Bill > SB2224

This bill amends the Illinois Election Code to change how presidential electors are chosen and how they cast their votes. Under the proposed legislation, instead of the current winner-take-all approach for electoral votes, the state would allocate electors by congressional district. Specifically, each political party would choose one elector for each congressional district, and the state would also select two at-large electors. When voting, instead of selecting an entire slate of electors, voters would effectively choose electors by voting for a party's presidential candidates. The most significant change is in how electors cast their votes: each congressional district elector would be required to vote for the presidential candidate who won the most votes in that specific district, and the two at-large electors would cast their ballots for the candidate who received the highest number of votes statewide. This method would potentially result in a more proportional distribution of Illinois' electoral votes, as opposed to the current system where all electoral votes go to the statewide winner.

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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2224&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104