Legal Opinion
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) v. James R. Edgar, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 1995No. 95-1800, 95-1801, 95-1802 and 95-1803PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973gg et seq., popularly known as the “motor voter” law, is designed to make it easier to register to vote in federal elections. To achieve this end, the Act intrudes deeply into the operation of state government. Among the provisions most disturbing to the State of Illinois — which has refused to comply with the law, thus precipitating these consolidated suits brought by the United States and others — is one requiring that every application for a license to drive contain information enabling it also to ■ serve as…
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