The campaign to register Latinos to vote has short term and
long term goals. The short term goal
includes increasing the number of Latinos who register to vote for the general
elections in November 2016. The long
term goal includes increasing the number of Latinos who register to vote for
the general elections in November 2020.
For the November 2016 goal, we have until about the middle of September
2016. For the November 2020 goal, we
have until the middle of September 2020.
As has been previously posted on this blog, 50% of Latinos
are not registered to vote. Latinos
increase in eligible voters at a rate of 4 million each presidential cycle,
that is, every 4 years. The projected number of eligible Latino voters for 2016
is 27 million and 32 million for 2020.
When it comes to voting, we have two problems, one, only 50% of us are
registered to vote, and, two, we do not turn out to vote at the same rate when compared to
whites and blacks. In 2016, Latinos are
ideally projected to impact the presidential election with a vote of 13 million,
that’s less than 50% of the total projected eligible Latino voter. 13 million on an election of 130 million
voters is an impact of 10%. Because we turn out at a low rate for those who are registered, the impact can be as low as 7%. To increase the
voter impact to 26 million Latinos, adjust the projected voter turnout from
130 million to 144 million and we get a Latino impact of 18% on
presidential elections.
Volunteer to Become a Latino Voter Registration Advocate
So what is Latino Voter Registration Advocate? An advocate in this line of activity is a person who helps Latinos to register to vote. The work can entail a variety of tasks. You have to visit people at home, at social gatherings, family gatherings, at work, at sporting events, at exercise events, etc. Strategically, every house/dwelling in every precinct has to be visited. Don't kill yourself, pace yourself, work ten houses at a time. 20 people working 10 houses in a day is 200 houses. Each precinct contains about 750 houses/dwellings. You would be batter off if you take people to register. That means getting them to the local office where voter registration is conducted. As an advocate, your job is to assist people to gather their documents to register. Once you get people to the registration office, your job is to assure that the people you brought in do register to vote. If the people are missing some documents, your job will now be one of taking them back home to get the right documents, then to get them back to the registration office.
Sign Up
The Latino Pledge represents a drive to get Latinos to
commit to register Latinos to vote. The
drive proposes Latinos working with this blog to commit to serve as
coordinators at national, state, congressional and at precinct levels. This blog will maintain a list of all
volunteers. The task is gigantic. We
need one national coordinator, 50 state coordinators, 435 congressional
coordinators, 168,000 precinct coordinators and anywhere from 4 to 10 workers
per precinct. All positions are on a
first asked for, first awarded basis. We
will provide each volunteer with a plastic laminated card with neck lanyard similar
to the one shown below to wear when they are out registering Latinos to
vote. The form below this card is a way
for you to register with this voluntary effort. Latino Pledge is willing to assign any participant with an email from our account with an end tag your "name@latinopledge.com" We will list your name, position and email on a per state basis. We will provide a contact form if you need assistance in coordinating your drive.
Fill out the form.
Attach a head photo if you want your picture on your card. Provide the name you want on the card, the
position you want assigned to you, identifying the state, congressional
district and or precinct information.
All volunteers shall be known as Latino Voting Registration Advocates. The title of your position will end with
coordinator or helper at the end of the title.
