Following Wednesday’s signing of an executive order by Donald Trump that, among other things, requires the various states to verify the citizenship of those registering to vote, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker immediately spoke against the order and, as one might expect, got a lot of things wrong.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday had a forceful response to President Donald Trump’s executive order signed earlier in the day to overhaul elections, including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
“Voting is a fundamental right and sacred responsibility of every American. Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress,” Pritzker wrote in statement released Tuesday evening.
Voting, we might note, isn’t a right. It is a duty, yes, but there is no recognized “right to vote” in…
