New Voters Project: We Did It! What's Next?

We registered, we made it to the polls and we voted!

The numbers speak for themselves: 51.6 % of young people (age 18 to 29) voted this year - in 2000, 42.3% voted. Our share of the total electorate increased as well. This year 18.4% of everyone who voted was 18 to 29, in 2000 our age group was 16.8% of all voters.

Thank you to all of you. Whether you simply registered and voted, or you put up posters, drove friends to the polls, called up other young voters, or knocked on doors, your efforts have made them pay attention to us.

We know, however, that Election Day wasn't perfect for everyone. Tell us what happened to you.

If you were told that you weren't registered, if poll workers insisted that you didn't have the right I.D., if you never received an absentee ballot that you requested, or you had any other problems voting or registering to vote, tell us about it. Click here!

Now that we've got their attention, we need to do something with it. Stay involved and use your voice. The state PIRGs, one of our founding organizations, will be in touch in the future to let you know about opportunities to stay involved in issues that affect people our age.

Thank you again!

Sincerely,



Kevin Boxer

Internet Organizer,

New Voters Project