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Wednesday, April 24
Did you know Chicago has the largest Polish voting block outside Poland? The Wall Street Journal's front page feature discusses the implications of the Chicago vote in Poland's referendum on joining the EU. Anyone with a Polish passport can vote, provided they register by tomorrow. It's anticipated that between 4,000 and 10,000 votes will be cast here when polls open on June 6&7 -- the Sun-Times has a list of polling places in its article.