Why Young People Are Turning Up to the Polls

We are here in front of the Tom's activation booth

where we are encouraging young people to go

and register to vote so that in the coming elections

they can have their voice heard.

Our vote every single time has a purpose,

and it can lead to creating more diversity in congress.

The ability to vote now is more important

than it's ever been before.

You going out, and acting, and voting

is a form of speaking up.

You want you to count in all the decisions

that are made in our country.

If you don't take the opportunity to go vote,

then you miss out on that chance to make your voice heard.

The new generation really understands our responsibility

to change the direction that our country is heading in.

It's really important that I exercise

the rights that I have, specifically with voting,

that my ancestors made possible for me.

DACA recipients cannot vote .

So we need others to give us a voice.

What really inspires me is this upcoming generation

because they're the ones that are really looking

for a better tomorrow.

It's not about sides.

It's about what issue you're on.

Making sure that we have legislators who are women,

who know what it's like to be a woman,

what it's like to have a woman's body.

Putting policies in place to protect LGBTQ youth.

To fight for my family and my community.

The environment, because not only is it going to affect

what the future is like, it affects people around the world.

It's our responsibility to not only

change the direction of our community,

but to overall make our world a better place.

Get it kind of ingrained in your DNA

that this is just something you do.

You vote.

You're a voter.

You're participating in democracy.

Make it a habit.

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