10/09/2024

The Electoral College & U.S. Presidential Elections

The college puts most American voters on the sidelines

On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a postcard-writing pizza party to help turn out voters there. Leaning against the table are homemade Harris-Walz signs.

"We know they are handing these out everywhere in Wisconsin," said Matt Muchowski, the Democratic club's chair. "Here in Waukegan, it's been harder to get a hold of Harris yard signs, so we're printing out our own."

One reason they've been in short supply: Waukegan is in Illinois, which is not a presidential swing state. It just sits across the border from one.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Associated Press.