Mobilization Effort in Texas Encourages Young Latinos to Vote
Mobilization Effort in Texas Encourages Young Latinos to Vote
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas group cultivating Latino voters under age 35 has ramped up its grassroots efforts to get them registered and out to vote in the November election. […]
Ruling clears way for Pasadena voting rights suit to go to trial
*MALDEF, changing U.S. Latino politics one battle, one victory at a time. VL By Mihir Zaveri, Houston Chronicle (2 minute read) A federal judge has denied Pasadena’s request to throw out a […]
One key factor explaining voter registration differences by state: Ethnicity
*We can twist this into many talking points and excuses, but ultimately the lack Latino of voter participation falls on Latinos. This map tells an undeniable story. We all know […]
Lack of Voting Resources Leads to Long Lines, Delays Longer in Minority Precincts
PRESS RELEASE Brennan Center for Justice Studied States Fail to Comply With Resource Allocation Requirements New York, NY – Lack of poll workers and low numbers of voting machines are key […]
How to Get Out the Latino Vote: Evidence from Field Experiments
*An answer to the perpetual question “How do we get more Latinos to vote?” After parsing Latino voters into targeted pools, randomized control groups, comparison rates and other smart sounding […]
RNC: Eva Longoria’s Latino Initiative Is A Democratic Front Group
*Instead of attacking the Latino Victory Project because if its partisanship, the RNC may want to start a Latino political fund of its own. It could be a fund that […]
Six months from midterms, Latinos should pay more attention to voting, voting rights
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Reports about immigration get a disproportionate amount of attention in Latino media and in the mainstream media’s attempts to cover the Latino community – and deservedly […]
Court strikes down Wisconsin voter-ID law
*The important thing here is that the Federal Judge struck-down voter ID in Wisconsin on the basis of what’s left of the Voting Rights Act – Section 2, which prohibits […]
Latino Voting and the Environment
By Juan Rodriguez, NewsTaco Since the 1980’s we have been hearing of the growing importance and strength of the “Latino Vote” in the United States. Now, in 2013 and beyond, […]
Ken Salazar: Latinos & Obama’s 2012 Pitch
At the recent NALEO conference in San Antonio, Texas News Taco had the opportunity to ask U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar about President Obama’s campaign and the importance […]
