Voting Rights

ROOTED

Delia has a strong record of being on the front lines of pro-democracy reforms and advancing voting rights. She understands that a strong democracy requires an engaged and informed electorate and policies that protect and expand voting rights rather than restrict them. As a community leader, she supported efforts to expand automatic voter registration in Illinois. As a former staff person at the reform advocacy group Common Cause IL, she advocated for campaign finance reform to get big money out of politics. As a state legislator, she was the Chief Sponsor of legislation that secured a democratically elected school board for Chicago Public Schools.

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At a time when our voting rights are under attack, Delia is a proven fighter protecting and expanding voting rights in Congress. She is a co-sponsor of the Freedom to Vote Act to end partisan gerrymandering, expand voting rights through automatic voter registration and voting by mail, and create a public donor matching fund to help curb the influence of big money on politics. 

RESULTS

In Congress, Delia has:

• Co-sponsored the Democracy Restoration Act of 2023 to guarantee that the people released from incarceration have the right to vote

• Co-sponsored the Same Day Registration Act of 2023 to mandate that states allow for same-day voter registration at the polling place

• Co-sponsored House Joint Resolution 54, proposing a constitutional amendment to essentially overturn the Citizens United decision

As IL State Representative, Delia:

• Co-sponsored “small donor match” for publicly funded elections as a state legislator

• Supported IL elections reform bill that expanded vote by mail

• Wrote and passed legislation to create an elected school board for Chicago Public Schools