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Efforts to Suppress Student Voting in 2020 Spur Court Challenges
“Everyone 18 years and older has a right, if not a duty, to participate in our electoral system,” said Maxim Thorne, the Managing Director of the Andrew Goodman Foundation. “We should be having conversations about how to make it easier, how to make it more welcoming, how to make it worthy of our time and effort. And what we’re seeing is the reverse.”
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The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It.
Energized by issues like climate change and gun reform, student voting doubled from 2014 to 2018. Unfortunately, their growing enthusiasm has been met with a number of new roadblocks and barriers to participation, reports The New York Times.
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Registration for 2020 Election Approaches
By voting, students can make a difference in the 2020 election. As registration dates approach and the major parties begin their nomination processes, now is the time for students to ensure their voices will count come November.
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Broome County District Attorney Candidates to Debate Oct. 23
The candidates, Paul Battisti, Debra Gelson, and Michael Korchak, will debate from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in SUNY Broome’s Angelo Zuccolo Little Theatre. Details found here!
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Civics for Citizens: Everything You Need to Know about Impeachment
What is impeachment, how does it work, and what does it have to do with the peach emoji? Those are just some of the questions answered in our latest Civics for Citizens blog.
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Kuztown Live: Vote Everywhere Interview
Andrew Goodman Ambassadors at Kutztown University chat with Kutztown Radio about their work, student voter suppression, and National Voter Registration Day.
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Impending State Elections Call for New Voters
With New Jersey elections fast-approaching, the Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Campus Team at Ramapo College is reminding us all that voting in local elections is just as crucial as voting in national elections. New Jersey will be having its bi-annual re-election of the state assembly, and one special election is occurring for the State Senate in the first Legislative District of New Jersey. Read more to learn about these elected officials' roles before you vote for them!
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Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Promising Practices: Institutionalizing Voter Registration in New Student Orientation
Learn how the Stony Brook University Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Campus Team institutionalized voter registration into orientation by reading our Q&A with Andrew Goodman Campus Champion Steven Adelson.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Receives $55,000 Grant from The Russell Berrie Foundation for 2020 Census Outreach Effort in Bergen County
An accurate Census count is essential for states to receive the appropriate allocation of federal funds, proportional representation in the House of Representatives, and constitutional representation in the Electoral College, which ultimately determines who becomes president.
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Students Take Action to Make their Votes Count
In cooperation with the Andrew Goodman Foundation, a nonprofit advocating for voting accessibility, GU Votes has also launched a revamped online voter portal through which students can register to vote, check their registration status and find absentee ballot registration forms. Increased student political engagement accompanied by intensive voting assistance has resulted in higher student voting rates at Georgetown.
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