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“Because um I’m scared.” For Sandy Basset voting today at the Eastwood Community Center is about peace of mind. “You heard about the um ballots that were burned in other states. I’m going out on Election Day because I’m afraid you know if I actually physically go to a place and I put down what my vote is like I have more confidence in that than actually sending it through the mail.” NPR reported last week that hundreds of ballots were destroyed when early voting drop boxes were set on fire in Washington Oregon and Arizona. Daniel Van Marder who brought his young son Zachary with him to the polls says this election is too important to miss. “I’m always told that if you don’t vote you can’t complain about who’s elected but I mean honestly you have to put your vote in um as an American citizen should due obligation to do that and he has to know that his opinion matters when it comes down the road” As for sabotage ballots there have been no such cases reported in New York State but Basset says she wants to be sure. “I’m like people fought for this you know. There’s just more confidence on going on the day of for me and I think for other people too reporting from Eastwood Community Center I’m Andrew Hood for Democracy in Action
Syracuse, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) — For Sandy Basset, voting today at the Eastwood Community Center is about peace of mind.
“You heard about the ballots that were burned in other states,” Bassett said. “I’m going out on Election Day because I have more confidence in that than actually sending it through the mail.”
NPR reported last week that hundreds of ballots were destroyed when early voting drop boxes were set on fire in Washington Oregon and Arizona.
There have been no such cases reported in New York State, but Bassett says she wants to be sure.
“I’m like, people fought for this you know. There’s just more confidence on going on the day of for me and I think for other people too”.
Daniel Van Marder, who brought his young son Zachary with him to the polls, says this election is too important to miss.
“I’m always told that if you don’t vote you can’t complain about who’s elected,” Van Marder said. “It’s your obligation as an American and [Zachary] has to know that his opinion matters a few years down the road.”