A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner:
Gov. Rauner signs bill aimed at increasing voter participation
SB 1933 establishes automatic voter registration program
CHICAGO (Aug. 28, 2017) – Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed SB 1933, which amends the Election Code to require that the Secretary of State and Board of Elections establish an automatic voter registration program.
The legislation, designed to increase participation in the democratic process, provides that an application for a driver’s license, other than a temporary visitor’s driver’s license, or state identification card also serves as an application to register to vote in Illinois.
“SB 1933 removes a barrier to voter participation by modernizing the voter registration process to make it simpler and more convenient for Illinoisans to vote,” Gov. Rauner said. “We hope this streamlined process will encourage more voter participation, so that constituents’ voices are heard and their interests are represented.”
When applicants meet the standards of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and unless an applicant declines, the Secretary of State will transmit records to the State Board of Elections to complete the person’s registration. The system has safeguards, including address verification distinctions between IDs that meet the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 and those that do not.
Other agencies that will participate in this program will include divisions of the Department of Human Services; the Department of Employment Security; the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of Natural Resources. The Illinois State Board of Elections also will have the ability to enter interagency contracts to gather automatic-registration data with other state and federal agencies that can show access to reliable personal information.
“With the signing of this landmark legislation, Illinois becomes a national leader in the effort to preserve and expand voting rights for all citizens,” said state Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), the bill’s sponsor. “Automatic voter registration will modernize and streamline the process in Illinois. It will produce a system that is less expensive to maintain, more secure and less cumbersome on individual voters. But most of all, it will open up the ballot box, allowing new voters to leave their fingerprints on their democracy.”
“This law puts Illinois on the forefront of states to make voter registration easier, yet more secure while respecting privacy,” said co-sponsor and state Rep. Mike Fortner (R-West Chicago).
This just shows how utterly stupid Rauner is.
How about a bill that prohibits people with less than an 85 IQ from voting?
Pollspeak Translation: Easier for ILLEGIAL ALIENS to vote.
You’re not fooling anyone, Rauner.
How much easier can it get?
Maybe being able to sign with a crayon?
Stupid.
Presumably gets more lazy, stupid people on the voter rolls.
Wonder who they will vote for?
Incredibly reckless act by Rauner.
What does an license/authority to operate a motor vehicle have to do with voting?
These two issues are not related and must not be tied together.
Only the stupid and ignorant and useful idiots could agree to co-mingle these issues.
Rauner must be eliminated in the next primary for governor.
He is proving his stupidity and ineptness.
He is NOT a real Republican and Conservative.
He is playing into the far left wing politics of Democrats such as the guy from Chicago, Guterez (sp), who by his record wants open borders and illegal aliens flowing across the U.S./Mexico border.
Senate Bill 1933 (SB 1933) in the 100th General Assembly was signed into law as Public Act 100-0464 (PA 100-0464) on August 28, 2017 by Republican Governor Bruce Rauner.
No State Senate or Represenative voted “nay” aka no.
Some State Senators and Representatives chose not to cast a vote on the bill (NV), or had an excused absence, as follows.
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Senate May 5, 2017 vote
– 11 of 59 Senates did not vote.
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House May 29, 2017
Republican Mark Batinick (Plainfield office) did not vote.
Democrat Scott Drury (Highwood office) had an excused absence. He is a candidate for Governor in the March 20, 2018 primary election.
Republican Brian Stewart (Freeport office) had an excused absence.
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Senate May 31, 2017 concurrence vote (held after the House modified the bill).
4 of 58 Senators, all Democrats, did not vote.
Daniel Biss (Skokie office), candidate for Governor in the March 20, 2018 primary election.
William Haine (Alton office).
Ira Silverstein (Chicago office).
Patricia Van Pelt (Chicago office).
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Here is the text of the new law.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/100/PDF/100-0464.pdf
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