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Vote Everywhere Promising Practices: Institutionalizing Voter Registration in the Classroom
Learn how the AAMU Vote Everywhere team institutionalized voter registration in the classroom by reading our Q&A with Campus Champion Monica Clarke.
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Civil Rights and Gun Reform Orgs Show Solidarity, Demand Action Against White Supremacy
Every person in our country should feel safe while shopping, enjoying a night out with friends, attending school or religious services, or engaging in any other lawful activity. Instead, white supremacist violence against communities of color, religious minorities, and other marginalized communities continues to escalate under the administration’s watch.
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Johnson: Iowa House Special Election Date is Voter Disenfranchisement
With classes in-session eight months out of the year, placing this special election during a time when classes are not in session is voter disenfranchisement. Students need to have full ability to vote for their representatives in-person whenever an election comes up.
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Youth Voter Turnout in Florida Boosted by On-Campus Early Voting Sites, Report Says
What caused a bump in voter turnout among young Floridians in 2018? An expansion of early-voting sites on college campuses is one likely factor, according to a study funded by The Andrew Goodman Foundation In Florida’s last midterm election, nearly 60,000 people cast early ballots at 12 on-campus polling places that were allowed after a July 2018 legal decision.
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Doing Good While Doing Law
In my role as the Managing Director of The Andrew Goodman Foundation, I have seen firsthand how this oppressive law directly impacts the work that AGF has been doing on the ground in Tennessee and the risks it poses to our student leaders. The Foundation and our co-plaintiffs decided to sue Tennessee because it is clear that this law is a transparent and shameful attempt to restrict the right of students, people of color (POC), and marginalized Americans to vote.
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College students can hardly get to the polls. Florida’s new law is making it even harder.
The Andrew Goodman Foundation, (which advocates for broader access to the polls, especially by young voters), the League of Women Voters of Florida, and eight college students are now suing to block the new law. The filing in U.S. District Court last week is part of an ongoing legal battle waged by voting rights advocates seeking to make balloting easier for college students in the state.
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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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New Report Shows That Expanding Early Voting Sites to College and University Campuses in Florida Substantially Increased Youth Voter Turnout in the 2018 Election
On-Campus Early In-Person Voting in Florida in the 2018 General Election, a new report written by Daniel A. Smith, Ph.D. and issued by The Andrew Goodman Foundation, evaluates the turnout at and impact of 12 early voting locations that were available to voters in Florida during the 2018 election.
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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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