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Voter fraud is rare, but voter suppression is real

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Voter fraud is such a rare occurrence that even a conservative news outlet is reporting on its virtual nonexistence. From Fox News Latino: “State officials in key presidential battleground states, many of them Republican, have found only a tiny fraction of the illegal voters they initially suspected existed. Searches in Colorado and Florida have yielded Read More

Young Latino voters aren’t swayed by Spanish-speaking candidates [Video]

The transnational Latino

A few thoughts on the Latino vote and what both parties are doing to get it. There’s an excellent article published by the Los Angeles Times chronicling the amount of Spanish spoken at the recent national conventions. “No one kept stats,” writes Hector Becerra, “but it’s likely that some kind of record for use of Read More

Being Latino Exclusive: Rocsi-ing the Vote

Rosci Diaz

It’s been said that this year’s Presidential election will be decided by Latino voters; as much pride and patriotism as that concept may bring, it’s the importance of the act that is key. One campaign that has recognized this is Latinos for Obama, which has brought together supporters of our current Commander in Chief from Read More