Illinois Election Integrity Program (IEIP)

What’s New? Updates about our work

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ICU Long Term Care Facility Mailing Project

On September 16, 2026, our IL Election Integrity Program (IEIP) mailed our Longterm Care Facility packet to 1,653 LTC facilities in IL. We’ve been putting LTC Admins on notice to legally safeguard the voting rights of their vulnerable residents since the 2020 election. In the packet, we included the new federal CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) guidance memorandum. This memorandum impacts every LTC facility which accepts CMS funding. It specifically rescinds the Biden-era guidelines for voting in LTC facilities and directs the facilities to use new guidance from the Trump Administration. Download a PDF of the entire packet here.

We can ALL participate in safeguarding the voting rights of vulnerable voters. LTC resident’s guardians, family members, Precinct Committeemen, Candidates and other interested parties can view and download the list of facilities which received the packet here. Please note:

  • We have done our best to accurately indicate the number of licensed beds for each facility. We suggest you independently confirm that number as you analyze this for ballot counts. Why are the number of licensed beds important? So you can determine if there are more VBM ballots being requested for that address than the number of residents at that address.
  • If anomalies are found, do NOT be confrontational to LTC workers – verify your findings, then contact your local authorities to investigate further (County Sheriff, County State’s Attorney).
  • The column IDPH Licensed Beds is from: llcs.dph.illinois.gov. We are continuing to update the spreadsheet, but the State of IL does not provide a quick & easy process to update. Please extend us grace!
  • The “CMS Certified Beds (NOT licensed beds)” is usually close to the IDPH number, but the IDPH number should be more up-to-date.
  • If there are facilities in your area which do not appear on our list, please share that information with us. If there are corrections, such as address corrections, or facilities which no longer exist, please share those with us so we can update our data. Email updates to: info@ieip.org
  • Together, we can build a more comprehensive list going into each new election cycle.

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OUR ICU FACT SHEET:

Download a PDF of our 10-15-2026 Fact Sheet HERE which gives an overview our current and ongoing election integrity projects to determine how YOU might want to help!

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From our partners at the Election Integrity Network:
3 Founding Documents for Election Integrity

The Citizens Election Bill of Rights

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ICU Praises President Trump Executive Order

Full text of EO: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/

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The Illinois Election Integrity Program (IEIP) was founded in 2012 as a project of Illinois Conservative Union (ICU). Illinois Conservative Union is a 501c4 non-profit, non-partisan, bona fide state civic organization. 

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Helpful Information

How can I register to vote? Click on this LINK
How do I find out where I can vote? Click on this LINK
How do I become an Election Judge (Poll Worker)? Click on this LINK
Where can I find the location of drop boxes near me? Click on this LINK
Questions? Email: info@ilpac.org or Call: 630-830-0653

Become a Poll Watcher:
• Volunteers are needed for Early Voting, Election Day, and Vote by Mail processing. Help for the amount of time and at the location that best fits your schedule.
• Convenient and thorough training is provided.
• Requirements: You must be a registered voter in Illinois and you must have credentials, which we will arrange.
Contact your local political party organization for information, training, and credentials.

Attention Candidates!

  • Candidates should recruit poll watchers at all of their events. 
  • If you send a mailing and get returned “undeliverable” DON’T DISCARD THEM. Scan or take a photo of the bad address and send it to our Voter List Maintenance working group to investigate.
  • Candidates can send their poll watchers to IEIP for poll watcher training. 
  • Candidates, you have “skin in the game”. You should want to have “Eyes on Every Ballot” which carries your name. 
  • Candidates, know the law: you can assign poll watchers to each polling location where you are on the ballot. 
  • Caveat: Election Judges have the authority to limit the number of poll watchers in the polling location. See the official IL SBoE “Pollwatchers Guide” for the number of poll watchers allowed in various voting scenarios, and how Judges determine who may stay and who is asked to leave.
  • Candidates should obtain poll watcher credentials from County Clerks/Election Authorities.
  • Candidates have the authority to sign and issue credentials to their poll watchers. We’ve discovered that MANY candidates are unaware of this! They are the “Appointing Party or Candidate” signing the form. Most counties allow them to prepare one form and then copy it to distribute to their poll watchers.
  • Candidates can be (and should be) poll watchers!