Data Request for Local Ballot Initiatives/Referenda (Illinois State Board of Elections)
Multi Request | Data Request for Local Ballot Initiatives/Referenda |
Submitted | March 5, 2024 |
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From: Jimin Han
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
I am requesting data on local ballot initiatives/referenda that took place in the state since 1972. Specifically, I need the following information to be included in the data.
1. Text of the ballot initiative/referendum
2. Local government where the election took place.
3. County where the local government is located
4. Election date
5. Result of election (votes for, votes against, pass/fail)
6. Threshold to pass (50%, two-thirds, etc)
This website from California provides a good example of the type of data I am requesting:
https://data.ca.gov/dataset/election-data/resource/67e83a65-2b55-41ec-9420-b33b666d4711
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jimin Han
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 6, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Illinois State Board of Elections
This is a response to the attached request under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act received on March 12, 2024.
The Illinois State Board of Elections posts local referenda and their results back to 1995 on its website. You can obtain the information you requested here: https://elections.il.gov/VotingAndRegistrationSystems/ReferendaSearch.aspx
We do not have data before 1995 on local referenda. To obtain that data, you will need to contact local election authorities individually. Contact information for all Illinois election authorities can be found here<https://elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionAuthorities.aspx>.
Matt Dietrich
Public Information Officer
Illinois State Board of Elections
(217) 558-1955 (o)
(217) 685-4738 (c)