Efforts are underway for Chinese-Americans to get out the vote in the heart of Chicago’s Chinatown with 68 days away until Election Day.
“Vote is power especially for our immigrant communities,” said Yonggang Xiao, who is the Senior Civic Engagement Manager. “If you don’t go out and vote maybe your voice won’t be heard.”The Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community is among nine groups and organizations part of the non-partisan Democracy Project. The goal is to educate and encourage voters in immigrant communities to cast their ballot in this November's election.
“We try to help them overcome this barrier, so we provide lots of the bilingual information to them and we recruit bilingual volunteers to help us do the outreach,” he explained. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly The Chicago Board of Elections said it received 6,577 new registrations since Aug. 12. The director of public information told NBC 5 a majority of new registrations are primarily young women. Data shows new registrations are spread across the city, but favor the North Side, lakefront, and downtown.
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