Prairie State Wire

Illinois State Board of Elections met Oct. 21.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll call.

1. Approval of the minutes of the September 16 meeting.

2. Report of the General Counsel

a. Campaign Disclosure;

Settlement offers

1) SBE v. Will County Democratic Central Committee, 1026, 24AD012;

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

3) SBE v. Friends of La’Mont Williams, 37248, 24DQ106; 

4) SBE v. Friends for Tiffany N. Brooks, 37424, 23NF081; 

5) SBE v. Citizens for Victoria, 39028, 24DQ126; 

6) SBE v. Committee to Elect Randy Knapp, 40036, 24AS101; 

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

7) SBE v. Illinois Valley Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO PAC, 14976, 24AD102; 

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

8) SBE v. Boone County Republican Club, 749, 25AM006; 

9) SBE v. Illinois Beverage Association PAC, 8214, 25AM011; 

10) SBE v. Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate, 16283, 25CL001; 

11) SBE v. Friends for Jada D. Curry, 36743, 25AM051;

12) SBE v. La Ciudad de los Vientos PAC, 36959, 25AM052;

13) SBE v. Friends of Asif Malik, 40354, 25AM080; 

14) SBE v. Excellence in Education, 40430, 25AM088;

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

15) SBE v. Friends of Ron Gardiner, 35033, 25AM033; 

Other campaign disclosure items

16) Assessments/Board Orders; 

17) Random audits of political committees; 

18) Payment of civil penalty assessments – informational; 

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.

19) Farkas v. Mike Korman for Glenview IL Strong, 25CD003. 

Arise from executive session.

Vote on Board action for complaint following closed preliminary hearing.

b. Consideration of proposed administrative rules;

1) Part 100 Campaign Financing (blacklined changes);

2) Part 100 Campaign Financing (clean copy); 

c. Consideration of repeal of administrative rules;

1) Part 212 Personnel. (pgs.274-275 and link to full text at ADMINISTRATIVE CODE)

3. Report of the Executive Director

a. Consideration of voting system modification request – Hart InterCivic Verity 2.7.1IL;

b. Preparations for the March 2026 General Primary Election; 

c. Legislative update; (oral report)

d. Cyber Navigator Program annual report – informational;

e. Voter registration activity – informational; 

f. Grant funding update – informational;)

g. FY26 fiscal status report – informational;

h. Two year plan of staff activity for the months of October & November – 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 September 16 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 September 16 executive session meeting.

Arise from executive session.

7. Vote on board action discussed in executive session.

a. Approval of the minutes of the September 16 executive session meeting.

8. Next board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

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