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xchrom

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Tue Jun 3, 2014, 08:25 AM Jun 2014

Illinois Passes Landmark Progressive Voting Reform

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/02/3443622/illinois-election-day-registration/



The fifth largest state in the nation passed one of the most impactful progressive voting reforms last week, a move that will likely result in hundreds of thousands of new voters.

On Friday, both Illinois legislative chambers approved HB 105, a bill that allows state residents to register to vote on Election Day. The Land of Lincoln had previously cut off voter registration three days before Election Day.

The bill passed by wide margins; 39-17 in the Senate and 64-41 in the House. It now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn’s (D) desk, who is expected to sign the legislation.

Election Day registration is, in many ways, the anti-voter ID. Voter ID laws, which have been en vogue among conservatives recently, could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters (though different studies have reached different conclusions regarding how many voters will be disenfranchised by voter ID, even conservative estimates suggest that 2 to 3 percent of registered voters will be impacted). Election Day registration, on the other hand, tends to boost turnout between 7 to 14 percentage points, according to scientific studies. These gains come predominantly from the very groups that voter ID tends to discriminate against: minorities, young voters, and low-income Americans.
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Illinois Passes Landmark Progressive Voting Reform (Original Post) xchrom Jun 2014 OP
And the Illinois republicans HOWLED. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #1

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,781 posts)
1. And the Illinois republicans HOWLED.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 08:42 AM
Jun 2014

How do you build a plank into your party platform that says essentially "We don't want too many people to vote"?

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