Kendrick Sampson is urging folks not to get stressed about the top-of-the-ticket choices on Election Day -- instead, he's encouraging voters to focus on local issues.
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00:00Everyone's talking about voting and what they got to do, there's just so much hanging in
00:12the balance here.
00:13Yeah, yeah.
00:14What are your thoughts on this?
00:15Some people that may be tempted to stay home, like, oh, I'm not into anything, you know?
00:20This is the thing.
00:21I mean, it's a hard-
00:22I'm not excited about either side.
00:23Yeah, it's a really hard time right now and tension is high.
00:29People are in really precarious positions.
00:31I'm about to fly to Georgia, then I'm going to Houston.
00:34So you're stumping.
00:35You're doing your part.
00:36What's happening, we're making sure people get the right information about local voting,
00:41about what's on the ballot, what's going to affect their street, what's going to affect
00:45their school board.
00:46Because a lot of people are paying so much attention and getting stressed out over the
00:51top of the ticket.
00:52That's only one line.
00:53That's real.
00:54Some of these are long as hell and got stuff that actually affects you on your street every
00:58day.
00:59I mean, we're doing our best to do is make sure that we drive people toward the places
01:03that people are neglecting, like Southern Georgia, the rural areas.
01:09But the shit that's going on there to purge people from the polls, to lead them in the
01:15wrong direction, to make them vote in fear or to tap out because they're so frustrated
01:19with the top of the ticket.
01:21Yes, yes.
01:22They're ignoring the things that-
01:25Absolutely.
01:26I didn't even think about that.
01:27I didn't think about the power they have to change what's happening right now on their
01:30street.
01:31Yeah.
01:32And that is part of the goal of the frustration with that top of the ticket is to drive people
01:37away from those-
01:38Interesting.
01:39Really important goals.
01:40It's like, look over here while we mess up your whole school district.
01:43What do you say to anybody that's like, yo, I'm going to vote, but I'm actually like watching
01:47over my back.
01:48I'm worried.
01:49You know, like I'm worried for my own safety.
01:50Go with big numbers.
01:51Strength in numbers.
01:52Power.
01:53Power is not in the politics.
01:54It ain't in the politics.
01:55It's in the people.
01:57Right?
01:58So I got 24 hours.
01:59You got 24 hours.
02:00We got the same goal, and we working towards that same goal in a day.
02:03Then we got 48 hours.
02:04You know what I'm saying?
02:05If we got three people, we got 72.
02:08You know what I'm saying?
02:09That's how you increase your power.
02:11So if you're scared about going to the polls, if you're scared about getting out there at
02:16any point and making your voice heard because you know there's an injustice, then strengthen
02:22numbers.