Listen to the interviews captured of voters on Election Day.
MILLI DAWSON: I work at Persephone as a barista and a social media manager. I also work at Habits as a sales associate. I’ve lived in Jackson for four years.
I feel excited. I’m trying to be hopeful and a little bit nervous. The presidential race is the biggest one that I’m most excited about. Like anything, it’s important to vote for your local counties and government, too.
It was really seamless. Lines were easy. Everyone was really friendly. It was simple, easy to do. I think every election we have there’s more change and more change towards progression.
As a woman in the United States, I am voting for myself also and the future. I’m only 26 years old, so I am hoping to vote for a better future and continue to change for younger generations.
Milli Dawson is a barista and retail worker in Jackson. This year, she’s voting for a better future for women. (Jenna McMurtry / KHOL)
MARGARET GORDON: I’m in accounting. I try to vote in every election, but I’m definitely feeling the presidential one, despite the fact that she [Kamala Harris] probably won’t win our state. That’s okay — made my voice heard.
Definitely the usual ones for Jackson: affordable housing, transportation and all that fun stuff. I’m intrigued by the property tax amendment and hoping that it could potentially provide some relief for people because we can all use it.
As a woman in America, most of us definitely feel impacted by having certain people in power and the reconfiguring of the Supreme Court and the reversal of Roe [v. Wade] affects all women and my daughters and my friends. That’s pretty huge. I’m hoping that gets a lot of women out today.
Kudos to the election judges for figuring out how to line everyone up inside. I much appreciate it.
Meg Farrington says voting is a family affair. A local resident since 2010, Meg routinely brings her kids Calvin and Susie Farrington to the polls. (Jenna McMurtry / KHOL)
ANNETTE ROBERTSON: I’m a pastry chef at Teton Pines. I was in Alpine for ten years, and I’ve been here for two and a half years.
I don’t like what’s going on in the country now. It’s a lot of conflict with everything — immigration, the cost of food is insane. Things have got to change. That’s why people are moving out of here. They can’t afford it. I’m being kicked out of my place for six months and I’m going to have to leave because I’m not finding anything.
Inflation, food prices, housing, my taxes. People can’t you can’t afford to live here anymore. You’ve got to have two and three jobs and that’s really a key thing with everybody here.
Dionis Risto, a mental health clinician in town, has called Jackson home for a decade. Originally from Albania, the American citizen of five years says he voted because, for him, it’s his civic duty to show up to the polls. (Jenna McMurty / KHOL)
Mike Eden says he’s ready for the election to be over and “get back to normal.” He hopes the country moves forward on a good path regardless of the results. (Jenna McMurtry / KHOL)
