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The Union Edge (Radio): New Americans Embrace their Voting Rights

4/5/2017

This interview originally appeared in the Union Edge.

Chapters of the League of Women Voters around the country regularly attend naturalization ceremonies – and are ready to greet our newest citizens with voter registration forms just minutes after they swear the oath. Marilu Guevara, Director of our Los Angeles League of Women Voters, joins us.

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