U-Talk: What does voting mean to you, and why?
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- Kenny Seymour
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- Nestor Roca
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- Benka Kerby
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- David Loayza
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- Guillermo Peña
“Voting is where you get to voice your opinion on what policies should or should not take place and who should be in the office to represent you. Most people are mad about issues in society, and they think that they don’t have any power to change them, but if everybody votes, you get everybody’s opinions reflected in the decisions the government makes. So if you don’t vote you must not really care that much about what happens in your government. I just think that everyone should take some time out of their day to vote.” — Kenny Seymour, Pleasant Grove
“For me, voting means a right. It means the right of a citizen to be able to choose a good candidate and to improve the society where we live at. The people, as they become well informed about the candidate, inform themselves about what the candidate’s proposals for the country will be. If the majority of people become informed, and there’s a good candidate, then the country will benefit from the candidate’s proposals.” — Nestor Roca, Lindon
“It means we have freedom to choose who our leaders are and how our countries run and how local things run. We pick people that we feel like have the same views as us that will do things to make our country run by what we see is important to us, so then we are able to pick people that mirror our opinions. We have representation in how our country and city and state is run.” — Benka Kerby, Pleasant Grove
“My vote is very important, because it determines the person that will govern in my city. What I could do is become well informed about the candidate for whom I’m voting, so I don’t regret my decision later on. That will be becoming well informed with the candidate and inform my peers. Every vote counts to support our candidate, but I still want to keep informing myself about the possibilities and proposals of each candidate.” — Guillermo Peña, Lindon
“In my country, yes, I vote, but I don’t vote here. Not yet. I need to be a citizen. I vote, because your vote helps the country. Any country; It can be Bolivia, it can be U.S.A., it can be Canada. The vote of the people helps the country to be better in the future. In Canada, the government gives money to every state of the country, and the state uses that money to improve, like build hospitals, build schools, you know? Build a lot of things to improve that place.” — David Loayza, Pleasant Grove
Photos and interviews by Tiana Lao, Special to the Daily Herald.
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