Your vote matters

Today is Election Day. And I could write hundreds of powerful, passionate, persuasive words to implore you to exercise your right as a U.S. citizen to vote.

But instead, I’m going to suggest you listen to the recent episode on Keeping Up with Gen Y, where I talk to three young people, two from the political parties and an independent, about the importance of the midterm elections to the under-30 voter.

And I’ll leave you with a quote from a fellow Texan, President Lyndon B. Johnson:

“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”

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About Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell is the editor of Y Gen Out Loud. She began her journalism career as a reporter in Dallas. A few years later, she moved into politics and government, working for members of the Texas Legislature as chief-of-staff, press secretary, and policy analyst. When not working on Y Gen, Tamara is a lecturer in the Advertising Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Tamara has a B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.
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