How Votes are Counted & Reported on Election Night 

2013 Special Election Canvass Schedule (Balloting-System Preparations or "PRELAT" and Vote Counting Activities)

The Candidates

Election Calendar for the March 14, 2014 Primary

Candidates will begin filing petitions in November 2013 to be on the 2014 Primary Election ballots.

The Objections

Starting in December 2013, this section will provide information and forms for hearings on objections that are filed against candidates' petitions to be on ballots at the March 18, 2014 Primary Election. 

The Basics

  2014 Primary Election Calendar

  Interactive GIS Map: All Congressional & General Assembly Districts, including suburban and downstate sections 

  2013 Election Canvass Schedule (Balloting-System Preparations or "PRELAT" and Vote Counting Activities)

Reference & Historical Materials on Candidate Objections & Electoral Board Decisions

Index of Electoral Board Decisions - This history of rulings on objection cases is sorted by topic with decisions that were issued by Electoral Boards and the courts. This document is intended to serve as a reference tool for candidates and objectors. (Updated Nov. 2011) 

Library of Electoral Board Decisions - This document provides links to every Chicago Electoral Board decision issued since 1980, sorted by year and case number. This document is searchable by the last names of candidates or the lead objectors. (Updated Feb. 2013)

Electoral Board Rules of Procedure (2012)

How Votes are Counted & Reported on Election Night

Check this page regularly, as well as the web sites of the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Cook County Clerk, for updates on candidate filings and objections.

Seminar on How to Navigate the Petition Objection Process
The Chicago Election Board periodically offers candidates and campaigns a free seminar on what happens when objections are filed against a candidate's nominating petitions.
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