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‘There’s a bigger family: the Costa Rican family’

On Costa Rica’s Election Day on Feb. 4, our team captured the sights and sounds of the voting experience, from dawn to dusk, and asked voters of all ages what drove them to cast their ballot that day.

Now that the runoff election is upon us: what will motivate you to make the trip to the polls on Sunday?

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