My vote will count and I will let my voice be heard for a first time as a Hispanic voter. I don’t care if my candidates win or not. Voting to me is the most powerful tool that a Hispanic person can have. Yes, we are still part of the minority but that is starting to change so much.

However, many of us don’t realize that we are growing as a population so they get discouraged and don’t exercise their right to vote. They throw it out the window because to them one vote wont make a difference. The reality is that it means more than you would think. As a Hispanic community we have been looked at as a community that should be feared or not even looked at because we are too lazy to vote. Well let me tell you that you should fear us as voters because you always seek us out and try to appeal to us in order to take our vote. Once we stand next to a candidate that will advocate for us there is no stopping us from voting. They have become so afraid of us voting that they have created voter ID laws that try to stop us from voting. Yet, you see that doesn’t hold us back as a community. Instead we work harder, advocate harder, and get even more people to vote in order for our voices to be heard.

According to Pew Research Center the number of Latino voters has been increasing so much over the years but we have to let our voices be heard during the presidential elections. Your vote does count no matter what anyone tells. A single vote can make a bigger difference than you could ever imagine. We must raise our numbers and show that we are here, we are listening and that we will come out and raise our voices. We must raise our numbers and prove that we are way more than just minority and a simple vote to gain. We are a community looking for our voice to be and have someone raise our voice even higher.

Tu voto es tu vos! Let it be heard and let it be known that we are are not criminals and rapists as a certain candidates depict us to be. Our numbers our growing and so should our voices. Go out and vote because to prove the world wrong is by dropping the ballot in the box with a smile on your face making the world know of your presence. I voted and i will be heard now if we all voted we would create change that we all want to see. Now will you vote and let your voice be heard this election year?

We matter. Our vote matter. Our Voice matters. We will be heard!