Good evening. I am really pleased to have this opportunity and to see you here. It seems to me that I have waited for this moment my entire life.
I have voted in every election for the last half-century, and my vote has never counted.
The only exceptions are the times when I was asked to give some of my tax money to the party I was supporting, but even that was taken away from me.
I'm fed up.
I'm surprised that I'm still going out to vote; I understand why some don't.
I really appreciate the comments made by Mr. Cullen and Mr. Rayes.
I heard what you said about the young people not going to vote. I say to myself: “My goodness, I used to be an educator!”. I think that if their votes counted, we could tell them to have hope that some votes will go here and others will go over there. Then we would have proportional representation.
Please, do not have a referendum. It will kill it. It will kill it.
I am convinced that you are able to make the right choices to achieve an outcome that will serve us well.
Please, make my vote count.