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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
January 28, 2014 Camila Gallardo, NCLR
(305) 215-4259
cgallardo@nclr.org
Lizette Escobedo, Mi Familia Vota
(858) 583-5014
lizettee@mifamiliavota.org
Mobilize to Vote 2014 campaign seeks to register 250,000 eligible Latinos nationally
DENVER—On Thursday, January 30, at 10:00 a.m. MST, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund will announce the Colorado launch of their combined voter registration efforts at a press conference on the west steps of the State Capitol. The goal of the Mobilize to Vote 2014 campaign is to register one-quarter of a million Latino voters before the 2014 elections.
In the initial phase of the campaign, registration efforts will primarily target southwestern states with a large number of unregistered Latino voters, including Colorado, and where there is potential to advance the national dialogue on issues important to Latinos, such as immigration reform. Approximately 8.6 million Latinos in the United States are eligible to vote but have not yet registered; every year from now until 2028, over 900,000 Latino citizens turn 18 and become newly eligible. With proper motivation and outreach, Latino voters can be a driving force in electoral outcomes in gubernatorial, state legislative and congressional races across the country in 2014.
According to U.S. Census data, Colorado’s Latino population represented 42 percent of the state’s overall growth from 2000 to 2010. There are 484,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Colorado, and in 2012 they represented 12 percent of the electorate; nationally, Latinos represented 10 percent of the U.S. electorate. Latino voters have increasingly influenced the outcome of key elections nationally as well as in statewide and local elections. Given that there are almost as many unregistered eligible Latino voters (11.1 million) as voting Latinos (12.2 million), however, campaigns such as Mobilize to Vote 2014 are designed to help the Latino electorate reach its full potential.
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Mobilize to Vote 2014 launch
WHEN: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:00 a.m. MST
WHERE: West steps of the State Capitol Building
200 E. Colfax Ave
Denver, Colo. 80203
WHO: Jesus Altamirano, Regional Field Coordinator, NCLR
Derick Ruiz, Area Coordinator, Mi Familia Vota
Jill Toussaint, Director, GOAL Academy, and NCLR Education Fellow
Student, Goal Academy
Representative, El Comité de Longmont
Media interested in attending must RSVP to Camila Gallardo, NCLR, at cgallardo@nclr.org or (305) 215-4259 or Lizette Escobedo, Mi Familia Vota, at lizettee@mifamiliavota.org or (858) 583-5014. This is an in-person press conference; telephonic capabilities will not be available.
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund is one of the premiere national Latino civic engagement organizations that unites Latino, immigrant and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through increased civic participation, including citizenship promotion and assistance, voter registration and voter engagement. Visit us at www.mifamiliavota.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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