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Common Cause is pushing back, state by state, against the attacks on voters across the nation -- and Illinois is no exception. Common Cause Illinois (CCIL) achieved a victory last week for voters across the state. The major reforms in HB105, which established a 2014 Same Day Registration Pilot program, include:
Providing election day registration at specified universal sites in all 110 local election jurisdictions
Ending the requirement for photo identification during early voting
Extending early voting hours and grace period voting through the Sunday before Election Day
Requiring in-person absentee voting at numerous state universities
Common Cause believes the constitutional right to vote is the cornerstone of our democratic society. Therefore, it is imperative that we adopt reforms to increase turnout and participation rates; provide increased access to the ballot box; and create a culture of political engagement and involvement, especially among people living in marginalized communities of color.
Thirteen states plus the District of Columbia now have same day registration, a policy that has been shown to boost voter turnout by between 10% to 14%, especially among the young, the poor and minorities. Instead of disenfranchising voters, election day registration, along with an extended period for early voting, makes voting more accessible to a greater number of people. Which is how it should be. Good going, Illinois.
Good for Illinois, I am sure the right wingers will be upset because for them to have a chance at winning the voter turnout needs to be low.
Election day registration is being called the anti-voter ID law. It's being pushed by Common Cause as a result of all the voter ID laws that red states are trying to pass. So yeah, I'm sure a lot of right wingers aren't going to like it.
Why would anyone want to protect the sancity of the vote?
If you didn't take advantage of the 2 or 4 year break between elections to register to vote, you have no real interest in voting or take your civil responsibility seriously.
The reform simply makes it easier to roundup and deliver 'incentivised voters' at the last minute to sway, especially, low participation local elections.
To invite fraud into elections is to counter the vote cast by legitmate voters.
Too bad the legal hurdle to prove voter fraud is so high.
The dead voters and snowbirds along with 'day of election' scavanged voters cancel your vote so you may as well stay home, don't wait for the law to ensure your election results are legitimate.
Great.....now there is no chance of getting caught....the lady who voted 6 times...should be extatic about that...no more jail time...
If only there was a form of technology that would make it so when someone registers to vote same day, their name goes into a computerized system that prevents them from being able to go to another voting booth and registering to vote again to prevent those little criminals that think voting multiple times is okay....shame we have no technology that could possibly handle such a complex task.
If only there was a form of technology that would make it so when someone registers to vote same day, their name goes into a computerized system that prevents them from being able to go to another voting booth and registering to vote again to prevent those little criminals that think voting multiple times is okay....shame we have no technology that could possibly handle such a complex task.
What is a shame is that people have lost all accountability of themselves...they just don't care anymore and do what is needed to make sure "they win"...no matter what side of the isle you are on...
If only there was a form of technology that would make it so when someone registers to vote same day, their name goes into a computerized system that prevents them from being able to go to another voting booth and registering to vote again to prevent those little criminals that think voting multiple times is okay....shame we have no technology that could possibly handle such a complex task.
The government would just use it to prevent their enemies from voting. The US system of elections depended on the overwhelming mass of the people having honor and integrity. Without that you get what we have now.
What is a shame is that people have lost all accountability of themselves...they just don't care anymore and do what is needed to make sure "they win"...no matter what side of the isle you are on...
So you think voting should be limited and people should be denied to vote because they are registering too close to an election? That makes no sense, what about the teenage who just turned 18 and wants to vote or the person who just moved to a new state too close to an election and also wants to vote. Should they be denied the right to vote because you don't like same day registration? Sounds very anti freedom of you.
The government would just use it to prevent their enemies from voting. The US system of elections depended on the overwhelming mass of the people having honor and integrity. Without that you get what we have now.
Something the left will never understand....
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