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20-2906
| 1 | | REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE COOK COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE ON VOTING EQUITY | Resolution | 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 | | |
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