identification card
for an applicant who does not have and is not eligible for, a
social security number and does not list a social security
number for the applicant, that also serves as an application
to register to vote in Illinois. "Dual-purpose application"
does not mean an application under subsection (c) of Section
6-109 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(i) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no
later than January 1, 2028.
(Source: P.A. 103-210, eff. 7-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
(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
jointly-adopted rules with the State Board of Elections, agree
to participate in an automatic voter registration program
established by the State Board of Elections that satisfies the
requirements of this Section and other applicable law. If the
designated automatic voter registration agency provides
applications, applications for renewal, change of address
forms, filing, or recertification forms to individuals for
services offered by another agency, then the State Board of

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Elections and the designated automatic voter agency shall
consult with the other agency. The State Board of Elections
shall consider the current technological capabilities of the
designated voter registration agency when drafting interagency
contracts and jointly adopted jointly-adopted rules. The State
Board of Elections and the designated automatic voter
registration agency shall amend these contracts and rules as
the technological capabilities of the designated voter
registration agencies improve.
(b) As provided in subsection (a) of this Section, when
each designated automatic voter registration agency provides
that collects or cross-references reliable personal
information indicating citizenship status may provide that an
application or form for a license, permit, program, or service
described in subsection (a) that, as part of the application
or form, the applicant presents documentation that establishes
that the applicant is a United States citizen as described in
subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1, the application or form
shall serve as a dual-purpose application, unless the
applicant declines in accordance with subsection (g) of
Section 1A-16.7. The dual-purpose application shall:
(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
in Illinois;
(2) allow an applicant to change the applicant's his
or her registered residence address or name as it appears
on the voter registration rolls;

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(3) in a single affirmation including the affirmation
required for the designated automatic voter registration
agency's application, allow the applicant to affirm, under
penalty of perjury, to the truth and correctness of
information submitted in the dual-purpose application that
is necessary to assess the applicant's eligibility to
register to vote or to change the applicant's registered
residence address or name as it appears on the voter
registration rolls provide the applicant with an
opportunity to affirmatively decline to register to vote
or change his or her registered residence address or name
by providing a check box on the application form without
requiring the applicant to state the reason; and
(4) allow the applicant to notify the agency of the
applicant's preferred language unless the applicant
declines to register to vote or to change his or her
registered residence address or name, require the
applicant to attest, by signature under penalty of
perjury, to meeting the qualifications to register to vote
in Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated
on his or her dual-purpose application.
The agency shall record the type of document presented by
the applicant that establishes that the applicant is a United
States citizen as described in subsection (g) of Section
1A-16.1.
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each designated automatic voter registration agency provides
that does not collect or cross-reference records containing
reliable personal information indicating citizenship status
may provide that an application or , an application for
renewal, a change of address form, or a recertification form
for a license, permit, program, or service described in
subsection (a) that, as part of the application of form, the
applicant presents documentation that neither establishes that
the applicant is a United States citizen nor establishes that
the applicant is not a United States citizen, the application
or form shall serve as a dual-purpose application if the
applicant chooses to register to vote. The dual-purpose
application shall:
(1) also serve as an application to register to vote
in Illinois;
(2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered
residence address or name as it appears on the voter
registration rolls; and
(3) if the applicant chooses to register to vote or to
change the applicant's his or her registered residence
address or name, then require the applicant to attest, by
a separate signature under penalty of perjury, to meeting
the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at his
or her residence address as indicated on his or her
dual-purpose application; and .
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applicant's preferred language.
(c-1) If an applicant presents documentation to the
designated automatic voter registration agency that
establishes that the applicant is not a United States citizen
or the applicant attests that the applicant is not a United
States citizen, no application submitted by that applicant
shall serve as a dual-purpose application under this Section.
(c-5) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
(b) of this Section to provide the affirmation described in
that subsection, the The designated automatic voter
registration agency shall clearly and conspicuously inform
each applicant in writing: (i) of the qualifications to
register to vote in Illinois; , (ii) of the penalties provided
by law for submission of a false voter registration
application, including the immigration-related consequences of
incorrectly claiming United States citizenship and of the
applicant's opportunity not to proceed in order to avoid the
penalties; (iii) that the application shall serve as an
application to register to vote or change the applicant's
voter registration, and that the application , unless the
applicant declines to register to vote or update his or her
voter registration, his or her application shall also serve as
both an application to register to vote and his or her
attestation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements
for voter registration, and that his or her application to
register to vote or update his or her registration will be

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transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of
registering the person to vote at the residence address to be
indicated on the dual-purpose application; , (iv) that
information identifying the agency at which he or she applied
to register to vote is confidential; , (v) that declining to
register to vote is confidential and will not affect any
services the person may be seeking from the agency, and (v)
(vi) any additional information needed in order to comply with
Section 7 of the federal National Voter Registration Act of
1993. The designated automatic voter registration agency may
provide additional instructions specific to applicants under
subsection (b).
(c-10) Before asking any applicant described in subsection
(c) to provide the attestation described in that subsection,
the designated automatic voter registration agency shall
clearly and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing:
(i) of the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois;
(ii) of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false
voter registration application, including the
immigration-related consequences of incorrectly claiming
United States citizenship, and of the applicant's opportunity
to withdraw an application to avoid the penalties; (iii) that
the application shall also serve as an application to register
to vote or update the applicant's voter registration and that
the application to register to vote or update voter
registration will be transmitted to the State Board of

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Elections for the purpose of registering the person to vote at
the residence address to be indicated on the dual-purpose
application, unless the applicant withdraws the application or
declines to register to vote or update the applicant's voter
registration; (iv) that information identifying the agency at
which the applicant applied to register to vote is
confidential; (v) that withdrawing a voter registration
application or otherwise declining to register to vote is
confidential and will not affect any services the person may
be seeking from the agency; and (vi) any additional
information needed in order to comply with Section 7 of the
federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The
designated automatic voter registration agency may provide
additional instructions specific to applicants under
subsection (c).
(d) The designated automatic voter registration agency
shall review information provided to the agency by the State
Board of Elections to inform each applicant covered by
subsection (c) whether the applicant is currently registered
to vote in Illinois and, if registered, at what address.
(e) The designated automatic voter registration agency
shall not require an applicant for a dual-purpose application
to provide duplicate identification or information in order to
complete an application to register to vote or change the
applicant's his or her registered residence address or name.
Before transmitting any personal information about an

