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Tags: activist, boycott, population, student, voter registration
“This year, as a slate of state and national elections coincide in a passionate debate over the direction of immigration reform, a new energy among Latino voters could shape up to make a big impact at the ballot box.
“With the momentum created by the immigration debate, Latino voters will vote in good numbers this November,” says Carlos Antonio H. Vaquerano, founder and executive director of the Salvadoran American Leadership and Education Fund [SALEF], a non-partisan organization promoting civic participation among the Latino population. “And we’ll vote for those candidates who support the Latino community.”
SALEF, Vaquerano said, is currently gearing up to co-sponsor a voter registration drive, and activists say that effort will be one of many over the coming months. A number of immigrant rights organizations are now pledging to follow a May 1 student and worker boycott with a voter registration campaign called “100 Percent Registration, 100 Percent Voting.” “
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