Like keeping Trump off the ballot, with him not being found guilty of any crime, thus keeping millions of Americans from voting for the candidate of their choice?
@@Lindzeeann2uuu - candidate *disqualification* is NOT the same thing as "voter suppression!" Btw... you can still write someone in on your ballot, if they aren't already on it. (It won't count though, if that person is disqualified.)
@@Lindzeeann2uuu IF courts would stop procrastinating and start putting trump trials on the dockets and stop allowing him to stall, stall, stall, THAT SOB WOULD BE FOUND GUILTY TOMORROW! Then, would you be ok with having a criminal’s name taken off the ballot? Huh? Or is it ok with you that a man who has damaged our country so much, can still run to lead it!😡😡😡
And, the more people under 30yo vote, the more likely we will see younger candidates on the ballots. People like Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein had no business being in the Senate.
Colleges actively recruit out of state students because they pay a higher tuition fee. If you don't like the way they vote, then don't take their money. Pay for play or don't.
Everyone that s a student that's being threatened by the GOP .I hope you see what they are trying to do to your freedom vote Democrat no one else would help pay your college grants
I can show you real gerrymandering and it is not in Red states, it’s all in blue states with liberal land grabs, such as California, Illinois, New York, Arizona, Maryland (big offender), Minnesota, Washington State, Oregon and other. The information is out there, all you have to do is open your eyes and look. Vote Trump in 2024 for a better America!
If our young people are old enough to join the military they're old enough to vote! I voted since the day I turned 18 every American should have that right
That's the actual reason that the 26th Amendment even exists. It lowered it from 21 to 18 because of Vietnam War. Old enough to be drafted but NOT old enough to vote?
@@mario_lemoosedo boys have to sign up for the draft when they turn 17yo? I know loads of men who had to do it AFTER 1973. You've written that comment several times. Perhaps, you can explain why you believe that IF you can be made to join a branch of the military you shouldn't also be able to vote for the elected officials making the decisions affecting you.
I was around when the voting age was lowered and I want to remind everyone why this was a big deal at one time. Our boys were being drafted and dying in Viet Nam at 18. It just wasn’t (and still isn’t) right that you can be old enough to die for your country but can’t vote in it. Though there is no war going on now, let’s not forget what it is like when there is. Like abortion and environmental issues, i can’t believe we are talking about this again. So disheartening to us boomers who fought so hard to make many of these rights a reality for future generations.
I was able to vote at 18 because of this regulation. I had two bothers went to Vietnam unable to vote, they were both older then me one 11 years one 10. Luckily they both mad it home! One committed suicide a year later.
it’s ignorance, every adult was a young voter at one time. The racist republicans, want slavery again . This time they will enslave more than blacks! They will enslave the intellectually astute!
You're Right The Republicans Are So Desperate To Control The White House Again In Ga. They've Redrawn The District Mad Several Times In An Attempt To Deprive Black Voters From Casting Their Votes. After Being Ordered By A Judge To Redraw The Map It Was Accepted By The Judge But Republicans Still Has More Control Over The District. This Exact Same Technique Was Also Done In Alabama Months Ago & Was Ordered By A Judge To Redraw The Map Again & Again.
@@sidgarrett7247 Lol Florida is one of the states, blue states are running to. That really wrecks the left's narrative about Florida. If it's so bad, why so many moving there? 😝😝😝😝😝😝
We need a voters' bill of rights that gets politicians out of the way of voting and demands that politicians are truthful about their policies and opponents--no more lies and propaganda.
Republicans will never allow it,but Dems will,if you give them the right number,they will change is cos it supposed to have been done but republicans keep blocking the bill,so vote GOP out ,and there will be chance for a better change.
For what?> It's not like Republicans will OBEY any law they don't agree with. They USED to be a political party, but now they are just fascist oligarchs and their minions, not a REAL HUMAN in the bunch. We ARE at WAR, so it's NOT illegal to FIGHT BACK, HARD! Laws on paper are MEANINGLESS to MAGA.
Not likely to happen, though. If you look thru a proposed bill, ie the Brady Bill, you'll find possibly hundreds of line items that have nothing to do with the Brady issue. All those line items were the result of backroom bargaining; I'll vote yes on your X if you vote no on Frank's Y and yes on my Z. Otherwise, I'll vote no on Brady, & you'll get nothing.
When W. Bush invaded Iraq, the young voters realized they were being lied to and protested heavily against the invasion of Iraq. They were right, none of the touted WMD's were found. Their elders who backed the invasion were wrong. This means that there is a need for voters who have the better judgment to be counted. It is an injustice to them that they are saddled with the debt for this ill-advised war that they did not want.
All Over AmeriKKKa Minorities Go Through Hell Just To Exercise Their Right To VOTE .Sad Thing Is That Many Minorities Will Vote For The Very Republicans Who Are Trying To Take Away Their Right To Vote .
Then they need to vote Democrat down every ballot this election to get these MAGA Republicans out before they destroy all of our rights to vote. It will happen if they keep taking seats in our government. They will never work together with Democrats to help us and our country. It will only to benefit them.
We were all young at one time. I have two children GEN Z and they are engaged and know more about politics than most of my GEN X peers. Instead of trying to prevent them from voting, have some policies and ideas that attract those voters! SIMPLE RIGHT!!!!!
So now it's about young people won't replace old white men ok got boy if the republikkkans ever do some serious work this country would be better off instead they wanna get rich and die in office.
Another voting issue facing college students is that students may well change their address multiple times. This means that they may have to re-register multiple times.
Anytime you change the address of your driver's license, it should be a federal law that it also updates your voter's registration! In fact, put our voter registration # on our licenses instead of getting something else in the mail that is virtually useless.
@@Growup1163closing polling stations, denying the right to give someone a bottle of water, restricting mail in ballots and slowing the mail, gerrymandering, intimidation, should I continue?
What is wrong with this country. I’m Australian and it is compulsory that EVERYONE votes. I just don’t understand that so many people are fine with the voter suppression that is happening in this country. Land of the free??? I think not. We need to wake up and get our priorities in order.
@@alwaysthinktwice6612 that's a huge cultural difference apparently. Americans on either side wouldn't go for that. And people here do everything they can to escape jury duty.
Thank you but advise them to recheck before the deadline to preregister to be able to vote on November 5, 2024 as corrupt Republicans are voiding people's voting registration without people knowing it.
I'm almost 66 years old. I've been a registered Democrat since the age of 18. I didn't have the feeling anyone, left or right, was trying to keep me from voting. It is now, that yound people are being swayed not to be able to vote. I see that as election interferrence. I wonder how much lower the repubs are going to sink. If you are 18, get registered ASAP. It is your right. VOTE BLUE!!!
