Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Election Operations Division
Mission Statement The mission of the Election Operations Division is to exercise general supervision over the administration of registration and election laws of the state through the dissemination of information regarding election laws, requirements, and procedures, as well as review of election jurisdiction programs and processes to ensure compliance with applicable laws and standards.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Administer the Board's function as the election authority for federal, statewide, legislative, representative, and judicial offices in Illinois.
    1. Accept and process nominating petitions for upcoming elections. Process requests for copies of previously submitted petitions.
    2. Process and adjudicate objections to nomination petitions assigned to the State Officers Electoral Board. Perform necessary research and decide validity of objections.
    3. Certify general primary and general election ballots to appropriate Illinois election authorities.
    4. Canvass general primary and general elections for federal, statewide, legislative, representative, and judicial offices. Proclaim winners in general primaries and issue certificates of nomination. Prepare proclamations for the Governor to declare winners of general elections.
  2. Provide and disseminate information and training on election processes and procedures to ensure that elections within the state are conducted in accordance with applicable laws and rules.
    1. Maintain a manual of uniform forms to be used in the election process.
    2. Create a yearly election calendar for dissemination to election authorities.
    3. Post information on elections-based developments, issues, or requirements on the Board's informational website.
    4. Design and distribute publications and pamphlets to voters and election jurisdictions to inform them about election standards and requirements.
    5. Hold statewide training sessions to educate election jurisdiction employees and election judges about proper conduct of election operations.
  3. Maintain an integrated electronic statewide database of Illinois registered voters with data provided by county election jurisdiction systems. Ensure that registered voter data sent by election jurisdictions is accurate, available, and in compliance with applicable laws and rules and is submitted in a timely manner.
    1. Provide guidelines and protocols for the upload of voter registration data by individual election jurisdictions to the integrated statewide Illinois Voter Registration Database System.
    2. Audit and review voter registration data electronically submitted by election jurisdiction systems. Initiate corrective action with election jurisdictions if problems are discovered with data format and/or content.
    3. Combine individual jurisdiction data uploads into an integrated electronic statewide database. Disseminate database information to requesting entities.
  4. Audit election-counting programs and equipment in election jurisdictions to verify the accuracy of vote tabulation processes.
    1. Perform pre-test activities on selected election jurisdiction voting systems. Coordinate corrective action with election jurisdiction personnel if errors or deficiencies are noted.
    2. Achieve a reasonable confidence level in election jurisdiction voting system functions by pre-testing 20% to 40% of all jurisdictions' voting systems prior to an election.
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund Statutory Authority 10 ILCS 5/1A
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 4,601.2 $ 5,211.3 $ 5,938.3 $ 3,393.3 $ 5,167.9
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 4,601.2 $ 5,211.3 $ 5,938.3 $ 3,393.3 $ 5,167.9
Average monthly full-time equivalents 12.0 10.0 13.0 11.0 10.0
Output Indicators
Number of election publications requested in the reporting period 280.0 320.0 400.0 754.0 610.0
Number of election judge schools requested by local election jurisdictions 58.0 77.0 78.0 51.0 74.0
Number of county voting systems available for pre-test in the reporting period 12.0 6.0 6.0 12.0 16.0
Number of election jurisdictions submitting voter registration database files 108.0 108.0 108.0 108.0 108.0
Number of nominating petitions filed in the reporting period 110.0 635.0 153.0 516.0 1,260
Number of petition objections filed in the reporting period 30.0 116.0 70.0 85.0 23.0
Number of petition objections processed in the reporting period 30.0 116.0 70.0 85.0 23.0
Number of petition copy requests received in the reporting period 170.0 4,951 2,100 3,072 179.0
Number of petition copy requests processed in the reporting period 170.0 4,951 2,100 3,072 179.0
Outcome Indicators
Percentage of election publication requests processed and distributed in the reporting period 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Percentage of judge training school requests fulfilled in the reporting period 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Percentage of petition copy requests successfully completed within 48 hours 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Percentage of applicable county voting systems pre-tested in the reporting period 11.10% 5.50% 5.50% 11.10% 14.80%

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