Overview
Democracy is strongest when everyone participates. Yet ever since
gaining the right to vote in 1972, voter turnout among young people has
been significantly lower than the rest of the population. Young
potential voters feel excluded, disenfranchised and cynical about the
participating in the electoral process.
WashPIRGs New Voters
Project aims to engage and inspire our nation’s young people by
educating them about the voting process, training young activists of
all ideological persuasions and, most importantly, aggressively
registering young new voters from all walks of life. The New Voters
Project is a non-partisan effort that champions no legislation or
candidates. The project’s only goal is to register as many young people
as possible.
