POPSUGAR: We know all that's at stake this election year, especially as it applies to Latinx people: everything from heightened ICE activity, to human rights abuses at the border, to housing insecurity, to widespread lack of access to healthcare — especially right now in the midst of COVID-19. I know you've been vocal about the importance of voting, especially among young Latinas with the She Se Puede initiative. So, why vote?
Eva Longoria: Why what?
PS: Why vote?
EL: Why vote? [laughs] I don't even understand the question, you know what I mean? I feel like you're right to ask it because so many young people, so many people from my community are like, why should I vote? And you want to rip your hair out.
"Voter apathy is probably one of the things that makes me most angry because we get to decide who's in office. These politicians work for us."
In the voting booth is the only time we are all equal. It doesn't matter your socioeconomic status, it doesn't matter your gender, it doesn't matter your race, it doesn't matter your sexuality. Your vote is the same as my vote: it weighs the same, it matters the same. And so, especially as a Latino and as a woman, there are people who died for us to have the right to vote. We stand on their shoulders today, and to abuse that right, or to not even acknowledge the importance of it, is really disheartening. Voter apathy is probably one of the things that makes me most angry because we get to decide who's in office. These politicians work for us. The most important part of the democratic process is the citizen. And so, I encourage everybody to educate themselves on issues, on candidates, on what you need to vote — where's your mail-in ballot, what's your polling place, what identification you need — there's so much we need to do. Take three people with you. Know it's not just about you. Share that information with your family, with your friends, with your neighbors, with your community, and it really makes a difference. We want everybody to be a multiplier, so if you have the information, share it: multiply that effect by five.
![POPSUGAR: We know all that's at stake this election year, especially as it applies to Latinx people: everything from heightened ICE activity, to human rights abuses at the border, to housing insecurity, to widespread lack of access to healthcare — especially right now in the midst of COVID-19. I know you've been vocal about the importance of voting, especially among young Latinas with the She Se Puede initiative. So, why vote?
Eva Longoria: Why what?
PS: Why vote?
EL: Why vote? [laughs] I don't even understand the question, you know what I mean? I feel like you're right to ask it because so many young people, so many people from my community are like, why should I vote? And you want to rip your hair out.
"Voter apathy is probably one of the things that makes me most angry because we get to decide who's in office. These politicians work for us."
In the voting booth is the only time we are all equal. It doesn't matter your socioeconomic status, it doesn't matter your gender, it doesn't matter your race, it doesn't matter your sexuality. Your vote is the same as my vote: it weighs the same, it matters the same. And so, especially as a Latino and as a woman, there are people who died for us to have the right to vote. We stand on their shoulders today, and to abuse that right, or to not even acknowledge the importance of it, is really disheartening. Voter apathy is probably one of the things that makes me most angry because we get to decide who's in office. These politicians work for us. The most important part of the democratic process is the citizen. And so, I encourage everybody to educate themselves on issues, on candidates, on what you need to vote — where's your mail-in ballot, what's your polling place, what identification you need — there's so much we need to do. Take three people with you. Know it's not just about you. Share that information with your family, with your friends, with your neighbors, with your community, and it really makes a difference. We want everybody to be a multiplier, so if you have the information, share it: multiply that effect by five.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/1Kq3gtuBZkHYLTcWwNfg1lQ0ixU/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/09/10/908/n/38761221/b2ef0cf6791826c2_GettyImages-1202393011/i/POPSUGAR-We-know-all-that-at-stake-this-election-year-especially.jpg "POPSUGAR: We know all that's at stake this election year, especially as it applies to Latinx people: everything from heightened ICE activity, to human rights abuses at the border, to housing insecurity, to widespread lack of access to healthcare — especially right now in the midst of COVID-19. I know you've been vocal about the importance of voting, especially among young Latinas with the She Se Puede initiative. So, why vote?
Eva Longoria: Why what?
PS: Why vote?
EL: Why vote? [laughs] I don't even understand the question, you know what I mean? I feel like you're right to ask it because so many young people, so many people from my community are like, why should I vote? And you want to rip your hair out.
\"Voter apathy is probably one of the things that makes me most angry because we get to decide who's in office. These politicians work for us.\"
In the voting booth is the only time we are all equal. It doesn't matter your socioeconomic status, it doesn't matter your gender, it doesn't matter your race, it doesn't matter your sexuality. Your vote is the same as my vote: it weighs the same, it matters the same. And so, especially as a Latino and as a woman, there are people who died for us to have the right to vote. We stand on their shoulders today, and to abuse that right, or to not even acknowledge the importance of it, is really disheartening. Voter apathy is probably one of the things that makes me most angry because we get to decide who's in office. These politicians work for us. The most important part of the democratic process is the citizen. And so, I encourage everybody to educate themselves on issues, on candidates, on what you need to vote — where's your mail-in ballot, what's your polling place, what identification you need — there's so much we need to do. Take three people with you. Know it's not just about you. Share that information with your family, with your friends, with your neighbors, with your community, and it really makes a difference. We want everybody to be a multiplier, so if you have the information, share it: multiply that effect by five.")
