Florida Omnibus Anti-Voter Bill
HB 1381 is an omnibus (multi-issue) anti-voter bill which among other things adds documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, shortens the list of accepted voter IDs for voting including taking student ID off the list, adds harmful data sharing and list maintenance provisions, and adds a requirement of marking citizenship status on driver licenses & identification cards.
Youth Voting Rights Act
Just like the 15th and 19th Amendments prohibit the denial of the right to vote on account of race, color, previous condition of servitude, and gender, the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying the right to vote based on age to anyone over the age of 18. However, 50 years later the full promise of the 26th Amendment remains unfulfilled. Much like the Voting Rights Act was needed to fully realize the 15th Amendment’s purpose, Sen. Warren and Rep. William’s Youth Voting Rights Act is crucial to finally realizing the purpose of the 26th Amendment and creating structures that actually welcome-in the newest members of our democracy.
For the People Act of 2021
With the introduction of the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 1), Congress is one step closer to protecting the most sacred tenet of our democracy, the right to vote. The bill is a sweeping reform package that will strengthen that hallowed right to vote, especially in Black, brown and indigenous communities, as well as for the elderly and students.
Student Bill of Rights
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition partners — through the Youth Voting Rights Subcommittee — identified core policy priorities that, if equitably implemented, would ensure every eligible college student and young person can vote under fair, equitable and accessible conditions that welcome them into the democratic process, regardless of their background or location:
Minnesota College Campus Temporary Polling Locations (2024)
Testimonies in support Minnesota HF 3447/SF 3616, which would require county auditors to establish temporary polling locations on postsecondary instituion campuses when requested by the institution’s administration or the student government, making voting before election day more accessible to college students in Minnesota (2024).
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)
Tennessee Student ID as Voter ID
Testimony supporting of Tennessee HB 303/SB 285, which would permit the use of student IDs issued by accredited postsecondary institutions in Tennessee as a voter ID. (2023)
Minnesota Student Voter Registration
Testimony Supporting Minnesota HF 495, Which would require postsecondary institutions enrolling attendees receiving state financial aid to provide the necessary residential information to election officials for use in the election day voter registration of qualifying students. (2023)
Virginia Campus Voting Sites
VA HB 941 would require registrars to establish satellite offices on public four-year campuses with enrollment of more than 3,000 students, which would have the effect of creating early voting (absentee-in-person) sites at each of those campuses.
Texas A&M University Early Voting Site Removal
Letter to the Brazos County, TX Commissioners Court Opposing the Removal of an Early Voting Site at Texas A&M University (2022)
