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The mayor said the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Fair Access to
Democracy Ordinance would protect poll workers, voters and
election-related activities.
“The provocation really is just looking at what’s coming from
the federal government, where the president has made it very
clear that he wants to suppress the vote of working people,”
Johnson said at a youth jobs event on Tuesday.
The mayor was asked why he called the meeting to consider the
ordinance six days before a primary election.
“Look, it’s always the right time to move an agenda to protect
people. I’m gonna work with city council,” Johnson said.
Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh said she supports the Save
America Act, because federal law must take priority over
symbolic ordinances.
“The city has spent billions of dollars of our taxpaying money
to continue to go on with the shenanigans, just like the Fair
Access to Democracy,” Leigh told The Center Square.
Leigh said naming the ordinance after Jesse Jackson Sr. does not
change the fact that Chicago still prioritizes protections for
people in the country illegally over taxpaying citizens.
Leigh said the mayor is trying to send a message that U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not be able to visit
polling places.
“It's the typical Democratic machine, communist leadership that
we have seen played out since Brandon Johnson has been in office
since 2023,” Leigh said.
Primary Election Day is next Tuesday, March 17, in Illinois.
Early voting started Feb. 5.
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