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Leaha Crawford 0:44
How you
Julian Rosado 0:47
doing? How you doing?
Leaha Crawford 0:49
I'm amazing. Well, welcome to Growth and Grace, where we talk about growing personally, professionally, financially, and within our communities. I am Leah Crawford. This is Julian Rosado, and today we're going to talk about. I'm Julian
Julian Rosado 1:01
Rosado. You're Julian. This is Julian Rosado. This is Julian Rosado. I'm Julian Rosado. Okay, y'all know who you are.
Leaha Crawford 1:06
Okay, got it. You, but how long have you been Julian Rosado? I'm just asking. How long have you been Julian Rosado? For a long time. Yeah, for a long time. Okay, but today, y'all, we're going to talk about something that affects every part of our community: voting, and we just don't want to talk about. We just don't want to say that voting is important. We want to talk about what you actually need to know. Are you registered? Is your information correct? Do you know where to vote? What happens if you moved? And do you know what rights you have when you walk into the polling place? You know.
Julian Rosado 1:38
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:38
Because sometimes we talk about voting as if everybody already knows how the system works.
Julian Rosado 1:44
Yeah, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:45
You agree?
Julian Rosado 1:46
Yeah, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:47
You just gonna say yeah, yeah. That's all you want to do the whole show is say yeah yeah yeah yeah
Julian Rosado 1:51
yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:52
Um, so Julian, when somebody says voting rights, what do you think about?
Julian Rosado 1:58
Um, somebody says voting rights. Well, the first thing that comes to my mind is Martin Luther King. That's the very first, the 1968, right? And
Leaha Crawford 2:15
definitely that.
Julian Rosado 2:16
Yeah, yeah, and because a lot of laws was passed like on in that era, yeah. Okay, okay.
Leaha Crawford 2:22
If you think about that, yeah. Okay, so for me, when I think about voting rights, I think it's bigger than just election day. I look at us having a voice in our everyday decisions. It was so funny because somebody said to me today, and I thank Wes for this. He was like, you know, the state flower of Nevada for the past 10 years has been the comb because of all of the construction that's going on. And again, those are people making decisions about what to do with the money in the state to improve the streets. And it's been a lot of infrastructure changes, you know. So that those are our dollars at work. So when I think about it because some people only pay attention to the presidential election, and I know we have a big election coming up in November. But local elections-who
Julian Rosado 3:09
is running?
Leaha Crawford 3:10
I can't give you that because I don't have the list prepared, but I will get the list prepared. I know the governor's race that's going on with Joe Lombardo and Aaron Ford. I know the county recorder's race that's going on. Tanya Flanagan is running, and then our state assembly, our whole state assembly is running. Congress is running. So there's a bunch of people running for office, and I'll get a list so that we can see. But the biggest thing is that our local elections, the people that impact our everyday lives, our mayors, our city council members, our school board members, our judges-you know, our state legislators-all those positions matter. Like knowing where you live and who represents you. Like you are
Julian Rosado 3:55
just mostly paid to the presidential. Well, think. Okay, so,
Leaha Crawford 4:00
so after our election, our state legislature goes into session, right? And the NRS they make a lot of decisions, a lot, a lot of decisions starting February of next year till about maybe June. And you know we need to know how is it going to impact you. I give you a small example, like in schools now, they had I guess at one time to put their cell phones in a pack in schools. Well, that was a legislative decision that was made that schoolchildren needed to do this.
Julian Rosado 4:35
So what when you walk when you go in going when you go into a classroom, it was like
Leaha Crawford 4:39
no, you no longer in your pocket. It was supposed to go into this um this little this this little packet, and then you could get it back at the end of class. Oh, that's smart. Yeah, but little decisions like that, like what happens in our schools, you know, what happens in our states, you know, what happens, like gardens. There was a bill that we testified against in the last session that was talking about. Community gardens, and we were. It was our day at the legislature, and one of our. I'm a member of Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated. So one of our targets was gardening, and we were able to testify on a bill about gardening, and you know, thanks to Tanya Flanagan, she she was the sponsor of the bill. But the questions that were asked, you know, do community gardens benefit? Are they beneficial to communities? And the answer is yes. They use less water.
Julian Rosado 5:35
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 5:36
it's a food source for the neighboring community.
Julian Rosado 5:39
Oh, I didn't think of that.
Leaha Crawford 5:40
Yeah, so it's little stuff like that, and being and I love our state because we have a thing called Nellis, where you can watch a BDR when it goes before the committee, when it goes before the assembly or senate, depending on what side it's on.
Julian Rosado 5:55
What does that stand for?
Leaha Crawford 5:56
BDR. That's a bill draft.
Julian Rosado 5:58
Okay,
Leaha Crawford 5:58
a bill draft, right? So when you when you are able to understand the political process of how things happen, right, and then who's there making those decisions,
Julian Rosado 6:12
and it gets you more excited too.
Leaha Crawford 6:14
Oh, well, it does. It does. I mean, because I think we always talk about the stuff that's going on in D.C. and and all those things, but what is happening at the city council meetings here? What is happening at the Clark County meetings here, the Henderson meetings, the North Las Vegas meetings? What's going on? There's a lot of building going on, a lot of stuff moving. A
Julian Rosado 6:35
lot.
Leaha Crawford 6:36
You know what's happening? You know. Well, let me ask you this though: Why do you think some people feel like their vote doesn't matter.
Julian Rosado 6:43
I think it was just like really. I I think it's just the media that tries to portray that you know. Oh well, you know your vote's not really mattering. It's to prohibit people from getting out there to to vote. You know.
Leaha Crawford 7:00
So what would
Julian Rosado 7:00
that's my thought? That's your thought. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 7:02
Well, what would you say to someone who says politics doesn't affect me?
Julian Rosado 7:08
Oh man. Well, when somebody says that, well, actually, Noah, I think they're just either very young because I thought that, you know. You thought. Okay. So why did you think that? So why did
Leaha Crawford 7:19
you think that? Let's talk about it.
