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There was a lot of anger and tension and division in the community about that because in the african american community, politicians believe that you should always wait your turn, and many voters feel that way too. >> i think obama came to chicago with the thought and the ambition of getting into politics. >> he was extremely ambitious. nobody writes a book about their life when theyre 30 years old, unless hes got a plan. >> it was when i started doing project vote in 1992 that i came to appreci...

Product of the chicago public school system, going on off to outstanding schools, princeton and harvard. and i was so blown away by her. i offered her a job on the spot. >> i told him the firm was interested in hiring him. and he shared with me that he had had this contract to write a book. and he said to me, you know, i dont want to start working while im doing this. itll be a distraction. id rather finish the book so that i could really roll up my sleeves and practice law. >> i had graduated f...

Registered to vote in the chicago area. >> all the programs are out right now saying you should vote. ive been listening to them and now its time to make a stand. >> project vote had a lot of grassroots people active in getting people signed up to vote. and they were very successful doing it. and i hope that my election opened up doors for women, for people of color, for people from working class backgrounds. i hope that it cut through some of these barriers. >> do you have any plans to run for ...

Looking back at Barack Obamas formative years as he navigates his biracial identity in his hometown of Chicago, his upbringing with his mother, who was a...

From illinois and the only one in the senate generally. >> average citizens, working people, women, minorities dont have a voice there right now. and so my election will make a radical difference by virtue of giving voice to those interests and those concerns. >> about two weeks later, carol moseley braun won the democratic senate nomination. and at that point, i realized that this presented an opportunity in illinois to enfranchise and engage a lot of african american voters that previously had...

Speaking after receiving the report, Mnangagwa told journalists that he will be returning the delimitation report to Justice Chigumba for a relook.

A Zimbabwean Tonderai Chidawa, through his lawyers Lovemore Madhuku Lawyers and Legal Practitioners, yesterday challenged the authenticity of the document.

In the final weeks of the legislative session, Republican state lawmakers appear ready to approve a bill that would make it impossible for most residents to vote without a photo ID. Ohio would join eight other states with similarly strict laws.

One of the beautiful things about a democratic republic is you agree on the rules in advance. That way, everybody buys into the outcome. Its like a football game. If you were to change the rules in the middle of the game, first half Super Bowl for

BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- Project Vote is a nonpartisan volunteer organization in Brown County that is dedicated to increasing informed voter turnout...