College Students Push to Ease Voting Access After Midterm Barriers
By Stateline | November 28, 2022 Young voters made their voices heard during this month’s midterms, turning out in relatively high numbers in an election that produced the first congressperson from Generation Z. But university students and voting rights advocates say voters on college campuses faced far too many difficulties trying to cast their ballots. […]
Georgia runoffs were inspired by racism — how Black voters can still overcome
By Natasha S. Alford, the Grio | November 17, 2022 Denmark Groover Jr. didn’t like losing elections because of Black people. The segregationist knew firsthand what that felt like when, in 1958, he ran for office and watched the majority of African-American Georgia voters rally around his opponent, resulting in his loss. After Groover finally […]
How Gen Z Held Off the Red Wave
By Ashley Aylward, TIME Magazine | November 10, 2022 Many were expecting a red wave to crash on Tuesday, Nov. 8—instead, an earthquake of young voters shook up the political world. The data is still coming in nationally, but from what we know, Gen Z-ers sustained their record-breaking 2018 turnout during the 2022 midterm elections, […]
Small error in Arabic ballots points to bigger voting issues
By Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post | November 9, 2022 An error on Arabic-language ballots, a new offering for voters in a Michigan city with a large Arab American population, spotlights a need for expanded voting access for Americans with limited English proficiency — and the challenges that come with it. Arabic-language ballots in Dearborn, Mich., […]
Georgia’s Youth Became A Political Force. Will it Last?
By Mark Keierleber, The 74 | November 7, 2022 Updated, Nov. 9 The Senate race in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will be decided by a Dec. 6 runoff election after both candidates failed to claim at least 50% of votes. Warnock secured 49.42% while Walker garnered 48.52%. […]
Black voters already know the GOP wants to take their rights away. Do other voters?
By Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle | November 6, 2022 In the final days leading up to the midterm elections, two new polls highlight the potential for significant Black political participation in California as well as the concerns that Black Californians consider to be most pressing. A survey of 1,200 Black adults in North Carolina, […]
Texas Matters: Where Are All The Early Voters? (w/audio)
By David Martin Davies, Texas Public Radio | November 4, 2022 Election Day is Tuesday November 8th and we are being told that democracy is on the ballot. If that’s true, then it looks like democracy is in trouble. Comparing voter turnout from four years ago, the last midterm election, the number of ballots cast […]
The Times They Are A-Changin: How Gen Z Civic Leaders Are Revolutionizing Our Democracy
By Alex Edgar, Forbes | November 3, 2022 Gen Z voices are powerful, and we refuse to sit back and wait to “grow up” before we become civically engaged. “People see the student vote as very apathetic and unimpactful, and that is completely wrong. We make up the largest and most diverse voting block [in […]
Florida voters are heading to the polls. What to know about voting and ballot access in 2022
By Tami Abdollah, USA Today | November 3, 2022 Florida voters are already turning out to vote in large numbers this midterm election as they decide whether to return Republican Ron DeSantis or Democrat Charlie Crist to the Governor’s Mansion amid a slew of new, complex laws that limit many voters from easily accessing the […]
Gen Z voters could tip the midterms. Here’s what brands are doing to engage them
By Jude Cramer, Fast Company | November 3, 2022 Getting younger voters to the polls is a high-stakes issue in every election, and doubly challenging in the age of TikTok. Making change in America is simple in theory: Cast a vote to make your voice heard. But in practice, democracy is never that easy, and […]
