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Florida study touts higher turnout from on-campus voting amid court fight
"This report demonstrates that young people — especially Hispanic and Black voters — are enthusiastic about civic participation and voting when the process is accessible and fair,” Foundation President David Goodman said in statement. “Students face numerous barriers such as a lack of access to transportation or balancing busy school and work schedules, which make it more difficult for them to vote at off-campus polling locations.”
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Living The Legacy at the Fifth Annual National Civic Leadership Training Summit
The fifth annual National Civic Leadership Training Summit was the biggest convening to date, with almost 150 attendees that included program participants, industry experts, and civil rights icons. Coinciding with the 55th anniversary of the murders of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, the theme of the Summit was, "Live the Legacy."
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It can be hard for college students to get to the polls. Florida’s new law is making it even harder.
The new measure signed by DeSantis last month, part of a larger elections reform package passed by the legislature, has been touted under the guise of making voting more accessible by focusing on parking availability. In reality, advocates say, it appears to be the latest effort by the Republican-led state to ensure that college students — who tend to vote Democratic — don’t get to the ballot box.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Receives $350,000 from the Puffin Foundation to Increase Youth Civic Power
“AGF has proven time and time again that one of the best ways to reach eligible, young voters is by enlisting their peers in the effort. This grassroots work, along with the growing advocacy efforts of the AGF Puffin Fellows, is helping to enfranchise and protect the youth vote across the country. We’re proud to of been able to play a role in supporting this extraordinary work,” said Perry Rosenstein, President of The Puffin Foundation.
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Florida’s ‘one man, one vote, ample parking’ law challenged in court
“Students deserve to have their votes counted just like everyone else. That’s why we’re defending the voices of students across Florida, who have had trouble getting to early-voting locations,” Newsome wrote.
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Florida’s Early Voting Progress
The larger a county’s population, the more early voting sites it should have. Furthermore, the number of registered voters “per” early voting site is a good way to think about the demand each site must be prepared to take on. More early voting sites per registered voter means shorter lines and better attention paid to voter needs — and the way to boost this ratio is to simply provide more early voting locations.
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Advocates claim late amendment to new Florida elections law ‘provides a new means of suppressing the vote of young voters’
Plaintiffs on Monday asked Walker to consider an amended complaint to also address the provision in the new law, which mandates that early voting sites “must provide sufficient nonpermitted parking to accommodate the anticipated amount of voters.” The provision was added to the elections package by two Republican lawmakers “as a never-before-seen, eleventh-hour amendment” in the waning days of the session, plaintiffs argued in the 107-page amended complaint.
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Youth Defy Assumptions of Low Civic Engagement
The Andrew Goodman Foundation and Generation Citizen demonstrate that through a combination of positive peer pressure, education about civic institutions and government at all levels, and awareness of local issues, Generation Z can be a mighty force that makes civic engagement not an anomaly, but a norm.
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College parking requirement targets early voting, says lawsuit
The provision was added to the elections package by two Republican lawmakers “as a never-before-seen, eleventh-hour amendment” in the waning days of the session, plaintiffs argued in the 107-page amended complaint.
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Voting and The Bottom Line
Members of The AGF Community discuss how our work is eliminating arbitrary barriers to voting, in order to make young voices and votes a powerful force in democracy.
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