This Saturday, about 300 people gathered outside of a DC hotel to protest equal voting rights – most in regard to the MI and FL primaries. But after interviewing about eight people – I began to think about the bigger picture. What were they all saying? What did they have in common? And here’s what I came up with.
Each person, in some way shape or form, had an experience that left them, a relative or friend, feeling disenfranchised by our voting process. Whether it was their first time voting and they were turned away for not having the right ID or frustrated by the hanging Chad issue of 2004 – these people were pissed. Well, pissed -- but also passionate. From a bright 17-year-old to a 35 year old D.C. resident without a vote in Congress, each sent me the same message: this voting system is broken and we need to fix it.
Here is my video from the event that day. I hope I fairly represented the many voices I heard and in some way, inspire you to think that hey, this reallydoesmatter.