Project Vote! 1992 (Illinois)

CTL-E-1402 · Event · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Statewide voter registration drive directed in Illinois by Barack Obama. Recruited staff and volunteers from Black churches and community groups; trained 700 deputy registrars out of 11,000 citywide.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from SCI-004; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-SCI-004:project-vote-1992; source research type(s): campaign. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Chicago Magazine, 'Vote of Confidence'

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