American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May, 11, 2023
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You’re listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.
In March, Idaho passed a bill discontinuing college-issued IDs as a valid form of identification to vote. In a leaked video, a GOP legal strategist recently told donors that it should be a GOP priority to stop voting on college campuses, and end same day registration. Are you a college student and want to vote in 2024? Start preparing now.
Research from Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, or CIRCLE, shows that turnout of voters aged 18-29 has increased substantially since 2014’s 13% to 2022’s estimated 23%.
The vast majority of young voters don’t favor conservative candidates. So, in the name of “election integrity,” some states have rolled back laws on the books for years, ending use of college IDs for voting, restricting residency requirements, and eliminating election-day registration. To overcome those barriers in Wisconsin, campus organizers did registration and turnout organizing, and are credited with an 11% margin for the liberal candidate in the state’s recent Supreme Court election.
According to Voting Rights Lab, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and recently Idaho, don’t allow student IDs. Arizona’s law technically permits it, but no current college IDs meet the requirements. Other anti-voter state legislatures are trying to ban them.
Read more and learn your state’s requirements for student voting at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. More tomorrow on the American Democracy Minute. I’m Brian Beihl.
Today’s Links
Articles & Resources:
Democracy Docket – Idaho Removes Student IDs from List of Acceptable Voter ID
Washington Post – Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC
Journalist Laura Winsor – Leaked video of GOP Legal Strategist
CNN – Republican-controlled states target college students’ voting power ahead of high-stakes 2024 elections
Seattle Times/Bloomberg – The GOP is making it harder for college students to vote
Tufts University CIRCLE – State-by-State Youth Voter Turnout Data and the Impact of Election Laws in 2022
Tufts University CIRCLE – The Impact of Voting Laws on Youth Turnout and Registration
Washington Post – How Wisconsin liberals set record campus turnout in court election
Wisconsin Public Media – In a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race, young voters turned out
Campus Vote Project – What States Allow Student ID as Voter ID
Campus Vote Project – Student Voting Guide by State
Groups Taking Action:
Campus Vote Project, BABEVote (Idaho), All In Democracy Challenge, Students Learn-Students VOTE Partner Directory, GenZforChange, NextGen America
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