Young people like Page are good roles models for Democracy for America and countries around the world 🌎 keep fighting young people your future depends on it 👍👏VOTE 💙 🗳 ☑️ DEMOCRAT 2024
Republicans even change maps,so they get more voters ,they do what they want,republicans will have a big army of their own,all young people ,watch out for ,Republicans
What a eye opener! I'm a 77 year old former Maryland resident now living in New Zealand. Even with the difficulties of different stationary standards I still vote. I am amazed at how creative the efforts of Republicans are at suppressing the vote of constituencies who are not inclined to support the Republicans. Thank you Marc
I’m 72 and have voted in every election since my first at age 21. I have also been living in Europe for the last 26 years while continuing to vote. I worry that if the Reps get back in power, ppl like Stephen Miller will whisper into trump’s ear that expats should not be allowed to vote and then we will be losing yet one more right! Please, please vote blue for ALL elected positions. Dems are NOT taking our rights away, it is the Rep. Party, soon to be the fascist Rep Party, who takes rights away from it’s citizens. Keep that in mind when you think you’ll just sit this one out next year!!! 🇺🇸💙☮️☮️☮️☮️
It's difficult to admit sometimes but, I never voted until Obama ran. Because in my income bracket it never seemed to matter who was in office. Things didn't get better. As a carpenter and home builder, from 1975, to 1992, things were pretty much, same ole, same ole. I busted my ass, but pay was week to week and I struggled to keep up. So voting seemed, useless. But in 1989, I decided to break off working and build a house for my family and myself. Because my in-laws gave us 10 thousand dollars as a pre death inheritance. We looked at houses to buy and use that money as a down payment. But, in our price range, they were all fixerupers. That needed constant repair. So we decided to buy a lot,use it as collateral and build it myself. After that and 9 months of work we had a new house and myself a new sense of self worth. So I got my license and started a 1 man remodeling business. Things were slow, so I went back to work for another contractor, once again into a stagnant hourly rate that was a couple bucks more per hour but still not a life building, savings building lifestyle. Then Bill Clinton was elected and I tried my luck again. So for his whole terms we did well. Steady work, money in the bank for a change. Then came George W. Work started slowing down, people weren't doing home improvements as much. Maybe at that time it showed me it does matter who's in office. Then when Obama ran. I definitely wanted to vote and support his try. And work picked up and we started making a living again. Being a one man band. I never got rich. But I did still learn, it does matter, whos in office. VOTE.
In my 70+ years, it has become not just noticeable but nearly set in stone that when the GOP control government, it is bad for self-employed, family businesses, and other small businesses.
@@thisbushnell2012 At 71 myself, I agree. But also it's the trade you choose. As a carpenter, I was told, " what you do, isn't a commodity". Though I ve always been in the mindset, that without my trade, plumbers, electricians and mechanical workers would be doing their trades in an open field. Yet we are the lowest paid tradesmen in construction. My dad was a carpenter too. But he did get his GC license, so he could sit back and let others do the work and pull the cream off the job without driving one nail. But he wasn't that way. He worked hard till he was 72. Then finally hung up his cloth nail apron. Hoping to enjoy the not so huge 200 thou and a home he built, he worked so hard for. He died at 75.😢. What's wrong with this picture.
Was 17 when 18 year old citizens were given the right to vote. We were being drafted into the army to fight in Veit Nam, so we wanted to have input on that policy. Shortly after with the help of vets against the war, it was over, at least for a while.
VietNam lost the support of the American public because actual footage from the front lines and real journalists were allowed to cover the war, meaning that the military and pro-war politicians were not in charge of the narrative and it was hard to make people believe propaganda when the truth was being broadcast and published. They learned from that mistake and now no journalists can go near a war zone unless they are "embedded" with the troops, meaning the whole thing is controlled by the military. That's why they would show carpet bombing of huge Iraqi cities and would end with "no casualties reported there...." It was a sickening farce and it still is. When people find out the truth about war they almost universally oppose it. I'm talking about real anti-war people, not right wing filth who feign opposition to war but in reality they oppose US aid for Ukraine because they are useful idiots for Putin and Western help for Ukraine hurts Putin. The Iraq war was a disaster but Trump supporters who were alive back then supported it in the extreme,. because to them it was a war on Islam and revenge for -9/11 and they didn't care which Muslims they killed or distinguish between Muslim terrorists, 9/11 hijackers and people who are from countries where the majority are Muslims. Trump supporters are every bit as peace-loving as they seem to be, which is why they blaspheme when they say they are Christians. Their "religious beliefs" are every bit as valid as those of a death row inmate looking to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
It's so hard to believe a political party works so hard to stop people from registering and voting , I hope if democrats win the presidency, senate, and Congress, they pass a new voting rights act on day one.
The GOP would like to restrict voting to just....white males over the age of 30 and must own an AR-15, listen to Ted "Cat Scratch Fever" Nugent and attend church or at least should've read Two Corinthians...
Why hasn’t Texas banned voting in churches? How can I cast a secret ballot with God looking over my shoulder? If Florida needs to open new polling sites they should consider pawn shops and strip clubs since they are so widely distributed.
They keep trying and keep getting voted down..we need to vote them in enough candidates to hold massive majorities!!!vote blue for you and your family and your friends and your country and for democracy and the constitution 💙 💙💙💙💙💙🗳🗳🗳💙💙💙💙💙💙
@@doviebruder1285I can't give this enough likes. We need large majorities in house and senate, to get anything done. And easy, equal, voting rights for everyone should be the first order of business. There are approximately 6 million registered voters, that are disenfranchised by these stupid, outdated, useless, ID requirements. 500,000 in Texas alone.
As a young voter (2024 will be my first presidential election vote!), we appreciate y'all older folks who stand up for right and wrong. The gop wishes to divide us based on race, gender, age, sexuality, etc, but we will not fall for that!! I've made so many older friends over the course of trump's terrorism simply based on common values such as respect, morality, and democracy, and im 100% better for it. I breathe a sigh of relief every time I meet an older person who has us younger people's fates in mind. Bless you and I hope this country will heal due to our efforts!!
Thank you, thank you for suing Idaho. I live in Boise and our lawmakers are backwards and disgraceful. Most are not even from Idaho. Our colleges/students are what make our cities vibrant, creative and add value to Idaho’s tourism.
Yes. Project 2025 is a monstrous travesty against most Americans' rights, and everyone should be aware of its planned deconstruction of democracy, as well Trump's plan to eradicate voting.
Thank you to both Marc & Page for this awesome channel. I have learned so much about voting rights. 68 YO & i am still acquiring knowledge. Thank you for all you do. ❤
When I turned 18 you had to register with the selective service at the post office and the state I live in simultaneously registered you to vote..and I have ever since.
Hi Mark and Paige, I am 66 years old. I remember when the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that lowered the minimum eligible voting age to 18 happened back in the early 1970's. It was argued at the time that you could be drafted to go fight in Vietnam you and could also go to a bar and drink legally at age 18. However, you could not vote at age 18. The rationale was at the time that you were old enough to be drafted to fight for your country but not old enough to vote for the people who would decide whether or not to send you to fight for the country. You mentioned that Florida was planning to enact HB 7050. The Florida Legislature numbers its bills based upon the chamber in which they originated. Senate Bills are even numbered. House Bills are odd numbered. This video was published on April 28, 2023. There was a Senate Bill 7050 that passed the Florida Legislature that dealt with voting in Florida. One of its provisions eliminated the automatic absentee ballot list. Effective December 31, 2022, all Florida voters that were on this list have to reenroll to receive an absentee ballot every two years. There are still some 100,000 voters n Miami-Dade County that were signed up to receive automatic absentee ballots but who have yet to reenroll to receive their absentee ballots. We refer to them is VBMs. This stands for Vote By Mail.
