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If we care about young people having a voice in elections, schools can start taking their students’ role in our democracy seriously.
By Laura W. Brill, Special to CalMatters
Laura W. Brill is a lawyer in Los Angeles, a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the founder and executive director of The Civics Center, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization, laura@thecivicscenter.org.
Fifty years ago, California ratified the 26th Amendment, the Constitutional provision that gives young people the right to vote beginning at age 18.
Today, the news about youth voting points in two opposite directions. On the one hand, young people turned out in record numbers in 2020, overcoming enormous obstacles to do so. On the other hand, a significant and persistent gap exists between youth voter registration rates and rates for older voters. This gap stifles the voice of young voters.