The Promise of the 26th Amendment Remains Unfulfilled on its 50th Anniversary BY ROSALYN BAKER & WHITNEY WILLIAMS This month marks the 50th anniversary of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to...
Apr 1Reporter’s Notebook: Gov. Kemp says Georgia is openPicture of the Atlanta skyline. Photo via Unsplash.
Nov 25, 2020Meet the Georgia teens trying to flip 60,000 students planning to vote for PerdueDaily Kos, Lauren Floyd: When 17-year-old Georgia students Edward Aguilar, Jordan Umusu, Sahan Reddy, and Michael Giusto founded the...
Nov 13, 2020Here Are 7 Ways To Impact The Georgia Runoff ElectionsThrillist, Joshua Robinson: We’ve all gotten one—but probably much, much more—of those texts that remind you to vote in the election, and...
Nov 11, 2020Young Georgia Voters Could Make A Difference In Senate Runoffs — If They Keep Showing UpWABE, Christopher Alston: Campus Vote Project is a national organization making sure students who will be eligible know how and where to...
Nov 7, 2020Black Youth Voter Turnout Helps Propel Biden To VictoryNewsOne: Data from AP VoteCast and the National Election Poll showed President-elect Joe Biden received an outpour of support from Black...
Nov 7, 2020Saturday Snippets: Black Georgian youth make big election difference; votersDaily Kos, Meteor Blades: Young Americans, those aged 18 to 29, are always the demographic that votes least. The record turnout came in...
Nov 6, 2020‘Civic Engagement Doesn’t Have to Be Corny.’ How Georgia Pulled Off Unprecedented TIME, Raisa Bruner: The 18- to 29 demographic has long had the lowest voter turnout in the country, and Georgia’s great success could...
Nov 2, 2020Tapping the Youth Vote: Student Voting Efforts Continue Despite COVID-19Diverse Education, Dynahlee Padilla: COSpace streamlines and localizes information about voting and the Census. One social media...
Oct 31, 2020Manning the polls: How the coronavirus has changed the face of US democracyDeutsche Wells, Peter Rolle-Dahl: That's a sentiment that echoes with many young people this election, says 22-year-old Ciarra Malone,...
Oct 22, 2020Students Push for Canceled Classes on Election DayInside Higher Ed, Greta Anderson: Several public university systems and other colleges observe Election Day as a state holiday, according...
Oct 21, 2020Young Georgia voters are wild card in 2020 electionAtlanta Journal-Constitution, Eric Stirgus: Read the full article here.
Sep 24, 2020Assessing COVID-19’s Impact on Student Get-Out-the-Vote EffortsDiverse Education, Dynahlee Padilla: Nonprofit organizations such as Rock The Vote, The Voter Participation Center, the Student Learn...
Sep 17, 2020Of Course Republicans Want to Suppress the Youth VoteThe Nation, Asiah Williams: Maya Patel, state coordinator for the Campus Vote Project, serves to help campuses institutionalize reforms...
