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Civics For Change: The Youth Voting Rights Act
Introduced in 2022 by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, The Youth Voting Rights Act has the potential to remove many of the most challenging barriers young people face in voting.
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Return My Vote: An Alabama Andrew Goodman Campus Team’s Voting Rights Restoration Clinic
The Andrew Goodman Campus Team at the University of Alabama created Return My Vote, Alabama’s virtual voting rights restoration clinic, and have already helped over 100 Alabamians access their right to vote.
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Securing The Booth: Fulton County’s Fight For Student Access To The Ballot Box
In Fulton County, Georgia, more common barriers to student voting were coupled with the threat of removed polling locations – just months ahead of not only the 2022 Midterm Elections, but also what would become a historic runoff election in the state.
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Fall 2022 Roundup: Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere’s Semester Highlights
Over the course of the Fall ‘22 Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Semester, Ambassadors registered 10,569 voters, hosted 500 events, recruited 538 poll workers, and engaged with 80,940 people. Read more highlights from the semester.
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Civics For Change: SCOTUS And Elections
The Supreme Court of the United States has taken on two independent cases — Moore v. Harper and Milligan v. Merrill — with impending results that could greatly impact the landscape of our elections and what we know about voting rights.
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Penciled In: Pace University Makes Election Day A Holiday For Student Voters
Thanks to Andrew Goodman Ambassadors, beginning Fall 2023, Election Day at Pace University will officially be an "asynchronous instruction day," where classes do not meet in real time, allowing students flexibility to get to the polls to exercise their right to vote.
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Campaign To The Polls: Our Plan To Mobilize The Youth Vote In The 2022 Midterm Elections
The Andrew Goodman Foundation is launching our 2022 Campaign to the Polls in preparation for the Midterm Election. The campaign is designed to activate and mobilize young voters, who are part of the Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere program and beyond, to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
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A New Chapter In The Fight: Xavier University Of Louisiana Ambassadors Continue Voter ID Work Started At Louisiana State University
In 2016, Andrew Goodman Ambassadors at Louisiana State University (LSU) led a successful campaign to pass legislation that makes student IDs compliant as voter IDs at public higher education institutions. In 2020, Xavier University of Louisiana Ambassadors picked up where LSU Ambassadors left off when they passed legislation to do the same for private institutions.
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Civics For Change: Reforming The Electoral Count Act
In this installment of Civics for Change, we explore the Electoral Count Act of 1887, two bills that could update it, and why we must push for its reform to protect the voice of the American people.
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Civics For Change: Voter Suppression 101
In this installment of Civics for Change, we explore what voter suppression is, and how it has evolved since the beginning of elections in the United States.
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