Illinois Voter Files HAVA Complaint Demanding Proof Supporting the 2024 Election Certification
CONTACT: Media@Unite4Freedom.com
DATE: August 6, 2026
Springfield, IL — On July 23, 2026, an Illinois voter and election judge filed a verified administrative complaint with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE) under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). (52 USC § 21112, HAVA § 402) Drawing on data analytics from Unite4Freedom, the complaint asks a single question:
Can the State produce a preserved, auditable statewide voter-registration record supporting its certification of the 2024 General Election?
The legal question is whether the Illinois Voter Registration System (IVRS) fulfilled its federally assigned role as the single, official statewide voter-registration list. (52 USC § 21083(a)(1), HAVA § 303)
Three Evidence Streams
- Registration eligibility. Votes were counted from 1,045,659 unique registrants whose records reportedly contain violations that would render them ineligible. (52 USC § 20507, NVRA list-maintenance requirements)
- Reconciliation gap. Illinois certified 5,705,246 ballots in 2024; an official January 2025 IVRS file credits only 5,649,082 registrants with participation—a gap of 56,164. (52 USC § 21083(a)(4), minimum accuracy standards)
- Post-certification alterations. A comparison of two official IVRS extracts (January 24, 2025 and May 13, 2026) shows 254,027 changes to 2024 participation history:
Change Type Count
Vote → No vote 109,976
No vote → Vote 15,119
Present Jan. 2025, missing May 2026 11,268
Absent Jan. 2025, appears May 2026 17,664
The complainant’s own record was separately found to have been deleted at the State level in error, without a matching county-level deletion or a documented authorization for the change.
Alleged Federal Requirements at Issue
- Maintenance of an accurate, official statewide voter-registration list. (52 USC § 21083(a)(1), (a)(4))
- Retention of records sufficient to explain any discrepancy between the certified ballot count and participation history. (52 USC § 20701, 22-month federal retention requirement)
- Provision of an audit trail—date, requester, reason, authority, and reconciliation effect—for post-certification changes. (52 USC § 21083(a)(1)(A), (a)(2))
- Maintenance of election records in complete, auditable form, retained either directly by election officials or under their direct administrative supervision. (US Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Federal Law Constraints
on Post-Election “Audits” (Apr. 2024), interpreting 52 USC §§ 20701–20706)
The complaint frames this as a continuing violation because the same IVRS system will serve as the voter list for the November 2026 General Election, and any unresolved recordkeeping failure is characterized as “about to occur” again within the meaning of the statute. (52 USC § 21112(a)(2)(B) (complaint may address a violation that “has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur”)
Preservation Deadline
The complaint cites the federal election-record preservation statute, (52 USC § 20701), and calculates the 22-month retention period for the November 5, 2024 election as expiring September 5, 2026. It asks that no identified record be altered, destroyed, or overwritten while the complaint and any judicial review remain pending, and gives notice to ISBE, its vendors, and county election authorities.
DOJ guidance interpreting this requirement instructs that covered records must remain complete and accessible for review—retained by election officials themselves or under their direct administrative supervision—so that the records can support exactly this kind of audit.
Relief Requested
The complaint does not seek to overturn any result, order a recount, remove voters from the rolls, or allege criminal intent. It asks ISBE to accept the filing, hold a hearing under HAVA § 402 (52 USC § 21112(a)(2)(E)), and to fully investigate the discrepancies identified above.
Specifically, the complaint requests that ISBE:
- identify and preserve all relevant records;
- investigate and reconcile the discrepancies between the certified ballot count and IVRS participation history;
- issue formal, written findings and a final determination on HAVA compliance (52 USC § 21112(a)(2)(F));
- order corrective action to resolve any confirmed violations; and
- adopt lasting controls and policy—including audit-trail, change-authorization, and record-retention procedures—to prevent these problems from recurring in future elections.
Beyond Illinois
Unite4Freedom’s broader election analysis has examined official records in 35 states and identified similar discrepancies in voter-registration and voter-history data. Our State Election Validity Scorecards show that in those 35 states studied, there is not one state where the certified election tally (ballots counted) matches the number of voters recorded as having voted in the election.
Our research has been used in multiple federal lawsuits, and we intend to continue publishing reports and pursuing legal and legislative remedies based on its findings.
“Valid elections are guaranteed in the Constitution and are the foundation of our Republic. Citizens have a right to demand accuracy. If elections are not accurate, then who is ultimately selecting our representatives?”
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