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11/01/11--00:00: Search Options -- Offline (chan 1581904)

As of 10:00AM Today for a small amount of time(approximately one hour) the State Board of Election Data Seach options will be undergoing maintenance. We appologize for the outage in service while we move our databases from one physical location to another.


11/23/11--00:00: PRESS RELEASE AND ATTACHED COURT ORDER REGARDING CONGRESSIONAL PETITION FILING DATES (chan 1581904)

Today the State Board if Elections is announcing that pursuant to the attached Order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in the matter of Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map, et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al., No. 11-c-5065, the filing deadlines related to the office of the United States House of Representatives have been modified as follows:

• Friday, December 23, 2011, 8:00 a.m.: First day to file for candidates seeking the office of Representative in the U.S. Congress

• Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 5:00 p.m.: Last day to file for candidates seeking the office of Representative in the U.S. Congress

• Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: Last day for filing objections to the nominating petitions of candidates who have filed for the office of Representative in the U.S. Congress.

If any candidate attempts to file nominating petitions during the originally scheduled filing period of November 28th to December 5th such petitions will not be accepted.



11/28/11--00:00: Candidate Filing Begins (chan 1581904)

Candidate filing information is made available on the State Board of Elections website.


12/08/11--00:00: Metes and bounds descriptions of district lines (chan 1581904)

Public Act 97-14 and Public Act 97-6 required the State Board of Elections to prepare and make available to the public a metes and bounds description of the Congressional, Legislative and Representative district lines in Illinois.


12/12/11--00:00: Public Notice of Lottery to Determine Ballot Position (chan 1581904)

On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, the Illinois State Board of Elections will conduct a lottery to determine ballot position for all candidates who filed nominating papers with the Board at 8 a.m., on Monday, November 28, the first day of the candidate petition filing for the March 20, 2012 Illinois General Primary Election.


12/16/11--00:00: Press Release regarding recent Federal Court Decision on challenge to Congressional District Map (chan 1581904)

On Thursday, December 15, the State Board of Elections received notice that a three judge panel for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of the defendants and has dismissed the lawsuit brought by Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map, et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al., No. 11-c-5065. It is not known whether the Plaintiffs intend to appeal or seek reconsideration of this decision. The Board however, wishes to inform candidates for the office of Representative in the United States Congress that the dates previously established by Court Order are still in effect and are as follows:

• Friday, December 23, 2011, 8:00 a.m.: First day to file for candidates seeking the office of Representative in the U.S. Congress

• Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 5:00 p.m.: Last day to file for candidates seeking the office of Representative in the U.S. Congress (Please note that the Board offices will be closed on December 24th, 25th and 26th in observance of the Christmas Holiday.)

• Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 1:00 p.m.: Last day for filing objections to the nominating petitions of candidates who have filed for the office of Representative in the U.S. Congress.

• Tuesday, January 17, 2012: Last day for the State Board of Elections to certify the names of Congressional candidates to the county clerks.



01/05/12--00:00: A Report from the Illinois Campaign Finance Reform Task Force’ (chan 1581904)

The Campaign Finance Reform Task Force was established in 2010 to conduct a thorough review of the implementation of campaign finance reform legislation in the State of Illinois, and the feasibility of implementing a mechanism of campaign finance regulation that would subsidize political campaigns in exchange for voluntary adherence to specified expenditure limitations (10 ILCS 5/9-40).

The Task Force is charged with studying and reporting on the feasibility of implementing a mechanism of campaign finance regulation that would subsidize political campaigns in exchange for voluntary adherence to specified expenditure limitations.

The attached report on Public Campaign Financing and Illinois Elections (i) outlines the history and development of public campaign finance in the United States and in Illinois; (ii) examines the public policy arguments in support of and in opposition to the development and implementation of a public campaign finance system in Illinois; (iii) explains and analyzes the current state of the law with respect to public campaign finance; and (iv) offers several feasible alternatives on how a public campaign finance system might be implemented in Illinois. The report does not include a consensus recommendation regarding public financing, but rather, presents various options related to the adoption of public financing.



01/13/12--00:00: Campaign Disclosure -- Quarterly Report Filing Deadline – Tuesday, January 17, 2012 (chan 1581904)

The filing period for the December 2011 Quarterly Report ends Tuesday, January 17th. The December 2011 Quarterly Report must include all committee activity from October 1st through December 31st. The Board must receive this report by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17th when filing on paper or by 11:59:59 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17th when filing electronically.

This Quarterly Report must be filed by all active political committees; it must be filed regardless of whether the committee has had any activity during that period of time.

If filing on paper, reports must be postmarked by Saturday, January 14th to be considered a timely filing if received after the deadline.



01/27/12--00:00: The State Board of Elections is Relocating its Springfield Office Beginning February 10, 2012 (chan 1581904)

The State Board of Elections will be relocating its Springfield office to 2329 S. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield, IL 62704-4503 beginning 1PM Friday February 10, 2012. All Springfield office telephone systems will be taken down at that time and remain inoperative until 8AM, Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at which time the Springfield office will reopen at the new location. Note: A limited number of the Board’s Chicago office telephone numbers, including the main switchboard (312-814-6440), will remain active. Additionally, the agency’s website (including the electronic filing of Campaign Disclosure reports) will remain up and running during the transition.