The Civics Center
Laura W. Brill, Rhizome, Jahnavi Rao, Joyce VanceThe Civics Center is on a mission to make voter registration part of every high school in America. Every year, 4 million Americans turn 18 and become eligible to vote. But less than half of them do so, because they are not registered. thecivicscenter.org
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2026 is going to be big for youth turnout
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I hate predictions. But the numbers we’re seeing are too important to ignore.
In almost every state we look at, the voter registration rate for 18-year-olds is significantly higher this year t...
In more than half of US states, if your GOTV strategy is limited to the voter file, you’re doing it wrong. Here’s why.
Election Day is less than two weeks away. That means my mailbox is full of election mail. The various campaigns gleaned my name from the voter file, recognized that I am a regular voter who hadn’t voted yet, and assessed through their targe...
Pennsylvania Prediction: 18-year-olds will turn out at higher rates than they did in the 2022 midterms
I’d like to make a confession. I hate predictions. Especially about elections. They are a distraction. They ignore our own capacity for meaningful action, as if the most important question is what is likely, as opposed to what shall we do?...
Ohio Alert: Down to the Wire and No Time to Waste
*This post has been updated to add details about Ohio school districts in Cuyahoga and Hamilton Counties.
Today is the last day to register to vote in Ohio. It’s a state with closely watched elections for Senate, the US House, Governor, an...
The Youth Voting Rights Act Aims to Open Voting Access To The Youngest Voters. Here’s Why You Should Support It.
I’m excited that Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Nikema Williams have introduced the Youth Voting Rights Act, which would address our national failure to effectively implement the 26th Amendment. Since that amendment passed in 1...
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Laura W. Brill is an attorney, former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. An award-winning advocate with more than two decades of experience working on voting rights and other complex legal issues, she launched The Civics Center in 2018.
A nonpartisan nonprofit working to build collective power for young people to create the safer, happier, healthier world they want to live in
Jahnavi is the President and Founder of New Voters and a Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement. She graduated from Harvard College in 2023, concentrating in Government with a secondary in Music.
Former federal prosecutor. MSNOW legal contributor. Law Professor. Writes with chickens & knitting at hand. Author of Civil Discourse on Substack. My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is a NYT bestseller!
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