A measure to allow automatic voter registration at driver’s license facilities isn’t meant to increase voter participation, but supporters hope it will.

Bunker Hill Democratic State Senator Andy Manar says his automatic voter registration bill would replace the current opt-in registration at the DMV to an opt-out process, increasing the number of registered voters.

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But Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky says increasing the number of registered voters won’t increase participation.

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Manar and other supporters hope the measure will sail through both chambers and doubts the continued loggerheads from the budget impasse will hinder the bill’s passage.