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Illinois Senate Overrides Governor's Veto of Automatic Voter Registration

posted by n1 on Sunday November 20 2016, @11:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the right-to-vote dept.

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The Daily Northwestern reports

The Illinois Senate voted 38-18 on [November 16] to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of an automatic voter registration bill.

The bill [...] would automatically register voters who are seeking a new or updated license, or who are seeking other services from state departments such as Human Services or Healthcare and Family Services.

[...]The only two things a citizen should need to vote is being 18 years old and a citizen.

[...]The bill received bipartisan support when it passed through the House by a vote of 86-30 and the Senate with a vote of 42-16.

[...]To fully override Rauner's veto, the Illinois House will also have to vote to override, but it will not back in session until Nov. 29.

More information on Automatic Voter Registration can be found here.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:00PM (#430077)

    Imperialism. Mercantilism. Hegemony.
    When you have to go to the other side of the globe in order to find people to kill, that is not "defense"; it's AGGRESSION.

    I can't think of a single deployment of USA's military since WWII[1] (outside of the Coast Guard[2] in our own territorial waters) which hasn't been about hegemony|regime change.

    [1] ...and WWII is only a -maybe- in terms of "defense".
    The Axis never attacked the USA homeland; Hawaii was an IMPERIALIST possession of USA, which had been a sovereign nation and was taken by USAian military force in 1896.

    In the 1930s, USA was diplomatically and militarily belligerent WRT the international trade of those countries, which became our full-on enemies in the ensuing years after they got tired of being pushed around.

    [2] ...and, interestingly, though the Coast Guard has the -only- legit **defensive** role among the armed services, it wasn't ever under the Department of War except during WWI and WWII (normally under Depts of Commerce/Transportation/Homeland Security).
    It has NEVER been under the Department of "Defense" (which should clearly be called the Department of Aggression).

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