I live in NH. My 20 year old son goes to college out of state but votes in NH. I also lived in idaho for 25 years and my son was born in boise. We left idaho because as a disabled single mother i could not access the healthcare i needed (trust me, womens access to healthcare is not a new problem in idaho).. I can attest that these voting access issues are real. Out of curiosity, my son and i attended a desantis town hall in NH over Thanksgiving. (We are both independents who are currently voting straight blue because we know whats at stake for the forseeable future.) We were seated in the very front because of my disability and we were about 4 ft from where desantis was speaking. My son had his hand up for the entire Q&A because he wanted to hear desantis' take on voting rights for young adults. Desantis made eye contact with him repeatedly but refused to call on him. He was by far the youngest voter in the room. Sometimes inaction tells you all you need to know. We left that town hall fully persuaded by his obvious body language that desantis was afraid of the youth vote and did not want to engage with young voters..a fact that my son has been telling all his friends on a daily basis every chance he gets. It was a bad call on desantis' part...but not surprising. We have seen republicans all over the country use every dirty trick they can think of to disenfranchise anyone they believe might vote blue. Its so important we do everything we can to help get out the marginalized voters. I shared this with my son and told him that you and your colleagues are true warriors for democracy. Thank you for all your good work! This country is very lucky to have you and i hope the day will come when your contributions are widely recognized.
As a young voter, thank you for taking your son's future into consideration! I have many conservative relatives who care very little for my future - I respect their right to vote for whoever they want, of course, however it makes it quite hollow when they claim to care for my future and then vote against it. I appreciate you for taking the time to fully explore candidates' stances and attitudes toward voters. You seem like a wonderful parent!!
I have voted everytime since I turned 18 and in college. I'm now 70, and I'm so disappointed with the GOP. I have voted democratic all the time and I have never seen the hatefulness and dishonesty that the GOP pulls.
Scott is also resentful of students because he did not get to be one for very long. Unsurprisingly, he flunked out which begs the question… How did ever get power?
More established voters- now there’s a term I can live with! Thanks for all the hard, frustrating work in 2023 Mark, looking forward to more victories in 2024!
Young voters-your vote is more crucial now than ever before, you will decide between Democracy or autocracy-please vote Democratic to keep our Country free, your vote truly matters. Thank you
A big reason the voting age was lowered to 18 was because of the Vietnam War. If 18 year olds were old enough to be sent to war and possibly give their lives for our country, they were old enough to vote and have a say about their future.
I work the polls in Ohio and I live in a college town. A lot of students were unable to vote without casting a provisional ballot. Because they didn't put in for an absentee ballot.
The point is that the regulations are not necessary because there is no such thing as voter fraud, which is what they are supposedly trying to prevent. All it does is make it harder for college kids to vote, so fewer end up voting. Shouldn't they have to prove that such voter fraud exists before laws are passed to prevent it? Unfortunately we are dealing with the right wing movement here, so two things must be kept in mind--1. they always act in bad faith 2. every word they say is a lie. Keeping those two rules in mind is important when these fascists try to pass themselves off as human beings.@@kimthomas781
I took my sons to their first election booth, impressing on them the importance of their responsibility. I stood outside and wept with pride that they both understood they niw could help out democracy.
Americans, we must organize voter registration, help registered voters to check their registration and know our states' voting laws. Then we need to know who and what is on our ballots and get out and VOTE!!
Thank you Marc for all you do. You do more good Than Anyone or any group. I so appreciate you doing the work , that's important but many people don't even realize ! May you be blessed. Love the dog 🐶 pictures on your shelf. VOTE BLUE 💙
So am I. I voted for the first time in 2020 against Trump. I’m having a hard time getting registered in 2024 and gave up in 2022. Not giving up this time!
@@erichoppe8228 That’s how it is in Minnesota, now.They changed some of their election laws after 2020. I haven’t lived in the U.S. since 1980, so, even though I try to keep up, I think it’s understandable.
All of that supposition, makes me crazy.!! I was 18 in h.s. and was politically aware. I refused to go to college, as my father was a Harvard /Attorney and my older brothers flunked out. The 4 collge students shot in OHIO, at Kent State, were awake and aware and about to change the balance, of that election. It, is never true, that they are not mature enough, unless you can prove, lack of comprehensive ability. Over Arch. Can the RNC or the Republican party, be sues in a class action suit, alleging a complete pattern of election interference. And solve this issue for some good. I’m honestly exhausted, just hating the system.
Mark, thank you for all the valuable work you do. My son works at Portland State University in Portland Oregon and I’ve shared your message in the hopes he will talk to his student employees and other students about your message. Be well, vote blue! 💙💙💙
The voting seems so unnecessarily convoluted. We moved to Canada 20 years ago from MA. We have Canadian citizenship so we registered to vote. Every year since, before an election, we receive a voting ballot in the mail with a location designate. We go with our ballot and a piece of ID and vote. Easy, simple. We continue to vote with absentee ballot via fax in MA.
You're faxing in your completed ballots? I've worked in my county's mail-in ballot department for an election, and while requests for ballots could be sent in a variety of ways, the actual ballots had to be returned in the mail. I guess MA allows xeroxed copies of voter signatures. My state does not. The signature signed w/a pen must be on the return envelope.
Critical reporting Mark thank you and your team for all the work and thank you to all the folks stepping up and demanding that their rights be honored so we can get free and fair voting legislation cemented on the books
Scott Walker cut the budget of the University of Wisconsin at Madison to give the money to the very rich Milwaukee Bucks owner to keep the Bucks from moving.
I'm 67 & I have been around young democratic voters for years. Im here to tell you the ones I know are creative, engaged & extremely intelligent. I started voting at 18 & I was disparaged as being inexperienced. That's why they need encouragement and mentors.
I once voted in city hall, and once in a church before the county and then state went mail in ballot only. But EVERY OTHER TIME it’s in a school. WTF. I can’t even imagine a city not being able to use schools for voting.
As an election worker whose full-time job is working with high school students, I am always encouraging youth to use their voices, to register and vote as soon as they're old enough. I point out that as a generation, they outnumber my generation and my parents' generation, so if they don't like the way things are going, they have, or will soon have, the power to change our nation's direction with their votes.
