00:00For those that still are deciding not between two candidates, but whether they vote or not,
00:07there's just a couple of things we know are going to happen. Somebody is going to win
00:10and they are going to spend money. They're going to see policy passed. They're going to appoint
00:16judges. And you need to determine, do you want a say in that? Or do you want somebody else
00:23deciding that? I don't care if you like them. I don't care if you're excited about them.
00:29Somebody is going to win. They're going to see that legislation is passed. They're going to spend
00:34money and they're going to appoint judges. And the other piece that Tamika talked about is
00:38there's members of the Senate. There's members of the Congress. There's judges at the local level.
00:43There's ballot initiatives, all that are on the ballot. And so while not voting may seem like a
00:49protest to you, to me, it seems like a cop-out because do you want say in what the future of
00:57an imperfect system is, or do you want to claim that because it's imperfect, you won't participate?
01:04I don't think that makes sense. I don't think you believe that makes sense. I don't think the people
01:09that are relying on you to provide a level of leadership, whether it's in your home or in your
01:14community, think that makes sense. And so staying home as a protest is your right, but does it make
01:20sense for all of the things that are going to impact your life that are on that ballot when you show up?
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