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People in Illinois prisons are required to take a civics course before their release to learn their voting rights. “I think, generally across the population, there's a lot of misinformation. A lot of guys just didn't know.” The program is peer-led by incarcerated people. Learn more about the program.
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I’m reading The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President, by Noah Feldman, which takes a deep dive into Madison’s role in creating the…
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This week, an election-focused episode with Dr. Christina Rivers, associate professor of political science at DePaul University. She studies voting…
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With weeks until election day, Illinois is breaking early voting records. Residents are voting in person, by mail and delivering ballots to drop…
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Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote by mail in Illinois.Most people in county jails haven’t been convicted of a crime. And those people awaiting…
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A few years ago, DePaul professor Dr. Christina Rivers started teaching a different kind of law and politics course.About half of the class is made up of…
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Illinois residents will go to the polls to vote Tuesday. But coronavirus concerns are causing election officials to take precautions and make last-minute…
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Illinois’s League of Women Voters is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the state being the first to ratify the 19th Amendment, which gave women the…
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The Illinois Primary is fast approaching, and early voting has already begun. Election Protection, a national nonpartisan coalition, is offering a…