Boosting political participation in TN, GA

The Chattanooga Free Press highlighted the work of several organizations designed to get Latin Americans to the polls in Tennessee and Georgia.

The groups hope to be able to utilize the debate on immigration to motivate and mobilize Hispanic voters not just in this cycle, but in the future as well. There are an estimated 82, 000 eligible Hispanic votes in Georgia, and 33, 000 in Tennessee.

Civic activity seems to be gaining momentum within the Latino community as evidenced by this statement from Apolinar Banda, who is originally from Mexico:

"People are very much focused on what is going on with immigration policy. The way things are going, it’s better to become citizens and become involved."
Translated from Spanish