Advocates see ‘no way’ Illinois auto voter program fully running by November

Published March 4, 2020 5:00pm ET



Illinois’ automatic voter registration system, now the subject of a federal lawsuit, isn’t likely to be fully operational before the November election, advocates involved in the litigation said.

Several advocacy groups filed suit over the implementation of the state’s automatic voter registration program by Secretary of State Jesse White’s office. The program was supposed to be implemented by July 2018, according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court’s northern district.

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