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Political Scientists to Discuss Data Around Election Myths
Political scientists drop by Cornell University to break down voting process myths without partisanship. Check out for more details!
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New York State Sees Voting Reforms Ahead of 2019 Elections
“Early voting will be beneficial to students who might have trouble making it to the polls on Election Day due to classes or other obligations"
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BGSU Votes Boosts Student Voter Participation
BGSU Votes has the stats to show the growth in student voter participation. Check out this snapshot of their collaboration and volunteering!
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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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Equal Access Matters: Florida Students Turn Out At On-Campus Early Voting Locations in 2018
What we learned is just how important on-campus early voting locations are for expanding student voting rights and access. When students have the same opportunity and convenience as other voters, they turn out. With these findings to fuel us, we plan to continue to advocate for on-campus voting locations at Vote Everywhere partner campuses and to champion the 26th Amendment, especially as we near its 50th anniversary in 2021.
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Are we becoming the America that allowed the Freedom Summer Tragedy?
Recent events make me think this is not the America for which my brother, Andrew Goodman, died. My family and others who struggled through the civil rights movement had hoped that murders by domestic terrorists and the sanctioning of the systematic disenfranchisement of minorities were a thing of the past.
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Groups seek to block Tennessee voter signup penalties law
Tennessee's new voter suppression law is set to take effect on October 1, 2019. The Andrew Goodman Foundation and a coalition of other civil rights organizations have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent the state of Tennessee from implementing or enforcing the law.
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Why Aren’t 2020 Hopefuls Talking About Election Security
Maxim Thorne, managing director of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, told WhoWhatWhy that not talking about election integrity on a national stage with millions of Americans tuned in was “a serious mistake” and “a missed opportunity on so many levels...I think it emboldens the bad behavior that threatens our democracy and the 2020 election,” Thorne said.
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