Prairie State Wire

Illinois State Board of Elections met Sept. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll call.

1. Approval of the minutes of the August 19 meeting.

2. Report of the General Counsel

a. Campaign Disclosure

Settlement offers

1) SBE v. Stadelman for State Senate, 24153, 24AD030;

2) SBE v. Friends of Adair Rodriguez, 36686, 23NF052;

3) SBE v. Friends of Marcus Herbert for Sheriff, 37245, 24DQ105;

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

4) SBE v. Friends for Murri Briel, 39499, 24AD082;

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

5) SBE v. McDonough County Democratic Central Committee, 1055, 24AD013;

6) SBE v. Citizens for Polk, 18419, 25AM018;

7) SBE v. Citizens for Annette Lidawer, 21817, 24AD023;

8) SBE v. Paul C. Bryson, Sr., 38901, 25NF125;

9) SBE v. Friends of Claire Henning, 40154, 25NF174;

10) SBE v. Citizens for Judith Lukas, 40165, 24MA009;

Complaint following public hearing

11) Ekhoff v. Outrage of Kankakee County, Inc., 24CD003;

Other campaign disclosure items

12) Assessments/Board Orders;

13) Payment of civil penalty assessments – informational;

Complaints 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.

14) Friends of Matthew Hickey v. Johnson, 25CD042;

15) Morris v. Citizens for Chris Metcalfe, 25CD043;

Arise from executive session.

Vote on Board action for complaints following closed preliminary hearing.

b. Consideration of proposed administrative rules;

1) Part 207 Miscellaneous (blacklined changes);

2) Part 207 Miscellaneous (clean copy).

3. Report of the Executive Director

a. Consideration of voting system modification request – Unisyn Voting Solutions OpenElect 2.2.3;

b. Legislative update; (oral report)

c. Voter registration activity – informational;

d. Grant funding update – informational;

e. FY25/26 fiscal status reports – informational;

f. Two year plan of staff activity for the months of September & October – informational.

4. Other business.

5. Comments from the general public.

6. Executive session for the purpose of discussing pending litigation and the minutes of the August

19 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 August 19 executive session meeting.

Arise from executive session.

7. Vote on board action discussed in executive session;

a. Approval of the minutes of the August 19 executive session meeting.

8. Next board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

https://www.elections.il.gov/AboutTheBoard/AgendaAll.aspx