Illinois HB1934: Ballot Lettering Conformance

Detected March 29th, 2026

Summary

Illinois House Bill 1934 proposes to amend the Election Code regarding primary election ballots. The bill mandates that candidate names on ballots be presented in both capital and lowercase letters, adhering to standard English guidelines, unless the election system prevents such formatting.

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What changed

Illinois House Bill 1934, introduced for the 2025-2026 legislative session, proposes an amendment to the Election Code concerning the formatting of candidate names on primary election ballots. Specifically, it mandates that candidate names must appear in both capital and lowercase letters, consistent with standard English language conventions. This requirement is subject to an exception if compliance is not feasible due to the specific election system utilized by the election authority.

This bill, currently in the draft stage and referred to the House Rules Committee, will impact election authorities and potentially the vendors of election systems. Election authorities will need to ensure their ballot generation processes and systems can accommodate the specified capitalization format. If a system cannot, they must document this infeasibility. Compliance with this change, once enacted, will be binding on all election authorities within Illinois.

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Source document (simplified)

IL HB1934 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

Illinois House Bill 1934

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Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Amends the Election Code. In provisions concerning primary election ballots, provides that the lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible due to the election system utilized by the election authority.
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Title

ELEC CD-CANDIDATE NAME FORMAT

History

| Date | Chamber | Action |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-27 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Assigned to Ethics & Elections |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-02-25 | House | Assigned to Ethics & Elections |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-02-04 | House | First Reading |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II |

Code Citations

| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | 5 | 7-19 | Amended Code | Citation Text |

Illinois State Sources

| Type | Source |
| --- | --- |
| Summary | https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1934&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 |
| Text | https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=199355&DocName=10400HB1934&DocNum=1934&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=159567&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session= |

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