Voting & elections
We all need to do more to ensure that, when it comes to our elections, everyone participates and everyone's voice is heard. Only then can we create a democracy that’s more fully of, by and for the people.
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Twenty States Not Enforcing Federal Laws on Voter Lists
A new survey of state laws and election officials shows that, on the eve of the 2008 general election, twenty states do not have laws, regulations or systems in place to properly implement a federally mandated 90-day pre-Election Day ban on systemic voter list purges. The survey, Vanishing Voters, was conducted during the summer of 2008 by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund.
Know Your Voting Rights
Know Your Voting Rights includes information for young and other voters as they head to the polls.
The Arizona Student Vote Coalition
Since 2004, members of the Arizona Student Vote Coalition, comprised of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (Arizona PIRG), the Arizona Students’ Association and student governments from state universities, has registered 18-30 year olds and made personalized, peer-to-peer contacts to turn young people out to the polls.
Voting 101
Voting 101 includes information on why young people don't vote, why young people are often ignored, and why young people shouldn't be ignored.
Vote Coalition Contacts Students Across the State
As of 6:00 PM MST, still an hour before the close of polls, the Arizona Student Vote Coalition has held one-on-one conversations with over 9,600 students about voting in the week leading up to Election Day. 2,180 of these contacts have been made today, on Election Day.