Thread: Galeo is pushing Latino votes

GALEO Launches Georgia Latino Vote
from staff reports

ATLANTA - The Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) has launched a campaign to get Hispanics to the polls.

The "nonpartisan" Georgia Latino Vote initiative for the 2007 and 2008 election cycles includes a bilingual Web site and voter education and voter information hotline. The Web site and the toll free hotline will be central tools in educating the Latino electorate about the upcoming elections in 2007 and 2008, according to GALEO. These ongoing efforts have been in partnership with the Hispanic Committee in Gainesville , among many other local groups.

EsLaHora.com (English Translation: "It's time.") provides information in Spanish and English to ensure Latinos in Georgia will become more engaged and educated voters. The Web site will also be the "central portal for volunteer opportunities for anyone interested in starting local community voter registration drives or to join an existing team." GALEO says it will continue to evolve with additional information and toolkits during the next few months. The Web site also contains information about how Legal Permanent Residents can become U.S. citizens.

"These efforts continue to fulfill GALEO's mission of ensuring greater civic engagement of the Latino community in Georgia," said Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of GALEO. "We work with many local organizations and groups across the state to ensure voter information is available in both English and Spanish."

Voter registration teams are now formed in the following counties: Bibb, Chatham, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall and Whitfield counties. Team leaders are posted on the Web site.

The initial distribution of voter registration information will begin this Saturday at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta.

"There is a lot of enthusiasm amongst the Latino community to ensure our voice is heard by elected officials and candidates," Gonzalez said. "During the recent national debate on immigration, a lot of rhetoric and disinformation was used by politicians. The Latino community was listening. The important thing is going to be that we will also remember when it comes time to vote during the upcoming elections."

"The Latino community was listening. The important thing is going to be that we will also remember when it comes time to vote during the upcoming elections."

So will we muchachos and muchachas!!!

We need to do the same.Everyone with kids 18 and older of course should impress upon our children the importance of voting!Even if it means saying" if you really want to do something nice for me for <fill in your holiday> register to vote and then vote!"



Head 'em up,move 'em out Rawhide!

Americans should be disgusted with these groups who advocate overturning our country. Shows what a devious and ungrateful bunch of crooks they are. Can't treat them equally because they are not equal. If they were, they'd want what was good for all of America not just 'latinos'. And I am getting sick of hearing that.

The Illegal Immigrant in our country who is allowed to vote is Amensty.
You have to be a legal US Citizen in this country to vote. If the are allowed to vote them someone granted them Amensty. Who would that be?

It's time to get busy..... The Greatest Generation ... your still out there... do you remember why you were called the Greatest Generation... YES YOU DO ...... Help us save America while it can be saved. We were pushed to the wall and went to our knees... now we the people need to PUSH BACK TWICE AS HARD ... if they wanna eatta bean burritto, and drink Takilla ... lets have them drag they're collective drunk back side back to Mehico

No more putting up with pig squaller
No more of corrupt polliticians
It's time to take our Country back and tell the corrupt incompetant Presidente Bush Aute-la-bye bye

If illegals get in they will be more better off then our senior citizens on social security benefits, Medicare/Medicaid, and other programs to "help" senior citizens!!! Giving Amnesty to these 20 million + illegals would be a big FU to our senior citizens straight up!!! Lets hope they vote to save American and not give her away!!!

Everyone that goes to the polls to vote should wear a hat with big fat letters

ICE
Imaginary Citizens Everywhere

Or Hang around the voting locations at legal distances all day.

How about t shirts that say Vote only if your a US Citizen or go to Prison.

How about t shirts that say Vote only if your a US Citizen or go to Prison.

Cool idea. How about "Please check my ID, I am an American Citizen"