A year late...Rauner does the right thing

Kudos to IL governor Bruce Rauner for finally signing the motor voter bill first approved a year ago. Rauner vetoed it by hoisting up the tired Republican canard it would lead to voter fraud, without offering a smidgen of proof. Rauner must have experienced projection, blaming Democrats for the very real Republican voter fraud, including Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's infamous cross check scheme that has dis-enfranchised hundreds of thousands, if not a million or more voters nationwide, and those equally horrible Republican voter ID laws. Rauner may be reading his declining poll numbers ahead of his 2018 re-election bid and figures he can't afford to alienate any more sensible folks who wholeheartedly support automatic voter registration. I doubt Rauner looks forward to increased voter registration. Promoting more democracy and inclusiveness is not in his DNA. But at the end the day all that matters is he took Spike Lee's advise...and did the right thing.