HeyJaredThe Civics Center
The Civics Center is on a mission to make voter registration part of every high school in America. Every year, 4 million Americans turn 18 and become eligible to vote. But less than half of them do so, because they are not registered. thecivicscenter.org
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The Youth Voting Rights Act Aims to Open Voting Access To The Youngest Voters. Here’s Why You Should Support It. (opens the original)
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Constitution Day and the Unfinished 26th Amendment (opens the original)
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The 26th Amendment gave young people the right to vote starting at age 18. It’s the last of the Constitution’s expansions of voting rights, but fifty-five years after its ratification, it remains woefully underdeveloped.One of the basic principles of constitutional design is that the Constitution announces broad principles, and it’s up to Congress, the states, or the people to give those words life. Today, we can point to the fact that Congress has never meaningfully enforced the 26th Amendment
Letter to Funders: Pay Attention to High School (opens the original)
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This letter was co-written by Laura Brill of The Civics Center, Jahnavi Rao of New Voters, and Jacob Banobi of Rhizome. Substacks included here:The Civics CenterNew VotersRhizome<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WNyy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m
Listen to the youth: IRL > phones. Today’s teens are craving community, meaning, and agency. (opens the original)
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Imagine you were born in October 2008. You are a senior in high school. A Libra. Your first political memory is the 2016 election. You were 11 when Covid started. You are applying for college this year – but maybe AI means that no jobs will exist in the areas you’ve been told were important. Will you wind up living in your parents’ basement forever?Recent surveys highlight how you and other young people might be feeling heading into the midterms. American University’s Sine Institute youth poll<
LATEST DATA: 43% of 18-year-olds in the US are registered to vote. Rates are on the rise, but 2.5 million remain unregistered. (opens the original)
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“Attention must be paid.” –Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman“Attention without feeling is only a report.” –Mary Oliver, Our WorldSummer is winding down. Campaigns are gearing up. And The Civics Center has a new national update on voter registration rates for 18-year-olds.First the good news: Things are generally heading
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