The Future of American Democracy
Despite significant gains in voter turnout over the last decade, young people still lag behind in terms of representation within the American electorate, and are among the populations most vulnerable to voting rights rollbacks.
The fundamental fact of our electoral process is that one cannot vote if one is not registered. The first step in ensuring that young people cease to be underrepresented in the electorate is to institutionalize access to voter registration.
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The 26th Amendment was certified 30 years ago
The nonprofit Project Vote reported that only 49 percent of American 18-year-olds were registered to vote in 2008. Read more
Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law
Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more
Arianna Huffington Cites Project Vote Research on the Dangers of Alienating First-Time Voters from 2008
Today on The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington cites Project Vote’s recent research memo, First-Time Voters in the 2008 Election, to... Read more
Victory for Youth Voting in NJ
In 1985 New Jersey Governor Tom Kean signed New Jersey’s High School Voter Registration Law (HSVRL), which mandated that schools... Read more
Voting Rights Organizations Applaud Court’s Mandate Protecting Private School Student Voting Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Project Vote, and the Fair Elections Legal Network today applauded the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division’ decision holding that the New Jersey State Board of Education failed to meet an obligation for all eligible students to receive voting materials and instruction by failing to create regulations governing those rights of private and charter school students. Read more
Miami Herald: Republican-Sponsored Elections Bill “Reeks of Partisanship”
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
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
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
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
Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have long been underrepresented in U.S. electorate, but the disparity is... Read more