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* From Abe Scarr, the director of Illinois PIRG, on the coming override of the governor’s automatic voter registration veto…
Rich,
We expect SB250 to be called in the Senate today and for it to pass that chamber. I also just heard that the Senate Republicans will be introducing a competing AVR bill, with the blessing of the Governor. This makes me think it will be harder to get R’s on board to override the veto. We hope to have at least a handful of Republicans on in the Senate and may still be able to override in the House with just Democrats, but of course that super-majority has not held and we have attendance issues to contend with during veto.
I will withhold any judgment of their bill on the merits until I have a chance to read it, but it is certainly late in the game to introduce an alternative measure, and it’s hard to read as much more than cover to not support the override. No member of our coalition or the bill sponsors were consulted for input in the drafting of this counter-proposal.
I can share more as I learn more.
Abe
*** UPDATE *** As expected…
Hearing there may not be enough Dem members in town for Senate to do override of Gov. Rauner's veto of automatic voter registration bill.
— Monique Garcia (@moniquegarcia) November 15, 2016
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Nov 15, 16 @ 10:07 am
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Is introducing a new bill the Republicans idea of “working together”?
Comment by 360 Degree TurnAround Tuesday, Nov 15, 16 @ 10:38 am
Rauner is right on this veto.
“Some of the agencies in possession of citizenship-related information are prohibited by federal law from sharing that information” with the elections board, Rauner wrote in his veto message to lawmakers, adding “the consequences could be injurious to our election system.”
“Agencies with access to citizenship information should use that information to verify a person’s eligibility before processing the voter registration. That responsibility should not — and legally cannot — fall to the State Board of Elections,” he wrote.
Who in their right mind would condone a non-citizen having the right to vote?
Comment by cdog Tuesday, Nov 15, 16 @ 11:39 am