Good to know that a campus college address is a legitimate voting address. That’s been a problem for a long time. Now I just need to get Minnesota to realize that I am a U.S. citizen and former Minnesota resident so all this bull they are pulling by telling me my former address is “unverified,” whatever that means. It seems to me that the ‘wet signature’ requirement does not apply with regard to someone like me, who lives outside the U.S. and is not military. I’m going to have to check that again. Maybe I should just someone in the U.S. embassy to sign. Pretty sure there’s at least one Minnesotan working there. Sounded like it to me from the last video they made. An American who speaks Danish with a faint Swedish accent MUST be a Minnesotan!
Young voters have the most to lose by bad decisions by politicians. Their future is at stake. They should have their right to vote protected and encouraged. I have voted consistently since I was old enough to vote more than 50 years ago. I hope young voters will take this right seriously. We need your input. Fight for it.
Long anecdote here: stillwater oklahoma, small town with large university. In 1988 had precints in dorms, i voted any time i could, but each year turnout was lower and lower (less than 50 voters in ,88. Less than 10 voters in 1994). Precints were closed/consolidated/ shortly after and moved off campus, making it much harder for yound voters to turn out. Btw, same precints on campus had many 1000,s voting there in 1972 and 1976. Also, local ballot measures viting was moved to August so students wouldnt vote for local issues. Now oklahoma is a deep red state, a failed state too. It is sad.
Great video! Also, many of the most troublesome politicians represent districts and even states they don't live in. So it's more than hypocritical of them, they should be forced to reconcile that conflicted issue in court.
As a resident of WA I enjoy voting by mail, as does everyone else. Homeless people are able to use churches & other public spaces as an address for purposes of voting
I hope all you young voters, who care about the rights you have enjoyed until now, please, please vote do not let the GOP take away your rights. Vote blue.
Our local voting center was in the grade school gym from the seventies until the late nineties when they switched to a Baptist church. This has always bothered me now I know what they are doing discouraging part of the voting population.
They’ll surely try, but…. Their ISL initiative was shot down earlier this year by SCOTUS. Red state legislatures wanted to pick the winners over the voters choices. Didn’t work.
No weapon formed against us shall prosper I agree with you 1000%. I as a real Christian give God the praise. 😇🙏💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙😘💋🥰 thank you Lord freedom in democracy and we claim it in Victory in Jesus name
The young voters from Wisconsin would probably remember that in 2010 Walker stopped the high speed rail. We live in Minnesota, and I had been telling my pre teens that they would be able to go to Chicago for lunch and be home before bedtime. They are voters now and they will never forget who stopped progress.
The GOP during their convention said this is what they were going to do. Target college campuses this is not new only to the people who ain't paying attention
We need to teach kids about voting and how to vote. I think more young people would vote if we educate them about how to register, how to research the people on the ballot. It might be helpful for the older voters. How to become an informed voter .
I’m an older (much older) voter who is horrified by so many states’ efforts at voter suppression.
Same.
Like keeping Trump off the ballot, with him not being found guilty of any crime, thus keeping millions of Americans from voting for the candidate of their choice?
@@Lindzeeann2uuu - candidate *disqualification* is NOT the same thing as "voter suppression!"
Btw... you can still write someone in on your ballot, if they aren't already on it. (It won't count though, if that person is disqualified.)
@@Lindzeeann2uuu no, not like make pretend. Circle back.
@@Lindzeeann2uuu IF courts would stop procrastinating and start putting trump trials on the dockets and stop allowing him to stall, stall, stall, THAT SOB WOULD BE FOUND GUILTY TOMORROW! Then, would you be ok with having a criminal’s name taken off the ballot? Huh? Or is it ok with you that a man who has damaged our country so much, can still run to lead it!😡😡😡
Thank you students for Voting! Don't let these GOP Gerrymandering stop you from Voting! You are important!
Vote BLUE. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
And, the more people under 30yo vote, the more likely we will see younger candidates on the ballots. People like Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein had no business being in the Senate.
Colleges actively recruit out of state students because they pay a higher tuition fee. If you don't like the way they vote, then don't take their money. Pay for play or don't.
Everyone that s a student that's being threatened by the GOP .I hope you see what they are trying to do to your freedom vote Democrat no one else would help pay your college grants
I can show you real gerrymandering and it is not in Red states, it’s all in blue states with liberal land grabs, such as California, Illinois, New York, Arizona, Maryland (big offender), Minnesota, Washington State, Oregon and other. The information is out there, all you have to do is open your eyes and look. Vote Trump in 2024 for a better America!
If our young people are old enough to join the military they're old enough to vote! I voted since the day I turned 18 every American should have that right
hear hear!!!
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That's the actual reason that the 26th Amendment even exists. It lowered it from 21 to 18 because of Vietnam War.
Old enough to be drafted but NOT old enough to vote?
Me too.
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Old enough to be drafted, old enough to vote.
@@mario_lemooseand can be reimplemented any time the govt wants as we still must register for selective service @18
1. Sensing a correlation? Viet nam? 2. Men still are required to register with the Selective Service. 3. Draft can be reinstated tomorrow.
@@mario_lemoosedo boys have to sign up for the draft when they turn 17yo? I know loads of men who had to do it AFTER 1973.
You've written that comment several times. Perhaps, you can explain why you believe that IF you can be made to join a branch of the military you shouldn't also be able to vote for the elected officials making the decisions affecting you.
@@mario_lemooseOkay.... And? Does this thought train have a caboose?
Drafting Isn't In Being Used Bcoz If It Were There Wouldn't Be A Huge Shortage Of American's Signing Up To Serve In The Military.
I was around when the voting age was lowered and I want to remind everyone why this was a big deal at one time. Our boys were being drafted and dying in Viet Nam at 18. It just wasn’t (and still isn’t) right that you can be old enough to die for your country but can’t vote in it. Though there is no war going on now, let’s not forget what it is like when there is.
Like abortion and environmental issues, i can’t believe we are talking about this again. So disheartening to us boomers who fought so hard to make many of these rights a reality for future generations.
After every election loss in a Red state, Republicans change the election laws. The laws in my state are tweaked every 2-4 years.
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Well said. 👏👏👏👏
I turned 21 in basic and was one of only 3 people in my platoon old enough to rent a car after graduation.
I was able to vote at 18 because of this regulation. I had two bothers went to Vietnam unable to vote, they were both older then me one 11 years one 10. Luckily they both mad it home! One committed suicide a year later.
Thank you for fighting for our voting rights all over our country!
it’s ignorance, every adult was a young voter at one time. The racist republicans, want slavery again . This time they will enslave more than blacks! They will enslave the intellectually astute!
Vote blue
Yes 👏 💯 Vote 💙 🗳 👏
keep fighting
Its not surprising that a party that has been artificially maintained alive politically would be afraid of more people voting.
You're Right The Republicans Are So Desperate To Control The White House Again In Ga. They've Redrawn The District Mad Several Times In An Attempt To Deprive Black Voters From Casting Their Votes. After Being Ordered By A Judge To Redraw The Map It Was Accepted By The Judge But Republicans Still Has More Control Over The District. This Exact Same Technique Was Also Done In Alabama Months Ago & Was Ordered By A Judge To Redraw The Map Again & Again.
That's the undeniable truth!
