Keep same-day voter registration
Via The Chicago Sun-Times
Can an Election Day pilot program be called a success if it was to blame for such long lines that people were still voting at 3 a.m.?
Oddly enough, yes.
Illinois on Tuesday experimented with same-day voter registration, in which people were allowed to register and vote on the same day. About 2,300 citizens took advantage of it in Chicago and 3,604 did so in suburban Cook County. Illinois would be smart to make this pilot program permanent, as it is in 11 states and the District of Columbia.
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