Julian Rosado 7:20
I thought that because you know all I cared about really was you know just sports you know and I I had no really no interest in in politics you know I I thought that you know there's there was very little you know legislation that can affect my personal life you know what I mean, and so when you think on that realm, when you're living your your life as you know a teenager or a very young man, you know that's the mindset that you go off of. Got
Leaha Crawford 7:54
it, got it. So why do so? What could someone have have said to you, the younger you, to teach you.
Julian Rosado 8:05
Yeah, I think would have really impacted me if they would actually, or someone would actually showed me. Like, I think you know, other than speaking, I think physically showed me. People like, hey, do you see this bridge right here? This was paid for by right the the highway you drive on
Leaha Crawford 8:26
was paid for by these dollars because they voted the person you elected voted for this bill or this or this these monies to be spent on this bridge that you are driving on today right so they just had to show you the flow of how things work and why it's important. All right, so first things first, and people, if you can hear the sound of my voice, are you registered? Very simple. I know if you have a driver's license in Nevada, they automatically register you to vote, but you need to check your registration because when they automatically register you, you are registered as an independent, and you need to go in and check your registration to make sure that if you choose a party, that that party is selected on your ballot on your own registration. Okay, and if you voted before, you still want to verify that your information is correct, especially
Julian Rosado 9:20
if you moved.
Leaha Crawford 9:21
Well, if you moved, that's another thing. So if you moved, you want to make sure because well, what what I love about the state of Nevada is even though you might be in a district because we have early voting, mail-in ballots, and all the other things, there are so many ways for you to vote. But if you moved your ballot and you haven't updated your address, your ballot is going to be sent to your old address.
Julian Rosado 9:43
Wait, what happens in Nevada if you get married and you're still under your your your previous name?
Leaha Crawford 9:50
You can. I mean, I I don't see. I don't know, but this is my intelligent guess. If you got married, did you go through the process to change your name?
Julian Rosado 10:00
Yeah, because
Leaha Crawford 10:00
there's a whole process, from what I understand, with with some married women, there's a process to to change your name.
Julian Rosado 10:05
Okay,
Leaha Crawford 10:06
and if your ID still says, again, voting rights, if you can still vote because you're still that person.
Julian Rosado 10:14
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 10:15
it's just changed your name. But if you change your name legally, then I would suggest that you update your registration to reflect what you changed your name to. Okay, all right. But if you move most most definitely, because again, we're in the valley and there are so many different things. So if you lived in unincorporated Clark County and you moved to North Las Vegas, there could be a race in North Las Vegas that you are eligible to vote for, if you have that address, right? So not moving is just one thing, but you also have to update your record so that they know that you know I moved, so I can now vote for because there's a mayor's race going on in in the city of North Las Vegas, but you have to be a registered voter in North Las Vegas to vote in that race. All right, so you really need to know because if you um, you really need to know who is on your ballot because when we get the ballot, you'll see it. But you can look beforehand and you can see who are the elected officials in your area, right?
Julian Rosado 11:19
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 11:20
Pull it up so that you know who you're voting for and who you need to research.
Julian Rosado 11:23
What what legislation that you fought for, and that you have seen passed?
Leaha Crawford 11:30
Huh?
Julian Rosado 11:30
What legislation that you have fought for? I
Leaha Crawford 11:33
told you about it. I told you about the um. Well, it was one. Well, there's another one, because the state wanted professional licensing. So, with professional licensing, I don't remember which which bill it was, but with professional licensing, they wanted to put all the professional licensing in one department. And you know, I'm a CPA, so I voted because there are certain things with being a certified public accountant that our our board needs to know in order to ensure that we can maintain our licenses. So I didn't think it was a good idea just to have one person doing all the licenses. I thought that you know certain because certain licenses require certain things. We have to do continuing education units. We have to have in order to get licensed. There are so many different things you need to have, and you really have to pay attention to the details. And it could be that for all the other industries. I'm sure in nursing there are certain things that you have to have in order to get licensed as a nurse, and then besides passing the exam, and you want to make sure that those licensings and licensing in those departments, and then we pay fees to get licensed. So I did. I fought for that legislation not to pass, and it didn't pass.
Julian Rosado 12:40
Wow.
Leaha Crawford 12:40
Okay, but the other thing was the pro thing was when the the community gardens, when that came up, we did we were able to we were able to testify in favor of, and there was a bunch of us there too. It was it was so cute. It was probably about maybe 15 of us there that were able to testify against the bill. Well, in favor of the bill because we were like that's one of our targets. So we, we, we testified for it, and I was happy to know that the bill passed. Wow. So, yep. Now let me ask you this: Have you checked your registration lately?
Julian Rosado 13:15
Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I am registered. I I will say this: I did not vote in the previous primary. Yeah, primary. But I did vote for the
Leaha Crawford 13:27
in the last presidential. Yeah,
Julian Rosado 13:29
last presidential. Yeah. Okay.
Leaha Crawford 13:30
So why didn't now? Let me ask. Did you know it was a primary going on?
Julian Rosado 13:33
No, no, I didn't. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 13:36
Okay, so that's note to self. We need to get better.
Julian Rosado 13:38
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 13:39
At letting people know. Now let me ask you this: Is your address up to date? Because they mailed you a ballot if you're registered to vote.
Julian Rosado 13:45
Yes. Yeah. And yeah, it just piled up on other mail. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 13:50
Okay. So when when when the big when the big thing came with all the paper and the stuff you didn't look at it to see when it was due.
Julian Rosado 13:57
Yeah, I looked at it and just placed it aside. Yeah. Okay. I still have it.
Leaha Crawford 14:02
All right. Well, let me add. Well, when you get your ballot, do you look at your entire ballot, or do you just at presidential just stop?
Julian Rosado 14:10
I actually do because there are a few names that I would recognize and see, and yeah, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 14:21
Okay, how much research do you do?
