YOUTH AND THE VOTE

TOP STRATEGIES/INITIATIVES TO INCREASE REGISTRATION & TURNOUT

State and local efforts to facilitate voting – despite pandemic

• State of Iowa voting portal.
• How to vote in Iowa.
• State ID rules and helpline for Iowa. 
• Nonpartisan information on issues and voting from the LWV of Iowa.
• Ames Public Library and the League of Women Voters on who can vote in Iowa.
• Meeting Iowa ID requirements for voting – student IDs are not accepted.

High school Initiatives

• The governor presents the Carrie Chapman Catt Award to high schools that register 90% of their seniors.
• A person may vote if they are at least 17 and will be 18 years old on or before election day. In the case of primary elections, a person may vote in the primary if they will turn 18 on or before the corresponding regular election.

Iowa’s high school standards for civics education are “inadequate.”.

College and University initiatives

• 16 campuses participated in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. 
• Grinnell (86.7% voter turnout), Kirkwood, and Simpson Colleges and Iowa State all won awards in 2020. 
• Grinnell College’s action plan commits to “Help students navigate complexity of the Covid-era regarding their voting options — and — now — anti-voter suppression efforts.” 
• Follow Univ of Iowa VoteHawk.
• IOWA CAMPUS VOTER GUIDE

OTHER INFLUENCES

• Ames Public Library and the League of Women Voters on who can vote in Iowa.
• Meeting Iowa ID requirements for voting – student IDs are not accepted.
• Grinnell College’s action plan commits to “Help students navigate complexity of the Covid-era regarding their voting options — and — now — anti-voter suppression efforts.”