IL HB2835

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 have been certified and the period for filing election contests has expired, with the same discretionary authority over audit decisions.

Requires ballot anonymity and chain of custody provisions to be observed during any risk-limiting audit process.

Mandates the State Board of Elections to adopt rules creating a certification process for risk-limiting audit procedures that 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.