SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (LifeSiteNews) – Illinois election officials must allow an election integrity group to access its voter records and make copies of them, according to a March 8 ruling in a federal district court.
Judge Sue Myerscough ruled that the Land of Lincoln violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) when it refused to allow the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) to make copies of voter election records in January 2020.
A PILF staffer could travel to the state capital of Springfield and view records on a computer at the Illinois State Board of Elections office, but could not make copies of any of the information.
PILF advocates for cleaning up voter rolls and frequently runs analyses on dead, absentee, or out-of-state voters as part of its election integrity efforts.
“On January 31, 2020, a representative from the Foundation traveled to the Board’s office in Springfield, Illinois to attempt to view the statewide voter registration list,” the March 8 decision stated. “Once there, the representative was given access to a program to search the list but was not allowed to either view the list in full or print, duplicate, or download the list.”
This violated federal law, Judge Myerscough ruled. She found that an Illinois law that limits the duplication of voting records conflicted with the federal NVRA’s Public Disclosure Provision.
“Section 5/1A-25 conflicts with the Public Disclosure Provision,” the federal judge wrote.
“The Foundation has shown that, on the undisputed material facts, Defendants acted in violation of the Public Disclosure Provision of the NVRA when Defendants refused to make available for viewing and photocopying the full statewide voter registration list,” she stated.
Joe Biden’s pick to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court is abortion defender D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first black woman nominated to the nation's highest court ever.
By choosing Brown Jackson, Biden is fulfilling two campaign promises at the same time: first, to use every tool at his disposal to defend and promote the killing of the most innocent; and, second, to make the nation’s highest court more "diverse."
Of course, Biden could have achieved "diversity" by different means (and, as a "Catholic," he should have), but, as throughout the rest of tenure in office, he has chosen to pursue the deadly path of promoting abortion.
And, make no mistake: Planned Parenthood and NARAL are ecstatic about Brown Jackson.
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Unlike most previous nominees to the Supreme Court, Brown Jackson has a judicial history of supporting abortion - which should be enough to cause Senators to reject her.
In the 1990s, she wrote an amicus brief defending a Massachusetts law that banned protests outside of abortion clinics. Thankfully, the law was ruled unconstitutional in 2000, but it shows how Brown Jackson intends to use the law to silence free speech so that the killing can continue without protest.
Pro-lifers are unanimous in their opposition to Brown Jackson, while the pro-abortionists are undivided in their zeal for her nomination.
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Carrie Severino, president of the pro-life Judicial Crisis Network, warned of an imminent free speech threat, stating that in her "buffer-zone" amicus brief, Brown Jackson "repeatedly disparaged the peaceful and often prayerful clinic protesters as engaging in ‘in-your-face’ and ‘chaotic’ activity that somehow fell short of ‘pure speech.’"
And, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List stated her organization's opposition to Brown Jackson's nomination, saying: "She is on record opposing the free speech rights of pro-life advocates pleading to save lives outside abortion centers and supporting the false claim that abortion is ‘health care.’"
But, the country's top abortion groups are celebrating Brown Jackson’s appointment.
Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson wrote in a tweet addressed to Jackson: "We can’t wait to see the fantastic work you will do and will be here to support you along the way,"
And, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Mini Timmaraju agreed.
"Judge Jackson … has a demonstrated record of defending and upholding our constitutional rights and fundamental freedoms — including reproductive freedom," Timmaraju said. "We are confident that she will be a voice for justice, equity, and freedom on the Court in the decades to come."
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'Biden announces Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer on Supreme Court' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biden-announces-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-replace-stephen-breyer-on-supreme-court/
'Pro-life groups warn about Biden’s Supreme Court nominee' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-groups-warn-about-bidens-supreme-court-nominee/
'These Republicans could help Biden install his far-left Supreme Court pick' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/these-republicans-could-help-biden-his-left-wing-supreme-court-pick/
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Illinois election officials were ordered to “make available to the public the statewide voter registration list, allowing for redaction of telephone numbers, Social Security Numbers, street numbers of home addresses, birthdates, identifiable portions of email addresses, and other highly sensitive personal information.”
They also are required to pay attorneys’ fees to PILF. The election integrity organization praised the ruling.
“Election officials must allow citizens to see what they are doing,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said in a press release.
“Federal law allows everyone to see what is going on in election offices,” he said. “PILF has found dead and duplicate registrants and voters registered in multiple states.”
“Voter rolls are public, and the court said so. This is the second ruling this week that the Foundation has won to gain access to voter rolls,” he said. “Accurate voter rolls are essential to free and fair elections.”
A federal judge in Maine ruled on March 4 the legal foundation’s lawsuit against the state can move forward. PILF wants access to the voter records in Maine.
“This ruling is a victory for election integrity,” Adams said in response to the Maine victory.