This recent recording says what we’ve known for a long time: Republicans don’t like it when young people vote. We’ve seen young voters make a huge difference in recent elections, and in response, the GOP has sought to stifle them.🧵
Last month in Idaho, Republicans removed student ID cards from the list of acceptable ID to vote over baseless claims of voter fraud. Two lawsuits have been filed to challenge this law. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/to…
In Texas, in addition to existing laws enforcing strict photo ID rules and a lack of online voter registration, a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill in February to ban polling places on college campuses. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/te…
A month later, the same Texas lawmaker introduced a bill to ban polling places in K-12 public schools as well. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/te…
In the 2022 midterms, officials in Brazos County, Texas refused to open an early voting site at Texas A&M, the largest campus in the state, despite having done so in years past. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/te…
During the 2022 elections, officials in Dutchess County, New York refused to open a polling place on Vassar College’s campus until a court stepped in and ordered them to do so. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ne…
In June 2022, Missouri enacted a voter suppression law that removed student IDs as a permitted form of ID to vote. democracydocket.com/analysis/misso…
In 2021, Montana Republicans passed a law banning voter registration and education activities in buildings on public college campuses. Voters sued, and the law was permanently blocked. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/mo…
Rather than try to modify their policies to win young voters' trust and support, the GOP would erect barriers so these younger generations can't vote. democracydocket.com/analysis/how-r…
Despite the barriers Republicans have enacted to prevent them from voting, young people turned out in droves during the November 2022 elections.
But we must continue to fight for easy and accessible voting for all. democracydocket.com/analysis/young…