Illinois Voices is a non-profit (501(c)(4)) organization made up of volunteers who are concerned about the proliferation of public registries in the United States, and Illinois in particular. We focus our efforts in two main areas: Legislation and Litigation.

Our legislative efforts include working closely with lawmakers to help them understand the collateral consequences of public registries, and providing them with empirical research regarding the ineffectiveness of registries. We actively oppose legislative efforts that are based on knee-jerk reaction to high profile, yet extremely rare, occurrences.

Illinois Voices works with civil rights attorneys to challenge laws that we believe are unconstitutional and ineffective. Several lawsuits have already been filed the challenge various registry laws in Illinois. You can read about these efforts under the "Legal" menu item above.