Latino youth have decided America's leaders before, and this year, we’ll do it AGAIN. ✊🏽

Take a look at the power 8.8 million eligible young Latino voters have in states across the country. 🗳 ⬇️ In California, Texas, and New Mexico, more than 30% of eligible voters are Latino.

Want to register voters in your community, but not sure where to start? 🤔🗳

Don’t worry! We made you a step-by-step guide. 🤭🧵

Check out this thread 👇🏽 — then sign up to host your own voter registration drive at .WeAll.Vote/nvrw Step 1️⃣: Make a plan about when and where you’ll host your drive! Some of our favorite places to register voters are:

🎵 Concerts and festivals
🎒 School events
🥕 Grocery stores and farmers markets
📖 Places of worship

Make sure to ask for permission BEFORE you set up a table!

Minnesota will restore voting rights to over 50,000 people in July of 2023. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀. 🧵1/7 On March 3, 2023 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill that will restore voting rights to over 50,000 people convicted of felonies but still “on paper” — serving out probation or parole. 🧵2/7

On March 30 2023, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the #NewMexico Voting Rights Act (House Bill 4) into law. 🧵1/7 “New Mexico is leading the nation by example, declaring that we believe, unequivocally, in the fundamental right of every American to choose those who represent them.” — Gov. Grisham 🧵2/7

On March 7, 1965 — now known as Bloody Sunday — John Lewis and Hosea Williams led marchers through the streets of Selma, Alabama, demanding Black Americans' right to vote. They planned to walk the 54 miles to Montgomery, to bring awareness to the fight for voting rights. 🧵1/4 When the group crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, about 150 state troopers, sheriff's deputies and onlookers stood in their path. The troopers gave a 2 minute warning to disperse before advancing with tear gas and clubs. Dozens were injured and hospitalized. 🧵2/4

On March 2, 1955, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. #OTD 🧵1/4 As police officers dragged her from the bus, she shouted again, and again, “It’s my constitutional right.” She was jailed and charged with violating segregation laws, disturbing the peace and assaulting a police officer. She pleaded not guilty, but was convicted. #OTD 🧵2/4

We made history in 2022, and we’re not done celebrating. #BlackHistoryMatters 🧵1/8 Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, making her the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation. #BlackHistoryMatters 🧵2/8

Today — Tuesday, August 2 — is an #ElectionDay in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Washington! Visit weall.vote/pollingplace to look up your polling location. Questions? Call @866OURVOTE. 1/6🧵 Today — Tuesday, August 2 — is an #ElectionDay in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Washington! Visit weall.vote/pollingplace to look up your polling location. Questions? Call @866OURVOTE. 2/6🧵

🧵(1/4): Following a cycle of unprecedented voter turnout and mobilization, Georgia’s leaders are trying to pass laws that would suppress the voices of Black voters, voters of color, and young voters.

Here’s an update about what's happening in Georgia's statehouse. ⬇️ 🧵(2/4): Recently, Georgia voters used the power of their voices and blocked the passage of 45(!) voter suppression bills.

However, the two most restrictive bills #HB531 and #SB241 are waiting to pass the Senate and House, respectively.
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It’s time to talk about the Electoral College. 👇 Since the founding of our country, we have elected our president using the Electoral College.

In 2018, only 31% of eligible voters ages 18-29 voted in the midterm elections.

What’s stopping young people from voting? Hint: it’s NOT political apathy. 👀

We’re breaking down the barriers that have historically kept young people from the polls.👇
nytimes.com/2020/10/08/ups… Most students receive very little formal education about how to participate in the electoral process and why voting matters.

There’s a HUGE divide between the classroom and real-world politics, and young 👏 voters 👏 should 👏 not 👏 be 👏 blamed 👏 for 👏 this.

As we look towards Election Day, let’s take a look back at some of the Black women who have shaped our democracy.

Fannie Lou Hamer, born this week in 1917, co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and @NWPCNational despite not learning of voting until her 40s. (1/7) Hamer was integral in organizing Freedom Summer, a campaign led by @SNCCDigital in which students and local residents registered Black citizens in Mississippi to vote. In her iconic 1964 speech, she recounted violence she faced and challenged America to progress. (2/7)

We honor #VRA55 by taking action.

Today, here are four steps you can take to make #GoodTrouble. Step one: Tell your senators TODAY to allocate $3.6B in necessary funding to make sure our elections are safe, fair, and accessible in November.

Call at 844-942-2935.

The fight for equal access to the ballot goes hand-in-hand with Black history.

That’s why this #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating people and organizations changing the culture around voting.

Follow along below. ⬇️ For 110 years, the @NAACP has worked tirelessly to achieve equality for all, including in the voting booth. Happy Founders Day! #BlackHistoryMonth