AltaMed’s My Vote. My Health. Partners with Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder to Improve Access to Voting
MGA Staff • November 12, 2024

According to the Pew Research Center, 8.5 million Latinos are eligible to vote in California, more than any other state in the country. In 2020, 53% of eligible Latino voters voted in the presidential election. AltaMed Health Services’ My Vote. My Health., a nonpartisan initiative aims to increase voter turnout in underserved communities and promote civic engagement to Latino communities. To make voting more accessible, AltaMed regularly partners with the L.A. County Registrar Recorder to bring Flex Voting Centers to its health clinics. Over the course of two weeks, AltaMed, one of the nation’s largest federally qualified community health centers, offered 15 early voting locations for the community


Days before the election, Dean C. Logan, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Julián Castro, the current Chief Executive Officer of the Latino Community Foundation, and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and other community partners gathered at AltaMed South Gate and urged voters to head to the polls.


Check out coverage below:


CBS Los Angeles -Healthcare Company Teams up With Local Registrars to Increase Civic Engagement Spectrum News – Flex Voting Center Offers Options to Voters in South Gate.


Spectrum News - AltaMed Clinic's flex voting center offers options to voters in South Gate.


Univision Al Punto California - AltaMed VP of Government Relations and Civic Engagement Lizette Escobedo discusses the importance of the civic engagement process and the impact of the Latino vote (14:55).


Univision National- AltaMed doctors and volunteers canvass in Lynwood to talk to the community about the upcoming election.


Activista Media - AltaMed doctors and volunteers canvass around its health center to let the community know about the upcoming election.


Activista Media– AltaMed doctors discuss the connection between our health and voting.


Radio Bilingue- Lizette Escobedo discusses AltaMed’s efforts to mobilize the Latino vote to address the connection with our health.


Univision Al Punto California – AltaMed Health Services Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer Dr. Ilan Shapiro explains Prop. 35.


Harvard Public Health - Doctors make the connection to why voting is good for your health.


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