‘“It means that I have conducted my civic duty and I have recognized all of the sacrifices that have been made through civil rights, through the sacrifices of those who have paved the way and given me the opportunity to be able to vote, because there was once a day that I didn’t have this opportunity,” he said. “Women weren’t allowed to vote at a certain point in time. African-Americans were not allowed to vote. It would be doing a disservice to all those who have come before me who have laid their lives down on the line to grant this opportunity and who fought for minorities to have the right to vote. So that’s why I’m so engaged.”’