Op-ed: For Hispanics voters, preservation matters - The Santa Fe New Mexican

Make Your Vote Count this Fall

What this means is that politicians can’t slice up the environmental/minority vote so neatly. The wishes of Hispanic voters will have to be considered, especially when discussing preservation and access to public lands. Jobs won’t always be enough to sway support for drilling — it’s easier now to understand why Mora County officials still preferred to keep oil exploration out of their backyard with their first-in-the-nation fracking ban.

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