Student’s View In Georgia: My First Voting Experience Was Exhausting, Humiliating

Georgia State University freshman Melina Skeete says despite the obstacles in voting, “I wasn’t going to let technicalities cheat me out of being able to participate in a democracy that I care about.”

Courtesy of VOX ATL

By Melina Skeete

Before the Georgia governor’s election really went into swing, I knew participating in a democracy was my responsibility as an active member of my community, so while I wasn’t jubilant to vote, I didn’t look at the process as tedious and exhausting.

That was, until, I got to a polling place on the last day of early voting.