Florida is disgraced, Ron DeSantis needs to go 😮
No it isnt. Dont listen to lies.
It is a shame. How many conferences have been relocated from Florida because of de santis racism and homophobia?
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Lol Florida is one of the states, blue states are running to. That really wrecks the left's narrative about Florida.
If it's so bad, why so many moving there? 😝😝😝😝😝😝
Doesn't FL have a two-term limit for governors?
@@B_Bodziak
2 4 year terms. 8 years. 2027 for Desantis. Then another republican needs to be elected. Democrats can't be trusted.
If they can't vote they shouldn't be able to get drafted. Why fight for a country they don't want you to participate in.
That's the exact reason the 26th Amendment exists, the Vietnam War. Old enough to be drafted but NOT old enough to vote?
@@mario_lemoosebut we still must register for it through selective services @18 and can resume at the will.ofnthe govt
@@mario_lemooseBut they are still old enough to "volunteer". They should be old enough to vote as well.
The Republican obviously wants a noble/commoner system where you only matter if your rich, and if you're not, then you must "know your place".
Great, handguns and drinking too!
We need a voters' bill of rights that gets politicians out of the way of voting and demands that politicians are truthful about their policies and opponents--no more lies and propaganda.
Republicans will never allow it,but Dems will,if you give them the right number,they will change is cos it supposed to have been done but republicans keep blocking the bill,so vote GOP out ,and there will be chance for a better change.
How does one get a perpetual liar to tell the truth, law or no law? I agree with you, but don't think it's possible.
For what?> It's not like Republicans will OBEY any law they don't agree with. They USED to be a political party, but now they are just fascist oligarchs and their minions, not a REAL HUMAN in the bunch. We ARE at WAR, so it's NOT illegal to FIGHT BACK, HARD!
Laws on paper are MEANINGLESS to MAGA.
Agreed!
Not likely to happen, though. If you look thru a proposed bill, ie the Brady Bill, you'll find possibly hundreds of line items that have nothing to do with the Brady issue. All those line items were the result of backroom bargaining; I'll vote yes on your X if you vote no on Frank's Y and yes on my Z. Otherwise, I'll vote no on Brady, & you'll get nothing.
If they are old enough to be drafted, they are old enough to vote!
Care of the 26th Amendment.
Thank you Mr. Elias and Ms. Moskowitz for working for Democracy.
Bozowitz is an imbecile!
When W. Bush invaded Iraq, the young voters realized they were being lied to and protested heavily against the invasion of Iraq. They were right, none of the touted WMD's were found. Their elders who backed the invasion were wrong. This means that there is a need for voters who have the better judgment to be counted. It is an injustice to them that they are saddled with the debt for this ill-advised war that they did not want.
All young voters should be allowed to vote 🗳 like all Minorities have a right to vote 🗳 without gerrymandering across the country
All Over AmeriKKKa Minorities Go Through Hell Just To Exercise Their Right To VOTE .Sad Thing Is That Many Minorities Will Vote For The Very Republicans Who Are Trying To Take Away Their Right To Vote .
Without Gerrymandered districts all over the country the GOP would be a minority party for ever and they know it.
Republicans want to take that away from young Voters ,not fair
Not just the young, they destroyed the republican party of family values, and not are on to destroring freedom and right to vote..@@nancygibson604
*Hear! Hear!!* YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Towns or cities that have colleges and universities DO need to encourage youth voting.I agree 100% with Marc on this matter.
If you’re old enough to be drafted, you’re old enough to vote,was the theory.
Care of the 26th Amendment.
I want young people to vote and run for office. This is their country and they will run it. They need to get involved now. God Bless them!
Then they need to vote Democrat down every ballot this election to get these MAGA Republicans out before they destroy all of our rights to vote. It will happen if they keep taking seats in our government. They will never work together with Democrats to help us and our country. It will only to benefit them.
We were all young at one time. I have two children GEN Z and they are engaged and know more about politics than most of my GEN X peers. Instead of trying to prevent them from voting, have some policies and ideas that attract those voters! SIMPLE RIGHT!!!!!
Well, bingo. That's exactly why the GOP doesn't want them to vote.
So now it's about young people won't replace old white men ok got boy if the republikkkans ever do some serious work this country would be better off instead they wanna get rich and die in office.
Another voting issue facing college students is that students may well change their address multiple times. This means that they may have to re-register multiple times.
Anytime you change the address of your driver's license, it should be a federal law that it also updates your voter's registration! In fact, put our voter registration # on our licenses instead of getting something else in the mail that is virtually useless.
I keep telling people: ‘if you can’t beat’em, cheat’em’ is the republican mantra.
Exactly how they think and work
Cheat em? How so?
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@@Growup1163Did you even watch the video?
@@Growup1163closing polling stations, denying the right to give someone a bottle of water, restricting mail in ballots and slowing the mail, gerrymandering, intimidation, should I continue?
What is wrong with this country. I’m Australian and it is compulsory that EVERYONE votes. I just don’t understand that so many people are fine with the voter suppression that is happening in this country. Land of the free??? I think not. We need to wake up and get our priorities in order.
Being forced to vote doesn't sound like freedom
It's a citizen's duty, like jury duty.
@@alwaysthinktwice6612 that's a huge cultural difference apparently. Americans on either side wouldn't go for that. And people here do everything they can to escape jury duty.
@@michah321 As opposed to not being allowed to vote at all? That is Trump and the Republican Party's plan.
Thank you, Mr. Elias, for upholding democracy. You and your team make a huge difference.
I'm in Texas and will be out registering voters this weekend and at the local community college next month! Doing what I can!!
Many many thanks from Oklahoma ❤❤❤
Thank you.
Thx, from Michigan.
You Rock! 👏
Thank you but advise them to recheck before the deadline to preregister to be able to vote on November 5, 2024 as corrupt Republicans are voiding people's voting registration without people knowing it.
Bless you!!!
I'm almost 66 years old. I've been a registered Democrat since the age of 18. I didn't have the feeling anyone, left or right, was trying to keep me from voting. It is now, that yound people are being swayed not to be able to vote. I see that as election interferrence. I wonder how much lower the repubs are going to sink. If you are 18, get registered ASAP. It is your right. VOTE BLUE!!!
Young people like Page are good roles models for Democracy for America and countries around the world 🌎 keep fighting young people your future depends on it 👍👏VOTE 💙 🗳 ☑️ DEMOCRAT 2024
Republicans even change maps,so they get more voters ,they do what they want,republicans will have a big army of their own,all young people ,watch out for ,Republicans
Hell yess 🙌
What a eye opener! I'm a 77 year old former Maryland resident now living in New Zealand. Even with the difficulties of different stationary standards I still vote. I am amazed at how creative the efforts of Republicans are at suppressing the vote of constituencies who are not inclined to support the Republicans. Thank you Marc
I need to know more about you living in New Zealand! How? I want to join you.
