Sassy Action: Call IL Reps TODAY to save Motor Voter Law

Got this from Daily Kos and reposting in full.  Please call today!  Given all the restrictions on voting we need to keep up momentum with state Motor Voter laws.

Ilsa, on Tuesday, November 29, the Illinois House of Representatives is expected to hold a vote on whether to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s August veto of a bill that would automatically register nearly every resident of Illinois to vote.

By automatically registering every resident of the state to vote "every time they visit a Department of Motor Vehicles, office of Human Services, office of Healthcare and Family Services, the Secretary of State’s office, or an Employment Security office," the bill--SB250--is expected to add two million more voters to the rolls.

There are enough votes to override the veto. We just need to make sure everyone shows up.

Please, click here to find the name and phone number of your member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Once you have the phone number, please call ASAP and tell your Representative to show up and vote to override Gov. Rauner's veto of the automatic voter registration bill. Here is a sample script you can use:

Hi, my name is Ilsa and I am calling from Chicago. I am calling to ask you to support improving our democracy by voting to override Gov. Rauner's veto of the automatic voter registration bill. Thank you.

Here is the full background:

Bipartisan majorities in the Illinois legislature adopted automatic voter registration earlier in the summer. (The bill is SB250.) If the bill becomes law, Illinois would follow six other states that have adopted automatic voting registration in the past two years.

Governor Scott Rauner vetoed the bill. The Democratic state Senate overrode the veto on Wednesday, November 16. Now it’s up to the state House to override the veto as well.

86 state Representatives supported the bill in May; 14 of them were Republican. Details can be found here (PDF).

We need 71 votes to override Rauner’s veto, so we should have what we need to pass this bill into law. However, there are concerns about whether Republicans stay on board and whether all Democrats show up to the veto session.

The vote is expected tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29. All residents of Illinois should contact their state Representatives, urging them to be present throughout the special session and to support overriding the veto of SB250, the automatic voting registration bill.