First Time Voter: Eleanor Galvez
This is the next in a series of voter profiles of Kids Voting youth leaders who are casting their first adult vote in the 2023 Mayor & City Council Elections. Check often at kidsvotingdurham.org/blog-1 for more new voter profiles throughout this election season!
Eleanor Galvez, in her dorm room at McGill University in Montreal, showing the North Carolina Board of Elections website confirmation that her mail-in absentee ballot for the 2023 Durham Municipal Primary was received at the Durham County Board of Elections
When & where are you voting? Absentee from Canada for the primary and then before Election Day
What’s one thing you are excited about for your first vote? I am excited to participate in local government and keep up with the race.
How has your experience with Kids Voting Durham prepared you for your first vote? I know how and when to vote from abroad.
What issues are most important to you this election? Environmental Rights, Affordable Housing, & Transportation
What characteristics do you most value in a candidate? Young, Honest, & Direct
Anything else you’d like to tell us? My primary vote went through, I’m so excited to vote in the general elections!
KVD Program Coordinator Carolyn Kreuger adds: “Eleanor was an all-remote Civic Leadership intern for the 2021 Mayor & City Council Election. It was really great to have her come back to us this past summer through the Durham County LEEP internship program and get to work with her in person. It is clear that the same enthusiasm, caring, and deep thoughtfulness & consideration that Ellie brought to creating KVD Election Guides go into her voting. We are fortunate to have her as an engaged member of the Durham electorate. Congratulations Ellie! (And stay warm in Canada!)”
