 Hello! We are now in Ward 7 and we are interviewing local Vermonters about the current Vermont election! Let's go! It matters because I can have a voice and I can actually participate in what we do and what's important to me. Yeah, can't do without it. Because I feel like it's my obligation to vote. I'm not really excited about anything but I feel like if I don't vote, something, I don't know. That's what good people do is vote I guess is why I'm here to assure myself that I'm good in some way. I came out here to vote because I think it's important to have your voice be heard and I think that democracy depends on voting. The economy is the most important. Even the crime is not as bad as in big cities but even here in Vermont we have a lot of problems and we just need a change, a big change. Holy smokes! So much rides on our democracy. There is such an effort right now across the whole country to take away rights from so many different groups of people and voting is the largest and most important act that we as citizens have. It's your opportunity to participate in how you're going to live. Because I think it's very important to vote and I was opting, just deciding whether I should do the mail-in or come to the polls and when I heard people were nervous about coming to the polls I decided I was going to come to the polls for that specific purpose rather than do it at my home. There's no amount of money that would override the quality of life or the value of a human's life particularly women and people of color so I try to vote in the direction of humanity each time over money. I'm coming out because I'm a proud union member and there's a lot of great pro-labor candidates today so I'm coming out to vote for them and you know keep labor strong in Vermont. I don't know this day and age there's not much trust, not that there's not trust in the process but that I don't know it just seems like money rules everything and no matter who you vote for you know get whatever money pays for. I feel like there's not a way to say why it's important that's not cheesy but you know it's a basic right and everybody has to do like it's the bare minimum of being a person in society. I think voting is especially important in local elections as they're going to make really impactful decisions on our day-to-day lives. I think that as a young voter it's really important to get young people's voices heard. Well it's the only way that we can actually engage the political system that we have in this country other than direct action and yeah it's it's it's an incredibly powerful thing. I came out just for the need of the country. It's heading in the wrong direction. I vote straight Republican. We really need to shift our values and I just wanted to be a part. As an American citizen I believe in our Constitution and it makes a provision for us to have a voice in our government and I think that's extremely important especially in these days. We need to be heard and as a citizen I feel it's my responsibility and duty to do this. A lot of divisions so it's good to like make your voice heard and if it's a tight race your vote matters. The more people vote the more we have information from folks of all different walks of life to kind of hopefully make the best decisions that we can for the public good. Oh god that's a hard question. One I think it's fun. I think it's good to know about the people that are running for the the different offices and I like voting. I mean I think it's so important to just stay engaged in our community. I love Winooski. I love Winooski and love Ramon and voting and being engaged and making sure you're staying on top of things and have a voice. It's how our democracy runs. Voting is just key. It's fundamental to our ability to function as a democracy and so it's working the polls and getting to vote and it's really wonderful that we have the same day voter registration and we have really great access here in Vermont to voting and so I hope as many people as possible take advantage of that. Because I think it's very scary that over 200 Republicans are pretending that we didn't have a legitimate election and I believe in democracy. Yeah I believe in hold voting as like a fundamental right as a citizen of the United States. A country that I just can't love enough so the vote is the most powerful action we can take as citizens so it's a very easy thing to do. What is good Vermont? We've gotten our interviews. We're heading back to the studio. We've talked to many Vermonters about the local issues. Thank you so much for watching. Goodbye.