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The Vote Equity Project collected over 250 reform ideas submitted by Chicagoans.

 

Residents from every ward collectively cast 52,000 votes on their top priorities.

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These were the top-voted reforms in safety and justice.

- safety and justice -

1. Reform the justice system to incorporate restorative justice and other healing practices instead of jail, especially for non-violent events.

 

2. Invest in a public health approach to ending gun violence in all of our communities.

 

3. Reform the police department to address issues concerning mental health, implicit bias, and the lack of transparency among the force.

 

4. Divert funds from the City of Chicago's $4 million/day Policing Budget and invest in mental health services and youth jobs and recreation.

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5. Invest in mental health resources and community mental health prevention plans, prioritizing communities with the greatest need.

 

1. reform the justice system

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to incorporate restorative justice and other healing practices instead of jail, especially for non-violent events.

amara enyia
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YES
bob fioretti
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NO
lashawn ford
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YES
lori lightfoot
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YES
susana mendoza
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YES
toni preckwinkle
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YES
paul vallas
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YES
other candidates
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no response
 

2. Invest in a public health approach to ending gun violence in all of our communities.

amara enyia
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YES
bob fioretti
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YES
lashawn ford
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YES
lori lightfoot
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YES
susana mendoza
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YES
toni preckwinkle
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YES
paul vallas
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YES
other candidates
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no response
 

3. reform the police department

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to address issues concerning mental health, implicit bias, and the lack of transparency among the force.

amara enyia
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YES
bob fioretti
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YES
lashawn ford
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YES
lori lightfoot
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YES
susana mendoza
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YES
toni preckwinkle
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YES
paul vallas
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No response
other candidates
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no response
 

4. divert funds from the City of Chicago's

$4 million/day Policing Budget 

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and invest in mental health services and youth jobs and recreation.

amara enyia
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YES
bob fioretti
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NO
lashawn ford
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YES
lori lightfoot
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no response
susana mendoza
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NO
toni preckwinkle
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YES
paul vallas
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no
other candidates
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no response
 

5. Invest in mental health resources and community mental health prevention plans

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prioritizing communities with the greatest need.

amara enyia
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YES
bob fioretti
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YES
lashawn ford
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YES
lori lightfoot
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YES
susana mendoza
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YES
toni preckwinkle
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YES
paul vallas
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YES
other candidates
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no response

Aldermanic candidates responses 

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