News came in January that more than 500 people who said they weren't U.S. citizens were improperly registered to vote. Other problems that have surfaced this year included former inmates not being registered, and the Secretary of State forwarding the information of 16 years old to be registered to vote. The latest problem concerned conflicting voter preferences for more than 1,100 people being forwarded to elections officials.
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.