A recent analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which owns this publication, found almost 50,000 duplicate voter registration records, representing Illinois residents who are registered multiple times.
The data, which was pulled from the the Illinois State Board of Elections voter registration file, shows that there were 49,772 records which showed voters with the same first name, middle name, last name and birth date, and registrations at two different addresses or multiple registrations at the same address, with two unique state-issued voter identification numbers.
The total represents 24,843 unique voters, one person registered four times, 84 people registered three times and 24,758 registered two times.
Stephenson County had the most in the area with 208 total duplicate records, then Ogle County with 124. Lee County had 96, Carroll County had 41 and Jo Daviess County had 22 total duplicate records.
Voters with multiple registrations can vote multiple times.
You can find the number of duplicate records for Stephenson County, broken down by city, in the table below:
| City | Duplicated Registration Records |
| Freeport | 157 |
| Lena | 13 |
| Davis | 12 |
| Pearl City | 9 |
| Pecatonica | 7 |
| Orangeville | 4 |
| Ridott | 3 |
| Winslow | 2 |
| Rock City | 2 |
| German Valley | 2 |
| Dakota | 2 |
| Kent | 1 |
| Cedarville | 1 |
| Total (Stephenson County) | 208 |
| City | Duplicated Registration Records |
| Rochelle | 40 |
| Byron | 21 |
| Oregon | 17 |
| Polo | 9 |
| Mount Morris | 7 |
| Davis Junction | 5 |
| Franklin Grove | 4 |
| Baileyville | 4 |
| Leaf River | 4 |
| Forreston | 3 |
| Monroe Center | 2 |
| Creston | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 1 |
| Total (Ogle County) | 124 |
You can find the number of duplicate records for Lee County, broken down by city, in the table below:
| City | Duplicated Registration Records |
| Dixon | 60 |
| Amboy | 14 |
| Paw Paw | 5 |
| Ashton | 4 |
| Lee | 2 |
| Nelson | 2 |
| Harmon | 2 |
| Steward | 2 |
| West Brooklyn | 2 |
| Compton | 1 |
| Sublette | 1 |
| Total (Lee County) | 96 |
You can find the number of duplicate records for Jo Daviess County, broken down by city, in the table below:
| City | Duplicated Registration Records |
| Galena | 7 |
| Stockton | 6 |
| Apple River | 4 |
| Warren | 1 |
| Hanover | 1 |
| East Dubuque | 1 |
| Nora | 1 |
| Total (Jo Daviess County) | 22 |
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