EIIElection Integrity Index

10 ILCS 5/24C-2 defines 'audit trail' / 'audit capacity' as a continuous record from ballot creation through tabulation. Trail exists but no codified public-verification artifact (e.g. cryptographic receipt) for voters.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/7-10 (nomination petition form) was the only FTS hit — wrong domain.

10 ILCS 5/24C-1 (purpose) and § 24C-12 (procedures) reference printed/recordable voter actions, but no explicit voter-verifiable-paper-audit-trail (VVPAT) requirement was surfaced. Most precincts use optical-scan paper ballots under Article 24A; Article 24C governs DRE.

10 ILCS 5/24C-15 supports retabulation on discrepancy. Citizen-petition recount rights are in § 22-9.1 (95%-margin + 5-electors-on-question), but that section did not surface for this FTS query.

“if there is an obvious discrepancy regarding the total number of votes cast in any precinct, shall have the ballots for that precinct audited”

10 ILCS 5/17-3 codifies physical ballot-box procedures (public opening, locking, key-custody by a single judge); applies to permanent/non-permanent box variants. Procedural, not a hardware standard.

“Before voting begins, the ballot box shall be publicly opened and exhibited”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/24C-12 describes DRE counting procedures; no network-isolation provision surfaced.

10 ILCS 5/18A-10 codifies sealed-container chain-of-custody for provisional ballots transported to county clerk; partial chain-of-custody for one ballot class.

10 ILCS 5/29-7 makes tampering with voting machines / counting devices a Class 4 felony (interfere with operation, alter results, place illegal votes). § 29-20 adds Class 3 felony for vote-by-mail ballot tampering.

“Any person who tampers with any machine or device used in connection with voting or the counting of votes”

10 ILCS 5/24C-15 codifies a precinct-level audit triggered by an obvious discrepancy. Not a routine across-the-board audit; on-condition only.

“if there is an obvious discrepancy regarding the total number of votes cast in any precinct, shall have the ballots for that precinct audited”

10 ILCS 5/24C-15.1 codifies discovery recount + audit procedures: DRE equipment tested, official ballots audited, redundant count available on request. Method codified but no risk-limiting / RLA standard.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/9-13 governs campaign-finance audits (Board ordering political-committee audits), not the binding force of election audits/recounts.

10 ILCS 5/23-15.1 codifies a mandatory source-code escrow at the State Board of Elections, but the code is held 'strictly confidential' as vendor IP and exempt from FOIA — escrow exists but no public disclosure.

“within 90 days after the adoption of rules or upon application for voting-system approval, place in escrow all computer code for its voting system”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/4-33 governs computerization of voter records, not voting-system build reproducibility.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/4-33 governs voter records; not a pre-deployment voting-system audit.

10 ILCS 5/24C-6.1 (acceptance testing for DRE equipment) and § 24C-9 (pre-election testing) provide a pre-election testing framework. Surfaced sections include § 24C-9 testing but the specific quote was not extracted in this pass.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/19A-60 (early voting) grants pollwatcher observation of 'all proceedings' incl. signature-comparison oversight. § 7-34 (primary) and § 17-23 (general) codify domestic observer/pollwatcher rights with enumerated qualifications.

“Pollwatchers shall be permitted to observe all proceedings”

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

10 ILCS 5/7-54 governs primary canvass/proclamation, § 17-22 governs general-election precinct returns. Returns are codified but no specific 'publish within X hours' speed requirement was surfaced.

10 ILCS 5/24C-2 defines 'audit trail' to include 'a log of machine activities and routine and unusual intervention by authorized and unauthorized individuals' — internal log codified, but not specifically a public-facing event log.

10 ILCS 5/24C-16 (DRE approval) and § 24A-16 (optical-scan approval) permit any system meeting requirements — multiple-vendor capable. No active multi-vendor mandate.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/9-15 enumerates State Board duties (forms, manuals, public-information access); no open-protocol standard for voting systems.

10 ILCS 5/1A-9 caps technical-consultant contracts at 60 days (extendable once for 30) — applies to Board consultants, not directly to voting-system vendor contracts.

“contracts with technical consultants, other than hearing officers and attorneys representing the Board in litigation, shall terminate no more than 60 days after the commencement of the specified duties and may be extended once for a period of no more than 30 days”

10 ILCS 5/23-15.1 codifies mandatory escrow of voting-system computer code at the State Board within 90 days of approval. Clear yes on escrow mechanism.

“place in escrow all computer code for its voting system with the State Board of Elections”

Illinois Constitution Article III § 4 codifies the secrecy-of-voting guarantee at the highest tier. 10 ILCS 5/17-8 implements via voting-booth design (3-sided + curtain, screened from observation). § 17-14 protects assistance-mode secrecy.

“insure secrecy of voting and the integrity of the election process”

10 ILCS 5/17-14 codifies in-poll disability/illiteracy assistance with elector's-choice protections. § 19-2.6 codifies print-disability vote-by-mail accommodations. § 7-48 covers other accessibility provisions.

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

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 10 ILCS 5/16-5 governs ballot printing/distribution; no minimum-density polling-place provision surfaced. Polling-place establishment is largely delegated to local election authorities (§ 11-2 et seq., not surfaced).