A Disturbing Look at Voter Intimidation In Texas

Poll greeter Carmen Ayala gives an eyewitness account

Anjali Enjeti
ZORA
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5 min readOct 30, 2020

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At Jolt Action, a Texas-based organization that encourages civic engagement in the Latinx Community, Carmen Ayala heads Poder Quince, one of the most unique voter registration programs in the country. (Poder means power, and quince is short for quinceañera.) As Jolt’s Culture and Events…

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Anjali Enjeti
ZORA
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Journalist, critic & columnist at ZORA. Essay collection SOUTHBOUND (UGA Press) & debut novel THE PARTED EARTH (Hub City Press), spring ’21. anjalienjeti.com.