One nonpartisan group is committed to having everyone vote this election.
Maria Garcia, 41, president of the Hispanic Republican Club of North Texas, shown at the Ronald Kirk Pedestrian Bridge in west Dallas, on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022.As elections become increasingly politically fraught, some voters are hesitant to cast their ballots at the polls, even if they are registered and eligible to do so.
“We are concerned that we are already at a pivotal crossroads in the history of our country where democracy is at stake,” Haynes said. He is a member of the interfaith group, Faiths United to Save Democracy, which will be deploying 1,000 chaplains at polls across the U.S. Tuesday, including nearly 90 in Texas.
“As a faith leader, I would hope that our presence is a reflection of someone who can be trusted; someone who is looking out for the well-being and best interest of the community,” Haynes said. “We are supposed to be the standard bearers of what is moral and spiritual in society.”at a polling site, adding to nationwide reports of election-related intimidation and violence at the polls.
“Whatever the faith tradition may be, if I show up at the pole, and I see someone who I identify with, who I recognize, as someone who is of my particular tradition, that gives me confidence,” he said. “There’s just a comfort in knowing I’m not exercising this by myself.”
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