Georgia Republicans race to pass laws to restrict and challenge votes In the final days of the legislative session, there’s also a push to create a mechanism to unseat county election board members The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2023
Mail-in ballots driving record returns as early voting opens in all 50 wards The leap in vote-by-mail ballots could push overall turnout past 40%, which the city hasn’t seen in a municipal election in over a decade. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 13, 2023
Battle over Sawyer’s campaign signatures from Wilson ally Hendon gets testy during hearing Willie Wilson adviser and former state Sen. Rickey Hendon alleged that 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer didn’t have enough valid signatures to remain on the upcoming mayoral ballot. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 28, 2022
Chicago’s $2M precinct consolidation plan denounced as ‘voter suppression’ Mayoral challenger Willie Wilson wants a federal judge to block a plan he said “reminds me of the Jim Crow days down South where I’m from.” But the Board of Elections was required to consolidate city precincts after new ward and district lines were drawn based on the 2020 census. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022
Chicago Election Board unveils precinct consolidation plan tied to redistricting The once-a-decade redistricting process will eliminate 779 of the city’s 2,069 precincts. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022