Throughout the week, elections for city, county, and state offices are held.

City positions include the following:
• Mayor
• City Clerk
• City Treasurer
• Alderman

Four cities combine to form one county. They then elect people to fill the following positions:
• Circuit Court Judge
• County Clerk
• States Attorney
• Sheriff
• City Treasurer
• Superintendent of Educational Service Region

Each county also elects members of the Illini General Assembly:
• 4 State Senators
• 6 Representatives

The counties then combine to elect state officials:
• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Attorney General
• Secretary of State
• Comptroller
• State Treasurer

How To Run For Office
Once you decide the office for which you want to run, you must pick up a petition from the Elections Office. Then you must acquire the designated amount of signatures in a specific amount of time and return the petition to the Elections Office. Your name will then appear on the ballot for Primary Elections. If however, you should for some reason fail to fill out your petition correctly, you can then run as a "write in" candidate, meaning that the voters have to write your name on the ballot. In order to do this, you need to fill out a Form of Intent that verifies that you are a candidate. Then the Primary Elections are held, and if you win, you go on to the General Election.
If you should lose the Primary Election, you can still run as a write in candidate in the General Election. You must fill out another Form of Intent, however. The General Election decides who gets to fill the position.

Campaigns
At Girls State, citizens campaign for the office of their choice. Campaigning is a process used to allow other citizens to know your name, the office you are running for, and the reasons you are running for that office. Many girls take part in campaigning by making posters, creating pins that have their names on them, creating hand outs that let citizens know the office that they are running for, and preparing speeches to get the attention of the citizens. The candidates usually have a day to create a campaign theme. Many candidates also have supporters who add excitement and support to their campaign.

Voting
Every citizen of Illini Girls State is given the chance to vote in the general and primary elections of city, county, and state offices. Each citizen must register to vote just like real life. Each city also selects three judges of elections who oversee all elections. Although these judges cannot run for election at Illini Girls State, they serve an important purpose and are very busy throughout the week. The city and county elections are held in the cities at official polling places. The state elections are held in the common area of the dormitories. Each election is taken very seriously and all rules are followed.