ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS are notorious for not showing up at the polls. About 49% of eligible AAPI voters actually turn out to vote. That's the lowest of all ethnic groups.
Shame on us.
This Nov. 6, AAPI voters could be the determining factor to tilt several congressional districts from Republican to Democrat. This is especially true in California where AAPI make up about 15% of the population.
Several AAPI celebrities were brought together to get the message to all the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities to motivate them to cast their ballots. While they're at it, they smashed a few of the stereotypes foisted upon AAPI.
“I actually failed organic chem and then became an actor,” says Rich Ceraulo Ko from Death Sentence.
Actress Elizabeth Ho, who’s appeared in Castle and Grey’s Anatomy, challenges the bad driver stigma by saying, “I am a very good driver. You’d want me for a getaway car.”
Some of the celebrities in the Get Out the Vote PSA include Lou Diamond Phillips, Michelle Kwan, Dante Basco and Kristina Wong.
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