Marilyn Reyes-Scales, 53, remembers family time in her parents’ living room as a small child, when her aunt and uncles sat with her parents, discussing the views of political candidates and debating each one’s merits. Her parents had moved from Puerto Rico to New York for the opportunity to have a better life, and they took voting seriously.
She laughs, remembering how hard it was to sit still in one place while her parents lined up at the polls, and how heated those family conversations got. When she was old enough she joined her parents, viewing voting as both her right and her responsibility.
“It made me feel like an adult,” she said. “I felt like I was doing an adult thing.”
[For more of this story, written by Gwen McClure, go to http://jjie.org/regaining-righ...s-its-a-maze/213550/]
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