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applicant to the State Board of Elections, the agency shall
review its records of the identification documents the
applicant provided or that the agency cross-references in
order to complete the dual-purpose application, to confirm
that nothing in those documents indicates that the applicant
does not satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in
Illinois at the applicant's his or her residence address. A
completed and signed dual-purpose application, including a
completed application under subsection (c) of this Section
with a separate signature attesting that the applicant meets
the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at the his
or her residence address as indicated on the his or her
application, shall constitute an application to register to
vote in Illinois at the residence address indicated in the
application unless the person affirmatively declined in the
application to register to vote or to change his or her
registered residence address or name. If the identification
documents provided to complete the dual-purpose application,
or that the agency cross-references, indicate that the
applicant he or she does not satisfy the qualifications to
register to vote in Illinois at his or her residence address,
the application shall be marked as incomplete. If the
applicant provides the designated automatic voter registration
agency with an address designated by the Attorney General as a
substitute mailing address under Section 15 of the Address
Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual

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Assault, Human Trafficking, or Stalking Act, or is a judicial
officer or peace officer who provides the designated automatic
voter registration agency with a work address instead of a
residence address, the applicant shall not be offered voter
registration by the designated automatic voter registration
agency.
(f) For each completed and signed dual-purpose application
that constitutes an application to register to vote in
Illinois or provides for a change in the applicant's
registered residence address or name, the designated automatic
voter registration agency shall electronically transmit to the
State Board of Elections personal information needed to
complete the person's registration to vote in Illinois at his
or her residence address, including the applicant's language
preference as indicated by the applicant or as otherwise
collected by the designated automatic voter registration
agency in the course of receiving applications and other forms
regarding licenses, permits, programs, and services offered by
the designated automatic voter registration agency. The
application to register to vote shall be processed in
accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
(g) As used in this Section:
"Designated automatic voter registration agency" or
"agency" means the divisions of Family and Community
Services and Rehabilitation Services of the Department of
Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, the

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Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
Department of Natural Resources, or an agency of the
local, tribal, State, or federal government that has been
determined by the State Board of Elections to have access
to reliable personal information and has entered into an
interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to
participate in the automatic voter registration program
under this Section.
"Dual-purpose application" means an application, an
application for renewal, a change of address form, or a
recertification form for a license, permit, program, or
service offered by a designated automatic voter
registration agency that also serves as an application to
register to vote in Illinois.
"Reliable personal information" means information
about individuals obtained from government sources that
may be used to verify whether an individual is eligible to
register to vote.
(h) (Blank). This Section shall be implemented no later
than July 1, 2019.
(i) If an agency under this Section receives documentation
that an applicant is a United States citizen, as described in
subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1 for more than one person
listed on an application for a license, permit, program, or
service, each person for whom the agency receives the
documentation may be considered an applicant under this

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Section and the application may serve as a dual-purpose
application for each person.
(j) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no
later than January 1, 2028.
(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.3 new)
Sec. 1A-16.3. Language assistance.
(a) Every facility operated by the Driver Services
Department of the Office of the Secretary of State and all
facilities of a designated voter registration agency located
in a political subdivision covered by Section 203 of the
federal Voting Rights Act shall display and make plainly
visible signage informing applicants about the type of
language assistance available. The signage shall be in the
covered languages applicable for the political subdivision.
(b) Every facility operated by the Driver Services
Department of the Office of the Secretary of State and all
facilities of a designated voter registration agency located
in a political subdivision covered by Section 203 of the
federal Voting Rights Act shall make available, in the covered
languages, all written materials and verbal communication
regarding voter registration for the purpose of processing the
applicant's dual-purpose application described in Sections
1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. Every facility operated by the Driver

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Services Department of the Office of the Secretary of State
and all facilities of a designated voter registration agency
shall make available, in the 5 most common non-English
languages in this State, all written materials and verbal
communications regarding voter registration for the purpose of
processing an applicant's dual-purpose application described
in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. These materials shall include
the notices described in subsection (b-10) of Section 1A-16.1
and subsection (e) of Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, the affirmations described in paragraph (3) of
subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of
subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2, and the attestations
described in subsection (b-5) of Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph
(3) of subsection (c) of Section 1A-16.2.
(c) In addition to the requirements under subsections (a)
and (b), the Driver Services Department of the Office of the
Secretary of State, as part of every transaction described in
subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 1A-16.1 completed through
its website, and each designated automatic voter registration
agency, as defined in subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.2, as
part of every transaction described in subsections (b) and (c)
of Section 1A-16.2 completed through its website, shall make
available, in the covered languages required in any
jurisdiction in this State by Section 203 of the federal
Voting Rights Act and in the 5 most common non-English
languages in this State, all information and questions

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provided to an applicant regarding voter registration for the
purpose of processing the applicant's dual-purpose application
as described in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2. These materials
shall include, but not be limited to, the notices described in
subsection (b-10) of Section 1A-16.1 and subsection (e) of
Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the affirmations
described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
1A-16.2, and the attestations described in subsection (b-5) of
Section 1A-16.1 and paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section
1A-16.2. The Office of the Secretary of the State shall
determine the 5 most common non-English languages in this
State by referring to the best available data from the United
States Census Bureau or other sources that the Office of the
Secretary of the State considers relevant and reliable.
(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 or her existing
voter registration as provided in Section 1A-16.1 or Section
1A-16.2. The portal shall interface with the online voter
registration system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this
Code and shall be capable of receiving and processing voter

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registration application information, including electronic
signatures, from the Office of the Secretary of State and each
designated automatic voter registration agency, as defined in
Section 1A-16.2. The State Board of Elections may
cross-reference voter registration information from any
designated automatic voter registration agency, as defined
under Section 1A-16.2 of this Code, with information contained
in the database of the Secretary of State as provided under
subsection (c) of Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. The State
Board of Elections shall modify the online voter registration
system as necessary to implement this Section.
(b) Voter registration data received from the Office of
the Secretary of State or a designated automatic voter
registration agency through the online registration
application system shall be processed as provided in Section
1A-16.5 of this Code.
(c) The State Board of Elections shall establish technical
specifications applicable to each automatic government
registration program, including data format and transmission
specifications. The Office of the Secretary of State and each
designated automatic voter registration agency shall maintain
a data transfer mechanism capable of transmitting voter
registration application information, including electronic
signatures where available, to the online voter registration
system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this Code.
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criteria and procedures for determining whether an agency of
the State or federal government seeking to become a designated
automatic voter registration agency in the course of receiving
applications and other forms regarding licenses, permits,
programs, and services offered by the agency, receives
documentation that an applicant is a United States citizen, as
described in subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1 has access to
reliable personal information, as defined under this
subsection (d) and subsection (f) of Section 1A-16.2 of this
Code, and otherwise meets the requirements to enter into an
interagency contract and to operate as a designated automatic
voter registration agency. The State Board of Elections shall
approve each interagency contract upon affirmative vote of a
majority of its members.
As used in this subsection (d), "reliable personal
information" means information about individuals obtained from
government sources that may be used to verify whether an
individual is eligible to register to vote.
(e) Whenever an applicant's data is transferred from the
Office of the Secretary of State or a designated automatic
voter registration agency, the agency must transmit a
signature image if available. If no signature image was
provided by the agency and , or if no signature image is
available in the Office of the Secretary of State's database
or the statewide voter registration database, or other
database available to the State Board of Elections, the

