East Central Reporter

A transparency group says Cass and Crawford counties are among 24 in Illinois that have more registered voters than residents over 18 years of age.

Judicial Watch pointed to the alleged voter registration discrepancies in a notice-of-violation letter it sent to Illinois that gives the state 90 days to ensure that eligible voter lists are accurate or face a lawsuit.

Illinois is one of 11 states in which Judicial Watch found similar discrepancies between voter registration and population numbers after analyzing data from the Election Assistance Commission and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

“Dirty election rolls can mean dirty elections,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “These 11 states face possible Judicial Watch lawsuits unless they follow the law and take reasonable steps to clean up their voting rolls of dead, moved, and non-citizen voters.”

Judicial Watch’s notices-of-violation and potential lawsuits stem from requirements laid out in the National Voter Registration and Help America Vote act, federal laws that charge states with taking reasonable steps to maintain accurate voting rolls.