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House Bill 4310 was filed in December by state Rep. Charles Meier. The bill seeks to address issues with the state's mail-in vote system and would give county clerks the ability to turn down a voter registration if the clerk believes the registration is fake or if the voter has passed away or moved.
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This is a step in the right direction.
My late mother died in February of 2020 and the Sangamon County clerk mailed an application for a mail in ballot to her in July of 2020.
County clerks need to monitor death notices and regularly remove any deceased voters from their voter rolls.
My dad did the right thing and discarded the ballot application for my mom, but he could have easily submitted it and cast a mail in ballot using her identity if he had wanted to.