More young voters cast their ballot in this week’s runoff election than in February, which is an outcome attributed in part to the culmination of efforts led by organizations like GKMC18 and ChicagoVotes to increase the youth vote.
Organizations like GoodKids MadCity and Chicago Votes held events encouraging young people to vote, including one held the day before the runoff that involved helping young voters with IDs or driver’s licenses.
The event was in collaboration with Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and other groups like the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization.“We have to keep doing work outside of elections,” said Stevie Valles, co-executive director of Chicago Votes. “Participating in democracy doesn’t start and finish at the ballot box. These leaders still need to hear from us.”
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