Recently a member of the Illinois Election Integrity Program filed a “Freedom Of Information Act” (FOIA) to obtain information on “vote by mail” (VBM) from the DuPage County Board of Elections. The following information is from the results of the FOIA.
- Log in application/access: Please provide your application to receive log-in access to electronic tracking of Voting by Mail and Early Voting including interval for data refreshing, guidelines and data file format options. No information was received.
- VBM Procedures: Please provide written procedures for processing a ballot voted by mail describing who may conduct the process, judges of the two parties or election staff, and the accommodations for observers with valid pollwatcher credentials. Information received: To vote by mail – application may be made online https://www.dupageco.org/Election/VoteByMail/ or
https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=156&action=edit and https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=153&action=edit
- Damaged ballot by mail: Please provide procedures(s) to remake a damaged ballot by mail, a handwritten, Faxed ballots from overseas military and in re-tabulation post-election. Information received: https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=160&action=edit
- Image of ballot security envelope: Please provide a copy or image of the ballot security envelope for Voting by Mail (front and back) along with any instructions provided to the voter. https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=164&action=edit
- Verification of voter (VBM): Please provide written procedures and training materials for the steps in verifying the voter who votes by mail and the accommodations for observers with valid pollwatcher credentials. https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=167
- Voter (VBM) not verified: Please provide notification procedures for a “hearing” required for voter voting by mail when the voter could not be verified in the ordinary processing. Please include the method and time of notification. https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=169&action=edit
- Chain of custody and Storage of ballots (VBM): Please provide the chain of custody and storage procedures and documentation of best practices for voted ballots storage once received and until they are tabulated on Election Day. Partial information received. (See next paragraph/bullet.)
- Access to and security of stored VBM ballots: Please provide guidelines on who had access to the stored ballots in #7 and information on the storage area security including a camera. Information received: https://www.ieip.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=169&action=edit