Chicago early voting expands Monday as No Kings rallies push turnout

With the midterm elections a little more than two weeks away, hundreds of thousands of people gathered here in Illinois and across the country for No Kings rallies, with the focus getting on getting out the vote. Whose vote? Our vote. Nobody can take it away. On a chilly Saturday morning, several hundred people marched through north suburban Evanston, waving signs and chanting slogans. One of hundreds of No Kings rallies taking place across the country. Like previous No Kings events, much of the anger is directed at the policies of the Trump administration. But the focus here is on turning that anger into action on Election Day. This is a time of mobilization between now and November 3rd. Now the theme of today is voting is our superpower, and I see some superheroes here today. How many of you have voted early today? Raise your hand. All right. Mail-in ballots are already arriving at homes, and early voting expands to all 50 wards on Monday across Chicago. But organizers say nothing will change if people sit on the sidelines. We can't let our country fall by the wayside by feeling so apathetic or so discouraged about what's going on right now. Your voice matters, and every vote counts. In Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, another No Kings rally featuring scores of seniors from the Breakers, a high-rise retirement village nearby. But you know what? Elders, particularly elders, have wisdom. We have lived through so many atrocities, but this, what's happening in our country, is probably the greatest atrocity I have ever lived through, ever. and there were hundreds of no kings protests across the country as well some advertised as non-partisan efforts to encourage voting before the midterm elections don't give up hope do your research listen to the candidates and get out there and express your feelings in DuPage County republicans responded by sending trucks past the no kings rallies there with signs blasting Governor Pritzker and Illinois Democrats for high taxes.