The Illinois State Board of Elections must turn over voter roll data to an election integrity group after a federal judge ruled on the matter Friday. Judicial Watch, a national nonprofit litigation group that focuses on election integrity, announced that their clients with the Illinois Conservative Union and three registered voters won access to digital copies of voter rolls for the past 15 elections. The organization says forthcoming research they plan to release shows 14% of Illinois’ counties have more registered voters than citizens over 18, indicating the state has close to 800,000 inactive registrants. State Rep. Brad Halbrook said transparency is important.
Judicial Watch has a pending lawsuit challenging Illinois’ weeks-long election process, arguing federal elections should be decided on election day, not weeks after.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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