No Kings rally in Seattle encourages people to vote

Seattle joined the list of cities with no King's rallies two and a half weeks ahead of the midterms. Fox 13's Shira Matsuzawa spent the afternoon at Seattle Center where voter turnout was top of mind. Organizers say today is all about turning people power into voting power. And they say they're here to celebrate voting, but also to make a plan to vote early. And today's rally is the largest one happening here in Washington State today. singing resistance thousands gathered saturday at seattle center for the no kings rally marching over from west lake park for a voting fair people are really hungry for an opportunity to get together and and use their voice seattle indivisible president kathleen carson says saturday's event was centered on people's right to vote and information about how to vote what issues are on the ballot and even election protection voting is i've heard it called Well, voting is the entry into the palace of democracy. It is not everything, but it is the first thing that we have to do. And it's one of those rights, rights if you don't claim them, if you don't exercise them, they go away. And so we wanna make sure that our people are out here exercising their right to vote. She adds Saturday's rally is a commitment to nonviolent action, and as a protected expression of their First Amendment rights, a memorial honoring the 85 lives lost to ICE was also on display. I think it's important that we answer people's questions that they may not get from some other source. Rosella Van Meter has attended the No Kings rallies in the past. And this one isn't so much of a rah-rah one as the others are, but it's still important. We have to persevere. If we have objections or things that we want to happen, we have to work together. We can't do it by ourselves, and neither can our congresspeople, so it's important to work together. And organizers say this is one of nearly 3,000 No Kings rallies happening across the country today. In Seattle, Shira Matsuzawa, Fox 13 News.