Leading Latino Organizations And Latino Officials Join Together To Urge Latinos To Vote In The 2021 NYC Primary Elections
For Immediate Release
Thursday, June 17, 2021
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Elianne Ramos | Chief Communications Officer | [email protected] | 212.739.7513
Sarai Bejarano | Manager of Traditional & Digital Media | [email protected] | 212-739-7581
Leading Latino Organizations And Latino Officials Join Together To Urge Latinos To Vote In The 2021 NYC Primary Elections
New York, NY- Ahead of the last weekend of early voting and four days away from Election Day, Latino elected and appointed officials and leading Latino organizations will unite to urge New York City’s Latino voters to make their voices heard at the ballot box during the primary elections. Voters can go to the polls Saturday, June 19 between 8AM and 5PM, Sunday, June 20 between 8AM and 4PM and on Election Day, Tuesday, June 22 between 6AM and 9PM.
It is critically important that Latino voters are empowered with information about election procedures for the primary elections due to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latinos and other communities of color. Latinos have been overrepresented in terms of fatalities, infection rates, and job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City leaders elected in 2021 will be responsible for policymaking decisions that will facilitate recovery from these crises, and it is essential that Latinos help shape these policies with their votes.
Latino voters make-up 22.5% of the New York City electorate, 1,110,951 out of 4,931,951 registered voters as of the month of April 2021. They need culturally-and-linguistically accessible information about these elections given the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting and new resources available to them, like early voting. New York City is the largest and most culturally-and-linguistically diverse jurisdiction to implement Ranked Choice Voting. It is important for voters to know that there is a new method of voting before they reach the polls.
WHAT: Latino Get Out The Vote Press Conference
WHO: NALEO Educational Fund, Hispanic Federation, LatinoJustice, Dominicanos USA, Rank The Vote NYC, US Representative Adriano Espaillat, NYC MOIA Commissioner Raquel Batista, Esq., NC BOE Commissioner Miguelina Camilo, NYS Assemblywoman Karines, Reyes and others.
WHEN: Friday, June 18, 2021 at 10 AM EST
WHERE: Steps of the Bronx County Courthouse (outside 851 Grand Concourse) Bronx, NY
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About LatinoJustice
LatinoJustice PRLDEF works to create a more just society by using and challenging the rule of law to secure transformative, equitable and accessible justice, by empowering our community and by fostering leadership through advocacy and education. For more than 40 years, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has acted as an advocate against injustices throughout New York and beyond. To learn more about LatinoJustice, visit www.LatinoJustice.org