“Immigrants should not be put in this situation.”A handful of other immigrants could face a similar fate, or criminal charges, after a mistake in Illinois’ automatic voter registration system allowed of hundreds of people who identified themselves as non-U.S. citizens to register. Bruce Rauner was among the first Republicans to sign automatic voter registration into law. He believed Illinois’ error could work in their favour, since his clients did not misrepresent themselves as citizens. They’ve also pointed to issues with mistaken noncitizen voter registrations elsewhere, including California. Nearly 20 states have approved some form of automatic voter registration with the goal of increasing civic participation.

Source: thestar February 10, 2020 17:37 UTC