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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3876

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Terri Bryant

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/21-1

from Ch. 46, par. 21-1

Amends the Election Code. Provides that electors of President and
Vice President of the United States shall be chosen by congressional
district. Provides that 2 electors at large shall cast their ballot for the
Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate that received the highest
number of votes in the State.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning elections.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Election Code is amended by changing
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Section 21-1 as follows:

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(10 ILCS 5/21-1)

(from Ch. 46, par. 21-1)
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Sec. 21-1.
Choosing and election of electors of President
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and Vice-President of the United States shall be in the
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following manner:
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(a) In each year in which a President and Vice-President
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of the United States are chosen, each political party or group
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in this State shall choose by its State Convention or State
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central committee
one elector

electors
and alternate electors
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of President and Vice-President of the United States
from each
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congressional district
and such State Convention or State
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central committee of such party or group shall also choose
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electors at large and alternate electors at large, if any are
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to be appointed for this State and such State Convention or
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State central committee of such party or group shall by its
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chair and secretary certify the total list of such electors
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and alternate electors together with electors at large and
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alternate electors at large so chosen to the State Board of
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Elections.

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The filing of such certificate with the Board, of such
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choosing of electors and alternate electors shall be deemed
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and taken to be the choosing and selection of the electors and
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alternate electors
for the individual congressional districts

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of this State, if such party or group is successful at the
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polls
in the individual congressional district
as herein
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provided in choosing their candidates for President and
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Vice-President of the United States.
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(b) The names of the candidates of the several political
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parties or groups for electors and alternate electors of
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President and Vice-President shall not be printed on the
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official ballot to be voted in the election to be held on the
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day in this Act above named. In lieu of the names of the
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candidates for such electors and alternate electors of
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President and Vice-President, immediately under the
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appellation of party name of a party or group in the column of
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its candidates on the official ballot, to be voted at said
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election first above named in subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2
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and Section 2A-2, there shall be printed within a bracket the
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name of the candidate for President and the name of the
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candidate for Vice-President of such party or group with a
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square to the left of such bracket. Each voter in this State
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from the several lists or sets of electors and alternate
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electors so chosen and selected by the said respective
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political parties or groups, may choose and elect
an elector

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one of such lists or sets of electors
and alternate electors by

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placing a cross in the square to the left of the bracket
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aforesaid of one of such parties or groups. Placing a cross
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within the square before the bracket enclosing the names of
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President and Vice-President shall not be deemed and taken as
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a direct vote for such candidates for President and
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Vice-President, or either of them, but shall only be deemed
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and taken to be a vote for the
elector

entire list or set of
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electors
and alternate electors chosen by that political party
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or group
for that congressional district
so certified to the
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State Board of Elections as herein provided. Voting by means
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of placing a cross in the appropriate place preceding the
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appellation or title of the particular political party or
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group, shall not be deemed or taken as a direct vote for the
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candidates for President and Vice-President, or either of
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them, but instead to the Presidential vote, as a vote for the
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elector

entire list or set of electors
and alternate electors
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chosen by that political party or group so certified to the
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State Board of Elections as herein provided.
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(c) Such certification by the respective political parties
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or groups in this State of electors and alternate electors of
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President and Vice-President shall be made to the State Board
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of Elections within 2 days after such State convention or
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meeting of the State central committee in which the electors
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and alternate electors were chosen.
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(d) Should more than one certificate of choice and
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selection of electors and alternate electors of the same

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political party or group be filed by contesting conventions or
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contesting groups, it shall be the duty of the State Board of
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Elections within 10 days after the adjournment of the last of
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such conventions to meet and determine which set of nominees
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for electors and alternate electors of such party or group was
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chosen and selected by the authorized convention of such party
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or group. The Board, after notice to the chair and secretaries
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or managers of the conventions or groups and after a hearing
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shall determine which
elector

set of electors
and alternate
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electors was so chosen
for each congressional district
by the
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authorized convention and shall so announce and publish the
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fact, and such decision shall be final and the set of electors
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and alternate electors so determined upon by the electoral
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board to be so chosen shall be the list or set of electors and
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alternate electors to be deemed elected if that party shall be
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successful at the polls
in each congressional district
, as
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herein provided.
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(e) Should a vacancy occur in the office of elector, such
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vacancy shall be filled in accordance with Section 25 of the
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Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
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(f) Each congressional district presidential elector shall
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cast his or her ballot for the Presidential and Vice
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Presidential candidate who received the highest number of
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votes in his or her congressional district. Each elector at
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large shall cast his or her ballot for the Presidential and
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Vice Presidential candidate who received the highest number of

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votes in the State.

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(Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)

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