Content Categorized with "Universal Voter Registration"
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The Right Way to Register Voters
- Posted: July 24, 2009
- Publication: The New York Times
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Editorial by the New York Times comes out in support of efforts now underway in the US Senate to modernize voter registration practices so that we "live up to the ideal of the founders of a nation governed with the consent of the governed." -
Looking Abroad For Answers On Voter Registration
- Posted: July 20, 2009
- Author(s): Eliza Newlin Carney
- Publication: National Journal
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Recent studies by the Brennan Center and U.S. PIRG show the need for universal voter registration in the U.S. -
Register Everybody
- Posted: June 29, 2009
- Publication: Roll Call
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Editorial declares that the U.S. government needs to start taking a more proactive approach to voter registration in order to live up to the standards that other countries have set. -
Modernizing the vote
- Posted: June 22, 2009
- Author(s): Editorial Board
- Publication: The Baltimore Sun
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board endorses universal voter registration. -
Brennan Center's new report on universal registration joins FairVote in highlighting Canadian model
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Registration And Voting On Same Day Sought in D.C.
- Posted: June 13, 2009
- Author(s): Tim Craig
- Publication: The Washington Post
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
The D.C. City Council considers a variety of election reforms, including same day registration, advance registration for 16-year-olds and 17-year-old primary voting. -
Get 'Em (Ready to Vote) While They're Young
- Posted: May 26, 2009
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
As a key element in what is welcome progress toward universal voter registration, a movement is growing within the states to swing the doors of our democracy wide open, encouraging and facilitating the active participation of young people in the electoral process. From education, to access, to advance registration, more and more legislators and public officials are doing their part to invite young people into the process and kick start habits that can last a lifetime.
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Get 'Em (Ready to Vote) While They're Young
- Posted: May 26, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo, David Segal
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Universal Voter Registration, FairVote, All Reports
A movement is growing within the states to swing the doors of our democracy wide open, encouraging and facilitating the active participation of young people in the electoral process.
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High schoolers get a lesson in voting
- Posted: May 16, 2009
- Author(s): Michelle Stuckey
- Publication: The Gainesville Sun
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
High school voter registration efforts have increased and improved in light of Florida's uniform voter registration age of 16 years-old. -
Bill promotes teen voter registration
- Posted: May 11, 2009
- Author(s): Tonya Jameson
- Publication: The Charlotte Observer
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
North Carolina's bi-partisan 16-year-old advance registration and civics education bill unanimously passed the Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform committee last week.