CHICAGO – In East Garfield Park, volunteers were on a mission to boost the vote.
“It’s me contributing to a part of the future,” Bettie Johnson said.
Johnson is one of about 100 volunteers who boarded busses in Chicago, bound for the battleground state of Wisconsin to rally residents to get to the polls with just a month left before Election Day.
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The trip was sponsored by long-time Congressman Danny Davis.
WGN’s Sean Lewis has more on their efforts.
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