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frazzled

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1. The only issue with this is ...

Reply to smallcat88 (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 04:04 PM

Jun 2014

the people we need most to get registered are those without computers, and without driver's licenses or state IDs—the poor and the elderly. So there's still a lot of ground-level registration that needs to be done if we want to make sure everyone is registered to vote.

That said, I think the online system will probably work well. At least here in Chicago, if I go to the Chicago Board of Elections website, I can type in my address and name and see my registration status, my current polling place, and get sample ballots for current elections. It always works well for me, and I don't see why a statewide system can't be as accurate.

I renew my driver's license online, too.

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Quinn signs bill allowing online voter registration in Illinois [View all] smallcat88 Jun 2014 OP

The only issue with this is ... frazzled Jun 2014 #1

I never heard of renewing a driver's license online smallcat88 Jun 2014 #2

Statewide: you have to qualify as a "safe driver" to do it frazzled Jun 2014 #3

Here is the link for online voter registration Jean4CountyClerk Jul 2014 #4