LITITZ, Pa. (RNS) — Elsy Jurez and her daughter, Penelope, paused at the Republican Party booth on their way into their polling location on Tuesday (Nov. 5). Donned in a bright pink vest, the elder Jurez smiled and joked with the GOP staffers for several minutes before making her way into the funeral home to cast her ballot.
But as she exited, she revealed to RNS she did not vote for the Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump. Instead, she backed the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I’m from El Salvador,” Jurez said. “I know that this country has given me so much, and that it is going to continue giving a lot to people who come from other places.”
She then added: “We are Mormons, and because of that, we believe in family, and the freedom of being religious. But we believe in democracy as well.”
Penelope Jurez, a few years shy of being able to vote but wearing a “future voter” sticker, agreed with her mom.
“Christians have been taught by Jesus Christ to love all, not only a certain group of people,” the teenage Jurez said. “My mother’s vote for Kamala Harris is showing that, bec …