IL House & Senate pass same-day registration, Quinn to sign it

[Tender Branson]

Illinois Lawmakers Pass Same-Day Voter Registration

By Brian Mackey

The Illinois General Assembly voted to make same-day voter registration a permanent feature of state elections.

The legislation passed the House and Senate and now goes to the governor.

http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-pass-same-day-voter-registration

[Miles]

I'll miss The People's Pat, but great news!

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

At least Quinn will leave the land of unemployment's capital on a good note.

[Boston Bread]

Is it possible for a state to make voting mandatory? That would be a shake-up.

[Mehmentum]

Is it possible for a state to make voting mandatory? That would be a shake-up.

It would also likely result in political backlash and a constitutional challenge.

[greenforest32]

Is it possible for a state to make voting mandatory? That would be a shake-up.

It would also likely result in political backlash and a constitutional challenge.

Democrats have no excuse for not passing automatic voter registration. They'll be trying again in Oregon next year* but why are we the first? Why are CA/MA/MD/VT/RI/etc sitting on their ass? This is a strange issue to be timid and ineffective about.

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* http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32384554-75/oregon-election-bucked-anti-democratic-trend-in-nation.html.csp

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[ElectionsGuy]

Is it possible for a state to make voting mandatory? That would be a shake-up.

No

[Lief 🗽]

Every state where we have a trifecta should pass automatic voter registration and WA/OR/CO-style mail-in voting ASAP. Same-day registration is nice but doesn't really make much of a difference.

[Gass3268]

Every state where we have a trifecta should pass automatic voter registration and WA/OR/CO-style mail-in voting ASAP. Same-day registration is nice but doesn't really make much of a difference.

Its a good start.

[Indy Texas]

Every state where we have a trifecta should pass automatic voter registration and WA/OR/CO-style mail-in voting ASAP. Same-day registration is nice but doesn't really make much of a difference.

But muh voter fraud...

[Tender Branson]

Every state where we have a trifecta should pass automatic voter registration and WA/OR/CO-style mail-in voting ASAP. Same-day registration is nice but doesn't really make much of a difference.

Yeah, same-day registration is a good start and better than nothing.

But automatic voter registration is the way to go, because poll workers could then focus on the important things on election day rather than being stressed with registering all the people who want to register on election day ...

[Bigby]

Not surprising given this is Illinois.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Not surprising given this is Illinois.

Surprising in the sense I assumed they had it already.

[KCDem]

At least Quinn will leave the land of unemployment's capital on a good note.

That would be Georgia. Thank you Nathan Deal!