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With only a few days left before the primary election Tuesday, election officials say early voting has been lagging and they are urging Chicagoans to make sure their votes are count.
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Due to ongoing effects of the pandemic, 73 precincts across Chicago will be without an election site for the June 28 primary election.
Just three weeks before Election Day, the Chicago Board of Elections says it will not provide normal polling places for more than 100,000 voters.
A new report estimates an additional 111-thousand voter registration applications have been processed at Illinois Secretary of State facilities annually, thanks to a 2018 automatic voter registration law. But advocates say Illinois can — and should — do better.
Chicago aldermen are still negotiating a new ward map that will remain for the next decade. “It is extremely confusing,” said Kate Eakin, volunteer at McKinley Park Development Council. This year’s remapping process is still ongoing due to the 2020 Census showing significant changes in Chicago’s demographics.While Chicago’s Black population dropped 10 percent, its Latino...