On Saturday, March 24, demonstrators around the U.S. participated in the “March for Our Lives” campaign. Not only was their motive to denounce gun violence, including the countless mass shootings that have occurred in the last decade, but also to encourage people to act in a way that could possibly be more effective: through voting.

Many of the speakers advised voting for more gun control legislation to prevent future gun violence.

“Let’s take this to our local legislators and let’s take this to midterm elections,” said David Hogg, one of the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who helped organize the march, according to NBC news. “Because without the persistent heat, without the persistence of voters and Americans everywhere getting out to every election, democracy will not flourish.”

And these demonstrators and speakers at the marches have since increased the number of people eligible to vote. According to HeadCount, “a nonpartisan organization that promotes participation in democracy,” approximately 4,800 people registered to vote at the march and possibly even more since then.

The march, specifically in Washington D.C., had around 800,000 participants, including many celebrities who were also supporting the cause. Miley Cyrus gave a performance of “The Climb,” and Paul McCartney walked the streets wearing a shirt that said “We can end gun violence” while commemorating his friend John Lennon, whose death was gun related.

While the marches were ignited for protest and call for reform, their main objectives were to demonstrate how people can be a part of a political change, whether that be through protesting in the marches themselves or registering to vote.

“Welcome to the revolution,” said Cameron Kasky, who was the first student speaker at the massive March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, according to USA Today. “My generation has spent our entire lives seeing mass shooting after mass shooting, [and that needs to end now.]”