2020 Illinois elections

The Illinois general election will be held on November 3, 2020.[1] Primary elections, held using an open primary system, took place on March 17, 2020.[1][2]

2020 Illinois elections
November 3, 2020
Elections in Illinois

Election information

Impact of COVID-19
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States § Elections, and Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics § United States

Illinois held its primary elections as scheduled despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[3] State election officials believed that this depressed voter turnout.[3]

On June 16, 2020, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed a bill aimed at making it safer to vote in the November election. To encourage voting by mail, citizens who voted in the primary election, the 2019 local elections, or the 2018 general election will be sent applications for mail-in ballots by August 1, 2020. The bill also makes November 3 a state holiday for schools and government offices to reduce the number of people present at voting sites.[4]

Turnout
See also: 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois § Turnout, and 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois § Turnout

Primary election

For the primary election, turnout was 28.36%, with 2,279,439 votes cast.[5] Democratic ballots accounted for 74.80% of ballots, while Republican ballots accounted for 24.72%.[6]

Illinois held its primary elections as scheduled, despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[3] Election officials in Illinois acknowledged that they believed the turnout was unusually low.[3]

The turnout of 28.36 was a 18.20% decrease from the turnout in 2016 primaries.[5] However, the turnout was not extraordinarily low, as four out of the past ten Illinois primaries in presidential election years had seen turnout under 30%, with both 2000 and 2004 having seen lower primary election turnout than 2020.[6][7]

Data shows that mail-in ballots likely accounted for roughly 10% of votes cast.[6] Over 636,000 of votes cast were done so as early votes.[8][7]

Turnout by county[5]

Federal elections

United States President
Main article: 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois
See also: 2020 United States presidential election

United States Senate
Main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois
See also: 2020 United States Senate elections

Illinois' Class 2 United States Senate seat will be up for reelection. Incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin is seeking a fifth term.

United States House
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections

All eighteen of Illinois' congressional seats are up for reelection.

State elections

State House of Representatives
See also: 2020 Illinois House of Representatives election

Elections will be held for all 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives.[9][10]

State Senate
See also: 2020 Illinois Senate election

Elections will be held for 20 out of 59 seats in the Illinois Senate.[11]

Judicial elections
Main article: 2020 Illinois judicial elections

Elections will be held for three seats in the Supreme Court of Illinois and 10 seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.[12][13]

Ballot measures

Illinois Fair Tax
Main article: Illinois Fair Tax

The Illinois Fair Tax amendment, known formally as the "Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment", is a ballot measure that will appear statewide in the 2020 general election. It was placed on the ballot by the state legislature in June 2019, and was a key campaign issue in Governor J. B. Pritzker's 2018 election.[14] In order to be approved, the measure will be required to receive either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the state's election.[15] If approved, the measure would amend the Constitution of Illinois to allow for a graduated income tax in the state.[16][17]

Local elections

Local elections are also being held. These include county elections.

Cook County
Main article: 2020 Cook County, Illinois elections

In Cook County, elections will be held for State's Attorney, Clerk of the Circuit Court, one seat on the Board of Review, 3 seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and several judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.[18]

Notes
  1. For more on Cook County primary turnout, see 2020 Cook County, Illinois elections#Voter turnout

References
  1. Illinois Board of Elections. "2020 Election schedule and registration deadlines". Illinois Board of Elections. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  2. "State Primary Election Types". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  3. Corasaniti, Nick; Saul, Stephanie; Stevens, Matt; Epstein, Reid J. (17 March 2020). "Illinois Stumbles as States See Light Voter Turnout, With Many Ballots in the Mail". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. Petrella, Dan (16 June 2020). "5 million Illinois voters to receive mail-in ballot applications after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs temporary vote-by-mail expansion". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "Illinois sees less than 29 percent of voter turnout for March primary election". WREX. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. Earley, Neal (17 April 2020). "Illinois voter turnout not among the casualties of COVID-19". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. Garrison, Joey (19 March 2020). "The coronavirus effect: How much did it hurt Democratic primary turnout?". USA TODAY. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. "Illinois State Senate". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  10. "Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  11. "Illinois State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  12. "Illinois Supreme Court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  13. "Illinois intermediate appellate court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  14. Sfondeles, Tina (2019-06-05). "Pritzker signs budget, income tax rates bill for his 'fair tax' plan — touts 'new era of fiscal stability'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  15. "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  16. "Illinois Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  17. Bremer, Shelby (May 28, 2019). "Illinois' Graduated Income Tax Plan: What You Need to Know". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  18. "Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

See also
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