Joint Civic Committee on Elections records, 1940-1966

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Gift of the Joint Civic Committee on Elections (accession #: M1966.0573 and M1968.0771).

Joint Civic Committee on Elections records (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.

Reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other records of the Joint Civic Committee on Elections (JCCE), a non-partisan committee that sought to improve the administration of elections in Chicago (Ill.). Materials include election procedure, charts of election schedules, and poll watchers' and related reports, as well as materials documenting the purposes of the organization, its sponsors, its activities, delegates, etc.

The Joint Civic Committee on Elections (JCCE) was a non-partisan committee that sought to improve the administration of elections in Chicago (Ill.). In 1939, the Citizens' Association of Chicago (CAC) and six other better government groups joined to form the JCCE. The Committee's objectives included preventing unlawful practices at the polls making voters aware of election processes. Committee members observed polling places and reported on allegedly fraudulent voting.

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include materials on the founding of the JCCE in the Citizens' Association of Chicago records (M1966.0572+), as well as publications of the JCCE, catalogued separately.

• Names
  • Joint Civic Committee on Elections (Chicago, Ill.)--Archives
  • Chicago (Ill.). City Council
  • Citizens' Association of Chicago
• Subject
  • Civic improvement--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
  • Election districts--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
  • Election monitoring--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
  • Elections--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
  • Municipal government--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
  • Political corruption--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
  • Voting--Illinois--Chicago--20th century
• Geographic CoverageChicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--20th century

The collection is arranged physically into two series.

Series 1. Election records, 1940-1964 (box 1-56)

Series 1 consists of election records, polling center reports, and reports of alleged voter fraud.

Series 2. General records, 1940-1966 (box 57-61, vols. 1-3)

Series 2 contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and voter education materials. Also includes three volumes on the history of the committee's activities, organized by Ward.