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GOTTA get young people to the polls. (Original Post) LBM20 Oct 2018 OP
AMEN! Kajun Gal Oct 2018 #1
Let the Parkland kids bring 'em home. Botany Oct 2018 #2
What are your plans on election day? SMC22307 Oct 2018 #3
They always say they are gonna vote Cattledog Oct 2018 #4
More Americans Turn 18 Everyday PoorMonger Oct 2018 #5
The only way to get young people to the polls is to taunt them when they're younger about not being Azathoth Oct 2018 #6

PoorMonger

(844 posts)
5. More Americans Turn 18 Everyday
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 07:01 PM
Oct 2018

I don’t get why we don’t reach out to everyone about the importance of registering to vote on their birthday. We already send out papers for selective service. If the people fail to register they should get another mailer the very next year.. and on and on until they register.

 

Azathoth

(4,677 posts)
6. The only way to get young people to the polls is to taunt them when they're younger about not being
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 07:08 PM
Oct 2018

able to vote. Rub it in their faces. Make them ache to turn 18 and defy the ban, the same way they felt about driving and drinking and all those other things adults inadvertently rubbed in their faces when they were kids.

As far as I know, that's the only thing that will consistently motivate most young people to do something.

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