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applicant must be notified that voter his or her registration
will remain in a pending status until the applicant: , and the
applicant will be required to
(1) provides provide identification that complies with
the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and a signature
to the election authority on election day in the polling
place or during early voting; .
(2) provides identification that complies with the
federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and a signature with
a mail ballot, or provides a signature in accordance with
the procedures described in subsection (g-5) of Section
19-8; or
(3) provides a signature in response to the notice
described in subsection (g) or by other paper or
electronic means determined by the State Board of
Elections.
(f) Upon receipt of personal information collected and
transferred by the Office of the Secretary of State or a
designated automatic voter registration agency, the State
Board of Elections shall check the information against the
statewide voter registration database. The State Board of
Elections shall create and electronically transmit to the
appropriate election authority a voter registration
application for any individual who is not registered to vote
in Illinois and is not disqualified as provided in this
Section or whose information reliably indicates a more recent

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update to the name or address of a person already included in
the statewide voter database. The election authority shall
process the application accordingly. If the individual
provides the Office of the Secretary of State or a designated
automatic voter registration agency with an address designated
by the Attorney General as a substitute mailing address under
Section 15 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or
Stalking Act or if the State Board of Elections otherwise
determines that the individual is a program participant under
Section 10 of the Address Confidentiality for Victims of
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, or
Stalking Act, the State Board of Elections shall not create or
electronically transmit to an election authority a voter
registration the application for the individual. The State
Board of Elections may provide alternative voter registration
procedures for the individuals described in this subsection.
(g) The appropriate election authority shall ensure that
any applicant about whom it receives information from the
State Board of Elections under subsection (f) who is
registered to vote or whose existing voter registration is
updated under this Section is promptly sent written notice of
the change. The notice required by this subsection (g) may be
sent or combined with other notices required or permitted by
law, including, but not limited to, any notices sent pursuant
to Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any notice required by this

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subsection (g) shall contain, at a minimum: (i) the
applicant's name and residential address as reflected on the
voter registration list; (ii) a statement notifying the
applicant to contact the appropriate election authority if his
or her voter registration has been updated in error; (iii) the
qualifications to register to vote in Illinois; (iv) a
statement notifying the applicant that he or she may opt out of
voter registration or request a change to his or her
registration information at any time by contacting an election
official; and (iii) (v) contact information for the
appropriate election authority, including a phone number,
address, electronic mail address, and website address.
For an applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1
or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 who is not currently
registered to vote in Illinois, the notice shall be sent
within 5 business days after the transmission of the voter
registration application to the election authority and shall
contain:
(1) the following statement: "After your recent visit
to [an Illinois Secretary of State Driver Services
Facility or designated automatic voter registration
agency], we started an automatic voter registration
process for you. You will be registered to vote unless you
complete, sign, and return this card by [deadline date].";
(2) the notices required by Section 5(c)(2) of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993; and

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(3) an opportunity to provide a signature as described
in subsection (e) and to select a language for election
materials if applicable to the jurisdiction, by prepaid
postage.
For an applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1
or subsections (b) of Section 1A-16.2 who is currently
registered to vote in Illinois and whose application contains
a change in the applicant's registered residence address or
name, the notice shall be sent within 5 business days after the
transmission of the voter registration application to the
election authority and shall contain:
(1) the following statement: "After your recent visit
to [an Illinois Secretary of State Driver Services
Facility or designated automatic voter registration
agency], we started an update to your voter registration.
Your voter registration will be updated unless you
complete, sign and return this card by [deadline date].";
(2) the notices required by Section 5(c)(2) of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993; and
(3) an opportunity to provide a signature as described
in subsection (e), and to select a language for election
materials if applicable to the jurisdiction, by prepaid
postage.
Any notice required by this subsection shall, at a
minimum, be provided in languages for which there is coverage
for the jurisdiction of the election authority under Section

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203 of the federal Voting Rights Act, as identified by the
United States Census Bureau in the Federal Register. Any
notice required by this subsection must also comply with all
applicable, federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and
ordinances that relate to providing language access to
individuals with limited English proficiency. If the State
Board of Elections has received language preference
information regarding the applicant and has transmitted that
information to the appropriate election authority, the
appropriate election authority shall take all practicable
measures to send the notice to the applicant in the
applicant's preferred language.
(g-5) If an applicant under subsection (b) of Section
1A-16.1 or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the
notice described in subsection (g) declining to be registered
within 23 days after the mailing of the notice, the applicant
shall not be registered to vote and the applicant shall be
deemed not to have attempted to register to vote. If an
applicant under subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.1 or
subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the notice described
in subsection (g) declining or correcting the update within 23
days after the mailing of the notice, the applicant's update
shall be declined or corrected in the statewide voter
registration database. If an applicant returns the notice
described in subsection (g) but does not do so within 23 days
after the mailing of the notice, then the applicant shall be

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registered to vote under the name and address contained in the
dual-purpose application. If an applicant returns the notice
described in subsection (g) declining to be registered or
declining or correcting the update more than 23 days after the
mailing of the notice, then the notice shall be processed as a
request to cancel or update the applicant's registration.
During the 23-day period specified in this subsection, an
applicant's voter registration or updated voter registration
shall be in a pending status.
(g-6) If an applicant under subsection (b) of Section
1A-16.1 or subsection (b) of Section 1A-16.2 returns the
notice indicating a language preference, the language
preference shall be retained as part of the person's
registration information.
(h) The appropriate election authority shall ensure that
any applicant whose voter registration application is not
accepted or deemed incomplete is promptly sent written notice
of the application's status. The notice required by this
subsection may be sent or combined with other notices required
or permitted by law, including, but not limited to, any
notices sent pursuant to Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. Any
notice required by this subsection (h) shall contain, at a
minimum, the reason the application was not accepted or deemed
incomplete and contact information for the appropriate
election authority, including a phone number, address,
electronic mail address, and website address.

