Latino Vote Briefing Emphasizes Final Presidential Debate

WCVI Latino Vote Trends and Campaign Debate to Highlight Message to Arizona Latino Voters

PHOENIX, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) and its sister organization the William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI) will host a nonpartisan Latino Vote briefing to highlight the importance of the final presidential debate in Arizona on Wednesday, October 13, 2004.

Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Location: Arizona State University (ASU West)
Sands Building, Room 105 (Southwest Campus Quad)
4701 West Thunderbird Road, Phoenix, AZ

Time: 10 am to 1 pm

Invited Speakers: Antonio Gonzalez, President, William C. Velasquez Institute
Andy Hernandez, Professor, St. Mary's University
The Honorable Representative Ed Pastor, Kerry-Edwards 2004 Co-Chair *
Mario Rodriguez, Western Chair, Bush-Cheney 2004*
Alfredo Gutierrez, No on Prop 200 *
Kathy McKee, Protect Arizona Now *

Invited Emcee: Mirthala Salinas, Telemundo *

Co-Sponsors: Arizona LULAC
Arizona Clean Elections Institute
Arizona Campaign for Communities
Hispanic Honor Society/Latino Students Union of ASU West
The Honorable Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County
Supervisor

(*) Denotes invited speaker

Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) is the oldest national nonprofit nonpartisan organization committed solely to the political empowerment of Latino communities through voter registration, voter education and voter participation. SVREP was established by the late Willie Velasquez in 1974 in Phoenix, Arizona to encourage civic and political participation in Latino and other underrepresented communities. Since its inception, SVREP has registered over 2.2 million Latino voters throughout the southwest and Florida. SVREP has offices in San Antonio, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; and Phoenix, Arizona. Please visit http://www.svrep.org for more information.

SOURCE Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
Web Site: http://www.svrep.org

Bush Kerry Debate 2 full text

October 8, 2004 The Second Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate

SECOND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' DEBATE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

SPEAKERS:

GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENT (r-tx) OF THE UNITED STATES

U.S. SENATOR JOHN F. KERRY (d-ma), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE

CHARLES GIBSON, ABC ANCHOR
GIBSON: Good evening from the Field House at Washington University in St. Louis. I'm Charles Gibson of ABC News and "Good Morning America."

I welcome you to the second of the 2004 presidential debates between President George W. Bush, the Republican nominee, and Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee.

The debates are sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Tonight's format is going to be a bit different. We have assembled a town-hall meeting. We're in the Show-Me State, as everyone knows Missouri to be, so Missouri residents will ask the questions.

These 140 citizens were identified by the Gallup Organization as not yet committed in this election.

Now, earlier today, each audience member gave me two questions on cards like this, one they'd like to ask the president, the other they'd like to ask the senator.

I have selected the questions to be asked and the order. No one has seen the final list of questions but me, certainly not the candidates.

No audience member knows if he or she will be called upon. Audience microphones will be turned off after a question is asked.

Audience members will address their question to a specific candidate. He'll have two minutes to answer. The other candidate will have a minute and a half for rebuttal. And I have the option of extending discussion for one minute, to be divided equally between the two men.

All subjects are open for discussion.

And you probably know the light system by now. Green light at 30 seconds, yellow at 15, red at five, and flashing red means you're done.

Those are the candidates' rules. I will hold the candidates to the time limits forcefully but politely, I hope.

And now, please join me in welcoming with great respect, President Bush and Senator Kerry.

(APPLAUSE)

Gentlemen, to the business at hand. The Second Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate FULL TEXT