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board meeting, circa 1981. The State Board of Elections administers the election laws of the State of Illinois. In this capacity, it oversees the local election commissions, accepts nominating petitions and certificates of nomination, certifies the names of valid candidates for election, accepts and cross-checks the vote totals reported after Election Day, and accepts financial disclosures ...
U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb prosecuted voter fraud in the 1982 Illinois elections. In the 1982 Illinois elections, there were 62 indictments and 58 convictions for election fraud, many involving precinct captains and election officials. A grand jury concluded that 100,000 fraudulent votes had been cast in Chicago.
The first direct-recording electronic voting machine to be used in a government election was the Video Voter. This was developed by the Frank Thornber Company in Chicago. [3] [4] The Video Voter saw its first trial use in 1974 near Chicago, Illinois, and remained in use until 1980. [5]
(The Center Square) – Before polls even opened Tuesday, more than 2.6 million Illinois voters cast their ballots. That’s nearly 1 of every 3 registered voters in the state. Illinois State ...
For the general election, turnout was 57.23%, with 4,635,541 votes cast. [3] The Illinois State Board of Elections reported that this general election turnout rate was the third-highest for a midterm election over the past forty years. [4] The Illinois State Board of Elections also reported that the total number of votes cast set a record high. [4]
Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in ...
Why did it take so long? Summit County Board of Elections Deputy Director Pete Zeigler explained that it was because of the board's dedication to precision. ... 160,037 people cast ballots over 26 ...
[6] 339,000 people cast early votes, a record number, with Chicago seeing 172,000, and the rest of Cook County seeing 167,000 early votes, a record for each jurisdiction. [6] The election also saw a record number of requests made for mail-in ballots, with both Chicago and the rest of Cook County seeing numbers of requests surpassing any ...