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Wednesday September 26, 2012 The Candidates Face Hispanic Voters (The New York Times): Mitt Romney and President Obama made direct appeals to Latino voters this week, appearing on successive days at […]

By Latinovations Legal barriers in a total of 23 states threaten to impact voter registration and participation of Latino citizens in the upcoming election. According to a report released today by the […]

Thursday September 19, 2012 North Carolina Sheriff Targeted Latinos; Called Them ‘Taco Eaters’ (Fox News Latino): A North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos — whom he called […]

By AJ Vicens and Natasha Khan, News21 As Jamila Gatlin waited in line at a northside Milwaukee elementary school gym to cast her ballot June 5 in the proposed recall […]

By Lois Beckett and Suevon Lee, ProPublica How does Texas discriminate against minority voters? Federal judges counted the ways. Last Tuesday, a panel of federal court judges ruled that new […]

Monday September 10, 2012 Hispanic voters projected to make up 8% of Colorado electorate (The Denver Post): A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies projects that Hispanic voters will […]

By Melanie Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco The Alamo City’s mayor’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention is all the buzz today. As a resident of San Antonio, TX, I am very […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A day before the Democratic National Convention officially kicks off and there’s a buzz in certain circles about Julian Castro, this year’s young keynoter.  I popped-in on the […]

Friday August 31, 2012 Latino voters likely to make up 8% of electorate in 7 tossup states (Denver Post):  A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies projects that […]

By Latinovations As of 2011, 17 states have passed various forms of voter suppression measures, which are likely to affect the outcome of the 2012 Presidential election. Additionally, the 2012 Republic National […]