The legislation states that any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election, including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) has filed legislation as the chief co-sponsor of House Bill 5875 to make it a felony for non-citizens to vote in Illinois elections.
The legislation states that any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election, including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. It also establishes that any person who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a citizen of the United States shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. If signed by the governor, the new law would be effective immediately.
“This new law would make it clear that if you knowingly register a non-citizen to vote in Illinois it would be a Class 4 Felony and if you knowingly register and try to vote, you would also be up for a felony conviction,” explained Rep. Niemerg. “We need to make it absolutely clear that our citizens in our state are the ones who should be counted in elections that determine what is in the best interest of the State of Illinois.”
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