{"id":4302,"date":"2018-11-05T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=4302"},"modified":"2018-11-05T20:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:08:02","slug":"rock-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/11\/05\/rock-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock the vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By: Ryan Gilroy &#8217;19, staff writer<\/p>\n<p>LVC\u2019s College Democrats hosted \u2018Rock The Vote\u2019 on Thursday, Nov. 1, where students and local residents gathered with local politicians to discuss the upcoming midterm elections and the importance of this year\u2019s voter turnout.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rock The Vote\u2019 is the first event of its kind for the College Democrats and will lead into the 2018 midterm elections, where attendees like candidates Denny Wolff, Lois Herr and Cesar Liriano are on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Wolff, the former Secretary of Agriculture for Pennsylvania, stressed the importance of voting in every possible election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was one of those people who didn\u2019t get involved in politics until later in life,\u201d Wolff, the 9th Congressional District candidate, said. \u201cIt\u2019s so important that you get involved. We need a variety of people at the table who understand issues that the people currently face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Herr was excited to talk at LVC and has close ties with the college from a young age, because her mother and grandmother both graduating in the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel at home here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>With the midterm elections around the corner, Democrats could potentially re-color Pennsylvania blue this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next few elections could be the biggest elections of our entire lives,\u201d Kylee Petritsch, president of the College Democrats, said. \u201cI\u2019m asking you to go and vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The College Democrats will host March To The Polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and will walk to Annville Church-Brethren to vote on Election Day. The walk starts at 11 a.m. in front of Mund and students are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the candidates who participated in the event:<\/p>\n<p>Denny Wolff\u2019s campaign: https:\/\/dennywolff.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Lois Herr\u2019s campaign: https:\/\/loisherrforpasenate.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Cesar Liriano\u2019s campaign: http:\/\/www.cesarlirianoforthe101.com\/<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By: Ryan Gilroy &#8217;19, staff writer LVC\u2019s College Democrats hosted \u2018Rock The Vote\u2019 on Thursday, Nov. 1, where students and local residents gathered with local politicians to discuss the upcoming midterm elections and the importance <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/11\/05\/rock-the-vote\/\" title=\"Rock the vote\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}