Mobilization Effort in Texas Encourages Young Latinos to Vote

Mobilization Effort in Texas Encourages Young Latinos to Vote

Victor Landa October 7, 2020

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. […]

As Trump seeks reelection, immigrant voters stand in his path

Victor Landa October 24, 2019

HOUSTON — This is where a nation changes: a public school auditorium that moonlights as a veritable citizenship factory. At the M.O. Campbell Educational Center, where murals honoring the arts and sciences […]

Texas quinceañeras to offer voter registration at their coming of age parties

Victor Landa May 17, 2019

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas-based nonprofit is aiming to bolster the Latino vote by offering young women the opportunity to hold voter registration booths at their quinceañeras. And they already have […]

Real news – Immigration hard line could: cause $8 milk, affect your health, change voting registration

NewsTaco April 17, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3.5 minute read)  I read three stories today that show why we need to keep talking about immigration, even though some of us may be getting […]

Today is the deadline for voter registration in four states

NewsTaco October 10, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Eligible voters in Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii and Washington have until today to register to vote in the November election. Tomorrow, the 11th, is the deadline in […]

Google searches reveal how obsessed Hispanic voters are with this election

NewsTaco September 29, 2016

*This is new territory, folks who hadn’t been interested and hadn’t voted before are doing so now, so it’s hard to draw definite conclusions. A Google search doesn’t equal a […]

NCLR Latino Voter Registration Money Fell from $7 Million to $1.5 Million

NewsTaco September 9, 2016

*The-importance-of-the-Latino-vote trope has been louder this year than in years past. But looking at the numbers above you begin to see how it’s been baseless wind. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, […]

Latino groups to launch massive voter registration

Mary Mata January 23, 2014

By Laura Wides-Muñoz, Associated Press/Seattle Post Intelligencer MIAMI (AP) — Two national Latino organizations are kicking off a massive voter registration campaign ahead of the 2014 elections. National Council of La […]

Latinos and Asians Trail Behind in Voter Registration

Mary Mata November 8, 2013

By Nicole Rojas, Latinos Post Hispanics and Asians are lagging behind in voter registration, a new study by Gallup reveals. The study, which was released on Tuesday, reports that Hispanics trail by […]

Latino Voter Registration ‘In High Gear’ for Nov. 6 Election

Mary Mata October 11, 2012

By Khalil bdullah, New America Media WASHINGTON, D.C.–A consortium of Latino organizations already has registered a quarter-million new Hispanic voters for this election cycle. Their spokespersons estimate that when those numbers […]