voting

Liberty Hill’s Youth Vote Action canvassers, phone bankers and “banner droppers” mobilized in September and October at a half-dozen grassroots locations throughout L.A. County.

Some of these young community organizers voted for the first or second time. Some may never be eligible to vote but put in long hours because they care so deeply about protecting their families and communities. Many are girls and young women.

Why do you vote? We started asking people and it turns out the answers and more varied and complex than you might expect

How do you decide how to vote? Find out how Angelenos we talked to answered the question. In the state that puts most propositions before voters, in the country that puts more questions to the electorate, voters have developed all kinds of shortcuts. Hear their true confessions with cameo appearances by California Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield and California Common Cause director Kathay Feng.