Alexi Giannoulias

Alexi Giannoulias has served as Illinois Secretary of State since January 2023.¹ He previously served as Illinois Treasurer from 2007 to 2011 and chaired the Illinois Community College Board.² He also served on the Chicago Public Library board of directors.² As secretary, he launched a “Skip-The-Line” appointment system at DMV facilities and ended mandatory road tests for drivers ages 79 to 86.³

During his 2022 campaign, he proposed changing the state’s Automatic Voter Registration system to a back-end model that would add eligible voters to the rolls automatically.⁴ His campaign has proposed allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register so they are added to the rolls at 18.⁵ He supported a 2023 law making Illinois the first state to outlaw book bans.³ After a Texas sheriff accessed an Illinois license plate reader system to look for a woman who had an abortion, his office instructed the operating company to shut off access to out-of-state agencies.⁶ He supported a new law that establishes safety rules for e-bikes and scooters.⁷

He announced the Illinois Reliable Information Sources program, a contract providing all residents access to a suite of digital research databases.⁸ He supported a law that prohibits the state and municipalities from suspending driver’s licenses for unpaid parking tickets.⁵