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DCP Response 77

Why is voting important to you?

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Voting is our right to choose who we allow in position to run our government if we lose our right to vote we lose our right to choose. Voting is the most important part of a free democracy. These rights were bought and paid for by our founding fathers who were fearful of god almighty.
FIRST NAME: Maribel AGE: 57 TOWN: Woodbury
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DCP Response 79

What do you remember about the first time you voted?

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The thing is the first time I voted I rushed to get my paperwork and just as the polls were ending I submitted my vote unaware if I [was] valid yet.
FIRST NAME: Nancy AGE: 23 TOWN: Woodbury
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DCP Response 80

Why is voting important to you?

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Voting is an important contribution citizens can make during the political field that is casted in America. It is crucial that law makers and higher authorities listen to the voices of the people since “serving the people” and “ensuring their safety and well-being” should be top priorities.
FIRST NAME: Mike AGE: 16 TOWN: Woodbury
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DCP Response 82

What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

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I think one of the main challenges democracy is misinformation or contradictory information. Nobody really knows the truth about a lot of things and a lot of people give information based on their biases.
FIRST NAME: Sharika AGE: 17 TOWN:
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DCP Response 83

Why is voting important to you?

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Voting is critical to me because I can be a part of a group that enforces or keeps (positively) life – changing laws, acts and people
FIRST NAME: Maddeine AGE: 18 TOWN:
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DCP Response 84

What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

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The main challenges facing democracy today would be the lack of diversity in power. Compared to history, there is more people from any race, class, gender now than before. But still, in positions of power are largely the people who benefit and have benefited from the structures of power, while who are marginalized or spoken over are filling less spaces or are in smaller positions of power. More vantage points will benefit more people living where they live.
FIRST NAME: Melanie AGE: 18 TOWN: Milford
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DCP Response 85

What does it mean to be a good citizen?

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A good citizen understands how the government works in order to remain free. A good citizen does not hate the country but works to make it better by voting.
FIRST NAME: Susan AGE: 35 TOWN: Woodbury
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DCP Response 86

Why is voting important to you?

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To me voting isn’t important cause regardless there will still be issues that I don’t feel will or can be solved as a state and even national scale.
FIRST NAME: Trista AGE: 18 TOWN: New Brunswick
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