Jonathan Hester was one of the millennials who came to cast his ballot at Fire Station #3 at 6:48 a.m. on Tuesday.
With a triple minor in music, business administration and religious studies, Hester said he came out to vote because he has classes all day and wanted to get voting out of the way.
“More than ever before we are voting against candidates rather than voting for candidates,” Hester said. “It’s kind of disheartening. At least the majority are. Not every one.”
A first-time voter, Hester showed up dressed casually. He said he believes his vote is important because of the surge in millennial voting in this year’s election.
“In the last election cycle, the millennial generation was kind of silent,” Hester said. “I think for this election, we are becoming more vocal and more outspoken, and as a whole, we are finding that voting is important for our country and how it is being ran.”
