Huge Antiwar Vote in Chicago
ANTIWAR REFERENDUM PASSES
BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITIES
IN CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY SUBURBS
AND SEVERAL ILLINOIS CITIES
By Chicagoans Against War & Injustice
CHICAGO (Nov 8, 2006) - Huge numbers of voters across the state of Illinois, wherever antiwar referendums appeared on the ballot, voted to stop the war and ‘immediately begin an orderly and rapid withdrawal.’
At 3am, in the City of Chicago, with 95 percent of precincts reporting, the margin was 80 percent to 20 percent–389,000 ‘Yes’ and 93,000 ‘No’. The tallies were similar throughout suburban Cook County, where towns like Evanston and Oak Park had the measure on the ballot as well (more…)
