The Primary Elections have been a hot topic over the past couple of months.  The media has been covering the Presidential Candidate Caucuses and elections in the U.S., while in the meantime in Illinois a group of Latino and Muslim organizations on the Southwest side (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, Southwest Organizing Project, Latino Organization of the Southwest and Instituto Del Progreso Latino) has been dedicating the past two months to a non-partisan Voter Registration Campaign. 

The Muslim and Latino communities recognize the importance of civic participation and exercising our right as Americans to VOTE. 

The Mosque Foundation has registered 637 new Muslim and Arab Voters, which well exceeded the set goal of 500 new voter applications.  The Muslim and Latino groups registered a combined total of over 1,000 new voters in the Third Congressional District.  This is going to have a significant as well as a postive impact on the Primaries in our district.  The Mosque Foundation encourages all our community members to go out and vote whenever the election time comes around, EVERY VOTE makes a difference