Daniela Ferrera has voted in every election since she turned 18. But this year, the 22-year-old had a laundry list of things she needed to do before she cast her mail-in ballot. One of them was triple-checking that the signature the state had on file matched the one she was going to sign her ballot with — because Black and Latinx voters are twice as likely to get their ballot thrown out than white voters are. But the extra steps didn’t dampen her enthusiasm. She sees this election as the most important one yet, “not only in our lifetimes, but frankly in our history,” she tells Bustle. This year, Latinx Americans account for 32 million eligible voters — the biggest racial or ethnic minority voter block this year. Latinx voters are also concentrated in some of 2020’s most contentious battleground states — places like Florida and Arizona . In Florida, where Ferrera lives, Latinx voters make up 17% of total registered voters . The Latinx vote in 2020 is even more important than it’s been in previous elections, but historically, it’s an electorate that tends to be undervalued by campaigns. “The Latino vote has not been a priority for […]

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