News & Analysis - voting

Obama, DNC Plan $20 Million Hispanic Voter Outreach Effort

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Susan Davis

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced an “unprecedented” $20 million joint outreach effort today to mobilize Hispanic voters heading in to the fall. Read more…

Influx of Voters Expected to Test New Technology

IAN URBINA

With millions of new voters heading to the polls this November and many states introducing new voting technologies, election officials and voting monitors say they fear the combination is likely to Read more…

Latino groups unite to launch $5-million voter registration drive

Teresa Watanabe

Citing increased interest in national politics and the important issues facing immigrants and Latinos, nine organizations announce a nonpartisan effort to register up to 2 million new voters. Read more…

McCain Defends Immigration Stance In San Diego

Scott Horsley, NPR

A convention attendee from Chicago, Juan Salgado, asked McCain if he intended to carry out his promised comprehensive immigration plans in a single piece of legislation.  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92545060 Read more…

Citizenship surges for Mexican immigrants as total naturalizations dip

Antonio Olivo

Chicago area gained 37,700 naturalized Americans in 2007 Read more…

McCain appeals to Latinos with immigration revamp

Peter Wallsten, Maeve Reston

WASHINGTON — John McCain, trailing in the battle for Latino voters, has begun rolling out his strategy for winning that fast-growing bloc and is taking the risky step of placing an Immigration overhaul at the center of his appeal. Read more…

Group's focus is getting immigrants to vote

Teresa Puente

Over the next several months, Rebecca Shi plans to knock on doors and visit churches, high schools and beauty shops in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood, where she will ask a couple of simple questi Read more…

Exercising Ballot Power to Push Back Attacks on Immigrant Communities

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Jackie Mahendra, ICIRR

The message has never been clearer: Become a citizen and vote… before it’s too late. Read more…

Obama, McCain turn focus to Hispanic vote

MIKE DORNING, Chicago Tribune

Both say they'd make immigration reform a priority Read more…

Immigrant groups launching countrywide push to sign up voters

Antonio Olivo, Deborah Horan


National registration effort has strong Chicago support Read more…

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