After 16 years as a U.S. citizen, Miami Beach man prepares to vote for the first time in the midterms

After 16 years as a U.S. citizen, 48-year-old Nicolas Mantovani is preparing to vote for the first time in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, hoping to make his voice heard after years of believing his vote would not make a difference.Mantovani, a Miami Beach resident who immigrated to the United States from Argentina as a child, said confusion about the electoral system and doubts about the impact of a single vote kept him from participating in previous elections."2010 is where I gained my privilege to vote," Mantovani said. "That's a privilege that I never used."Now, he wants to become more involved in his community and encourage younger voters to exercise a right he overlooked for more than a decade."I want to show the young, the new generations, that they have an opportunity to raise their voice and go vote," he said.Years of uncertainty kept him from votingMantovani spent much of his education in the United States on a student visa before becoming a permanent resident and eventually a