Latino Vote 12 N 12

Latino Vote 12n12A nonpartisan campaign for Latino civic engagement, accountability, and empowerment (PPT)

A national nonpartisan effort to raise Latino voting to 12 million votes cast in November 2012

Key National Points

• Endorsed by National Latino Congreso, a consortium of hundreds of Latino organizations and elected officials
• Sponsored by Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP)
• Provides organizing, research, training, and funding services to 10, 000 volunteers from hundreds of organizations in 20 states
• Operates in 20 states including California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Arizona, North Carolina, Virginia, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Indiana
• Contacts five million Latinos
• Helps raise Latino registration from 11.6 million in 2008 to 15 million in 2012
• Helps raise Latino voting from 9.7 million in 2008 to 12 million in 2012
• Raises five million dollar budget
• Provides nonpartisan organizing/outreach/educational services to community leaders to participate in redistricting processes

Key California Points

• Partnered with Anahuak Youth Soccer Assocation, COFEM, Latino/Latina Roundtable, Hermandad Mexicana, MAPA, Latino Voters League, William C. Velasquez Institute
• Provides organizing, research, training, and funding services to 1, 000 volunteers from dozens of organizations in southern and central California
• Contacts two million Latinos
• Helps raise Latino registration from 3.2 million in 2008 to 4.5 million in 2012
• Helps raise Latino voting from 2.7 million in 2008 to 4 million in 2012
• Raises two million dollar budget
• Provides organizing/outreach/educational services to community leaders to participate in redistricting processes

Key Texas Points

• Partnered with LULAC, MALDEF, Latino Voters League, William C. Velasquez Institute
• Provides organizing, research, training, and funding services to 1, 000 volunteers from dozens of organizations in south, north, and east Texas
• Contacts one million Latinos
• Helps raise Latino registration from 2.3 million in 2008 to 3.0 million in 2012
• Helps raise Latino voting from 1.6 million in 2008 to 2.3 million in 2012
• Raises one million dollar budget
• Provides organizing/outreach/educational services to community leaders to participate in redistricting processes