Hello everyone, I'm David Ryu los angeles city council member for council district four as you all know we are in the middle of a historic and critical election season now more than ever it's young people and especially students like you that we need to hear from you hold an incredible amount of power in our elections in fact millennials and older members of gen-z make up 37 of eligible voters unfortunately young people are often under-represented in the polls in 2016 only half the voters under 40 actually voted compared to 70 percent of those over the age of 55 but thankfully this is changing more young people are getting involved and staying involved and they're not just voting they're organizing they're advocating on behalf of the issues that they care about and they're talking to their friends and family members to get involved too young people are leading the charge against injustice marching in the streets reaching out to their elected officials in record numbers young people bring a unique and refreshing perspective which is especially important right now voting is one of the most critical tools that we have to hold our government accountable to us and voting hasn't always been easy especially for marginalized groups that's why i've been working to expand options for voting and introducing legislation to get more ballot boxes installed throughout la so that voting can be easy as dropping off a library book so make sure you're registered and make sure to have a voting plan read up on the local ballot measures and most importantly stay involved i look forward to seeing you at the polls.