“One of the main concerns is the fact that we discovered about a year and a half ago that (the Illinois Department of Human Services) has been mailing non-citizens who are applying for state benefits forms to register to vote that are already pre-filled out to the county clerks,” state Sen. Steve McClure said. “At the confirmation hearing, the Secretary’s only response was that, yes, this is happening."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.