From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/):
We supported the students for the historic #March4OurLives when they rallied to save their own lives from gun violence. Now Parkland student leaders are calling on young people across the country to #Vote4OurLives to remind people that #TheFutureIsVoting!
Are we are still behind the students? Yes, we are! And we can do our part by helping to make sure they are registered to vote, because we love them and want their voices to be heard.
National High School Voter Registration Day was on May 29, but it’s not too late to register![1] Go to https://action.momsrising.org/signup/Vote4OurLives/ now to get to a voter registration page where you can quickly register eligible high schoolers — or other people in your life — to vote!
*When you click the link, you’ll get to MomsRising’s voter registration page. While you’re there, be sure to double check that you’re still registered to vote too while you’re at it! Women, because we’re the most likely to change our names, are most likely to end up accidentally dropped from voter registration rolls. Also, you can share this voter registration page with everyone in your life so they can register, too.
Yes, moms, dads and other adults are needed right now to get all the people in our lives registered to vote — especially young people!!! Data shows that young people vote at far lower rates than other demographics, partially because it can be hard for young people to figure out WHERE to register to vote. For instance, in the 2016 election, only about 46% of eligible voters under age 30 cast a ballot, as compared to 59% of 30- to 44-year-olds, 67% of 45- to 64-year-olds, and a whopping 71% of voters aged 65 and older. This means young people are letting their grandparents decide their future! They need to be deciding their own. [2]
The good news is, young people seem to be revved up. In a recent national poll of 18- to 29-year-olds conducted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), 51% said they will “definitely be voting” this November, a nine point increase since November 2017. [3] But the reality is that since 2004, the year Harvard IOP began this annual poll, far fewer young people actually show up at the polls. [4]
*When you click the link, you get to MomsRising’s voter registration page. You can share this voter registration page with anyone in your life so they can use it to register themselves to vote!
Registering people to vote is beyond easy, taking just a few minutes. Click the action link, and we’ll give you MomsRising’s voter registration page. Then just have your voters fill it out!
Our children deserve a bright future, and it’s critical that they fight for it by registering to vote as soon as they are eligible, and then to cast their vote on Election Day. Let’s help them do it!
*Register your eligible high schooler or other people in your life to vote now!
Please forward this email to your family, friends and any other member or your community who have young people — or any people!!! — they can help register to vote. And ask your high schooler to help out by registering their eligible friends! Let’s make sure that #TheFutureIsVoting!
Here’s to voting and celebrating our democracy!
[1] National High School Voter Registration Day [2] Voting in America: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Election, United States Census Bureau. [3] [4] “Young people say they plan on voting in November — but they usually don’t,” The Washington Post, April 10, 2018.
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