Congratulations to the VFW State Department winners of the 2018-2019 Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition. The theme was "Why My Vote Matters."

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Alabama

ALABAMA

Jonathan Baker

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Alaska

ALASKA

William Deering

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Arizona

ARIZONA

Kyle Polen

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Arkansas

ARKANSAS

Jentry Myers

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California

CALIFORNIA

Sydney Caulder

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Colorado

COLORADO

Hannah Karg

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Connecticut

CONNECTICUT

Jacquelyn Yorker

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Delaware

DELAWARE

Stephen Venable

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Europe

EUROPE

Eoin Oravetz

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Florida

FLORIDA

Cassandra James

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Georgia

GEORGIA

Malachi Williams

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Hawaii

HAWAII

Te'a Daniel

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Idaho

IDAHO

Reagan Yamauchi

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Illinois

ILLINOIS

Collin Sexton

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Indiana

INDIANA

Isaac Bock

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Iowa

IOWA

Evan Hagen

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Kansas

KANSAS

Alyssa Troyer

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Kentucky

KENTUCKY

Natalie Warren

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Louisiana

LOUISIANA

Kamryn Passman

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Maine

MAINE

Emily Smith

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Maryland

MARYLAND

Ryan McDowell

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Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS

Matthew Tibbitts

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Michigan

MICHIGAN

Rachael Dahl

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Minnesota

MINNESOTA

Abigail Parker

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Mississippi

MISSISSIPPI

Faith Houston

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Missouri

MISSOURI

Jordanne Steuck

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Montana

MONTANA

Ruby Lenard

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Nebraska

NEBRASKA

Stephanie Wright

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Nevada

NEVADA

Ashby Trotter

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New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Maxwell Nakos

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New Jersey

NEW JERSEY

Andrew Dodd

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New Mexico

NEW MEXICO

Bethany Cooksey

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New York

NEW YORK

Sofia Isabella

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North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA

John Brooks

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North Dakota

NORTH DAKOTA

Abby Post

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Ohio

OHIO

Abigail Kerestes

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Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA

Kinley Wilson

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Oregon

OREGON

Dylan Leebrick

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Pacific Areas

PACIFIC AREAS

Amaya Peruccio

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Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA

Christine Troll

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Panama

PANAMA

Jake Engle

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Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND

Isabella Tobin

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South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hannah Rabon

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South Dakota

SOUTH DAKOTA

Sierra Hillard

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Tennessee

TENNESSEE

Emily Bolin

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Texas

TEXAS

Aabid Razvi

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Utah

UTAH

Shayla Hendricks

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Vermont

VERMONT

Jennifer Tedesco

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Virginia

VIRGINIA

McKenna Christmas

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Washington

WASHINGTON

Noah Hilderbrand

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West Virginia

WEST VIRGINIA

Robert Harris

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Wisconsin

WISCONSIN

Nicholas Kempf

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Wyoming

WYOMING

Elyse Rutherford

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