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10 ILCS 5/1A-1 (2026)

A State Board of Elections is hereby established which shall have general supervision over the administration of the registration and election laws throughout the State, and shall perform only such duties as are or may hereafter be prescribed by law

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(10 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-1)
    Sec. 1A-1. A State Board of Elections is hereby established which shall have general supervision over the administration of the registration and election laws throughout the State, and shall perform only such duties as are or may hereafter be prescribed by law.
(Source: P.A. 78-918.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2022 · leading case: Bonaguro v. the Cnty. Officers Electoral Bd., 634 N.E.2d 712 (Ill. 1994).
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Bonaguro v. the Cnty. Officers Electoral Bd., 634 N.E.2d 712 (Ill. 1994). “Ill, § 5; 10 ILCS 5/1A-1 (West 1992).) The Board of Elections has ruled that "[w]here an established political party and/or the members thereof fail to nominate a candidate for any office provided for in Article 7 of `The Election Code,' this vacancy in nomination may be filled…”
Smith v. Boyle, 959 F. Supp. 982 (C.D. Ill. 1997). “1987) (holding a member of a national political party had standing to challenge as an infringement of his fundamental right to vote a political party's delegate selection rule).”
Nader v. Illinois State Bd. of Elections (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “Section 10-10 of the Election Code sets forth the powers and duties of the Board when sitting as an electoral board: "The electoral board shall take up the question as to whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petitions are in proper form, and…”
Pub. Interest Legal Found. Inc v. Sandvoss (C.D. Ill. 2022). “See 10 ILCS 5/1A-1; 10 ILCS 5/1A-25; Decl. of Cheryl Hobson (d/e 30) ¶ 4 (duties include “maintaining and helping oversee the statewide voter registration system”); Decl.”
Illinois Campaign v. Illinois State Bd., 904 N.E.2d 996 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “When we first reviewed this case, we held, "Clearly, the Board acted in a manner consistent with section 9-21, as amended, when the Board dismissed petitioners' complaint based on the Board's failure to achieve the statutorily mandated five-member vote to proceed to a public…”
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