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Push really,"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":377.52,"endTime":381.42,"body":"anywhere else in the world, I'd"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":377.52,"endTime":381.42,"body":"be centrist. I just want. I"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":381.42,"endTime":384.6,"body":"would like some sort of equality"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":381.42,"endTime":384.6,"body":"in this country. So get out"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":384.6,"endTime":389.88,"body":"there vote. You can start early"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":384.6,"endTime":389.88,"body":"voting. Now I just voted today."},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":390.33,"endTime":395.67,"body":"In Ohio. I like to vote early"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":390.33,"endTime":395.67,"body":"for a number of reasons. Even"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":395.67,"endTime":399.12,"body":"though I have to drive like 25"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":395.67,"endTime":399.12,"body":"minutes to to vote early. 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I reached"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":881.82,"endTime":886.65,"body":"out to the Ohio House Democratic"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":886.65,"endTime":890.94,"body":"Caucus. I didn't hear anything"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":886.65,"endTime":890.94,"body":"from them until I got the phone"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":890.94,"endTime":894.42,"body":"number of the person that leads"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":890.94,"endTime":894.42,"body":"it. And I finally got a hold of"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":894.42,"endTime":898.35,"body":"him and he sent me a link to"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":894.42,"endTime":898.35,"body":"fill out a form to show that I'm"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":898.35,"endTime":901.14,"body":"interested in running so Who"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":898.35,"endTime":901.14,"body":"knows if anything will come from"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":901.14,"endTime":907.59,"body":"that. 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I think"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1060.8,"endTime":1065.42,"body":"that it could have very powerful"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1060.8,"endTime":1065.42,"body":"effects on the rest of the"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1065.42,"endTime":1070.85,"body":"country as a whole to see that."},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1065.42,"endTime":1070.85,"body":"A queer woman like me, can do"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1070.85,"endTime":1075.02,"body":"this. And whether or not I get"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1070.85,"endTime":1075.02,"body":"elected, my goal is to get on"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1075.02,"endTime":1077.84,"body":"the ballot and go from there. So"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1075.02,"endTime":1077.84,"body":"I'm taking it a step at a time."},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1078.32,"endTime":1082.88,"body":"But it is now voting season."},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1078.32,"endTime":1082.88,"body":"Please get out there. Please"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1082.88,"endTime":1088.22,"body":"vote. And a very much please"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1082.88,"endTime":1088.22,"body":"don't forget to like, comment,"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1088.22,"endTime":1093.44,"body":"subscribe, hit all those buttons"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1088.22,"endTime":1093.44,"body":"send us money on Patreon. I only"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1093.44,"endTime":1097.01,"body":"make $12,000 a year as I said,"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1093.44,"endTime":1097.01,"body":"and I'm funding the show and"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1097.01,"endTime":1102.08,"body":"it's expensive and I want this"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1097.01,"endTime":1102.08,"body":"to keep going. But it is"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1102.08,"endTime":1105.17,"body":"definitely becoming a very heavy"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1102.08,"endTime":1105.17,"body":"financial strain me right now."},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1105.17,"endTime":1109.04,"body":"So if you're willing and able to"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1105.17,"endTime":1109.04,"body":"help, please do. We'll see you"},{"speaker":"Vanessa","startTime":1109.04,"endTime":1109.58,"body":"next week."}]}