South-side Santa Fe residents are disaffected with City Hall. Will it get them to vote?

S undays may be Gina Auz’s day off, but she’s been spending them hard at work since September.

On one recent Sunday, Auz and her partner, John Paul Granillo, set up a folding table and chairs in the shade at a strip mall off Airport Road with a goal to encourage Latino voters on Santa Fe’s south side to vote in Tuesday’s election and to equip them with the voter information they need to do so.

As customers walked into popular south-side hangout Chapin & Mex Restaurant for breakfast, the two greeted them with a chipper chorus of “ buenos días .”

Auz has been a regular Sunday morning presence at the strip mall since September.

“This is our Santa Fe. That’s home. … That means we need to be clear with the community and explain, ‘This is home, and you need to care about home,’ ” Auz said