Illinois voting issues

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Election and registration information

Voting machines

2008 election

For the 2008 election Illinois used the following voting machines. For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Voting's Verifier tool.

Main article: Voting machines

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:

• Premier Election Solutions' (Diebold) AccuVote-TSX
• Sequoia AVC Edge II
• Hart Intercivic eSlate 3000

Optical scan machines:

• Premier Election Solutions' (Diebold) AccuVote-OS
• ES&S Model 100
• Sequoia Voting Systems Optech Insight

Assistive Devices for Marking Paper Ballots:

• Election Systems & Software's AutoMARK Technical Systems AutoMARK VAT

Governmental election authorities

State Board of Elections

• Website: http://www.elections.il.gov/

Contact information:

Springfield Office

• 1020 S. Spring St.
• Springfield, IL 62704
• Fax: 217-782-5959
• Phone: 217-782-4141

Chicago Office

• 100 W. Randolph,
• Suite 14-100
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Fax: 312-814-6485
• Phone: 312-814-6440

• Email: webmaster@elections.il.gov

• Locate county election authorities

Election threats

• For an extensive log of voting machine problems, see the VotersUnite! report on election incidents.

State and local non-governmental election organizations

Illinois Ballot Integrity Project

• Website http://ballot-integrity.org

• Illinois Elections Hotsheet (Share eye-witness accounts of Illinois election problems.)

League of Women Voters

LWV of Illinois,Paula Lawson, President

• 332 South Michigan Ave. #1150
• Chicago, IL 60604-4422
• Phone: 312-939-5935
• Fax: 312-939-6887
• E-mail: info@lwvil.org
• http://www.lwvil.org

Local Leagues:

• Adams County
• Arlington Heights
• Barrington
• Batavia
• Carpentersville-Dundee
• Champaign County
• Chicago
• Coles County
• Collinsville
• Cook County (ILO)
• Deerfield/Lincolnshire
• Dolton-Harvey
• Downers Grove-Woodridge
• Edwardsville Area
• Elgin Area
• Elmhurst
• Evanston
• Freeport
• Geneva-St. Charles
• Glen Ellyn
• Glencoe
• Glenview
• Greater Peoria
• Highland Park
• Homewood-Flossmoor Area
• Jackson County
• Jo Daviess County
• Kewanee
• LaGrange Area
• Lake County
• Lake Forest/ Lake Bluff Area
• McDonough County
• McHenry County
• McLean County
• Morgan County
• Naperville
• Oak Park/River Forest
• Palatine Area
• Palos-Orland
• Park Forest Area
• Park Ridge
• Greater Rockford
• The Rochelle Area
• Wheaton
• Wilmette
• Winnetka-Northfield

Articles and resources

See also

• The main page on election protection and reform organizations.
• All articles in the Election Protection Wiki project.
• For election day: Things citizens can do to monitor elections and If you are told you cannot vote.

External resources

Poll location

• GoVote.org locates your polling place and other voting information.
• Google map polling locations locates most polling location, may be missing or out of date.

Election Protection hotlines

• 866-OUR-VOTE (National Election Protection Hotline)
• 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Español)
• 800-966-5946 (AALDEF, Asian languages)
• 866-MYVOTE1 (Tom Joyner Hotline - VoterAction, NAACP National Voter Fund)
• 877-523-2792 (ACLU Voting Rights Project Hotline)
• 877-US4-OBAMA (Obama campaign Voter Hotline)
• 866-976-VOTE (McCain campaign Honest and Open Election hotline - leave a message)
• 877-GOCNN08 (CNN Voter Problem Tipline)
• 888-VOTE-TIP (VelvetRevolution Election Protection Hotline for fraud)
• 567-258-VOTE (Twitter Vote Report key in report or leave audio message)

Voting information

• Vote411.org from the League of Women Voters provides all kinds of information to help you vote.

Voting rights

• ACLU's "Know Your Voting Rights - State by State" -- printable brochures summarizing your voting rights, for most states.
• One-page know your rights summaries for 27 states from the AFL-CIO.

Voting requirements

• Click here to see the voter ID requirements in all states. From the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Election officials, election reform groups, and elected officials

• Why Tuesday? offers a page for Illinois that helps locate Illinois's elections officials, election reform groups, and elected officials, as well as a page titled Find a group in your area that lets you find similar information for other states.

Absentee voting

• Click here to request an absentee ballot. Go Vote Absentee is a project of the Women Donors Network.

Disabled voters

• Information for voters with disabilities from NDRN.

Student voting rights

• See Illinois Student Voting Rights for a guide to student voting rights in Illinois. See Student Voting Rights for a guide to other states. From the Brennan Center for Justice.

State ballot

• See how organizations you trust recommend you vote on ballot measures and other statewide contests at TransparentDemocracy.

Languages

• Help in other languages from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. 中文, 日本語, 한국어, Tagalog, Tiếng Việt, Español

Voting machines

• Verified Voting's Illinois page, which provides detailed information on voting equipment in use in every county in Illinois.

Election law

• Election Law @ Moritz's Illinois page, which provides detailed information on election law developments in Illinois. See map page to see the information for election developments in any given state.

• Election Law @ Moritz's Illinois general information page, which provides information on Illinois election authorities, post-election processes, and other topics. See map page to see this information for any given state.