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Nov 10, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
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…
Nov 9, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Are you one of the 8 million people who turned 18 in the last 2 years? The Civics Center Founder and Executive Director, Laura W. Brill, wants to shine a light on all that you just did. 1/
We don’t know all of the election results yet, but we do know this: You turned out in large numbers and you overcame enormous obstacles to do it.
Your high school experience was disrupted by COVID.
Some states enacted laws to make it harder for you to register and vote. 2/
Nov 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
GEORGIA: if a runoff is triggered, you need to know that the Legislature made some changes since 2020.
PLEASE RT TO SPREAD THE WORD! 1/5
There are now only 4 weeks until the runoff, not 7. 2/5
Nov 8, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Please stop saying young people don’t care and don’t vote.
🧵debunking this myth from Laura W. Brill, Founder and Executive Director of The Civics Center:
Studies show that when young people are actually registered to vote, they show up. In 2020, 86% of registered youth reported voting. In every presidential election going back 2004, the rate has been > 75%. 66% of youth ages 18-24 turned out to vote in 2018, the last midterm. 1/
