Chicagoans rally after 2026 Election, city reports ballot issues

More Chicago voting numbers from Election Day have been released. City officials say that every precinct has reported election results. They're still waiting for mail-in and provisional ballots. The city says more than 706,000 ballots were cast in the election, and nearly 46% of registered voters in Chicago cast a ballot. Meanwhile, there's been growing concern about ballot shortages. The Chicago Board of Elections says a computer error caused some polling places to receive the incorrect number of ballots. Once the issue was discovered, election officials began printing and delivering additional ballots to affected precincts and provided extra electronic voting machines. The board said everyone who was waiting in line was still able to vote. This happened just three months before the mayoral election. We spoke with a professor from U of I who believes the city. Needs to be better prepared. This is not a case where somebody did something intentional to withhold ballots. I think that you always have to plan for the possibility that even if you've done everything you're supposed to do, that something's gonna arise. You're not gonna have enough ballots, and what are you gonna do in that situation? I would hope that the city of Chicago will be much more on top of that problem in future elections. The ballot problem is expected to be brought up during the next committee hearing. Plenty of people came together to rally in the streets of Chicago this weekend, demanding more action against the Trump administration. This comes after Democrats took back control of the Congress and the U.S. Senate. Organizers held the People Have Spoken rally and march at Federal Plaza. Evanston Mayor and Congressman-elect Daniel Biss was among the leaders who were there. They say they want to put the pressure on leadership to stay focused on their agenda. We must push our elected officials to be better than the ones that came before them. And we must continue to make calls to show up in the streets and at the places of power. And we must ensure that our communities are not pitted against one another. We cannot be okay with the rights of some being restored, but not others. This was organized by the Hands Off Chicago Coalition and several other partner organizations.