17 Illinois Counties Have More Registered Voters Than Eligible Residents

With Illinois’ colorful political history, jokes are often made about deceased residents voting, and Cook County and Chicago usually are cited as the most egregious locations of such fraud. But according to a report by the Public Interest Legal Foundation, 17 Illinois counties have more registered voters than residents who are eligible to vote, and Cook County isn’t even on that list.

The organization sent out statutory notice letters to the 17 Illinois counties, plus 124 others nationwide, informing them of the discrepancies and warning them that if the records weren’t rectified, the foundation could sue the counties after 90 days for a violation of the National Voter Registration Act. The Public Interest Legal Foundation also says they are asking for more information in the letters.

These are the Illinois counties found to be harboring possibly fraudulent voting records along with their percentage of over-registration (where available), according to WJBC Radio.

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