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Young People Are More Progressive and Politically Engaged Despite Facing Significant Hurdles to Cast a Ballot
In an election cycle fraught with challenges, young people still organized and turned out in droves to make their voices heard and protect their freedoms at the ballot box. Despite this being the first general election since the passage of voter suppression legislation in Texas that restricts young people’s voting access, rising political extremism that pushes people away from the process, and a state administration that has all but abandoned its responsibility to promote democracy in the state, youth voter turnout in this election remained strong.
Young adults say they'll actually vote in this midterm election
A majority of adults who will be old enough to vote in 2018 say they are planning to, according to a poll released Wednesday conducted by AP-NORC and MTV. When asked to rate their likelihood on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being "certain to vote"), 56% rated their likelihood at a 6 or above. Thirty-two percent said they were absolutely "certain to vote."
Challenge to Texas Voter ID Law Should be Over, AG Argues
Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in a new court document filed, has expected a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals calling for the judges to end a challenge to the state’s new voter ID law for good.
