North Carolina teen goes viral after registering people to vote while they waited in line at Popeyes
A North Carolina teenager is going viral online for his unique approach to help boost voter engagement in his community.
In photos being shared across the internet, 17-year-old David Ledbetter of Charlotte can be seen with a group of other people distributing voter registration documents and sample ballots to people as they waited in long lines at a local Popeyes over the weekend.
Stephanie Sneed, an attorney who reportedly helped Ledbetter in the voter registration effort on Saturday, told CNN that she and the teen both thought of the idea.
"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, who is also running for a seat on the local school board, said.
"We were seeing how long the lines were [at Popeyes] and figured we would try to go get individuals to vote," Ledbetter told the news agency on Tuesday. "I was just hoping that the individuals would register to vote."
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