Elections

VIDEO: This WI Campus Organizer Is Voting (In Part) Because of Her Brothers

Public education funding is just one of the issues motivating Kayla, a campus organizer with @campuseastmegaphone, to vote this year. “So that my little brothers can have a good education and feel safe and welcomed in their community and school,” she says. “There is just so much at stake, and I cannot—cannot—sit this election out.”…


Public education funding is just one of the issues motivating Kayla, a campus organizer with @campuseastmegaphone, to vote this year. “So that my little brothers can have a good education and feel safe and welcomed in their community and school,” she says. “There is just so much at stake, and I cannot—cannot—sit this election out.”

The deadline to register online to vote in the general election is Oct. 16.

@upnorthnews Public education funding is just one of the issues motivating Kayla, a campus organizer with @campuseastmegaphone, to vote this year. “So that my little brothers can have a good education and feel safe and welcomed in their community and school,” she says. “There is just so much at stake, and I cannot—cannot—sit this election out.” The deadline to register online to vote in the general election is Oct. 16. #wisconsin #wisconsinnews #wisconsinpolitics #vote ♬ original sound – UpNorthNews

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