Under 15% of California’s more than 1.2 million 16- and 17-year-olds have preregistered to vote. The Governor doesn’t see the need for high schools to take up the problem.
The volunteer page on our website has model communications that anyone can personalize and send to their network or to a school or school district in their community. https://www.thecivicscenter.org/volunteer
Laura, since this is about preregistration, and the kids can’t vote until they’re 18, is there data to correlate how low preregistration translates to low registration rates of 18 year olds, and/or turnout of eligible 18 year olds? I think that could make a compelling case if it correlates.
Buckminster Fuller once said, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." Craigslist did this. So did Amazon, eBay, YouTube, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, etc. If your solution needs politicians to work, pivot to a new solution. We can fix our democracy, but it won't be with the help of politicians.
Lucky for us, it doesn't! You can check out our focus on training high school students and educators to hold their own voter registration drives at thecivicscenter.org. Still, good policies help.
Thank goodness for The Civics Center. Time to expand to let non-parents help!
The volunteer page on our website has model communications that anyone can personalize and send to their network or to a school or school district in their community. https://www.thecivicscenter.org/volunteer
Laura, since this is about preregistration, and the kids can’t vote until they’re 18, is there data to correlate how low preregistration translates to low registration rates of 18 year olds, and/or turnout of eligible 18 year olds? I think that could make a compelling case if it correlates.
Oh, yes, there is a strong correlation. You can see it, for example, in our most recent report on NY, which is here. https://thecivicscenter.substack.com/p/new-data-alert-new-york
Also our report on Maryland, which is here: https://thecivicscenter.substack.com/p/new-data-in-maryland-improved-voting
Buckminster Fuller once said, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." Craigslist did this. So did Amazon, eBay, YouTube, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, etc. If your solution needs politicians to work, pivot to a new solution. We can fix our democracy, but it won't be with the help of politicians.
Lucky for us, it doesn't! You can check out our focus on training high school students and educators to hold their own voter registration drives at thecivicscenter.org. Still, good policies help.