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Parkland survivors vote for 1st time, months after masacre
Associated Press (AP)
November 3, 2018
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Nine months after classmates and teachers were gunned down at their Florida school, Parkland students are finally facing the moment they've been leading up to with marches, school walkouts and voter-registration events throughout the country: their first election day.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student activists set their sights on the 4 million U.S. citizens turning 18 this year.
They're hoping to counteract the voter apathy that's especially prevalent among the youth during midterm elections.
Many of the activists, now household names like David Hogg, postponed college plans to mobilize young voters.
Many of them support gun reform, in the name of their fallen classmates.
"It's kind of the culmination of everything we've been working for," said senior Jaclyn Corin, one of the founders of the March For Our Lives group.
"This is truly the moment that young people are going to make the difference in this country."
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"Parkland survivors vote for 1st time, months after massacre"
Associated Press (AP)
November 3, 2018
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Nine months after classmates and teachers were gunned down at their Florida school, Parkland students are finally facing the moment they've been leading up to with marches, school walkouts and voter-registration events throughout the country: their first election day.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student activists set their sights on the 4 million U.S. citizens turning 18 this year.
They're hoping to counteract the voter apathy that's especially prevalent among the youth during midterm elections.
Many of the activists, now household names like David Hogg, postponed college plans to mobilize young voters.
Many of them support gun reform, in the name of their fallen classmates.
"It's kind of the culmination of everything we've been working for," said senior Jaclyn Corin, one of the founders of the March For Our Lives group.
"This is truly the moment that young people are going to make the difference in this country."
Read more,
Google:
"Parkland survivors vote for 1st time, months after massacre"
