With the hype around Popeyes chicken sandwiches, there were long lines outside a Charlotte restaurant. A savvy teenager saw a chance to make a difference in his community, so he and a group of others worked to engage people and remind them to vote.
The long lines outside a Charlotte restaurant signaled a chance for him and a group of others to engage people and remind them to vote. David Ledbetter, 17, spent his Saturday walking up to people outside a local Popeyes and handing out sample ballots and voter registration forms. "We were seeing how long the lines were [at Popeyes] and figured we would try to go get individuals to vote," the high school senior told CNN.
"We had been talking about the great chicken sandwich debate. We came up with the idea to go to Popeyes because of the large number of people waiting in lines," Sneed told CNN.Ledbetter and a group of volunteers got the word out for people to vote.Sneed was impressed with how easily Ledbetter engaged with people. It's not easy to get someone to roll down their window, she said.
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