Julian Rosado 14:24
That's the thing. That's definitely how much research
Leaha Crawford 14:27
do you think the average person does before they vote? Yeah.
Julian Rosado 14:30
Now, now I realize to do a lot, a lot more. But I really wish there was some sort of way that you know that I don't know that will make it accessible to to to to gather that. Do you know what I mean?
Leaha Crawford 14:49
Yeah, you want to know what we had? We had to bring somebody on, somebody that that really digs deep into um into voting rights. I'm gonna um actually find someone that can come on and really dig deep into the. If there are any ballot questions,
Julian Rosado 15:02
yeah,
Leaha Crawford 15:02
and about the whole process, and say yes, and yeah, so we're going to bring a few people on, but I just wanted to start the conversation,
Julian Rosado 15:10
yeah,
Leaha Crawford 15:10
because I know Souls to the Polls will be going on, and there are other things like the like, do you watch the debates when they happen?
Julian Rosado 15:17
Yes, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 15:19
Okay, so do you get excited with the debates?
Julian Rosado 15:22
Yes, they go on for a long time, and but I'm at a point to which they start name blank, like blaming.
Leaha Crawford 15:37
You don't like that?
Julian Rosado 15:37
Yeah, yeah. I'm, I'm like instead of just coming up with just straight solutions, instead of just saying, "Well, our previous person they allowed this to happen, or our previous person they allowed this to happen, so you're saying, "I don't. So what you're saying?
Leaha Crawford 15:51
Okay, so so you're saying that if you are running for office, you want to hear what you're going to do and what the solutions. That's you don't want the blame. You don't like the blame. I
Julian Rosado 15:59
don't. I yeah. Or what you've
Leaha Crawford 16:01
done and what the plan is for the future.
Julian Rosado 16:03
Yeah. Yes. Okay. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 16:05
And I would say that when you're looking up candidates, go to credible sources, not just social media. Listen to what candidates actually say. Look at their records, you know, and then make your decision on your own.
Julian Rosado 16:20
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 16:20
All right. I think it's important that you know that you really don't have to vote the way your family votes. You don't have to vote the way your friends vote. You have to have to vote the way your organization votes. Your ballot is your ballot, and this is a chance for you to voice your opinion because it's your right.
Julian Rosado 16:39
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 16:39
And take ownership of
Julian Rosado 16:41
it.
Leaha Crawford 16:41
You know, this is your voice, so you can ask questions. But if something doesn't sit well with you, it's your ballot.
Julian Rosado 16:47
Yeah, it is
Leaha Crawford 16:47
your ballot. You did
Julian Rosado 16:48
tell me something earlier. You said that you know that really touched my heart. You said that a lot of people that passed to give me the right to vote. Oh, oh, people.
Leaha Crawford 17:01
Oh, yeah. People, and that's something
Julian Rosado 17:03
that I believe a lot of people they just forget and they look over, you know.
Leaha Crawford 17:08
People have died,
Julian Rosado 17:09
yeah,
Leaha Crawford 17:09
for certain communities to have the right to vote, and that's why I don't take it. That's why I take it very seriously and really get involved in the voting process, and then our family. Well, back home, they were very. I mean, that was even though back then it was one day. You voted on one day. It wasn't as creative as we are now with early voting. And I remember a couple of our uncles at working. They they were poll workers. You know, they just they went to the polls and they worked the polls because they understood, but again, you're talking about the 70s and the 80s, and we're in Philadelphia, so they're working the polls and they're in the political process, and just showing how important it was
Julian Rosado 17:54
to vote.
Leaha Crawford 17:55
I know for my mom and my sister, they actually make a family trip of it. So come on, we're gonna get together. We're gonna get dressed up, and we're gonna go vote.
Julian Rosado 18:03
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 18:04
and I did the same thing with my son. When um, whenever I vote, I always make sure I vote and I take him with me, so that he can see this is part of the process. This is something that you do. You know, I did the same thing with my daughter. This is the process. This is what you do. You have
Julian Rosado 18:19
to vote.
Leaha Crawford 18:20
You know, what if there is a problem? You know, I understand that sometimes you might experience a problem with trying to vote, or you don't, and you assume that there is nothing you can do. What I can tell you is, ask question, ask a poll worker for assistance. Don't be afraid. Just ask, get the answers because this is your right, and you have the right to vote. The key is do not walk away with unanswered questions. Be respectful. Be respectful.
Julian Rosado 18:56
What's a typical problem that that they will come across?
Leaha Crawford 19:01
Maybe they thought they registered it and they didn't.
Julian Rosado 19:04
Oh, oh yeah.
Leaha Crawford 19:06
No, maybe they thought they registered and they didn't. In Nevada, you don't have to have an ID as of right now. You don't have to have an ID, but maybe they thought they registered and and they didn't. Or maybe they don't know. A simple thing is they might have you might be in the poll and you're hitting the buttons, and you might hit the wrong button, and you want to make a correction to it. So before you submit your vote, you want to make sure that you verify on that last screen that everything that is selected is actually what you wanted to select for your vote. So it's a very serious matter. So you just don't run and vote and leave. And I see people. I just gotta go vote and make no. It's not fast. It's a process. Sit down, take your time with the ballot, read the ballot. I know for us, I know I normally read my ballot beforehand, and I go in the polling area with a with the paper ballot that they gave me all marked up.
Julian Rosado 19:59
Oh.
Leaha Crawford 19:59
With my research questions, it's like a whole dissertation that I did. Oh wow! Yeah, no, doing the research on people, especially judges, because for me the challenge is always judges, because I don't know who the judge is. So I call, I read different, I research the person, then I call different attorneys that I know because attorneys know attorneys, attorneys know judges are normally attorneys. Oh
Julian Rosado 20:22
my gosh!
Leaha Crawford 20:22
And I see. Okay, so what is this person stance? Like family court, very important court for me. Want to know what type of person is in what is a family court judge? You know, because you're dealing with a lot of you're dealing with family issues. You're dealing with juvenile issues, divorces, child custody cases, just all the things that deal with families.
