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10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 (2026)

Election interference

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(10 ILCS 5/9-25.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25.1; formerly Ch. 46, pars. 102, 103 and 104)
    Sec. 9-25.1. Election interference.
    (a) As used in this Section, "public funds" means any funds appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly or by any political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
    (b) No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated for political or campaign purposes to any candidate or political organization. This Section shall not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual information relative to any proposition appearing on an election ballot, or for dissemination of information and arguments published and distributed under law in connection with a proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
    (c) The first time any person violates any provision of this Section, that person shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Upon the second or any subsequent violation of any provision of this Section, the person violating any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 87-1052.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case: Alms v. Peoria Cnty. Election Comm'n, 2022 IL App (4th) 220976 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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Alms v. Peoria Cnty. Election Comm'n, 2022 IL App (4th) 220976 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “1 -3- of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 (West 2020)), which prohibits public funds from being used to urge an elector to vote for or against a candidate or proposition.”
Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “1 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 ( West 2012 )). ¶ 48 Section 29-17 of the Election Code states as follows: "Deprivation of Constitutional Rights—Liability.”
Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “1 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 ( West 2012 )). ¶ 48 Section 29-17 of the Election Code states as follows: “Deprivation of Constitutional Rights—Liability.”
Sherman v. Indian Trails Pub. Library Dist., 2012 IL App (1st) 112771 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 (West 2010). See also Citizens Organized to Save the Tax Cap v.”
Peraica v. Riverside-Brookside High Sch. Dist. No. 208, 2013 IL App (1st) 122351 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “1 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 (West 2010)), as well as “the 1st, 9th and 14th Amendment rights of the plaintiffs as guaranteed under the United States Constitution and under the parallel provisions of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 (Article I, §§ 2, 4, 5 and 24),”…”
Cook Cnty. Repub. Party v. State Bd. of Elections, 882 N.E.2d 93 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “Among other things, the Election Code: (1) prohibits the appropriation of public funds for political or campaign purposes to any candidate or political organization (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b) (West 2004)); (2) requires every local political committee to file reports of campaign…”
Guerrero v. Parker, 2026 IL App (3d) 250284 (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “1(b) of the Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b) (West 2012)). Dempsey, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377, ¶¶ 6-7 .”
Kuna v. Illinois State Bd. of Elections, 821 F. Supp. 2d 1060 (S.D. Ill. 2011). “” 10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b) (2008). Finally, the School District asserts that the plaintiff has not raised a viable claim as to how the First Amendment guarantees him a right to circulate campaign materials on a private school property owned by a public entity.”
Nader v. Illinois State Bd. of Elections (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “The Candidates argued that, if true, such acts would violate article 9, the election interference provisions (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 (West 2002)), and several laws contained in article 29, the "Prohibitions and Penalties" section, of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-1 et seq .”
— 10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b) — 6 cases
Alms v. Peoria Cnty. Election Comm'n, 2022 IL App (4th) 220976 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “1 -3- of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 (West 2020)), which prohibits public funds from being used to urge an elector to vote for or against a candidate or proposition.”
Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “1 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 ( West 2012 )). ¶ 48 Section 29-17 of the Election Code states as follows: "Deprivation of Constitutional Rights—Liability.”
Dempsey v. Johnson, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “1 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 ( West 2012 )). ¶ 48 Section 29-17 of the Election Code states as follows: “Deprivation of Constitutional Rights—Liability.”
Cook Cnty. Repub. Party v. State Bd. of Elections, 882 N.E.2d 93 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “Among other things, the Election Code: (1) prohibits the appropriation of public funds for political or campaign purposes to any candidate or political organization (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b) (West 2004)); (2) requires every local political committee to file reports of campaign…”
Guerrero v. Parker, 2026 IL App (3d) 250284 (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “1(b) of the Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b) (West 2012)). Dempsey, 2016 IL App (1st) 153377, ¶¶ 6-7 .”
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