Gen Z and millennial voters make up nearly half of the eligible voting population in this year’s election. In Georgia, the race is on to get them registered before early voting begins this month.
Game attendees check their voter registration status at the When We All Vote booth inside the Gateway Center Arena during an Atlanta Dream home game on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.The Atlanta Dream had a lot riding on Tuesday’s game. The WNBA team had to defeat the Chicago Sky for a shot at the playoffs.as attendees trickled into the arena, something caught her eye.
“Especially as a Black woman in this world, there's times where I'll say, like, I don't feel good, or I have pain, and sometimes doctors won't hear me. Or if I'm feeling unsafe and a police officer may not understand that or care,” she explained. “So my vote is something that I can say, I voted, and this was my part in making sure that I have a say in what happens in the day-to-day in society.
A young girl holds a"Vote" pin in her hands while attending the Atlanta Dream game at Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta.“When we're checking registration, we're checking with the promise of following up,” Lynk said."The process doesn't end tonight.” The group focuses on getting young voters and voters of color civically engaged. Both groups are key to the Democratic party’s base.But that may be shifting. During the week Biden dropped out and Harris took over the Democratic ticket, there were noticeable spikes in voter registrations among young people, particularly young women and young women of color.
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