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10 ILCS 5/29-17 (2026)

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(10 ILCS 5/29-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-17)
    Sec. 29-17. Deprivation of Constitutional Rights - Liability). Any person who subjects, or causes to be subjected, a citizen of the State of Illinois or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States or of the State of Illinois, relating to registration to vote, the conduct of elections, voting, or the nomination or election of candidates for public or political party office, shall be liable to the party injured or any person affected, in any action or proceeding for redress.
(Source: P.A. 79-1363.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2016–2026 · leading case: Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “Count I of her amended complaint is brought under section 29-17 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-17 (West 2012)), which provides a cause of action for the deprivation of state and federal constitutional rights relating to elections.”
Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “Count I of her amended complaint is brought under section 29-17 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-17 (West 2012)), which provides a cause of action for the deprivation of state and federal constitutional rights relating to elections.”
Guerrero v. Parker, 2026 IL App (3d) 250284 (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). · cites it 3× “Guerrero cross-appeals from the circuit court’s order granting the County Clerk’s motion for summary judgment on his claim for deprivation of his constitutional rights in violation of section 29-17 of the Election Code (Code) (10 ILCS 5/29-17 (West 2024)). For the reasons set…”
Whitten v. Rochester Twp. Repub. Cent. Comm., 2021 IL App (4th) 210018-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “With respect to their complaint, count I was brought pursuant to section 29-17 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-17 (West 2018)), and count II was brought pursuant to section 1983 of the federal Civil Rights Act ( 42 U.”
Raila v. The Cook Cnty. Officers Electoral Bd. & its Members (N.D. Ill. 2021). “Count III asserts a violation of the Illinois Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/29-17, in that she was deprived of the equal protection of the laws.”
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