ALMOST ONE MONTH OUT UNTIL THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION WITH EARLY VOTING ALREADY KICKING OFF AT 2 DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS.

ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE CALLING ON VOTERS TO MAKE A PLAN.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IS GIOVANNA GOT A DEAL HANDLES HISPANIC OUTREACH FOR THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

WILL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

I WANT TO START OFF.

WOULD MAKE SOMEONE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE?

YES, SO THEY MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN.

THEY MUST HAVE LIVED IN THEIR ADDRESS FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND THEY CAN CLING TO VOTE ANYWHERE ELSE.

AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE 18 BY NOVEMBER, 5TH, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

NOW.

AND THESE ARE SIMPLE QUESTIONS, OF COURSE.

BUT HOW DOES SOMEONE GO ABOUT REGISTERING?

YES, SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR SOMEONE TO REGISTER.

THEY CAN REGISTER ONLINE.

THEY CAN DO DURING EARLY VOTING PERIOD AND EVEN ON ELECTION SO THAT WAS GOING WAS GOING TO ASK THAT.

CAN THEY SEEMED CAN THEY REGISTER ON THE SAME DAYS AT AVAILABLE?

YES.

WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO BRING?

THEY HAVE TO BRING IT TO PIECES OF ONLY ONE HAS TO HAVE THE ACTRESS.

NOW THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2 EARLY VOTING SITES OPEN IN DOWNTOWN.

WHERE ELSE CAN PEOPLE GO TO VOTE EARLY?

SO IT'S THOSE 2 SITES FOR NOW.

I'M A BYE ON MARCH.

15TH STARTING MARCH 4TH, THEY CAN VOTE IN OUR 52 SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY OF THE SITES REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAR YOU LIVE SOMETHING THAT YOU TELL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY LATINO POPULATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING OUT TO VOTE.

YOU KNOW, YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE AND HAS LET THE NOSE BEING THE LARGEST GOING DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO AT THE SIZE AND YOU KNOW, IT COMES WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY HAVING BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT GREAT IMPACT TO WHY NOT?

HE WOULD WANT JUST SHARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST YOU A LOT LATINOS INTIMIDATION GOING INTO POLLING PLACE.

SO WE DO TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS BY DEFAULT.

I'M IN SPANISH.

THE BALLOT IS BY DEFAULT, BILINGUAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF MAYBE LACK OF OUTREACH FROM CANDIDATES THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, MIGHT KEEP LATINO VOTERS AWAY ON ELECTION DAY.

ALWAYS YOUR PASSION TO GET INTO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF COMMUNITY SINCE I STARTED MY COLLEGE CLEAR.

AND I YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT LATINOS AREN'T VOTING, THAT THEY FEEL INTIMIDATED BY THE PROCESS.

SO IF I COULD HELP POINT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO YOU, OWNING YOUR OWN HOME.

YEAH.

SOMETHING DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND FOR SPANISH SPEAKING VOTERS IN PARTICULAR, WHAT SHOULD THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE AVAILABLE TO THEM WHEN THEY GO INTO A POLLING SITE?

SO ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS WE DO HAVE THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS THAT WE WORK VERY HARD TO RECRUIT BILINGUAL POLL WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WHEN A LATINO VOTER GOES IN, THEY CAN SEE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM AND STERLING, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE ON THROUGH MAIL?

IS THERE ANY SENSE THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW OR IS IT VERY SIMPLE AS WELL EXTREMELY CAN APPLY TO VOTE BY MAIL ON PAPER, BUT ALSO ONLINE.

AND YOU HAVE UNTIL MARCH 14TH TO APPLY SEE A PATTERN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE THROUGH MAIL OR COME IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING.

IS THERE A PATTERN THEY US HAVE NOTICED?

YES.

SO WE SEE THAT ABOUT 25% OF VOTERS VOTE BY MAIL.

25% EARLY AND ABOUT 50 50% OF THE VOTERS VOTE ON ELECTION IS AN INTERESTING FOR YEAH, IT'S VERY INTERESTING ON, YOU KNOW, OUR BIG PUSH IS FOR VOTERS TO VOTE EARLY.

YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN ALWAYS COME UP ON ELECTION DAY.

SO WHY LEAVE IT UP TO CHANCE WHEN THEY CAN VOTE BY MAIL AND WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE ON THIS YEAR'S BALLOT?

YES, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OFFICES ALL PRETTY LOCAL ALL THE WAY TO, OF COURSE, PRESIDENTIAL.

SO, PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A STATE JUDGES.

WE HAVE WARD COMMITTEEMAN.

WE HAVE STATE REP REPRESENTATIVES STATE SENATORS AND EVEN U.S. COULD BE SUPER OVERWHELMING.

SO HOW DO YOU BREAK IT DOWN FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OF SPANISH SPEAKING THE SPECIALLY POPULATION?

HOW DO YOU BREAK IT DOWN FOR THEM TO JUST KEEP SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE?

SO IF YOUR GOAL ON OUR CHICAGO ELECTIONS GOV OR A MIXED FINISH TO COPE AND TO YOU CAN SEE A SAMPLE BALLOTS.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOUR BALLOT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON ELECTION DAY.

AND YOU CAN START DOING THE RESEARCH FIRM.

DOESN'T TAKE THAT MUCH.

THEY CAN JUST GO ON.

JUST START READING.

IT LITERALLY TAKES 30 SECONDS.

THE WAY THAT PEOPLE GO ON ALSO NEED MORE ELECTION JUDGES, ESPECIALLY SPANISH SPEAKING ELECTION JUDGES.

HE SPOKE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THEM?

>> YEAH, LIKE I YOU KNOW.

IT'S MUCH TO GO INTO A POLLING PLACE, FEELING LESS INTIMIDATED IF SOMEONE THERE SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE OF SOMEONE THERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE YOU.

SO WE WORK REALLY HARD TO JUDGES IN GENERAL, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BILINGUAL AND SPEAK SPANISH.

THE ENTIRE CITY OF CHICAGO.

SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS BILINGUAL WAS A U.S. CITIZEN TO COME ON OUT AND APPLY TO BE AN ELECTION.

JUST HOW MANY DO BOARD CURRENTLY.

SO OUR GOAL IS 560.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 6, SORRY, 560.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 650 AM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE THE UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALWAYS FACE RESIGNATIONS CLOSER TO THE ELECTION.

THERE'S SOME NO SHOWS.

SO IN ORDER TO BE SAFE, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY UP UNTIL ELECTION DAY.

SO GO APPLY.

YES.

WHAT SHOULD THOSE IN HIGH SCHOOL?

NO ON WHETHER THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE?

YES.

SO IF YOU WILL BE 18 YEARS OLD ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 5TH, YOU CAN VOTE EVEN DURING THIS PRIMARY ELECTION BEING 17 YEARS OLD.

WELL, THANK YOU, AFOA THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.