Telemundo announces #YODECIDO

Telemundo announced that its local Telemundo-owned stations will hold local voter registration drives this year across the United States to help raise awareness about the importance of civic participation and help increase the number of Hispanics who register to vote. The local voter registration drives, which will be hosted by Telemundo-owned stations located in 15 markets in partnership with local community-based not-for-profit organizations, are part of Telemundo Network’s #YODECIDO one-of-a-kind comprehensive and multi-platform effort that seeks to inform, empower and engage Hispanic voters in 2016.  

Ximena Duque, star of Telemundo’s Super Series Dueños del Paraiso and Corazón Valiente, will register to vote for the first time since becoming a naturalized citizen this Friday, January 22 at Miami-Dade College’s Wolfson Campus in Miami, Florida to raise awareness about the importance of civic participation and help increase the number of Hispanics who are registered to vote. Viewers can watch Duque take this important step in the electoral process LIVE on Un Nuevo Dia on Friday, January 22 beginning at 7 AM ET (check local listings).

“All of our stations are deeply-rooted in the communities they serve and this hyper-local effort, which combines best-in-class national and local election coverage with community-driven voter registration drives, will help all of our communities get the information they need so they can be active participants in this year’s elections,” said Manuel Martinez, President, Telemundo Station Group. “Our local voter registration drives coupled with our newly launched Citizenship App – Examen De La Ciudadania – which helps viewers study for their U.S. citizenship exam, are important tools that our communities can use to empower themselves so they can make the important decisions they need to open doors of opportunities for themselves and their families.”

Local communities all across the country will also be able to participate in voter registration drives held by Telemundo-owned stations. The first Telemundo station local voter registration drive will be hosted by Telemundo’s West Coast flagship local television station, Telemundo 52 Los Angeles / KVEA on Sunday, January 31, 2016. The voter registration drive will be part of the station’s 12th Annual Prevenir es Vivir (to Prevent is to Live) health and wellness fair taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in partnership with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Record/County Clerk.

“We are very excited that Ximena is sharing this important milestone in her life with our viewers to help raise awareness about the importance of becoming an active participant in this year’s elections,” said Raquel “Rocky” Egusquiza, Vice President of Community Affairs, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. “We encourage all of our communities – particularly those in California, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Nevada and Colorado, which have more than 6 million eligible unregistered voters – to participate in their local Telemundo station #YODECIDO voter registration drive events so they can be fully engaged and help elect the leaders that will represent them, including the next President of the United States.”

Additional voter registration drives will be announced by the Telemundo-owned stations in 15 markets, including Los Angeles (KVEA), New York (WNJU), Miami-Fort Lauderdale (WSCV), Houston (KTMD), Dallas-Fort Worth (KXTX), Chicago (WSNS), San Francisco-Bay Area (KSTS), San Antonio (KVDA), Phoenix (KTAZ), Harlingen (KTLM), Denver (KDEN), Philadelphia (WWSI), Boston (WNEU), Las Vegas (KBLR) and Tucson (KTAZ).

The community organizations that will partner with the Telemundo stations to host the local voter registration drives include the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Voto Latino, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI), Mi Familia Vota, Hispanic Federation, Proyecto Inmigrante ICS, Inc., Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Latino Community Foundation of San Francisco, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County and California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce located all throughout the Bay Area and The Advocacy Alliance Center of Texas (AACT) Now. Additional community partners are welcome and encouraged to join the Telemundo-owned stations in their effort to help inform, empower and engage Hispanic voters.