“There has to be investment to get them out, from the parties, the churches, the unions,” Dr. DeSipio said. “If you make an effort to remove them, then they come out.”
The NALEO Educational Fund, a non-partisan organization that promotes Latino civic engagement, operates a hotline that is publicized by the Spanish-language media. The hotline helps people register and answers questions about mail-in ballots, polling places and other election issues.
“People want to participate in our democracy, but they hit a wall when they don't have the information they need,” said Juan Rosa, the fund's director of civic engagement.
A recent poll suggested there was enthusiasm to vote in November.
“The American electorate is as diverse as ever, and much of that has been fueled by newly naturalized citizen voters, who make up an ever-larger portion of the electorate,” said Tom Wong, a political scientist at the university that led the study.
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