Build Your Vote: A South Side Weekly Ballot Party

6:00 pm — 8:00 pm

Voting in local elections can be pretty daunting. The ballot is long. The candidates are unfamiliar. And local politics are complex. But we tend to think you can make anything better when you do it with and for a community. That’s why Build Coffee, South Side Weekly, and IlliNoise are inviting you and your friends to come hang out and prepare your ballot with us before the Illinois 2018 General Election on Tuesday, November 6. Writers and editors from the South Side Weekly will answer your questions about voting and explain some of the more confusing local races (what the heck is the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District?). Then we’ll break off into groups to help each other research candidates and fill out our ballots, either on paper or using BallotReady.

Please bring a friend and also a laptop, if you have one. We’ll have light refreshments (probably including pizza) and this party is BYOB, so you’re welcome to bring a fun adult beverage of your choice. This event is free but there is limited space, so we ask that participants pre-register here.

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