Ember Chow, 24, a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, voted early this year. In the days leading up to Election Day, she tried taking her mind off election anxiety by phone banking and trying to get friends to vote. On Nov. 5, she was at a ballot drop box in the U District dropping off a friend’s ballot.
“I got him to vote,” Chow said.
Chow said she was especially concerned about LGBTQ+ rights. On Election Day, she was nervous about the prospect of a Trump victory.
“I’ve been having a bad feeling about it for days,” Chow said. “I don’t know, I can’t shake that feeling.”
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