Illinois ends participation in multi-state voter database

The Illinois State Board of Elections has voted to end the state’s participation in a multistate voter registration system that critics have said is inaccurate and vulnerable to hackers.

The board voted 8-0 Tuesday at its regular monthly meeting to withdraw from the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program, board spokesman Matt Dietrich said Wednesday.

“For the last year, I would say, we have regarded Crosscheck as being dormant,” Dietrich said. “To us it almost seems like Crosscheck doesn’t exist anymore. We’ve heard nothing from them.”

It now will be easier for Illinois to enter into a data-sharing agreement with Indiana, Dietrich said. Illinois remains a member of the Electronic Registration Information Center, which has 26 member states, including Illinois’ border states of Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.

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