In battleground Arizona, Latino effort to mobilize voters could help Biden


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  • Wednesday, 04 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: People carry posters in support of Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden, vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, and senate candidate Mark Kelly, during an event to promote the importance of the Latino vote, in the majority Hispanic neighbourhood of Maryvale in Phoenix, Arizona U.S., October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

PHOENIX (Reuters) - When a brass band, mariachi musicians and a folk dancer wearing a dress embroidered with the words "Tu Voto Cuenta" - or "Your Vote Counts" - paraded through her West Phoenix neighborhood, Marizol Moreno came outside in her pajamas to watch.

Moreno, who was born in California, had never been interested in politics and had never before voted in a presidential election. But after her husband, father and several family members got coronavirus, she started to consider going to the polls on Tuesday to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

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