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Hispanic Officials Urge Immigrant Voters to Get to Polls
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The event was opened with a prayer by a Methodist minister, the Rev. David Rocha. Comments by speakers were greeted with shouts of "S¿ se puede" (Yes, we can), the rallying cry used by Cesar Chavez in organizing farm workers in California.
Carlos Solis, who is running for the Gaithersburg City Council, said the interests of all immigrants, not just Hispanics, are at stake.
"This is a fight for all and for everyone," he said.
The speakers said that elections are often determined by just a handful of ballots, and that individual voters have the ability to swing an election.
Solis is running on a "One Gaithersburg" campaign platform with Ahmed Ali, who was born in Bangladesh, and Ryan Spiegel, a lawyer.
"Many anti-immigrants are afraid," Solis said. He said that if he and his colleagues won, they could "get control" of the city.
"We're all one pueblo," he said.
