“Five thousand additional youth votes could quite literally determine the winner of the Iowa caucuses and the nominee of the Democratic Party.” –TraejenHall
in order to help register students at her high school. “We are now focusing our efforts on getting out students to caucus and then get registered at their caucus location,” Ellie said, explaining that they’ve registered — or confirmed the registration status of — 150 students, or 33% of her graduating class. If elected officials want constituencies to feel represented, Ellie said, “you have to work on addressing how few youth actually vote.
Teachers and schools are helping students in their push to boost youth voter turnout in the state. Amber Graeber, an AP government and politics teacher at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, hosted a mock caucus in her classroom in order to stimulate the experience, in addition to helping students register to vote in class, and sending forms home, too, with the added benefit of encouraging students’ families to register to vote.
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