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Young Voters

Hammond (IN) High Students Do Civic Duty (News Clips)

 Barbara Schilling, member of the League of Women Voters of the Calumet Area (IN): “I didn’t think there were any concerted efforts to register high school students in our area, so the LWVCA decided to take on this challenge.” They registered 45 students that day!
 

Natick Students Seek Better Voter Participation (News Clips)

“Dismayed by low voter turnout in local elections, students in Natick High School's Advanced Placement government classes have decided to do something about it. The students...with help from the League of Women Voters...held a forum in the school cafeteria for candidates...”

Stephen Colbert Examines Florida's Vote Suppression Scheme (News Clips)

“Among the more absurd voter suppression measures is a part of the law requiring that voter registrations secured by third parties must be filed with election officials within 48 hours. Failure to accomplish that amounts to voter fraud. That has become problematic for high school civics teachers who for decades have helped their students register to vote as they neared or reached the age of 18. Because of that provision and others, the League of Women Voters, long lauded for non-partisan voter participation initiatives, suspended voter registration programs in Florida.”

Boosting Voter Participation – with Teen Preregistration? (News Clips)

“Can getting teens to register to vote at the same time they get their driver's license increase their chances of voting when they turn 18? ... Kim Abel, co-president of the League of Women Voters of Washington, says her group supports the idea, since it goes hand-in-hand with the state's newest high school graduation requirement. ‘The League's really excited that we worked with the state Legislature to pass civics education - and if you've got students signing up to register to vote, all of a sudden that civics lesson makes a lot more sense to them.’”

Contest about Why Voting Matters (News Clips)

 “In celebration of February Youth Voter Month, the League of Women Voters of Larimer County [CO] hosted a contest for high school students...to offer thoughts about why they look forward to voting.”
 

College Students' Votes Have Impact on Elections (News Clips)

Students “sign up to vote at the League of Women Voters table earlier this month on North Lake [TX] College's Central Campus.”

Frederick (MD) Recruits New Voters at High Schools (News Clips)

"Stuart Harvey (left), election director for the Frederick County Board of Elections— pictured with Jean Friedmann (center), of the League of Women Voters, and Earlene Thornton, of the Board of Elections — has visited 10 schools and registered 312 first-time voters."

League of Women Voters Looks to Register High School Voters in South Bend (IN) (News Clips)

“If you do not vote, you cannot make a difference.  ... The League of Women Voters was at Clay High School spreading their “No Vote, No Voice” 2012 High School Voter Registration Project.”