Virginia Elizondo is photographed in her home on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in Houston.

As early voting begins for the Nov. 4 elections, I want to speak to those who feel their vote doesn't matter, who have tuned out or who have become ambivalent about their voting power.

I know you've lost faith in the system, and I can't blame you.

Like many concerned Americans, I listened to some of the U.S. Supreme Court's discussion about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 last week with a sick feeling in my stomach. The court heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that scrutinizes the constitutionality of Section 2, a part of the Voting Rights Act that bans any voting practice or rule that discriminates based on race, color or language spoken.

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