Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have long been underrepresented in U.S. electorate, but the disparity is even greater among 18-year-olds alone, who, if registered at the same rate as the general population, would have expanded the electorate by 830,000 voters in 2008.
Earlier this year, Project Vote conducted a national survey of school officials and administrators to assess the implementation and effectiveness of voter registration programs on high school campuses. The result is a new report, Engaging America’s Youth Through High School Voter Registration Programs, which provides practical guidance for successfully engaging high school students in the democratic process.
Engaging America’s Youth Through High School Voter Registration Programs presents the findings and analysis of this survey, providing state-by-state data, a discussion of commonly identified challenges, and advice from the school officials and administrators themselves on how to ensure a successful program.
We hope this report is valuable to you in your work, and that is helps inform our ongoing discussions about how to bring underrepresented young Americans into the electorate.
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