Category: Youth Voting

Younger Teens Can Register to Vote in Some States Too

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The 2012 election season is already beginning to heat up and with that, we can expect more citizens to register to... Read more

Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law

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Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more

Victory for Youth Voting in NJ

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In 1985 New Jersey Governor Tom Kean signed New Jersey’s High School Voter Registration Law (HSVRL), which mandated that schools... Read more

Miami Herald: Republican-Sponsored Elections Bill “Reeks of Partisanship”

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Today in Florida, the House State Affairs Committee is taking up HB 1355, an omnibus election administration bill drafted by... Read more

New Research Memo Sheds Light on First-Time Voters

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New voters played a decisive role in the 2008 election, according to a new research memorandum by Project Vote Research... Read more

N.H. Republicans Don’t Think Young People Should Vote

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Young people “lack life experience,” are “foolish,” vote “as a liberal,” and “just vote their feelings,” apparently, all reasons to... Read more

Three States Propose Laws to Improve Youth Voter Registration Access

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In recent years, six states have adopted measures to help ingrain the democratic process in the nation’s young people earlier... Read more

Youth Civic Engagement: An Assessment of High School Voter Registration Programs

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Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have long been underrepresented in U.S. electorate, but the disparity is... Read more

NY Times Examines More Midterm Election Myths

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New York Times writer, Michael Cooper examines the myths that plague midterm election analyses, particularly regarding voter’s views on “Big... Read more

WaPo:’Who Will Vote’ Today? Youth?

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Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes on the “unprecedented gap between the entire potential electorate and those who intend to... Read more