The Chicago Reporter Falling Off The Rolls

Falling Off The Rolls

In 2000 more than 22,000 CHA residents were registered to vote in 22 developments in the city. By 2007, more than 14,000 CHA residents who were registered to vote in 2000 are off the voting rolls.

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Source: Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, Cook County Clerk; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.

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