<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Rules and Administration Committee  on 9/22/2020 at 12:00 PM</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=804909&amp;GUID=9FE9862E-F05B-4567-9029-A9670A18963F</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=9FE9862E-F05B-4567-9029-A9670A18963F&amp;ID=804909&amp;M=CalendarDetail" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>20-2906</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=4573268&amp;GUID=4DAA4198-D701-4EBF-A449-F305103E51E4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4DAA4198-D701-4EBF-A449-F305103E51E4-2023-01-30-17-34-20</guid><description>File #: 20-2906&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE COOK COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE ON VOTING EQUITY

WHEREAS, the Cook County Clerk's Office is responsible for administering and reporting on all suburban Cook County elections; and

WHEREAS, this March the Cook County Clerk's Office translated ballots into Korean and Tagalog along with traditionally included languages of English, Spanish, Chinese and Hindi; and

WHEREAS, in November the Cook County Clerk's Office will be mandated to again increase the number of languages, to also include Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Urdu, and Gujarati; and

WHEREAS, the Cook County Clerk's Office generally releases post-election reports for gubernatorial and presidential elections; and

WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a greater strain on voting both at polling locations and by mail; and

WHEREAS, recent elections, such as in Washington D.C. and Georgia, have shown how the pandemic can cause issues with mail-in ballot delivery, polling place operability, and extremely long waits; and

WHEREAS, pandemic-related votin&lt;br /&gt;Action: &lt;br /&gt;Result: </description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:34:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>