Voter Registration, Engagement, Mobilization

Voter Registration, Engagement and Mobilization

View as Webpage June 5, 2022

Greetings!

Early voting started this week: Early voting is now open for Chicago residents at 191 N. Clark St. and for Suburban Cook County residents at the county government building, 69 W. Washington St., and the five suburban courthouses.

For more information about early voting and vote by mail or to check your registration status, visit the Chicago Board of Elections or the Cook County Clerk.

Please note Same Day Registration:

In-person Registration at Early Voting - Individual must show two (2) forms of ID. At least one (1) ID must list your current address. (At all sites through the close of Early Voting.)
In-person Registration at Your Precinct Polling Place 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝟮𝟴 - Individual must show two (2) forms of ID. At least one (1) ID must list your current address.

Please join COAL for a Jun 25th Voter Registration, Engagement and Mobilization Community Meeting featuring Clara Hubbard, Senior Talk Media, Mark Wallace, 10x10TOWIN and Kimberly Econmwan, Esq, Social Action Chairman, National Pan-Hellenic Council. Flyer

Respectfully,

COAL Board of Directors

"The time to work seriously and collectively, to improve the state of our Community, is upon us..."

Let's Continue the Work

Election Judges and Coordinators Needed (please share)

Dear [COAL],

I am reaching out to request your assistance in ensuring we have enough poll workers hired ahead of the June 28th Primary Election.

We are looking for additional election judges and coordinators - if you have any family members, friends, or neighbors who you know who might be interested, please send them to pollworker.chicagoelections.gov to our downtown office at 69 West Washington St (6th floor) to apply.

I have attached our flyer to this request and pasted additional information below - please feel free to share within your networks.

Thank you and let me know if you have any questions.

Charles Holiday, Jr.

Executive Director

Chicago Board of Election Commissioners

Pay for Judges of Election: $230 for each Judge who completes the online training and serves successfully on Election Day.

Pay for Election Coordinators: Election Coordinators who complete training, pass related tests, pick-up Election Day materials a week prior to Election Day and then serve successfully on Election Day will be paid $450.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Please join COAL and partnering organizations in registering new voters and in promoting and supporting a registered, informed and civically engaged Community.

Contact: Heather Wills, 773.507.7349 or heatherswills@yahoo.com and/or publicpolicy@coalchicag.com

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View 'Ways to Register Voters'

Voter Registration and Engagement Drive Partners - Add your name

Kimberley Egonmwan, Esq.

National PanHellenic Council of Chicago Social Action Chair

"There is no doubt how important the right to vote is and that it must be protected at all costs. However, Black Chicagoans consistently have the largest voting body in the City, but turnout is at an all-time low and our community is failing at most standard-of-living benchmarks. When asked why they don't engage in the voting process, Black voters often comment "we don't get anything for our vote" or "nothing ever changes", and the obvious condition of many of our neighborhoods supports their conclusion. When we discuss the right to vote, voter registration, etc., it is an incomplete thought unless we also make voter empowerment and education a priority. We will get the results we want for our neighborhoods when we educate on what each office is required to deliver for our community, how the different levels of government should interact with each other to bring resources back to our community, and how the voter has the ultimate power to push for quality of life-changing policies, change leadership from neglectful to effective, and ultimately make our communities reflect our strong cultural standards."