Both Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas will spend these last days of what is expected to be the closest election in Chicago history scrambling for any possible advantage – and trying to make sure their supporters cast a ballot.
Vallas immediately released a statement heralding the indictment as evidence that no one is above the law and asserting that the former president, who is running for the Republican nomination, “repeatedly and shamelessly violated the rules and norms that govern the office of the president, cheapening the most widely respected elected position in the world and demeaning our democracy.”
By law, independent expenditure committees are barred from coordinating directly with campaigns, but they can — and often do — tailor their messaging to align with efforts directed by the candidate. Johnson’s campaign also blasted the Vallas campaign after a Chicago activist charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol campaigned for Vallas outside the rally held by U.S. Bernie Sanders for Johnson at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Cardenas’ remarks echoed false statements made by former President Donald Trump before the 2020 presidential election. Trump and other Republicans often falsely said that ballots cast by mail were more likely to be fraudulent than those cast in person and on Election Day. Those statements helped fuel both efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Fueled by changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of votes cast by mail soared by nearly 20% in the first round of voting as compared to the 2019 election, according to data from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
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