As the San Diego City College community and citizens around the United States conclude voting on Nov. 5, City Times Media is continuing our Election coverage live.
During the day, CTM will be interviewing community members, conducting remote interviews on the voting process, and monitoring social media to provide a stream of updates here and on our social media channels, including YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.
Follow the latest election news and updates as the story develops. Scroll down to read live updates by the staff of City Times Media.
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3:50 p.m., Bailey Kohnen
Itayetzi Roldand, an 18-year-old Nursing Major at City College, will cast her first ballot this year.
Incarceration is her main priority in this election. She is also interested in education, but she has some concerns about how schools will spend the funds provided by props and measures.
“At first glance, you’re like oh yeah it’s a good thing, but then if you start thinking about it, it’s like, how are they going to use that money?” Roldand said. “How are they going to keep track that it’s actually going to schools?”
When it comes to the candidates, she said she plans to “vote blue.”
Roldand said that most of her information came from social media and her professors, who encouraged discussion of the election in class.
When it came to the issues, Roldand felt she could have been more informed.
“I feel like I could have been more informed. I feel like for younger voters there are not as many resources to lean on, Roldand said. “I know for me it was a little bit hard, so I was really, like, debating if I should vote this year because I felt like I wasn’t as informed as I would have wanted to be.”
But as Election Day neared, the enthusiasm on social media and in her peer group inspired Roldand to make her voice heard.
“Even with my vote, I can make some sort of a difference.”
3:30 p.m., Marco Guajardo
City Times Managing Editor Marco Guajardo sits down with San Diego City College Associated Students Government Vice President Michelle Romero to discuss the voter outreach efforts on campus throughout the election process.
Ramirez brings her message to students about the importance of voting in elections. The ASG president shares her thoughts on which issues on the ballot are set to affect City College students.
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Live election coverage continues throughout the day on YouTube and @sdcitytimes.com.
3:13 p.m., Tresean Osgood
It’s Election Day, but mental health is another important factor to keep up with during this time.
City Times Media spoke with Mental Health Counselor and Peer Educator Program Coordinator Abby Weisman about the services available to students on and off campus during election season and year-round.
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Keep up with your mental health using free apps like Headspace and Timelycare, found on the Mental Health Counseling website.
Live election coverage continues throughout the day on YouTube and @sdcitytimes.com.
3:00 p.m., by Bailey Kohnen
Electricity major Samantha Galvez, 18, did not make it to the polls this year, but she has strong feelings about the presidential election.
“I believe that Kamala Harris should be president,” Galvez said, “since women’s rights are in the hands of fate and I don’t feel like jeopardizing my future or the future generations of women.”
Galvez said she primarily gets her news from social media. Specifically, She mentioned the Instagram account @flowerinspanish, which covers farm worker unions, gay rights, women’s rights and other social justice-related topics.
2:40 p.m., Marco Guajardo
City Times Managing Editor Marco Guajardo sits down with San Diego City College Associated Students Government President Dalia Ramirez to discuss the voter outreach efforts on campus throughout the election process.
Ramirez brings her message to students about the importance of voting in elections. The ASG president shares her thoughts on which issues on the ballot are set to affect City College students.
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CTM live election coverage continues throughout the day on YouTube and @sdcitytimes.com.
2:30 p.m., by David J. Bonet
Election day is underway and students at San Diego City College are excited to get out and vote.
Nathan Ross is a business student at City College, voting in his first general election.
“I was excited, honestly, first time and I got to vote for who I wanted to,” Ross said.
Despite being registered in another county, Ross was able to vote provisionally today.
Voters can cast ballots at any of the 200 voting centers throughout San Diego, including right here at the P building at San Diego City College.
12:09 p.m., by Bailey Kohnen
This election is weighing heavily on Lillie Lopez’s, a 29 year old sociology student at San Diego City College
“This is a big one, this could change a lot of things,” she said. “It gets me, like, anxious. I don’t even want to look like on any social media because I’m scared it could go either way.”
Before the election, she took the time to educate herself on all the issues, up and down the ballot.
“I actually read the whole two books for every proposition,” she said. “Me and my siblings sat down and we were like ‘let’s go through every single prop and every single candidate.”
Of particular importance to her were the measures and propositions, such as prop 3, which will enshrine same sex marriage in the constitution, and measure HH, which she hopes will help SDCCD bring more bachelor’s degrees to community colleges.
She is also not excited about the possibility of a second Trump term.
“Very interesting to see that Trump was still on there after he has felonies…it’s a little more than interesting, She said, “it’s a little upsetting to see that someone who has a bad, negative past is still up and running for president.”
11:42 p.m., by Vince Outlaw
Prospective voters were seen lining up early Tuesday to enter the closest voting center to San Diego City College, located at building P near the Harry West Gymnasium on Park Boulevard.
The voting center will be open until 8 p.m.
The City College voting center is a one-stop center for conditional registering and voting.
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