Julian Rosado 20:43
That's what I'm. That's what I mean. I wish there was a way so people can find out more information about, like you know, a local judge. You know what I mean?
Leaha Crawford 20:54
What I would do is, and I use I so I Google everything to start, and I just start with a search. So even for so governor, I know there's a lot of information out there, but when if I'm new to an area and I don't know, and one of the well something that's that that's on the ballot now is going to be county recorder. So the first thing I do is, what does the county recorder do? What does the county assessor do, right? So I will sit down and I'll just look at it and just read it while I'm sitting there. I mean, I could be watching a television show. I pull it up on my phone because right, think about it. You have a computer in your hand, right? So I or I ask Google. Okay, Google, I don't do anything. Okay, Google, you know what does a county recorder do? And okay, Leah, a county recorder does da da da da da da da. Okay, what does a county assessor do? Those positions are very important. These people are reporting everything, right? So your property records. I give you a real example, and we have to go and correct it. We were in Philadelphia. We pulled up the property records, and the record for the property next door to my mother was on her property record.
Julian Rosado 22:09
Oh wow! Right, and
Leaha Crawford 22:10
I'm telling, and I when I saw it, I'm telling my sister, and it was on the fluke that I just so I mean, me being who I you know I just pulled her address up on the um on their site, and I was like, look, we need to go and correct this, because this deed doesn't belong on our property. This is that property, right? But it's little stuff like that. Like every once in a while, I go to the county recorder site and I just, you know, just go through to see what's there.
Julian Rosado 22:37
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 22:38
you know. I also ask, you know, what does Congress do? Even though I know, you know, what does a state legislator, what what do they do? What's the difference between the assembly and the Senate? What does a school board member do? Because I know if I have a problem, if I have a problem that with the school district, I might not be calling my Clark County Commissioner if it's a problem with the school district.
Julian Rosado 23:04
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 23:05
So just asking, you know, just doing my research so that I understand what these different positions do, you know. And then sometimes, you know, you you might see something where somebody's around town and they're speaking, so you just go and listen to them and hear what they have to say.
Julian Rosado 23:26
Yeah, you
Leaha Crawford 23:27
know, and ask around. It's our civic responsibility. You know, each one. You know, you're responsible for you. Like I know some candidates walk, and they knock on doors. When a candidate knocks on your door, you know, if you don't know the candidate, ask them their name. Why should I vote for you?
Julian Rosado 23:45
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 23:45
You know what does your office do? But make sure you've done your research too, so you know what the office does.
Julian Rosado 23:50
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 23:51
And how are you going to be impactful in that position,
Julian Rosado 23:56
especially in impact their community?
Leaha Crawford 23:58
How are you going to impact their like school board, school board is very important. School board, you know, they are responsible. They hire our superintendent for the school district. You know, they they they handle a lot of the complaints and a lot of things going on in the school district. So just understanding what they do, you know, and make sure that we're represented on that board.
Julian Rosado 24:21
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 24:22
Okay. All right. So you ready for um our lightning rod round voting edition?
Julian Rosado 24:26
Yes.
Leaha Crawford 24:27
All right. So I'm gonna ask you the questions and okay whatever comes to your mind first. I'm gonna turn to okay so you can't see. No long explanation. All
Julian Rosado 24:34
right.
Leaha Crawford 24:35
Democracy. No long.
Julian Rosado 24:36
Okay. One
Leaha Crawford 24:36
word. Democracy.
Julian Rosado 24:38
Fair.
Leaha Crawford 24:39
Freedom. Taking you too long. Freedom. Oh
Julian Rosado 24:43
man, that's bad. Yeah, that's bad. We're gonna skip that one. Freedom. You
Leaha Crawford 24:50
ain't free. Community.
Julian Rosado 24:53
Together.
Leaha Crawford 24:55
Leadership.
Julian Rosado 24:57
Ownership.
Leaha Crawford 24:58
Responsibility.
Julian Rosado 25:00
Family,
Leaha Crawford 25:01
your voice,
Julian Rosado 25:03
harness,
Leaha Crawford 25:04
election day.
Julian Rosado 25:09
Powerful,
Leaha Crawford 25:11
powerful. Okay, here's what I want you to take away from today's show: Do not wait until election day to start think about to start thinking about voting, check your voter registration status. Make sure your information is correct. Learn what's on your ballot. Research the candidates and issues. Know your voting options and understand your rights. You know because voting isn't just something we talk about; it's something we participate in. And the people before us fought for the right to have a voice in this country. We honor that history not simply by talking about it, but by being informed, engaged, and participating. Your vote belongs to you. Your voice belongs to you. Use both wisely. I am Leah Crawford. This
Julian Rosado 26:07
is Julian Rosado.
Leaha Crawford 26:08
And this has been Growth and Grace, where we continue to grow, lead, learn, and give ourselves grace along the way. Until next week, y'all, peace and blessings. Oh, we missed one thing, Julie.
Julian Rosado 26:23
Well, what? Oh,
Leaha Crawford 26:23
wait, P.S. P.S. I forgot.
Julian Rosado 26:25
What?
Leaha Crawford 26:26
Football season. Who playing tomorrow? Do you know?
Julian Rosado 26:28
Tomorrow is the Falcons and the. When the
Leaha Crawford 26:32
Eagles playing?
Julian Rosado 26:33
Oh, then I think they're finishing. They don't play until week one.
Leaha Crawford 26:38
Don't play until week one.
Julian Rosado 26:39
No. Okay, so I
Leaha Crawford 26:40
need you to get the the football schedule because I'm ready.
Julian Rosado 26:42
Oh yeah, I know this sport. I got this
Leaha Crawford 26:44
sport. I got this sport. Yeah. Okay. All right. Until next week, y'all. Peace and blessings. Bye.
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When was the last time, baby? We back. I'm good, I'm good. We
back and we back and we back and we back and we back and we back and we back.
