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Settlement reached over voter registration lawsuit   By SARAH MANSUR smansur@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD Illinois voting rights groups have reached a settlement agreement with Secretary of State Jesse White over alleged violations of the federal Voting Rights Act and Illinois recently passed automatic voter registration law. The agreement, approved in federal court on Tuesday, resolves the lawsuit brought last February by Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago, CHANGE Illinois, Chicago Votes Education Fund, Common Cause Illinois, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Illinois Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. The lawsuit argued that the secretary of state s office, which offers voter registration services, violates state and federal law and frustrates Illinois citizens ability to register to vote.

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