The EDR Commission met on November 12th and vote on the draft report of the Election Day Registration document presented to the State Legislature in December. The attached document outlined the Commission’s findings as well as a recommendation on whether or not EDR should be implemented in Illinois.

Jim Ascot
Chairman
EDR Commission

Draft report of the EDR Commission Document for the State Legislature

Illinois State Board of Elections
State of Illinois Voter Registration Downloadable Documents
State of Illinois Absentee Voting Downloadable Documents


Note: Seven states have some form of Election Day Registration: Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming. (Montana enacting the practice for the first time in 2006). (Connecticut also has EDR, but only for casting votes for the Presidency.) Two more states, Iowa and North Carolina, have passed similar legislation to allow for same-day voter registration and will begin being used in January of 2008 and October of 2007 respectively. Under the new system proposed in North Carolina, the same-day registration would occur three to nineteen days before the scheduled election. Reference for this data.

Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization committed to building an America that achieves its highest democratic ideals. Demos is collaborating with a range of state-based partners to help enact Election Day Registration, a reform that demonstrably increases voter turnout and reduces problems at polling places, as evidenced by the six states that currently allow for Election Day Registration.
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Report: Mass. election-day registration would boost youth, minority turnout
United States Elections Project on Voter Turnout
Minnesota voter eligibility and registration requirements
Iowa voter eligibility and registration requirements
New Hampshire voter eligibility and registration requirements