Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Today, Tuesday, November 3rd, the general elections are taking place in the United States, which include the election for the presidency of the country. As contenders for the presidential campaign is in contention the representative of the Democratic Party, Joe Biden; while Donald J. Trump will try to be re-elected to the post for four more years representing the Republican Party.
Since this morning, various public opinion figures with global influence have spoken out in favor of the importance of exercising the right to vote for their representatives.
Gavin Newsom, governor of the state of California, said via Twitter, that polling stations will be open until 8 pm local time. He recalled the use of masks and a website where you can check which polling place you can access to cast your vote.
Wanda Sykes, an actress and activist for the LGBTTTIQ+ community, urged people in Michigan and Nebraska to exercise their right to vote after "stay home" information was released by COVID-19.
The young activist on climate change awareness, Greta Thunberg, strongly criticized by the candidate for re-election to the presidency of the USA, Donald Trump, when he said that he needed more social life, spoke in favor of not missing the opportunity for Americans to vote.
The disease specialist and current COVID-19 researcher took the opportunity to speak out in support of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. She added that the state of Pennsylvania should get up and go out and vote.
In her latest post, which features global pop icon Lady Gaga, who was seen giving a speech at the last event hosted by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, she directed a message against Republican presidential re-election candidate Donald J. Trump and called to vote for his Democratic counterpart.
Laura Packard, a stage 4 cancer survivor and cancer awareness activist whose profile description says she is blocked by top officials in the current administration, sent out a video message in which she expresses her concern that the American people should be aware of the importance of their vote. "Our lives are at stake," she said in the tweet.
Hilary Clinton, contender for the 2016 presidency, showed on her social networks that she had exercised her vote: "I voted and it felt good" without offering more details.
With a sense of closeness with the American population, maintaining the health protocols as required by the pandemic by COVID-19, the former President of the United States, Barack Obama, was in contact with citizens through FaceTime - Apple's secure video call protocol - where he calls on citizens to exercise their vote freely.
In the international context, Shakira, a world-class singer-songwriter, named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in October 2003, and creator of the Pies Descalzos foundation concerned about children and Colombian refugees in the United States, sent a message about the importance of the Latino vote in the general elections on November 3.
The international star, Kanye West, who announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States and who was strongly criticized by the public opinion not only for this, but for his support for Donald Trump addressed a brief and enigmatic message where he revealed to have voted for himself. It should be noted that this is the first time he is old enough to vote and elect the president of the United States.
In contrast, the businesswoman Kim Kardashian, with a more sensible tone, offered important information by disclosing phone lines where the U.S. population can be properly informed about the rights that citizens have when it comes to voting.
"It's Election Day, America, vote!" reads the message sent this morning by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
With the theme of the American group Village People, "YMCA", Donald Trump made a strong call to go out to "Vote, vote, vote".
