Thread by @TheCivicsCenter

If you haven’t heard the term youth voter suppression before, listen up. Back in 2020, when the Georgia runoff was triggered, there was a fresh opportunity for young people to register and vote, especially those who turned 18 after Election Day. #youthvote 1/

The Civics Center pointed out that 23,000 young people were turning 18 between the general election and the runoff and they could register and vote even if they had not been eligible to vote in the general. 2/ thecivicscenter.org/blog/2020/11/6…

Many groups did amazing work to promote youth voter registration and GOTV for the runoff. Rates soared. 3/

What the Georgia Legislature did in response was to change the timing of federal runoffs in order to make it literally impossible for anyone new to register after the general election. 4/

Now, in 2022, we have another runoff. But no one who was not registered by November 7 can vote in the runoff. That is what youth voter suppression looks like. 5/

But that doesn’t mean young Georgians have no power, or that you have no power to help them. There are hundreds of thousands of young Georgians who are registered and can benefit from receiving information and encouragement about when, where, why and how to get out and vote. 6/

How do we do that? If you live in GA, volunteer w a campaign or a local org like @NewGAProject or @LWVGA. If you don’t live in GA, you can send postcards, textbank and phonebank, and reach out to your GA friends and family, just as you did in the general election. 7/

To find out about sending postcards to young Georgia voters, click here. #youthvote secure.everyaction.com/X-mBsDT-5kCzTn…
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