These Philadelphians say too much is happening to take an election ‘off’

A year after a historic presidential voting it was widely expected that turnout would be down this year But the voters who displayed up on a gorgeous fall afternoon in North Philadelphia s Olde Kensington neighborhood stated it s perpetually pivotal to know the candidates and the issues and to be heard Chakeena Gibbons stated she came to the polling station at the corner of Cadwallader and West Oxford streets Tuesday as part of her effort to participate in more than just the presidential elections in latest years I ve been really trying to be into locality affairs and at the City Council levels and things like that So when the time comes I could certainly have specific general idea who I m going to vote for she reported Before I used to just go one way But now you do want to have a general idea of what each candidate stands for so that you could ultimately be a help and not detrimental Voter Chakeena Gibbons explained voting in every polling was vital to her outside her polling place in Olde Kensington on Referendum Day November Kimberly Paynter WHYY Countless of the voters were focused on the nonpartisan retention votes for three judges on the state Supreme Court Christine Donohue Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht The state s Republican Party had taken an strange step of campaigning to vote out the trio all Democrats Of the people questioned who revealed how they voted all favored keeping the three judges I really just came out because I m poor and I would like to afford things and I guess the only way we can really do that right now is through the judicial system revealed Andrew Robertson So this is allegedly like the preponderance major referendum for the next two years If we can do anything this is all we can do Campaign workers wait to hand out flyers to people going to vote in Philadelphia s Olde Kensington neighborhood on Electoral process Day November Kimberly Paynter WHYY Nicole Moy a Democratic committeeperson for the ward had been at the station since shortly after it opened She reported the morning s turnout was pretty similar to past off-year elections she had worked Moy mentioned she expected that the next large wave people would come in after traditional day shifts ended She reported the message of this year s balloting for her party was try to vote from the bottom up This is one of the the majority crucial elections from my experience honestly because of everything that s going on the weather the ecosystem she reported Usually people skip on elections like this but they don t know or understand how pivotal it is to make sure that you are voting in your judges and everyone that impacts you on the local level Democratic committee person Nicole Moy has been working to get out the vote in her division in Philadelphia Her biggest focus this vote was on women s vitality issues Kimberly Paynter WHYY Elliot Lopez agreed with Moy saying that much of the turbulence and craziness in nowadays s politics was compounded by people not paying attention to their leaders on the local stage A lot of people think about the grander stage of the presidential ballot and so forth he noted But a lot of these political leaders in our own local spaces are very fundamental and a lot of people don t know who they are or who they re voting for Elliot Lopez voted as his polling place in Olde Kensington in Philadelphia on Electoral process Day November Kimberly Paynter WHYY Keely Dennis worked voting around an afternoon run She mentioned voting wasn t optional for her It feels like I don t really have a choice It feels like it s crucial for us to vote every single time she reported It s my civic duty Yeah don t even think about it much Just come out and vote each time Keely Dennis stated she voted because she felt like it was something she could authentically do to help on Poll Day November Kimberly Paynter WHYY I believe that voting still works and I believe it s one of our majority of powerful tools to make an impact on how our authorities functions and how our society functions noted Josh Willis I think it s vital to the democratic process and we need to do it Voter Andrew Robertson s biggest concern was the judicial system on Ballot Day November Kimberly Paynter WHYY The kind of situation that this country s facing right now every vote kind of matters So I m coming out now reported Nicholas Romitelli who added that he regularly votes and encouraged those who tend to sit out off-years to vote too Voter Nicholas Romitelli mentioned he tries to tell people to come out to voter outside his polling place in Olde Kensington on Voting Day November Kimberly Paynter WHYY The post These Philadelphians say too much is happening to take an electoral contest off appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY