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IT'S A BUSY
ELECTION YEAR....
BUT SOME LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS ARE
WORRIED ABOUT
VOTER TURN OUTS....
UNA VOZ UNIDA IS
TRYING TO GET VOTERS
TO THE POLLS
ANAYELI RUIZ
EXPLAINS HOW A NEW
FACEBOOK PROGRAM IS
TRYING TO GET THEM
THERE.
DURING ELECTIONS
ECTOR COUNTY HAS A
LOW VOTER TURN OUT
AND UNA VOZ UNIDA
IS TRYING TO CHANGE
THAT....
BACK IN 2010 ECTOR
COUNTY ONLY HAD
ABOUT A ONE THIRD OF
RESIDNETS HIT THE
POLLS
"WE HAVE A VERY
SERIOUS VOTER
APATHY PROBLEM....WE
NEED PEOPLE TO GET
OUT TO THE POLLS...WE
ONLY HAD TWENTY
THOUDAND PLUS
PEOPLE VOTE OUT OF
60 THOUSAND,"
THAT IS WHY THIS
YEAR UNA VOZ UNIDA IS
TRYING TO FIND EVERY
MEANS TO REACH OUT
TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO don't VOTE...
THEY HAVE STARTED
A NEW FACEBOOK
CAMPAIGN TO GET
VOTERS MOVING
"ONE CLICK ACTIVISM IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FACEBOOK USERS WHO
WOULDNT NORMALLY
BE ABLE TO GET
INVOLVED PHYSICALLY
CAN ACTUALLY GET
INVOLVED ONLINE,"
BASICALLY WHAT
THEY HAVE DONE IS
PUT ALL THE
RESOURCES AT YOUR
FINGER TIPS THROUGH
FACEBOOK....THEY CAN
REGISTER TO
VOTE...AND EVEN EMAIL
THEIR STATE OR
FEDERAL REPS.
"STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT ABOUT 61
PERCENT OF HISPANICS
ARE ACTUALLY USING
SOCIAL MEDIA OR ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
RIGHTNOW...WE THINK
ITS A GOOD IDEA TO
REACH OUT TO THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY
TO GET THOSE
INDIVIDUALS
ENVOLVED," .
ON THIS NEW SITE
THEY WILL ALSO TRY
AND EDUCATE MANY OF
THE DIFFERENT
CONCERNS ABOUT
ELECTIONS IN THE
COMMUNITY
"PRESIDENTIAL,
GENERAL ELECTIONS
THEIR IS A LOT OF
STRAIGHT TICKET
VOTING WERE
CONCERNED THAT
THEIR WILL BE MORE
STRAIGHT TICKET
VOTING AND THEY WILL
SKIP THE CITY
ELECTIONS AND THE
TURN OUT OF THE CITY
ELECTIONS WILL BE
WORSE THAN BEFORE,"
THEY ARE FOCUSING
ON THE HISPANIC
POPULATION BUT
EVERYONE IS
WELCOME TO USE
THESE RESOURCES
FOR MORE
INFORMATION YOU CAN
VISIT THE FACEBOOK
PAGE UNA VOZ UNIDA
IN THE NEWSROOM
ANAYELI RUIZ