To: The Illinois State House, The Illinois State Senate, and Governor J.B. Pritzker
IL General Assembly: pass HB 4326/SB 834 the Illinois Election Integrity Act
Protect and safeguard the integrity of the 2018 General Election in Illinois.
Why is this important?
In September 2017, the federal government notified election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems before 2016 presidential election. (Geoff Mulvihill and Jake Pearson, Associated Press, September 22, 2017). Illinois was one of the 21 states. Illinois cannot afford computerized election theft in 2018.
To safeguard the integrity of the 2018 General Election, the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project is working to secure the passage of the Illinois Election Integrity Act (HB 4326 (formally HB 712)/SB 834) in time for the November 6, 2018, General Election. HB 4326/SB 834 provides a single solution to a complex election integrity problem by introducing critically needed external, independent review throughout the entire election system. The Illinois Election Integrity Act will require three mandatory election system audits throughout the State, which will assure the accuracy and integrity of Illinois Elections.
The three mandatory election system audits are:
1. Election Day Audit: it is an audit consisting of a count of a random sample of 10% of the paper ballots cast in each precinct, to be conducted in the polling place, immediately upon close of the polls.
2. Parallel Central Tabulation Audit: it is an audit of all votes cast as recorded on precinct poll tapes, by independent public accountants, within 48 hours of the close of the polls.
3. Pre-Election Operational Audit: it is an audit of election systems, identifies and reports election system security weaknesses, the steps necessary to remediate security weaknesses discovered.
These three audits will provide extremely high assurance that votes and ballots are being accurately recorded, accurately tabulated and accurately reported.
HB 4326 was submitted by State Representative Linda Chapa-LaVia (IL 83rd District)
SB 834 was submitted by State Senator Christina Castro (IL 22nd District).
To safeguard the integrity of the 2018 General Election, the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project is working to secure the passage of the Illinois Election Integrity Act (HB 4326 (formally HB 712)/SB 834) in time for the November 6, 2018, General Election. HB 4326/SB 834 provides a single solution to a complex election integrity problem by introducing critically needed external, independent review throughout the entire election system. The Illinois Election Integrity Act will require three mandatory election system audits throughout the State, which will assure the accuracy and integrity of Illinois Elections.
The three mandatory election system audits are:
1. Election Day Audit: it is an audit consisting of a count of a random sample of 10% of the paper ballots cast in each precinct, to be conducted in the polling place, immediately upon close of the polls.
2. Parallel Central Tabulation Audit: it is an audit of all votes cast as recorded on precinct poll tapes, by independent public accountants, within 48 hours of the close of the polls.
3. Pre-Election Operational Audit: it is an audit of election systems, identifies and reports election system security weaknesses, the steps necessary to remediate security weaknesses discovered.
These three audits will provide extremely high assurance that votes and ballots are being accurately recorded, accurately tabulated and accurately reported.
HB 4326 was submitted by State Representative Linda Chapa-LaVia (IL 83rd District)
SB 834 was submitted by State Senator Christina Castro (IL 22nd District).