Tag: Latino Voters

  • Latino Voter Registration Surges

    By Adrian Florido The San Diego County Registrar of Voters Office said registration by Latinos has surged in the lead-up to next week’s general election. Since February, an average of about 12,600 new voters registered each month, according to registrar data. Almost 5,000 of those each month, or about 40 percent, were Latinos. Considering that Latinos are…

  • A Voting Power Gap in District 9

    Last year, a city commission redrew San Diego’s City Council boundaries to account for shifts in population and decided to create a second, Latino-majority district. The district stretches from Southcrest to City Heights and then northeast to neighborhoods around San Diego State University. Though Latinos succeeded in getting another Latino-majority district, there was some worry…