EAIElectoral Access Index

10 ILCS 5/1A-3.1 (and supporting 1A-2/1A-3) codifies State Board of Elections structure with bipartisan 4-4 composition and staggered terms. Independence from any single political party is structural, though not labeled 'independent' in the section title.

Illinois Constitution Article III § 1 sets the 18-year, 30-day-resident baseline. 10 ILCS 5/3-6 codifies a 17-year-old primary vote rule (vote in primary if 18 by general election). § 3-1 codifies the statutory voter qualification rule.

“a person who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus”

Illinois Constitution Article III § 2 codifies felony/incarceration disqualification in the constitution itself (highest-tier evidence).

“A person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution or jail, shall lose the right to vote”

Illinois Constitution Article III § 2 codifies automatic restoration upon sentence completion — no separate application or governor pardon required.

“shall lose the right to vote, which right shall be restored not later than upon completion of his sentence”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/4-105 enumerates acceptable IDs for first-time-by-mail voters: Illinois driver's license number, State ID card number, last 4 of SSN, or current/valid photo ID, utility bill, bank statement, government check, or government document with the voter's name + address.

“demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license number or State identification card number or, if the person does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a current and val”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/18A-5 codifies provisional voting as the at-polls cure: voter whose name is not on the list, whose status is challenged, or whose ID is questioned may cast a provisional ballot subject to post-election verification.

“A person who claims to be a registered voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/4-12 codifies the registration-related deadlines including the close-of-registration window prior to elections (further deadlines codified in §§ 4-6, 4-8 of the registration article).

“between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to the week in which the 1970 primary election”

10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5 codifies online voter registration; § 1A-16.7 codifies automatic government-agency voter registration (AVR); § 1A-16.8 codifies NCOA-based automatic transfers. Three distinct registration methods enumerated.

“system for online voter registration that permits a person to apply to register to vote”

10 ILCS 5/4-15 codifies a 7-day error-correction window after the election authority sends a registration certificate to the voter.

“shall request him in case of any error to present the certificate on or before the 7th day next ensuing at the office of the election authority in order to secure correction of the error”

10 ILCS 5/4-8 covers registration record card maintenance and challenge process — partial coverage of the rejection-challenge right.

10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 codifies systematic cancellation of deceased voters' registrations via Vital Records Act electronic reporting + monthly county-clerk review. § 4-16 (cancellation grounds) and § 4-17 (4-year inactive notice) round out roll-maintenance criteria.

“Cancelation of deceased voter's registration”

10 ILCS 5/4-17 codifies a pre-cancellation mailed notice to voters who haven't voted in 4 years, with a 30-day reinstatement window — a clear NVRA-compliant notice-and-cure procedure.

“cancelled according to law for failure to vote during the last 4 years, unless you apply for reinstatement within 30 days”

10 ILCS 5/1A-25 codifies the HAVA-compliant centralized statewide voter registration list. Security is HAVA-mandated by reference. Specific IL-level breach-notification language was not surfaced as a separate provision.

“The centralized statewide voter registration list required by Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the State Board of Elections as provided in this Section”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/17-14 codifies in-poll assistance for blindness, physical disability, or inability to read/write/speak English: voter chooses 2 judges of different parties OR a person of the voter's choice (with employer/union exclusions). Class 1A/Class 2 disability ID cards also trigger assistance.

“requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, physical disability or inability to read, write or speak the English language”

10 ILCS 5/17-14 expressly includes 'inability to read, write or speak the English language' as a basis for in-poll voter assistance.

“requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, physical disability or inability to read, write or speak the English language”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/19-3 codifies the vote-by-mail application form, eligibility, deadlines, and the permanent vote-by-mail option (§ 19-3(b)). Article 19 of the Election Code is dedicated to vote-by-mail procedure.

“Application for a vote by mail ballot”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/19A-15 codifies a 40-day early-voting period preceding general primary/consolidated primary/consolidated/general elections, with hours requirements for permanent polling places (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. weekdays, expanded hours in final 2 weeks).

“the period for early voting by personal appearance begins the 40th day preceding”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/18A-5 codifies the right to a provisional ballot under five enumerated circumstances (not on list, status challenged, federal court order, no ID for first-time voter, voted in wrong precinct). § 18A-15 codifies validation/counting; § 18A-218 covers wrong-precinct rules.

“A person who claims to be a registered voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot”