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“I think there’s definitely a fire as far as folks wanting to get involved,” said Eliana Honeycutt, the Huerta Foundation’s civic engagement coordinator. “As far as voter engagement, there does seem to be an increase.”

Josth Stenner, a community organizer with the nonprofit Faith in the Valley, has been helping with voter engagement campaigns over the last few weeks, and he sees many reasons why low-propensity voters could show up at the polls.

“I’d definitely make a bet that we’re going to see higher turnout,” he said. “I think a lot of people are going to turn out because of the local sales tax measures. Those are going to impact people of low-income communities.”

Whatever the reason, he just hopes to bring more people to vote than they have in the past.

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