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(i) If the Office of the Secretary of State or a designated
automatic voter registration agency transfers information, or
if the State Board of Elections creates and transmits a voter
registration application, for a person who does not qualify as
an eligible voter, then it shall not constitute a completed
voter registration form, and the person shall not be
considered to have registered to vote.
(j) If the registration is processed by any election
authority, then it shall be presumed to have been effected and
officially authorized by the State, and that person shall not
be found on that basis to have made a false claim to
citizenship or to have committed an act of moral turpitude,
nor shall that person be subject to penalty under any relevant
laws, including, but not limited to, Sections 29-10 and 29-19
of this Code. This subsection (j) does not apply to a person
who knows that he or she is not entitled to register to vote
and who willfully votes, registers to vote, or attests under
penalty of perjury that he or she is eligible to register to
vote or willfully attempts to vote or to register to vote.
(k) The State Board of Elections, the Office of the
Secretary of State, and each designated automatic voter
registration agency shall implement policies and procedures to
protect the privacy and security of voter information as it is
acquired, stored, and transmitted among agencies, including
policies for the retention and preservation of voter
information. Information designated as confidential under this

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Section may be recorded and shared among the State Board of
Elections, election authorities, the Office of the Secretary
of State, and designated automatic voter registration
agencies, but shall be used only for voter registration
purposes, shall not be disclosed to the public except in the
aggregate as required by subsection (m) of this Section, and
shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The
following information shall be designated as confidential:
(1) any portion of an applicant's Social Security
number;
(2) any portion of an applicant's driver's license
number or State identification number;
(3) an applicant's decision to decline voter
registration;
(4) the identity of the person providing information
relating to a specific applicant; and
(5) the personal residence and contact information of
any applicant for whom notice has been given by an
appropriate legal authority; and .
(6) the personal residence and contact information
relating to an applicant who returns a notice described
subsection (g) declining to register to vote that was
received by the election authority within 23 days after
mailing the notice or for whom the 23-day period has not
passed.
This subsection (k) shall not apply to information the

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State Board of Elections is required to share with the
Electronic Registration Information Center.
(l) The voter registration procedures implemented under
this Section shall comport with the federal National Voter
Registration Act of 1993, as amended, and shall specifically
require that the State Board of Elections track registration
data received through the online registration system that
originated from a designated automatic voter registration
agency for the purposes of maintaining statistics.
Nothing in this Code shall require designated voter
registration agencies to transmit information that is
confidential client information under State or federal law
without the consent of the applicant.
(m) The State Board of Elections, each election authority
that maintains a website, the Office of the Secretary of
State, and each designated automatic voter registration agency
that maintains a website shall provide information on their
websites informing the public about the new registration
procedures described in this Section. The Office of the
Secretary of State and each designated automatic voter
registration agency shall display signage or provide
literature for the public containing information about the new
registration procedures described in this Section.
(n) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the State Board
of Elections shall hold at least one public hearing on

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implementing this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly
at which the public may provide input.
(o) The State Board of Elections shall submit an annual
public report to the General Assembly and the Governor
detailing the progress made to implement this Section. The
report shall include all of the following: the number of
records transferred under this Section by agency, the number
of voters newly added to the statewide voter registration list
because of records transferred under this Section by agency,
the number of updated registrations under this Section by
agency, the number of persons who opted out of voter
registration, and the number of voters who submitted voter
registration forms using the online procedure described in
Section 1A-16.5 of this Code. The 2018 and 2019 annual reports
may include less detail if election authorities are not
equipped to provide complete information to the State Board of
Elections. Any report produced under this subsection (o) shall
exclude any information that identifies any individual
personally.
(p) The State Board of Elections, in consultation with
election authorities, the Office of the Secretary of State,
designated automatic voter registration agencies, and
community organizations, shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement the provisions of this Section.
(q) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no

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later than January 1, 2028.
(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
(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 database against the United
States Postal Service's National Change of Address database
twice each calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in
odd-numbered years and April 15 and December 1 in
even-numbered years or with the same frequency as in
subsection (b) of this Section, and shall share the findings
with the election authorities.
(b) In addition, beginning no later than September 1,
2017, the State Board of Elections shall utilize data provided
as part of its membership in the Electronic Registration
Information Center in order to cross-reference the statewide
voter registration database against databases of relevant
personal information kept by designated automatic voter
registration agencies, including, but not limited to, driver's
license information kept by the Secretary of State, at least 6
times each calendar year and shall share the findings with
election authorities.
This subsection (b) shall no longer apply once Sections

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1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code are fully implemented as
determined by the State Board of Elections. Upon a
determination by the State Board of Elections of full
implementation of Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code,
the State Board of Elections shall file notice of full
implementation and the inapplicability of this subsection (b)
with the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of
State, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative
Reference Bureau.
(b-5) The State Board of Elections shall not be required
to share any data on any voter attained using the National
Change of Address database under subsection (a) of this
Section if that voter has a more recent government transaction
indicated using the cross-reference under subsection (b) of
this Section. If there is contradictory or unclear data
between data obtained under subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section, then data obtained under subsection (b) of this
Section shall take priority.
(c) An election authority shall automatically register any
voter who has moved into its jurisdiction from another
jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved within its jurisdiction
provided that:
(1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes
the new registration address provides the voter an
opportunity to reject the change in registration address
through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the

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new registration address, and
(2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction
includes the previous registration address is a different
election authority, then that election authority provides
the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by
forwardable mail, to the previous registration address.
This change in registration shall trigger the same
inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if
the voter completed a new registration card, including the
cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the
registration of a voter be changed from one address to another
within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and
offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting
that the prior registration address is the true current
address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as
having been registered at the prior registration address and
canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall
be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration
address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable
to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be
permitted to register and vote a regular ballot, provided that
he or she meets the documentary requirements for same-day
registration. If the election authority is unable to confirm
the registration and the voter does not meet the requirements
for same-day registration, the voter shall be issued a
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(c-5) An agency that does not receive documentation that
an applicant is a United States citizen, as described in
subsection (g) of Section 1A-16.1, may enter into an agreement
with the State Board of Elections to transmit information that
shall serve only to update an applicant's existing voter
registration record. Under the agreement, the agency shall
transmit information on all clients who may be registered to
vote with a clear indication that the information shall be
used only for updates. The State Board of Elections shall
determine which applicants are already registered to vote and,
for any voter whose information provided to the agency differs
from that on the voter registration record, provide that
information to the voter's local election authority who shall
update a registered voter's records in accordance with the
procedures described in Section 1A-16.7. The State Board of
Election and local election authority shall take no action
under this subsection for any applicant not already registered
to vote.
This subsection shall be implemented no later than January
1, 2028.
(d) No voter shall be disqualified from voting due to an
error relating to an update of registration under this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
Section 40-10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by

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changing Section 2-105 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State.
(a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the
State capital and in such other places in the State as he may
deem necessary to properly carry out the powers and duties
vested in him.
(b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or
more buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County
of Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the
powers and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may, on
behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private
property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings
constructed thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State.
Expenditures for the construction and equipping of any of such
buildings upon premises owned by another public entity shall
not be subject to the provisions of any State law requiring
that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the
Secretary of State by this Section is subject to the
appropriation of the necessary funds.
(c) Pursuant to Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.7, and 1A-25 of
the Election Code, the Secretary of State shall make driver
services facilities available for use as places of accepting

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applications for voter registration.
(d) (Blank).
(e) Each applicant person applying at a driver services
facility for a driver's license or permit, a corrected
driver's license or permit, an Illinois Identification Card
identification card or a corrected Illinois Identification
Card who has presented documentation establishing United
States citizenship as set forth in subsection (g) of Section
1A-16.1 of the Election Code identification card shall be
notified, under the procedures set forth in Sections 1A-16.1
and 1A-16.7 of the Election Code, that the applicant's unless
he or she affirmatively declines, his or her personal
information shall be transferred to the State Board of
Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter
registration application. Each applicant applying at a driver
services facility for a driver's license or permit, a
corrected driver's license or permit, or a State
identification card or a corrected Illinois Identification
Card who presented documentation that neither establishes that
the applicant is a United States citizen nor establishes that
the applicant is not a United States citizen, but who
affirmatively indicated they wished to apply to register to
vote and attested, in writing, to United States citizenship,
shall be notified, under the procedures set forth in Sections
1A-16.1 and 1A-16.7 of the Election Code that the applicant's
personal information will be transmitted to the State Board of

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Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter
registration application. Such notification may be made in
writing or verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of
State.
The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and the
duties of his employees under this Section.
(f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for
issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois
Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a
brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial
identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to
the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall
(i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be
an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft,
(ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader
believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity
theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone
numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies
that provide assistance to victims of financial identity
theft.
(g) (Blank). The changes made by this amendatory Act of
the 100th General Assembly shall be implemented no later than
July 1, 2018.
(h) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory

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Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be implemented no
later than January 1, 2028.
(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
Article 45.
Section 45-1. This Act may be referred to as the Reverend
Jesse Jackson, Sr. Young Voter Empowerment Law.
Section 45-5. The School Code is amended by adding
Sections 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
Sec. 10-20.88. High school voter registration. Beginning
with the 2026-2027 school year, a school district maintaining
any of grades 9 through 12 shall provide all eligible students
graduating from high school with the opportunity to register
to vote.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
Sec. 34-18.88. High school voter registration. Beginning
with the 2026-2027 school year, the school district shall
provide all eligible students graduating from high school with
the opportunity to register to vote.
Article 50.

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Section 50-5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act
is amended by changing Sections 5-5 and 70-5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. Personnel policies.
(a) Each of the following shall adopt and implement
personnel policies for all State employees under his, her, or
its jurisdiction and control: (i) each executive branch
constitutional officer, (ii) each legislative leader, (iii)
the Senate Operations Commission, with respect to legislative
employees under Section 4 of the General Assembly Operations
Act, (iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
respect to legislative employees under Section 5 of the
General Assembly Operations Act, (v) the Joint Committee on
Legislative Support Services, with respect to State employees
of the legislative support services agencies, (vi) members of
the General Assembly, with respect to legislative assistants,
as provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly Compensation
Act, (vii) the Auditor General, (viii) the Board of Higher
Education, with respect to State employees of public
institutions of higher learning except community colleges, and
(ix) the Illinois Community College Board, with respect to
State employees of community colleges. The Governor shall
adopt and implement those policies for all State employees of
the executive branch not under the jurisdiction and control of

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any other executive branch constitutional officer.
(b) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
filed with the appropriate ethics commission established under
this Act or, for the Auditor General, with the Office of the
Auditor General.
(c) The policies required under subsection (a) shall
include policies relating to work time requirements,
documentation of time worked, documentation for reimbursement
for travel on official State business, compensation, and the
earning or accrual of State benefits for all State employees
who may be eligible to receive those benefits. No later than 30
days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly, the policies shall include, at a
minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details
on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual
harassment, including options for making a confidential report
to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the
Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv)
the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
report. The policies shall comply with and be consistent with
all other applicable laws. The policies shall require State
employees to periodically submit time sheets documenting the

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time spent each day on official State business to the nearest
quarter hour; contractual State employees may satisfy the time
sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their
contract, which shall provide for a means of compliance with
this requirement. In addition, State employees of public
institutions of higher education classified as faculty
(including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not
eligible for overtime pay as defined by the Fair Labor
Standards Act, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by
complying with the terms of their contract or employment
agreement with the public institution of higher education,
which shall provide for a means of compliance with this
requirement. The policies for State employees shall require
those time sheets to be submitted on paper, electronically, or
both and to be maintained in either paper or electronic format
by the applicable fiscal office for a period of at least 2
years.
(d) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
adopted by the applicable entity before February 1, 2004 and
shall apply to State employees beginning 30 days after
adoption.
(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17.)
(5 ILCS 430/70-5)
Sec. 70-5. Adoption by governmental entities.
(a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act,

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each governmental entity other than a community college
district, and each community college district within 6 months
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that
regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15
and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of
officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the
soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and
making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental
entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each
governmental unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution
establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The
policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on
sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can
report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options
for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics
officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights;
(iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual
harassment allegations, including availability of
whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower
Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the
consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
report. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each

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governmental unit that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a
State or local Inspector General shall adopt an ordinance or
resolution amending its sexual harassment policy to provide
for a mechanism for reporting and independent review of
allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected
official of the governmental unit by another elected official
of a governmental unit.
(b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney
General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the
purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise
governmental entities on their contents and adoption.
(c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an
elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the
official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a
full-time, part-time, or contractual employee.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to
satisfy the requirements of subsection (a).
(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
Section 50-10. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 13-1, 13-2, and 19-2 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
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the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5
capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect
to which the board considers such action necessary or
desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the judges
of election shall preside over the election during the hours
the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the assistance
of the holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2,
shall count the vote after the closing of the polls. However,
the County Board of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of
election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
required by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency
referendum, or in any odd-year regular election or in any
special primary or special election called for the purpose of
filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such
purpose or (2) if the county board passes an ordinance to
reduce the number of judges of election to 3 for primary
elections. In a county with a population of less than 100,000
persons as of the last federal decennial census, an election

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authority may also reduce the number of judges of election in
each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges
of election otherwise required by this Section. The tally
judges shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner and with the same division
between political parties as is provided for judges of
election.
In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner and with the same division
between political parties as is provided for other judges of
election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
which shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
of vote by mail ballots voted at recent elections, or any
combination of such factors.
Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
list, furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee

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of the first leading political party in such precinct; and the
county board of commissioners shall also select and approve 2
persons as judges of election in each election precinct from a
certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges
of election in the same election precinct; and which political
party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
Such certified list shall be filed with the county clerk not
less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county board
of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
precincts. The chair of each county central committee shall,
insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the
precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may,
in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who reside
outside the precinct but within the county embracing the
precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit
the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit
the name of at least one resident of the precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges. The county
board of commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each

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county chair the names of all persons submitted on such
certified list and the total number of persons listed thereon.
If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
certain election precincts), the county board of commissioners
shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. The
election judges shall hold their office for 2 years from their
appointment, and until their successors are duly appointed in
the manner provided in this Act. The county board of
commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge
of election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the
county board shall at its meeting in July in each
even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric
voting systems are used, the county board may, for any
precinct with respect to which the board considers such action

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necessary or desirable in view of the number of voters, and
shall for general elections for any precinct containing more
than 600 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5
judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts
the judges of election shall preside over the election during
the hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
polls. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
division between political parties as is provided for judges
of election.
However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election
to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required
by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in
any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
in the office of representative in the United States Congress
or to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county
board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of
election to 3 for primary elections. In a county with a
population of less than 100,000 persons as of the last federal
decennial census, an election authority may also reduce the
number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of
election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
required by this Section.

