YOUTH AND THE VOTE
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VOTER TURNOUT 18-29 |
15.60% | 42.70% | 35.20% | 53.50% | 26.80% | Frey* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-19 |
– | – | – | 39% | – | CIRCLE* | |
REGISTRATION RATE 18-24 |
37.40% | 47.40% | 41.70% | 50.60% | 39.80% | Census* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-24 |
13.20% | 34.60% | 28.60% | 43.30% | 20.70% | Census* | |
NEW YORK
20.70%
YOUTH TURNOUT
Ages 18-24 (Census)
NEW YORK YOUTH VOTE
TOP STRATEGIES/INITIATIVES TO INCREASE REGISTRATION & TURNOUT
State Policies and Resources
- New York State Board of Election site.
- NYS DMV facilitates online registration with a driver’s license.
- Voter pre-registration starts at 16, vote at 18.
- New York: Election deadlines, dates, and rules
High school Initiatives
- NYC Campaign Finance Board sponsors Youth Programs to encourage youth engagement through peer-to-peer style education, partnership with CUNY, and We Power NYC Ambassadors.
- ID rules and helpline for New York voters.
- Civics week launched at Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens.
- NYC Student Registration Drive.
- High school websites include voting information and registration tools, for example Syosset High School.
- Let NY Vote is a coalition or grassroots activists and partners that is successfully advocating for voting rights reforms that benefit young voters (and others), for example: pre-registration at 16 and 17 and online registration. Legislation that would permit same day registration is “in progress.”
- Jennifer Wolfe of Oceanside advising When We All Vote’s My School Votes initiative.
College and University initiatives
- 65 NY campuses participated in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge; 2 campuses won Platinum Awards for voter turnout rates > 80%.
- 2020 New York Campus Voting Challenge Award Winners:
- Highest Voter Registration Award, 2-year Institution: Dutchess Community College
- Highest Voter Registration Award, 4-year Institution: Bard College
- Most Improved Voter Turnout Award, 2-year Institution: Dutchess Community College
- Most Improved Voter Turnout Award, 4-year Institution: Ithaca College
- Highest Voter Turnout Award, 2-year Institution: Dutchess Community College
- Highest Voter Turnout Award, 4-year Institution: Ithaca College (79.5% – an increase of 38% above 2016)
- Best Campus Democratic Engagement Action Plan Award, 2-year Institution: Westchester Community College
- Best Campus Democratic Engagement Action Plan Award, 4-year Institution: SUNY: Stony Brook University
- NEW YORK CAMPUS VOTER GUIDE
Other Factors and Initiatives
- Rock the Vote in New York.
- NYC Campaign Finance Board shifted to digital communications to give voters safe choices during the pandemic including a voter registration site created in partnership with TurboVote.
- New York requires voter registration 25 days before an election. This disproportionately affects young NY citizens.
