How Illinois Democrats Game the Vote

Democrats claim to care about voting rights. In Illinois, it’s a ruse to manipulate the electorate in their favor.

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Voters cast their ballots during early voting in Chicago, Ill., October 14, 2016.

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New York City’s move to give 800,000 noncitizens the right to vote is the latest example of a national effort by Democratic partisans to win elections by gerrymandering the ballot box under the fashionable guise of expanding access to voting.

A closer look at Democrats’ “expanding voter access” efforts shows a program designed to enfranchise, register, and turn out individuals who are likely to vote Democratic, while ignoring and discouraging those who are not.

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Mark Batinick

Mark Batinick is an Illinois state representative and House Republican floor leader.

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