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Freedom's Answer
is a non-partisan, non-profit voter turnout campaign led
by our nation's youth. It seeks voter pledges —
not for parties or candidates — but to honor our servicemen
and women overseas.
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Student Voting: Voter Turnout, Voter Registration & Youth Vote Information
Freedom's Answer is a coalition of national youth organizations including National Association of Student Councils, Junior State of America, National Honor Society, Youth in Government, FFA, Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, YMCA, Boys State, Girls State, and a variety of other organizations who embraced the "get the vote out" concept. The voting goal was to establish state teams in all 50 states to recruit high schoolers into registering their schools as official schools and to begin voter registration drives and voter promise drives within the individual schools.
We want to thank all the other students of Freedom's
Answer for giving America a loud
and clear message from its newest generation.
Thousands of high schools and millions of students delivered
many millions of votes on Election Day to help set the largest
voter turnout in the history of our country.
We believe we have helped both shatter the voter turnout
record and begun to shatter the stereotype of young people
not being interested in our government and its policies.
We believe that, even though we may be too young to vote,
we have earned a seat at the table when our future is debated
and discussed. We have only begun to be heard.
We thank you and congratulate you for a spectacular performance.
Please make sure you record (here)
the total pledges collected by your school. And keep watching
the web site for full state turnout totals and a final determination
of the winner of the 50-State Challenge.
And keep on sharing your stories on the blog.
Our Freedom's Answer
experience starts to tell the story of America’s newest
generation. I hope you are as proud of that story as we
are of you.
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Student Voting and You
Student voting is important in order to spread the word not only about how students’ rights and needs should be addressed in government, but also to help educate students about their voice and how to use it.
Voting to Make a Difference
Student voting isn’t just something for those who want to politically active throughout their lives. The laws put into effect today will also affect the way the world works for you in the future. By learning how to create political change now, you can begin to change the way the world operates – in your favor. While the voting process can seem difficult to navigate, it’s actually quite simple for those United States citizens over the age of 18.
When you’re applying for a new driver’s license, you can obtain a voting registration card at the DMV. There, you will be able to sign up for a voting precinct based on your current address. If you are already at school, you will be able to register to vote by going to the student affairs office or student relations office. Find the cards there to help you get signed up to vote.
Why You Should Register to Vote
While some people think of voting as a chore, this is far from the case. In fact, voting is something you should look forward to. Here are just some of the reasons why you should register to vote today.
- Have a voice in your government – A democracy does not work if there are no voices within it. By registering to vote, you can easily have a chance to vote for the candidates you like as well as the issues you support.
- Be a part of changes – When you are active in politics, you will be able to understand the changes as they happen in life. Once this happens, you can begin to support candidates and issues directly as well, helping to further support the causes important to you.
- It’s your duty as a citizen – One of the basic rights you have as an American citizen is the right to vote. In order to be a part of the American government process, voting is essential.
- Create a history of participation – If you ever want to be a part of a political campaign, you need to start voting. This way, it’s easy to see that you have been interested in voting from the very start of your life.
Once you turn 18, you can begin to vote in all of the local and federal elections.
Even if students aren’t at home when the election takes place, they can sign up for absentee voting, so there’s really no excuse. You can have the voting card sent directly to you and then send it back to the voting board for the actual election date.
Get Out the College and Teen Vote
But it takes more than one voice to make a difference in the world, which is why colleges can be a great place for creating discussions about politics, voting, and change. By taking the time to help your peers understand how important their vote is, you can begin to create large voting groups that can change the course of the voting outcome.
There are a number of ways to promote teen voting, high school voting, and college voting. First of all, you can begin by creating a campaign of information. By using bumper stickers, political signs, and other yard signs, you can begin to get people interested in voting and in learning more. This campaign should begin as early as possible in the year, even if there isn’t an election coming up. By spreading the world and organizing assemblies and meetings, people can get registered to vote and they can begin to talk about their voting choices.
Start creating advertising for voting drives today with a vinyl banners, cheap signs, or even neon signs to help get people interested. Even if some people decide not to register to vote, you’re going to be helping the political process get started, with the voices who are going to see the changes of today come to life in their futures. |
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Yard signs are a simple and easy way to get your voter message out to many people.
 
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