IL SB3067

Authorizes election authorities to conduct risk-limiting audits before certification of election results, with determination, scope, and use of results entirely within the election authority's discretion.

Authorizes election authorities to conduct risk-limiting audits after election results are certified and the election contest period has expired, with the same discretionary authority over audit decisions.

Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt rules for a certification process to verify that election authorities' risk-limiting audit procedures use generally-accepted statistical methods and meet best practices standards.

Allows the State Board of Elections to waive the certification requirement if an election authority demonstrates sufficient statistical soundness of its risk-limiting audit methods.

Defines "risk-limiting audit" as a statistical examination of election materials designed to limit the risk of certifying an incorrect election outcome, with methods capable of demonstrating strong statistical likelihood that the election outcome is correct.