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2025-06-26 01:06:15 [Digital Culture] Source: Unique Information Network

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Following his free concert at Grant Park in Chicago to spur voter turnout on Monday night, the jovial 23-year-old rapper personally escorted a parade of hundreds (thousands?) of fans to early voting sites.

Chance led the large crowd of young voters through the city to an early voting site where he cast his own ballot and encouraged others to do the same, according to CBS Chicago.

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Chance announced his "Parade to the Polls" on Twitter, which kicked off at 3:00 p.m. local time with the walk to the polls scheduled for 5:00 p.m. According to CBS News, officials made it clear that anyone in line by 7:00 p.m. would be allowed to vote.

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Several videos and photographs of the march were posted on Twitter, featuring the hashtag #StayWokeAndVote.

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This is not Chance's first dip into politics.

The 23-year-old was recently featured in a Tidal video along with Beyoncé and Jay Z, where the singers discussed the desire for their daughters to grow up seeing a woman serve as president of the United States.

He's also interned for numerous political campaigns, including Barack Obama's first run for president according to Complex, and is the son of Ken Bennett, who served as the first deputy chief of staff to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel.

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