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Gubernatorial candidate Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) recently took to Facebook to release his plan for voting integrity.

“My team and I are dedicated to ensuring the integrity of our election process in Illinois,” Bailey wrote on his Facebook account. “Thousands of Illinoisans are concerned with the process, and we must work to improve and restore confidence in our elections moving forward. This means we put in place common-sense processes that make it easy for Illinoisans to register and vote and easy for us to identify and eliminate any potential fraud.”

Bailey offered several proposals including an “annual cleaning of voter rolls in every county, individual ballot tracking of mail-in ballots, a random 1% audit of voter signatures and ballots for every election, and mandatory voter ID while allowing free IDs for those who do not already have a driver's license or state ID.”

Bailey went on to outline why clean voter rolls are needed saying, inaccurate voter rolls cost U.S. taxpayers money.  According to the Illinois Election Integrity Program, a federal law mandates local election authorities “must clean and maintain” the voter rolls.

“These are necessary steps to ensure voter integrity and restore confidence in our election system, so every Illinoisan can ensure their ballot is counted, and their voice is heard,” Bailey wrote on his Facebook account. “As a Senator and as your next Governor, I'll always fight for fair, honest, and transparent elections and to ensure the precious right to vote for every Illinoisan.”