Leaha Crawford 0:44
How you
Julian Rosado 0:47
doing? How you doing?
Leaha Crawford 0:49
I'm amazing. Well, welcome to Growth and Grace, where we talk about growing personally, professionally, financially, and within our communities. I am Leah Crawford. This is Julian Rosado, and today we're going to talk about. I'm Julian
Julian Rosado 1:01
Rosado. You're Julian. This is Julian Rosado. This is Julian Rosado. I'm Julian Rosado. Okay, y'all know who you are.
Leaha Crawford 1:06
Okay, got it. You, but how long have you been Julian Rosado? I'm just asking. How long have you been Julian Rosado? For a long time. Yeah, for a long time. Okay, but today, y'all, we're going to talk about something that affects every part of our community: voting, and we just don't want to talk about. We just don't want to say that voting is important. We want to talk about what you actually need to know. Are you registered? Is your information correct? Do you know where to vote? What happens if you moved? And do you know what rights you have when you walk into the polling place? You know.
Julian Rosado 1:38
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:38
Because sometimes we talk about voting as if everybody already knows how the system works.
Julian Rosado 1:44
Yeah, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:45
You agree?
Julian Rosado 1:46
Yeah, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:47
You just gonna say yeah, yeah. That's all you want to do the whole show is say yeah yeah yeah yeah
Julian Rosado 1:51
yeah.
Leaha Crawford 1:52
Um, so Julian, when somebody says voting rights, what do you think about?
Julian Rosado 1:58
Um, somebody says voting rights. Well, the first thing that comes to my mind is Martin Luther King. That's the very first, the 1968, right? And
Leaha Crawford 2:15
definitely that.
Julian Rosado 2:16
Yeah, yeah, and because a lot of laws was passed like on in that era, yeah. Okay, okay.
Leaha Crawford 2:22
If you think about that, yeah. Okay, so for me, when I think about voting rights, I think it's bigger than just election day. I look at us having a voice in our everyday decisions. It was so funny because somebody said to me today, and I thank Wes for this. He was like, you know, the state flower of Nevada for the past 10 years has been the comb because of all of the construction that's going on. And again, those are people making decisions about what to do with the money in the state to improve the streets. And it's been a lot of infrastructure changes, you know. So that those are our dollars at work. So when I think about it because some people only pay attention to the presidential election, and I know we have a big election coming up in November. But local elections-who
Julian Rosado 3:09
is running?
Leaha Crawford 3:10
I can't give you that because I don't have the list prepared, but I will get the list prepared. I know the governor's race that's going on with Joe Lombardo and Aaron Ford. I know the county recorder's race that's going on. Tanya Flanagan is running, and then our state assembly, our whole state assembly is running. Congress is running. So there's a bunch of people running for office, and I'll get a list so that we can see. But the biggest thing is that our local elections, the people that impact our everyday lives, our mayors, our city council members, our school board members, our judges-you know, our state legislators-all those positions matter. Like knowing where you live and who represents you. Like you are
Julian Rosado 3:55
just mostly paid to the presidential. Well, think. Okay, so,
Leaha Crawford 4:00
so after our election, our state legislature goes into session, right? And the NRS they make a lot of decisions, a lot, a lot of decisions starting February of next year till about maybe June. And you know we need to know how is it going to impact you. I give you a small example, like in schools now, they had I guess at one time to put their cell phones in a pack in schools. Well, that was a legislative decision that was made that schoolchildren needed to do this.
Julian Rosado 4:35
So what when you walk when you go in going when you go into a classroom, it was like
Leaha Crawford 4:39
no, you no longer in your pocket. It was supposed to go into this um this little this this little packet, and then you could get it back at the end of class. Oh, that's smart. Yeah, but little decisions like that, like what happens in our schools, you know, what happens in our states, you know, what happens, like gardens. There was a bill that we testified against in the last session that was talking about. Community gardens, and we were. It was our day at the legislature, and one of our. I'm a member of Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated. So one of our targets was gardening, and we were able to testify on a bill about gardening, and you know, thanks to Tanya Flanagan, she she was the sponsor of the bill. But the questions that were asked, you know, do community gardens benefit? Are they beneficial to communities? And the answer is yes. They use less water.
Julian Rosado 5:35
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 5:36
it's a food source for the neighboring community.
Julian Rosado 5:39
Oh, I didn't think of that.
Leaha Crawford 5:40
Yeah, so it's little stuff like that, and being and I love our state because we have a thing called Nellis, where you can watch a BDR when it goes before the committee, when it goes before the assembly or senate, depending on what side it's on.
Julian Rosado 5:55
What does that stand for?
Leaha Crawford 5:56
BDR. That's a bill draft.
Julian Rosado 5:58
Okay,
Leaha Crawford 5:58
a bill draft, right? So when you when you are able to understand the political process of how things happen, right, and then who's there making those decisions,
Julian Rosado 6:12
and it gets you more excited too.
Leaha Crawford 6:14
Oh, well, it does. It does. I mean, because I think we always talk about the stuff that's going on in D.C. and and all those things, but what is happening at the city council meetings here? What is happening at the Clark County meetings here, the Henderson meetings, the North Las Vegas meetings? What's going on? There's a lot of building going on, a lot of stuff moving. A
Julian Rosado 6:35
lot.
Leaha Crawford 6:36
You know what's happening? You know. Well, let me ask you this though: Why do you think some people feel like their vote doesn't matter.
Julian Rosado 6:43
I think it was just like really. I I think it's just the media that tries to portray that you know. Oh well, you know your vote's not really mattering. It's to prohibit people from getting out there to to vote. You know.
Leaha Crawford 7:00
So what would
Julian Rosado 7:00
that's my thought? That's your thought. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 7:02
Well, what would you say to someone who says politics doesn't affect me?
Julian Rosado 7:08
Oh man. Well, when somebody says that, well, actually, Noah, I think they're just either very young because I thought that, you know. You thought. Okay. So why did you think that? So why did
Leaha Crawford 7:19
you think that? Let's talk about it.
