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May 30, 2017
No Proof Rural Voters Hurt By Registration Law, Ill. Says
The Illinois state election authority on Tuesday took its appeal of a federal judge's ruling curtailing same-day voter registration to the Seventh Circuit, arguing that the political candidate who brought the suit hasn't shown how the law expanding registration unfairly impacted rural voters.
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October 05, 2016
7th Circ. Pauses Ill. Same-Day Voter Registration Ruling
A Seventh Circuit panel Tuesday put a hold on a district judge's elimination of much of Illinois' Election Day voter registration, with supporters of the state's same-day registration law considering it an indication of how the circuit will ultimately rule.
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September 27, 2016
Same-Day Voter Registration Curtailed In Illinois
An Illinois federal judge dramatically reduced same-day voter registration in the state ahead of the November presidential election, saying Tuesday that it was unfair to rural voters whose precincts are not required to offer the option.
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August 04, 2016
Conservatives Claim Ill. Voter Registration Law Favors Dems
A conservative political group alleged in a lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court Thursday that the state's powerful Democratic Party is attempting to hijack the election process through a piece of legislation that gives urban voters a better chance of Election Day registration than their counterparts in rural, and often Republican, counties.