By Kane Farabaugh, VOA News

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VOA News: Seven Muslim Americans on Ballot in Suburban Chicago

Chicago (VOA News) – When it started last year, the non-profit group Project Mobilize, or Project M, hoped to change the political landscape in suburban Chicago by promoting Muslim Americans as election candidates.  So far, there are no Muslim Americans serving as elected officials in the Chicago area.  But Project M hopes that will change in municipal elections April 5.

In the countdown to election day, Maha Hasan is making a final push to get out the vote.

She is running for a position as a trustee with the Justice Public Library.  Justice is a Chicago suburb.

“The demographics have significantly changed.  You see a lot more Polish immigrants coming in.  You see a lot more Latin Americans.  You see more, definitely more Middle Eastern Arab Americans migrating in,” she said.

Hasan is hoping to make history as the first Muslim American candidate elected to the Justice Public Library board.  She is one of seven Muslim Americans on ballots in municipal elections in suburban Chicago April 5.  Five are women.

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