I’m 72 and have voted in every election since my first at age 21. I have also been living in Europe for the last 26 years while continuing to vote. I worry that if the Reps get back in power, ppl like Stephen Miller will whisper into trump’s ear that expats should not be allowed to vote and then we will be losing yet one more right! Please, please vote blue for ALL elected positions. Dems are NOT taking our rights away, it is the Rep. Party, soon to be the fascist Rep Party, who takes rights away from it’s citizens. Keep that in mind when you think you’ll just sit this one out next year!!! 🇺🇸💙☮️☮️☮️☮️
Get rid of the electoral college
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Electoral College should have been gone.It hinders votes.
It's difficult to admit sometimes but, I never voted until Obama ran. Because in my income bracket it never seemed to matter who was in office. Things didn't get better. As a carpenter and home builder, from 1975, to 1992, things were pretty much, same ole, same ole. I busted my ass, but pay was week to week and I struggled to keep up. So voting seemed, useless.
But in 1989, I decided to break off working and build a house for my family and myself. Because my in-laws gave us 10 thousand dollars as a pre death inheritance. We looked at houses to buy and use that money as a down payment. But, in our price range, they were all fixerupers. That needed constant repair. So we decided to buy a lot,use it as collateral and build it myself.
After that and 9 months of work we had a new house and myself a new sense of self worth. So I got my license and started a 1 man remodeling business. Things were slow, so I went back to work for another contractor, once again into a stagnant hourly rate that was a couple bucks more per hour but still not a life building, savings building lifestyle. Then Bill Clinton was elected and I tried my luck again. So for his whole terms we did well. Steady work, money in the bank for a change. Then came George W.
Work started slowing down, people weren't doing home improvements as much. Maybe at that time it showed me it does matter who's in office. Then when Obama ran. I definitely wanted to vote and support his try. And work picked up and we started making a living again.
Being a one man band. I never got rich. But I did still learn, it does matter, whos in office. VOTE.
In my 70+ years, it has become not just noticeable but nearly set in stone that when the GOP control government, it is bad for self-employed, family businesses, and other small businesses.
@@thisbushnell2012 At 71 myself, I agree. But also it's the trade you choose. As a carpenter, I was told, " what you do, isn't a commodity".
Though I ve always been in the mindset, that without my trade, plumbers, electricians and mechanical workers would be doing their trades in an open field. Yet we are the lowest paid tradesmen in construction.
My dad was a carpenter too. But he did get his GC license, so he could sit back and let others do the work and pull the cream off the job without driving one nail. But he wasn't that way. He worked hard till he was 72. Then finally hung up his cloth nail apron. Hoping to enjoy the not so huge 200 thou and a home he built, he worked so hard for. He died at 75.😢. What's wrong with this picture.
Was 17 when 18 year old citizens were given the right to vote. We were being drafted into the army to fight in Veit Nam, so we wanted to have input on that policy. Shortly after with the help of vets against the war, it was over, at least for a while.
VietNam lost the support of the American public because actual footage from the front lines and real journalists were allowed to cover the war, meaning that the military and pro-war politicians were not in charge of the narrative and it was hard to make people believe propaganda when the truth was being broadcast and published. They learned from that mistake and now no journalists can go near a war zone unless they are "embedded" with the troops, meaning the whole thing is controlled by the military. That's why they would show carpet bombing of huge Iraqi cities and would end with "no casualties reported there...." It was a sickening farce and it still is. When people find out the truth about war they almost universally oppose it. I'm talking about real anti-war people, not right wing filth who feign opposition to war but in reality they oppose US aid for Ukraine because they are useful idiots for Putin and Western help for Ukraine hurts Putin. The Iraq war was a disaster but Trump supporters who were alive back then supported it in the extreme,. because to them it was a war on Islam and revenge for -9/11 and they didn't care which Muslims they killed or distinguish between Muslim terrorists, 9/11 hijackers and people who are from countries where the majority are Muslims. Trump supporters are every bit as peace-loving as they seem to be, which is why they blaspheme when they say they are Christians. Their "religious beliefs" are every bit as valid as those of a death row inmate looking to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
They don't want COLLEGE students to vote, yet cultists are allowed? Logic please.
All that matters is Trump.
logic? from the reich?
good luck.
Those clowns think College is a cult.
Vote, vote, vote!! 💙💙💙
It's so hard to believe a political party works so hard to stop people from registering and voting , I hope if democrats win the presidency, senate, and Congress, they pass a new voting rights act on day one.
The only way can win is voter suppression.
The GOP would like to restrict voting to just....white males over the age of 30 and must own an AR-15, listen to Ted "Cat Scratch Fever" Nugent and attend church or at least should've read Two Corinthians...
Why hasn’t Texas banned voting in churches? How can I cast a secret ballot with God looking over my shoulder? If Florida needs to open new polling sites they should consider pawn shops and strip clubs since they are so widely distributed.
They keep trying and keep getting voted down..we need to vote them in enough candidates to hold massive majorities!!!vote blue for you and your family and your friends and your country and for democracy and the constitution 💙 💙💙💙💙💙🗳🗳🗳💙💙💙💙💙💙
@@doviebruder1285I can't give this enough likes. We need large majorities in house and senate, to get anything done. And easy, equal, voting rights for everyone should be the first order of business. There are approximately 6 million registered voters, that are disenfranchised by these stupid, outdated, useless, ID requirements. 500,000 in Texas alone.
Good to see the young are wise. As an older gen im dismayed by many my age and older who vote to harm themselves, others and their own nation.
True that.
As a young voter (2024 will be my first presidential election vote!), we appreciate y'all older folks who stand up for right and wrong. The gop wishes to divide us based on race, gender, age, sexuality, etc, but we will not fall for that!! I've made so many older friends over the course of trump's terrorism simply based on common values such as respect, morality, and democracy, and im 100% better for it. I breathe a sigh of relief every time I meet an older person who has us younger people's fates in mind. Bless you and I hope this country will heal due to our efforts!!
Thank you, thank you for suing Idaho. I live in Boise and our lawmakers are backwards and disgraceful. Most are not even from Idaho. Our colleges/students are what make our cities vibrant, creative and add value to Idaho’s tourism.
I should correct… I live in an unusually progressive district and my reps are awesome!
Idaho should be given to Washinton state to run.
Scottie was also one of the reasons for a highly gerrymandered State of Wisconsin.
Didn't he say that he wanted to repeal women's suffrage?
shouldn't he be in prison?
Ya crooked Scottie
Thank goodness for youth voters! It is they who are our hypothetical future as a human race 👍
Vote Blue in 2024 and vote every republican out of office! 🌊🌊🇺🇲🗽🦅🗳️✔️💙💙💙
in '24 show MAGA the Door,
Keep Trump out and
Give Joe and Kamila 4 More!
And sadly be prepared for another Jan 6 riot because these people are nuts.
we did that in 2020, and the the DP clutched its pearls and did nothing for two years, blaming Manchin and Sinema sotto voce.
Tyler is encouraging everyone to VOTE! 😍🙏🏼😻
So is Taylor Swift!
When these students find out what’s going on the uproar will be horrendous and Republicans will have lost them for life.
