Prairie State Wire

Illinois State Board of Elections met Aug. 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll call.

1. Approval of the minutes of the June 17 and July 1 meetings. (pgs.1-5)

2. Report of the General Counsel

a. Campaign Disclosure

Settlement offers

1) SBE v. MCFT COPE, 35297, 24SQ085; (pgs.6-10)

2) SBE v. End Homelessness, Supporting Bring Chicago Home, 35451, 24AJ026;

(pgs.11-14)

3) SBE v. Elect Norma Hernandez, 36454, 24AD056; (pgs.15-17)

4) SBE v. Friends of Marcus Herbert for Sheriff, 37245, 24DQ105; (pgs.18-21)

5) SBE v. Citizens for Victoria, 39028, 24DQ126; (pgs.22-24)

Appeals of campaign disclosure fines – H.O. recommendation: granted

6) SBE v. Illinois Republican Party, 292, 24AM004; (pgs.25-31)

7) SBE v. Womens Auxilary Regular Republicans, 4372, 24DQ008; (pgs.32-34)

8) SBE v. Citizens for Suzanne Ness, 34216, 24AD040; (pgs.35-46)

9) SBE v. Friends of Kelly Hickey, 39480, 24AD080; (pgs.47-55)

Appeals of campaign disclosure fines – H.O. recommendation: granted and denied

10) SBE v. Friends of Linda Robertson, 38660, 24AD070; (pgs.56-65)

Appeals of campaign disclosure fines – H.O. recommendation: denied

11) SBE v. Montgomery County Republican Central Committee, 314, 24SQ006; (pgs.66-71)

12) SBE v. Will County Democratic Central Committee, 1026, 24AD012; (pgs.72-76)

13) SBE v. McDonough County Democratic Central Committee, 1055, 24AD013; (pgs.77-86)

14) SBE v. Macoupin County Republican Central Committee, 1207, 24AD015; (pgs.87-91)

15) SBE v. Citizens for Annette Lidawer, 21817, 24AD023; (pgs.92-103)

16) SBE v. Friends of Greg Mitchell, 22816, 24AD025; (pgs.104-109)

17) SBE v. Friends of Brad Carlson, 34992, 24AD049; (pgs.110-114)

18) SBE v. 25th Ward Independent Political Organization, 36080, 24AD052; (pgs.115-121)

19) SBE v. Friends of Lamont Williams, 37248, 24AD064; (pgs.122-127)

20) SBE v. Friends of Kelly Nichols, 39018, 24DQ125; (pgs.128-131)

21) SBE v. People for Yolonda Morris, 39543, 24AS064; (pgs.132-149)

22) SBE v. Vote for Barnes, 39566, 24AM053; (pgs.150-158)

23) SBE v. Your Dream Matters Hannah for Illinois, 39579, 24AS065; (pgs.159-164)

24) SBE v. Committee to Elect Randy Knapp, 40036, 24AS101; (pgs.165-170)

Appeals of campaign disclosure fines – H.O. recommendation: denied and amend

25) SBE v. Will County Republican Central Committee, 695, 24AD011; (pgs.171-184)

Complaint following public hearing

26) Balich v. Homer Township Republican Organization, 24CD018; (pgs.185-250)

Other campaign disclosure items

27) Assessments/Board Orders; (pgs.251-257)

28) Payment of civil penalty assessments – informational; (pgs.258-261)

Complaint following closed preliminary hearing (separate packet; may be conducted in closed executive session pursuant to Section 9-21 of the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/9-21, and Section 2(c)(4) of the Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(4))

Verify room is clear and roll call for executive session.

29) Rose v. Committee to Elect Keith Ogle, 25CD035; (pgs.1-10)

30) Friends of Matthew Hickey for Libertyville Mayor v. Johnson, 25CD042. (pgs.11-37)

Arise from executive session.

Vote on Board action for complaint following closed preliminary hearing.

b. Consideration of proposed administrative rules;

1) Part 1551 Freedom of Information (blacklined changes); (pgs.262-266)

2) Part 1551 Freedom of Information (clean copy). (pgs.267-270)

3. Report of the Executive Director

a. Voting system modifications;

1) Consideration of request from ES&S to test EVS 6.5.0.0 to the VVSG 1.0 standards; (pgs.271-272)

2) Dominion Democracy Suite 5.6-E Engineering Change Orders – informational; (pgs.273-274)

b. Legislative update; (pgs.275-276)

c. Voter registration activity – informational; (pgs.277-281)

d. Grant funding update – informational; (pgs.282-287)

e. FY25 fiscal status report – informational; (pgs.288-294)

f. Two year plan of staff activity for the months of August and September – informational. (pgs.295-296)

4. Other business.

5. Comments from the general public.

6. Executive session for the purpose of discussing pending litigation and the minutes of the June 17 executive session meeting pursuant to Sections 2(c)(11) and 2(c)(21) of the Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120.

Verify room is clear and roll call for executive session.

a. Approval of the minutes of the June 17 executive session meeting;

b. Consideration of resolution in SBE v. Chicago Latino Public Affairs Committee.

Arise from executive session.

7. Vote on board action discussed in executive session;

a. Approval of the minutes of the June 17 executive session meeting;

b. Approval of resolution in SBE v. Chicago Latino Public Affairs Committee.

8. Next board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

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