NALEO to Brief RNC Convention on Latino Electorate and 2008 Voter Mobilization Efforts

NALEO to Brief RNC Convention on Latino Electorate and 2008 Voter Mobilization
Efforts

Analysis Highlights Growing Latino Political Influence as New Census Data Show
Nearly One in Three Americans Will Be Hispanic by 2050

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of
Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (NALEO), the nation's
premiere Latino leadership organization, announced today that it will brief
participants at the Republican National Convention on the growing Latino
electorate and its likely impact in Election 2008.

As new census data show, Latinos constitute the fastest-growing demographic
group in the United States. The community's growth is already being
demonstrated in rising political clout. Unprecedented numbers of Latinos
turned out for this year's presidential primaries, supplying the margin of
victory in several key contests.

NALEO will discuss key findings from its Voces del Pueblo ("Voices of
America") report, an innovative survey of registered Latino voters in town
hall meetings across America, and release a pocket handbook (in collaboration
with ImpreMedia) profiling the Latino electorate in key states. The national
coordinators of the historic Ya es Hora ("It's Time") campaign, an
unprecedented collaboration of national Latino organizations and
Spanish-language media that has mobilized nearly 1.4 million Latinos to become
U.S. citizens, will discuss how they will build on the success of the
citizenship campaign to turn out Latino voters in 11 key states in November.

WHAT:Luncheon Briefing on the Latino Electorate
WHO:National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational
Fund
Adolfo Carrion, NALEO President, Bronx Borough President
Rita DiMartino, NALEO Educational Fund Board of Directors
Rep. Luis Fortuno, NALEO Board Member, Member of Congress, Congressional
Hispanic Conference Chair (Invited)
Joseph Miro, NALEO Board Member, DE State Representative, President of NHCSL
Ana Rivas Logan, NALEO Board Member, Board Member Miami-Dade County Public
School District
Arturo Vargas, NALEO Educational Fund Executive Director
Janet Murguia, NCLR President
Ulrico "Rico" Izaguirre, Mi Familia Vota Board Member
Ana Navarro, Advisor, John McCain 2008 Campaign (Invited)

Where:Republican National Convention, Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Marriott Minneapolis West
Room: Waterford I&II
9960 Wayzata Boulevard
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55426

SOURCE National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials

Larry Gonzalez, +1-202-465-1272, gonzalez@rabengroup.com; or (Spanish)
Estuardo Rodriguez, +1-202-631-2892, erodriguez@rabengroup.com, both for
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials