Jonathan Hester was one of the millennials that came to cast his ballet at Fire Station #3 at 6:48 a.m. Tuesday.

With a triple minor in music, business administration and religious studies, Hester came out to vote because he had classes all day and wanted to get voting out of the way.

“More than ever before we are voting against candidates rather than voting for candidates,” said Hester. “It’s kind of disheartening. At least the majority are. Not every one.”

A first time voter,  Hester is dressed in a flannel shirt over a white t-shirt and believes that his vote is important because of the surge in millennial voting in this year’s election.

“In the last election cycle the millennial generation was kind of silent,” Hester said. “I think for this election, we are becoming more vocal and more outspoken. And as a whole, we are finding that voting is important for our country and how it is being ran.”