Today, the Tribune provides an update on the voter outreach taking place in immigrant communities throughout the region:
During the last three months, immigrant groups in Illinois have registered about 24,000 new voters, part of an aggressive last push to influence next month's elections. [...]
A campaign in Illinois and six other states launched last week to register 1 million new Latino voters hopes to sway 46 Electoral College votes, organizers said. In solidly Democratic Illinois, activists are targeting suburban areas where potentially close congressional elections could lead to more support in Congress for Immigration reforms. Nearly 200,000 voters in Illinois have registered since January, bringing the state total to 7.4 million, Illinois State Board of Elections figures show.
As we noted in our feature last week, the Illinois Campaign for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is a leader in these campaigns, registering many of those 24,000 voters through its Democracy Project Fellows program. Their work isn't stopping at the October 7 registration deadline, either. The Tribune reports the organization is launching a $500,000 get-out-the-vote effort next week featuring phone banks, mailers, and offers to drive voters to polling sites Nov. 4.
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