State Rep. Ross Wilburn hugs a community member at the Shine a Light for Democracy Vigil on Aug. 6 at City Hall. The event took place on the same day as the special election in which Wilburn officially secured his spot as a state representative — an election which was referenced several times throughout the evening due to Gov. Kim Reynolds setting the election date before many ISU students returned for school. The event took place on the 54th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s passage and was meant to highlight the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder’s elimination of the act’s pre-clearance provision.