Why don't I get to vote for the same things as my friends do?

Why don't I get to vote for the same things as my friends do?

Thea Brodkin (Voter Service Chair) gives expert video advice on: Why do I have to register to vote?; How do I register to vote?; Do I ever have to re-register to vote? and more...

We have a representative government. We choose the people that represent us in Congress, we choose the president who represents us, we choose assembly, state assemblymen, state senators, we vote for city council, we vote for all these people. A lot of them, they're by district. So different people in different areas vote for different candidates. So your ballot will look different than mine. You live in the community right next to me, but your ballot will look different than mine.