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In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
same manner and with the same division between political
parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
base the required number of special panels on the number of
registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
of such factors.
No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be
appointed judges in the same election district or undivided
precinct. The election of the judges of election in the
various election precincts shall be made in the following
manner: The county board shall select and approve 3 of the
election judges in each precinct from a certified list
furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee of the
first leading political party in such election precinct and
shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in each
election precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair
of the County Central Committee of the second leading
political party in such election precinct. However, if only 3
judges of election serve in each election precinct, no more
than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges of
election in the same election precinct; and which political

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party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
The respective County Central Committee chair shall notify the
county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered year immediately
preceding the annual meeting of the county board whether or
not such certified list will be filed by such chair. Such list
shall be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each
county central committee shall, insofar as possible, list
persons who reside within the precinct in which they are to
serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion,
submit the names of persons who reside outside the precinct
but within the county embracing the precinct in which they are
to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at least 2
residents of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one
resident of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
is to have 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be
filed with the county clerk not less than 20 days before the
annual meeting of the county board. The county board shall
acknowledge in writing to each county chair the names of all
persons submitted on such certified list and the total number
of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or the list
is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
names are furnished for certain election precincts), the

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county board shall make or complete such list from the names
contained in the supplemental list provided for in Section
13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case where a township
has been or shall be redistricted, in whole or in part,
subsequent to one general election for Governor, and prior to
the next, the judges of election to be selected for all new or
altered precincts shall be selected in that one of the methods
above detailed, which shall be applicable according to the
facts and circumstances of the particular case, but the
majority of such judges for each such precinct shall be
selected from the first leading political party, and the
minority judges from the second leading political party.
Provided, further, that in counties having a population of
3,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of
election shall be made in the same manner in all respects as in
other counties, except that the provisions relating to tally
judges are inapplicable to such counties and except that the
county board shall meet during the month of January for the
purpose of making such selection, each township
committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities given to the
chair of the county central committee in this Section for the
precincts within his or her township, and the township
committeeperson shall notify the county board by the preceding
October 1 whether or not the certified list will be filed. Such
judges of election shall hold their office for 2 years from
their appointment and until their successors are duly

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appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county board
shall fill all vacancies in the office of judges of elections
at any time in the manner herein provided.
Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or
electronically on the website of the appropriate election
authority, not more than 90 nor less than 5 days prior to the
date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 90
nor less than one day prior to the date of such election, make
application to the county clerk or to the Board of Election
Commissioners for an official ballot for the voter's precinct
to be voted at such election. Such a ballot shall be delivered
to the elector only upon separate application by the elector
for each election. Voters who make an application for
permanent vote by mail ballot status shall follow the
procedures specified in Section 19-3 and may apply year round.
A voter Voters whose application for permanent vote by mail
status is accepted by the election authority shall remain on
the permanent vote by mail list until the voter requests to be
removed from permanent vote by mail status, the voter provides
notice to the election authority of a change in registration

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that affects the voter's their registration status, or the
election authority receives confirmation that the voter has
subsequently registered to vote in another election authority
jurisdiction. Each election authority shall establish a
website for eligible voters to request a vote by mail ballot by
electronic form and the The URL address at which voters may
electronically request a vote by mail ballot shall be fixed no
later than 90 calendar days before an election and shall not be
changed until after the election.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; revised
6-24-25.)
Article 55.
Section 55-5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2605/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-205)
Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition
to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the
policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive

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director, in addition to all other powers specified in this
Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of
the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board
of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in
executing the policies and goals established by the board. At
the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years
following the induction of new commissioners the board of
commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and
a vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee on
finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
executive director and treasurer for the district.
The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary
district and a citizen of the United States. He must be
selected solely upon his administrative and technical
qualifications and without regard to his political
affiliations.
In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners
may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to
perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during
the term of the absence or vacancy.

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The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of
engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
of human resources, director of procurement and materials
management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
research, and director of information technology. These
constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and
Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research,
and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments
or heads of departments may be created without subsequent
amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the
direct supervision of the executive director.
The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
board of commissioners, shall appoint a public and
intergovernmental affairs officer and an administrative
services officer. The public and intergovernmental affairs
officer and administrative services officer shall serve under
the direct supervision of the executive director.
The director of human resources must be qualified under
Section 4.2a of this Act.
The director of procurement and materials management must
be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act.
In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of
engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director

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of human resources, director of procurement and materials
management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
research, public and intergovernmental affairs officer,
administrative services officer, or director of information
technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting
officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such
officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct
supervision of the executive director.
All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
bond as may be required by the board.
The executive director, treasurer, acting executive
director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the
pleasure of the board of commissioners.
The acting director of engineering, acting director of
maintenance and operations, acting director of human
resources, acting director of procurement and materials
management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting
director of monitoring and research, acting public and
intergovernmental affairs officer, acting administrative
services officer, and acting director of information
technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the executive
director.
The director of engineering, director of maintenance and
operations, director of human resources, director of
procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel,

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director of monitoring and research, public and
intergovernmental affairs officer, administrative services
officer, and director of information technology may be removed
from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to
removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before
the executive director at which hearing they may be
represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive
director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date,
time, place and nature of the hearing.
In addition to the general counsel appointed by the
executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint
from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
The executive director is the chief administrative officer
of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for
all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary
district including the duties of all employees which are not
otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority
as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act.
The board of commissioners shall appoint from outside its
own number an Inspector General or enter into an
intergovernmental agreement with another unit of local
government for the appointment of an Inspector General. The
board of commissioners shall establish minimum qualifications

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and duties for the Inspector General by ordinance or
intergovernmental agreement.
The board, through the budget process, shall set the
compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary
district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint
an administrative aide which appointment remains in force
during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
president and vice-president of the board of commissioners and
the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of
the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to
$39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in
January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary
of the vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased
to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000
in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual
salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be
$32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987,
$36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and
$55,000 in January, 2001.
The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
shall be as follows:
For the three members elected in November, 1980,
$26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term;
$28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and
$30,000 per annum for the last two years.

