Posted on: March 17th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Politics ] [ Election 2008 ] [ Eye Openers ] [ North Carolina ]
Tags: Beaufort County, hispanic voters, population
Juvencio Peralta wants political groups and civic-minded citizens in Beaufort County to reach out to the county’s Hispanic population. At a get-out-the vote seminar hosted by Democracy North Carolina on Saturday, he said engaging Hispanics in the voting process was a challenge all 100 North Carolina counties are facing.
“Duplin county has one of the largest Latino populations in the state with an immigration history that goes back to the mid-1970s,” he said. “But, there are only 234 registered Latino voters there. There is a lot of work to be done.”
Peralta, president of the Mexican Association of North Carolina, said the ratio of Hispanics to Hispanic voters in Duplin county was typical of populations throughout eastern North Carolina. Eighteen percent of Greene County’s population is Hispanic but only 65 are registered to vote. Only about 4 percent of Beaufort County’s 43,000-plus residents are Hispanic. That comes to about 2,000 Hispanics, but only 85 are registered to vote, he said.”*
*From: http://www.wdnweb.com
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