'Bring Chicago Home' proponents vow to fight on after 'disappointing' election
Proponents of the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum, designed to give city voters an opportunity to determine how real estate transfer taxes are assessed, called early election returns on the measure "disappointing," but have vowed to continue fighting.
With 96% of precincts reporting as of Tuesday night, the measure is failing by just over 23,000 votes, with 54% of voters voting against the proposed ordinance.
According to the Chicago Board of Elections, there were nearly 110,000 vote-by-mail ballots that had not been received as of Tuesday morning, and the Associated Press had not yet made a call in the referendum as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
“While tonight’s election results are disappointing, we are nowhere near the end of our journey,” the group said in a statement. “Whatever the final count, one thing is abundantly clear tonight: how determined our opponents are to continue profiting from displacement and inequality.”
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