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For the three members elected in November, 1982,
$28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and
$30,000 per annum thereafter.
For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per
annum.
For the three members elected in November, 1986,
$32,000 for each of the first two years of the term,
$34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the
last two years;
For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000
for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for
each year thereafter.
For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994,
1996, or 1998, $40,000.
For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter,
$50,000.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the
board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two-thirds vote, may
increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
amount for each of the following: the president, the
vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
members of the board commence after the increase in
compensation is adopted by the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the

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board, prior to May 1, 2026 and with a two-thirds vote, may
increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
amount for each of the following: the president, the
vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
officers or members of the board commence after the increase
in compensation is adopted by the board.
After 2030, the annual rate of compensation shall equal
the previous year increased by a percentage equal to the
percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
States Department of Labor for the previous year. The
increased annual rate of compensation that begins after 2030
shall apply to all officers and members whose terms as
officers or members of the board commence after the increase.
The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and
for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary
district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions
and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must,
before they take effect, be approved by the president of the
board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign
them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the

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board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the
next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring
after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or
more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making
an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect.
If the president of such board of commissioners fails to
return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation
with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed
to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the
return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or
regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed
must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if
upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members agree
by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding
the president's refusal to approve thereof.
It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by
the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the
intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be
fully available to the District to the extent its activities
are authorized by law as stated herein.
(Source: P.A. 102-808, eff. 5-13-22.)

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(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-205)
Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition
to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the
policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive
director, in addition to all other powers specified in this
Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of
the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board
of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in
executing the policies and goals established by the board. At
the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years
following the induction of new commissioners the board of
commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and
a vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee on
finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
executive director and treasurer for the district.
The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary
district and a citizen of the United States. He must be
selected solely upon his administrative and technical
qualifications and without regard to his political

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affiliations.
In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners
may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to
perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during
the term of the absence or vacancy.
The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of
engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
of human resources, director of procurement and materials
management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
research, and director of information technology. These
constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and
Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research,
and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments
or heads of departments may be created without subsequent
amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the
direct supervision of the executive director.
The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
board of commissioners, may appoint a deputy executive
director. The deputy executive director must be selected
solely upon administrative and technical qualifications and
without regard to political affiliations and shall serve under
the direct supervision of the executive director.

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The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
board of commissioners, shall appoint a public and
intergovernmental affairs officer and an administrative
services officer. The public and intergovernmental affairs
officer and administrative services officer shall serve under
the direct supervision of the executive director.
The director of human resources must be qualified under
Section 4.2a of this Act.
The director of procurement and materials management must
be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act.
In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death,
or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of
engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
of human resources, director of procurement and materials
management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
research, public and intergovernmental affairs officer,
administrative services officer, or director of information
technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting
officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such
officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct
supervision of the executive director.
All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
bond as may be required by the board.
The executive director, treasurer, acting executive
director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the

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pleasure of the board of commissioners.
The acting director of engineering, acting director of
maintenance and operations, acting director of human
resources, acting director of procurement and materials
management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting
director of monitoring and research, acting public and
intergovernmental affairs officer, acting administrative
services officer, acting director of information technology,
and deputy executive director hold their offices at the
pleasure of the executive director.
The director of engineering, director of maintenance and
operations, director of human resources, director of
procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel,
director of monitoring and research, public and
intergovernmental affairs officer, administrative services
officer, and director of information technology may be removed
from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to
removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before
the executive director at which hearing they may be
represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive
director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date,
time, place and nature of the hearing.
In addition to the general counsel appointed by the
executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint
from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers

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and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
The executive director is the chief administrative officer
of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for
all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary
district including the duties of all employees which are not
otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority
as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act.
The board of commissioners shall appoint from outside its
own number an Inspector General or enter into an
intergovernmental agreement with another unit of local
government for the appointment of an Inspector General. The
board of commissioners shall establish minimum qualifications
and duties for the Inspector General by ordinance or
intergovernmental agreement.
The board, through the budget process, shall set the
compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary
district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint
an administrative aide which appointment remains in force
during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
president and vice-president of the board of commissioners and
the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of
the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to
$39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in
January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary

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of the vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased
to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000
in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual
salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be
$32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987,
$36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and
$55,000 in January, 2001.
The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
shall be as follows:
For the three members elected in November, 1980,
$26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term;
$28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and
$30,000 per annum for the last two years.
For the three members elected in November, 1982,
$28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and
$30,000 per annum thereafter.
For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per
annum.
For the three members elected in November, 1986,
$32,000 for each of the first two years of the term,
$34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the
last two years;
For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000
for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for
each year thereafter.
For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994,

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1996, or 1998, $40,000.
For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter,
$50,000.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the
board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two-thirds vote, may
increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
amount for each of the following: the president, the
vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
members of the board commence after the increase in
compensation is adopted by the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
board, prior to May 1, 2026 and with a two-thirds vote, may
increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
amount for each of the following: the president, the
vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
officers or members of the board commence after the increase
in compensation is adopted by the board.
After 2030, the annual rate of compensation shall equal
the previous year increased by a percentage equal to the
percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
States Department of Labor for the previous year. The

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increased annual rate of compensation that begins after 2030
shall apply to all officers and members whose terms as
officers or members of the board commence after the increase.
The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and
for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary
district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions
and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must,
before they take effect, be approved by the president of the
board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign
them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the
board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the
next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring
after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or
more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making
an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect.
If the president of such board of commissioners fails to
return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation
with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed
to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the
return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or
regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed
must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if

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upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members agree
by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding
the president's refusal to approve thereof.
It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by
the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the
intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be
fully available to the District to the extent its activities
are authorized by law as stated herein.
(Source: P.A. 104-205, eff. 1-1-26.)
Article 60.
Section 60-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 24B-15 and 24C-15 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/24B-15)
Sec. 24B-15. Official return of precinct; check of totals;
retabulation. The precinct return printed by the automatic
Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology tabulating
equipment shall include the number of ballots cast and votes
cast for each candidate and proposition and shall constitute
the official return of each precinct. In addition to the
precinct return, the election authority shall provide the

