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Running with My Girls | Why Voting is Your Voice

09/14/23 | 33s | Rating: TV-PG

Shayla Richard, a candidate for Denver's City Council District 11, talks about the important civic duty of voting and why citizens must go to the polls if they want to be heard. Richard says that "savvy" politicians target underserved communities, and make decisions for their own benefit and against the best interests of their constituents.

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