Yes. Project 2025 is a monstrous travesty against most Americans' rights, and everyone should be aware of its planned deconstruction of democracy, as well Trump's plan to eradicate voting.
Thank you to both Marc & Page for this awesome channel. I have learned so much about voting rights. 68 YO & i am still acquiring knowledge. Thank you for all you do. ❤
When I turned 18 you had to register with the selective service at the post office and the state I live in simultaneously registered you to vote..and I have ever since.
Looks like voting day needs to be a federal holiday allowing people the time it takes to get out and vote no matter what
Hi Mark and Paige,
I am 66 years old. I remember when the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that lowered the minimum eligible voting age to 18 happened back in the early 1970's. It was argued at the time that you could be drafted to go fight in Vietnam you and could also go to a bar and drink legally at age 18. However, you could not vote at age 18. The rationale was at the time that you were old enough to be drafted to fight for your country but not old enough to vote for the people who would decide whether or not to send you to fight for the country.
You mentioned that Florida was planning to enact HB 7050. The Florida Legislature numbers its bills based upon the chamber in which they originated. Senate Bills are even numbered. House Bills are odd numbered. This video was published on April 28, 2023. There was a Senate Bill 7050 that passed the Florida Legislature that dealt with voting in Florida. One of its provisions eliminated the automatic absentee ballot list. Effective December 31, 2022, all Florida voters that were on this list have to reenroll to receive an absentee ballot every two years. There are still some 100,000 voters n Miami-Dade County that were signed up to receive automatic absentee ballots but who have yet to reenroll to receive their absentee ballots. We refer to them is VBMs. This stands for Vote By Mail.
I live in NH. My 20 year old son goes to college out of state but votes in NH. I also lived in idaho for 25 years and my son was born in boise. We left idaho because as a disabled single mother i could not access the healthcare i needed (trust me, womens access to healthcare is not a new problem in idaho).. I can attest that these voting access issues are real. Out of curiosity, my son and i attended a desantis town hall in NH over Thanksgiving. (We are both independents who are currently voting straight blue because we know whats at stake for the forseeable future.) We were seated in the very front because of my disability and we were about 4 ft from where desantis was speaking. My son had his hand up for the entire Q&A because he wanted to hear desantis' take on voting rights for young adults. Desantis made eye contact with him repeatedly but refused to call on him. He was by far the youngest voter in the room. Sometimes inaction tells you all you need to know. We left that town hall fully persuaded by his obvious body language that desantis was afraid of the youth vote and did not want to engage with young voters..a fact that my son has been telling all his friends on a daily basis every chance he gets. It was a bad call on desantis' part...but not surprising. We have seen republicans all over the country use every dirty trick they can think of to disenfranchise anyone they believe might vote blue. Its so important we do everything we can to help get out the marginalized voters. I shared this with my son and told him that you and your colleagues are true warriors for democracy. Thank you for all your good work! This country is very lucky to have you and i hope the day will come when your contributions are widely recognized.
As a young voter, thank you for taking your son's future into consideration! I have many conservative relatives who care very little for my future - I respect their right to vote for whoever they want, of course, however it makes it quite hollow when they claim to care for my future and then vote against it. I appreciate you for taking the time to fully explore candidates' stances and attitudes toward voters. You seem like a wonderful parent!!
I have voted everytime since I turned 18 and in college. I'm now 70, and I'm so disappointed with the GOP. I have voted democratic all the time and I have never seen the hatefulness and dishonesty that the GOP pulls.
In the light of the saying, “On a long enough timeline, we win,” today’s young voters are way ahead of the curve, or the timeline. ❤
Scott is also resentful of students because he did not get to be one for very long. Unsurprisingly, he flunked out which begs the question… How did ever get power?
This was GREAT. Thank you both for your INCREDIBLE work. Don't forget to get rest when you can! 💙💙💙💙
Some people never learn from their mistakes, and Scott Walker is one of them.
Fight for democracy!
We need you to show up 2024. Going forward, your voice needs to be heard that your voice is important 👌, I'm older, lol. I vote 🗳 ☺️
More established voters- now there’s a term I can live with! Thanks for all the hard, frustrating work in 2023 Mark, looking forward to more victories in 2024!
Young voters-your vote is more crucial now than ever before, you will decide between Democracy or autocracy-please vote Democratic to keep our Country free, your vote truly matters.
Thank you
Yes! Additionally, the more people under 30yo vote, the more young candidates we'll see!
A big reason the voting age was lowered to 18 was because of the Vietnam War. If 18 year olds were old enough to be sent to war and possibly give their lives for our country, they were old enough to vote and have a say about their future.
I work the polls in Ohio and I live in a college town. A lot of students were unable to vote without casting a provisional ballot. Because they didn't put in for an absentee ballot.
Hopefully they will be ready for the next election cycle 😎
The point is that the regulations are not necessary because there is no such thing as voter fraud, which is what they are supposedly trying to prevent. All it does is make it harder for college kids to vote, so fewer end up voting. Shouldn't they have to prove that such voter fraud exists before laws are passed to prevent it? Unfortunately we are dealing with the right wing movement here, so two things must be kept in mind--1. they always act in bad faith 2. every word they say is a lie. Keeping those two rules in mind is important when these fascists try to pass themselves off as human beings.@@kimthomas781
I love that you have a smart lovely young woman as your co-host. Go Paige
I took my sons to their first election booth, impressing on them the importance of their responsibility. I stood outside and wept with pride that they both understood they niw could help out democracy.
THIS is an urgent topic that must be discussed more!
Thank you for making more people aware; our future depends on it.
Americans, we must organize voter registration, help registered voters to check their registration and know our states' voting laws. Then we need to know who and what is on our ballots and get out and VOTE!!
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Go to Vote411 and forward the non-partisan, clear information to everyone you know.
When I think of discrimination in voting, I think of the Electoral College. As a Californian, I resent the diminution of my vote.
EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT needs to know exactly how they are getting #FuckedOutOfFreedom
This is the worst crime in america. Why are they not being punished accordingly??
Thank you Marc for all you do. You do more good Than Anyone or any group.
I so appreciate you doing the work , that's important but many people don't even realize ! May you be blessed. Love the dog 🐶 pictures on your shelf. VOTE BLUE 💙
I was a first time voter in 1972 and voted proudly for George McGovern.
I vote. I am an expat living overseas. I can't really claim that I am part of the community.
So am I. I voted for the first time in 2020 against Trump. I’m having a hard time getting registered in 2024 and gave up in 2022. Not giving up this time!
Please vote Blue!
@@marywallace4086 Oh, I will. Even though I’m absolutely not a Democrat, and as an expat, I can only vote in federal elections. It’s necessary.
@@susanbradleyskov9179Why can you not vote in state elections? I do vote in both. I have not lived in USA since 2019.
@@erichoppe8228 That’s how it is in Minnesota, now.They changed some of their election laws after 2020. I haven’t lived in the U.S. since 1980, so, even though I try to keep up, I think it’s understandable.
