Published on Saturday, 10 March 2012 13:13 | Written by Editor | |
The Chicago Board of Elections sponsored a "community action feedback" conference to exchange views about elections. I have not researched this beyond this video and the two related documents. We will followup in April. Stay tuned...
In the City of Chicago alone, there are more than 400,000 voting-age U.S. citizens not registered to vote. Across the country, there are tens of millions.* How do we grow voter registration, turnouts and engagement - for 2012 and beyond?
The Board of Election Commissioners has launched an ambitious outreach program to meet with diverse Civic and Community Leaders to build a plan for comprehensive election reforms to boost registrations and turnout - for 2012 and beyond.
At the launch of "Voter Engagement: 2012" on Aug. 10, the Board detailed: -- What changes are coming in 2012 related to the Census, new legislative districts, new precinct and ward boundaries. -- What possible election reforms that civic and community groups might want to consider. List of concepts and their 'pros' and 'cons' -- And how the Board and Civic and Community Leaders will collaborate at a "Community Forum" with real-time voting to build a community-based agenda for election reforms. (Click here for a video on how the forum will work.)
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