Frankfort Township Residents Vote In Favor Of Voter ID Referendum: Unofficial Results

FRANKFORT, IL — Voters in Frankfort Township voted in favor of a referendum asking about requiring proof of citizenship to vote, according to unofficial results from the Will County Clerk's Office.

The exact question on the ballot was: "Shall the State of Illinois enact a law to require a person to present a valid government­ issued photo identification card or passport establishing proof of their United States citizenship before allowing that person to vote in any Illinois election?"

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According to unofficial results, 15,874 people voted "yes" to the referendum question, while 6,901 voted "no."

Twenty-eight precincts reported for the Township's question, and the "yes" vote was favored at every single precinct that voted, per the unofficial results.

The closest margin was at Frankfort Precinct 24, where 452 residents voted yes (59.63 percent of votes), and 306 voted no (40.37 percent of votes), according to the clerk's office.

Similar advisory questions about voter ID laws were also asked in Crete Township and Green Garden Township in Will County. Voters also voted in favor of the advisory questions in both of those townships.