Elections
The latest Illinois primary and election news coverage from around the state.
Policy change: Secretary of state won’t forward 16-year-olds’ info to voter registration system
While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office to the Illinois State...
Elections board corrects non-citizen voting numbers
Only 15 people who self-identified as not being U.S. citizens cast ballots in the 2018 and 2019 elections, the Illinois...
UPDATED: Pritzker, Harmon join call for hearings into non-citizen voter registration
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and newly-elected Illinois Senate President Don Harmon added their voices Wednesday to a growing chorus of...
House Republicans seek probe of non-citizen voting
Republican lawmakers in Illinois are demanding answers from Secretary of State Jesse White about how 545 self-identified non-U.S. citizens were...
Latest ethics proposals focus on State Board of Elections
Republican lawmakers added to their pile of recently-filed ethics legislation Wednesday, promoting two bills aimed at limiting conflicts of interest...
Illinois: More money, leadership needed to secure elections
Illinois made substantial progress in securing its election systems since Russian government officials hacked into its voter registration database in...
Pelosi rallies Illinois Democrats ahead of 2020 elections
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rallied Illinois Democrats on Wednesday, issuing a call for party unity and citing the state...
Group again proposes removing lawmakers from redistricting
With the 2020 U.S. Census looming, time is short for a group of Illinois lawmakers and activists who want voters...
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