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Oct 27, 2020

Voting In College: Students Get Creative To Rally Young Voters To The Polls

YR Media, Claire Hyman: A dearth of typical engagement methods is likely to affect the number of students who register to vote, said Adam...

Oct 27, 2020

Why young Black students are stepping in as poll workers this election season

NBC News, P.R. Lockhart: This year, Jackson, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will be changing this trend on...

Oct 27, 2020

How These First-Time Poll Workers Are Fighting for Democracy

Vouge, Emma Specter: Tesh, a junior at UNC Asheville who recently helped plan a campus event celebrating 100 years since the 19th...

Oct 26, 2020

Why Students Struggle to Find Their Voice in US Presidential Elections

University Times, Gillian O'Neill: It is clear that recent examples of student activism have shifted political opinion in the U.S and...

Oct 26, 2020

Young voters are poised to be a decisive factor even as coronavirus creates obstacles

CNBC, Hannah Miao: With many schools using virtual or hybrid instruction this semester, student voting mobilization efforts have had to...

Oct 25, 2020

Going All In to Get Out the Youth Vote

Vineyard Gazette, Maia Coleman: The new book, which has topped the charts in Amazon’s New Young Adult 20th Century American History...

Oct 24, 2020

Photos: The scene as record numbers of early voters wait in long lines and cast ballots by mail for

Washington Post: Read the full article here.

Oct 22, 2020

Student Leaders Are Expanding Early Voting On Campuses Nationwide

Forbes, Eddy Zerbe | Civic Nation: With Vote Early Day on Saturday, October 24th, these numbers are bound to arise over the course of the...

Oct 22, 2020

Young People Are Creating a New Generation of Enthusiastic Poll Workers

TIME, Raisa Bruner: “I knew I wanted to do something to make sure every North Carolinian who wanted to vote would be able to,” Lucas...

Oct 21, 2020

‘I Voted’ Stickers for Everyone Who Needs One A New York Magazine collaboration with 48 artists.

The New Yorker Mag, The Editors: What these voters need is I VOTED stickers. And so New York, in partnership with I am a voter., asked 48...

Oct 21, 2020

Students Push for Canceled Classes on Election Day

Inside Higher Ed, Greta Anderson: Several public university systems and other colleges observe Election Day as a state holiday, according...

Oct 21, 2020

College students' votes count too

The Reflector, Emily Butler: The impact of the election would be massive if college students vote this November. Campus Vote Project, a...

Oct 13, 2020

Why your absentee ballot might not count

Berkeley Beacon, Diti Kohli: Some may say a single ballot in the presidential election, which drew 137.5 million voters in 2016, is not...

Oct 10, 2020

Anti-Trump, but not fully for Biden: Will Gen Z vote?

Politico, Rishika Dugyala: Distrust of both parties is a salient Gen Z characteristic. While there are pockets of pro-Trump and GOP...

Oct 6, 2020

Yara Shahidi to Hold Voting Plans Discussion With Her Peers: "We Are in This Space Together"

Pop Sugar, Karenna Meredith: "Remember, we can turn to our network of peers, family, teachers, and resource materials for support. Take...

Oct 5, 2020

Colleges, Organizations Launch National Voter Education Week

Inside Higher Ed, Greta Anderson: About 500 voter education and advocacy groups, colleges and universities, and student organizations...

Sep 28, 2020

TikTok Will Tag Election-Related Videos With Link to 2020 U.S. Voters Guide

Variety, Todd Spangler: On Sunday, TikTok won a reprieve from Trump’s order that would have banned the app from Apple’s App Store and...

Sep 28, 2020

TikTok launches US elections app to fight misinformation

Silicon Angle, James Farrell: The company said in a blog post that the guide will also contain information regarding voting as a person...

Sep 24, 2020

National HBCU voting summit stresses importance of youth turnout

The Grio, Christina Greer: The event honored the legacy of late Congressman John Lewis, civil rights champion and voting rights advocate...

Sep 20, 2020

Amazon Doc ‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ Available Free Sept. 2

Media Play News, Stephanie Prange: As previously announced, the filmmakers with support from foundations, private funders and Amazon...

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