PS: In an interview with Refinery29, you addressed Latina voters, saying: "Not only are you powerful, but think about how you want to use and believe in that power." How do you go about improving Latina voter turnout?
"We need to convince people to get excited about the change that they want to see, and then once they are excited, make sure they have access, because voter suppression is real."
EL: Right now, we did some studies and we found that the margin of victory in a lot of these [races] is the Latina vote. Not even Lati-no vote: it's the Lati-na vote, the women of the Latina community. And they don't know it. We were like, how do you not know you are the difference? You make the difference. So we want to A) tell them that, B) make sure they believe in that power, and then C) use that power. There's always been an enthusiasm and motivation gap, where people just aren't that excited to vote. So we need to convince people to get excited about the change that they want to see, and then once they are excited, make sure they have access, because voter suppression is real.
PS: It absolutely is.
EL: And we have to make sure that everyone has the information that they need in order to — once we get over the enthusiasm and motivation gap — turn out. And that's nonpartisan: that's everybody. Everybody needs to have a voice, and everybody needs to turn out. It goes beyond any [one] candidate: this is about our system of democracy in the world.
![PS: In an interview with Refinery29, you addressed Latina voters, saying: "Not only are you powerful, but think about how you want to use and believe in that power." How do you go about improving Latina voter turnout?
"We need to convince people to get excited about the change that they want to see, and then once they are excited, make sure they have access, because voter suppression is real."
EL: Right now, we did some studies and we found that the margin of victory in a lot of these [races] is the Latina vote. Not even Lati-no vote: it's the Lati-na vote, the women of the Latina community. And they don't know it. We were like, how do you not know you are the difference? You make the difference. So we want to A) tell them that, B) make sure they believe in that power, and then C) use that power. There's always been an enthusiasm and motivation gap, where people just aren't that excited to vote. So we need to convince people to get excited about the change that they want to see, and then once they are excited, make sure they have access, because voter suppression is real.
PS: It absolutely is.
EL: And we have to make sure that everyone has the information that they need in order to — once we get over the enthusiasm and motivation gap — turn out. And that's nonpartisan: that's everybody. Everybody needs to have a voice, and everybody needs to turn out. It goes beyond any [one] candidate: this is about our system of democracy in the world.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/hhTp6sBNJ4muGUfDDuIGVSdlXeU/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/09/10/907/n/38761221/fcc570fa8eb74036_GettyImages-1187945010/i/PS-In-interview-with-Refinery29-you-addressed-Latina-voters.jpg "PS: In an interview with Refinery29, you addressed Latina voters, saying: \"Not only are you powerful, but think about how you want to use and believe in that power.\" How do you go about improving Latina voter turnout?
\"We need to convince people to get excited about the change that they want to see, and then once they are excited, make sure they have access, because voter suppression is real.\"
EL: Right now, we did some studies and we found that the margin of victory in a lot of these [races] is the Latina vote. Not even Lati-no vote: it's the Lati-na vote, the women of the Latina community. And they don't know it. We were like, how do you not know you are the difference? You make the difference. So we want to A) tell them that, B) make sure they believe in that power, and then C) use that power. There's always been an enthusiasm and motivation gap, where people just aren't that excited to vote. So we need to convince people to get excited about the change that they want to see, and then once they are excited, make sure they have access, because voter suppression is real.
PS: It absolutely is.
EL: And we have to make sure that everyone has the information that they need in order to — once we get over the enthusiasm and motivation gap — turn out. And that's nonpartisan: that's everybody. Everybody needs to have a voice, and everybody needs to turn out. It goes beyond any [one] candidate: this is about our system of democracy in the world.")
