First time voters get ready to hit the polls in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT ) — At Oak Mountain High School, some voters are getting ready to make their voice heard for the first time. And with less than 24 hours until polls open, they are making every second count.

“You guys are gonna be the superheroes that go out and fight America’s gullibility,” said Susan Schwartz, AP Government teacher at Oak Mountain High School. A day before the election, students in Schwartz’s class are talking about what a victory could look like for each presidential candidate.

One student, Ryan Kozlek, said it’s been a tense election year. “You can go on social media all you want and say what you want, but the real way to make action happen is to take action,” he said. “And that action for a citizen is to vote.”…

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