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"The most underestimated, underfunded, and underutilized method we have for strengthening democracy" [1]

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Date: 2023-08-31

The most underestimated, underfunded, and underutilized method we have for strengthening democracy in America today is high school voter registration. Laura Brill

Laura Brill, founder of the non-partisan group, The Civics Center, is a pioneer in registering high school voters. Her current post on The Civics Center’s Substack, Smoothing the On-ramp to Democracy: Voter Registration as a Staple of American High Schools, discusses three reasons for this:

Reason # 1

Four million Americans turn 18 every year, and the vast majority can preregister to vote well before that birthday.

That’s 16 million between 2020 and 2024. Did you know 50% of US teens live in states where they can “pre-register” at 16 and another 20% where they can pre-register at 17?

Reason #2

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