Is this a media push to decriminalize voter fraud?

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article218684795.html

The story exposes how Illinois government is pushing non-citizens to vote.

"….after presenting his British passport as identification. A DMV supervisor directed him to sign up to become a voter."

The rest of the article is emotional content about the tragedy that this upstanding member of the community is being punished just for voting "accidentally".