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'Hamilton' creator urges people to vote

Lin-Manuel Miranda

NEW YORK — Not going to vote this election? Lin-Manuel Miranda says “No” to this.

The creator of the Broadway musical, “Hamilton” wants people to get out and vote, and for good reason.

“I think a lot of people fought and died for the right to vote, and so I think our country is healthy when we turn out in large numbers,” Miranda said on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival.

Miranda doesn't accept the premise that some people will abstain from voting because they can't connect with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

“Even if you don't agree with me on who to vote for, I want you to vote. I want the majority of the country to pick the person who is in charge of it,” Miranda said.

He made the comments at a screening for “Hamilton's America,” Alex Horwitz's upcoming PBS documentary that chronicles the making of Miranda's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

The musical has brought an understanding of policy and politics to a new generation with its unique telling of the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton told through an inclusive cast using a hip-hop and R&B score.

This week, actors from “Hamilton” are helping to register voters at the show's home, the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

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