Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
During the last three months, immigrant groups in Illinois have been aggressively pushing for a say in the outcome of next month’s elections. Here are some figures associated with the drive.
24,000
Number of registered new voters immigrant groups have helped sign up in Illinois in the past three months
500,000
Almost this many new voters have been registered by such groups in
12 states
46
Number of Electoral College votes organizers want to sway as part of a campaign in Illinois and six other states launched last week
1 mil
Number of new Latino voters the multi-state campaign hopes to help register
