Five Questions with Laura Brill: How to Register Young Voters

Youth Voting Rights Advocate and Founder of The Civics Center

Tonight we are joined by Laura Brill, Founder and CEO of The Civics Center, a national nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to making voter registration part of every high school in America. You read that right. Not one to look at the statistics and shake her head over low turnout among the newest eligible voters, Laura has a plan for getting them excited about voting. Do something!

Laura is an attorney and a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She launched The Civics Center in 2018 to stop youth voter suppression and tackle the decades-old problem of low youth turnout. She explains, “We create resources for students to lead drives, we host workshops around the country to help train students and educators do voter registration, and we calculate high-quality data around 18-year-old registration rates in states around the country, including Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Ohio, and Arizona, the most recent ones we've looked at.”

Here’s the most important part: from September 23-27th, the Civics Center is organizing High School Voter Registration Week around the country. If you’re looking for something you can do to make a difference in this election, keep reading.

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