Category: Youth Voting

Indiana Lawmaker Proposes to Bar Out-of-State Students from Voting

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UPDATE:  On Thursday, February 28 the House Committee on Elections and Apportionment amended HB 1311 removing the provision addressing nonresident... Read more

Student: We Must Break Down the Barriers to Voting

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  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, those elected by the votes of millions of Americans—the president and vice president—were... Read more

Youth Voter Participation is Rising

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Young people are historically less likely to vote than the general electorate. Recent elections, however, have shown a remarkable increase... Read more

New Census Report Shows Voter Participation Trends in U.S.

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Recent U.S. census data, culled from a survey of 50,000 households, underscores a lot of the patterns that election-watchers have... Read more

Time Magazine: When Voter Registration is a Crime

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Another Florida high school teacher is facing a $1,000 fine for helping her students register to vote in violation of... Read more

St. Petersburg Times: Promoting Civic Involvement Shouldn’t Be a Crime

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Earlier this week, we blogged about Jill Cicciarelli, a high school teacher in Florida who faced serious fines for helping 50... Read more

New Election Law Blocks High School Voter Registration Drive

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A high school civics teacher in Florida may face thousands of dollars in fines for organizing a voter registration drive... Read more

Clearing Confusion About Voter ID in Wisconsin

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Today, the League of Women Voters released a report that used this summer’s recall elections as an example of what... Read more

Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

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The Republican effort to make it harder for certain people to vote–particularly the new voters that turned out in 2008–was... Read more

New Restrictive Laws Block the Youth Vote

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The recent effort to make it harder for Americans to vote in 2012 hits the youth populations in Wisconsin and... Read more