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Job losses, fear of virus complicate Latino voter hopes
oaoa.com ^ | Aug 7, 2020

Posted on 08/08/2020 8:44:13 PM PDT by 11th_VA

P HOENIX (AP) — Every day, 29-year-old Maico Olivares tries to call about 25 people, mostly within the Latino community, to persuade them to register to vote. Some calls go well, but increasingly, they have become frustrating: Many of the people Olivares reaches are out of work or have lost wages because of coronavirus-related business restrictions and closures. These days, they're more focused on feeding their family than getting ready for the November election. Olivares shares concerns with Latino advocates around the country who worry that the virus’ effect on Latinos, who have seen high rates of infection and unemployment, will keep them from the polls this year. “Their main concern is money and food. Their main concern isn’t voting right now,” said Olivares, lead voter registration organizer for Central Arizonans for a Sustainable Economy, a grassroots organization focused on civic engagement and social justice.

His group is registering a fraction of the people it was before the pandemic, when it could set up outside grocery stores and public events. Its goal was to collect 40,000 voter registration forms this year, but so far has collected just 7,000 — most of them before the pandemic. That's compared to over 30,000 in 2018 and 20,000 in 2016.

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1 posted on 08/08/2020 8:44:13 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Notice there is no mention of the citezenship status of those potentiial voters he was trying to sign up.

Irrelevant to the narrative, total democrat votes is everything.


2 posted on 08/08/2020 8:48:20 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: 11th_VA

Join the club noobs.


3 posted on 08/08/2020 8:48:51 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: doorgunner69

The Democrats do not care if they are citizens, if they didn’t care that Obama was ineligible, they certainly don’t care if voters are.

In Democrat run areas, this is costing us seats.
Non-citizens are voting.


4 posted on 08/08/2020 9:01:45 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: doorgunner69

WTF HELL! We have lost much more of America than we admit.”Demographics”,Swamp,Floyd and Covid is ripping USA to shreds.


5 posted on 08/08/2020 9:13:35 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Monty22002
Join the club noobs.

What does that mean?

6 posted on 08/09/2020 3:43:20 AM PDT by USS Alaska
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To: 11th_VA

what if they finally realized the undeniable truth that this Scam Lockdown is all about keeping Joe Biden out of the Public?


7 posted on 08/09/2020 5:35:09 AM PDT by eyeamok
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