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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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
NY Times Examines More Midterm Election Myths
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?
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes on the “unprecedented gap between the entire potential electorate and those who intend to... Read more
Voter Groups Go to Court to Fight for Voting Rights of High School Students in New Jersey
TRENTON–The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Project Vote, and the Fair Elections Legal Network submitted a brief seeking... Read more
Young Voter Asks Candidates and Media to “Help Us Help You”
According to Project Vote’s recent poll, only 79.1 percent of voters under the age of 30 plan to vote in... Read more
Registering College-Age Voters: When a “Good Faith Effort” isn’t Good Enough
Last week, the Project Vote blog discussed the Higher Education Act, which requires that colleges and universities make a “good... Read more
Little Known Law Could Boost Youth Voter Registration Before Election, If Action Taken Now
The nation is experiencing one of the greatest mobilization efforts ever seen for a midterm election. And young voters, as... Read more