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Check out Celina Villanueva, our new Director of Organizing! Born and raised in the Little Village community, Celina Villanuueva is an organizer to the core, with experience at Illinois Unites for Marriage, the New Leaders Council, the National Council of La … Continue reading →

Coming off of the great success of our campaign to make online voter registration in Illinois a reality, we have even more awesome news– After a year of searching our great city to identify the best emerging leaders Chicago has … Continue reading →

Chicago Votes Hails Passage of Online Voter Registration in Illinois Youth vote organization celebrates opening of Illinois’ democratic process   SPRINGFIELD (May 31, 2013) –Chicago Votes is celebrating the Illinois General Assembly’s approval of legislation establishing online voter registration in … Continue reading →

We did it! After months of strategizing, calling our legislators and organizing online and on the ground, we just heard that the Illinois General Assembly  passed a bill to enact online voter registration throughout the state. Now, all that’s left … Continue reading →

…our first three that is! Remember how totally psyched you were to apply to be a DemocracyCorps Fellow? But then the Bulls got into the 2nd round and you just kind of lost sight of what really matters? Fret not, … Continue reading →

  You ready to help us fix voting?  Our game plan is to make the long, ink-and-paper, wait-time-heavy process of registering to vote go the way of Gangnam Style and Taylor Swift being heartbroken about Jake Gyllenhaal — as in, … Continue reading →