I am using IDIS for the first time

Welcome! We’re delighted you have chosen to use IDIS v 3 to record and report your campaign finance information. IDIS v 3 is designed to streamline and simplify recording and reporting your campaign finance information. Help is immediately available in IDIS to answer your questions. Should you need additional support, experts at the State Board of Elections are standing by to assist you Monday through Friday during regular business hours.

What does IDIS v3.0 do?
How do I access IDIS v3.0?
A Brief Overview of the New IDIS
I Prepare Reports for More Than One Committee

What does IDIS v 3 do?
IDIS v 3 is designed to streamline and simplify recording and reporting of campaign finance information. For example, IDIS will:

• Be available from any computer with Internet Access because it is Web-based.
• Allow users to securely log in with a User Name and Password.
• Allow multiple users to work on reports simultaneously.
• Clearly flag Quarterly, Schedule A-1, Schedule B-1, and Amended reports.
• Automatically itemize transactions.
• File reports over the Internet.
• Automatically store your data to the State Board of Elections server.

How Do I Access IDIS v3.0
Open your internet browser and type the following into the address bar:

https://idis3.elections.il.gov


You will be directed to the screen below


IDIS v3.0

Every time you use IDIS, you will need to enter your User Name and Password (case sensitive) on this page and click on Log In.

Your User Name and Password are issued by the State Board of Elections at the time you established your filing account. You must obtain a user name and password prior to using IDIS v 3.0. To obtain a filer, contact the Campaign Disclosure Division at 217-782-4141 or 312-814-6440.

Upon logging into IDIS you will be directed to the IDIS v 3.0 homepage. All functions of the system are available from this page including entering receipts, expenditures, entities and accessing and filing Campaign Disclosure Reports. See IDIS Help for further assistance with these features.


A Brief Overview of the IDIS v3.0

IDIS v 2 used several windows to navigate through the program. In IDIS v. 3, the design is very similar to IDIS v 2; however, since the program is now web-based, only one window is used. You will be using three modes in IDIS v 3:
• Home Page Mode Home - Used to enter financial transactions.
• Reports Mode Reports - Used to view and file current, future and previously filed Campaign Disclosure Reports.
• Committee Details Mode Committee Details – Used to manage the Committee’s D-1 and electronic filing information.


While navigating through IDIS v 3, it is important that you click on these modes (located at the top right of the page) rather than clicking your browsers “back” button.

I Prepare Reports for More Than One Committee

IDIS v3.0 is designed to work with more than one committee. Users are only able to work on one committee at a time. You may switch between committees by logging on IDIS v 3 by using the user name and password information that has been established for each committee. Data entered in IDIS v3.0 is automatically stored on the State Board of Elections web servers. Therefore, you do not have to back up the database to an external source. To save your work, simply log out of the system after you have finished working on your committee’s disclosure reporting. You can access your saved data by logging back into the program.