Groups’ ’08 goal: 1 million new Hispanic voters

Mi Familia Vota, an arm of the Service Employees International Union, is partnering with the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the National Council of La Raza, Univision, Entravision Communications and ImpreMedia on a national get-out-the-vote campaign – the second part of a two-pronged strategy to make Latinos more civically involved.

The campaign, called Ya Es Hora, Ve y Vota! (It’s Time, Go Vote!), is working with local organizations to get out the vote.

But the first part of the strategy – moving residents to get their citizenship – is well under way. As of August, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services had been deluged with more than 940,000 citizenship applications.”*

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