In battleground states like Georgia, Wisconsin, and Arizona, there's been a surge of women registering to vote.
was being repealed. After registering, they attended some local protests for reproductive rights and talked to other people about registering to vote. “If someone had had a talk with me like that, I think I would’ve registered a lot sooner,” Skylar explains. “It’s really cool being that person for someone else, so they can understand how important their role is in democracy.” Skylar's glad to have come to this realization at just 18 and hasn’t missed an election yet.
Skylar used to have a hard time buying into the idea that every single vote counts in a country with 330 million people, but, they say, that mindset has changed: “It’s a silly metaphor, but it’s like turning something in late in school. You can get a zero or a 50%, and 50% is better than zero. So having your voice out there is infinitely better than being silent.”is motivating voters to take action in a way that other crises, including school shootings and anti-immigrant racism, have not.
Maddie Medved, the 26-year-old co-CEO of Girl and the Gov, says the organization is focused on comprehensive civic education: “Something we’ve prioritized is the space between when a voter is registered and the election. You can register them but are you equipping them with the resources they need to know their ballot? We [want to] be that hand they can hold from when they register up until Election Day.
Sarah, a newly registered 20-year-old voter in Georgia who also asked to withhold her last name, didn’t even knowwere coming until she started seeing campaign signs for 2022. Before that, she thought the next election cycle wasn’t until 2024. But with the rollback of abortion access and the realization that the midterms are so soon, she became eager to register.
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