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Statewide special election update: Student voters share election thoughts at the UU · Stories from Mustang News on KCPR

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  Speaker 1: Today, November fourth, California is hosting a special election with
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  Speaker 1: just one item on the ballot. People are tasked with
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  Speaker 1: voting yes or no on Prop fifty, which would redraw
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  Speaker 1: congressional district lines in the state of California. While this
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  Speaker 1: legislation would have no major impact on San Luis Obispo
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  Speaker 1: staying in District twenty four regardless of redrawn lines, ballot
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  Speaker 1: drop offs are still a buzz all day with students
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  Speaker 1: practicing their civic duty. I spoke to students in the
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  Speaker 1: university union about their experience voting and why they chose
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  Speaker 1: to participate in today's election. For Seing Your History major
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  Speaker 1: Jessicaly Liken, the process to vote was quick and simple.
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  Speaker 2: The ballot information provided the location for drop offs, so also,
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  Speaker 2: since it's not my first time, I figured it would
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  Speaker 2: be in the same place, so just wandered here after class.
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  Speaker 1: Sophomore Landscape Architecture major Jovi Vortillos shared that today allowed
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  Speaker 1: her to participate in our political system beyond general elections.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's super important. I think that sometimes like
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  Speaker 3: people like tend to focus on all onlike man like.
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  Speaker 3: Presidential elections are obviously important, but I think special elections
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  Speaker 3: are also super important.
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  Speaker 1: As well, and for sophomore electrical engineering student Maya Armstrong,
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  Speaker 1: voting was a way to express her views on a
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  Speaker 1: national scale.
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  Speaker 4: I just think it's really important for everyone to get
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  Speaker 4: there and put in and you know, share your voice
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  Speaker 4: in what matters to you the most. So I think
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  Speaker 4: it's really important for everyone to vote.
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  Speaker 1: The ballot initiative is a combative effort from California Democratic
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  Speaker 1: leaders attempting to give California an additional five seats via redistricting.
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  Speaker 1: This would push back against redrawn district lines in Texas.
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  Speaker 1: For proponents of this measure, Proposition fifty would mitigate the
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  Speaker 1: Trump admins push to gain a generous majority in the House.
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  Speaker 1: With more red seats, this could lead to passing legislation
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  Speaker 1: heavily favoring Trump's agenda. For critics, the move is just
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  Speaker 1: another name for jerrymandering, removing power from the people and
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  Speaker 1: allowing politicians to have even more control. With the polls
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  Speaker 1: closing at eight pm tonight, there's still plenty of time
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  Speaker 1: to make your voice heard. Visit messang news dot net
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  Speaker 1: for the fullest of voting sites and to keep up
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  Speaker 1: with their live updates from must Slay news on KCPR.
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  Speaker 1: I'm McKenna lockson