Julian Rosado 7:20
I thought that because you know all I cared about really was you know just sports you know and I I had no really no interest in in politics you know I I thought that you know there's there was very little you know legislation that can affect my personal life you know what I mean, and so when you think on that realm, when you're living your your life as you know a teenager or a very young man, you know that's the mindset that you go off of. Got
Leaha Crawford 7:54
it, got it. So why do so? What could someone have have said to you, the younger you, to teach you.
Julian Rosado 8:05
Yeah, I think would have really impacted me if they would actually, or someone would actually showed me. Like, I think you know, other than speaking, I think physically showed me. People like, hey, do you see this bridge right here? This was paid for by right the the highway you drive on
Leaha Crawford 8:26
was paid for by these dollars because they voted the person you elected voted for this bill or this or this these monies to be spent on this bridge that you are driving on today right so they just had to show you the flow of how things work and why it's important. All right, so first things first, and people, if you can hear the sound of my voice, are you registered? Very simple. I know if you have a driver's license in Nevada, they automatically register you to vote, but you need to check your registration because when they automatically register you, you are registered as an independent, and you need to go in and check your registration to make sure that if you choose a party, that that party is selected on your ballot on your own registration. Okay, and if you voted before, you still want to verify that your information is correct, especially
Julian Rosado 9:20
if you moved.
Leaha Crawford 9:21
Well, if you moved, that's another thing. So if you moved, you want to make sure because well, what what I love about the state of Nevada is even though you might be in a district because we have early voting, mail-in ballots, and all the other things, there are so many ways for you to vote. But if you moved your ballot and you haven't updated your address, your ballot is going to be sent to your old address.
Julian Rosado 9:43
Wait, what happens in Nevada if you get married and you're still under your your your previous name?
Leaha Crawford 9:50
You can. I mean, I I don't see. I don't know, but this is my intelligent guess. If you got married, did you go through the process to change your name?
Julian Rosado 10:00
Yeah, because
Leaha Crawford 10:00
there's a whole process, from what I understand, with with some married women, there's a process to to change your name.
Julian Rosado 10:05
Okay,
Leaha Crawford 10:06
and if your ID still says, again, voting rights, if you can still vote because you're still that person.
Julian Rosado 10:14
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 10:15
it's just changed your name. But if you change your name legally, then I would suggest that you update your registration to reflect what you changed your name to. Okay, all right. But if you move most most definitely, because again, we're in the valley and there are so many different things. So if you lived in unincorporated Clark County and you moved to North Las Vegas, there could be a race in North Las Vegas that you are eligible to vote for, if you have that address, right? So not moving is just one thing, but you also have to update your record so that they know that you know I moved, so I can now vote for because there's a mayor's race going on in in the city of North Las Vegas, but you have to be a registered voter in North Las Vegas to vote in that race. All right, so you really need to know because if you um, you really need to know who is on your ballot because when we get the ballot, you'll see it. But you can look beforehand and you can see who are the elected officials in your area, right?
Julian Rosado 11:19
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 11:20
Pull it up so that you know who you're voting for and who you need to research.
Julian Rosado 11:23
What what legislation that you fought for, and that you have seen passed?
Leaha Crawford 11:30
Huh?
Julian Rosado 11:30
What legislation that you have fought for? I
Leaha Crawford 11:33
told you about it. I told you about the um. Well, it was one. Well, there's another one, because the state wanted professional licensing. So, with professional licensing, I don't remember which which bill it was, but with professional licensing, they wanted to put all the professional licensing in one department. And you know, I'm a CPA, so I voted because there are certain things with being a certified public accountant that our our board needs to know in order to ensure that we can maintain our licenses. So I didn't think it was a good idea just to have one person doing all the licenses. I thought that you know certain because certain licenses require certain things. We have to do continuing education units. We have to have in order to get licensed. There are so many different things you need to have, and you really have to pay attention to the details. And it could be that for all the other industries. I'm sure in nursing there are certain things that you have to have in order to get licensed as a nurse, and then besides passing the exam, and you want to make sure that those licensings and licensing in those departments, and then we pay fees to get licensed. So I did. I fought for that legislation not to pass, and it didn't pass.
Julian Rosado 12:40
Wow.
Leaha Crawford 12:40
Okay, but the other thing was the pro thing was when the the community gardens, when that came up, we did we were able to we were able to testify in favor of, and there was a bunch of us there too. It was it was so cute. It was probably about maybe 15 of us there that were able to testify against the bill. Well, in favor of the bill because we were like that's one of our targets. So we, we, we testified for it, and I was happy to know that the bill passed. Wow. So, yep. Now let me ask you this: Have you checked your registration lately?
Julian Rosado 13:15
Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I am registered. I I will say this: I did not vote in the previous primary. Yeah, primary. But I did vote for the
Leaha Crawford 13:27
in the last presidential. Yeah,
Julian Rosado 13:29
last presidential. Yeah. Okay.
Leaha Crawford 13:30
So why didn't now? Let me ask. Did you know it was a primary going on?
Julian Rosado 13:33
No, no, I didn't. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 13:36
Okay, so that's note to self. We need to get better.
Julian Rosado 13:38
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 13:39
At letting people know. Now let me ask you this: Is your address up to date? Because they mailed you a ballot if you're registered to vote.
Julian Rosado 13:45
Yes. Yeah. And yeah, it just piled up on other mail. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 13:50
Okay. So when when when the big when the big thing came with all the paper and the stuff you didn't look at it to see when it was due.
Julian Rosado 13:57
Yeah, I looked at it and just placed it aside. Yeah. Okay. I still have it.
Leaha Crawford 14:02
All right. Well, let me add. Well, when you get your ballot, do you look at your entire ballot, or do you just at presidential just stop?
Julian Rosado 14:10
I actually do because there are a few names that I would recognize and see, and yeah, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 14:21
Okay, how much research do you do?
