Many thousands of new citizens are sworn in each year and these voter registration groups at the ceremonies will help them register to vote. - - Donna Poisl
on Bostonherald.com by Associated Press
BOSTON - Minutes after Annetta Luc rose her right hand to take her oath as a United States citizen, she had a pen in hand and was using it to make sure her new country heard her voice.
With the help of an immigrant advocacy group, Luc registered to vote following a naturalization ceremony today at Boston’s Faneuil Hall, where colonists long ago agitated for their own say in government. Luc, who emigrated from the northern South American country Suriname 15 years ago, was eager to finally be able to cast a U.S. ballot.
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