A voting rights rally drew a large crowd to downtown Naperville Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights activist and ardent voting rights advocate.
The John Lewis Good Trouble Vigil was held in hundreds of towns around the country in Lewis’ memory and to draw attention to the For the People Act, federal legislation that would addresses such issues as voter access, election integrity and security, and campaign finance and ethics and would end legislative district gerrymandering by requiring states to establish independent commissions to determine district boundaries.
Among the speakers were Elizabeth Boone, first vice president of the DuPage County NAACP, Metea Valley High School senior Alauren Lane and 8-year-old Olivia Dru Tyler, of Lombard.
The event was sponsored by DuPage NAACP, Illinois NOW, League of Women Voters of Naperville and the National Council of Jewish Women Chicago North Shore.
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