2012 General Primary Vote Totals Available

4/20/2012

2012 General Primary vote totals is available for download from the Illinois State Board of Elections website.

Report on Ballots for the General Primary 2012

4/17/2012

Sections 19-20 and 20-20 of the Election Code states: "Each election authority shall transmit to the State Board of Elections the following information with respect to the election:

(1) The number of ballots requested, provided and counted.
(2) The number of rejected ballots.
(3) The number of voters seeking review of rejected ballots.
(4) The number of ballots counted following review.

On or before the 28th day after an election, the State Board of Elections shall compile the information received and make that information available to the public.”

Therefore, please be advised that the total number of

Ballots requested were: 82947

Ballots counted were: 66590

Ballots rejected were: 1357

Number of voters seeking review: 157

Number of ballots counted following review: 118

For additional information, please contact the State Board of Elections at 217/782-4141.

New Legislation Impacts Candidates and Voters

4/9/2012

Section 7-43 of the Election code was amended by Public Act 97-0681 on March 30, 2012. This legislation will have a significant impact on candidates who filed a Statement of Candidacy and/or Voters who voted at the 2012 General Primary Election.

The April 5, 2012 Press Release follows:
Springfield, Illinois, April 5, 2012 - Public Act 97-0681, which became effective on March 30, 2012, amends section 7-43 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7-43). This amendment provides that a person who files a statement of candidacy as an established party’s candidate at a General Primary Election or who voted an established political party’s ballot at the General Primary Election may not file a statement of candidacy as an independent candidate or as a different established party’s candidate at the immediately following General Election.

For example, if a candidate filed a statement of candidacy for the 2012 General Primary Election or a voter voted at the 2012 General Primary Election, that candidate or voter could not appear as either an independent candidate or as a different established party’s candidate on the 2012 General Election ballot.

A candidate who filed as an established party’s candidate for the 2012 General Primary Election and either withdrew as a candidate or was removed by an electoral board proceeding would not be eligible to file as either an independent candidate or as the candidate of a different established political party. That candidate’s only option would be to file as a member of a new political party slate.

Candidates who appeared on the 2012 General Primary ballot and were defeated for nomination would be prohibited from appearing on the 2012 General Election ballot as a candidate of another established political party, an independent candidate or a new political party candidate under the “sore loser” provisions of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7-61, 10-2 and 10-3).

The State Board of Elections is an independent state agency charged with the responsibility of having general supervision over the administration of election laws of the state. Elections are administered locally by the State’s 110 election authorities.

Illinois State Board Of Elections News Events

2012 General Primary Vote Totals Available

Report on Ballots for the General Primary 2012

New Legislation Impacts Candidates and Voters