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First-time voters being celebrated at polling stations

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This is heartwarming. Americans who are voting for their first time are finding themselves being celebrated by poll workers who shout “First-time voter here!” when they turn in their ballot. Some are young and just came of age, and some are in their adulthood and are embarrassed to admit that they’re voting for the first time.

20-year-old student, Vee, from Santa Clarita is one of the millions of Gen Zers who were unable to vote in 2016. She said when she got applause and cheers as she cast her ballot early, it was “empowering.”

“It was motivating and encouraging to hear people clap or cheer for something I felt was necessary to do as a citizen, especially in this election,” she told BuzzFeed News.

On his first experience at a polling station, (35 year old) Curtis acknowledged that he saw several younger voters receive their moment of applause. Due to his age, he imagined that officials assumed he would have voted at some point in his adulthood, a fact that he felt somewhat embarrassed about.

“I brought my daughter with me and she was like ‘daddy you should tell them ur a first time voter so they clap for u too,’” she said. “I hushed her and told her I was a bit embarrassed at being in my 30s and voting for the first time.”

I predict that after Tuesday we’re going to see numbers that we’ve never seen before in this nation because the message has finally sunk in: EVERY VOTE COUNTS! 

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