Passionate voters headed to the polls in the city of Syracuse.Jeremy Striano

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Passionate Voters Head to The Polls In The City of Syracuse

By Jeremy Striano

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JEREMY STRIANO: Today is Election Day here in the United States, a day where our voices can be heard by governing bodies at the municipal, state and federal levels. For Syracuse resident and local business owner Ashley Rewakowski, she says that medical privacy is what brought her to the polls this afternoon.

ASHLEY REWAKOWSKI: This whole thing of Roe v. Wade is absolutely terrifying, I have a child, thankfully, I didn’t want any more children after him but I would like to have the option.

STRIANO: Rewakowski has been passionate about exercising her right to vote since she turned 18. She says that her 18th birthday was a special one, indeed.

REWAKOWSKI: That was how we celebrated my 18th birthday was I went and registered to vote. It’s a huge honor to be allowed to do so, especially as a woman because we fought so hard for it historically not that long ago.

STRIANO: Not all voters need to be driven by a specific motive to go and vote. Syracuse resident David Morgan says that he participates because he simply wants his voice to be heard.

DAVID MORGAN: I typically vote all the time because I think it’s part of what makes democracy work, that we have a very official and formal say in what goes on.

STRIANO: Now voters here in the city of Syracuse are brought for many different reasons, but they can all agree on one thing that voting not only is a civic duty, but a civic honor.

In Syracuse, Jeremy Striano, Democracy in Action.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (DIA) – Election Day in the United States is a day where voices can be heard by governing bodies at the Municipal, State and Federal levels.

For Syracuse resident and local business owner Ashley Rewakowski, she mentioned that medical privacy is what brought her to the WCNY-TV polling location this afternoon.

“This whole thing of Roe v. Wade is absolutely terrifying,” Rewakowski said. “I have a child, thankfully, I didn’t want any more children after him but I would like to have the option.”

Rewakowski has been passionate about exercising her right to vote ever since she was a kid, specifically when she turned eighteen. She stated that her eighteenth birthday was a special one and a day that she will always remember.

“That was how we celebrated by eighteenth birthday was I went and registered to vote,” Rewakowski said. “It’s a huge honor to be allowed to do so, especially as a woman because we fought so hard for it historically not that long ago.”

It is common for voters to be driven to vote by a certain motive, but not everyone has to. Syracuse resident David Morgan mentioned that he participates because he simply wants his voice to be heard.

“I typically vote all of the time because I think it’s part of what makes democracy work,” Morgan said. “That we have a very official and formal say in what goes on.”

Voters in the city of Syracuse are driven to the polls for many reasons, but everyone can agree that voting is not only a civic duty, but a civic honor.

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