Illinois · Voter Data Access
- Status
- Untested
- Category
- Barriers
- Access
- Mail in
- Cost
- $$
01 Voter list access
"Voter data is available to registered political committees for bona fide political purposes". Definition of political committee (basically accepts or spends greater than $5000)
Legislation Doc There appears to be a version that can be requested by the public, but redacts street numbers of home addresses which limits usefulness.
02 Voter history
The file can be provided in two formats: One with the last fifteen elections as columns. The second as multiple CSV's requiring the user to join the voter list with the voter history list.
03 Cost
$500
Key
- Tested or Pending — personally attested.
- Accessible — transparent process, not yet personally completed.
- Leg Work — open-records request or office contact required.
- Barriers — legislative restrictions on who may access.
- Relatively Expensive — expensive compared to peer states.
Cost categories
- $ — $1–199 USD
- $$ — $200–999 USD
- $$$ — $1000+ USD
- ? — Unverified
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