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High School Voter Registration

Leagues register over 20,000 new youth voters  (Blog)

June marked the end of our 2019 High School Voter Registration project. With a record-breaking 60 Leagues participating, volunteers registered a total of 20,115 high school student in 28 states across the country, plus D.C.  

Washington Post: How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee (News Clips)

Last year, an army of paid workers with stacks of voter registration forms fanned out in Memphis, Nashville and other parts of Tennessee to persuade African Americans to vote. In response, the legislature passed a law imposing civil penalties on groups that employ paid canvassers if they submit incomplete or inaccurate voter registration forms.

Registering High School Students Nationwide at Youth Summit (Blog)

On Tuesday, May 21, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and several local museums nationwide hosted the annual National Youth Summit, this year focusing on the forthcoming 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.

High Schoolers want to vote—we have a responsibility to show them how (Blog)

The sooner we can start educating young people about our election and voting systems, the more empowered they will be to make their voices heard. 

Record-breaking High School and Community College Voter Drives (Blog)

League of Women Voters volunteers nationwide have passed a major milestone: hosting more than 600 school registration drives and registering nearly 20,000 students to vote so far this year.

'Tis the season for caps, gowns, and graduations! (Blog)

As a new wave of high school seniors transition to higher education and enter the workforce, they also acquire a new set of responsibilities to engage in our democratic process as first-time voters. 

Planning a Voter Registration Drive (Blog)

Interested in planning a nonpartisan voter registration drive?

The League of Women Voters has some expert tips!

Notes from the Field: Student Walkouts and Marches (Blog)

Our volunteers have been out in force, working with passionate students to register new voters at their school walkouts, marches, and other events across the country. 

Help the Class of 2016 to Register to Vote (Blog)

Congratulate the graduates you know on their achievement and encourage them to register to vote with our eCard.The League’s eCard directs recipients to VOTE411.org where new voters can easily start the voter registration process.

Young Voters Making Their Mark (Blog)

Our 2016 Youth Voter Registration Program has registered over 4,000 young voters so far! Early data from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement show that young people are voting in primaries at levels we have not seen for some time.