{"id":45671,"date":"2016-11-17T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=45671"},"modified":"2016-11-17T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:29:33","slug":"cant-vote-next-step-become-a-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/cant-vote-next-step-become-a-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t vote? Next step: become a citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Katanga Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>[An earlier version of this story ran election night on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/medill-electioncast-before-the-numbers-come-in\/\">Medill Reports<\/a>.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">As more than one hundred million Americans cast their ballots on Nov. 8, thousands of hopefuls prepared themselves for the next election. But first they need to become American citizens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Can&#039;t vote? Next step: become a citizen\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/191872051?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Rodrigo Vences, employee at the Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Chicago, explaining citizenship process with prospective applicant. Nov. 06. (Screen still from video by Katanga Johnson\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Katanga Johnson [An earlier version of this story ran election night on Medill Reports.] As more than one hundred million Americans cast their ballots on Nov. 8, thousands of hopefuls prepared themselves for the next election. But first they need to become American citizens. 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