Heading Into Municipal Elections, Hye Votes Going Strong

Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region
104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
Glendale, California 91206
Phone: 818.500.1918
[email protected]

PRESS RELEASE
February 21, 2013

Contact: William Bairamian
Tel: 818-500-1918

Heading Into Municipal Elections, Hye Votes Going Strong

Glendale – After a whirlwind election season in 2012 where Hye Votes,
an initiative of the Armenian National Committee of America – Western
Region (ANCA-WR), registered nearly 5000 new voters, the massive voter
education, registration, and turnout efforts in the Armenian community
continue to grow.

Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and other municipalities
around Southern California will be holding elections throughout the
spring and the Armenian-American vote will play a significant role in
determining the outcomes in those areas.

As part of making voter outreach a part of every election cycle, the
ANC-WR has joined the Los Angeles Voter Engagement Coalition (LAVEC)
where it works with other organizations, like the California
Participation Project, and the Los Angeles City Clerk’s office, to
increase the number of voters throughout the City of Los Angeles.

“Our L.A. Voter Engagement Coalition is a diverse group of civic
engagement organizations which formed last July in preparation for the
first-ever National Voter Registration Day on September 25, 2012. The
group has continued to meet since then because we realized how
important and valuable the space was in sharing information and
coordinating resources between and among groups doing similar work in
different parts of the City and County,” said Lawrence Joe, Project
Director at the California Participation Project. “With the
L.A. municipal elections just around the corner, it’s really important
to combine forces with community-based organizations such as ANC-WR,
which has the credibility and trust of the Armenian community, to best
mobilize their community for Election Day.”

As a coalition partner, the ANC-WR has built bridges with other
community organizations, working with them to increase civic
engagement and participation in the City of Los Angeles.

Hye Votes continues to work with its dedicated team of volunteers and
coalition partners, like Rock the Vote, to ensure high voter turnout
among the Armenian-American community.

`Our involvement is testament to the ANCA-WR’s commitment to working
with partners to educate the public about voting,’ said ANCA-WR
External Affairs Deputy, Tereza Yerimyan. `We will continue to work
with organizations who share the core principle with the ANCA of
trying to make our community a better place through grassroots
effort.’

To learn more about the California Participation Project and the work
done for L.A. City Votes 2013, visit

For Los Angeles election information in Armenian, visit

To find your polling place, visit

The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the
largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy
organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination
with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the
Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country,
the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community
on a broad range of issues.

###

Attached: Hye Votes logo

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress