Full List of Board Press Releases
| Mon, December 23, 2024 | Public Act 100-0464 (SB1933), established Automatic Voter Registration (AVR), and mandates that the Illinois State Board of Elections submit an annual public report to the General Assembly and the Governor detailing the progress made towards implementing AVR. |
| Mon, December 2, 2024 | SBE certifies 2024 General Election results |
| Fri, April 19, 2024 | State Board of Elections certifies March 19 primary results |
| Fri, April 5, 2024 | SBE calls on publisher to remove voters' personal information from websites |
| Fri, December 1, 2023 | Public Act 100-0464 (SB1933), established Automatic Voter Registration (AVR), and mandates that the Illinois State Board of Elections submit an annual public report to the General Assembly and the Governor detailing the progress made towards implementing AVR. |
| Mon, November 20, 2023 | Board of Elections issues media guidance, background for coverage of start of candidate filing 8 a.m. Nov. 27 |
| Mon, July 10, 2023 | New SBE board members sworn in, officers elected:
Two new members were sworn in on July 3 and the board elected its chair and vice chair |
| Thu, December 15, 2022 | Public Act 100-0464 (SB1933), established Automatic Voter Registration (AVR), and mandates that the Illinois State Board of Elections submit an annual public report to the General Assembly and the Governor detailing the progress made towards implementing AVR. |
| Wed, October 26, 2022 | State Board of Elections answers frequent questions about voting by mail |
| Fri, August 5, 2022 | State Board of Elections certifies results of June 28 primary |
| Tue, May 31, 2022 | Accessible vote-by-mail system for blind voters announced by SBE, National Federation for the Blind, Equip for Equality |
| Wed, March 16, 2022 | Jeremy Kirk named assistant executive director of Illinois State Board of Elections |
| Wed, March 2, 2022 | State Board of Elections offers media guidance for coverage of first day of candidate filing on March 7 |
| Thu, January 20, 2022 | Bernadette Matthews appointed executive director of Illinois State Board of Elections; Tonya Genovese joins board |
| Fri, December 3, 2021 | Public Act 100-0464 (SB1933), established Automatic Voter Registration (AVR), and mandates that the Illinois State Board of Elections submit an annual public report to the General Assembly and the Governor detailing the progress made towards implementing AVR. |
| Mon, August 16, 2021 | SBE mourns loss of Board Member William Haine |
| Thu, July 1, 2021 | Two new board members have been sworn in to the State Board of Elections; new chair and vice-chair selected for 2021-2023 term |
| Tue, April 20, 2021 | SBE Executive Director to retire June 30 |
| Mon, April 5, 2021 | Illinois State Board of Elections takes security action after online extortion attempt against executive director. |
| Thu, March 4, 2021 | Illinois Cyber Navigator Program wins cybersecurity award from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. |