Most research into election fraud began in the six battleground or swing states, yet after numerous other states reported integrity issues the research has widened. We’re hoping to expand our coverage to every state in the US. The sections below outline what we know so far about Illinois.
Election Integrity Scorecard
The Heritage Foundation’s Election Integrity Scorecard is an assessment of each state’s voting laws, written regulations and procedures. Illinois was ranked equal 39th out of 51.
| Illinois's Total Score | 49% |
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| Voter ID Implementation | 15% |
| Accuracy of Voter Registration Lists | 80% |
| Absentee Ballot Management | 57% |
| Vote Harvesting/Trafficking Restrictions | 25% |
| Access of Election Observers | 100% |
| Verification of Citizenship | 0% |
| Identification for Voter Assistance | 100% |
| Vote Counting Practices | 100% |
| Election Litigation Procedures | 0% |
| Restriction of Same-day Registration | 0% |
| Restriction of Automatic Registration | 0% |
| Restriction of Private Funding of Election Officials or Government Agencies | 0% |
View the full Scorecard for Illinois
It’s important to note that the scores above reflect the laws, regulations, and processes that exist within the state, but not whether they were actually followed. In the 2020 election, some states with highly-rated election integrity measures did not uphold them. 1 As The Heritage Foundation reminds us, even the best laws are not worth much unless responsible officials enforce them rigorously. It is up to the citizens of each state to make sure that their elected and appointed public officials do just that.
Seth Keshel’s Trend Analysis
Former US military intelligence officer and statistical analyst Seth Keshel analyzed the trends of voter registrations versus actual votes and discovered alarming anomalies in a number of counties, ones that defy typical historical trends. He has published a report for every state, indicating which counties’ vote counts align with the trend in voter registrations and which have small or large divergences.
| Trump votes | Biden votes | Other votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officially reported results | 2446891 (41.3%) | 3471915 (57.5%) | 72457 (1.2%) |
| Estimate of potential fraud | 295000 (4.9%) | ||
| Estimate of actual result
(with fraud removed) |
2446891 (43.0%) | 3176915 (55.8%) | 72457 (1.3%) |
Seth estimates that there may be approximately 295,000 votes for Biden in excess of what Illinois registration trends would indicate — a possible indicator of fraud. Counties with the greatest number of excess votes deserve closer inspection.
Seth has listed Illinois’s Lake County as being among the Nation’s Top 100 Worst Counties in terms of abnormal trends during the 2020 election.
View Seth’s National Summary View Seth’s Illinois Report
Dominion Voting Machines
Illinois used Dominion Voting Machines in at least some counties. Numerous integrity issues have been uncovered with Dominion.
The polling and tabulation equipment used for each county in the US is listed at Verified Voting, although see our disclaimer 2. They also have a detailed database including photographs of the various models of voting equipment. Note that the polling and ballot marking equipment is different to the scanning and tabulation equipment — both need to be highly secure, and in most cases are not.
Voting machines and computerized tabulation equipment have introduced many vulnerabilities and avenues for manipulation in elections. Cybersecurity experts tell us that there is no such thing as a fully secure computer system, and the more complex our voting systems and election systems get, with more moving parts and connections, the more impossible it will be for any state or county to defend against a nation-state-level threat. Local counties running elections can no longer defend against these motivated and well-funded foreign nations. The efficiency gains brought by machines are not reason enough to tolerate the loss of security, accountability, and transparency.
Elections need to return to paper ballots and mechanical or hand counting to minimize the threat of cyber attacks and manipulation by fraud. Let your state representative, county clerk, county commissioners, and Secretary of State know your opinion about this.
The Arizona Ballot Integrity Project is one such initiative promoting new, ultra-secure paper ballots with state-of-the-art security features to prevent fraud and help restore faith in elections. Learn more about the initiative.
Voting Trend Anomalies
In our series of articles on election trend analysis, we identified the following statistical outliers for Illinois which deserve further investigation. Visit the linked articles to learn more.
| ⚠️ | Biden’s Vote Gains Far Surpassing Obama’s | The increase in Democrat votes in Illinois in 2020 far surpassed the increase achieved in Obama’s successful campaign in 2008. This seems unusual. |
Other Reports
A team of scientists from Election-Integrity.info produced the following reports:
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“2020 Presidential Election Startling Vote Spikes” which includes a section on Illinois
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“2020 Presidential Election Contrast Analysis” which discusses how Illinois unexpectedly gained a significant number of overall votes, despite a decrease in population
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Illinois Leaks reports that DuPage County signed a contract with Dominion Systems which includes a clause that they will resist all Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, where possible, and inform Dominion of all such occurrences. Read their report.
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The Illinois Ballot Integrity Project was an initiative running from 2005 until 2017 campaigning for fair and secure elections. Their website is somewhat outdated, but may contain some useful resources and historical info.
State Representatives Supporting Election Integrity & Audits
Following the results of the Maricopa Arizona Forensic Audit, 188 state representatives from 39 states signed a letter asking for forensic audits in all 50 states.
❌ No representatives from Illinois have yet signed the document.
Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller is part of the US Congress Election Integrity Caucus, a group of 55 federal members working together on issues of election integrity to ensure that Americans in every state and territory have confidence in free, fair, accurate, and transparent elections.
Election Audit Groups on Telegram
To join the grassroots efforts in pursuing election integrity and audits of the 2020 election in Illinois, you can join the following groups on Telegram:
For other states, see our Full List of Telegram Channels.
ElectionFraud20.org has no affiliation with nor any responsibility for these channels. Discern carefully, as some users and even admins of channels have shown obstruction to transparent audits of our elections.
Raw Data
We aim to publish links to both the raw election data and voter registration data for Illinois so that citizens and researchers can analyze this information for themselves.
Further Leads
Footnotes & References
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Looking at the nationwide trends over the 2020 election, it became commonplace to stretch or completely ignore the laws for absentee/mail-in ballot eligibility, bulk ballot collection, independent observation, voter ID, signature verification, citizenship verification, removal of inactive/ineligible voters from rolls, voting machine accreditation, retention of election records, transparency of operations, and numerous other laws. Most breaches have not yet been prosecuted. ↩
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Verified Voting has some useful information on their website, however we feel the need to caution visitors about the partisan ties and Democrat influence within the organization. According to The Gateway Pundit: 3
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Barbara Simons, Board Chair of Verified Voting, was appointed by top-ranking Democrats (Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and later Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer) to the seemingly-corrupt and powerful U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
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Mark Lindeman, Co-Director of Verified Voting, openly opposed the Maricopa Forensic Audit, yet was chosen to perform the criticized Windham NH Audit.
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Verified Voting also appear to have hidden the fact that cybersecurity consultant and New Hampshire election auditor Harri Hursti was previously a member of the organization, with all mention of him removed from their website two days after being selected for the audit, without explanation.
Utilize the VV website with these questionable issues in mind. ↩
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The Gateway Pundit: “BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The Windham, New Hampshire 2020 Election Audit Was Over Before It Started – Two of Three Auditors Have Conflicts with Pelosi and Schumer”, May 26, 2021. ↩
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