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Uphill Climb--Registering Hispanics to Vote:

Four months after millions of Hispanics took to the streets to show their political clout, what is most striking is what hasn't happened: Community organizers say they have done little to register immigrants for the 2006 elections -- and face an uphill climb even for 2008.

Hispanic activism, energized by a national debate over cracking down on illegal immigration, caught groups that normally work to register voters off guard. The Arizona Coalition for Migrant Rights in Phoenix says it had been concentrating on naturalization and only recently began sending registration workers -- some of them high-school volunteers -- to college campuses and immigrant neighborhoods. So far, it says, it has registered 1,000 voters and may reach 8,000 by Election Day.

Turnout at rallies in the spring doesn't appear to be translating into turnout at the polls in November.