00:06I think there's a really big divide between the people that are in charge in
00:10this country and the people that really have their voices heard and that's not
00:14the people that need their voices heard the most I'm very passionate about gay
00:20rights and immigration I have lots of friends who have been treated terribly
00:26because they were gay or they were lesbian I'm studying music education a piano
00:32means safety I can just kind of lock myself in a room and spend as much time
00:37as I want there and just get it all out I'm a cake decorator cake artist I like
00:42to sculpt and build 3d pieces I think it's a huge honor and a huge
00:48responsibility to vote because I think about the people even in my family that
00:52didn't have those rights not that long ago for example my dad went to segregate
00:56schools in the south and I think about that and I think that if I don't vote
01:00I'm throwing away what they've worked for hearing everything that's being said
01:07about immigrants it's terrifying which is for my whole family it was like all
01:12right enough is enough I want to have my voice heard this is an extremely important
01:18election for a lot of reasons climate change social justice gun control poverty
01:23and access to basic human necessities the bonus is that I'll be voting in a swing
01:28state my name is Kira and I'm a first-time voter my name's a niece I'm 18 years old
01:35and I'm really excited to be going out to vote for the first time this fall
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