I just love it that my home state, Illinois, is doing something proactive about voter suppression. The legislature passed a ballot initiative to amend the state constitution. All state senators favored it and all but five Republican legislators voted for it. Now, we hope 3/5th of the voters support it. Here is how it reads:
"No person shall be denied the right to register to vote or to cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income."
If this measure is approved by the state's voters, perhaps other states will also amend their constitutions so that they explicitly affirm the right of ALL citizens to register and vote. Please see this article for more details.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/10/08/3576702/illinois-prevent-voter-suppression/
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