Written by David E. Smith
Illinois State Senator Steve McClure (R-Effingham) continues to sound the alarm over election integrity as it pertains to the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the distribution of voter registration materials to illegal immigrants applying for state benefits.
In a January 7, 2025 press release, McClure revealed that IDHS had been sending packets to noncitizens that included “pre-filled” voter registration applications already addressed to county clerk offices. He warned that such practices create confusion and could open the door to unlawful voter registration.… Continue Reading
Tags: automatic voter registration, Carol Davis, Dulce Quintero, illegal immigrants, Illinois Conservative Union, Illinois Department of Human Services, SB 59, Stephanie Trussell, Steve McClure
Illinois Politics, Voter Integrity | David E. Smith | 
May 16, 2026 5:00 AM | 
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Written by Jane Ryan Carrell
Chicago Tribune writer Eric Zorn has offered a new paradigm for U.S. elections. Zorn says, “Let’s give Green Card holders (non-citizens who have legal status to reside permanently and work in the U.S.) voting rights. After all, they pay taxes!” His January 23rd column is titled, “Jesse White’s blunder makes me want to ask, what’s so terrible about allowing non-citizens to vote?”
The column was precipitated by the news that Illinois’ automatic voter registration system, which is in effect at driver’s license facilities and other state agencies, had mistakenly registered 545 non-citizens who had interacted with a state agency.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
In 1993, when President Bill Clinton signed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), its boosters claimed that it would solve, once and for all, a plethora of problems plaguing the nation’s voter registration rolls.
However, like many ballyhooed efforts, the Motor Voter Law, as it is best known, resulted in an even crazier system, with such absurdities as millions of people registered in more than one state and cemeteries full of active “voters.”… Continue Reading
Tags: automatic voter registration, Bill Clinton, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Election Integrity Commission, Kenneth Cosgrove, Motor Voter Law, Nathan R. Schrader, National Voter Registration Act
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | September 5, 2017 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Automatic Voter Registration Expands Government Automatically
