[Peace] Voter Photo ID comes to Illinois [from League of Women Voters: Time For Action-Oppose HB 4403 Requiring Voter Photo ID]

[Stuart Levy]

Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:18 -0500
From: Emily Lieber <elieber at lwvil.org>
Subject: Time For Action-Oppose HB 4403 Requiring Voter Photo ID
To: slevy at new.math.uiuc.edu
 

TO:            LWVIL Members
From:         Syvia Tillman, VP Issues,   issues at lwvil.org,
	      Paula Lawson, President,  president at lwvil.org
Date:         April 25, 2008
RE:             Time For Action - OPPOSE HB 4403  Requiring Voter Photo ID
 

ACTION NEEDED:  Contact your State Representative in her/his home
legislative officer prior to April 29, 2008 when the Illinois General
Assembly reconvenes.  Ask your representative to vote no on HB 4403 -
Election Voter Photo ID.    This bill has passed out of committee and
would require voters to show government-issued photo ID before casting a
ballot on Election Day.   LWVIL opposes this because it would
disenfranchise many minority, elderly and poor voters who would lack the
designated government-issued photo ID.

 

BACKAGROUND:   LWVIL AND LWVUS positions oppose the requirement of
presenting government-issued photo IDS at the time of voting.  This has
been used as a tool to prohibit  registered voters from casting a ballot
because of the lack of the specific ID.  To register to vote, citizens
in Illinois must NOW prove their identity to their local election
authority with birth certificates, current bills and other documents.

They also sign the registration form, and their signature is again
required at the time of voting which provides another method of
verifying identity

 

BILL STATUS:  This bill was placed on the calendar for second reading on
March 5, 2008.  Action on HB4403 was extended until May 9, 2008.  The
bill could be called at any time in the next two weeks.

Please call your state representative and ask for a NO VOTE on HB4403.

To find your representative's name and contact information visit 
    http://www.ilga.gov/


PLEASE ACT TODAY - URGE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
TO VOTE AGAINST PASSAGE OF HB 4403