STREET BEAT: ‘Do you think it is important to vote?’

Marc Brogdon
Los Angeles
“They are trying to rescind all the things that people before us have fought for, they’re trying to take it away from us. If you don’t vote, you’re allowing it to happen.”

Rhonda Haymon
Gardena
“It’s your only true voice to effectuate change. If you want change and you want progress, the right to vote is paramount. … It equals power.”

Natahsa Khamashta
Play del Rey
“It is vital that people vote. That’s how you have your voices heard starting at the very low level of school districts to judges to district attorneys, all the way up to the president.”

Jaquenette Terry
Los Angeles
“If I do vote, I vote on the initiatives I feel passionate about, like school issues. I’m not political. I vote issues.”

Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in the West Adams District.