To: The Illinois State House and The Illinois State Senate
Bring Automatic Voter Registration to Illinois!
Illinois has almost 2.5 million eligible but unregistered citizens. Automatic voter registration could significantly boost Illinois’ registration rate- which means thousands more people would be able to vote in upcoming elections.
Why is this important?
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act, and anti-voter restrictions on the state level, we need reforms like automatic voter registration to engage every eligible American in our democracy.
This bill, SB 2134, would automatically register eligible citizens to vote when they interact with the DMV, and opens the door to expanding the system to other state agencies in the future.
Oregon and California have already taken steps towards that, and they’re leading the country in helping to ensure that voting is free, fair, and accessible.
Oregon started rolling out its new system in early January. Last week, state officials reported 4,300 new eligible voters had signed up in the first six days, more than double the previous average number of registered voters per month. Combined, the two states’ laws could add up to 7 million new citizens to the rolls.
Tell your lawmakers to support these bills to bring automatic voter registration to Illinois.
This bill, SB 2134, would automatically register eligible citizens to vote when they interact with the DMV, and opens the door to expanding the system to other state agencies in the future.
Oregon and California have already taken steps towards that, and they’re leading the country in helping to ensure that voting is free, fair, and accessible.
Oregon started rolling out its new system in early January. Last week, state officials reported 4,300 new eligible voters had signed up in the first six days, more than double the previous average number of registered voters per month. Combined, the two states’ laws could add up to 7 million new citizens to the rolls.
Tell your lawmakers to support these bills to bring automatic voter registration to Illinois.