SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE SAYS ILLINOIS’ AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM IS STILL A GOOD PROGRAM, DESPITE A FEW RECENT GLITCHES. 

SECRETARY WHITE SAYS HE’S ANGRY A COMPUTER PROBLEM LED TO MORE THAN 500 NON-CITIZENS BEING REGISTERED TO VOTE AND APOLOGIZED TO THE PUBLIC. HE SAYS THEY FIXED THE ERROR THE DAY IT WAS DISCOVERED AND THAT HE HAS FAITH IN THE PROGRAM.

SECRETARY WHITE SAYS PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEM THAT LED TO MORE THAN 500 NON-CITIZENS BEING ADDED TO THE ILLINOIS VOTER ROLLS HAVE BEEN FIXED.

REPRESENTATIVE TIM BUTLER OF SPRINGFIELD THANKED WHITE FOR HIS OFFICE’S QUICK ACTION BUT SAYS THIS NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY WATCHED SINCE EVERY VOTE COUNTS.

SOME LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING TO SUSPEND AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION UNTIL IT CAN BE ASSURED MISTAKES WON’T HAPPEN AGAIN.