Clarity fighting disparity. Thank you for this informative segment.
All of that supposition, makes me crazy.!! I was 18 in h.s. and was politically aware. I refused to go to college, as my father was a Harvard /Attorney and my older brothers flunked out.
The 4 collge students shot in OHIO, at Kent State, were awake and aware and about to change the balance, of that election. It, is never true, that they are not mature enough, unless you can prove, lack of comprehensive ability.
Over Arch. Can the RNC or the Republican party, be sues in a class action suit, alleging a complete pattern of election interference. And solve this issue for some good.
I’m honestly exhausted, just hating the system.
Mark, thank you for all the valuable work you do. My son works at Portland State University in Portland Oregon and I’ve shared your message in the hopes he will talk to his student employees and other students about your message. Be well, vote blue! 💙💙💙
The voting seems so unnecessarily convoluted. We moved to Canada 20 years ago from MA. We have Canadian citizenship so we registered to vote. Every year since, before an election, we receive a voting ballot in the mail with a location designate. We go with our ballot and a piece of ID and vote. Easy, simple. We continue to vote with absentee ballot via fax in MA.
You're faxing in your completed ballots? I've worked in my county's mail-in ballot department for an election, and while requests for ballots could be sent in a variety of ways, the actual ballots had to be returned in the mail. I guess MA allows xeroxed copies of voter signatures. My state does not. The signature signed w/a pen must be on the return envelope.
That's how sensible states do it in the US. I've voted for years in OR and WA by mail. You're registered to vote when you get your drivers' license.
Critical reporting Mark thank you and your team for all the work and thank you to all the folks stepping up and demanding that their rights be honored so we can get free and fair voting legislation cemented on the books
Thank you for your work! 💙
Thank you for all the work your teem has been doing for voters rights.
Great episode.
Scott Walker cut the budget of the University of Wisconsin at Madison to give the money to the very rich Milwaukee Bucks owner to keep the Bucks from moving.
Why doesn't Colorado, 😮where I've lived for over 25 years and have used paper mail in ballots not have a voter fraud problem?
I'm 67 & I have been around young democratic voters for years. Im here to tell you the ones I know are creative, engaged & extremely intelligent. I started voting at 18 & I was disparaged as being inexperienced. That's why they need encouragement and mentors.
I once voted in city hall, and once in a church before the county and then state went mail in ballot only. But EVERY OTHER TIME it’s in a school. WTF. I can’t even imagine a city not being able to use schools for voting.
Thank you for the knowledge and all the hard work.
I've learned so much.💚💙
Young voters … fight for your future freedom, and your Democracy
As an election worker whose full-time job is working with high school students, I am always encouraging youth to use their voices, to register and vote as soon as they're old enough. I point out that as a generation, they outnumber my generation and my parents' generation, so if they don't like the way things are going, they have, or will soon have, the power to change our nation's direction with their votes.
Thank you for all your hard work Marc and company 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Good to know that a campus college address is a legitimate voting address. That’s been a problem for a long time. Now I just need to get Minnesota to realize that I am a U.S. citizen and former Minnesota resident so all this bull they are pulling by telling me my former address is “unverified,” whatever that means. It seems to me that the ‘wet signature’ requirement does not apply with regard to someone like me, who lives outside the U.S. and is not military. I’m going to have to check that again. Maybe I should just someone in the U.S. embassy to sign. Pretty sure there’s at least one Minnesotan working there. Sounded like it to me from the last video they made. An American who speaks Danish with a faint Swedish accent MUST be a Minnesotan!
Young voters have the most to lose by bad decisions by politicians. Their future is at stake. They should have their right to vote protected and encouraged. I have voted consistently since I was old enough to vote more than 50 years ago. I hope young voters will take this right seriously. We need your input. Fight for it.
Long anecdote here: stillwater oklahoma, small town with large university. In 1988 had precints in dorms, i voted any time i could, but each year turnout was lower and lower (less than 50 voters in ,88. Less than 10 voters in 1994). Precints were closed/consolidated/ shortly after and moved off campus, making it much harder for yound voters to turn out.
Btw, same precints on campus had many 1000,s voting there in 1972 and 1976.
Also, local ballot measures viting was moved to August so students wouldnt vote for local issues.
Now oklahoma is a deep red state, a failed state too. It is sad.
Great video!
Also, many of the most troublesome politicians represent districts and even states they don't live in. So it's more than hypocritical of them, they should be forced to reconcile that conflicted issue in court.
As a resident of WA I enjoy voting by mail, as does everyone else. Homeless people are able to use churches & other public spaces as an address for purposes of voting
I hope all you young voters, who care about the rights you have enjoyed until now, please, please vote do not let the GOP take away your rights. Vote blue.
Our local voting center was in the grade school gym from the seventies until the late nineties when they switched to a Baptist church. This has always bothered me now I know what they are doing discouraging part of the voting population.
They are going against Vote by Mail. But if Vote by Mail is denied how will our military that aren't stationed in their home state or overseas.
Believe the Republican will work out a way not to allow younger voters to be able to vote
Successfully, only if we do not deny them the power to do so.
They’ll surely try, but…. Their ISL initiative was shot down earlier this year by SCOTUS. Red state legislatures wanted to pick the winners over the voters choices. Didn’t work.
All the time and energy they spend on being repressive could be better spent making the country more inclusive.
One more reason for this 72 year old lady to keep speaking up and yelling if I have to .
This 69 year old woman supports the right of students and minorities to vote
Thank you for opening my eyes on the various states that are blatantly keeping young voters from participating in elections.
Is it time for the department of justice to step in to protect our voting rights
Thank you very much for your mentorship and your family for the EPIC CONTENT.
No weapons formed against you shall prosper. None. 🙏🏿💙🙏🏿💙🙏🏿
No weapon formed against us shall prosper I agree with you 1000%. I as a real Christian give God the praise. 😇🙏💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙😘💋🥰 thank you Lord freedom in democracy and we claim it in Victory in Jesus name
The young voters from Wisconsin would probably remember that in 2010 Walker stopped the high speed rail. We live in Minnesota, and I had been telling my pre teens that they would be able to go to Chicago for lunch and be home before bedtime. They are voters now and they will never forget who stopped progress.
Elementary schools are paid for by the taxpayers too...
Thank you Democracy Docket for covering this and making it visible to the public.
The GOP during their convention said this is what they were going to do. Target college campuses this is not new only to the people who ain't paying attention
Thank you for covering this extremely important, yet overlooked, issue. 👍🏼
We need to teach kids about voting and how to vote. I think more young people would vote if we educate them about how to register, how to research the people on the ballot. It might be helpful for the older voters. How to become an informed voter .
Since more older ppl tend to vote Republican, maybe we should make it harder for older ppl to vote!! Lol😂
They would say that's undemocratic
I agree! As Fox habitues, they are more susceptible to voting because of lies and propaganda.
@@B_Bodziak funny how that works eh? ;-D
No racist should be allowed to vote.
Older people brain are not educated and updated with truth!