WATCH: Illinois lawmakers clash over election consolidation and compulsory voting

Illinois lawmakers are weighing boosting voter turnout by consolidating elections and considering compulsory voting. During a ...
Illinois PolicyOpinion

As more states push to consolidate local elections, Illinois should follow their lead

Odd-year municipal elections suppress votes. Illinois should follow other states and move them to November for a more ...
The State Journal-Register

More names, familiar faces: See the updated list of Republican candidates for Illinois governor

Republican contenders continue to add their names to the list of candidates who wish to defeat Gov. JB Pritzker and become Illinois' next governor.

Illinois declined to give sensitive voter data to the DOJ. Some GOP states are doing the same

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

Illinois’ Congressional Democrats reject gerrymandering – for wrong reasons

Reporting suggests Dems' chief concern is not disenfranchising even more voters, but facing increased competition for their own seats.
Yahoo

Justice Department demands Illinois hand over voter data. Election officials are debating compliance

CHICAGO — Illinois election officials are weighing whether to comply with a demand from Republican President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice to turn over by Sept. 1 the state’s full voter ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Election results: Counting ballots continues, even in Illinois

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Waiting for election results isn't just in other states, ballots are still being counted right now in Illinois, including Lake County. "The election in Illinois is not ...