Latest Headlines
- One Injured In Highway 29 Crash Near Roberts Road
- Softball Team Remembers Teammate Killed In Pace Wreck
- Rainy And Warmer Pattern Through Saturday Night
- ECFR Says McDavid Mobile Home Fire Was Sparked By Trash Fire; Firefighters Respond To Ascend
- Vote-By-Mail Ballots Mailed For 2025 Special Primary Election
- Two More Nights Planned For Christmas Lights, Hayride, Goats In Pajamas At Bratt Ranch
- OK, So It’s After Christmas. When Is My Next Trash Collection Day?
- FHP Seeks Info On Fatal HIt And Run In JCPenney Parking Lot
- Two Charged After Backpack Found With Drugs, Cell Phones Near Atmore Prison
- First Responders Put On Christmas Light Show For Children’s Hospital Patients (With Gallery)
10 Years After Arriving In America, New Citizen Votes For The First Time
August 27, 2014
Ten years to the day since Cesar Gonzalez came to America from Colombia, South America, he voted in his first election Tuesday in Century.
Gonzalez became a naturalized citizen on November 9, 2012, and registered to vote in the lobby of the courthouse immediately following the ceremony. Tuesday he showed his identification, just like every other U.S. citizen, and cast his vote at Precinct 22, the Century Town Hall.
His path to citizenship took seven years. Gonzalez was already a permanent resident, so the only tangible benefit he received with his citizenship was the right to vote. He and his wife, Century Town Clerk Leslie Gonzalez, moved to Century in 2010.
Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Comments
14 Responses to “10 Years After Arriving In America, New Citizen Votes For The First Time”
There’s a concept…
Nicely done Mr. Gonzalez…nicely done…
I am in agreement with all as Mr Gonzalez paid his dues and followed the correct path.
He is one of us.
An achievement well deserved and congratulations on a beautiful couple Gonzales
Congratulations!!! And there you are, your first chance, exercising your right to vote! You go, you American citizen!!!
Cesar, you are to be commended! If only more citizens, natural and naturalized, would follow your example!
Congratulations Cesar, you are an inspiration for our country. God Bless America.
WE are so proud of you, Cesar, and your desire to exercise your right to vote as an American citizen!
Congratulations Cesar!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember how bad you wanted to be able to vote.
Congratulations! Thank you for voting!
I like that he “showed his ID, just like every other citizen”. Good job, Mr. Gonzalez!
Congratulations my friend! I know that you have worked very hard to receive this right that some of our citizens take for granted! We love you!!!
This is the way it was designed to be done by our laws. Not by sneaking into the country! Congratulations to him on his citizenship and thank you, sir, for voting! You are so very welcome here!!!!
Good for you Cesar! And congrats! Always love seeing your smiling face at the track and your happiness is contagious! We love you brother.
Congratulations, sir! You did it the right way, the legal way!