Yes – Illinois folds electronic voting into a broader “use of technology” statute rather than a standalone online-voting law, with a parallel section for each type of association:
• Common Interest Community Association Act (HOAs and townhome associations): 765 ILCS 160/1-85
• Condominium Property Act (condos): 765 ILCS 605/18.8
What Illinois Law Requires
Notices, signatures, votes, consents, and approvals can all be handled through “acceptable technological means” under either statute – a deliberately broad standard rather than a narrow list of approved systems. The one condition that matters most in practice: if an owner doesn’t provide authorization to conduct business electronically, the association has to conduct business with that owner without it, at the association’s own expense. In other words, electronic voting can be the default, but it can’t be the only option. One rule applies to condominiums only: if the association adopts a rule at least 120 days before a board election, owners may not vote by proxy in that election (765 ILCS 605/18(b)(9)(B-5)).
Does Vote HOA Now’s Platform Conform?
Yes. Vote HOA Now’s platform collects votes electronically, which falls squarely within Illinois’s broad “acceptable technological means” standard – and because the statute doesn’t prescribe specific features, there’s no technical checklist for your board to reconcile the platform against.
Have We Run Elections in Illinois?
Vote HOA Now serves HOA, condo, and POA boards across Illinois, and our continuing education courses are accredited by Illinois’s DFPR, the same agency that issues the LCAM license most Illinois managers already hold.
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