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number of applications for ballots in each precinct, the
write-in votes, the total number of ballots counted in each
precinct for each political subdivision and district and the
number of registered voters in each precinct. However, the
election authority shall check the totals shown by the
precinct return and, if there is an obvious discrepancy
regarding the total number of votes cast in any precinct,
shall have the ballots for that precinct retabulated to
correct the return. The procedures for retabulation shall
apply prior to and after the proclamation is completed;
however, after the proclamation of results, the election
authority must obtain a court order to unseal voted ballots
except for election contests and discovery recounts. In those
election jurisdictions that use in-precinct counting
equipment, the certificate of results, which has been prepared
by the judges of election after the ballots have been
tabulated, shall be the document used for the canvass of votes
for such precinct. Whenever a discrepancy exists during the
canvass of votes between the unofficial results and the
certificate of results, or whenever a discrepancy exists
during the canvass of votes between the certificate of results
and the set of totals which has been affixed to the certificate
of results, the ballots for that precinct shall be retabulated
to correct the return. As an additional part of this check
prior to the proclamation, in those jurisdictions where
in-precinct counting equipment is used, the election authority

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shall retabulate the total number of votes cast in 5% of the
precincts within the election jurisdiction, as well as 5% of
the voting devices used in early voting and at vote centers.
The precincts and the voting devices to be retabulated shall
be selected after election day on a random basis by the State
Board of Elections, so that every precinct in the election
jurisdiction and every voting device used in early voting or
at a vote center has an equal mathematical chance of being
selected. The State Board of Elections shall design a standard
and scientific random method of selecting the precincts and
voting devices which are to be retabulated. The State central
committee chair of each established political party shall be
given prior written notice of the time and place of the random
selection procedure and may be represented at the procedure.
The retabulation shall consist of counting the ballots which
were originally counted and shall not involve any
determination of which ballots were, in fact, properly
counted. The ballots from the precincts selected for the
retabulation shall remain at all times under the custody and
control of the election authority and shall be transported and
retabulated by the designated staff of the election authority.
As part of the retabulation, the election authority shall
test the computer program in the selected precincts and on the
selected early voting devices. The test shall be conducted by
processing a preaudited group of ballots marked to record a
predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on

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each public question, and shall include for each office one or
more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed
by law to test the ability of the equipment and the marking
device to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the
cause shall be determined and corrected, and an errorless
count shall be made prior to the official canvass and
proclamation of election results.
The State Board of Elections, the State's Attorney and
other appropriate law enforcement agencies, the county chair
of each established political party and qualified civic
organizations shall be given prior written notice of the time
and place of the retabulation and may be represented at the
retabulation.
The results of this retabulation shall be treated in the
same manner and have the same effect as the results of the
discovery procedures set forth in Section 22-9.1 of this Code.
Upon completion of the retabulation, the election authority
shall print a comparison of the results of the retabulation
with the original precinct return printed by the automatic
tabulating equipment. The comparison shall be done for each
precinct and for each early voting device selected for testing
and for each office voted upon within that precinct or on that
voting device, and the comparisons shall be open to the
public. Upon completion of the retabulation, the returns shall
be open to the public.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

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(10 ILCS 5/24C-15)
Sec. 24C-15. Official return of precinct; check of totals;
audit. The precinct return printed by the Direct Recording
Electronic Voting System tabulating equipment shall include
the number of ballots cast and votes cast for each candidate
and public question and shall constitute the official return
of each precinct. In addition to the precinct return, the
election authority shall provide the number of applications
for ballots in each precinct, the total number of ballots and
vote by mail ballots counted in each precinct for each
political subdivision and district and the number of
registered voters in each precinct. However, the election
authority shall check the totals shown by the precinct return
and, if there is an obvious discrepancy regarding the total
number of votes cast in any precinct, shall have the ballots
for that precinct audited to correct the return. The
procedures for this audit shall apply prior to and after the
proclamation is completed; however, after the proclamation of
results, the election authority must obtain a court order to
unseal voted ballots or voting devices except for election
contests and discovery recounts. The certificate of results,
which has been prepared and signed by the judges of election
after the ballots have been tabulated, shall be the document
used for the canvass of votes for such precinct. Whenever a
discrepancy exists during the canvass of votes between the

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unofficial results and the certificate of results, or whenever
a discrepancy exists during the canvass of votes between the
certificate of results and the set of totals reflected on the
certificate of results, the ballots for that precinct shall be
audited to correct the return.
Prior to the proclamation, the election authority shall
test the voting devices and equipment in 5% of the precincts
within the election jurisdiction, as well as 5% of the voting
devices used in early voting and at vote centers. The
precincts and the voting devices to be tested shall be
selected after election day on a random basis by the State
Board of Elections, so that every precinct and every device
used in early voting or at a vote center in the election
jurisdiction has an equal mathematical chance of being
selected. The State Board of Elections shall design a standard
and scientific random method of selecting the precincts and
voting devices that are to be tested. The State central
committee chair of each established political party shall be
given prior written notice of the time and place of the random
selection procedure and may be represented at the procedure.
The test shall be conducted by counting the votes marked
on the permanent paper record of each ballot cast in the tested
precinct printed by the voting system at the time that each
ballot was cast and comparing the results of this count with
the results shown by the certificate of results prepared by
the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System in the test

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precinct. The election authority shall test count these votes
either by hand or by using an automatic tabulating device
other than a Direct Recording Electronic voting device that
has been approved by the State Board of Elections for that
purpose and tested before use to ensure accuracy. The election
authority shall print the results of each test count. If any
error is detected, the cause shall be determined and
corrected, and an errorless count shall be made prior to the
official canvass and proclamation of election results. If an
errorless count cannot be conducted and there continues to be
difference in vote results between the certificate of results
produced by the Direct Recording Electronic Voting System and
the count of the permanent paper records or if an error was
detected and corrected, the election authority shall
immediately prepare and forward to the appropriate canvassing
board a written report explaining the results of the test and
any errors encountered and the report shall be made available
for public inspection.
The State Board of Elections, the State's Attorney and
other appropriate law enforcement agencies, the county chair
of each established political party and qualified civic
organizations shall be given prior written notice of the time
and place of the test and may be represented at the test.
The results of this post-election test shall be treated in
the same manner and have the same effect as the results of the
discovery procedures set forth in Section 22-9.1 of this Code.

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(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
Article 65.
Section 65-5. If and only if Senate Bill 243 of the 104th
General Assembly becomes law, then the Open Meetings Act is
amended by changing Section 2.07 as follows:
(5 ILCS 120/2.07)
Sec. 2.07. Meetings on election days; prohibited.
(a) A public body, other than a board of election
commissioners established under Article 6 or 6A of the
Election Code, may not hold or schedule a regular or special
meeting on the day of a general primary election, a general
election, a consolidated primary election, or a consolidated
election, as defined in the Election Code.
(b) A home rule unit may not hold or schedule meetings in a
manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a denial
and limitation of home rule powers and functions in accordance
with subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution.
(Source: 10400SB0243enr.)
Article 99.
Section 99-95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act

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makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
other Public Act.
Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.