August 23, 2016
From Left to Right; State Senator Jacqueline Collins, Trevor Gervais (behind Gervais; State Senator Andy Manar) and State Senator Don Harmon. The group announced their support of the Automatic Voter Registration bill during a January press conference in the state capitol building. Photo courtesy of Kevin Hahn- Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus.
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Common Cause Illinois Works to Make Voter Registration Automatic
All across the country Republican state representatives and governors are waging war on African American and Latino voters. According to a unanimous panel of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals summary North Carolina voter I.D. laws targeted black voters with “almost surgical precision.” The state waited 17 days after that ruling then asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its voter-ID law, cuts to early voting, and ban on preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds.