Is it too late to register to vote in your state? Check here

Is it too late to register to vote in your state? Check here

NewsTaco October 7, 2016

*This is useful. There’s not a lot of time left to register to vote in November. What’s the deadline in your state? VL By Darla Cameron, The Washington Post (4.5 […]

‘We don’t have a choice’: young Latinos on why they’re voting for Clinton

NewsTaco October 4, 2016

*Latino millennials, 44 percent of the Latino vote, have emerged as the election’s biggest enigma. Everyone’s falling over themselves to get their vote, few know how to get it, and […]

New PBS Documentary Spotlights Latino Voting Rights Advocate

NewsTaco October 3, 2016

*Be sure to stream the documentary on PBS.org. PBS will be monitoring the number of streams for 7 days after the premiere in order to gauge interest in Latin-themed programming. […]

Google Searches for Voter Registration Have Surged in Hispanic Area

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*It’s called the Alicia Machado effect. When the Trump/Miss Universe shaming story broke, U.S. Latinos lit Google with voter registration queries. VL By Nate Cohn, The New York Times In […]

Google searches reveal how obsessed Hispanic voters are with this election

NewsTaco September 29, 2016

*This is new territory, folks who hadn’t been interested and hadn’t voted before are doing so now, so it’s hard to draw definite conclusions. A Google search doesn’t equal a […]

Why Young Latino Voters Are More Important Than Ever

NewsTaco September 27, 2016

*Watch this. Share it. VL By Tanisha Love Ramirez, Huffington Post Latino Voices (2 minute read) A new PSA from Voto Latino is urging Latino voters to help deliver the vote […]

Latino voters helping to decide major races in Tuesday’s elections

Mary Mata November 5, 2013

By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Candidates finished up their final day of campaigning before Tuesday’s Election Day with Latinos helping to decide two top gubernatorial races and weighing in on city council […]

Latinos in the 113th Congress

Mary Mata January 29, 2013

By Silvia Manzano, Latinovations The 113th Congress includes a record number of thirty-eight Latinos elected officials. These notable numbers have both policy and political implications for the future of Latino […]

Legal Barriers Could Impact Participation of Latinos in Upcoming Election

Mary Mata September 24, 2012

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 […]

Efforts To Register Latino Voters Rise

Mary Mata March 8, 2012

Three of the largest Latino organizations in the nation announced a voter registration initiative as the importance of the Latino vote rises. As previously reported on La Plaza, the Hispanic Federation, […]