Julian Rosado 14:24
That's the thing. That's definitely how much research
Leaha Crawford 14:27
do you think the average person does before they vote? Yeah.
Julian Rosado 14:30
Now, now I realize to do a lot, a lot more. But I really wish there was some sort of way that you know that I don't know that will make it accessible to to to to gather that. Do you know what I mean?
Leaha Crawford 14:49
Yeah, you want to know what we had? We had to bring somebody on, somebody that that really digs deep into um into voting rights. I'm gonna um actually find someone that can come on and really dig deep into the. If there are any ballot questions,
Julian Rosado 15:02
yeah,
Leaha Crawford 15:02
and about the whole process, and say yes, and yeah, so we're going to bring a few people on, but I just wanted to start the conversation,
Julian Rosado 15:10
yeah,
Leaha Crawford 15:10
because I know Souls to the Polls will be going on, and there are other things like the like, do you watch the debates when they happen?
Julian Rosado 15:17
Yes, yeah.
Leaha Crawford 15:19
Okay, so do you get excited with the debates?
Julian Rosado 15:22
Yes, they go on for a long time, and but I'm at a point to which they start name blank, like blaming.
Leaha Crawford 15:37
You don't like that?
Julian Rosado 15:37
Yeah, yeah. I'm, I'm like instead of just coming up with just straight solutions, instead of just saying, "Well, our previous person they allowed this to happen, or our previous person they allowed this to happen, so you're saying, "I don't. So what you're saying?
Leaha Crawford 15:51
Okay, so so you're saying that if you are running for office, you want to hear what you're going to do and what the solutions. That's you don't want the blame. You don't like the blame. I
Julian Rosado 15:59
don't. I yeah. Or what you've
Leaha Crawford 16:01
done and what the plan is for the future.
Julian Rosado 16:03
Yeah. Yes. Okay. Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 16:05
And I would say that when you're looking up candidates, go to credible sources, not just social media. Listen to what candidates actually say. Look at their records, you know, and then make your decision on your own.
Julian Rosado 16:20
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 16:20
All right. I think it's important that you know that you really don't have to vote the way your family votes. You don't have to vote the way your friends vote. You have to have to vote the way your organization votes. Your ballot is your ballot, and this is a chance for you to voice your opinion because it's your right.
Julian Rosado 16:39
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 16:39
And take ownership of
Julian Rosado 16:41
it.
Leaha Crawford 16:41
You know, this is your voice, so you can ask questions. But if something doesn't sit well with you, it's your ballot.
Julian Rosado 16:47
Yeah, it is
Leaha Crawford 16:47
your ballot. You did
Julian Rosado 16:48
tell me something earlier. You said that you know that really touched my heart. You said that a lot of people that passed to give me the right to vote. Oh, oh, people.
Leaha Crawford 17:01
Oh, yeah. People, and that's something
Julian Rosado 17:03
that I believe a lot of people they just forget and they look over, you know.
Leaha Crawford 17:08
People have died,
Julian Rosado 17:09
yeah,
Leaha Crawford 17:09
for certain communities to have the right to vote, and that's why I don't take it. That's why I take it very seriously and really get involved in the voting process, and then our family. Well, back home, they were very. I mean, that was even though back then it was one day. You voted on one day. It wasn't as creative as we are now with early voting. And I remember a couple of our uncles at working. They they were poll workers. You know, they just they went to the polls and they worked the polls because they understood, but again, you're talking about the 70s and the 80s, and we're in Philadelphia, so they're working the polls and they're in the political process, and just showing how important it was
Julian Rosado 17:54
to vote.
Leaha Crawford 17:55
I know for my mom and my sister, they actually make a family trip of it. So come on, we're gonna get together. We're gonna get dressed up, and we're gonna go vote.
Julian Rosado 18:03
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 18:04
and I did the same thing with my son. When um, whenever I vote, I always make sure I vote and I take him with me, so that he can see this is part of the process. This is something that you do. You know, I did the same thing with my daughter. This is the process. This is what you do. You have
Julian Rosado 18:19
to vote.
Leaha Crawford 18:20
You know, what if there is a problem? You know, I understand that sometimes you might experience a problem with trying to vote, or you don't, and you assume that there is nothing you can do. What I can tell you is, ask question, ask a poll worker for assistance. Don't be afraid. Just ask, get the answers because this is your right, and you have the right to vote. The key is do not walk away with unanswered questions. Be respectful. Be respectful.
Julian Rosado 18:56
What's a typical problem that that they will come across?
Leaha Crawford 19:01
Maybe they thought they registered it and they didn't.
Julian Rosado 19:04
Oh, oh yeah.
Leaha Crawford 19:06
No, maybe they thought they registered and they didn't. In Nevada, you don't have to have an ID as of right now. You don't have to have an ID, but maybe they thought they registered and and they didn't. Or maybe they don't know. A simple thing is they might have you might be in the poll and you're hitting the buttons, and you might hit the wrong button, and you want to make a correction to it. So before you submit your vote, you want to make sure that you verify on that last screen that everything that is selected is actually what you wanted to select for your vote. So it's a very serious matter. So you just don't run and vote and leave. And I see people. I just gotta go vote and make no. It's not fast. It's a process. Sit down, take your time with the ballot, read the ballot. I know for us, I know I normally read my ballot beforehand, and I go in the polling area with a with the paper ballot that they gave me all marked up.
Julian Rosado 19:59
Oh.
Leaha Crawford 19:59
With my research questions, it's like a whole dissertation that I did. Oh wow! Yeah, no, doing the research on people, especially judges, because for me the challenge is always judges, because I don't know who the judge is. So I call, I read different, I research the person, then I call different attorneys that I know because attorneys know attorneys, attorneys know judges are normally attorneys. Oh
Julian Rosado 20:22
my gosh!
Leaha Crawford 20:22
And I see. Okay, so what is this person stance? Like family court, very important court for me. Want to know what type of person is in what is a family court judge? You know, because you're dealing with a lot of you're dealing with family issues. You're dealing with juvenile issues, divorces, child custody cases, just all the things that deal with families.
Julian Rosado 20:43
That's what I'm. That's what I mean. I wish there was a way so people can find out more information about, like you know, a local judge. You know what I mean?
Leaha Crawford 20:54
What I would do is, and I use I so I Google everything to start, and I just start with a search. So even for so governor, I know there's a lot of information out there, but when if I'm new to an area and I don't know, and one of the well something that's that that's on the ballot now is going to be county recorder. So the first thing I do is, what does the county recorder do? What does the county assessor do, right? So I will sit down and I'll just look at it and just read it while I'm sitting there. I mean, I could be watching a television show. I pull it up on my phone because right, think about it. You have a computer in your hand, right? So I or I ask Google. Okay, Google, I don't do anything. Okay, Google, you know what does a county recorder do? And okay, Leah, a county recorder does da da da da da da da. Okay, what does a county assessor do? Those positions are very important. These people are reporting everything, right? So your property records. I give you a real example, and we have to go and correct it. We were in Philadelphia. We pulled up the property records, and the record for the property next door to my mother was on her property record.
Julian Rosado 22:09
Oh wow! Right, and
Leaha Crawford 22:10
I'm telling, and I when I saw it, I'm telling my sister, and it was on the fluke that I just so I mean, me being who I you know I just pulled her address up on the um on their site, and I was like, look, we need to go and correct this, because this deed doesn't belong on our property. This is that property, right? But it's little stuff like that. Like every once in a while, I go to the county recorder site and I just, you know, just go through to see what's there.
Julian Rosado 22:37
Yeah,
Leaha Crawford 22:38
you know. I also ask, you know, what does Congress do? Even though I know, you know, what does a state legislator, what what do they do? What's the difference between the assembly and the Senate? What does a school board member do? Because I know if I have a problem, if I have a problem that with the school district, I might not be calling my Clark County Commissioner if it's a problem with the school district.
Julian Rosado 23:04
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 23:05
So just asking, you know, just doing my research so that I understand what these different positions do, you know. And then sometimes, you know, you you might see something where somebody's around town and they're speaking, so you just go and listen to them and hear what they have to say.
Julian Rosado 23:26
Yeah, you
Leaha Crawford 23:27
know, and ask around. It's our civic responsibility. You know, each one. You know, you're responsible for you. Like I know some candidates walk, and they knock on doors. When a candidate knocks on your door, you know, if you don't know the candidate, ask them their name. Why should I vote for you?
Julian Rosado 23:45
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 23:45
You know what does your office do? But make sure you've done your research too, so you know what the office does.
Julian Rosado 23:50
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 23:51
And how are you going to be impactful in that position,
Julian Rosado 23:56
especially in impact their community?
Leaha Crawford 23:58
How are you going to impact their like school board, school board is very important. School board, you know, they are responsible. They hire our superintendent for the school district. You know, they they they handle a lot of the complaints and a lot of things going on in the school district. So just understanding what they do, you know, and make sure that we're represented on that board.
Julian Rosado 24:21
Yeah.
Leaha Crawford 24:22
Okay. All right. So you ready for um our lightning rod round voting edition?
Julian Rosado 24:26
Yes.
Leaha Crawford 24:27
All right. So I'm gonna ask you the questions and okay whatever comes to your mind first. I'm gonna turn to okay so you can't see. No long explanation. All
Julian Rosado 24:34
right.
Leaha Crawford 24:35
Democracy. No long.
Julian Rosado 24:36
Okay. One
Leaha Crawford 24:36
word. Democracy.
Julian Rosado 24:38
Fair.
Leaha Crawford 24:39
Freedom. Taking you too long. Freedom. Oh
Julian Rosado 24:43
man, that's bad. Yeah, that's bad. We're gonna skip that one. Freedom. You
Leaha Crawford 24:50
ain't free. Community.
Julian Rosado 24:53
Together.
Leaha Crawford 24:55
Leadership.
Julian Rosado 24:57
Ownership.
Leaha Crawford 24:58
Responsibility.
Julian Rosado 25:00
Family,
Leaha Crawford 25:01
your voice,
Julian Rosado 25:03
harness,
Leaha Crawford 25:04
election day.
Julian Rosado 25:09
Powerful,
Leaha Crawford 25:11
powerful. Okay, here's what I want you to take away from today's show: Do not wait until election day to start think about to start thinking about voting, check your voter registration status. Make sure your information is correct. Learn what's on your ballot. Research the candidates and issues. Know your voting options and understand your rights. You know because voting isn't just something we talk about; it's something we participate in. And the people before us fought for the right to have a voice in this country. We honor that history not simply by talking about it, but by being informed, engaged, and participating. Your vote belongs to you. Your voice belongs to you. Use both wisely. I am Leah Crawford. This
Julian Rosado 26:07
is Julian Rosado.
Leaha Crawford 26:08
And this has been Growth and Grace, where we continue to grow, lead, learn, and give ourselves grace along the way. Until next week, y'all, peace and blessings. Oh, we missed one thing, Julie.
Julian Rosado 26:23
Well, what? Oh,
Leaha Crawford 26:23
wait, P.S. P.S. I forgot.
Julian Rosado 26:25
What?
Leaha Crawford 26:26
Football season. Who playing tomorrow? Do you know?
Julian Rosado 26:28
Tomorrow is the Falcons and the. When the
Leaha Crawford 26:32
Eagles playing?
Julian Rosado 26:33
Oh, then I think they're finishing. They don't play until week one.
Leaha Crawford 26:38
Don't play until week one.
Julian Rosado 26:39
No. Okay, so I
Leaha Crawford 26:40
need you to get the the football schedule because I'm ready.
Julian Rosado 26:42
Oh yeah, I know this sport. I got this
Leaha Crawford 26:44
sport. I got this sport. Yeah. Okay. All right. Until next week, y'all. Peace and blessings. Bye.
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