How would you fix this?

		function onClicked()
				check = game.Players:FindFirstChild(name.Text)
				if check then
					nominee1 = check
				end
				nominee1 = check
				check2 = game.Players:FindFirstChild(name2.Text)
				if check2 then
					nominee2 = check2
				end
				game.Players.Player.PlayerGui.GUI:Destroy()
			end
		nominateclone.MouseButton1Click:connect(onClicked)

Whenever i try to call nominee1, or nominee2, outside of the function it would say "attempt to index global nominee1." How would I make it so that I can call it anywhere outside of the function