Maryland Pre-Registration (2025)
MD HB 153 would reduce the age at which an individual may preregister to vote, from sixteen years to fifteen years and nine months and improve the communications between county election offices and preregistered voters.
Maryland Pre-Registration (2024)
Testimony in support of Maryland HB 436 which would reduce the age at which an individual may preregister to vote, from sixteen years to fifteen years and nine months. Preregistration permits otherwise-eligible citizens who are not yet of voting age to complete a voter registration application and automatically be added to the state’s voter rolls when they turn 18. Such laws have been shown in other states to improve registration rates and to increase the likelihood that these young citizens will vote upon reaching voting age. These laws prepare our young people for a future with fewer barriers to vote, expand opportunities for teens to organize in their communities, and assist students in developing early voting habits that will last a lifetime. Michigan passed such a law last year. (2024)
Michigan Pre-Registration
In May 2023, Fair Elections Center and its Campus Vote Project submitted testimony urging Michigan to pass HB4569, which would establish pre-registration for 16 and 17 year olds. In November of the same year, Michigan signed into law HB 4569, taking an important step to increase youth voter turnout and engagement. The bill was signed as part of a larger set of reforms aimed at reducing barriers to voting in the state.
Minnesota Preregistration
Testimony in support of Minnesota HF 110, which would permit those at least 16-years-old but not yet 18 who otherwise meet the eligibilibility criteria to register to vote to preregister. (2023)
