POLLSTER CELINDA LAKE TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE AND BRIEFING ON TUESDAY TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF MAJOR NEW POLL ON ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS

Kicking-off AAPI Heritage Month, Community Leaders to Urge Candidates to Address Important Issues, Citing New Research About the Nation’s Fastest Growing Racial Group

WASHINGTON – Pollster Celinda Lake will hold a news conference call on Tuesday, May 1 and a briefing on Monday, May 7 to announce the results of a major new political poll of Asian American voters. The poll is the first to examine how the nation’s fastest growing racial group will cast their votes in this year’s elections and their views on a variety of important political issues.

Asian American Justice Center president Mee Moua and APIAVote interim executive director Christine Chen will join Lake on the call to urge candidates and lawmakers to address issues most important to AAPIs and discuss the power of AAPI voters in the 2012 elections.

Click here to learn more about the details of the Asian American Political Poll New Teleconference.

Media representatives interested in joining the news teleconference on Tuesday, May 1 should click HERE to reserve a line and obtain dial-in instructions.

APIAVote supporters and others interested in attending the briefing on Monday, May 7 should click HERE to register or to obtain live-stream details.