“It’s unfortunate it took a global pandemic to convince people of its value, but expanding vote by mail is a needed election reform that I hope voters will utilize.” However, traditional voting at polling places will still be allowed. The bill makes election day a holiday for schools this year. Lawmakers say more schools can be used as polling places.
Senate Sponsor Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) is also asking younger Illinoisans, 16 years old and up, to become elections judges. "So many of our older, retired friends who have traditionally been election judges now have a lot of hesitation to be in these kinds of settings."
Republicans feel this will open the door for election fraud and "ballot stuffing."
Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) says this is a careless proposal. "I have significant concerns about the threat this legislation poses to the integrity of Illinois' election system," Fowler said. "We should be upholding and promoting a system that is secure and ensuring we're safeguarding our voter's rights, not passing legislation that allows for increased election fraud."
The Senate passed a separate plan, also sponsored by Morrison, to address security for ballots. House Bill 2238 would require all ballot collection boxes to be locked by and observed by local election authorities. It also calls for security guidance from the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Armed with a voter registration list, they visit all the Democratic households and “help them” fill in their ballots, and visit the Republican households and collect their ballots and somehow manage to “lose” them.
I think the majority of people should be willing to get off their backsides and go to a poll to vote in person, Voting by mail has too many opportunities for fraud. Obviously, there are exceptions for people who are physically unable to go or who will be on vacation, etc.
One hopeful thing is an article which Rush Limbaugh brought up where everyone received a vote-by-mail ballot and a stamped envelope in one congressional district, yet the Democrats who outnumbered the Republicans, weren’t motivated to mail in their votes. The Republican won.
https://spectator.org/mail-in-ballots-no-magic-bullet-for-dems/
Illinois is already corrupt beyond redemption.
Illinois is destined to be a sh$t hole forever. Still this would be a dangerous precedent.
Did they put in the part about 16 year olds being election judges? If so, I doubt that a reading comprehension test will be a requirement.
The right to vote has a integrated right to have your vote accurately counted.
How many House seats will the Rats be able to steal now? Of course Trump won’t carry the state and no Republican will be elected to the Senate...
It's Illinois, so "local election authorities" means almost all boxes will be in the hands of Democrats.