Daley and LaHood’s group, Fair Maps Illinois, is beginning the process of gathering the signatures necessary to put a referendum on the ballot, and that’s no small feat. They’ll need about 400,000 folks to sign their petition by May, a process they estimate will take as much as $4 million to accomplish.

The lawsuit was first filed over Illinois' law that lets ballots postmarked by Election Day be received up to 14 days after the election.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could expand or limit the ability for candidates to sue over state election laws.

As the 2026 election looms in the distance, the Supreme Court is weighing in on when candidates can challenge the rules of the race.

The group is backing Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who is in a Democratic primary including two House members. Sen. Dick Durbin is retiring.

In federal elections in Illinois, votes by mail are counted until 14 days after the polls close, so long as they are postmarked by election day. Democrats generally favor the […]

Here in Illinois, the most urgent threat to democracy is concrete: political maps deliberately and specifically designed to disenfranchise voters.

Odd-year municipal elections suppress votes. Illinois should follow other states and move them to November to represent the will of voters.

Illinois lawmakers are weighing boosting voter turnout by consolidating elections and considering compulsory voting. During a subject matter hearing of the House Ethics and Elections Committee, Miles Rapoport of the University of Chicago testified that countries such as Australia have seen turnout jump from 60% to more than 90% after implementing compulsory voting in 1924.

As the Trump administration demands that states turn over voter data, some Republican state officials are pushing back.