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Why Is an 11-Year-Old Registering His Neighbors to Vote? It's the Water

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The drought has had a devastating impact on the wells that provide drinking water in Poplar, a tiny farmworker town in the Central Valley. But here's an expected silver lining: those water woes are getting people to register to vote. Ruben Tapia of Radio Bilingue, the National Latino Public Radio network, introduces us to a very young activist behind that effort.

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