By Sydney Cullier My vote matters. It’s a simple sentence reflecting a profound ideology, but until you have the privilege of physically staring down a ballot at a voting machine, you may not grasp the power you feel when you cast your first vote. Unfortunately, due to my age, I was unable to participate in the 2020 presidential election. In Texas, you must be 18 years old to register to vote, and my birthday fell two weeks after the registration deadline. I felt powerless knowing that had I been born two weeks earlier, I could have played a role in one
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