Having fled Venezuela at a young age, a place where illegitimate elections are recognized and voters are threatened, I'm intimately aware of what happens when you sit out an election.
As one of 46M naturalized citizens in this country, I am urging fellow eligible voters to vote in this election.
![Screenshot from politico playbook that reads:
"Once [Noem] was gone, it's like, 'phew,' steam let off," said JESSICA VAUGHAN, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies.
"And it was more intense than I had even realized
- how frustrated people were."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wxah4qzzxfjfdcsg2i62p3mx/bafkreigojsx62qe6mr7e46tc2yu47ryq5cuq4wzlsipotao3n33u57d4rm)
