Tony Chavez and his wife, Elizabeth, came to Cardenas Market in East Las Vegas on Saturday to buy necessities such as bread, three dozen eggs and ingredients for tamales.
Chavez didn’t expect to check off other items on his list. But when I saw the poll workers and the sign that said I could vote, I thought, hmmm, maybe I should vote.
“I’ve already made my decision, and I need to act quickly to get over that line,” Chavez, 38, said while wearing a prominent “I Voted” sticker on his all-black Las Vegas Raiders letterman jacket. It’s better to do that.”
“I saw the sign and thought, ‘Is this voting?'” he added. “‘Let me do it now.'”
Mr. Chavez, who works as a cook, was part of a steady stream of people who used that particular polling place in Las Vegas on the first day of in-person early voting in Nevada, which runs through Nov. 1. .
He declined to say who he supports for president, but said immigration and women’s rights are important to him and that his choice “will impact the future of our children.”
Another voter, James Still, was also surprised by how convenient it was. Still, whose wife Jennifer wore a shirt supporting Harris, said they both voted for Harris because “politicians shouldn’t be telling women what to do with their bodies.” Ta. For them, and for Mr. Chavez, voting was an added benefit of coming to the store.
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