Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says his top adviser voting in Texas is 'personal matter'

[MichMan]

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to weigh in Monday on the fact that his top adviser voted last month in Texas, saying any questions about whether it was improper for him to cast his ballot in Houston are the responsibility of election officials there.

Records obtained by the Tribune show Lee’s voter registration address was listed in Houston, and one document indicates he told Texas election officials he lived there. Lee has also served as Johnson’s senior adviser since the mayoral transition in May 2023 and signed an affidavit that month attesting that Chicago is his permanent home.

“Being registered in a city and living in a city aren’t the two same things,” Lee told the Tribune in his interview last week. “You don’t have to be registered to vote to live in a city. And on May 15, (2023,) I had residency in Chicago, and I’ve been a resident.”

His voting information from last month indicates Lee gave confirmation to the poll worker that he still lives in Texas, though Lee told the Tribune he does not recall such a conversation. “I don’t know what they asked me. I don’t recall what they asked. It doesn’t matter what they asked me,” Lee said when presented with his voting record from November. “You think that every single interaction at a polling location goes exactly by what they mark?”

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[cloudbase]

1. I will guarantee that when you show up to vote in Texas,

they look at your identification and ask if what's listed on the identification is in fact your current address.