The Civics Center
Laura W. Brill, 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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NEW: Resources for educators interested in bringing democracy into their classrooms this fall
Now that teens are back in school, we're launching resources in preparation for our fall campaign, High School Voter Registration Weeks, now in its eighth year. 20% of high school seniors will be old enough to vote in the midterms in Novemb...
Illinois steps up with the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. Youth Voter Empowerment Act
“Voting is a benefit you inherited [that] another generation earned … You can’t invoke Mandela and King and be unregistered … I travel because I have counted the cost.
Your vote does make a difference.”
–Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., during...
INTERVIEW: Youth Voter Outreach Specialist with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Michael Wall
The work of welcoming young people into democracy as new voters requires creativity and coordination. Election officials, educators, community leaders, parents, and teens all play a role. Who & How is our effort to highlight those who have...
Great news: more 18-year-olds are registered to vote in the 2026 midterms compared to 2022! If we keep this up we can add hundreds of thousands more by November.
This week I have great news: Our new research shows that many more 18-year-old Americans are registered to vote in this year’s midterm elections than at this point in 2022. Many states have seen a significant increase in youth registration...
Intergenerational activism: bringing civic engagement to life for high school students
One of the great joys of this job is meeting the incredible volunteers who are building our democracy day by day and helping their communities provide meaningful programming to welcome all teens as future voters. So here’s a shout out to Su...
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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.
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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