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Well, thank you so much.

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I am so honored to be here, and it is

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an honor to be the Grand Marshal on the
Juneteenth

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parade.

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I'm Jillian Parker Mims.

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I'm chair of the Denton County Democratic
Party.

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I'm the first black chair in the party's
entire history.

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I'm gonna brag about what we've done.

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Under my under my leadership, Denton County
was number one

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in the state of Texas for registering
Democratic

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voters.

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We were also number one in this area for
giving

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people to the vote.

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So in honor of Juneteenth, make sure you're
registered and

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to any of our elected officials out there,
local county,

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Denton County needs to have vote centers so
that we

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can have easy access to voting.

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It's one thing to celebrate Juneteenth eating
barbecue, but it's

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another thing to be an elected officials and
help us

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have easy access to voting in Denton County.

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So thank you guys so much, and I'm so honored

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to be your Grand Marshal.

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Have a great day, and we'll be walking around.