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ORR v. EDGAR

Nos. 1-96-1613, 1-96-2178 and 1-96-3050.

670 N.E.2d 1243 (1996)

283 Ill. App.3d 1088

219 Ill.Dec. 355

David ORR, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jim EDGAR, Governor et al., Defendants-Appellants (City of Chicago, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General Mary E. Welsh, Paul Racette, Marcia L. McCormick, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants.

Keck, Mahin & Cate (David R. Melton, of counsel), and Michael Kreloff, for David Orr and Monica Chaves-Silva.

Cornfield & Feldman (Michael H. Holland, of counsel), for Illinois Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger (Thomas R. Mietes and Paul W. Mollica, of counsel), for League of Women Voters of Illinois.

Susan S. Sher, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, and Jean Dobrer, of counsel), for City of Chicago, Lorraine Dixon, and Vilma Colom.

Presiding Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated appeals, we are called upon to review the validity of the two-tier system of voter registration implemented by defendants. For the reasons that follow, we hold that this two-tier system, as implemented by defendants, is violative of state law and infringes upon fundamental constitutional rights.

In granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, the circuit court held that...

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