Democracy Wire

Time is running out for you to sign Automatic Voter Registration, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that will increase the number of participants in our democracy – by up to 2 million citizens

A new voting reform is sweeping the nation called Automatic Voter Registration (AVR). California, Oregon, Vermont, and West Virginia have all passed variations of AVR to bring more people into the voting process.

We are pleased to see that Senator Kirk has pledged to do his job and rejected Senator McConnell’s obstruction. But that alone is not enough.

On February 10th, Common Cause Illinois held it’s 2016 Champions of Democracy celebration. I was honored and inspired by all of our awardees and the stories that they shared.

With only one week until the Celebration, we are proud to announce our fourth and final Champion of Democracy, Senator Don Harmon.

With less than two weeks to the celebration we're proud to introduce you to Governor Jim Edgar, one of our 2016 Champions of Democracy!