2024 - Winner for Innovation and New Tools in Election Security and Technology

Implemented for the 2024 Presidential Election, all Tazewell County Election Judges received and used an election judge badge. The new badge reflected changes the office requested to Illinois state statutes removing the requirement for the election judges name to be printed on the badge. This was replaced with an individualized identification number, safeguarding the personal identity of the election judges. The county also included a listing of emergency contact phone numbers on the back of the badge for easy accessibility to election workers. Support for this new election judge badge came in the form of a joint press conference with the Tazewell County presiding judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit, where the judge spoke about the important role of election workers.